Ultravox - All Fall Down

[tafur1099]

If I'm not mistaken, that's The Chieftans playing the instruments in the background along with the band. Very cool! I never knew that.

[TheYoako]

@tafur1099

ha, it seems also to me, that there are The Chieftans playing

I remember listening to that song in the eighties, when I hardly knew where Ireland was; some years later I fell in love with Irish music, and The Ch-s are one of my fauvorites... And now I find them here :-)

[Cyrus2182]

Haven't seen this in years, excellent!

[Tincats123]

What a great tune!!

[sailorvenussun]

Where will you be?

[captainarcher2]

I really loved Ultra vox back in the 80's they had a great message. Highly under rated band... "All fall down" is a very truthful and moving tuneIt can bring one to tears...

[Scianowicz]

Finally founded after years which past since I've had heard this for first and only time. Only few sounds that stayed in my ears and words "all fall down".

Great one from Ultravox. Thanks.

[summc65]

Its about time,grea!

[TheSandsie13]

we should all listen to this songs lyrics. and we should make our "leaders " listen to it. maybe it'd make them think twice about using war as a means to an end.

[TheSandsie13]

i'm a huge fan of the chieftains. nice to see our midge doing this song in their way. loveya huge midgie.

[luavoxxx]

the best song from the worst Ultravox's album

[MrDoppolina]

"And what will you do when you've pulled the release, and the sound of the thunder has drowned out the plea's, cos' after all, that was your idea of peace..." - classic lyrics.

[Bjuty]

i still remember the "u-vox" tour in düsseldorf were they played this song at the end... it was simply awesome!

[WiTtochannel]

bellissima

[schnegus]

Hauntingly,unerring. The War is not over,sadly.Merry X-mas everybody!

[jadzia7911]

beautiful though so sad

[TheDaveCC]

U-vox was such a great album

[dave12112]

definately one of my favorite songs ever. moved me to tears about 25 years ago. thx vvm!!

[berndschafer1]

TOTAL AGREE

[OceanCloud4]

@dave12112

Still touching me today.

[Likuh23]

Great video.

[Whattosayehh]

I remembering seeing this in the day...

cold war...now can be applied to other things...timeless..."child again, sitting observing"

that's what it seems like again.

May we all be positive despite things.

[Euni62]

Bn a fan for the past 29 years and I've never seen this vidoe - superb thanx

[namroputs]

Awesome, amazing, amasterpiece! Powerful message.

[jasio53]

Znakomite brzmienie

[avengerberetta]

a very clever video, actually

[cedarjet707]

It's not as bad as I remember. I think Ultravox were a little late to the party with the whole anti-nuke thing. Didn't they do better with Dancing With Tears In My Eyes?

The whole "U-Vox" project was doomed, the way Warren Cann was ousted was disgraceful, and the finished album sounded like Big Country b-sides. Who calls their big comeback single "Same Old Story" anyway?!

[xnonsuchx]

Yeah, how Warren was thrown out for Midge's solo drummer seemed kinda unwholesome to me.  Though even if he had stayed, there woulda only been a couple decent songs on the album.

[sarabernal]

celtic tunes , awesome Midge´s voice

[penetrator9]

brylant muzyki!!!!

[penetrator9]

ten utwor jest swietny!!!

[penetrator9]

moze ktos wie czy beda grali tylko na wyspach czy moze jakis wypad do polski.....fajnie by bylo!!!! :))

[datafilemusic]

It's hard to believe that the album and single flopped commercially. Almost too good to believe that Chrysalis/EMI finally decided to release the definitve editions. Hopefully the albums »Lament« & »U-Vox« see the light of the world soon again as well. Today, »All Fall Down« hast the same impact for me, as it had in 1987. Beautiful and thoughtful piece. And yes, The Chieftains were the right choice for this one.

[penetrator9]

piekny utwór,niosacy jakies przesłanie...

[penetrator9]

classic....i love this song:))))))))))

[shaneinkster]

my mom likes this one it has celtic flavor to it

[thinwall81]

The Chieftains are good in this track

[penetrator9]

cudowny utwór=ULTRAVOX = THE BEST OF THE WORLD

[PASJONAT51]

One of the best Ultravox songs.

