“What do you mean it’s ‘closed for repairs’?!” We finished up in the cemetery for the shots with the statue which had been used for the single’s cover (a gentleman who made pianos for the rich and famous of his time, I believe), did the sunset shot, and then dashed back to London to start editing." "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. There was just us and Nick, our trusty camera man. By the time the crew was ready to film, we were all well partying for real. "So long that we all got impatient with waiting and dipped into the many cases of wine we’d laid on for refreshment after the shoot. Can’t remember where, but I do remember that it took the crew a long time to set up the lights to prepare for filming. "The embassy party scene was in some house we’d rented in town. Warren Cann later explained: "It may come as a surprise to know that approximately half of it was shot on locations in central London, mainly at Covent Garden and also in the old Kilburn Gaumont Theatre in North London (now a Bingo hall). It cost over £6,000, which was rather expensive at the time. The music video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, clearly was inspired by The Third Man. This is going to sound terrible, but I quite like that song, I think it's funny." However, it had to make do with peaking at number two for several weeks, famously being kept off the top spot by novelty song 'Shaddap You Face' by Joe Dolce.īassist Chris Cross later said: "It annoyed Midge Ure at the time. The song was hugely successful, and was one of the biggest sellers of 1981. He said of the track: "We wanted to take the song and make it incredibly pompous in the middle, leaving it very sparse before and after, but finishing with a typically over-the top classical ending." Ure is also said to have been influenced by The Walker Brothers' 1978 single 'The Electrician'. I wrote a song about a holiday romance, but in this very dark, ominous surrounding." He said: "I lied to the papers about at the time: the Secessionists and Gustav Klimt, whatever. Midge Ure later said that he made up the inspiration when asked what the song was about. Last month a Vienna court sentenced two alleged accomplices of Fejzulai to life in prison, while two others received prison terms of 19 and 20 years.At the time, it was said that the song was inspired by the 1948 film The Third Man, which is based around the Austrian capital of Vienna. In the wake of Austria's first deadly jihadist attack in 2020, the Alpine nation adopted a heavily criticised anti-terror law that allows for increased surveillance.Ĭonvicted Islamic State group sympathiser Kujtim Fejzulai went on a shooting rampage on 2 November 2020 in downtown Vienna, killing four and wounding 23 others before police shot him dead. As precautionary measure neuraligic points of interest have been put under increased guard by regular & special operation police forces. #W1503 Our intelligence services have reason to believe that an assault with an islamistic motive is planned to be carried out in Vienna. In case of imminent danger "at a certain location, we'll issue a warning immediately," the police added. The police said that the precautionary measures would remain in place "until further notice". "As a precautionary measure" particularly sensitive "points of interest have been put under increased guard by regular & special operation police forces," Vienna police said.Īfter initially warning of a "non-specific threat" of an attack against churches in Vienna that caused widespread confusion among the public, the police later specified that not only Christian churches "but also houses of worship of various confessions" are concerned. "Our intelligence services have reason to believe that an assault with an Islamistic motive is planned to be carried out in Vienna," the police wrote on Twitter. Austrian police tightened security measures at several sensitive sites in the country's capital after its intelligence service received information that indicated a possible "Islamist" attack.
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