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
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
11. Le Secret Farida
12. Hawaiian Chance
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
16. Of Course I'm Lying
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
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
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
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.
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
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