the more I listen to this the more i love it, i was a huge gary Numan fan back in the 80s, but this is a tremendous track, i really love it, its so 80s, and its so of the time.
I’m glad to see there are many recent comments on here I heard this like over a decade ago and came back today to give a listen Keep MINIMAL WAVE ALIVE!!
I think it's one of the best tunes ever. from 1982. Did you know that there are more tunes by Poeme Electronique from 81-82 that remain unreleased. But not for much longer! A second album of unreleased and remastered songs is out soon. I'm lucky enough to have heard the songs and some are as amazing as The Echoes Fade!
I'm incredibly excited that the second Poeme Electronique album will be released on my label (Attractive Co-ordinates) in the near future. I've heard about half of it, and it is just stunning synth stuff!
Están en otra dimensión😨 . Siempre vuelvo a ver este vídeo y me sorprende la atmósfera y sensación que transmite a pesar de que es un vídeo de bajo presupuesto. La música la lleva a otro nivel. Algo así como los primeros temas de Gary Numan. 😱
The echo of each step I take shouts back at me Rebounding off the splattered walls and my ears bleed The distant echoes ring as though not far away A hollow town an empty life and who's to pay? Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade Our buildings vast and high Concrete jungles in the sky And kids are stranded on the corners Dressed to kill in uniforms Threatened by the danger of a falling brick Built to breed our problems Then the echoes fade and time stands still Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade The powers fallen in public hands Official secrets burnt in sand And riots fulfil this bloody land The blame shall fall on no mans head A champagne glass in the ghettos grasp Committed to survive this ritual task Revolution, sham, scream, paranoid, anarchy pathetic dreams The echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade Sad wives await for pleasant days to fill their bitter empty wombs A mound of browning leaves entwined With guns and bullets on the blown up paths A mound of empty wrappers entwined with bloodied tissues And piles of shattered glass whose war was it anyway? Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade
there is a verse missing here. Found it in the wild. Full lyrics: the echo of each step i take shouts back at me rebounding off the splattered walls and my ears bleed the distant echoes ring as though not far away a hollow town an empty life and who's to pay the echoes fade.... our buildings vast and high concrete jungles in the sky and kids are stranded on the corners dressed to kill in uniforms threatened by the danger of a falling brick built to breed our problems then the echoes fade and time stands still the echoes fade... a mound of browning leaves, entwined with paper packets on the broken paths a mound of empty wrappers entwined with cans and lengths of shattered glass brainwashed by this pregnant world abortion of the heavens above choking on the soil and mud, spitting at earth to perish there. the echoes fade... then the echoes fade... the powers fallen in public hands official secrets burnt in sand and riots fulfill this bloody land the blame shall fall on no mans head a champagne glass in the ghettos grasp committed to survive this ritual task revolution, sham, scream, paranoid, anarchy, pathetic dreams the echoes fade... sad wives await for pleasant days to fill their bitter empty wombs a mound of browning leaves entwined with guns and bullets on the blown up paths a mound of empty wrappers entwined with bloodied tissues and piles of shattered glass, whose war was it anyway the echoes fade
Never mind this! With Kim Wilde, Sheena Easton, OMD, China Crisis, Stevie Nicks, Blondie, ABBA, the ABBA girls solo, Propaganda, Bangles, Sandra, Alphaville, A-ha, Pat Benatar, Real Life, Blancmange, 'Til Tuesday, Talk Talk, Valerie Dore, Tom Petty, Roxy Music, Jennifer Rush, Shakespears Sister, Cathy Dennis, Wilson Phillips, Ace Of Base, M People, Ladyhawke, Hurts, Crowded House, T'Pau, Belinda Carlisle, The Beat, Aztec Camera, Fiction Factory, Information Society, Roxette, Berlin, Maggie Reilly, Pet Shop Boys, Level 42, Alisha's Attic, Divinyls, Five Star, Kirsty MacColl, Alison Moyet, Then Jerico etc. that talentless Madonna slag's gonna burst! Best thing for us all-and she can take all the other million crap of today with the hag!
i really appreciates these skips - makes the song more interesting....the brunette is also pretty but the blonde tops all at 5:25 when her eyes roll all over the place...
'Let There Be Neon' is the other song on it, previously released on the album Various - A Visual And Auditory Reminder Of The Beauty Of Life, in 2014, as track number 3.
Great sound ; the early 80's were the best years for New Wave music.
the more I listen to this the more i love it, i was a huge gary Numan fan back in the 80s, but this is a tremendous track, i really love it, its so 80s, and its so of the time.
This could possibly be the most 80’s video that exists in the entire universe.
