Listening to this wonderful masterpiece in 2024! So underrated, but will never get old for the admirers of beautifully and perfectly crafted music. Such a joy to listen and move with it!
This song always reminds me of sitting on the steps of my high school while listening to the Circus album on my Walkman with headphones on, wallowing in my dream locking out the rest of the world.... miss those innocent times.
Push me shove me ship of fools and the circus my favourites. I have a tattoo on my arm with the lyrics putting back the pieces of a broken dream from the circus
I would urge anybody who has not already got it to get Erasure's new album 'The Neon' it is amazing and sounds very very 80's. You will not be disappointed I promise you.
They used to Laugh at me back i 1987 when I said? "Father worked in industry Now the work has moved on And the factory's gone See them sell your history Where once you were strong And you used to belong There was once a future For a working man There was once a lifetime For a skilful hand yesterday"
This song was just so different to anything else in the charts at that time. It really stood out amongst the happy pop, and so began my obsession :-)))
@@Hirnlego999 That's true, Vince was *the* founder (if we had to pick one) and original driving force behind Depeche Mode. He was the only one who really took the band seriously at first, and he was the one who brought everyone together. And he wrote nearly all of their songs at the time, too. He was also the one who called up Alison Moyet to form Yazoo, and wrote their first song "Only You". And he auditioned about 40 singers, choosing Andy Bell, to form Erasure. How many people have put together and founded *three* highly successful, noteworthy bands, as well as played a critical role in their success as a member? Probably not that many.
Call it new technology And they use it to burn And they show no concern Work for their prosperity While the big wheels turn Now it's too late to learn Don't upset the teacher Though we know he lied to you Don't upset the preacher He's gonna close his eyes for you And it's a shame That you're so afraid Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain Putting back the pieces of a broken dream Putting back the pieces of a broken dream Father worked in industry Now the work has moved on And the factory's gone See them sell your history Where once you were strong And you used to belong There was once a future For a working man There was once a lifetime For a skillful hand Yesterday And it's a shame That you're so afraid Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain Putting back the pieces of a broken dream Putting back the pieces of a broken dream (broken dream) Putting back the pieces of a broken dream Of a broken, of a broken dream Putting back the pieces of a broken dream (broken dream) Putting back the pieces of a broken dream And it's a shame That you're so afraid Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain Putting back the pieces of a broken dream Putting back the pieces of a broken dream Don't upset the teacher Though we know he lied to you Don't upset the preacher He's gonna close his eyes for you And it's a shame That you're so afraid Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain Putting back the pieces of a broken dream Tempers fray so easily In desperate despair Is there anyone who cares? Just another tragedy Just a personal affair In a room somewhere There was once a future For a working man There was once a lifetime For a skillful hand Yesterday
When bands play 'studio' shows like this (think morning wake up show), the technical staff simply isn't equipped to mix live music. Unfortunately this means bands like Erasure have to lip sync. Disappointing yes, but it's the only was sometimes.
OMG im sure this was the pebble mill at one studio!! crap if im right then im too old to know this but these guys were my total fantasy in my youth and i love them still xx
That's a good question. Vince used to own a DX7, of course, and made some use of it for a while, but he never liked it, it's not part of his synth arsenal anymore, and it hasn't been for many years (decades, actually). Those things were ubiquitous back in the day, given their low cost, and initially exciting because of the then-new FM synthesis (which is the type that IBM PC computers and clones first used on a widespread basis, once sound cards were supported). Unfortunately, I think few artists really could get past the kinds of sounds it usually made, and everything started sounding kind of samey. Vince couldn't get the sounds he wanted out of it nearly as easily as he could with analogue synths, so he stopped using the DX7. Maybe in the case of this video, it was just a convenient prop to use for miming (live sound on such TV shows was rare back in those days, as the studios just weren't set up for it). Martin Gore of Depeche Mode also owned a DX7, but he, too, eventually hit a wall in using it, so he brought it on stage to use as a MIDI controller rather than for its sounds. You can't really see it, but for example, in _101_ (video documentary for the _Music for the Masses_ tour), the DX7 is the bottom keyboard on Martin's dual stand, and he appears to play it the most. On the top is an E-mu Emax HD SE sampler keyboard for backup, while the DX7 triggered an Emax HD SE rack-mounted unit located off to the side. By the way, as I think you know, Vince does own and use some digital synths, even samplers, as well as software synths. But most of his sounds come from analogue synths, as you said, and he does prefer to work with them.
