Human League, The - Dreams Of Leaving Lyrics

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The narrative remains timelessly relevant.

Great track loved the hypnotic synth loop on that a roland jupiter 8 interesting early electronica from the league

masterpiece! these two first albums are being performed live in Sheffield next march!!

Wow this is incredibly sad

nice modulation

One of my favourite albums. Quality.

so grateful to have lived through these musical times, had this on lp as UK import

Better than most bands that had punch me haircuts

The melody part in the end sounds like another song, but I can't grasps which one.

The beep parts in the middle were sampled from a bbc sound efcects tape called scifi fx the song was called comets and pulsars

Truly and undeniably magnificent.

Does anyone twig what it's about?

south africa? rhodesia?

@tracephil S.Africa, mate-anti-apartheid song. "We pay with Krugerrands".

It was written during apartaid era currency in krugerans african currency

This is truly one of the greatest tracks ever recorded by a British band. Beyond genius.

How in God's name has anyone disliked this?

By clicking the thumbs down button.

This was the one!

Amazing sounds

My favorite song!!!

The Human League r Ace. I have seen the Human League play live 18 times now. And I even think that Joanne Catherall ♥️ has got some magic powers inside her ♥️ 2 wards me. 4 Joanne Catherall (my hero 4 ever) is partly responsible 4 the best night of my life so far. Even though the 3 taxi home from Brighton 2 Portsmouth where I live in and play Chess 4 on the night in question wasn't planned. And I can't thank Joanne Catherall ♥️ enough time for this.

The album still is incredible

My favorites song!!!! ....the best!!!

Thanks a lot for sharing this great tune 😎

Analogue euphoria

@ 42-48 monumental

I've been investigating the influences of Trent Reznor for the past few months now, because I adore the soundtracks that he makes with Atticus Ross. In an interview from I think the 90's, he mentions the influence early Human League had on him, so I know I just had to check them out. I listened to their first record a few months back and didn't like it too much (might revisit it soon.) but this...this is EXACTLY what I was looking for. It's crazy how Trent Reznor-ish this sounds. I love it!

think you're a bit mixed up there fella

...Shit, I guess you're right, random Youtube commentator. My ears were mistaken, I guess. Thanks for letting me know! I don't know what I'd do without you!

This song is just pure class. Raw, Very raw. But so creative. Love the Sheffield industrial sounds incorporated into this. Much of which has now gone. The song is about moving on but been held back by fear.

It's an anti-Apartheid song, mate. "we pay with Krugerrands."

This is the story i always had in my head to this song, since i heard it the first time in the 80s:
A group of South African anti Apartheid resistance fighters are in captivity. They try to flee but are sabotaged - They have to pay route duties and others to sneak out..
Nevertheless they find their escape out and travel out of the country direction North ( Botswana or Namibia) It`s a very laborious and tricky escape but finally in the end they`re facing a free country and begin a new life.
I wish it could have been shot this way as a small movie - Mybe someone could do it one day...

Thank you for commenting. I have had much the same story in my head since hearing the song in the early or mid 80's, only the locale was Eastern Europe under Soviet domination of that time.

Marsh and Ware were at the crossroads of being an experimental art band like Clock DVA with Adi Newton. Then they met Phil Oakey and Glenn Gregory.

The best outro I've ever heard.

Wellenstrom I know,it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.Superb!

Great album and fantastic album cover!

Part of my musical education ;)

Love all human league albums singles everything great times listening to this

Brilliant,Brilliant,Brilliant.....

