The instrumental arrangement alone would be enough to make this track outstanding. All the multiple melodic lines blend so well together. But those lyrics and Andy’s delivery elevate the song to another level! One of my favourite Erasure songs.
Same with Gary Numan's cars back in 79,i know people mention kraftwerk but I see Gary Numan as the father of synth pop and Vince Clarke written the best music of that type,he is a great song writer!
from the industrial revolution to modern times, people prefer ''no changes'' i scoff at those people. They can ride their horse pulled buggies. But it makes this song universally relatable, doesn't it. it's a masterpiece.-j in southern Japan from my wife's RUclips ☮️🎶
This song is even more relevant today as hard working factory jobs are going away slowly also due to AI. "There was once a future, for a working man, there was once a lifetime, for a skillful hand yesterday..." :(
Quite honestly, the best Erasure song!! 35 something years later, Britain and Europe are struggling with the same issues. Poignant and sad, but iconic for its time.
It was on their first compilation "pop!", which features all of their UK Singles releases until 1992. Lyrically, it's their best song and musically, it's one of their best.
please, Andy is a part of that too. listen to Vince's lyrics on Speak & Spell and realise that if he had written Erasure's lyrics, it would have ended up in catastrophy. Andy makes Vince's songs emotional.
This song never gets old. The message in the lyrics still applies today and the actual song itself has not dated at all. It could be released as it is just now and it would be a massive hit. Awesome song.
I was searching for this song for 37 years. I heard it on the radio for the first time in 1987 and that was all I remembered like today. I found it by accident on Spotify about a month ago. Unbelievable.
Great memories of being a teenager growing up in the 1980s with the video footage was filmed in my home towns of Grimsby & Cleethorpes. Pure nostalgia!
love this song, actually the whole album. Reminds me when I was a teenager listening through my headphones, and my mum yelling to me telling me i'm singing too loud lol
i remember blasting Erasure tunes with my best friend in the car when i was teenager. Good music was where the party was at back in those days. ☮️🎶-j in southern Japan but from the Silicon Valley, CA. not that it matters from my wife's RUclips with her permission of course, all good guys ask for permission before using others' things. ☮️🎶
They're geniuses anyway, but this is like their magnum opus. I've never heard such an honest, heartbreaking song about the death of a nation, except maybe from Patti Smith. And the Decay Mix scares the PANTS off me. Favourite quote from my granny when they were on Top Of The Pops - "Are they SURE this is about a circus?"
I love this so much, it is like a reflection of life for us back in the 80's...My dad was layed off from Austin Morris..i was only nine but I remember how life changed for us and It wasn't easy. brilliant song like all of them, I was inspired by Vince back in the day at a very early age..I got my first keyboard years later when I was 14...Im 47 now and have a whole studio now...thanks Vince Clarke...you are still and always have been my inspiration. I sent a demo to you at Mute records back in 92...but you were probably busy! I know Erasure was a busy time back then.
The first opening line is so prophetic even today 30+ years later ....technology/internet/social media is tearing us apart.... both as humanity ,and dividing us as a society... we'll have to wait and see...we can come back in another thirty years!!!!
@@Ukipmiddleleft in the EVERYTHIN DOES.....that becomes "big", and blows up to global popularity scale....ie/eg Amazon, Google, Facebook ( the ''Big 3) aswell as RUclips, Wikipedia, Apple, Blackberry (sorry I couldn't resist 🤣🤣🤣), Android...., etc etc etc....ALL started off small time, local independent businesses, until their popularity skyrocket and bureaucratic elitist (as you said, well done...u put much thought to the topic..., great job, well done there) "suits" get comfy with their feet under the table.....then the "ants". ....ie us, are kept in line, under control... despite being the life blood (custom) of ALL businesses....
@@Ukipmiddleleft plus I figure from your response that perhaps all the conquering,. They/it has to divide us first .....as usually "safety in numbers" and having the same enemy /"common enemy" has the most/best results...they've learnt to /try to sabotage such methods of unity and community (spirir/),etc....very disturbing and depressing...if this is so....in which case we're all pretty "screwed",🤣😵🤷🏻♂️🤦lol
Omg how did I just find out about this now. This is a pop gem, a near perfect song. There are only so many that will transcend musical eternity like this one already does.
Always wondered if the UK Coal Miners Strike (84-85) played any part in the inspiration for this amazing song! Love the entertaining hopeful sounds of the circus contrasting with the melancholic lyrics of the song... brilliant! 💔🔨⛏️
Dies ist einer dieser Songs,die man ein Mal gehört hat und dann nie wieder,aber irgendwie im Gedächtnis geblieben ist. Toll,dass ich ihn auf RUclips gefunden habe. Er gefällt mir richtig gut. 👍👍👍
Used to steal my sister's vinyl of the circus album " I now own it, if a bit worn" as a youth learning the words n singing along. This was always the stand out track & it still sounds brilliant. This is slightly different to the album cut.