[mikeMCSG]

You have got to be joking surely ? The rest of the band don't even play on it. The music's not that bad (though hardly Ultravox) but the lyrics show that Band Aid had given Midge a severe case of Bono-itis.

[86habs]

I saw the video for this song once when i was around 8 years old in like 1986 or 87, anyways it stuck in my head up until I saw it on youtube. i think its crazy how the main riff in the chorus has lasted in my head all those years.

[nilan66]

this song is so cliche and trite...

[djckcheryl]

this was on the albulm uvox as warren the drummer left the band and left midge ure (lead volcalist) billy (keybords)and chris cross (guitar). Brilliant band and I am so glad they are reuniting this year.

[geobri1]

i just discovered this band and what really called my attention is the fact that they had something to say, they have a ´´Message´´.I am just 24 and i wonder myself what is the message our modern bands have for us,i can´t find any, or it is just because we are an empty generation that we need empty songs .

[blushadow08]

some have while others always talk about love...i think as lyrics love is too overrated :(

[Blucola]

Definitely! The music that Midge has written in recent years quite often has a message to it. I honestly think his song writing got better after the band broke up.

[CADAVERHUSK]

my dad bought this on 45...had a great sleeve.Top tune

[Kofla2000]

Temazo!!

[adn235]

Magnifique cruelle réalité de toujours, la conclusion de cette scène de fin est irrémédiablement sans équivoque! Ultravox nous transporte dans ce qui est appelé un cantine de défunt de tout un peuple : l'humanité.

[Ramoni2006]

I love this song

[larky71]

A moving song from the eighties but,sadly, very relevant in todays world...

[djisthu]

isso é lindo demais

[Ramoni2006]

beautyfull song,,i love it

[Cougari72]

I thought this was a Midge Ure solo project?

[Indio70]

No, it was the Last (the pink) Album from Ultravox...

[Cougari72]

Doh! Just saw the video again, and saw the rest of the band in it lol. John Foxx would not been happy singing this. Defineately one for Midge lol...

[MrDoppolina]

@Cougari72 No it was a reformation of Ultravox without the drummer (i think).

[emt4242]

GORGEOUS!!! xx

[spikester3645]

arise sir midgester!!  absolutely friggin brilliant.

[emt4242]

AMEN!!!

[CADAVERHUSK]

Nice song,glad i grew up in 80's and had music like this.the 80's had every kind of music style i love in fact.

[Highlander01]

It is a wonderous song indeed.

[elementel73]

No sun for a world that once stood so tall

No winds going to blow and no rain's going to fall

No flowers for graves infact no graves at all

When we all fall down...........

This is sending shivers down my spine.

[593556]

this song is a really good song its a shame i carnt find it to put it on my mp3

[ajbondmi6]

Great post, love this song, probably their best lyrics in my opinion - perfectly backed up by The Chieftains. Taken from the same album as 'Same Old Story' - 'U-Vox' (1986)

Great band, great singer, if the song is underappreciated, what does that make Midge? ......SIR Midge Ure anyone?

[willmac1966]

'Infact no graves at all' top song poignant at the time. Maybe still is. What are they looking at? Maybe midge's mum is on her way back from making the sarnies.

[TONYOPSUFO]

A fine tune,underappreciated I do agree

[AllRequired]

Isn't this from U-Vox (1986, Chrysalis)? More than 18 months on YouTube and still basically underappreciated.

[Indio70]

yepp

[nielsvanalphen]

@AllRequired Couldn't agree more...

[MrSambillabong]

@AllRequired First time I heard it.I like it but it´s not a song for the lists anymore

[Cronista]

Are "The chieftains" the folk group?.

A great song.

[AngeLsLuv]

Yeppers

[sboilard]

The Cold War is over guys.

[przemyslawlipiec]

It's looking like it starts again guy

[GAISNo1]

Purely MAGNIFICENT song, the lyrics is something that we all should ponder over at least once a day... Yes ?