Actually, Vince didn't like the DX7 very much. Among digital synths, he preferred the Casio CZ-101, which was even cheaper and, in his and my opinions, easier to use and sounded better. He also made extensive use of the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS on some of Erasure's albums, along with the PPG Wave 2.2, Roland D-550 (rack-mounted D-50), and Waldorf Microwave XT (rack-mounted Microwave). Of course, the vast majority of his synths are vintage analogue. In the case of this video, he probably just brought it as a prop to mime on, since nearly everything on TV was mimed and lip-synced back then. Not to denigrate the DX7, which was high quality yet affordable, but it was perhaps a little too popular, making a lot of records sound similar, and few artists really mastered how to use it. Vince knew and liked analogue synths the best, and while they're all unique, they more or less work similarly to each other, while the DX7 required musicians to learn a whole new way of generating sound that perhaps wasn't quite as direct and intuitive for them. I guess Vince didn't consider it worth his time to really learn FM synthesis just to make the most out of one synth, when he had plenty of others in his arsenal to choose from.
I make high quality Acapella and Instrumental from the original track. I'll be happy if you listen. Erasure - The Circus (Remix) (ACAPELLA) UKAMIX HQ+32bit
que genio y que humildad la de vince clark creo a depeche mode yazoo y erasure tremendo talento detras del teclado casi todos los temas de erasure los compuso el.genio vince
One fine example of why Erasure are far more than the song A Little Respect. While the latter is a good track it's maybe a little overplayed. And Erasure had many other great hits which should not be forgotten.
Because the Tories left us an economy based on not much more than banking, which crashes every few years when nobody can pay back debt they're encouraged to have.
"Debt is good, corrupt banks are bad, but not bad enough for anyone to do anything about them, and poverty in the UK is a figment of your imagination." - Jonathon Pie.
@@90125a Lip-syncing and miming was the rule on TV back in those days, with only rare exceptions. TV studios just weren't equipped and set up for live performances of songs. Microphones were often wireless, by the way. But Andy is not singing live here.
hello eband, this single somehow just is not on your greatest singles - a favorite with breath of life and star. thank you for being here. elle for pen-esque
they mimed on most tv stuff i`ve got,TOTP stuff tend not to be live,as there is no time for that,and i`ve got stuff from around europe with bands like DM,Erasure and so on,that`s all playback as well. When a band is live on a tv show,it always throws me a bit,cause it`s so rare to see.
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Listening to this wonderful masterpiece in 2024! So underrated, but will never get old for the admirers of beautifully and perfectly crafted music. Such a joy to listen and move with it!
Absolutely agree. Quality song writing and great vocals, many of which are not easy to perform. Taylor Swift, eat your heart out.
Totally agree
Admire since 1988
my god, I miss the 80s...wish I'd been more aware of what a great time we were having....Modern Life sucks...
This song always reminds me of sitting on the steps of my high school while listening to the Circus album on my Walkman with headphones on, wallowing in my dream locking out the rest of the world.... miss those innocent times.
The 80s Remind me of being a kid playing on my zx spectrum
That's a daft thing to say, your still alive you survived the 80,s all good lol ;)
@@BillAnt I MISS MY WALKMAN,,,,,, REALISTICS
Love this song, one of my favourite Erasure songs. In my opinion their best is Ship of Fools followed very closely by this! xxxx
Push me shove me ship of fools and the circus my favourites. I have a tattoo on my arm with the lyrics putting back the pieces of a broken dream from the circus
who listening to this wonderful song in 2021
Me
I would urge anybody who has not already got it to get Erasure's new album 'The Neon' it is amazing and sounds very very 80's. You will not be disappointed I promise you.
