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'T.V. Orphans', Live At The Rainbow 1977.
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'T.V. Orphans', Live At The Rainbow 1977.
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![Ultravox - The Thin Wall (Single Version) [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rIMix2KYXUg/mqdefault.jpg "Ultravox - The Thin Wall (Single Version) [Official Audio]
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Lyrics:
The sound is on the visions move
The image dance starts once again
They shuffle with a bovine grace and glide in syncopation
Just living lines from books weve read
With atmospheres of days gone by
With paper smiles
The screenplay calls a message for the nation
And those who sneer will fade and die
And those who laugh will surely fall
And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall
The thin wall
Thin wall
Grey men who speak of victory
Shed light upon their stolen life
They drive by night and act as if theyre moved by unheard music
To step in time and play the part
With velvet voices smooth and cold
Their power games a game no more
And long the chance to use it
And those who sneer will fade and die
And those who laugh will surely fall
And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall
The thin wall
Thin wall
And those who dance will spin and turn
And those who wait will wait no more
And those talk will hear the word
And those who sneer will fade and die
And those who laugh will surely fall
And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall
The thin wall
Thin wall
The thin wall
The thin wall
The thin wall
The thin wall
And those who dance
The thin wall
And those who talk
The thin wall
And those who sneer
The thin wall
And those who laugh
The thin wall
And those who know
The thin wall
And those who dance
The thin wall
And those who wait
The thin wall
And those who talk")
![Ultravox - Lament (Alternative Version) [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rJueVaj9n2c/mqdefault.jpg "Ultravox - Lament (Alternative Version) [Official Audio]
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Lyrics:
And just as my eyes start seeing
After all the pain
The twist in my life starts healing
Just to twist again
In stillness, in sorrow
Returns that softly sighing lament
And just as the smiles returning
After all the pain
The fire inside stops burning
Just to burn again
In moments of madness
Returns that softly sighing lament")
![Ultravox - New Europeans (Extended Re-Mix) [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sRIifTeom68/mqdefault.jpg "Ultravox - New Europeans (Extended Re-Mix) [Official Audio]
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Lyrics:
In a quiet street washed by the rain, the room within the home
A lonely man sits cheek to cheek with unique designs in chrome
The mellow years have long gone by, but now he sits alone
He has a brand new radio but never turns it on
New Europeans
Young Europeans
New Europeans
A photograph of lovers lost, lies pressed in magazines
Her eyes belong to a thousand girls, shes the wife whos never seen
Their educated son has left in search of borrowed dreams
His televisions in his bed, hes frozen to the screen
New Europeans
Young Europeans
New Europeans
On a crowded beach washed by the sun, he puts his headphones on
His modern world revolves around the synthesizers song
Full of future thoughts and thrills, his senses slip away
Hes a European legacy, a culture for today
New Europeans
Young Europeans
New Europeans
Young Europeans")
![Ultravox - Vienna (Single Version) [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/slxIq0TbTuU/mqdefault.jpg "Ultravox - Vienna (Single Version) [Official Audio]
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Lyrics:
We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on a window pane, lying and waiting
A man in the dark in a picture frame so mystic and soulful
A voice reaching out in a piercing cry, it stays with you until
The feeling has gone, only you and I, it means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna
The music is weaving
Haunting notes, pizzicato strings, the rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings a cool empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky, it fades to the distance
The image has gone, only you and I, it means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna
This means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna")
![Ultravox - Ultravox – Hymn [Top of The Pops, 1982]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x8EBXV-1Tcc/mqdefault.jpg "Ultravox - Ultravox – Hymn [Top of The Pops, 1982]
Ultravox - Ultravox – Hymn on on Top of The Pops, 1982.
This version of the single Hymn is a re-recording made for the BBC TV show Top of the Pops for their appearance on 16th December 1982.
At the time it was a requirement of the UK’s Musicians Union organisation that artists who were miming on TV shows re-recorded the songs with the musicians who were performing on the show. Thus, protecting their members against any non-musicians brought in to perform. In most cases the recording would be switched to the original studio version for the performance.
The version here was recorded at Olympic Sound Studios on 14th December 1982 for the 16th December edition of Top of The Pops. It was witnessed and signed off by an MU representative, but never formally mixed. This has been newly mixed for the first time by Richard Whittaker and released as part of the deluxe reissue project of The Collection. For the TV performance recording was switched to the original single version.
Taken from The Collection [Deluxe Edition].
Available on: Limited Edition 4LP | 2LP Black Vinyl | 4CD/2Bluray | 1CD
Released on the 5th December and available for pre-order now.
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Written by Warren Cann, Billy Currie, Midge Ure and Chris Cross
Published by Universal Music Publishing Limited
Produced & Engineering by Ultravox, Doug Bennett, Bill Gill and Phil Kinrade
Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios on 14th December 1982")
