YELLO


Collection

(2 CD)




Disc 1

1. Desire 3'44
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Stella, 1985
2. Vicious Games 4'23
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Stella, 1985
3. Oh Yeah 3'07
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album One Second, 1987
4. Desert Inn 3'32
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Stella, 1985
5. Stalakdrama 3'08
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Stella, 1985
6. Domingo 4'36
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Stella, 1985
7. Sometimes (Dr. Hirsch) 3'38
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Stella, 1985
8. Angel No 3'09
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Stella, 1985
9. La Habanera 5'16
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album One Second, 1987
10. Moon On Ice 4'20
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier / Billy MacKenzie)
From album One Second, 1987
11. Le Secret Farida 3'21
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album One Second, 1987
12. Hawaiian Chance 4'23
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album One Second, 1987
13. The Rhythm Divine 4'16
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier / Billy MacKenzie)
From album One Second, 1987
14. Goldrush 4'24
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album One Second, 1987
15. Si Senor The Hairy Grill 4'57
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album One Second, 1987
16. Of Course I'm Lying 6'01
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Flag, 1988
17. Blazing Saddles 4'02
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Flag, 1988
18. Otto Di Catania 3'23
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Flag, 1988

Disc 2

19. Homage To The Mountain 0'37
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Baby, 1991
20. Rubberbandman 3'39
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Baby, 1991
21. Jungle Bill 6'14
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Baby, 1991
22. Ocean Club 3'31
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Baby, 1991
23. Who's Gone 3'44
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Baby, 1991
24. Capri Calling 3'04
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier / Billy Mackenzie)
From album Baby, 1991
25. Drive / Driven 4'18
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Baby, 1991
26. Sweet Thunder 5'30
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Baby, 1991
27. Suite 909 6'20
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Zebra, 1994
28. How How 2'43
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Zebra, 1994
29. Night Train 3'38
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Zebra, 1994
30. Do It 3'11
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Zebra, 1994
31. S.A.X. 3'15
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Zebra, 1994
32. Fat Cry 4'13
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Zebra, 1994
33. Tremendous Pain 4'01
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Zebra, 1994
34. Move Dance Be Born 6'06
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Zebra, 1994
35. Poom Shanka 3'27
(Boris Blank / Dieter Meier)
From album Zebra, 1994

Total Time: 131:11 (73:40 + 57:31)


  • Boris Blank - Arranger, Background Vocals
  • Dieter Meier - Vocals, Lyricist
  • Rene Chico Hablas - Guitar
  • Marco Colombo - Guitar
  • Annie Hogan - Piano
  • Philippe Kienholz - Piano, Accordion
  • Rolf Aschwander - Accordion
  • Steve Trop - Trombone
  • Don Randolph - Bass Trombone
  • Leos Gerteis - Clarinet
  • Beat Ash - Drums, Percussion
  • Rush Winters - Vocals
  • Shirley Bassey - Vocals
  • Santiago Alfonso - Vocals
  • Billy Mackenzie - Vocals, Background Vocals
  • Ian Shaw - Background Vocals

    YELLO - Producer
    Boris Blank - Engineer, Mixing
    Kevin Metcalfe - Mastering
    Ian Tregoning - Mixing Assistant



    1. Desire

      The sun
      Blowing the moon away
      Lights me up for
      One more day
      The streets are naked
      In the morning sun
      The night lifts behind me
      I run and run
      Morning heat
      Puts a thin film of sweat on my face
      A little man, his eyes half closed
      Puts chairs on tables
      Admires his work
      And collects a quarter from the floor
      I head over to Broadway
      Where I watch myself
      Having a slow breakfast
      Trying to impress the barman with a fresh voice
      When I ask for the bill
      The sun
      Blowing the moon away
      Lights me up for
      One more day
      The streets are naked
      In the morning sun
      The night lifts behind me
      I run and run
      Desire
      Desire for the unknown eyes
      Desire for the unknown name
      I'm burning in the morning sun, I want to run
      Desire for the unknown name
      Desire for the unknown love
      I'm burning in the morning sun

    2. Vicious Games

      I never knew
      How much I loved you
      I never knew
      How much I cared
      So I played
      Vicious Games, Vicious Games
      With different names, different names
      Vicious Games, Vicious Games
      With different names, different names
      I was afraid
      To go under
      Afraid to see
      When I closed my eyes
      Vicious Games, Vicious Games
      With different names, different names
      Vicious Games, Vicious Games
      With different names, different names
      I never knew
      How much I loved you
      I never knew
      How much I care
      I just played
      Vicious Games, Vicious Games
      With different names, different names
      Vicious Games, Vicious Games
      With different names, different names
      Now that you're gone
      And you have left me
      I had to learn
      I had to learn how much it hurts
      To play those Vicious Games
      Vicious Games, Vicious Games
      Different names, different names
      Vicious Games, Vicious Games
      Different names, different names
      Vicious Games, Vicious Games
      Different names, different names
      Vicious Games, Vicious Games
      Different names, different names

