@@icequeen917 Yes! I met Depeche backstage in Houston in the early years. Played in a college auditorium! I was lucky to have been invited backstage. They were cool - Dave asked "if I always dressed that way", Fletcher wanted my booklet on them w/their autographs & I said "no"! Was super cool!
Lead singer Andy Bell was one of the first openly gay singers and he has an amazing voice!! His falsetto gives me goosebumps. Another big hit of theirs is "Chains Of Love". Check it out!
Oh Erasure… One of my favourite bands of all time. Their live shows back in the day were amazing. Andy Bell’s voice is one of the most over-looked voices in pop music. They helped with the AꓭBA “comeback” of the early 90s with their EP “ABBAEsque”. They have a s**t load of amazing songs.
No disrespect but the bands name is pronounced E-Ray-Shure. Might be an accent thing. Your way sounds like a fantasy video game with wizards and dragons. Saw Erasure at Cyndi Laupers True Colors Tour for Equal Rights. They were awesome. They have so many good songs.and they cover Abba songs too, like Take A chance . So good
Andy Bell's voice is wonderful. Oh, and as others have mentioned, they're pronounced like the word "eraser," so it's "e-ray-sure." Check out "Oh, L'Amour," "Sometimes," "Chains of Love," "Blue Savannah," "Chorus," "Love to Hate You," "Breath of Life," "Always."
They're even better live! I've seen them twice in concert, and it was amazing both times. And yeah, on the pronunciation of "Erasure", it's a regular English word meaning the erasing of something.
Me, too! So amazing in concert! One of the best of the 80’s. I loved when Andy was demanding respect while stomping across the stage in 8” stilettos, a corset and black feather boa to the ground.
The other guy playing the instruments was in another group called Yazoo in the early 80's. The singer in Yazoo was Alison Moyet. You should check them out too.
Yup... and brought Depeche Mode into the spotlight with 'Just Can't Get Enough' and wrote all but 1 of the songs on their first album.... before leaving and joining Yazoo...
Erasure were my teenage years! I was lucky enough to finally see them live last November and it was worth the 35 year wait, they were as amazing then as they were back then x
This is the 1st time I've ever seen somebody react to erasure. I love this band. In about 1990 I saw them performed live At the open air theater and San Diego state. It was 1 of the best live performances I have ever seen
YES! oh L’amour is my favourite song of theirs, and probably of the whole of the 80’s! I finally got to see them live a few months ago and my now 49yr old self screamed in 15yr old when they started singing L’amour 😍
Wow....havent heard this song in almost 30 years. I remember my older brother had their album and as a 6 or 7 year old I'd play this track on repeat. Loved it. Still know 90% of the words.
I first heard this song in 1989. I was in flight school in Florida, and we had some British students who introduced me to Erasure. I was a metal-head at the time, but this song hooked me. I bought the album, The Innocents, and I played the hell out of it. It's a great album from start to finish. I played it for my then fiancé and she loved it too.
Vince Clarke (father of synth-pop) and Andy Bell were a winning combination with many club hits in the late 80’s and 90’s. Vince Clarke was a founding member of Depeche Mode in the late 70’s. Left and hooked up with Alison Moyet to form Yazoo with hits “Don’t Go” and “Situation” and then formed Erasure with Andy in 1985 and the rest is history. Lots of songs to choose from. Chains of Love, Star, Drama, Blue Savannah, Stop!, Chorus, Take a Chance on Me, Always, Sometimes, Oh L’amour.
This is such an incredible song. It has such deep meaning to the LGBTQ+ community as a plead to society to respect us and treat us as humans. The HMI remix is just as epic.
Believe it or not another reactor didn't like this song - which I LOVE!! - I couldn't believe it!! I was in my 20's then - a LONNG time ago I know but people of your age sometimes like ERASURE, thank God!!!
Ahh Erasure and New Order in the 80s prepped me for Dance, techno, and house music when I was finally hitting the clubs in the 90s! New Order “Perfect Kiss” “ Bizarre Love Triangle” are great. Erasure’s “Oh L’amour” is my favorite.
Great reaction video. I find it mind blowing that some people have never heard this song. I guess in the States they were less well know than here in the UK and since the turn of the millennium you don't hear their stuff played on the radio. They have done a LOT of other great songs though which shouldn't be overlooked. Ship of Fools, Always, Love to Hate You, Sometimes and Blue Savannah to name a few
They have pumped out so many hits and albums since their first Album 'Wonderland' in 1986 (Oh L' Amour), then the Albums 'The Circus' 1987 (Sometimes, Victim of Love, Circus,), and 'The Innocents' 1988 (Ship of Fools, A Little Respect, Chains of Love,) .... was lucky enough to see them in concert in April 88... WOW... Best band ever... and they are still pumping out albums.
