A 45 year old masterpiece! Thank you Chris Payne, Billy Currie & Midge Ure for writing this monster classic which single-handedly kicked off the Blitz/New Romantic scene of the early 1980s. 😉❤️👍🏿
It's an astonishing piece of work. For me, it does for the '80s what Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' did for the '70s. It made living a pretty miserable life seem somehow desirable. It helped me through some atrocious periods. 👌
@@storrho Yeh, can't remember the club they were from, but it was a kind of home base for the New Romantics- Boy George and Culture Club are another of the club's alumni.
I think some of that timeless sound would be becasue musicians have been trying to replicate the sound and the effects that were NEW here. The synths just before MIDI came in were analog and massive sounding. Also the reverb often used in studios then was the Lexicon 224, one of the earliest simulation, automated reverb units. Both the synths and that rvereb unti are famous now and everyone tries to replicate them.
Totally agree. Soft Cell, Duran Duran, Communards, Simple Minds, OMD, Human League, Deacon Blue, Prefab Sprout, Spandau Ballet, the list is endless, I could go on forever..... Nothing comes close to matching the 80's today.
I've been thinking for some time that this is perhaps the greatest song of the entire '80s decade. The surging synth, those superbly placed percussion beats, the desolate lyrics in English and French sweeping in like a fog-bank. The atmosphere of this masterwork stays with you long after each listen. The video is great, too.
I was a very little kid and this song used to spook me to tears, each time it came on the radio over the 80s. I suppose it touched the spot it intended to touch. The whole atmosphere is dramatic. I was very musically sensitive, and grew up and became a classical musician. The music of my first few years of life, my childhood, the 80s, remains indelebile inside me 💖
@@ЕвгенийБ-е4жага и ещё ягоду малину из всех утюгов Ах мы бедняги И так мало было музыки Можно было слушать только кино музыку Артемьева Рыбникова Каравайчука Волконский хорошую музыку написал к Мёртвому сезону Вот никогда они нас не поймут что такое запрет музыки 3:44
I'm 60 now so was in my early 20s. I was an ardent New Romantic. Everybody dressed individually and creatively and tried to make the best impression lol. I've only recently seen some of my favourite bands live with my daughter who is also into it. Gary Numan, Ultravox and Human League. They still perform to packed out venues.
I'm 60 next week - a true '80s' teen. These amazing songs were our party music...what an honour to have made it onto the Brit pub/club scene ...my youth was magical. Went to see my favourite '80s' band -- OMD -- with my 23-yr-old daughter in Nov '21, in April '22 we went together to watch Echo & Bunnymen ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
Hard to believe this was 42 bloody years ago. I remember it vividly. At that time I was in my early teens, cold and alone in an hostile environment. Music was my reason for living and going on, this in particular was new, fresh and arresting. Demanding attention. Back then it was near impossible to see videos in my country. So never got to see this one, looking at it today, it's groundbreaking on many levels. Here's to the 80's, still a rich source of outstanding music both pop and more high brow.
This was from late 1980 went to number 8 here in UK. Great of course too. Their other hits mind of a toy visage the damned don't cry were lower in the charts so too. Used to hear this on the steve wright oldies then on bbc radio 2 of old too.
I heard this song before it was released in Australia when we lived in Redhill, our neighbours, Peter and Shelly from England, had the record and played it for me and my brother, they said it wasn't released yet. I remember feeling blown away by it.. I'd never heard anything like it before.
@@valgehiir right. and it was created with basic equipment. a cr78 drum machine, a solina string machine, polymoog brass and a simmons sds1. no editing software, no computer.... thats what i find so great.
@@Monica-nf3yjperché questa è musica fatta per entrarti nell'anima e farsi ricordare. E dopo 45 anni ce la ricordiamo ancora. Oggi le canzoni dopo 6 mesi non se le ricorda più nessuno.
I was born in '95... Even when I was a child (3,4,5 years old somewhere)... My parents bought me a small children's cassette play-deck... And my tastes originated from good music, like Boney M, 70's, 80's music... In other words "modern" *pop* music (at least in the last decade or so) simply makes me wanna barf lol... Its a disgust to my eardrums ^__^ I know that 99.8% that comes from the 80's -- its awesome :)
+IKE66 I agree - but do you like Underpass (Jon Foxx), Games Without Frontiers (P.Gabriel) and Echo Beach (Martha and the Muffins) too? I'd put them alongside this.
The French girl wasn't originally intended to be on the song. She was just visiting her boyfriend at the recording studio at the time and someone suggested that her spoken translation of Steve Strange's lyrics was added afterwards. I agree the song wouldn't be as good without her.