    3. Oh Yeah

      Oh Yeah... Oh Yeah... Oh Yeah
      The moon... beautiful
      The sun... even more beautiful
      Oh Yeah... Oh Yeah... Oh Yeah
      Beautiful
      Oh Yeah... Oh Yeah...
      Good time

    4. Desert Inn

      I never meet her in the city
      But believe me she is pretty
      Six-hundred-fifty miles away
      I meet my angel in the desert
      In the desert I can meet her
      Oh in the desert heat she makes me play
      I'm not trying to be clever
      I'm not getting there forever
      Only flying with the wind and thee
      I'm not trying to be late
      Just becoming a slave
      Come on angel, play the game
      I'm not trying to be clever
      I'm not getting there forever
      Won't fight with the window on me
      I'm not trying to be late
      Just becoming a slave
      Come on angel, play the game
      She's never in the city
      But the woman she's pretty
      Six-hundred-fifty miles away
      I meet my angel in the desert
      In the desert I can meet her
      In the desert heat she makes me pray
      There is a race in your face

    5. Stalakdrama

      (instrumental)

    6. Domingo

      We are here
      In this holy cave today
      To celebrate
      The reincarnation
      Of Domingo de Santa Clara
      The man who convinced us
      That there is no Lord
      For His name is Buddha, Allah, Shiva, Jahve
      Outside our bodies
      We are God
      'Cause only we can create the idea
      Of His existence in our holy brains
      Je deteste l'idee de dieu et de son fils
      [I hate the idea of God and His son]
      C'est une des idees les plus diaboliques
      [It's one of the most diabolical ideas]
      Dans l'histoire entiere de l'homme
      [In the whole history of man]
      Let us pray to ourselves and our spirits!
      Domingo you show me just nothing
      Like no one before
      Domingo you show me just nothing
      Like no one before
      Domingo you show me just nothing
      Like no one before
      Domingo you show me just nothing
      Like no one before
      Domingo of Santa Clara
      You made us believe
      That you are no phantom
      When without
      The slightest spot of a thousand nations
      You sprayed your blood of Domingo
      We all know
      Domingo of Santa Clara
      Will be born today, tomorrow, and the day after
      Billions of times
      'Til the end of the Universe
      Here with a smile on his face
      As the rest of our species watches
      The catastrophe
      Domingo you show me just nothing
      Like no one before
      Domingo you show me just nothing
      Like no one before
      Domingo you show me just nothing
      Like no one before

    7. Sometimes (Dr Hirsch)

      You're leaving
      You're leaving me now
      I'm wishing
      I wish this would hurt
      But I suffer
      I can't feel the pain
      Sometimes, sometimes
      I wish I could cry
      I heard it
      I heard about love
      I gave you
      The feelings I could
      You left me
      I know you were right
      Sometimes
      I wish I could cry
      Sometimes
      I wish I could cry
      Sometimes, sometimes
      I wish I could cry

    8. Angel No

      I don't wanna be your angel
      I wanna be your witch
      I gotta wait 'til the sun is down
      I'm getting ready for another flight
      Only if you're ready
      And you're willing to drown
      You can be mine tonight
      I'm never ever gonna live reality
      In the daylight
      I'd never survive
      I could never be your angel
      Even if I tried
      I don't wanna be your angel
      I wanna be your witch
      I don't wanna be your angel
      I wanna be your witch
      I don't wanna be your angel
      I wanna be your witch
      I gotta wait 'til the sun is down
      I'm getting ready for another flight
      Only if you're ready
      And you're willing to drown
      You can be mine tonight
      I'm never ever gonna live reality
      In the daylight
      I'd never survive
      I could never be your angel
      Even if I tried

    9. La Habanera

      This is Havana
      The night before the revolution
      Carlos Romero Pambo plays the symphony
      For latin piano
      Popping corks and blasting bullets
      La Habanera dances in the streets
      And like every night
      Pedro Comacho sells peanuts
      Outside the Tropicana Club
      Don't ask me why
      Life is one day
      La Habanera
      La Habanera
      She dances on the street at night
      La Habanera
      La Habanera
      She is ready for a fight
      Don't ask my why
      Pedro Comacho
      The former informer of the secret police
      Is still standing outside the club
      Pretending to be blind
      He watches the last plane to Miami
      Disappearing in a flaming purple sky
      Now he knows
      He has been left behind
      Don't ask me why
      Life is one day
      La Habanera
      La Habanera
      She dances under street lights
      La Habanera
      La Habanera
      She is ready for a fight

