buggles adventures in modern recording (LP / 1981 / carrere-cbs / 34.29)
track one: adventures in modern recording
he's been learning all the chords and he's writing all the words
today you bought a new face tried it on for size
now you see the world through different colored eyes
they're not playing they're not playing they're just having
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so carefully directed for modern mass appeal look just like a poster got yourself a deal
let's begin promotion this boy has got it made media exposure it will make him all the rage
but he's not playing he's not playing he's just having
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personell: Trevor Horn, Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn, Ian Peel, Simon Darlow, Chris Squire, John Sinclair
track two: beatnik
all will be revealed before the next move
gimme some juice and let me blow tell that joker where to go
gimme some air and let me breathe wake me when its time to leave
i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik
a shark tooth fin and a chevrolet a wild boy takes it all the way
no more charlie its my throat send the bellboy for my coat
i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik
i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik
all will be revealed before the next move
all will be revealed before the next move
i got to see you one more time show you to a friend of mine
poor white man on an asian beat an exis kid with a graceful streak
i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik
i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik
no more from charlie no more from cole no more espresso what a joke
i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik i was a beatnik
all will be revealed before the next move
all will be revealed before the next move
no more espresso
personell: Trevor Horn, Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn, Ian Peel, Geoff Downes, John Sinclair, Luis Jardim
track three: vermillion sands
this heat is an incubator make a diamond sweat (wanna bet)
live life like you're flying solo never in the net (in the net)
dancing in silence the orcestra late in the essoldo or down by the lake i dont care
take me to vermillion sands hold me in familiar hands take me to vermillion sands
sand yacht on a thermal roller we were never there (never there)
live life like your flying solo never in the air (in the air)
dancing in silence the orcestra late in the essoldo or down by the lake i dont care
take me to vermillion sands hold me in familiar hands take me to vermillion sands
my heart is an alligator better watch your step watch your step
this heat is an incubator make a diamond sweat wanna bet
take me to vermillion sands hold me in familair hands take me to vermillion sands
personell: Trevor Horn, Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn, Ian Peel, Geoff Downes
track four: i am a camera
memories how they fade so fast look back there is no escape
tied down now you see too late lovers they will never wait
i am a camera i am a camera
take heart i will never let you go if you only let your feelings show
lovers all how they never broke your hearts you lose them if the feeling starts
i am a camera (i am a camera) camera camera
i am a camera (i am a camera) camera camera
there by the waterside here where the lens is wide you and me by the sea
take heart i will never let you go if you only let your feelings show
lovers all how you never broke your heart you lose them when the feeling starts
(i am i am a camera) i am a camera i am a camera
(i am i am a camera) i am a camera i am a camera
(i am i am) a camera camera camera
(i am i am) a camera
there by the waterside here where the lens is wide you and me by the sea
personell: Trevor Horn, Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn, Ian Peel, Geoff Downes
track five: on tv
watch a movie watch a fight feeling safe as well you might
when you dream in black and white it can only happen on tv on tv
in the bathroom in your bed wall to wall we're in your head
finger on remote control we are wired to your soul
we got idols we got dreams it can only happen on tv on tv on tv
we got idols we got dreams keep your eyes fixed on the screen squeeze your life there in between
on tv on tv on tv tv tv
ecstasy for you and me here at home on your tv
ecstasy for you and me here at home on your tv tv tv tv
turning up the volume cause it's blowing up you're head look at your eyes theyre going red
turn it on turn it off turn it on turn it off
personell: Trevor Horn, Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn, Ian Peel, Geoff Downes, John Sinclair, Bruce Wooley, Rod Thompson
track six: inner city
but when the future's in your palm they read it like a book that lasts forever
makes you run one last train for the inner city run
you i know are like the rest you're holding on with all the best intentions
but tear the fabric off your nest you'll find the eggs have gone and no one mentions
how you run one last train for the inner city run one last train for the inner city
here in the sun there on the sand falling like angels you hold out your hand
here in the sun there on the sand falling like angels you hold out your hand
turn on hold out we will be here in the end
run one last train for the inner city run one last train for the inner city
run one last train for the inner city run
here in the sun there on the sand falling like angels you hold out your hand
turn on hold out we will be here in the end
personell: Trevor Horn, Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn, Ian Peel, Geoff Downes, John Sinclair
track seven: lenny
all the fools who await your return may we tell them the truth
theres no way you can turn back the clock never cling to your youth
how unfortunate it must have been life is only a race
you're so old that it might take a crane just to lift back your face
scientific so scientific scientific so scientific but you were walking on glass
how unstable we bolt with the horse setting music to muscle
all the fallers who litter the course as we run to the castle
scientific so scientific scientific so scientific but you were walking on glass
careful you're walking on glass you're walking on glass careful you're walking on glass
you say the sun does not move
when you say that the sun does not move did it show you the answer
when the ships do not fall off the world does it mean theres a wall there
you say the sun does not move
careful you could be walking on glass
he could see that the earth (he could see that the earth) was a mover
and the sun was a mother
he could see that the earth (he could see that the earth) was a mover
and the sun was a mother
but he was walking on glass
personell: Trevor Horn, Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn, Ian Peel, Geoff Downes, Danny Schrogger, Rod Thompson
track eight: rainbow warrior
sun sun as always will guard where you lay
and the walls are down and the waters drown where you stay
waiting waiting wating for the rainbow warrior
so son of logic boy born of light is the picture drawn is the harvest one step away
waiting waiting wating for the rainbow warrior
personell: Trevor Horn, Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn, Ian Peel, Simon Darlow, John Sinclair
track nine: adventures in modern recording (reprise)
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adventures in modern recording recording
personell: Trevor Horn, Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn, Ian Peel
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