Berlin — The Metro
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I'm alone sitting with my empty glass
My four walls follow me through my past
I was on a Paris train I emerged in London rain
And you were waiting there swimming through apologies
I remember searching for the perfect words
I was hoping you might change your mind
I remember a soldier sleeping next to me
Riding on the metro
You wore white smiling as you took my hand
So removed we spoke of wintertime in France
Minutes passed with shallow words
Years have passed and still the hurt
I can see you now smiling as I pulled away
I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand
"I'll love you always" filled my eyes
I remember a night we walked along the Seine
Riding on the metro
I remember a feeling coming over me
The soldier turned, then looked away
I remember hating you for loving me
Riding on the metro
I'm alone sitting with my broken glass
My four walls follow me through my past
I was on a Paris train I emerged in London rain
And you were waiting there swimming through apologies - sorry
I remember searching for the perfect words
I was hoping you might change your mind
I remember a soldier sleeping next to me
Riding on the metro
My four walls follow me through my past
I was on a Paris train I emerged in London rain
And you were waiting there swimming through apologies
I remember searching for the perfect words
I was hoping you might change your mind
I remember a soldier sleeping next to me
Riding on the metro
You wore white smiling as you took my hand
So removed we spoke of wintertime in France
Minutes passed with shallow words
Years have passed and still the hurt
I can see you now smiling as I pulled away
I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand
"I'll love you always" filled my eyes
I remember a night we walked along the Seine
Riding on the metro
I remember a feeling coming over me
The soldier turned, then looked away
I remember hating you for loving me
Riding on the metro
I'm alone sitting with my broken glass
My four walls follow me through my past
I was on a Paris train I emerged in London rain
And you were waiting there swimming through apologies - sorry
I remember searching for the perfect words
I was hoping you might change your mind
I remember a soldier sleeping next to me
Riding on the metro
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Stephen_Phillips wrote: I saw Kraftwerk at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. One of the best concerts ever! Small crowd and we were standing the entire time - 5 rows deep.
What about this for a Fantasy Electronica Festival lineup...
Opening act...
Berlin
followed by...
Gary Numan...
and then the headline act...
Kraftwerk
Anybody fancy going to this one with me?
xray38 wrote:
My MTV days, and now 60 years old. I raise your DAMN.
76 and still raising *D*A*M*N* ...no MTV days though.
My MTV days, and now 60 years old. I raise your DAMN.
76 and still raising *D*A*M*N* ...no MTV days though.
I remember hating you
For loving me
Riding on the metro
melzabutch wrote:
DAMN... six years old post.. enjoy 41
My MTV days, and now 35 years old, DAMN.
DAMN... six years old post.. enjoy 41
hahaha -the guy on the cover looks like Ansel Elgort...
I was on a Paris train I emerged in London rain
And you were waiting there swimming through a pile of cheese?
And you were waiting there swimming through a pile of cheese?
Try the SOAD cover. it worth it
September 20, 1984: Berlin opens for The Thompson Twins at BSU, great concert!
SmackDaddy wrote:
i was only listening to a nice song....i never mix religion with music
So Terri Nunn played Trump's Mar-a-lago NYE party with Vanilla Ice and Tayloe Dane (who?). Nothing like whoring for a paycheck. Pathetic.
i was only listening to a nice song....i never mix religion with music
This band was so far ahead of it's time, for it's sound and the remixes they allowed to become early electronic dance hits.
Anyone can say what they want about "whoring for a paycheck" but if you have ever tried to make a living as an artist, you know, that that is sometimes what pays the bills.
Anyone can say what they want about "whoring for a paycheck" but if you have ever tried to make a living as an artist, you know, that that is sometimes what pays the bills.
SmackDaddy wrote:
kinda like the Inauguration that happened just moments ago (all the "super stars"...."Hello, Pot....."Hello, Kettle"
So Terri Nunn played Trump's Mar-a-lago NYE party with Vanilla Ice and Tayloe Dane (who?). Nothing like whoring for a paycheck. Pathetic.
kinda like the Inauguration that happened just moments ago (all the "super stars"...."Hello, Pot....."Hello, Kettle"
So Terri Nunn played Trump's Mar-a-lago NYE party with Vanilla Ice and Tayloe Dane (who?). Nothing like whoring for a paycheck. Pathetic.
