Read More Selections from the Essential Q Quiz Book: Name two members of Erasure.
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Synthpop was big in my late teen and young adult years, which was about 15 to 20 years ago. Given that fashions and trends seem to make a comeback after about the same frame of time has passed, I see that today’s young generation is taking part in ‘80s nostalgia, and electronica and synthesizer genres are experiencing a resurgence. Sometimes I blink twice when I see teens wearing the same sorts of clothes that were popular when I was their age, but I smile a bit looking on the music scene and seeing names I recognize.
Vince Clarke is one of those names, and he’s been quite busy lately reprising many of his early musical collaborations. He was one of the founding members of Depeche Mode, and he recently teamed up with Martin Gore as VCMG, and the album Ssss is set to released next month. He also reunited with Alison Moyet as the duo Yazoo for a recent tour. And of course, he hasn’t stopped creating music with Andy Bell as Erasure. Tomorrow’s World is Erasure’s latest offering, released last October. The track “Fill Us With Fire” was released as a single last week, and Mute UK sent us a press release to help promote the album and the single.
Vince Clarke is one of those names, and he’s been quite busy lately reprising many of his early musical collaborations. He was one of the founding members of Depeche Mode, and he recently teamed up with Martin Gore as VCMG, and the album Ssss is set to released next month. He also reunited with Alison Moyet as the duo Yazoo for a recent tour. And of course, he hasn’t stopped creating music with Andy Bell as Erasure. Tomorrow’s World is Erasure’s latest offering, released last October. The track “Fill Us With Fire” was released as a single last week, and Mute UK sent us a press release to help promote the album and the single.
I’m a big fan of music videos
as promotional tools; no surprise, I think, as I grew up when MTV started. Normally I take comments from YouTube users with a large grain of salt, yet I do think this top comment was worth a mention:
Erasure produced one of their best albums last year, and they got "this" aka 3rd hit music video from Mute? actually a lack of respect to the treasure they represent to the world pop music scene.
I think the frustration is understandable. I caught a good number of their music videos by way of Pop! The First 20 Hits DVD, which I watched with a couple of buddies back in high school. The videos were a mixed bag in my opinion; some were good and a few were lacking. Compared to their colleagues, and considering their success, yes, Erasure could use a better music video. I don’t expect something so rich and expensive as the Pet Shop Boys have done in the recent past, but I think it might be possible for Erasure to collaborate with someone like Anton Corbijn, who is very well noted for his involvement with U2 and especially Depeche Mode. Diehard fans collect videos just as much as albums, or at least that was my experience with the Depeche Mode mailing list in the mid to late 1990’s. I was connected to fans that had seemingly gargantuan, almost bottomless collections. One superfan, DJ Daniel “The Brat” Barassi, seemed to have everything and anything that was ever connected with DM, and was not long before he became the webmaster for DM’s official website. We were all envious of his treasure trove. Video media matters, and it very much matters to dedicated fans.
There is one last little goodie that Mute offered us to share with you:
There is one last little goodie that Mute offered us to share with you:
Enjoy. I’m hoping we’ll hear from Mute again when Ssss from Vince Clarke and Martin Gore as VCMG is released.
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