    10. Moon On Ice

      (instrumental)

    11. Le Secret Farida

      (instrumental)

    12. Hawaiian Chance

      (instrumental)

    13. Goldrush

      Give me your gold
      Blue moon is walking
      These lips are smoking
      Big time disaster
      My heart gets faster
      My pot is melting
      Doctors consulting destiny
      Give it to me
      This is
      Your show and it's old
      And it's a wonder
      This day I give it to you
      Give it to you
      Give me your gold
      Give me your gold
      You got a nugget in your pocket
      Got a nugget in your hand
      You got a nugget in your pocket
      Got a nugget for a grand
      So forget your hesitation
      Take a dozen invitation
      Like it's for a great confusion
      Like it's for a grand illusion
      Clouds... Love... Stars... Colors
      Take it into the night

    14. The Rhythm Divine

      You know that my tears
      Have kept me awake
      The longer you're gone
      I'll hunger and shake
      From Warsaw to Rome
      I'll wait out of time
      With you in my heart
      The Rhythm Divine
      So won't you come close
      Bring this to an end
      With each Winter rose
      My love I will send
      So tender the night
      When you hold me tight
      With you in my heart
      The Rhythm Divine
      With you in my heart
      The Rhythm Divine
      You know that these tears
      Have kept me awake
      The longer you're gone
      I'll hunger and shake
      From Warsaw to Rome
      I'll wait out of time
      With you in my heart
      The Rhythm Divine
      The Rhythm Divine
      The Rhythm Divine
      With you in my heart
      The Rhythm Divine

    15. Si Senor The Hairy Grill

      (instrumental)

    16. Of Course I'm Lying

      (instrumental)

    17. Blazing Saddles

      The summertime has gone
      You'll never ever be alone
      You are my sun
      All the strangers in time
      Please call me later tonight
      Cause I'm waiting for love
      The summertime has gone
      You'll never ever be alone
      You are my sun
      In the darkness of time
      The night is so long
      You'll never ever be alone
      The summertime has gone
      You'll never ever be alone
      When you are crying
      And the moon starts to shine
      Please take my hand
      Into the ocean of love
      The summertime has gone
      You'll never ever be alone
      When you are smiling
      And the moon starts to shine
      Cause tonight is so long
      You'll never ever be alone
      The summer night has gone
      You'll never ever be alone
      You are my sun
      All the strangers in time
      Please call me later tonight
      Cause I'm waiting for love
      The summertime has gone
      You'll never ever be alone
      You are my sun
      In the darkness of night
      The night is so long
      You'll never ever be alone

    18. Otto Di Catania Otto Di Catania

      Amici del variete (intende: Varieta)
      Calorissimo pubblico (intende: Calorosissimo)
      Buona sera qui al Stella Matto. (intende: Allo Stella Matto - forse un vecchio
      night di Roma)
      Nella prima parte del programma
      Venuta direttamente dal Cairo
      la famosissima Lolita del Sudan,
      una danzatrice del ventre
      Accompagnato come sempre (intende: Accompagnata)
      dalla nostra orchestra Paolo Silvestri.
      Prego Maestro: a Lei!
      Sono Otto, sono Otto di Catania!
      Sono arrivato a Roma 20 anni fa.
      Sono qui per vivere,
      per vivere la mia vita,
      per mangiare, per rosso bicchiere di vino.
      Per tutti questi giorni
      voglio invitare tutti amici mei ( intende: Miei)
      Per celebrare la mia vita.
      Amici grazie, grazie per venire,
      grazie per andare con me
      alla caffe Romana. (intende: al Caffe Romano - forse un vecchio Bar di Roma)
      La via Veneto era molto speciale,
      Con Marcello, con Luciano,
      Con Verena la Sirena
      Grazie per venire
      e il mio nome e Otto di Catania:
      sono arrivato 20 anni fa!