This song has always been in rotation on my playlists, and I absolutely love it. So hauntingly beautiful and gloriously 80’s. So glad I was able to kid of that era. ❤
@@alessandronorfini3665 Ciao, io sono dell'idea che scandali, malfattori di ogni genere,guerre, ecc eccetera ma intanto eravamo all'oscuro ma Vuoi mettere ???? ora come ora io Questo Mondo non lo Riconosco Più solo Lacrimeeee ma Benedetti gli anni 80 e i miei 64 anni buona serata e sempre avanti iii 🫣🫣🫣
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Visage and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
Eben..., ich höre bis heute sehr gerne diese Hits. Dagegen kann man mich mit diesem heutigen Techno-Kram oder all dem, was so ab Mitte der 90's heraus kam, echt jagen...
Some songs really are masterpieces aren't they? I mean there's nothing complex or out of the ordinary about this song. A basic beat and melodies, yet when it all comes together it's magic
Perhaps because this song was made with the heart for music, and not with the thought how much it would fill the producer's wallet. That difference can make be of more importance than how complex a song is...
I suggest you go check Chris Payne's story about how it came together . It's like the song had a soul of it's own as someone else said .It was quite an unusual way to the song we know and love . th-cam.com/video/AmF_jeokUX8/w-d-xo.html
@@FriesinNF So, smart-aleck, why people of your kind keep obsessing over ancient songs then like this one ?? Along the lines of "the grass is always greener on the other side". Stay in YOUR generation then for heaven's sake and don't listen surreptitiously to music that's basically none of your business!!!
One of the true songs to put a young dreaming mind to sleep by radio luxembourg way , and now this voice is silenced , this world is created by our music , songs , and rythms , so musicians never die , they float on to more hardships...happy trail my friend , sorry to hear of your passing !
No joke had a dream last night where i was making out with 2 busty females in a silk bed with this song playing over and over. Easily one of the best dreams i ever had. woke up in a splendid mood for once.
My kids and grandkids cannot believe I was young when this was released, yes, Grandma LOVES Visage, and to all you young ones, I wish you could have been there, it was an awesome time to be young, I was 21, has it really been 40 years!
Where have those years gone? I can remember the time this was released! The 80's were a wonderful time to grow up in. We will never see the like again !
2:23 this part of the song, and especially, the video, with the disappearing makeup, is truly powerful, and gives me chills! What a talent, what boldness! It feels like they got their creative ideas from the Beyond. Just found this song a few days ago, can't forget the vibes, the chills, the beautiful darkness of it! I'm a big fan of 80s euro disco, italo disco, synth pop and hi-nrg, how could I have missed it? Always keep discovering amazing new things from the past.
Que ceux et celles qui n'ont pas vécu ces années charnières se taisent et écoutent.On peut reprocher aux années 80,gold,images ,mader et toute la clique mais les groupes made in britain c'est de la pépite pour vos oreilles!!!
This must be late 80 or early 81 as I was in my first year of secondary school. New school, new kind of music. Felt like a new birth for me and so always takes me back to a time I felt euphoric for life. The make up in this video isn’t surpassed even today it is exquisite
One of my favourite 80s songs..i bought the single with my pocket money. I was born 72 so was only young when this debuted...loved it. Still do...absolutely iconic.
Oh yes, moments one has to understand/regonize that we all grow old... and that youth never returns ;-/ But we have our brain to keep these memories alive!
Absolute classic song from an incredible era for British music. The years 78-82 were perfection that brought us so much quality, the list is almost endless. Visage, Ultravox, Teardrop Explodes, Talk Talk, Tears for Fears, The Police, The Jam, XTC, Duran Duran, OMD, Human League etc etc. Today's music will never have the shelf life that this era has. Name me ten classic songs from 2010-2015 that will be on the radio in thirty years time? Not a chance. Not anyone's fault, it's just the way it is!
I couldn't agree more. It's a great song It transports me back in time to being a young teenager when I thought I had figured out life- but really I knew nothing - except good music!!!
in 1982, I was 13 when I heard this song for the first time. I very remember for what occasion. Since then, it has never ceased to move me. Thank you Visage
80 это рассвет электронной музыки и поэтому они считаются лучшими в истории. По крайней мере так совпало что и музыка и жизнь 80 годов были наполнены жизнью и мечтами того поколения, это было хорошее поколение. Много качественной музыки, разнообразие и вкус к жизни. После хорошие 90 и дальше можно сказать что полный мрак. Потому что поколение совсем другое и приоритеты к жизни совсем другие. Но музыка 80 будет в сердах людей пока они помнят и живы.
@@АлексейСтряпков-м5ш это 80й год, Новая Волна и Синти Поп. Это их первый альбом. Певец Steve Strange умер в 15 году, в 79-80 годах он был совладельцем ночного клуба из которого вышли такие знаменитые артисты как Boy George, Spandau Ballet, Sade, Billy Idol.
I am 13 now and im happy i got to grow up with this kind of music and not basic stuff . Thank you dad. This song is such a blessing to my ears and i cry while listening to it. I love it so much. We need more music like this i want this kind of music back.
People will always love this song, as you, I and many others have proven. But it's weird to think about how, for example, Steve Strange who had sung on this song is now dead for 7 years... Time goes on, but the things we've done remain to connect us all.