Erasure is by far my favorite all time listening & sing along groups of all time. BTW, they were big here in the states also. That is to those of us who had good taste in music back then. That is just 1 of 20 of their greatest hits. So many great songs by them.
I was surprised to see the hand written lyrics displayed at The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2016 on my 50th birthday trip with my late brother (he passed away in 2021 from stage 4 cancer) I stood there reading it before I took a picture of it. I read a lot of people said this song helped them from depression when the song came out.
You noticed the tongue-in-cheek visuals at the bottom of the video, where they quite literally represent the lyrics. Most reactors don't catch that humour.
All Erasure's early music was tongue-in-cheek with the production. They began to take themselves seriously around the production of the album I say, I Say, I Say and is when they began to lose mass appeal. That album though I'd say is their best work where Andy pushed vis vocal abilities to the max (check out his pitch in 'Blues Away'), and Vince showed us there wasn't any sound he couldn't make a synthesizer do.
Still going with a new album out last year. I read that Vince wanted to go back to the original Erasure sound so dug out some of his early synths - check out Nerves of Steel from the last album - anyone who has not heard it, it goes back to their best. BTW it's pronounce E - raise - sure.
It's nice to see that right away without knowing him, you just seemed to 'get it'. Erasure is one of those rare bands that I can listen to no matter my mood.
The little respect block always cracks me up, plus this song gives such a lovely relaxing and positive feel. A really beautiful song of theirs is Always. Love them, glad to see they make you smile too
So amazing in concert! One of the best of the 80’s. I loved when Andy was demanding respect while stomping across the stage in 8” stilettos, a corset and black feather boa to the ground. This was a gay anthem - it had to be more subtle unfortunately during the AIDS epidemic. But IYKYK.
The 80s charts were by no means only about love. At least no more than the charts in any other decade. Love has always been the largest theme in pop music. It may be more to do with which songs and artists you're listening to, from each decade. There was a lot more political stuff in the 80s than in subsequent decades and pleny of darker and more mature themes too.Including by artists like George Michael. Even the song you've just listened to had a socio-political edge. The lead singer of Erasure (ee-raze-shur) is gay and the 80s wasn't a great time for gay people. Especially as it was at the height of the aids epidemic. Homophobia was rife, across all sections of society and anti gay violence was commonplace. Nor were there equal rights. Knowing this, the song takes on a different tone. When you talk about less introspection, bear in mind that this was the decade that brought us the goth genre and saw trip-hop develop. It was also the last decade before dance music completely took over the charts. Acts like The Smiths, Joy Division, The Cure and The Specials weren't exactly known for their upbeat themes and as illustrated by this song, a lot of songs had more to them than a first glance may reveal. Songs like Oliver's Army, by Elvis Costello, and Enola Gay, by OMD, sound like upbeat pop songs. Of course they're actually about the troubles in Ireland, from Oliver Cromwell onwards, and about atomic war, respectively. :)
Chicago in the 80's had some really wonderful local alternative bands. The leader of the pack was a group called Ministry. Two of their showcase, classic songs were "Work for Love" and "Every Day is Halloween." These two songs would always get everyone up on the dance floor.
It's Interesting that you found the motives and deep meanings in beetween of some of the 80's classics... For me was always the way how they sounded, those synthesizers and effects are very characteristic from that era... of course it could be produced like that nowadays if the intention was to sound like that way, but every technology available in that decade years and subsequent were like quote marks for me...
Bronski Beat/ Smalltown Boy Lays an extraordinary soundscape. It has the big, transcendent wall of sound you favor. Emotive-- nothing neutral about that song. Anton, also.... Flock of Seagulls / Space Age Love Song (cinematic, dreamy, big)
Andy Bell and Vince Clarke a fab pairing. I'd forgotten how upbeat the 80's music was! glad you've been introduced.... lots of amazing songs to discover.