    19. Homage To The Mountain

      (instrumental)

    20. Rubberbandman

      Shoot, bang, no rhyme [should I know why]
      I'm in love with you
      Shoot back, just a fight [should I justify]
      Out of the blue
      I'm the Rubberbandman with the rubberman touch
      Out of the blue, love is such
      Rubberband man with the rubberband pack
      You're the one, you'll get me back on track
      Shoot, bang, no rhyme [should I know why]
      I'm in love with you
      Shoot back, just a fight [should I justify]
      Out of the blue
      Everybody told me what they shouldn't do
      I haven't got the problem
      Haven't got the clue
      I'm doing what I'm feeling and I'm doing fine
      The Rubberbandman, I don't mind
      Shoot, bang, no rhyme [should I know why]
      I'm in love with you
      Shoot back, just a fight [should I justify]
      Out of the blue
      I got the Rubberband dance
      It's chewin' the fat
      Cause I'm the Rubberbandman
      Out of the can
      Hoping when I see you I'm back on by
      The Rubberbandman doin' fine
      Shoot, bang, no rhyme [should I know why]
      I'm in love with you
      Shoot back, just a fight [should I justify]
      Out of the blue
      The filthy woman tells me what I shouldn't do
      I'm jumping in my can, out of the blue
      I haven't got the problem living in the can
      I'm doing alright, I'm the Rubberbandman

    21. Jungle Bill

      The moon is a drop in a black hole
      The sun is a hell of a light
      But nobody's blue is brighter
      Than the blue in my baby tonight
      A man is a snake in the autumn
      Maybe dew [Baby-do] is making him wretch
      Oh man was it dark in the jungle
      His heart is an empty fretch [thretch?]
      A man is a duck in the jungle
      Who's lost in the big bamboo
      Snake jumps out of the fire
      And it's cryin' [goin'] for baby-do
      The moon is a drop in a black hole
      The sun was a hell of a light
      Oh man I'm gonna have my ice cold
      Baby-do is out of sight
      I'm in danger
      In your jungle
      I'm a stranger
      Land of Mambo
      Cause what you do
      Must be voodoo
      I'm in danger
      Oh baby-do
    [Repeat all and Chorus]

    22. Ocean Club

      My name is Norman -- Lou Norman.
      I've been in this business for fifteen years.
      If people have a problem and don't want talk to the police, they want talk to me.
      So, this Friday afternoon I got a phone call,
      Young lady asked me to go downtown.
      What the hell is a girl like Mandy Cooper doing at the lower Manhattan Ocean Club?
      Looking like a taxi [Texan?] model
      And with a voice like Mahalia Jackson.
      She don't need to work in slots like this.
      She got the pair of blue eyes that look green to me.
      And then she approached me.
      Oh boy
      Miss Cooper, I suppose?
      Let's stop playing games.
      I'm on the job here, let's come to terms.
      She tried to wind me up with some nonsense about an ex-boyfriend who was giving her a hard time.
      I said listen honey, we all know you can help yourself.
      If you want me to work on your case, let's get things straight -- and now.
      Oh boy
      Nobody is ever gonna damage your career.
      With a voice like this and a pair of eyes, you're gonna be huge in any business.
      You still don't smoke?
      I need a drink.
      And maybe you'll join me.
      Looks better for the chappy over there
      Looks like old friends
      Meeting after a hard night's work.
      I walked to the corner slowly,
      Wanted to ask Mr. Big here for a light.
      He turned around.
      I put a quarter into the jukebox and played a beautiful Ave Maria
      When I turned around, Miss Cooper had gone.

    23. Who's Gone

      (instrumental)

    24. Capri Calling

      It's the time of April snows
      And how it shows
      In Hannah's eyes
      Calling she's calling
      Calling each midnight
      Take me to new heights
      Falling I'm falling
      A secret power
      Sweet with surprises
      Leaves no disguises
      When you feel pure
      Until I'm yours...
      It's the time of April snows
      And how it shows
      In Hannah's eyes
      Time and she's all (?)
      A pool of thought
      I sometimes call
      In Hannah's eyes

    25. Drive / Driven

      Tonight you gotta look in my eyes
      You got it, you drive me out of my mind
      Drive, driven
      Gave, given
      It's dangerous to stay
      And I say
      Drive, driven
      Gave, given
      I gave myself away
      You drive me crazy
      You're lazy
      Calling my name
      You drive me crazy
      You're lazy
      Out of my mind
      'Cause you're a diva
      I'm a believer
      'Cause you're a diva
      I'm a believer
      Tonight, you gotta give me a number of games
      You got it, you gotta give me a number of names
      Drive, driven
      Gave, given
      It's dangerous to stay
      And I say
      Drive, driven
      Gave, given
      I gave myself away
      You drive me crazy ...