Who didn’t dance their ass off to this in the ‘80s??
melzabutch wrote:
39
My MTV days, and now 35 years old, DAMN.
39
"I remember hating you for loving me"
Such a succinct and classic line about the madness of young romantic love!
10
Such a succinct and classic line about the madness of young romantic love!
10
Terri Nunn.
The fact that we never met tragically doomed our relationship.
The fact that we never met tragically doomed our relationship.
xray38 wrote:
My MTV days, and now 60 years old. I raise your DAMN.
logically he couldn't have meant anything else than that the song is 35years old, not himself.
My MTV days, and now 60 years old. I raise your DAMN.
logically he couldn't have meant anything else than that the song is 35years old, not himself.
melzabutch wrote:
My MTV days, and now 60 years old. I raise your DAMN.
My MTV days, and now 35 years old, DAMN.
My MTV days, and now 60 years old. I raise your DAMN.
bentonian wrote:
But it's really great cheese!
Classic Eighties cheese!
But it's really great cheese!
Classic Eighties cheese!
What about this for a Fantasy Electronica Festival lineup...
Opening act...
Berlin
followed by...
Gary Numan...
and then the headline act...
Kraftwerk
Anybody fancy going to this one with me?
Opening act...
Berlin
followed by...
Gary Numan...
and then the headline act...
Kraftwerk
Anybody fancy going to this one with me?
Another giveaway: rolls her R in metro. Sounds to me like an English person speaking French.
The very first band I saw live in Paris in 1987 as a guest star for Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Great show and great sound, although the girl was darn young.
Synth80s wrote:
Only if you don’t realize that the LA Metro didn’t launch until a decade after this (excellent) song was written...
I think the lyric "I was riding on a Paris train" was already a dead giveaway.
Only if you don’t realize that the LA Metro didn’t launch until a decade after this (excellent) song was written...
I think the lyric "I was riding on a Paris train" was already a dead giveaway.
Proclivities wrote:
That makes more sense.
Only if you don’t realize that the LA Metro didn’t launch until a decade after this (excellent) song was written...
That makes more sense.
Only if you don’t realize that the LA Metro didn’t launch until a decade after this (excellent) song was written...
1wolfy wrote:
intentionally, detached, androgynous, android/Gary Numan like............in a very dated '80s way.
barely singing..
intentionally, detached, androgynous, android/Gary Numan like............in a very dated '80s way.
Larrygrrl wrote:
Looks good? Hmmmm, not sure that matters so much. How did she sound & perform?
Great! Always liked her and Berlin.
Looks good? Hmmmm, not sure that matters so much. How did she sound & perform?
Great! Always liked her and Berlin.
treatment_bound wrote:
Looks good? Hmmmm, not sure that matters so much. How did she sound & perform?
I saw Terri about 5 years ago with the lastest incarnation of her band at Summerfest in Milw.
She still looks good!
She still looks good!
Looks good? Hmmmm, not sure that matters so much. How did she sound & perform?
I saw Terri about 5 years ago with the lastest incarnation of her band at Summerfest in Milw.
She still looks good!
She still looks good!
htowncoog wrote:
Had the biggest crush on her back in college!
Ohh, Terri Nunn! 
Had the biggest crush on her back in college!
ciarataylor wrote:
Yes, this has a very similar beat and production sound, but different melodies and chord progressions - in other words: not "identical in every way". "Echo Beach" was by a different Canadian band: Martha & The Muffins, not Parachute Club.
Took a page from the Parachute Club. All they need is to sing the chorus for "Echo Beach.
Identical in every way.
Identical in every way.
Yes, this has a very similar beat and production sound, but different melodies and chord progressions - in other words: not "identical in every way". "Echo Beach" was by a different Canadian band: Martha & The Muffins, not Parachute Club.
this synth pop sound is once again hot
Took a page from the Parachute Club. All they need is to sing the chorus for "Echo Beach.