Most possibly not.
I dunno man sigue sigue sputnik were all over that 80's aesthetic
Timeless track, emotional and futuristic for these times.
Roland CR-78 Power!
Thanks for sharing.
It's actually the Boss DR-55 🙂
I just heard this on XWAVE. I love finding obscure 80s music previously undiscovered by me.
Fully an 80's phenomenon!!!!!!! She is a Goddess....
great song...Hypnotic
I’m glad to see there are many recent comments on here
I heard this like over a decade ago and came back today to give a listen
Keep MINIMAL WAVE ALIVE!!
I think it's one of the best tunes ever. from 1982. Did you know that there are more tunes by Poeme Electronique from 81-82 that remain unreleased. But not for much longer! A second album of unreleased and remastered songs is out soon. I'm lucky enough to have heard the songs and some are as amazing as The Echoes Fade!
This song has 268 plays on my iTunes :D!
I [heart] the 80's
So good tune! My new favorite group!
I'm incredibly excited that the second Poeme Electronique album will be released on my label (Attractive Co-ordinates) in the near future. I've heard about half of it, and it is just stunning synth stuff!
This song just gets better and better each time I come back to listen.
Me too i want to be in London in 1984...
:-(
My favourite music video. It creates a universe of artificial beauty. A peak of aesthetics.
Astonishing array on options and the uncanny ability to perform it: DARK!!!
Amazing and cool!!!
Wow where is this kind of music being made today...Brilliant ! Now can I go back to the 80's ?
Wunderschöner Song. Zum Träumen an die scheinbar unbeschwerten 80er und einfach zum Genießen. Danke!
seeing this makes me question everything i ever thought
😎 what a teaching song
Yes, aliens live amongst us...klaus nomi wasn’t the only one
So so so beautiful.
Il faut être quelq'un d exceptionnelle Pour créé ce Style de musique
The original 7" is extremely rare now. Nice remix via Anna Logue and LP. Second LP long overdue. Never say never.
This is precious! Thank you for sharing!!!
As a Geneva Jacuzzi fan I’m absolutely sold and delighted by this
40 years on it is still the sound of the future
what a moving song...
I like the atmosphere of this song and video 🦇🎶🎼
Autentic new romantic 80´s new wave. Never again the days erased time !! Viva Fantastic Echo Fade !! Where are you now?
i love them a big fresh surprise! I want to see more of PE
They've just re-released all their old stuff on Anna Logue records. And you can get this track on itunes.
*I fucking love this song! and LOVE this band!!!!!*
The creme de la creme when it comes to classic new wave.
BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!
ohhh... the elecric 80's such a delight
Están en otra dimensión😨 . Siempre vuelvo a ver este vídeo y me sorprende la atmósfera y sensación que transmite a pesar de que es un vídeo de bajo presupuesto. La música la lleva a otro nivel. Algo así como los primeros temas de Gary Numan. 😱
Mis favoritas!!!
Fabulous! 🖤
great collection of lovelies
Very nice stuff! Haven't heard this gem before. Thank you.
this is fabulous...... it's like gary newman and soft cell...... but girls..... i loved them!!!! never heard of them before
Wa-wow y'all, wow.
The echo of each step I take shouts back at me
Rebounding off the splattered walls and my ears bleed
The distant echoes ring as though not far away
A hollow town an empty life and who's to pay?
Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade
Our buildings vast and high
Concrete jungles in the sky
And kids are stranded on the corners
Dressed to kill in uniforms
Threatened by the danger of a falling brick
Built to breed our problems
Then the echoes fade and time stands still
Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade
The powers fallen in public hands
Official secrets burnt in sand
And riots fulfil this bloody land
The blame shall fall on no mans head
A champagne glass in the ghettos grasp
Committed to survive this ritual task
Revolution, sham, scream, paranoid, anarchy pathetic dreams
The echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade
Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade
Sad wives await for pleasant days to fill their bitter empty wombs
A mound of browning leaves entwined
With guns and bullets on the blown up paths
A mound of empty wrappers entwined with bloodied tissues
And piles of shattered glass whose war was it anyway?
Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade
Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade
Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade
Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade
Then the echoes fade, the echoes fade, oh the echoes fade
Nice :) thanks!
there is a verse missing here. Found it in the wild. Full lyrics:
the echo of each step i take shouts back at me
rebounding off the splattered walls and my ears bleed
the distant echoes ring as though not far away
a hollow town an empty life and who's to pay
the echoes fade....
our buildings vast and high
concrete jungles in the sky
and kids are stranded on the corners
dressed to kill in uniforms
threatened by the danger of a falling brick
built to breed our problems
then the echoes fade and time stands still
the echoes fade...
a mound of browning leaves,
entwined with paper packets on the broken paths
a mound of empty wrappers entwined with cans and lengths of shattered glass
brainwashed by this pregnant world
abortion of the heavens above
choking on the soil and mud, spitting at earth to perish there.
the echoes fade... then the echoes fade...
the powers fallen in public hands
official secrets burnt in sand
and riots fulfill this bloody land
the blame shall fall on no mans head
a champagne glass in the ghettos grasp
committed to survive this ritual task
revolution, sham, scream, paranoid, anarchy, pathetic dreams
the echoes fade...
sad wives await for pleasant days to fill their bitter empty wombs
a mound of browning leaves entwined
with guns and bullets on the blown up paths
a mound of empty wrappers entwined with bloodied tissues
and piles of shattered glass, whose war was it anyway
the echoes fade
Mi clásico re encontrado ✨
single take. respect.
such a classic.
She sounds like the woman on Moev's first LP, Zimmerkampf.
wow. incredible !
first i thought they are twins of the human league Girls.
I love it love it were you bean all my life
this is great i love this
this is fucking excellent
Poeme Electronique members feature in Twins Natalia. They also have another album out soon - and from what I've heard, it is amazing!
eat that beyonce!
Never mind this! With Kim Wilde, Sheena Easton, OMD, China Crisis, Stevie Nicks, Blondie, ABBA, the ABBA girls solo, Propaganda, Bangles, Sandra, Alphaville, A-ha, Pat Benatar, Real Life, Blancmange, 'Til Tuesday, Talk Talk, Valerie Dore, Tom Petty, Roxy Music, Jennifer Rush, Shakespears Sister, Cathy Dennis, Wilson Phillips, Ace Of Base, M People, Ladyhawke, Hurts, Crowded House, T'Pau, Belinda Carlisle, The Beat, Aztec Camera, Fiction Factory, Information Society, Roxette, Berlin, Maggie Reilly, Pet Shop Boys, Level 42, Alisha's Attic, Divinyls, Five Star, Kirsty MacColl, Alison Moyet, Then Jerico etc. that talentless Madonna slag's gonna burst! Best thing for us all-and she can take all the other million crap of today with the hag!
let's all afro singers choke on it
marchrabbit85 On what?
Manifique
It's as if the song itself could see forty two years into the future then travel back on itself.
i like how looking for Chris and Cosey had this in the up next list.
Super music
plastic fantastic !
The edits are killing me!
Cool, I'll have to check out the new album from this band.
Curioso pero atractivo, me gusto.
AvantGarde Sperimentale Explorer Good Fascinating Performance Video Song Poeme Echo Fade Fake
Futuristic :)
goosebumps!
i really appreciates these skips - makes the song more interesting....the brunette is also pretty but the blonde tops all at 5:25 when her eyes roll all over the place...
krafterk influenced on this song!! It´s magnificent!!
have you ever read the lyrics??!
INTENSELY PROFOUND!!!
Think also of Missing Persons!
Simplemente bello
love this, thanks!
Genius!
@TheLeatherNunn gaga make me puke ... this video is nice love this its in my heart and all waise .nice melodic
Buen Tema * !
good melodi good work
The lyrics are very sci-fi. What ever happened to pop songs with sci-fi themes?
who are these girls? amazing !
never heard this song before
New single, 'Don't Run' is released in a few weeks, 7" vinyl and download.
'Let There Be Neon' is the other song on it, previously released on the album Various - A Visual And Auditory Reminder Of The Beauty Of Life, in 2014, as track number 3.
Great track but there's a much clearer video on RUclips and it doesn't stutter like this one did a couple of times :-)
amazing
This is MUSIC! They look like the women from The Human League or Fun Fun.
Can somebody cover this masterpiece
very good girls
🤩👏👏👍👍👍👍
good stuff
wow!
Is this masterpiece available digitally or for streaming?
to the top
GREAT :)
I love Avant Garde and music that's weird
i love it . and the woman re nice
uowwww!!!!
Underrated
AvantGarde Sperimentale Explorer Good Fascinating Performance Video Song Poeme Echo Fade Fake blonde she s not Meryl Streep
my desire as well
classic
@TheLeatherNunn your right!
nice melodie
woow
what gorgeous 80's cats these tricky skips are 'epic' in todays words
Hi, can I have the year that song was released ? Thx. Ah, it's1981, OK.
1982.
Reminds me of Berlin's Metro. The song
omg 1982... ladytron weren't even born yet.