The 80’s is the golden decade for music. This brings back great memories of our youth, when things were more simple and life more carefree. It came out in 1980, when disco was starting to give way to New Wave. This song kind of led the pack. So many many amazing bands putting out so many futuristic classics, it was a feast to the ears. This has to be one of the great anthems of SynthPop!
@@Mr11ESSE111 I think Steve Strange was more fringe than Phil Oakley. Plus I feel Human League was more commercial. So for me the early 80’s will always be bands like Visage.
I grew up in the same small town as Steve, he was older than me but I knew his sister. He was an eccentric superstar in Newbridge, South Wales, and a big deal in the Blitz Club in London. Bless his heart, he was really something.
I was 14 when this song was released. It still sends chills down my spine! So blessed to have been born when I was. All this fantastic early and mid 1980's music. The sound track to my youth and even now in my 50's. Truly glorious days of fantastic music. Oh to be a teenager again and to go back to the early 1980's. How great that would be. Rest in peace Steve Strange a true and utter south Wales legend ❤❤❤❤
When I grew up in the 80’s I never realised I was living in a golden age of music, I just assumed music would always be this good. I was wrong!
Music in this age is yo yo gangsta music or talent show production line music
On some level, some of us knew it was 'unsustainable'. I mean this type of music was so intense for 3-4 years.
I agree, but I think everyone thinks their generation of music is the best!
You are absolutely right, bro.
So true!♥️
Very possibly the greatest synth pop song ever written. Mysterious, atmospheric and avant-garde. A true masterpiece, glad I was around to witness it.
I guess you know p.machinery by Propaganda ? Another great new wave track, although I prefer "Fade to Gray"
Legendary song
@@speedsterh had a listen to it, didn’t grab me but love her voice..👍
Up there with Laura Brannigan self control.
That's a really bold claim, man . . . I counter with Japan "Ghosts."
This song is like 40 years old and still sounds like it's from the future
The 41 years for this song (since 1982).
@@sergiyivanov461942
@@sergiyivanov4619 1980* in the uk :) so 44 years now
@@kcaj7512 Thanks for right information. 👋🙂
yes and 40 y l8r i fade to grey myself ! Who else and....what else ?
A 45 year old masterpiece! Thank you Chris Payne, Billy Currie & Midge Ure for writing this monster classic which single-handedly kicked off the Blitz/New Romantic scene of the early 1980s. 😉❤️👍🏿
it was released 43 years ago and still sounds futuristic
It certainly sounds more futuristic than what we hear these days in shops and shopping malls...
It's all the sYNtH aND fReNCh.
most good music sounds timeless..
du hast so recht! magisch wie damals! ich bin jahrgang 1966.
Anche il video ed i make up.
The 80's songs are written for the eternity.....
Amo tu comentario
E vero sono eterne le canzoni anni 80
I truly believe aliens would say how cool is that song
Absolutely
Not all - there was also released a lot of crap. 😉
The 1980's were the best of times. Great music, no social media, just friends, music and good times.
Shame about the poverty.
I was 13 growing up with the new romantics like Ultravox omd Duran Duran and ultravox it's imprinted on my brain and no complaints.
@@AmazinglyGayPhil Nothing,compared to todays Britain.
At least people could get by,on the dole,more than now.
Yes, Multiculturalism and Diversity has contributed greatly to our lives immensely. Or not.
Yes, in Yugoslavia also
62 now and music like this gave me the addiction to electronic music that I still have today.
same - Gary Numan started it all
Me too buddy and being 63 makes no difference as I'm 22 again when I hear this👍
same.
@@ForceMassMotion-b6v Feedback
Are 'Friends' Electric and Cars.
Brilliant sounds.
61 takes me back to good times.
This song will forever be a masterpiece
To jest chłam 🤮 najwyższych lotów.
@@helmutlang902 to pochwal sie czego sluchasz
It's an astonishing piece of work. For me, it does for the '80s what Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' did for the '70s. It made living a pretty miserable life seem somehow desirable. It helped me through some atrocious periods. 👌
emoçoes
@@o.kubajek Nooo Helmut is only talking crap!! He shows nothing.. Only a castle becouse he is the king.. He knows stuf!!
37 years later- it still sounds like the future....
Qui aurait pensé à un futur comme ce de aujourd'hui. On était dans un autre monde.
For those who didn't know, this guy and a few others from the new romantic scene are in Bowie's Ashes to Ashes video.
Midge Ure is the criminally underrated musical master behind it.
@@stephenmcdonagh2795 Wow i was just thinking about how i was getting a Bowie-vibe from this video.
@@storrho Yeh, can't remember the club they were from, but it was a kind of home base for the New Romantics- Boy George and Culture Club are another of the club's alumni.
This music was so ahead of its time, and it still is ahead of its time. And thats scary
Fantastic this 80th..never comes back, but this great truck will ve 4Ever
I think some of that timeless sound would be becasue musicians have been trying to replicate the sound and the effects that were NEW here. The synths just before MIDI came in were analog and massive sounding. Also the reverb often used in studios then was the Lexicon 224, one of the earliest simulation, automated reverb units. Both the synths and that rvereb unti are famous now and everyone tries to replicate them.