Identical in every way.
Identical in every way.
That brought back some memories. 
whipp it good
Proclivities wrote:
Since this band was from Los Angeles, I imagine they're referring to the L.A. Metro.
crogers wrote:
That makes more sense.
Since this band was from Los Angeles, I imagine they're referring to the L.A. Metro.
crogers wrote:
I'm guessing Paris, given the lyrics.
That makes more sense.
I'm guessing Paris, given the lyrics.
Proclivities wrote:
Since this band was from Los Angeles, I imagine they're referring to the L.A. Metro.
Proclivities wrote:
Since this band was from Los Angeles, I imagine they're referring to the L.A. Metro.
Loved this whole album. Didn't help that I had a huge crush on Terri Nunn in the late 80s.
Proclivities wrote:
Since this band was from Los Angeles, I imagine they're referring to the L.A. Metro.
Back when this was written there was not much of a metro. Mostly buses.
Since this band was from Los Angeles, I imagine they're referring to the L.A. Metro.
Back when this was written there was not much of a metro. Mostly buses.
My MTV days, and now 35 years old, DAMN.
pimpbot5000 wrote:
Agreed!
Riding on the DC Metro isn't nearly as exciting and upbeat as this song.
Agreed!
pimpbot5000 wrote:
Since this band was from Los Angeles, I imagine they're referring to the L.A. Metro.
Riding on the DC Metro isn't nearly as exciting and upbeat as this song.
Since this band was from Los Angeles, I imagine they're referring to the L.A. Metro.
I’ve never heard this before but I know it's exactly the sort of thing I would have loved back in the early 80s. I would have been at that stage of my life where I wasn't a punk any more but hadn’t yet moved to Indie/Brit Pop.
Frater_Kork wrote:
Man, how I hated that song back in the days. I'm getting flashbacks of plastic synthnoises lumbering out of speakers in rooms full of drunk teens with mullets hollering along to the alternative lyric Take My Brain Away.
Just say no. ;)
I stopped hanging out at frat parties like that early in sophomore year. But I heard about a large, pudgy drunk on my freshman hall named Steve Twomey who had a failsafe of killing the romantic haze of songs like "Take My Breath Away." He'd look for a couple slow-dancing to a love song, lumber up to them and yell at the guy, "FUCK HER! I did!"
Later in the evening or the next day, when Steve had sobered up just a little, he'd apologize...but the thrill was surely gone by then. Apparently he became a better guy after college but died quite young. RIP, big fella.
Man, how I hated that song back in the days. I'm getting flashbacks of plastic synthnoises lumbering out of speakers in rooms full of drunk teens with mullets hollering along to the alternative lyric Take My Brain Away.
Just say no. ;)
I stopped hanging out at frat parties like that early in sophomore year. But I heard about a large, pudgy drunk on my freshman hall named Steve Twomey who had a failsafe of killing the romantic haze of songs like "Take My Breath Away." He'd look for a couple slow-dancing to a love song, lumber up to them and yell at the guy, "FUCK HER! I did!"
Later in the evening or the next day, when Steve had sobered up just a little, he'd apologize...but the thrill was surely gone by then. Apparently he became a better guy after college but died quite young. RIP, big fella.
Great band, great early song of theirs, superior new wave/early alternative stuff. Can't believe some of you snooty snotts only rate this a 6.3 Sheeeeeesh! Yes, Take my Breath Away wasn't a high moment, but they had some really good music in the day. Just 'cause they weren't some damn jam band or hipster come lately act, and were on early MTV rotation, they get dissed. Thanks Bill, keep on playing!
barely singing..
Is there a grinning, gothic emoticon? Because there should be.
Yamson wrote:
"Take My Breath Away" was a cover? I can't find who did it originally.
Berlin released the first version so it's technically I guess it's not a "cover". The song was written by Giorgio Moroder.
"Take My Breath Away" was a cover? I can't find who did it originally.