This song reminds me of being a kid, it was on Now 10 that my sister owned on cassette tape. Damn that album had so many classics on including Build by The Housemartins and Pump Up The Volume by M/A/R/R/S
The majority of the video is shot in my hometown. Quite upsetting when you realise how much potential the town had. However, I think the saying is "putting all of your eggs in one basket" The town rested on its fishing industry. When we joined the EU back in 1971, and then the cod wars in 76, it near enough killed the industry, and my town was one of the most affected. The old pontoon used to be awash with filleters, and the fish market was constantly rammed. Now there's a handful of factories, processing a fraction of what used to bring in so much wealth to the town.
What a magician Vince is it sounds like a circus and it's called circus absolutely brilliant, there is only one key board player that could do this in the world great song and very underated x
After so many years, I find in a playlist this "little song" from Erasure that I almost had forgotten , and (again) I had to realize what a masterpiece it is, because the joy it produces in me when listening to all of its perfectly crafted details has just grown a lot over time !!! 🤩
Ahh, 1987, such a good year I remember when I was at senior school & all the kids were dancing around the classroom to this like 🤡 clowns. It were fantastic.
My childhood ❤..oh the memories , this songs so appropriate today 2023 ❤
The best erasure Song ever!..I think
Its definitely up there 👍sounds soooo good, even today 👊
So true of the Thatcher era and then with brexit.
The instrumental arrangement alone would be enough to make this track outstanding. All the multiple melodic lines blend so well together. But those lyrics and Andy’s delivery elevate the song to another level! One of my favourite Erasure songs.
It’s a masterpiece.
You're spot on. I was just thinking before playing this that the lyrics are beautiful.
This song could be played in any decade, and still be relevant,class 👌
Same with Gary Numan's cars back in 79,i know people mention kraftwerk but I see Gary Numan as the father of synth pop and Vince Clarke written the best music of that type,he is a great song writer!
Great music 🎵 never loses its lustre. Just think of Mozart. It's grandeur has not faded a single iota in hundreds of years!!!
Absolutely. I didn't really understand it at 13. I do now.
@@andrewma3491excellent
from the industrial revolution to modern times, people prefer ''no changes'' i scoff at those people. They can ride their horse pulled buggies. But it makes this song universally relatable, doesn't it. it's a masterpiece.-j in southern Japan from my wife's RUclips ☮️🎶
What a song. musically and lyrically - awesome, never got the "little respect" they deserved but Erasure fans will always be Erasure fans.
Very true. 👍👍👍
I agree with you 💯 great musicians and songwriters and Andy bell had the most amazing voice.
This song is even more relevant today as hard working factory jobs are going away slowly also due to AI. "There was once a future, for a working man, there was once a lifetime, for a skillful hand yesterday..." :(
Look at all their hits, they were a great band and this was one of their best
What you mean were, they toured last year and this year lol
Blue savanna shit hot to
Still class, met Erasure in the 80's in London
Quite honestly, the best Erasure song!!
35 something years later, Britain and Europe are struggling with the same issues. Poignant and sad, but iconic for its time.
They are massively underrated. This is a hard song to sing
I do it
Filmed in my hometown of Cleethorpes it brings back so many memories. Brilliant then brilliant now.
It's a masterpiece! Andy is very good singer and Vince Clark is a genius.They formed a brilliant duo together.
This was criminally left off their most recent Greatest Hits albums. Such a shame as it's their best song for me.
yep!
YEAH! Wow that's not on..
It was on their first compilation "pop!", which features all of their UK Singles releases until 1992. Lyrically, it's their best song and musically, it's one of their best.
@@Atombender Yeah I had that CD. Just a shame they left it off the more recent ones.
One of Erasure’s best songs, IMO.
Old Grimsby, Cleethorpes and even Gandeys Circus.. there is so many great childhood memories in this video for a Grimbarian like me 😍
Brilliant song and the video was done in my hometown Grimsby / cleethorpes.
Every word he spoke in this came true 👍
The beginning of the song seems to refer to directed energy weapons.
Great song, unusual for Erasure - the accordion and a bit of circus music
I love how much of the song was filmed around Grimsby/Cleethorpes. The footage takes me back.
Very underrated song!
Just as relevant in 2021 as it was in 1987
Vince clarke one of the most underrated British songwriters. Just look at his works and you'll agree
100%
please, Andy is a part of that too. listen to Vince's lyrics on Speak & Spell and realise that if he had written Erasure's lyrics, it would have ended up in catastrophy. Andy makes Vince's songs emotional.