In order to really understand this song, and indeed a lot of Erasure's music, you need to know that they were gay in a time when being openly gay was dangerous. I don't know what it was like in the UK, but growing up in the South in the 1980's that fact needed to be kept secret, especially with the songs they sung. Wrestling with coming to terms with, and accepting, my sexuality, Erasure's music was life changing, even though I wasn't sure if they were gay or not (from the songs, I was guessing they were). "What religion or reason would cause a man to forsake his lover?" could pass as something straight, but "lover" was language gays were using. If you want to hear the power these songs had, and still have, listen to them from the perspective of a gay teen or young adult in the 1980s. Scared, feeling all alone, that there was noone out there that understood or that you could turn to. Erasure helped to keep me from turning some very dark thoughts into permanent actions. Their music - and not only their's - gave me hope, courage, comforting, of.not being alone, that I had a right to exist, that I could be loved, that I was not broken or a monster, that while I might not believe in me that they did. Erasure often gets written off as cheesy pop, and that's okay. Those people didn't need all that Erasure had to offer, and so didn't scratch beneath the surface. Erasure helped us survive the worst of the AIDS epidemic by giving us something to dance to in between the funerals. They made us feel happy amidst all the sorrow. If you weren't there, living in the time of Erasure's heyday, you can't fully understand their genius and power. And I'm so incredibly glad and happy if you can't fully understand because that means you didn't have to go through it, and all the blood, sweat, and tears we put into the fights we fought were successful.
Some more early Erasure songs to check out: Am I Right? Drama? Ship of Fools Chorus Always The Circus You Surround Me Most of their B-Sides are great too. Mostly instrumental tracks. On occasions I would find the 12" singles on Jukeboxes and I'd put the B-sides on and people would start dancing and asking who put this on and who is it? For example: Sweet, Sweet Baby (Moo-Moo Mix)
Love the visual puns in this video. lol. Agree on your take about music changes. Went from muscianship to production. The 80s and the 90s were premium social issues music and true heartfelt emotion.
Vince Clarke established Depeche Mode and Yazoo before Erasure. Erasure we’re HUGE in the UK. National Treasures of the eighties 😍x
And don't forget the one off hit with The Assembly
Love Depeche and Erasure! I'd say they're a treasure of the decade!
@@icequeen917 Yes! I met Depeche backstage in Houston in the early years. Played in a college auditorium! I was lucky to have been invited backstage. They were cool - Dave asked "if I always dressed that way", Fletcher wanted my booklet on them w/their autographs & I said "no"! Was super cool!
Alison MOYET YAZOO XX
Lead singer Andy Bell was one of the first openly gay singers and he has an amazing voice!! His falsetto gives me goosebumps. Another big hit of theirs is "Chains Of Love". Check it out!
My God, "Chains of Love" dominated the clubs.
But Andy Bell was not about being gay ?? His voice and being himself was amazing ! It’s not about sexuality ?? 🇬🇧
@@clairepeace5783 Hide Away destroyed me as a 14 yr old in the closet guy
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He was gay???? Never saw that coming! lol Andy Bell has one of the greatest voices!
Oh Erasure… One of my favourite bands of all time. Their live shows back in the day were amazing. Andy Bell’s voice is one of the most over-looked voices in pop music. They helped with the AꓭBA “comeback” of the early 90s with their EP “ABBAEsque”. They have a s**t load of amazing songs.
No disrespect but the bands name is pronounced E-Ray-Shure. Might be an accent thing. Your way sounds like a fantasy video game with wizards and dragons.
Saw Erasure at Cyndi Laupers True Colors Tour for Equal Rights. They were awesome. They have so many good songs.and they cover Abba songs too, like Take A chance . So good
Indeed. Erasure is a pretty standard English word (the act of erasing something), and the band name is pronounced as you'd expect!
Andy Bell's voice is wonderful. Oh, and as others have mentioned, they're pronounced like the word "eraser," so it's "e-ray-sure." Check out "Oh, L'Amour," "Sometimes," "Chains of Love," "Blue Savannah," "Chorus," "Love to Hate You," "Breath of Life," "Always."
They're even better live! I've seen them twice in concert, and it was amazing both times. And yeah, on the pronunciation of "Erasure", it's a regular English word meaning the erasing of something.
Me, too! So amazing in concert! One of the best of the 80’s. I loved when Andy was demanding respect while stomping across the stage in 8” stilettos, a corset and black feather boa to the ground.
The other guy playing the instruments was in another group called Yazoo in the early 80's. The singer in Yazoo was Alison Moyet. You should check them out too.
Yes! "Upstairs at Erics"!!
@@debbiedebster5806 Definitely.
Vince clark.
Yup... and brought Depeche Mode into the spotlight with 'Just Can't Get Enough' and wrote all but 1 of the songs on their first album.... before leaving and joining Yazoo...