    26. Sweet Thunder

      (instrumental)

    27. Suite 909

      Love ... heaven ... submission and more
      Love ... hell ... in Room 904
      Tremendous pain
      8...6...5...4...
      8...6...5...4...
      Tremendous pain
      Love ... submission and more
      Love ... hell...in Room 904
      Tremendous pain
      8...6...5...4...
      Oh baby, give me some more
      Tremendous pain

    28. How How

      My life is in a serious mess,
      My baby is gone, there's heavy mental stress
      I never knew love but I know it now,
      I wanna give her my heart, but how how
      I never knew love but I know it now,
      I wanna give her my heart, but how how
      How How
      Maybe I should buy her a beautiful dress,
      Maybe gold and diamonds, and no more stress
      I decide to call her, it drives me insane,
      Then she's on the line and tells me Don't be vain
      I decide to call her, it drives me insane,
      But then she's on the line and tells me I take the blame
      You [?] little fool and you know what I miss,
      No diamonds, no gold, just a kiss
      Just a kiss
      I got nothing to lose so I know it doesn't matter,
      I do it the old way and write her a letter
      I know how much I love you and I need you now,
      You're the one and only and you tell me how
      Now I'm out of trouble and a serious mess,
      My baby is back, no more stress
      You know how much I love you and I need you now,
      I'll give you my heart, just tell me how how
      How how

    29. Night Train

      I'm riding the night train
      The smile is still burning
      Dancing my way
      A crown for the clown, I smile, and I run
      For years now I'm driven
      A smile, unforgiven
      I'm dancing with strangers
      Awaiting your big smile,
      I'm rushing downtown while you're gone
      For years now I'm driven, a smile unforgiven, the one
      I'm riding the night train
      The window's a mirror
      I'm dancing with strangers
      I'm waiting...for you
      Awaiting your big smile,
      I'm rushing downtown while you're gone
      For years now I'm driven, a smile unforgiven, the one
      A crown for the clown, a smiling crowd, and you're gone
      For years now I'm driven, a smile unforgiven, the one

    30. Do It

      I'm walkin' downtown
      No lookin' around
      'Cause I'm a fool and a half
      Blessed and beaten by love
      I walk in the direction
      But then I stop the action
      'Cause when I try to do it
      My heart is gone, I blew it
      Do it...do it...
      I'm going on and on, just on and on
      Just walkin', talkin', not a winner at all
      I'm boozing, losing, getting out of control
      She dances hip-hop, she's on the top
      I'm still a fool and a half, blessed and beaten by love
      Do it...do it...
      I'm walkin' back home
      Keep lookin' around
      Still a fool and a half
      Blessed and beaten by love
      She walks in my direction
      Why don't she start the action
      I got no guts to do it
      And then she's gone, I blew it
      Do it...do it ...

    31. S.A.X.

      (instrumental)

    32. Fat Cry

      I wanna be yours, I wanna be loved...
      Giving, loving, rolling, revving (?)
      The rhythm divine
      Giving, loving, rolling, revving (?)
      The rhythm divine
      When I saw you the first time
      I knew it was a fine line
      And when I saw you the last time
      You made me . . .
      Stop my game, forget my name
      I wanna be yours
      I wanna be yours, I wanna be loved...
      Stop my game, forget my name
      Giving, loving, rolling, revving (?)
      The rhythm divine
      Stop my game, forget my name
      I wanna be yours, I wanna be loved ...

    33.Tremendous Pain

      Oh baby, show me the way
      To hell and heaven
      Oh baby, how do you spell
      Suite 907
      And I say,
      8...6...5...4
      Oh baby, I can't take it no more
      Play your melody, your tune is divine
      Play your song, your beat is mine
      Tremendous pain...
      Love ... heaven ... submission and more
      Love ... hell ... in Suite 904
      Stormy weather, heavy rain
      No moon in the city
      Shining streets, Friday night
      No mercy, no pity
      I hide in my church, in Suite 909
      Your word is my bible, your beat is divine
      Suite 909
      Love ... heaven ... submission and more
      Love ... hell ... in Suite 904
      You bless me with an easy touch
      Your fantasy, I need it so much
      I hide in my church, I float on the Nile
      Your word is my bible, your beat is divine
      8...6...5...4
      Oh baby, give me some more...
      Tremendous pain
      Love ... heaven ... submission and more
      Love ... hell ... in Suite 904
      Tremendous pain

    34. Move Dance Be Born

      Move
      Dance
      Be born
      Moving on the dance floor
      I'm a victim of the rhythm...
      (sorry, this is WAY too fast for me!)
      Lose your body
      Leave your mind
      Somewhere, sometimes
      Tonight

    35. Poom Shanka

      (instrumental)