"There was once a future for the working man"...
Member years ago watching this when I was home ill from work at the pebble Mill in Birmingham I believe lunchtime show , Now sadly gone
what voice has this man, georgeous !!really !!!
Like a singing Robin. :)
He is lip syncing here tho 😂
They used to Laugh at me back i 1987 when I said?
"Father worked in industry
Now the work has moved on
And the factory's gone
See them sell your history
Where once you were strong
And you used to belong
There was once a future
For a working man
There was once a lifetime
For a skilful hand yesterday"
who listening to this wonderful song in 2021
Hello
This song was just so different to anything else in the charts at that time. It really stood out amongst the happy pop, and so began my obsession :-)))
And still relevant in 2020, over 3 years since the last comment and heres me in 2020
Que hermosa manera de expresar sentimientos. Muy buena la música...
💙
Galera , meu respeito e admiração....
Vince Clark was in some top bands in the 80,s...Depeche mode,yazoo,the assembly and Erasurs...Top man!
lol
Silly thing to say, Vince Clark was the top bands in the 1980,s
And before you all start , im not Gay (or closet)
Well, he was instrumental in creating them all, even DM
@@Hirnlego999 Produced Happy Mondays too. You can hear it a mile off now when you listen to it.
@@Theoriginalbigbrillo nor is Vince. Odd thing to say.
@@Hirnlego999 That's true, Vince was *the* founder (if we had to pick one) and original driving force behind Depeche Mode. He was the only one who really took the band seriously at first, and he was the one who brought everyone together. And he wrote nearly all of their songs at the time, too. He was also the one who called up Alison Moyet to form Yazoo, and wrote their first song "Only You". And he auditioned about 40 singers, choosing Andy Bell, to form Erasure. How many people have put together and founded *three* highly successful, noteworthy bands, as well as played a critical role in their success as a member? Probably not that many.
Vince Clark is the reason I wanted to play keyboards.
Call it new technology
And they use it to burn
And they show no concern
Work for their prosperity
While the big wheels turn
Now it's too late to learn
Don't upset the teacher
Though we know he lied to you
Don't upset the preacher
He's gonna close his eyes for you
And it's a shame
That you're so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Father worked in industry
Now the work has moved on
And the factory's gone
See them sell your history
Where once you were strong
And you used to belong
There was once a future
For a working man
There was once a lifetime
For a skillful hand
Yesterday
And it's a shame
That you're so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream (broken dream)
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Of a broken, of a broken dream
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream (broken dream)
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
And it's a shame
That you're so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Don't upset the teacher
Though we know he lied to you
Don't upset the preacher
He's gonna close his eyes for you
And it's a shame
That you're so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Tempers fray so easily
In desperate despair
Is there anyone who cares?
Just another tragedy
Just a personal affair
In a room somewhere
There was once a future
For a working man
There was once a lifetime
For a skillful hand
Yesterday
My heart breaking song 😢 Will never stop loving...
💙
UN ÉXITO MUNDIAL! SALUDOS DESDE ARGENTINA! ERASURE POR SIEMPRE,ETERNAMENTE!
Saludos desde Brasil
Desde Perú.
Andy...you'll never age in my eyes. YOU ARE A STAR
When bands play 'studio' shows like this (think morning wake up show), the technical staff simply isn't equipped to mix live music. Unfortunately this means bands like Erasure have to lip sync. Disappointing yes, but it's the only was sometimes.
This even reflects on us in our society these days with the way this country has gone.
brilliant lyrics. still up to date today. love this song
One of my favourite Erasure classics 😍
With the exception of the belt, you could quite easily wear what Andy is wearing in this performance today
lol
favorite track of erasure pure genius this song!! makes sense in so many ways of life ....
you r so right , its a marvel
May I ask,are you from the United States?