Another vote for Alison Moyet
This song is probably the most iconic by Erasure, which makes it surprising that it only reached No.4 in the UK charts.
Oh Lamour is more iconic to me.
Erasure are great. Still recording, touring and they have a large discography overflowing with many great songs. They are worth exploring further.
Erasure were my teenage years! I was lucky enough to finally see them live last November and it was worth the 35 year wait, they were as amazing then as they were back then x
This is the 1st time I've ever seen somebody react to erasure. I love this band. In about 1990 I saw them performed live At the open air theater and San Diego state. It was 1 of the best live performances I have ever seen
I've never seen Erasure, but I've seen lots of great shows at that venue, including Oingo Boingo, 10,000 Maniacs, and Midnight Oil.
You’ll like Smalltown boy by Bronski Beat.
Thanks so much for this reaction - yours is the first I've seen to Erasure. Check out "Ooh Sometimes" and "Oh L'Amour", amongst others.
YES! oh L’amour is my favourite song of theirs, and probably of the whole of the 80’s! I finally got to see them live a few months ago and my now 49yr old self screamed in 15yr old when they started singing L’amour 😍
Wow....havent heard this song in almost 30 years. I remember my older brother had their album and as a 6 or 7 year old I'd play this track on repeat. Loved it. Still know 90% of the words.
Quiero mas de Erasure
They are amazing!!! “Always” is great too!!!
So many hits. Erasure is legendary.
I first heard this song in 1989. I was in flight school in Florida, and we had some British students who introduced me to Erasure. I was a metal-head at the time, but this song hooked me. I bought the album, The Innocents, and I played the hell out of it. It's a great album from start to finish. I played it for my then fiancé and she loved it too.
This is one of my all time favourite songs! It reminds me of my childhood and it’s so much fun to dance to it at the disco parties!
Vince Clarke (father of synth-pop) and Andy Bell were a winning combination with many club hits in the late 80’s and 90’s. Vince Clarke was a founding member of Depeche Mode in the late 70’s. Left and hooked up with Alison Moyet to form Yazoo with hits “Don’t Go” and “Situation” and then formed Erasure with Andy in 1985 and the rest is history. Lots of songs to choose from. Chains of Love, Star, Drama, Blue Savannah, Stop!, Chorus, Take a Chance on Me, Always, Sometimes, Oh L’amour.
This is such an incredible song. It has such deep meaning to the LGBTQ+ community as a plead to society to respect us and treat us as humans. The HMI remix is just as epic.
Believe it or not another reactor didn't like this song - which I LOVE!! - I couldn't believe it!! I was in my 20's then - a LONNG time ago I know but people of your age sometimes like ERASURE, thank God!!!
Andy Bell was also a choir boy, so his voice has that special training.
They are still regularly touring around the world to sell out concerts, still releasing new music and have had about a dozen hit albums!
Listen to Erasure’s “Drama” and Pet Shop Boys “Always on my mind”!!
Poland Love Erasure ! Greets Anton ;-)
Great to hear again. They had quite a few good songs.. Blue Savanna rings a (Andy) bell
Omg 😳 I cannot believe an American has actually wanted to hear English 1980 music thank you 🏴
Love your pronunciation of Erasure
It's pronounced E-Ray-Shur ... as in Eraser/rubber/ delete a pencil marking!
Ahh Erasure and New Order in the 80s prepped me for Dance, techno, and house music when I was finally hitting the clubs in the 90s! New Order “Perfect Kiss” “ Bizarre Love Triangle” are great. Erasure’s “Oh L’amour” is my favorite.
I think Erasure is pronounced "Erase Sure" not "Era Sure", at least that's what we said in the 80's in NY
An excellent queer 80s group.
Andy Bell is a tremendous singer. Love Erasure!
You mentioned Savage Garden, please, please, do more reactions!
One of my favorite bands ❤️
Love this band I was in their fan club when I was younger 🥰 there are so many good songs that they’ve done x
Eraj-zjer is the pronounciation. They are so much of the British 80's dance scene. Love them.
Great reaction video. I find it mind blowing that some people have never heard this song. I guess in the States they were less well know than here in the UK and since the turn of the millennium you don't hear their stuff played on the radio. They have done a LOT of other great songs though which shouldn't be overlooked. Ship of Fools, Always, Love to Hate You, Sometimes and Blue Savannah to name a few
I love their song Always
Oh L’amour is a great song too.
