Vertigo

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Vertigo is track #1 on The Libertines' debut album Up the Bracket, and is credited to "Doherty" and "Barat". No sessions or demo versions of this track exist on the Internet, however, there is a live recording included in the "Horrorshow in London Town" collection.
The lyric, "Lead pipes, your fortune's made," is a line from an episode of Hancock's Half Hour entitled 'The Poetry Society.'

Doherty: 'I like the line 'Was it the liquor? Or was it my soul?' It's when you can't work out whether it was genuine or whether you just got caught up in the debauched outside influence. Is it a Hitchcock reference? Well, there's a hitch and there's definitely a cock, but that's nothing to do with the film director.' (NME interview, 2002)

Appearing on

Live at O2 Academy Glasgow (1)	The Libertines	Album	2016-02-19
Time For Heroes	The Libertines	Album	2007-10-29
One Live	The Libertines	Session	2002-10-30
Up the Bracket	The Libertines	Album	2002-10-14
Horrorshow in London Town	The Libertines	Session	Unknown

Concerts

Festival SOS 4.8	The Libertines	Murcia	2016-05-07
AB brussels 2016	The Libertines	Ancienne Belgique, Brussels	2016-05-03
Live @ Olympia	The Libertines	Music Hall, Paris	2016-03-09
O2 London (1)	The Libertines		2016-01-30
Reading Festival 2015	The Libertines	Reading	2015-08-30
Rock en Seine 2015	The Libertines	Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud	2015-08-29
3Arena Dublin	The Libertines	3Arena Dublin	2015-07-09
Ahmad Tea Music Festival	The Libertines		2015-06-27
Glastonbury 2015	The Libertines	Glastonbury	2015-06-26
Benicàssim Festival	The Libertines	Benicàssim, Spain	2014-07-19
BST, Hyde Park, London	The Libertines	Hyde Park, London	2014-07-05
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Glasgow Barrowland	The Libertines	Glasgow, Scotland	2014-06-29
Reading Festival	The Libertines	Reading, UK	2010-08-28
HMV Forum	The Libertines	HMV Forum, London	2010-08-25
Royal Albert Hall Live	Peter Doherty	London, UK	2008-07-12
Tim Festival, Brazil	The Libertines	Jockey Club, São Paulo, Brazil	2004-11-07
Fine Line Music Cafe	The Libertines	Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis; Minnesota US	2004-10-08
Infinity Club	The Libertines	Mayfair, London	2004-06-07
Rock Against Racism	The Libertines	London, UK	2004-03-16
Manchester Academy	The Libertines	Manchester, UK	2004-03-01
Live at Kenthish Town Forum	The Libertines	London, UK	2003-12-17
The Forum, 2003	The Libertines		2003-12-16
Paradiso, Amsterdam	The Libertines	Paradiso, Amsterdam	2003-05-19
Shinjuku Liquid Room, Tokyo	The Libertines	Higashi, Shibuya, Tokyo	2003-04-13
Live @ Liverpool Academy 1	The Libertines	Liverpool, UK	2003-02-24
Live Eurosonic	The Libertines	Netherlands	2003-01-09
Sticky Fingers	The Libertines	Stockholm, Sweden	2002-12-18
Marquee Club, London	The Libertines	Marquee Club, London	2002-12-10
Le Cat, Bordeaux	The Libertines	Bordeaux, France	2002-12-01
Live at Razamatazz 2	The Libertines	Barcelona, Spain	2002-11-26
Magnet Club	The Libertines	Berlin, Germany	2002-11-13
London Calling Live	The Libertines	Paradiso, Netherland	2002-11-09
Live at Nottingham Rock City	The Libertines	Nottingham, UK	2002-10-30

Lyrics

Koreema know just what it is she does
It cant be hard for her to get a buzz
Down in the street below
You can hear the drunken archangel sing
"I know whats on your mind my boy
I can see oh everything
Lead pipes are fortune made
Well Take a tip from me
Climb up to her window ledge or you'll forever be

Just walking under ladders as the people round you hear you crying please
As the people round you hear you crying please
Please"

"Lead pipes are fortune made
Well Take a tip from me
Climb up to her window ledge or you'll forever be

Just walking under ladders as the people round you hear you crying please
As the people round you hear you crying please
Please"

Who really knows just what it is she does
It cant be hard for her
To get a buzz
The rapture of vertigo
And letting go
Me myself i was never sure
Was it the liquor
Or was it my soul?