Berlin released the first version so it's technically I guess it's not a "cover". The song was written by Giorgio Moroder.
Pure Nostalgia, no more. Total Gary Numan rip-off here. Play Gary Numan!
Missing Persons were so much better. Play them too!
Missing Persons were so much better. Play them too!
Sheesh! I can't believe this hasn't been played for 3 years.... Glad I landed on it today hitting the PSD button from another unsavory song. Prefer this a whole lot more! 
Ballzak wrote:
Damn Terri Nunn looks just like Katie White of the TIng Tings!
it was bad enough suffering through this back then
Ohh, Terri Nunn!
Sloggydog wrote:
Or i'm just generalising about the eighties as i hear this for the first time
"I" as in you or "I" as in me? Certainly not my first time hearing dog....
Or i'm just generalising about the eighties as i hear this for the first time
"I" as in you or "I" as in me? Certainly not my first time hearing dog....
pimpbot5000 wrote:
Is this about the DC Metro or the Berlin U-Bahn? Either one is really pedestrian in excitement. Now in the old days, the East German Strssenbahn (S-Bahn) was really scary. The old overhead stations abandoned in the West were creepy, too, except for Mexikoplatz which was full of hippie girls, dope smoke and a fabulous coffee shop and bakery. All gone now, I suppose, along with the KGB that rode the U-Bahn on the Purple Line past the Zoostrasse platform.
Riding on the DC Metro isn't nearly as exciting and upbeat as this song.
Is this about the DC Metro or the Berlin U-Bahn? Either one is really pedestrian in excitement. Now in the old days, the East German Strssenbahn (S-Bahn) was really scary. The old overhead stations abandoned in the West were creepy, too, except for Mexikoplatz which was full of hippie girls, dope smoke and a fabulous coffee shop and bakery. All gone now, I suppose, along with the KGB that rode the U-Bahn on the Purple Line past the Zoostrasse platform.
BoneRoller wrote:
Or i'm just generalising about the eighties as i hear this for the first time
The New Wave fad in the early 80's was for real. You were apparently pretty hip dancing to, and dressing like, these guys in high school
Or i'm just generalising about the eighties as i hear this for the first time
LongGoneDaddy wrote:
she's still got it! https://www.terrinunn.com/Images/Photos/Concert_photos/2008_photos/082308_Green_Valley_Ranch/rwaldemar/source/_dsc9078.html
https://www.terrinunn.com/Images/Photos/Concert_photos/2008_photos/080108_OC_fair/scotto1/source/_dsc358306.html
Saw her at San Francisco's Folsom St. Fair this summer, and she still looked amazing.
she's still got it! https://www.terrinunn.com/Images/Photos/Concert_photos/2008_photos/082308_Green_Valley_Ranch/rwaldemar/source/_dsc9078.html
https://www.terrinunn.com/Images/Photos/Concert_photos/2008_photos/080108_OC_fair/scotto1/source/_dsc358306.html
Saw her at San Francisco's Folsom St. Fair this summer, and she still looked amazing.
That synth solo is way abrasive - Vote: 2.
Riding on the DC Metro isn't nearly as exciting and upbeat as this song.
oh gag.
The New Wave fad in the early 80's was for real. You were apparently pretty hip dancing to, and dressing like, these guys in high school
xyphen wrote:
I think of the Alkaline Trio cover.
I like the song, but every time I hear it I always think of the System of a Down cover.
I think of the Alkaline Trio cover.
I'm gelling my hair and putting on my pastel blue trousers with a stripy shirt...oh and playing pacman...the arcade version obviously
Monkeysdad wrote:
she's still got it! https://www.terrinunn.com/Images/Photos/Concert_photos/2008_photos/082308_Green_Valley_Ranch/rwaldemar/source/_dsc9078.html
https://www.terrinunn.com/Images/Photos/Concert_photos/2008_photos/080108_OC_fair/scotto1/source/_dsc358306.html
I remember thinking....Terri Nunn was the sexiest thing on 2 legs when I was 22!
she's still got it! https://www.terrinunn.com/Images/Photos/Concert_photos/2008_photos/082308_Green_Valley_Ranch/rwaldemar/source/_dsc9078.html
https://www.terrinunn.com/Images/Photos/Concert_photos/2008_photos/080108_OC_fair/scotto1/source/_dsc358306.html
Yamson wrote:
Man, how I hated that song back in the days. I'm getting flashbacks of plastic synthnoises lumbering out of speakers in rooms full of drunk teens with mullets hollering along to the alternative lyric Take My Brain Away.