They have pumped out so many hits and albums since their first Album 'Wonderland' in 1986 (Oh L' Amour), then the Albums 'The Circus' 1987 (Sometimes, Victim of Love, Circus,), and 'The Innocents' 1988 (Ship of Fools, A Little Respect, Chains of Love,) .... was lucky enough to see them in concert in April 88... WOW... Best band ever... and they are still pumping out albums.
Great 80s band I've seen them many times live
Little Respect and Sometimes are my favourite Erasure songs. Wheatus did a cover of this song in the 90s.
That Wheatus version sounds strange at the start, but it’s banging by the end. Good cover
It's ee-RAY-sher Thanks for the song. Love it.
I always liked their song ‘Sometimes’
Erasure is by far my favorite all time listening & sing along groups of all time. BTW, they were big here in the states also. That is to those of us who had good taste in music back then. That is just 1 of 20 of their greatest hits. So many great songs by them.
An absolute classic.
I was surprised to see the hand written lyrics displayed at The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2016 on my 50th birthday trip with my late brother (he passed away in 2021 from stage 4 cancer) I stood there reading it before I took a picture of it. I read a lot of people said this song helped them from depression when the song came out.
Magnífica canción independientemente su carga ideológica. 🙏🏻
love them!
You noticed the tongue-in-cheek visuals at the bottom of the video, where they quite literally represent the lyrics. Most reactors don't catch that humour.
It's like eraser but erayzhure. Great song.
I love this one.
It's pronounced e-ray-jur. 😁
U ray shhhha
amo los 80 dios mioo💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
All Erasure's early music was tongue-in-cheek with the production. They began to take themselves seriously around the production of the album I say, I Say, I Say and is when they began to lose mass appeal. That album though I'd say is their best work where Andy pushed vis vocal abilities to the max (check out his pitch in 'Blues Away'), and Vince showed us there wasn't any sound he couldn't make a synthesizer do.
I Lost the number of times i have danced that song in the discos with a beer in my hand. 🎉😂
Que hermosa canción
Still going with a new album out last year. I read that Vince wanted to go back to the original Erasure sound so dug out some of his early synths - check out Nerves of Steel from the last album - anyone who has not heard it, it goes back to their best. BTW it's pronounce E - raise - sure.
When the Brits did the best Pop music. Erasure are an exceptional band.
What a masterpiece
❤. Thanks, hottie Opie. Hugs!
It's nice to see that right away without knowing him, you just seemed to 'get it'. Erasure is one of those rare bands that I can listen to no matter my mood.
I loved this group from my years in college. I saw them on a tour in Chicago back in 1990, I believe.
I love Erasure, you should definitely check out Love to hate you! It's so good!
Dude erasure is an amazing British duo.. check them out ..please do more videos with this band
Andy and Vince are amazing.
The little respect block always cracks me up, plus this song gives such a lovely relaxing and positive feel. A really beautiful song of theirs is Always. Love them, glad to see they make you smile too
Great reaction! Bye the way, the name of the group is Ee-rayh-sure.
"Error-sher" - Eeeee ray sherrrrrr.
Cant believe you made this reaction💜💜💜💜💜 on of my favorites bands from the 80´s / 90´s
The accent is on the 2nd syllable. eRAYzhure
So glad you reviewed this because it's my favorite song of all time. It's very interesting to see someone's take on Erasure, who has never heard them.
Vince Clark looks just like my old primary school teacher Mrs. Owen. Fun Fact.
The erasure pop 20 hits album is one of my feel good cds, that along with Boy George & culture club
So amazing in concert! One of the best of the 80’s. I loved when Andy was demanding respect while stomping across the stage in 8” stilettos, a corset and black feather boa to the ground. This was a gay anthem - it had to be more subtle unfortunately during the AIDS epidemic. But IYKYK.
The 80s charts were by no means only about love. At least no more than the charts in any other decade. Love has always been the largest theme in pop music. It may be more to do with which songs and artists you're listening to, from each decade. There was a lot more political stuff in the 80s than in subsequent decades and pleny of darker and more mature themes too.Including by artists like George Michael. Even the song you've just listened to had a socio-political edge. The lead singer of Erasure (ee-raze-shur) is gay and the 80s wasn't a great time for gay people. Especially as it was at the height of the aids epidemic. Homophobia was rife, across all sections of society and anti gay violence was commonplace. Nor were there equal rights. Knowing this, the song takes on a different tone. When you talk about less introspection, bear in mind that this was the decade that brought us the goth genre and saw trip-hop develop. It was also the last decade before dance music completely took over the charts. Acts like The Smiths, Joy Division, The Cure and The Specials weren't exactly known for their upbeat themes and as illustrated by this song, a lot of songs had more to them than a first glance may reveal. Songs like Oliver's Army, by Elvis Costello, and Enola Gay, by OMD, sound like upbeat pop songs. Of course they're actually about the troubles in Ireland, from Oliver Cromwell onwards, and about atomic war, respectively. :)
Andy has a brill voice love Erasure. Sandra from Scotland.