@Martin Solomon I want a gold Vince Clarke statue by the sculpture who did Ronaldo
Why underrated? Thats wrong. Hes one of the famous songwriter in europe.
Erasure Christmas
What a song
My favourite song of all time the song tells many stories of growing up in the uk
My favorite ❤
Nach hundert Jahren heute wieder gehört.....Weltklasse.
This song fits the UK in 2024 perfect
Masterpiece! Erasure one of The greatest Synthipop Bands at the 80s
Love erasure one of my favourites groups from the 80s .
Brilliant song! Great singing by Andy Bell! The eighties were without doubt the best time for music. Love the clown!
This song never gets old. The message in the lyrics still applies today and the actual song itself has not dated at all.
It could be released as it is just now and it would be a massive hit.
Awesome song.
I was searching for this song for 37 years. I heard it on the radio for the first time in 1987 and that was all I remembered like today. I found it by accident on Spotify about a month ago. Unbelievable.
Love that!! Enjoy ❤
@@adamlawson6346 Epic Song !!!
Cool, It's a special kind of song innit 😊
Great memories of being a teenager growing up in the 1980s with the video footage was filmed in my home towns of Grimsby & Cleethorpes. Pure nostalgia!
The accordion effect makes the song
Just today someone quoted this song. Seems the world hasn't gotten much better in 30+ years.
love this song, actually the whole album. Reminds me when I was a teenager listening through my headphones, and my mum yelling to me telling me i'm singing too loud lol
Reminds me of listening to it in my car on tape get flashbacks to the 80's when i was a teenager in Scotland
i remember blasting Erasure tunes with my best friend in the car when i was teenager. Good music was where the party was at back in those days. ☮️🎶-j in southern Japan but from the Silicon Valley, CA. not that it matters from my wife's RUclips with her permission of course, all good guys ask for permission before using others' things. ☮️🎶
Shhh, not so loud!
@@nigeltrigger4499 lol 😆 🤫
Happy times.👍
I was born 1973 , this music und time was the besteht in my life
And it's a shame...
That you're so afraid...
Just to work awaiting...
In the pouring rain...
Putting back the pieces,
of a broken dream.
One of the best songs ever ❤
2021 still a tune.
They're geniuses anyway, but this is like their magnum opus. I've never heard such an honest, heartbreaking song about the death of a nation, except maybe from Patti Smith. And the Decay Mix scares the PANTS off me. Favourite quote from my granny when they were on Top Of The Pops - "Are they SURE this is about a circus?"
What a great song.👍
May 2022 still a gem of a song.x
TRUE WORDS THERE WAS ONCE A FUTURE FOR THE WORKING MAN ❤❤❤❤😢😢😢
One of many great songs from erasure
Of all their songs, this one really sticks with me, even 35 years later 🥹 absolutely brilliant
One of the greatest albums ever! :)
The Circus was a Great Hit !!
My favourite Erasure, songs, fantastic voice
See them sell your history... So true
This is beautiful! I heard this song 20 years ago and I love to listening to it anytime since then.
Brilliant lyrics .
Backdrop to the video filmed in Grimsby and Cleethorpes my mate's plumbers van is featured !
This level of creativity may never happen again. Just awesome.
You are right, attempts are made to recreate the 80s but just doesn't work these days or on modern equipment.
I was honoured to be around in the 80s and the music from that era will never be matched by any music of today.......simple
My favourite Erasure song.....the lyrics are so true :(
mine to allie, x ,...
This song is now even more true.
Such a good band
one of the best songs ever
I love this so much, it is like a reflection of life for us back in the 80's...My dad was layed off from Austin Morris..i was only nine but I remember how life changed for us and It wasn't easy. brilliant song like all of them, I was inspired by Vince back in the day at a very early age..I got my first keyboard years later when I was 14...Im 47 now and have a whole studio now...thanks Vince Clarke...you are still and always have been my inspiration. I sent a demo to you at Mute records back in 92...but you were probably busy! I know Erasure was a busy time back then.
The first opening line is so prophetic even today 30+ years later ....technology/internet/social media is tearing us apart.... both as humanity ,and dividing us as a society... we'll have to wait and see...we can come back in another thirty years!!!!
Spot on comment in regards to your suggestion of divide and conquer through the internet. The internet is proving to be self destructive and elitist
@@Ukipmiddleleft in the EVERYTHIN DOES.....that becomes "big", and blows up to global popularity scale....ie/eg Amazon, Google, Facebook ( the ''Big 3) aswell as RUclips, Wikipedia, Apple, Blackberry (sorry I couldn't resist 🤣🤣🤣), Android...., etc etc etc....ALL started off small time, local independent businesses, until their popularity skyrocket and bureaucratic elitist (as you said, well done...u put much thought to the topic..., great job, well done there) "suits" get comfy with their feet under the table.....then the "ants". ....ie us, are kept in line, under control... despite being the life blood (custom) of ALL businesses....