[djbethell]

How to let the band know you have taken over and are now about to dump them? Record a song with another band completely and let the members of your band have a part in the video!!!! Brilliant song, though.

[sboilard]

I only knew Ultravox's electronic stuff.

This song is great. And irish?

Sound like it. I'm a quebecois (french canadian) so not sure...But great song. Great band!

[berndschafer1]

when we all fall down - ????????????

[djbethell]

surely self-explanitary, no?

[queenfan2006]

ive not seen this video for years and i still love this song..... forgotten how powerful the song and video is

[Baldricksturnip]

Hmm... Does he say "an American, a Russian, a soldier or me" or "an American rushing a soldier on me"?

[Indio70]

the first 3...

[Baldricksturnip]

Thanx. :) It's a great song.

[AngeLsLuv]

yep.. "Or Me"

[AngeLsLuv]

When I was a boy there's a dream that I had

That a war if it's fought was for good against bad

And I woke up to find that the world had gone mad

And we'd all fall down

[AngeLsLuv]

And I feel like a child again sitting observing

You're toying with power, your fingers are burning

You're pushing so hard that the worms won't be turning

We'll all fall down

[mimarob]

@Baldricksturnip This was right in the cold war era.

[OwwJonsson]

Love this song.. Ultravox is one of my favorite bands.. acctually my first favorite band xD

[Arkthurius]

To me it is hard to believe that even with beautiful songs like this, exposing this problem, and others like The wall, exposing the war thing, nothing changes much. It seems we are condemned to always live with violence.

[nosferatu1966]

Love The Chieftians playing the music in this song. This song was a sign of things to come for Midge's solo stuf...

[alttzueta]

la cancion es buena pero...esto no es ultravox,es midge ure en solitario firmado como ultravox.el resto de la banda esta de adorno.¿que queda aqui de rage in eden o vienna?

[Indio70]

I do not understand but here is a clue...

Skriv på nåt annat språk om du vill ha ett bra svar... jag kan använda Åå Ää & Öö som fan. ;-)

[alttzueta]

all fall dawn is not ultravox tipical song

[Indio70]

I agree with you but... I think it's good.

[alttzueta]

i love ultravox,i love this song(and live version is beatifull)i love this video.i like john fox era and midge ure era...but last u-vox lp...bufff!!(sorry but my inglis is bat)

[jpisa54]

le talent d'ultravox servit par un superbe clip video

tres touchant

[resho01]

İt is different than the other Ultravox songs, because of Migde Ure. It's a protest song, the video perfectly states his vision.

Midge Ure thought that it was time to do a song different than what we used to do, to grap the attention of the listeners.

[englishinutah]

I loved this song, because its different from their other songs. It was also done very well live, as the cheftains came on stage with them. Nice Scottish/Irish song

[beagleheadfred]

Nice tune but certainly not the Ultravox I remembered!

[odr752]

I always wonder, watching this clip... why does it end with my homeland Iceland (as the little boy falls, his blood pictures Iceland).

[gyeszno]

So simple and so gorgeous!

[mancmark37]

Ahhh the sad times of late 1986. This really was the end. This is not an ultravox song. Midge still plays the thing in his accoustic gigs and Dear God AGH!!!!!!

[JonCantspell]

If you are a songwriter then you will like this.

If you are an Ultravox fan you will be depresed by this.

[t3781]

i disagree, im an ultravox fan n i like this,very different from their usual stuff but still good

[foxhusky]

Amazing video, brilliant song. I have this video on an old VHS-tape, I have been searching a high-quality version on DVD for years. Is this video available on DVD?

[Indio70]

I do not know, I only have this VHS-rip

[DoctorDee5100]

Wasn't it the Chieftains helping out on this track?

[Indio70]

Yes.

[ZOUAVE45]

Good work fella.

[stoner59]

I had this on NOW 8 Video compilation in 1986

[Perranporth]

Fabulous song, fascinating video.

[birstallglenn]

people need to listen to the words closely very powerfull song

[AllRequired]

And about as underrated and underappreciated as a song can get. The lyrics speak volumes about the commentary on our times.

[powell666]

Great song!!!