Pete Briganti I have this album signed. I really love the Human League. And m8 I have had gone 2c my hero's I.e the Human League play live 16times now. And soon 2b 18 times. And m8 I have had the good fortune 2have met my idiols ie the Human League fface 2 face. And 5times in Joanne Catheralls case and 4times in Susan Sulley's case. And m8 I've got a lot 2thank the Human League 4 and Joanne Catherall epy 4the best night of my life so far. And m8 even if the fr3 taxi from Brighton 2 Portsmouth where I live On the night in question. 5years ago ather I met up and chatted up Joanne Catherall ather my 14th HUMAN LEAGUE gig that I had gone 2c in Brighton. Wasn't planned. And m8 Joanne Catherall was so worth it. I really love the Human League 4ever and Queen Joanne Catherall ❤❤ xxx u epy .From Paul Eyles yr number 1fan 4ever Queen Joanne Catherall Sweetheart xx

@Paul Eyles Awesome stuff mate...These got me into Electronic music back in the day.....

@Pete Briganti Hiya m8 I've got a lot to thank Joanne Catherall ♥️ epy 4. 4 Joanne Catherall ♥️ my favourite Human League member. And she doesn't know it. But she is partly responsible 4 the best night of my life so far. Even if the free taxi from Brighton 2 Portsmouth where I live in and play Chess 4 on the night in question wasn't planned.

Anti-apartheid song.

Yes .. spot on

SPOT ON - I also noticed from the day i purchased the album back in 1982.

I get that too maybe we are right? lebanon in 84 yoo ?

favourite

I think I'm going north and now's the time to leave, the people there they say are good to strangers. And if I do my best and try to settle in, I'm sure I can be just like someone's neighbour

A pension liberation and annuity discussion brought me here...A first if ever there was!

Ancient times where sequencers were not able to play more than 8 or 16 notes...lol....and where synthesizers had SOUNDS to program!

That's why I play old analogue synths, they are fantastic

I never forget this song after my 15

The best way is to think of the Human League of 'Reproduction' and 'Travelogue' as being a different band. Which essentially they were. Dare is great, but cannot really be compared to the earlier era. I mean, to be fair, 'The Circus of Death' is hardly happy-clappy, is it?

+Paul Lavan The next album in the sequence after Reproduction and Travelogue is probably Penthouse and Pavement by Heaven 17 in 1981.

Well, it was "happy clappy" enough for Hot Gossip to cover it!

I rather like to think of that sequence in terms of "Music For Listening To" / "Music For Stowaways"...

I like to call it the "pre-sell-out new wave/avant garde phase"

@Andy JS Absolutely

Whilst getting the bus home from school, I reached my stop when there on the bench in the shelter was a cassette of this minus the cover. I had no idea who they were on first glance. I battered the shit out of that through the music centre and tape recorder. It's always before the fame and glitz that you find the origins of a band who twisted around with your psyche through the use and graphic choice of synth so cleverly until the point of destruction that spawned us the commercial offerings. They did well for themselves, good luck to them, but it was early Human League that promised to run riot. Thank you for posting, 

I got my copy of this album when I was a kid , 1980 or so , my mate nicked a cassette out of the demonstration beat box in some well known store, he gave it to me, on one side was Autobahn and on the other was Travelogue ..... never been the same since ..

i reached for the arm.. which was less than one micron long..

Amen Brother.

One of those songs that I grew up with. I didn't get the political references because at 14 I had begun the search for deeper, darker grumpiness, moodiness and meaningfulness without a compass or a map. I just thought the song sounded really momentous - and the more I understood the lyrics, the more it grew on me. Stared at the sleeve for hours trying to glean even more meaning, but at the end of the day it's a brilliant song because it's simple and it gels! 

Brilliant album from a brilliant group.  I first fell in love with the superb Dare, then went back and found this amazing album and the awesome Reproduction.

wow. how I loved these albums

The early league material is far superior to the later stuff.

Markos Keitel totally agreed

Markos Keitel 100%

Simon Houlding Reproduction still is my favourite LP though.

0:44 - 0:48 auch!

TEMAZO!!

Can just picture myself driving down the A61 past the Wednesday ground in my Morris Marina (orange of course) blasting this out on my radio cassette!

Ha ha.. With brown upholstery?

Increibles los cambios de ritmos y sonidos! GRAN TEMA!