Great works of art have been created in these 'living rooms' of the Viennese. Patronised by luminaries such as Mahler, Klimt, Freud, Trotsky and Otto Wagner in their day, Vienna's Kaffeehäuser (coffee houses) were added to the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2011. Many retain their opulent original decor, and often specialise in a particular cake, such as the Sacher Torte, an iced-chocolate cake with apricot jam once favoured by Emperor Franz Josef, at Café Sacher. New-wave coffee houses are putting their own twist on the tradition. MuseumsQuartier Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. It feels like only yesterday when Midge Ure’s haunting chorus proved once again that unconventional and popular are not mutually exclusive concepts. For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial.

It took me about half an hour to walk from the centre of Vienna – from the opera house – to the Freud Museum on Berggasse. It's pretty much a straight line: up Augustinerstrasse, along Herrengasse, past the stables of the Spanish Riding School, then straight across Michaelerplatz and on along the street past the Café Central and then across the wide avenue of the Ring by the university. Another few hundred yards and then a right turn down the gentle slope of Berggasse to number 19, the apartment building where Freud lived and practised for 47 years, from 1891-1938, and which has been transformed into a small but fascinating museum. We took an early morning flight to Vienna, ran round like loonies in and out of taxis as we filmed, and soon discovered that, due to it being the winter off-season, many of the splendid places we’d been counting upon filming were either shut for redecorating or covered with webs of scaffolding. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.10, no.8. 20 February 1993. p.23. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. a b Copsey, Rob (5 March 2021). "The Official Top 50 best-selling songs of 1981". Official Charts Company.

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It offers a fresh perspective on the city in which Robertson worked as a journalist for nearly a decade and involved extensive original research' 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. a b Webb, Robert (22 August 2008). "Story of the Song: 'Vienna', Ultravox (1981)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Your book is not just a declaration of love for Vienna, it is a pleasure to read and a journey of discovery even for those who know this city well'

The single spent four consecutive weeks at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart without ever reaching the top. [8] It was kept off the top spot by John Lennon's " Woman" for a week [9] and then by Joe Dolce's " Shaddap You Face" for a further three weeks. [10] [11] [12] "Vienna" is ranked as the UK's sixth best-selling single of 1981. [13] The single was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in February 1981, denoting sales in excess of 500,000 copies in the UK. [2]Yes, Midge Ure has Fleetwood Mac to thank for his landmark hit Vienna". ➢➢ Shapers of the 80s ➣➣. 11 July 2020 . Retrieved 10 November 2023. In Ashes to Ashes, Detective Inspector Alex Drake awakens on a floating brothel in 1981, while 'Vienna'. It was voted Britain's favourite single ever to peak at No. 2 on the charts in a 2012 poll by BBC Radio 2 and the Official Charts Company (OCC). It was also awarded an honorary No. 1 by the OCC. [14] The most telling element is that ‘Vienna’ references ‘the warmth of your hand.’ Although there is an unrequited love aspect to ‘The Third Man,’ there is no interaction between characters that would really qualify as ‘warmth.’ This line seems very out-of-place for a reference to ‘The Third Man.’