Just say no. ;)
How about "Take My Breath Away"?
Man, how I hated that song back in the days. I'm getting flashbacks of plastic synthnoises lumbering out of speakers in rooms full of drunk teens with mullets hollering along to the alternative lyric Take My Brain Away.
Just say no. ;)
For me, this is a hard song to rate. In its own little universe it's pretty much perfect, but when compared to everything else the flaws are more visible. Taking that into account, I think a 7 is good.
Excellent.
I like the song, but every time I hear it I always think of the System of a Down cover.
How the heck did I have this marked as a 4?!?!? Must'uv been a mistake. Solid 6 easy.
Berlin ROCKS!!!!
Weird but good.
Weird but good.
Hairfarmer wrote:
Yes of course. The only cover the band ever did and the song that broke them up.
"Take My Breath Away" was a cover? I can't find who did it originally.
Yes of course. The only cover the band ever did and the song that broke them up.
"Take My Breath Away" was a cover? I can't find who did it originally.
Yamson wrote:
How about "Take My Breath Away"?
Yes of course. The only cover the band ever did and the song that broke them up.
How about "Take My Breath Away"?
Yes of course. The only cover the band ever did and the song that broke them up.
Shesdifferent wrote:
How about "Take My Breath Away"?
PLA-EEEZE 
Isn't there another Berlin song you could play?
Isn't there another Berlin song you could play?How about "Take My Breath Away"?
Yuck..this is what is bad about the 80's.
"I remember hating you for loving me."
Always loved that line. This is 80s cheese, but it's good cheese!
Always loved that line. This is 80s cheese, but it's good cheese!
PLA-EEEZE Isn't there another Berlin song you could play?
Isn't there another Berlin song you could play?Terri was always one of those people who factored into at least a few of the questions on the purity tests running around back in the mid 80's. :)
nigelr wrote:
Somehow reminds me of the B52s........
With a little Blondie thrown in for good measure . . .
black321 wrote:
Always remember Jon Anderson, of Yes, comment that when he found out Berlin would open for the band on its tour (in the mid 80's), he'd "rather have Bugs Bunny open for the show." Anyway, it was the bull fight and monster in the castle with the ether episodes that played the night I saw them.
HA
Yeah, when she looked at the camera in this video and crooned, "soooorrry" I was... uh... MOVED. Oh to be 13 again.
vandal wrote:
I remember watching Terri Nunn blow away the crowd with her sophisticated sex appeal as Berlin opened for the Thompson Twins a billion years ago.
I have to admit, I listened with lust in my heart. . .
I saw that tour! Yes, Terri was all that, then that top gun thing game along. Good for them $$$$ tho
YUCK, bad 80's flashbacks....
big hair, gaudy makeup, cheap synthesizer background music.
Monkeysdad wrote:
I remember thinking....Terri Nunn was the sexiest thing on 2 legs when I was 22!
She and that woman from the Divinyls.
Ooh, I touch myself!
Whoa. I'm a blue movie....
System of a Down - FTW!
Somehow reminds me of the B52s........
I also prefer the System of a Down version. They definitely punch things up a bit. This version is still enjoyable, but really I only hear Serg in my head.
I remember thinking....Terri Nunn was the sexiest thing on 2 legs when I was 22!
New Wave...
But why not? 
It's like Hannio mentioned: One had to be here those days...
It's like Hannio mentioned: One had to be here those days...hmm.. dunno..
zipper wrote:
I lived through all of the 80s. This POS sucks from both ends. And blows.
It both sucks and blows?
