buggles adventures in modern recording (1981 / carrere + cbs records / 34:29 + 38:58)
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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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 expresso 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 expresso
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
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
FLIP
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
track six: inner city
here with a suitcase in my hand i walk the street to find a fortune teller
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
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
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
track nine: adventues in modern recording (reprise)
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1997 BONUS TRACKS
track one: fade away
fade away, fade away, hey
fade away, fade away, hey
lalalalalalalala
lalalalalalalala
lalalalalalalala
lalalalalalalala
fade away, fade away, hey
do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it tonight, hey
do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it tonight, hey
fade away, fade away, hey
ive been seen with the captain's daughter, someone pushed me into the water
here i go again, ah
no more tea for the broken hearted, someone pushed and the engine started
here we go again, ah
ask my shadow, learn to fade away
ask my shadow, learn to fade away
lalalalalalalala
lalalalalalalala
lalalalalalalala
lalalalalalalala
fade away, fade away, hey
do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it tonight, hey
do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it tonight, hey
do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it tonight
track two: blue nylon
know the love to bring to you so i must sing to you
in blue blue nylon blue ring ring a ring for me say it's true say it's true
in blue blue nylon blue sing nylon sing for me make it blue make it blue
track three: i am a camera (12")
2010 BONUS TRACKS
track one: we can fly from here part 1
altimeters reading zero formless memories lingering
nights are cold on this airfield i sit alone and watch the radar
locked on your wavelength caught in the field falling slowly
and we can fly from here and we can fly from here and we can fly from here
always understanding that we can fly
along the edge of this airfield the old propshaft airliners stand
altimeters reading zero formless memories lingering
and we can fly from here and we can fly from here and we can fly from here
and we can fly from here and we can fly from here and we can fly from here
and we can fly from here always understanding
track two: dion
important note: i could not find these lyrics anywhere. this is what my ears came up with.
when we have modern times like these its hard to keep a grip on what is real dion
hand to mouth and mouth to hand we feed no one there to monitor the need
could it be timelessness or just a way to say there is no other time dion
all of the ? only the lies were true
i can remember dion how they ? you alone like a ? loneliest point of view
i can remember dion thats how i will think of you
take a ? and walk along the shore down to places you have known before
out in the morning air where you could always be alone and watch the sea dion
all of the ? only the lies were true
i can remember dion how they ? you alone like a ? loneliest point of view
i can remember dion thats how i will think of you
tell me how we've come so far dion i see it in your eyes that love has gone
when we have modern times like these its hard to keep a grip on what is real dion
i can remember dion i can remember dion i can remember dion only the lies were true
i can remember dion ? i can remember dion
i can remember dion
track three: videotheque (demo)
and hold her close i hold her close
one more chance to make it right holding hands in black and white i'll meet you there i'll meet you there
leave my mind back in my room maybe i will blow it soon and fall in love
at the videotheque we can dance forever at the videotheque we control it all
at the videotheque ghosts are only lovers on the screen
only pictures on the wall they don't mean a thing at all and i dont care i dont care
when the visions start to form the same illusion takes us all and you are there you are there
slowly senses leaving me once the two are in 3D we play the game
at the videotheque we can dance forever at the videotheque we can fall in love
at the videotheqe ghosts are only lovers on the screen
at the videotheque we can dance forever at the videotheque we can fall in love
at the videotheqe ghosts are only lovers on the screen
the videotheque the videotheque the videotheque (only ghosts are lovers on the screen)
at the videotheque
track four: on tv (demo)
track five: walking on glass
track six: riding a tide
are just the tendrils of a vast but gentle plant which they command
the headdress of a goddess you wore the night we came
is only one small symptom and really not to blame
you're riding a tiger, riding a tiger
heaven sent the mortals ranged upon the wall
and likewise all the missiles shot to make them fall
effortlessly moving picture into frame
riding a tiger, riding a tiger, riding a tiger, riding a tiger
over the bleachers into the sky into the reach of some cool goodbye
key grip was crying best boy was me here into the shelter no one afraid
track seven: we can fly from here part 2
and if the engines must be started in the night there will be silence no last intake of air
that cools in a cloud as we breathe too late for even the night planes to leave
in a broken run they always come and they fly from here
i want to be the one who always gives you shelter finds a way to keep you warm
and if some fool should say there is no other answer it a caution to face the dawn
alone so cool like the air that we breathe too late for even the night planes to leave
in a broken run they always come and they fly from here
*on this webpage, lyrics may be incorrect. i type them out by hand and source them from either genius, actual lyrics sheets, or whatver sounds right. i've used youtube and tumblr to source the audio/visual elements, and google to source the images.
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The cover artist is Rory Kee
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