@@Ukipmiddleleft plus I figure from your response that perhaps all the conquering,. They/it has to divide us first .....as usually "safety in numbers" and having the same enemy /"common enemy" has the most/best results...they've learnt to /try to sabotage such methods of unity and community (spirir/),etc....very disturbing and depressing...if this is so....in which case we're all pretty "screwed",🤣😵🤷🏻♂️🤦lol
Great pop music with a good social message
this was playing in my head this morning don't know why when it started the 80s feelings came rolling back
Even after all theses years growing up hearing Erasure, I cant get enough theses guys are still the muttz nutz.
By far my favourite Erasure track! Deep and meaningful!
One of their best
Seems to be a rule that the better the Erasure song, the less the views
Just amazing how good one song could be
What a great lyrically written song.
My absolute fav Erasure song. Absolutely adore this. Still fresh as a daisy to listen to 2018
Omg how did I just find out about this now. This is a pop gem, a near perfect song. There are only so many that will transcend musical eternity like this one already does.
Shots of Grimsby and Cleethorpes :D I used to go there alot in that time to Pier 39!
Amazing song and lyrics so apt for what was happening to the working man at the time.
My favourite Erasure track ever. Listening November 2019 💕💕💕
I was a teenager through the 80s and this brings me right back..
OH L'AMOUR, J'ADORE ERASURE, OH OUI !
One of my favourites too.
Adored this song when it came out - and still do!
Saw them live in Blackpool when the reopened the North pier best night of my life with my dear departed mummy kins who lived them more than me xx
Erasure is just Amazing..love the 80s..great band, great song..
One of the first songs I heard from Erasure, and it changed my life! Thank you guys
i miss this kind of music wish to go back in time and enjoy it all again
This is a pure masterpiece, directly from the soul and heart. Two musical master minds. Play on. ❤
Vince clark is the best british song writer without any doubt
Yep👍
I think this is one of their best songs The Circus (album) is also excellent. Both are underrated...
Agree. I wish that Andy had written more of these kind of lyrics/songs
One of the many songs to play at Thatcher's funeral.......which, hopefully, will be somewhere in the very near future.
She's dead now lol
She got dementia as well. Maybe there is a God?
@@ince0670 Well no, because decent people suffer from dementia too.
Just a fantastic song..
I love dies song as I was 15 und I'm 51 years old and loved the music every time
Always wondered if the UK Coal Miners Strike (84-85) played
any part in the inspiration for this amazing song! Love the
entertaining hopeful sounds of the circus contrasting with
the melancholic lyrics of the song... brilliant! 💔🔨⛏️
Dies ist einer dieser Songs,die man ein Mal gehört hat und dann nie wieder,aber irgendwie im Gedächtnis geblieben ist. Toll,dass ich ihn auf RUclips gefunden habe. Er gefällt mir richtig gut. 👍👍👍
Used to steal my sister's vinyl of the circus album " I now own it, if a bit worn" as a youth learning the words n singing along. This was always the stand out track & it still sounds brilliant. This is slightly different to the album cut.
Andy your voice is divine! Luv ya! Erasure brilliant !
I love you Erasure...for ever !!!
Thanks for your amazing music
Amazing 80's vibe and the lyrics are just so deep.
How much did they know all these issues would be so so much worse 30 years later?
This song reminds me of being a kid, it was on Now 10 that my sister owned on cassette tape. Damn that album had so many classics on including Build by The Housemartins and Pump Up The Volume by M/A/R/R/S
The majority of the video is shot in my hometown. Quite upsetting when you realise how much potential the town had. However, I think the saying is "putting all of your eggs in one basket"
The town rested on its fishing industry. When we joined the EU back in 1971, and then the cod wars in 76, it near enough killed the industry, and my town was one of the most affected. The old pontoon used to be awash with filleters, and the fish market was constantly rammed.
Now there's a handful of factories, processing a fraction of what used to bring in so much wealth to the town.
Still legends too this day. I have Wonderland the album in vinyl. 1985.
What a magician Vince is it sounds like a circus and it's called circus absolutely brilliant, there is only one key board player that could do this in the world great song and very underated x
Anyone else catching some memories listening in nov 2021??
Wowwww...I Love This Song. I didn't get to know this fantstic song until 2021. Genius song
After so many years, I find in a playlist this "little song" from Erasure that I almost had forgotten , and (again) I had to realize what a masterpiece it is, because the joy it produces in me when listening to all of its perfectly crafted details has just grown a lot over time !!! 🤩
Ahh, 1987, such a good year I remember when I was at senior school & all the kids were dancing around the classroom to this like 🤡 clowns. It were fantastic.