Ich war 12, das prägt dich dein ganzes Leben...... ❤️
Dankeschön
Auf jeden.....definitiv.
jepp
Ich war 17. Schade das es die 80er nie mehr geben wird. Außer das wir die Musik noch immer hören.
kann ich bestätigen…
For all the 80's kids, this was golden.
childhood!!! ;)
I'm from 1983 was born in USSR
@Richard Sir, this *is* still golden !
@@ahmedcentralasiantyurik1916 *_товарищ !_* ☭ ✊🏻 😂
Still is golden. Takes me back to when I was 18.
Is it just me or did we Brit's put out a hell of a lot of damn good music to the world in the 80's especially? 😎
No, you are definitely right !
Yep '70's too
Add the '60's to that too
Not so much now
Music is the only thing that Britain has left to give!
To this day, Visage's "Fade to Grey" remains one of the most creative and innovative videos of all time.
Absolutely. The budget may not have been enormous, but the intelligence and creativity apparent in this video are top notch.
@simonebarry15 not only video but most creative and innovative song of all times also.
Anyone else still listening to this in 2024 ? I love it 🤘 never gets old
Thank god for TH-cam
Acabo de descubrir viendo una peli ❤y me encantó el sonido
👍🏻😃😉 R.I.P Steve ♥️
I was 15 years old that year , love the song
Nightclubbing at Faces and Rum Runner. Great days and nights.
Can't beat 80s music. The best era on the planet. Love this still to this day.
We are one and the same........
Totally agree. Soft Cell, Duran Duran, Communards, Simple Minds, OMD, Human League, Deacon Blue, Prefab Sprout, Spandau Ballet, the list is endless, I could go on forever.....
Nothing comes close to matching the 80's today.
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@@dad7720 Excellent ❤👏
this is 90s
I've been thinking for some time that this is perhaps the greatest song of the entire '80s decade. The surging synth, those superbly placed percussion beats, the desolate lyrics in English and French sweeping in like a fog-bank. The atmosphere of this masterwork stays with you long after each listen. The video is great, too.
Gets my vote.
Difficult to make a top 10 songs of the 80s list, but this is definately on mine. Incredible.
Agreed. For me, it’s between this, West End Girls and Ghosts (Japan).
Maid Of Orleans stole the '80s' crown ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
I think it is definitely is the best song of the 80,s!
This is a synth-pop masterpiece! I love this song since the 80's. R.I.P. Steve
He’s the reason I collect Pierrot dolls, still!
53 years old and heard thousands of songs over the years this is one of my favourite and I always come back to it .👌
❤❤❤❤❤
@@hondac7028I am 54, Russia, I AM here.
Я, такая же херня... 😉
Totally agree 59 now miss this era
I was a very little kid and this song used to spook me to tears, each time it came on the radio over the 80s. I suppose it touched the spot it intended to touch. The whole atmosphere is dramatic. I was very musically sensitive, and grew up and became a classical musician.
The music of my first few years of life, my childhood, the 80s, remains indelebile inside me 💖
Love this comment. Musically sensitive is a great term. I understand how this song would have spooked you to tears as a child ❤
If you have not listened to music that brings you to tears, you haven't lived.
А у нас в детстве такие песни по радио не гоняли. Только Лещенко, Кобзона и Ротару. 😂
Midge ure.
@@ЕвгенийБ-е4жага и ещё ягоду малину из всех утюгов Ах мы бедняги И так мало было музыки Можно было слушать только кино музыку Артемьева Рыбникова Каравайчука Волконский хорошую музыку написал к Мёртвому сезону Вот никогда они нас не поймут что такое запрет музыки 3:44
The clip, the style, the woman, the man, the music, the ghost, my god what a classic in EVERY way
And he is a ghost now😔
*1980* PEOPLE: THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE GREAT 🤩
*2020* PEOPLE: LET'S GO BACK TO THE 80'S 😎
So true! 🙏♥️
Yesss 🙄
There was a lot of pessimism about the future since the '70s, and in 1982 a lot of people were still expecting a full-scale nuclear war.
@@leocomerford Yes.
As ELO sang... 'Remember the good old 1980's, I wish I could back there again' Damm they were right......... So much fun..
The music of the 80s is still the best music of all time.💕💕
I'm 50, I've listened and loved this song back in 82/83, and still today and will continue, this is the power of music!
Isn't this song from 1981?
55 now and always will listen to this song because...
I put my 50s as well :)
I feel young again. I'm also in my 50 s now
Let a 54 old drummer shake your hand mate! 🤝🏻 ✌️🏻
I'm 60 now so was in my early 20s. I was an ardent New Romantic. Everybody dressed individually and creatively and tried to make the best impression lol. I've only recently seen some of my favourite bands live with my daughter who is also into it. Gary Numan, Ultravox and Human League. They still perform to packed out venues.