I think one thing that happens is that singer-songwriters of one era migrate to producing in the next and bring their songwriting skills with them.
The clubs in the Late 80's played the hell out of these songs - But, "chains of love" ruled. Suggestion: The group Breathe "hands to heaven".
Erasure are a English band I love this band
I appreciate your perspective on the themes of decades. Something to think about.
Chicago in the 80's had some really wonderful local alternative bands. The leader of the pack was a group called Ministry. Two of their showcase, classic songs were "Work for Love" and "Every Day is Halloween." These two songs would always get everyone up on the dance floor.
So cute how you are pronouncing Erasure.
It's Interesting that you found the motives and deep meanings in beetween of some of the 80's classics... For me was always the way how they sounded, those synthesizers and effects are very characteristic from that era... of course it could be produced like that nowadays if the intention was to sound like that way, but every technology available in that decade years and subsequent were like quote marks for me...
No, not Air-a-sure. It’s Ee-ray-sure. - Love this Band! ❤️
Showing my age but I grew up loving Erasure! Was about 16 when this came out, do check out Take a chance on me, I love to hate you.
Saw them live...bloody brilliantly!!
In my opinion, 1977-1989 had the best music to grow up to...
I love Erasure. They are still touring and sound great. Wheatus did a fab cover of this song too.
The name is pronounced E ray sure
Bronski Beat/ Smalltown Boy
Lays an extraordinary soundscape. It has the big, transcendent wall of sound you favor. Emotive-- nothing neutral about that song.
Anton, also.... Flock of Seagulls / Space Age Love Song (cinematic, dreamy, big)
Andy Bell and Vince Clarke a fab pairing. I'd forgotten how upbeat the 80's music was! glad you've been introduced.... lots of amazing songs to discover.
In order to really understand this song, and indeed a lot of Erasure's music, you need to know that they were gay in a time when being openly gay was dangerous. I don't know what it was like in the UK, but growing up in the South in the 1980's that fact needed to be kept secret, especially with the songs they sung. Wrestling with coming to terms with, and accepting, my sexuality, Erasure's music was life changing, even though I wasn't sure if they were gay or not (from the songs, I was guessing they were). "What religion or reason would cause a man to forsake his lover?" could pass as something straight, but "lover" was language gays were using.
If you want to hear the power these songs had, and still have, listen to them from the perspective of a gay teen or young adult in the 1980s. Scared, feeling all alone, that there was noone out there that understood or that you could turn to. Erasure helped to keep me from turning some very dark thoughts into permanent actions. Their music - and not only their's - gave me hope, courage, comforting, of.not being alone, that I had a right to exist, that I could be loved, that I was not broken or a monster, that while I might not believe in me that they did.
Erasure often gets written off as cheesy pop, and that's okay. Those people didn't need all that Erasure had to offer, and so didn't scratch beneath the surface. Erasure helped us survive the worst of the AIDS epidemic by giving us something to dance to in between the funerals. They made us feel happy amidst all the sorrow. If you weren't there, living in the time of Erasure's heyday, you can't fully understand their genius and power. And I'm so incredibly glad and happy if you can't fully understand because that means you didn't have to go through it, and all the blood, sweat, and tears we put into the fights we fought were successful.
Some more early Erasure songs to check out:
Am I Right?
Drama?
Ship of Fools
Chorus
Always
The Circus
You Surround Me
Most of their B-Sides are great too. Mostly instrumental tracks. On occasions I would find the 12" singles on Jukeboxes and I'd put the B-sides on and people would start dancing and asking who put this on and who is it?
For example:
Sweet, Sweet Baby (Moo-Moo Mix)
Andy Bell sound great live even today. He's amazing. They had several hit songs but you need to hear "Chorus" and "Chains of Love"
LOVE Erasure!
Can't walk thru a mall without hearing their music.
Still touring. Just seen them at Brighton, fantastic end of .
Love the visual puns in this video. lol. Agree on your take about music changes. Went from muscianship to production. The 80s and the 90s were premium social issues music and true heartfelt emotion.
Pronounced Erase- ure. This is a longtime gay anthem. A dance classic too.