I like it. It reminds me very much of the years I spent in Europe. Guess you had to be there.
I remember watching Terri Nunn blow away the crowd with her sophisticated sex appeal as Berlin opened for the Thompson Twins a billion years ago.
I have to admit, I listened with lust in my heart. . .
I have to admit, I listened with lust in my heart. . .
I hear they're still into this beat in Berlin - not sure there's any place for it now days - very dull! 
Like it or hate it (and I like it), this is a definitive 80s tune.
Zargos wrote:
personnaly i prefer SOAD version :)
But this one is interesting anyway
I haven't heard that one, but Alkaline Trio also has an enjoyable version too.
eclectek wrote:
Perhaps its because I wasn't alive for but two years of the infamous 80s, but this is terrible.
I lived through all of the 80s. This POS sucks from both ends. And blows.
I like narrative songs. This continues a grand tradition. Besides she's sexy. The tight (if repetetive) techno beats were ahead of their time. Straight up 10.
Too 80 ish.....and I hate the 80's 
meydele wrote:
Holy cow, did I just have a highschool flashback! 
I still like the song. That was really hard to admit in public.
Well, you're not alone. And I was way past high school, so I supposedly should have known better.
I still like the song. That was really hard to admit in public. When I think "'80s music", this certainly comes to mind.
I was in college radio when this song was released. It was cute and boring at the time and its cute-appeal has waned.
meydele wrote:
Holy cow, did I just have a highschool flashback!
I still like the song. That was really hard to admit in public.
Hahaha, I'm right there with you.
I still like the song. That was really hard to admit in public. "Vould you like to pet my monkey?" Devo and the Bangles...? How about Paris Hilton and Co born 20 years earlier. Take your choice -- CRAP IS CRAP IS CRAP 
!
!Holy cow, did I just have a highschool flashback!
I still like the song. That was really hard to admit in public.
I still like the song. That was really hard to admit in public. Alles Klar Herr Kommissar...
Time to danz.
Perhaps its because I wasn't alive for but two years of the infamous 80s, but this is terrible.
is the metro all it's cracked up to be?
Imkirok wrote:
I'll join in with the crowd and say, ah, the '80s. Brings back great memories. Most of all, I remember the original album cover and being absolutely infatuated with the woman on the cover (help me out here). Ever since then, I've loved this song.
Terri Nunn (click here)
Cheesy but I like it. 
whistlepig wrote:
Anyone remember the Japanese pop group "The Plastics" from this same time period? Fun music.
I do...loved thier video on SCTV...introduced by Tim Ishimuni (Dave Thomas)
ahhh, the memories. and I do love this song. there are some songs that just transcend quality and lodge themselves into our hearts anyway.
Anyone remember the Japanese pop group "The Plastics" from this same time period? Fun music.
How much do I love this song? I can't quantify it. I know it doesn't deserve a 10 (that's reserved someone like Massive Attack) but I wish there was an "I know this isn't that great but it makes me really freakin' happy" vote.
rgrace wrote:
Yeah, everybody was into doing coke and trying to forget that Reagan was president....
Some of us young pups were just trying to do their best to be like the folks we saw in the videos on MTV and look cool with feathered hair and too much eye makeup (male and female). Man, remember when MTV showed music videos?
I'll join in with the crowd and say, ah, the '80s. Brings back great memories. Most of all, I remember the original album cover and being absolutely infatuated with the woman on the cover (help me out here). Ever since then, I've loved this song.
rgrace wrote:
Yeah, everybody was into doing coke and trying to forget that Reagan was president....
Well, not "everybody" ...
betsy wrote:
Love Love Love this song and the way it makes me feel. "You were waiting there, swimming through apologies" Yeah, the 80s, maybe you did have to be there, but trust me it was a wonderful time to be.
Yeah, everybody was into doing coke and trying to forget that Reagan was president....
What about this for a Fantasy Electronica Festival lineup...
Opening act...
Berlin
followed by...
Gary Numan...
and then the headline act...
Kraftwerk
Anybody fancy going to this one with me?
What about Thomas Dolby?