I'm 60 next week - a true '80s' teen. These amazing songs were our party music...what an honour to have made it onto the Brit pub/club scene ...my youth was magical. Went to see my favourite '80s' band -- OMD -- with my 23-yr-old daughter in Nov '21, in April '22 we went together to watch Echo & Bunnymen ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
Me too 👍🌻
How wonderful!! ☺️
Top shelf nice
The SONG that depicts the 80s synth music. My ultimate new wave song!
It’s 2025 and this is still music from the future
One of the greatest hits of all time
Sono d'accordo con te 👍
@@FabrizioDurzu concordo pienamente..
A song crafted decades beyond it's time one of the most significant songs of the last 50 years.
totally agree
Hard to believe this was 42 bloody years ago. I remember it vividly. At that time I was in my early teens, cold and alone in an hostile environment. Music was my reason for living and going on, this in particular was new, fresh and arresting. Demanding attention. Back then it was near impossible to see videos in my country. So never got to see this one, looking at it today, it's groundbreaking on many levels. Here's to the 80's, still a rich source of outstanding music both pop and more high brow.
This was from late 1980 went to number 8 here in UK. Great of course too. Their other hits mind of a toy visage the damned don't cry were lower in the charts so too. Used to hear this on the steve wright oldies then on bbc radio 2 of old too.
I remember this song in Spain when it came out
You write exactly my youth, my story. It's music that saved me, and especially this kind of music.
Great story 💕
I heard this song before it was released in Australia when we lived in Redhill, our neighbours, Peter and Shelly from England, had the record and played it for me and my brother, they said it wasn't released yet. I remember feeling blown away by it.. I'd never heard anything like it before.
the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s music era's, best music ever, feel very privaliged to have lived through this era, wish I could go back in time
I was born in 1960 and I love when you hear this music it takes you straight back in time ❤
Ναεπιστρεψουμαι στον χρόνο και να μείνουμε εκει❤
Same
Ein Song für die Ewigkeit ❤ 💋
Genauso wie PoP Up the Volume
@@martinaheyer28SNAP
Oui exactement bizz ❤
❤merci bcp
This music was ahead of its time 40 years ago
and it is still ahead of its time.
@@valgehiir right. and it was created with basic equipment. a cr78 drum machine, a solina string machine, polymoog brass and a simmons sds1. no editing software, no computer.... thats what i find so great.
Yes 👍
All the synth pop classics were ahead of their time yet timeless
@@top-ten.music_and_more No autotune and no "millenial whoop" which plague today's music.
One of the most iconic synth melodies ever created 🎧🎹🎤
...non torneranno mai più quegli anni...unici fantastici meravigliosi
I migliori anni che una persona potesse vivere!
Un periodo assolutamente unico e irripetibile , sono del 63 , grande nostalgia di una gioventù ormai lontana , e che haime' non puo' più tornare.
Sono del 68 e mi vengono ancora i brividi ad ascoltare e tanta voglia di ballare
@@Monica-nf3yjperché questa è musica fatta per entrarti nell'anima e farsi ricordare.
E dopo 45 anni ce la ricordiamo ancora.
Oggi le canzoni dopo 6 mesi non se le ricorda più nessuno.
Yes❤
Those of us that were lucky enough to grow up in the 80's.... thumbs up
80's is the best
I just glad that I can hear it, but I wouldn´t want to be 10-20 years older :D
chris harding 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I was born in '95... Even when I was a child (3,4,5 years old somewhere)... My parents bought me a small children's cassette play-deck... And my tastes originated from good music, like Boney M, 70's, 80's music... In other words "modern" *pop* music (at least in the last decade or so) simply makes me wanna barf lol... Its a disgust to my eardrums ^__^ I know that 99.8% that comes from the 80's -- its awesome :)
ex ussr's civilans agre with u
An absolute classic track from the greatest decade of music ever.
agree
YES THE BEST MUSIC OF ALL, EVER.
100%
60s and 70s had a different vibe for me, my favourites. Love music from all eras though.
I'd say 70's through to early to mid 90's then music seemed to become very stale.
one of the best tracks of the 80s
+IKE66 One of my favourites but ilike all of visage's songs ^O^
+IKE66 das stimmt es ist ein super lied a very nice big track
+IKE66 I agree - but do you like Underpass (Jon Foxx), Games Without Frontiers (P.Gabriel) and Echo Beach (Martha and the Muffins) too? I'd put them alongside this.
Games without Frontiers is in my all time top 10, an absolute classic record. Echo Beach is pretty damn classy too.
SettingSon79
My mum didn't like Peter Gabriel's song Shock the monkey but I love it
Now that’s a masterpiece, way ahead of time in the 80s💙
Yes it is too.
The mix with the French voice sound really great.
The French girl wasn't originally intended to be on the song. She was just visiting her boyfriend at the recording studio at the time and someone suggested that her spoken translation of Steve Strange's lyrics was added afterwards. I agree the song wouldn't be as good without her.
@@robthegardener9631
And so ? It' s french touch changed the track !
On s’en balek !
