![]() You’ve gone to this beautiful place, met someone and vowed it is going to continue – and, of course, it doesn’t. Vienna was a love song to an imaginary girl. ![]() Talking to the Guardian in 2017, Ure said: History has possibly judged Joe Dolce’s novelty record differently to Ultravox’s iconic efforts, though. Vienna famously never made it beyond No.2 on the singles charts Shaddap You Face beat it to top spot. Freezing breath on a window pane CLying and waitingF A man in the. …we were quite prepared for Vienna to come out and disappear because it was too long for the radio…However, something resonated with people and, as they say, the rest is history. C / / / Verse 1 We walked in the cold airF. ![]() In an interview with UK Music Reviews, Midge Ure recalled: The 1981 hit remains the song most associated with the band. Ultravox’s Vienna single, with its classical instrumentation, synthesisers and spartan lyrics, sold over half a million copies in the UK alone. It feels like only yesterday when Midge Ure’s haunting chorus proved once again that unconventional and popular are not mutually exclusive concepts. Official video includes Stephansdom, Michaelerplatz and the Zentralfriedhof cemetery.The hit song by Ultravox seared its way into our cultural memory and the video even features some familiar Viennese landmarks. 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. It struck me that it showed up twice in the first season, giving it a sort of thematic resonance.When talking with British people of a certain age, it’s almost impossible to mention Vienna without someone adding something about it meaning nothing to me. Some cursory research has yielded insight that the inspiration was an affair which took place in rather grim surroundings - which is fitting for the show certainly. It is very romantic sonically but hinges on the lyrics "this means nothing to me" - so maybe speaks to the avoidant nature of the romance between these two characters. It plays again in episode 10 when Travis finally breaks down and seeks comfort in Nat, telling her he loves her. I wonder if the popularity of the show boosted the song in the algorithm? Idk how that shit works.īut anyway, the song plays at the end of episode 3 after Travis's body is discovered by Nat and Misty. It came up on an artist radio I was listening to on Spotify. A week or two previous I heard the 1980 hit by Ultravox, and became low-key obsessed with it. this caught my attention because I just started watching the show this past Monday (1/17) and binged all the way through. Please use spoiler tags to hide any spoilers for the series. We walked in the cold air Freezing breath on a window pane Lying and waiting. If you are unsure if something is self-promotion, please reach out to us through modmail. Please do not use the subreddit to promote your social media, podcasts/youtube channels, or businesses.Posts must be related to the Showtime series Yellowjackets.Use the search tool to check if a post has already been made.Do not post torrents, unsanctioned streams, or links to junk sites.Homophobia, transphobia, sexism, racism, cyber-bullying or any other form of hate speech and bigotry is not tolerated.Repeat offenses are punishable by permanent ban. Spam, low quality content, and illegal content (including illegal streams) will be removed. Repeat offenses are punishable by permanent ban.ĭo not incite or inflame arguments. Frequent, low quality, and repeat threads may be removed. No arguing (constructive debating is allowed), flaming, or trolling. Media officially released as promotional material is not considered a spoiler. Repeat offenses are punishable by permanent ban.Ĭomments found to have spoilers in a No Spoiler posts, unless indicated by the OP, will be removed. Failure to mark posts as containing spoilers will be removed. Users are responsible for marking posts containing spoilers with the spoiler tag and title tags for non yellow post flairs. Low effort posts belong in the episode discussion threads. Tags must be specific, using season tags for episode specific items will be removed. Posts marked as Discussion or submissions about upcoming episodes must have an episode, season, or warning tag in the beginning. Posts titles containing spoilers will be removed. Posts without flairs will be removed automatically.ĭo not put spoilers in post titles. Posts & TitlesĪppropriately flair your post. Hover over the boxes to get more details.
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