Erasure… Who Likes Them?

CMW335 · August 2022

I love them and absolutely love this version of Always, probably not the first band you would associate with a guitar forum but I bet a lot of their tracks stripped back like this are great

https://youtu.be/E57knSLNH14

This is inspired by the Greatest Hits Vs Album thread, my parents had the greatest hits album so lot of memories attached for me.

monquixote · August 2022

I'm a little too young for synth pop but my sister was a big fan so I have fond childhood memories.

Some excellent songwriting.

CMW335 · August 2022

monquixote said:

I'm a little too young for synth pop but my sister was a big fan so I have fond childhood memories.

Some excellent songwriting.

Yep I think that’s the crux of it, not much into synth pop at all but good songwriting will more often than not permeate the delivery for example The Proclaimers

BahHumbug · August 2022

I really liked them back in the day. Great melodies

mrkb · August 2022

I d…….Ooooh sometimes.

lustycourtier · August 2022

I love them.

mudslide73 · August 2022

I was just the right age for them.. I liked them very much. My Mrs loves them too.

Funkfingers · August 2022

Vince Clarke is analogue synthesizer royalty. His gear repository could open tomorrow as a museum.

Bellycaster · August 2022

Erasure did some superb songs. Not always my Bag and being into Metal around that time, I probably sneered at some of their stuff, but looking back and with learned knowledge of music I realised that they were a bloody good act.

I think Ship of Fools is probably my fave of theirs...........today.

Sporky · August 2022

I really like some of it, occasionally. They somehow escaped being overplayed too badly.

Bod · August 2022

As a teenage metalhead back in the day, I hated Erasure with a passion. What a fool! They're pop perfection.

ICBM · August 2022

Bellycaster said:

I think Ship of Fools is probably my fave of theirs...........today.

I still think The Innocents is their best album, but they've done so many great ones it gets hard to tell... Vince Clarke seems to have an inexhaustible supply of simple but brilliant melody hooks.

Anyway, they do belong on a guitar forum - he often uses a National resonator live

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Bellycaster · August 2022

ICBM said:

Bellycaster said:

I think Ship of Fools is probably my fave of theirs...........today.

I still think The Innocents is their best album, but they've done so many great ones it gets hard to tell... Vince Clarke seems to have an inexhaustible supply of simple but brilliant melody hooks.

Anyway, they do belong on a guitar forum - he often uses a National resonator live .

Yeah, between 85 and 88 is probably what I'd say was their best.

I agree, great songwriting talent. I once learned the chords to "A Little Respect", it definitely keeps your mind busy.

RickLucas · August 2022

Great tunes. How about this cover?
JD McPherson - A Little Respect - YouTube

Jfingers · August 2022

I loved Depeche Mode back in their early days, Yazoo were great too. Bloke is a pop genius. Go to the Depeche Mode bar in Tallinn if it's still there to hear examples of his early work.

I don't own any records by the above or Erasure, but I certainly wouldn't switch the channel on the radio when they came on in preference to hearing some autotuned gentleman going 'uh uh uh' over some horrible shrieking.

prowla · August 2022

Not really my cup of tea, but not too bad I suppose.

StefB · August 2022

My band have played A Little Respect and Stop! for years, and we don’t have a keyboard player.

Great band.

Kittyfrisk · August 2022

ICBM said:

Bellycaster said:

I think Ship of Fools is probably my fave of theirs...........today.

I still think The Innocents is their best album, but they've done so many great ones it gets hard to tell... Vince Clarke seems to have an inexhaustible supply of simple but brilliant melody hooks.

Anyway, they do belong on a guitar forum - he often uses a National resonator live .

This. More hooks than a busy fishing shop.
Vince is a one man hit machine & very talented too.
Brilliant, unashamedly pop tunes & they're all great.

Boromedic · August 2022

I've always liked em, they were a big part of growing up for me and my wife loves em so I've seen them live. Vince has an incredible ear for a tune and you can't deny the songwriting as others have said. Great stuff.

axisus · August 2022

I hated all that synth pop back in the day. I can appreciate it for its quality now, but it's not stuff I would by or listen to. A nostalgic spin on the radio is enough for me.

RocknRollDave · August 2022

https://youtu.be/x34icYC8zA0

A wonderfully literal video!

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