@@robthegardener9631 nice story 👍🏻 thanks to share it.
The best years of my life.
The 80's, what a wonderful time.
80 y 90 también de la mía ❤❤❤
This song has always been in rotation on my playlists, and I absolutely love it. So hauntingly beautiful and gloriously 80’s. So glad I was able to kid of that era. ❤
Australia; Its unique.
A true classic that can stand the test of time. R.I.P Steve
Gli anni 80 ?? Quanti ricordi Stupendiii Tutto era una Meravigliaaaa Ora ??? .........😢😢😢
Ora .... Uno schifo
❤merci bcp
Anche io li rimpiango moltissimo, ma temo che sia soltanto perché avevo vent'anni
@@alessandronorfini3665 Ciao, io sono dell'idea che scandali, malfattori di ogni genere,guerre, ecc eccetera ma intanto eravamo all'oscuro ma Vuoi mettere ???? ora come ora io Questo Mondo non lo Riconosco Più solo Lacrimeeee ma Benedetti gli anni 80 e i miei 64 anni buona serata e sempre avanti iii 🫣🫣🫣
No, adesso è proprio merda. Non c’è paragone in nulla, tenore di vita, libertà, pensa qualcosa, era meglio
Stroke of genius! Nothing in electronica compares in impact and legacy of Fade To Grey. Timeless masterpiece.
Imposible olvidar a Visage! 63 años tengo y adoro esta canción!!!
Why IN STEREO
One of the best of all time an absolute 80s classic
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Visage and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere.
What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
The best parts of this are the French bits!
Thank you for such a nice compliment!☺☺☺
Benedetto Bruno speaking as a brit your more than welcome.
Thank you for those very kind words.
Kim Paul yes
A timeless classic song of the 80s. It will be listened to in a centurys time at least.
It's majestic.
I've got no words to describe this. It's something from another world, another dimension that we can't hold.
Exactly how I feel about this. It's as if aliens from another dimension wrote this. A timeless masterpiece.
It's still one of the greatest ever tracks to come out of the 80's, & an absolute classic. RIP, Steve Strange x
Still sounds way ahead... Like the future... Impossible to ever go out of date... Still sounds so far forward into the future. Pure art. A visionary.
For me it hits like a forgotten future, a place impossible to reach, like the future from an alternative timeline or something
@@fernandomaron87 a blade runner world......
genial, einfach Weltklasse diese Song- Einer der besten dieser Zeit.
+Klaus Bielawa Auch noch heute genial
Eben..., ich höre bis heute sehr gerne diese Hits.
Dagegen kann man mich mit diesem heutigen Techno-Kram oder all dem, was so ab Mitte der 90's heraus kam, echt jagen...
Einfach die beste Zeit, genialer Song.
Some songs really are masterpieces aren't they? I mean there's nothing complex or out of the ordinary about this song. A basic beat and melodies, yet when it all comes together it's magic
Sometimes simple is best.
Well, tbh there aren't that many songs with the snare drum entering when the first half has passed.
@@marks2731 Most times simple is best
Perhaps because this song was made with the heart for music, and not with the thought how much it would fill the producer's wallet.
That difference can make be of more importance than how complex a song is...
I suggest you go check Chris Payne's story about how it came together . It's like the song had a soul of it's own as someone else said .It was quite an unusual way to the song we know and love . th-cam.com/video/AmF_jeokUX8/w-d-xo.html
Brak słów, muzyczna poezja.Arcydzieło lat 80 i stylu new romantic.
The 80's are still the coolest decade of music...!
only if you didnt experience the 60s 0r 70s
@@HOOKmusicUK
Quite true, that was we used to say back in the 80's.
I agree, the 80's had the coolest music.
Every generation says: our decade were the coolest and the best! 🌞
@@FriesinNF So, smart-aleck, why people of your kind keep obsessing over ancient songs then like this one ?? Along the lines of "the grass is always greener on the other side". Stay in YOUR generation then for heaven's sake and don't listen surreptitiously to music that's basically none of your business!!!
The genius of Midge Ure at the start of his golden era...the theme to the early 80s
You deserve heaven for performing this song, Steve. Miss you.
midge ure wrote the lyrics, i think the whole artist collective of the english new wave movement deserves heaven.
We played outdoor and noticed more of our future than that climate spinners today.
RIP Stephen Strange. This song is brilliant and it's more than a song. It was a movement.
emiscand loved it then and still do to this day ,
magnifique
@David Millar I'm gonna listen later and let you know 😉💓
What he died 😭😕
F o r e v e r 💞👌💔😭
One of the true songs to put a young dreaming mind to sleep by radio luxembourg way , and now this voice is silenced , this world is created by our music , songs , and rythms , so musicians never die , they float on to more hardships...happy trail my friend , sorry to hear of your passing !
ah yes good old radio Luxembourg and the brilliant reception we had....
No joke had a dream last night where i was making out with 2 busty females in a silk bed with this song playing over and over. Easily one of the best dreams i ever had. woke up in a splendid mood for once.
HamishVonGonzo great start to the day. Thing is now when ever I hear this i will now think of your dream.
tench u65 jivdhryfcyj
Ah, Radio Luxembourg, that takes me back!
My kids and grandkids cannot believe I was young when this was released, yes, Grandma LOVES Visage, and to all you young ones, I wish you could have been there, it was an awesome time to be young, I was 21, has it really been 40 years!
Brilliant tune loved the 80s still do I'm 55 this year
Brilliant loved the 80s
age is (largely) a state of mind
Where have those years gone? I can remember the time this was released! The 80's were a wonderful time to grow up in. We will never see the like again !
c'est fou la vie.....tu as raison
2:23 this part of the song, and especially, the video, with the disappearing makeup, is truly powerful, and gives me chills! What a talent, what boldness! It feels like they got their creative ideas from the Beyond.
Just found this song a few days ago, can't forget the vibes, the chills, the beautiful darkness of it!
I'm a big fan of 80s euro disco, italo disco, synth pop and hi-nrg, how could I have missed it? Always keep discovering amazing new things from the past.
he was a genius
A big hug of nostalgia to all my brothers and sisters from the 80´s.
Thankyou. You can have one of my Spangles.
@VIRGO QUEEN About you 2000 kids you can make virtual hugs to each orher through your social networks.
David Smith are they cola flavour? If they are I’ll swap you for a Chewit😃
Buena sythpop visage tema desde 1980
we will never fade to grey brother..
Que ceux et celles qui n'ont pas vécu ces années charnières se taisent et écoutent.On peut reprocher aux années 80,gold,images ,mader et toute la clique mais les groupes made in britain c'est de la pépite pour vos oreilles!!!
Just 80s fantastic ! Theses songs you'll never get bored of at all just brilliant 👏
This must be late 80 or early 81 as I was in my first year of secondary school. New school, new kind of music. Felt like a new birth for me and so always takes me back to a time I felt euphoric for life. The make up in this video isn’t surpassed even today it is exquisite
The single was released in November 1980. :)
Les années où tout semblait encore possible.
I grew up listening to Steve,my mum partied with him in London, when I seen the video I was shocked 😂
British music of the 80's : the best music ever made !
Discovering this masterpiece after watching Ms. Violet's video. 🤩✨
Can defo recommend watching documentaries on Steve Strange and the New Romantics :)
Mee too. I love it!
Same!
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Splendid makeup, fantastic song
pure art
extraordinar cintec, intr-adevar. favoritul tineretii mele!
love it
Dono Ciao
Dono Ciao really
One of my favourite 80s songs..i bought the single with my pocket money. I was born 72 so was only young when this debuted...loved it. Still do...absolutely iconic.
Masterpiece still sounds relevant today as it did in 1980 43ys and still stands the test of time...
I'm in a theater club and the teacher decided to base the play off of the 80s (and he also went to school to that time)
Copywrite here says 1982
True, but today's music doesn't hold a candle to this gold.
@@therespectedlex9794 Its from 1980
@@johnmccarthy4134 You're so right!
This track makes me feel proud to be British. We had so many great tracks from so many bands back in the day.
Ohhh, you sure did. I love it when I can HEAR THE BRITISH ACCENT as they sing (not always obvious, I find). 😊
Scots man wrote that song :)
@@briantyrrell5072. Co-wrote.
@@briantyrrell5072midge Iré is scotland
@@briantyrrell5072Last time I looked Scotland was in Britain
such a sad song.. so real and so out of space the same time. ..
Love the 80s. 54yrs old and reminiscing the best of times.
Same here
Sure the same here too
I am 55 years old now. But still remeber the times we were partiying the weekends with this song.
Oh yes, moments one has to understand/regonize that we all grow old... and that youth never returns ;-/ But we have our brain to keep these memories alive!
When legends like this die, parts of your childhood die with them.
Steve Kittler legends live forever never forget that dude
Steve Kittler true like the wireless and the green shield stamps and the butter vouchers lol
Steve Kittler : you know your stuff !!
Vicki Reynolds legends they ar beautiful
Vicki Reynolds when a Christian is born again
Absolute classic song from an incredible era for British music. The years 78-82 were perfection that brought us so much quality, the list is almost endless. Visage, Ultravox, Teardrop Explodes, Talk Talk, Tears for Fears, The Police, The Jam, XTC, Duran Duran, OMD, Human League etc etc. Today's music will never have the shelf life that this era has. Name me ten classic songs from 2010-2015 that will be on the radio in thirty years time? Not a chance. Not anyone's fault, it's just the way it is!
SettingSon79 The Smiths, Morrissey. :)
SettingSon79 I hear the 80's Music since 1995 and it's not boring. I love 80's Music.
SettingSon79 Absolutely spot on mate!
totally agree! All that's out there now is bland dull shite from the likes of ed sheeran, an over rated guy who is an insult to real music like this!
Music evolves, get with it. And PLENTY of songs today have already became classics. Nostalgia is blinding you.
Ich höre das Lied,obwohl es schon so alt ist, immer wieder gerne. Das war noch Musik .❤
What???
Errore! Scusa non era una risposta per te.
Merci bcp bisous
Merci bcp bisous
In realtà, è una canzone molto triste
A timeless track that will always evoke memories of my teen years in the 80s ❤
I couldn't agree more. It's a great song It transports me back in time to being a young teenager when I thought I had figured out life- but really I knew nothing - except good music!!!
in 1982, I was 13 when I heard this song for the first time. I very remember for what occasion. Since then, it has never ceased to move me. Thank you Visage
What kind of occasion?
I was 11 years
A masterpiece. I still love the depressive mood of early new wave songs.
you should try the Blues!
@@progfan5239 I got a special kind of blues too, who doesnt? ;)
Don't forget their "Mind of a Toy"
80 это рассвет электронной музыки и поэтому они считаются лучшими в истории. По крайней мере так совпало что и музыка и жизнь 80 годов были наполнены жизнью и мечтами того поколения, это было хорошее поколение. Много качественной музыки, разнообразие и вкус к жизни. После хорошие 90 и дальше можно сказать что полный мрак. Потому что поколение совсем другое и приоритеты к жизни совсем другие. Но музыка 80 будет в сердах людей пока они помнят и живы.
Wonderful!
Thank you!
Peace overcome the world!!!
Круто сказали , точно.🎉🎉🎉
Нифига себе 84, я думал 2024 года эта композиция по стилю музыки и песни❤❤❤
@@АлексейСтряпков-м5ш она вроде 80 или 81 год
@@АлексейСтряпков-м5ш это 80й год, Новая Волна и Синти Поп. Это их первый альбом. Певец Steve Strange умер в 15 году, в 79-80 годах он был совладельцем ночного клуба из которого вышли такие знаменитые артисты как Boy George, Spandau Ballet, Sade, Billy Idol.
I am 13 now and im happy i got to grow up with this kind of music and not basic stuff . Thank you dad. This song is such a blessing to my ears and i cry while listening to it. I love it so much. We need more music like this i want this kind of music back.
People will always love this song, as you, I and many others have proven. But it's weird to think about how, for example, Steve Strange who had sung on this song is now dead for 7 years... Time goes on, but the things we've done remain to connect us all.
I come back to this song a lot… it’s timeless. Rip Steve.
try the Human League as well Im sure youll like them
@@creightonjason i know them already and yes i love them but thank you ☺️❤️
It's not the 80s if you haven't listened to early Gary Numan and Depeche mode.
The 80’s is the golden decade for music. This brings back great memories of our youth, when things were more simple and life more carefree. It came out in 1980, when disco was starting to give way to New Wave. This song kind of led the pack. So many many amazing bands putting out so many futuristic classics, it was a feast to the ears. This has to be one of the great anthems of SynthPop!
This is the sound of the 80‘s and I love it.
This song and it's style defined the entire decade.
I loved this song back in the early 80’s
Rejoice because we witnessed this first-hand. The 80's are like a special lover who has gone missing, and we are constantly searching.
I don’t think you can get any more early 80’s than this.
Trust me it is!
isn't it😊!
Encapsulated the everything of that time...
human league ,dont you want me
@@Mr11ESSE111 I think Steve Strange was more fringe than Phil Oakley. Plus I feel Human League was more commercial. So for me the early 80’s will always be bands like Visage.
@@deborahjones5289 but Human League start first with that hit song in 80-81
Definitely!! I can remember when it came out, living in Waterlooville Portsmouth, a few years before we relocated to Devon.
Love this song 🎶✨️
I grew up in the same small town as Steve, he was older than me but I knew his sister. He was an eccentric superstar in Newbridge, South Wales, and a big deal in the Blitz Club in London. Bless his heart, he was really something.
A timeless masterpiece! This will still sound amazing in 2080!
I was 14 when this song was released. It still sends chills down my spine! So blessed to have been born when I was. All this fantastic early and mid 1980's music. The sound track to my youth and even now in my 50's. Truly glorious days of fantastic music. Oh to be a teenager again and to go back to the early 1980's. How great that would be. Rest in peace Steve Strange a true and utter south Wales legend ❤❤❤❤
Takes me back to my youth 🎶✨️
Still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Takes me right back to that moment in time which is one of musics best qualities
So many layers in that song, so complex, yet perfectly consistent… masterpiece!
I was 15 and this was a huge hit in Australia. Bring back the memories.
I was lucky enough to live my youth in the 80s and I wouldn't change them with anything in the world.
Yep me too ,woudnt change it for anything.
I hear you and totally agree. Crazy times , would not change a thing.
Wish I could of lived in those times. My dad brought me up on the 80s
I lived mine in the 60s and would change that. My parents lived theirs in the 40s and wouldn't change that. Being young is the thing.
I lived mine in the 60s and WOULDN'T change that!
Such a masterpiece, still in 2021
The 80s..When music was at its peak...Long Live the 80s!