@@paulanthony5274 did u ask me ? in case I am a belgian
@@joshuaamitai Fuck knows I don't even know why I asked you.
@@joshuaamitai I was probably on some mind altering substances
PARA QUE BAILEN TODOS. FELIZ AÑO 2024. LO QUIERO.🙏🇦🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱🇦🇲🇺🇸GREAT, ERASURE.
💙
Love this good music back than
Yamaha DX-7 80s king
And the Roland D50.
Heard the synth >>>80s was awesome ...erasure is simply genius!!!
I love Erasure classic song xx
Brilliant song.
Absolutely nothing brought me here......
I love Andy, great professional and excellent person
OMG im sure this was the pebble mill at one studio!! crap if im right then im too old to know this but these guys were my total fantasy in my youth and i love them still xx
pure 80s
Сейчас мало кто так сможет спеть. Супер!!!
love it still after all those years
a song for today, tearful !!!!!!
Моя самая любимая группа с детства ! Переходы на низах меня вводят в экстаз - вокал просто потрясающий ! Сам я традиционной ориентации )
+Navuhodonosor777
Винс Кларк не гей, если что..
I was 50 in July I've always loved this song put it on after a hard day looking after my 6 year old 😄
Love erasure ♥️
Why they use DX7 for this video when they use analoge Synthesizers the most?
Love erasure
That's a good question. Vince used to own a DX7, of course, and made some use of it for a while, but he never liked it, it's not part of his synth arsenal anymore, and it hasn't been for many years (decades, actually). Those things were ubiquitous back in the day, given their low cost, and initially exciting because of the then-new FM synthesis (which is the type that IBM PC computers and clones first used on a widespread basis, once sound cards were supported). Unfortunately, I think few artists really could get past the kinds of sounds it usually made, and everything started sounding kind of samey. Vince couldn't get the sounds he wanted out of it nearly as easily as he could with analogue synths, so he stopped using the DX7.
Maybe in the case of this video, it was just a convenient prop to use for miming (live sound on such TV shows was rare back in those days, as the studios just weren't set up for it). Martin Gore of Depeche Mode also owned a DX7, but he, too, eventually hit a wall in using it, so he brought it on stage to use as a MIDI controller rather than for its sounds. You can't really see it, but for example, in _101_ (video documentary for the _Music for the Masses_ tour), the DX7 is the bottom keyboard on Martin's dual stand, and he appears to play it the most. On the top is an E-mu Emax HD SE sampler keyboard for backup, while the DX7 triggered an Emax HD SE rack-mounted unit located off to the side.
By the way, as I think you know, Vince does own and use some digital synths, even samplers, as well as software synths. But most of his sounds come from analogue synths, as you said, and he does prefer to work with them.
....happy to find this video..!!!
When I look back I am 55 all the best songs ever made
The Circus and Crown of Thorns
are the best songs of Erasure !!!
.
Sensoria1 ummmmm only in your mind
Excelente video.. Saludos desde chile 2021 erasure forever, vince the best.....
Saludos
Vince Clark the best song writer ever
yeahhhh
Ich auch❤
Are they performing in the foyer of a secondary school?
Looks like daytime TV slot. Could have been Pebble Mill At One but could be wrong.
Yeah
This song is as relevant today as it was in 1987.
Oh - is that Pebble Mill?
i used to live 2minutes from pebble mill
>This song is as relevant today as it was in 1987.<
Translation: We got us a Tory government again!
they flattened pebble mill in 2005 or so
+georgie peorgie I thought it was Pebble Mill.
It is they flattened it about 30 years after this was filmed
Очень нравится музыка Erasure. Хотя мне скоро 100 лет(в обед.)
Одна из лучших композиций!!!!!! Браво!!!!!!!!!!!!
massive wow 2022
Love Erasure
Note also the Yamaha DX7 that Vince Clarke is playing.
A true revolution in its days; advanced, very good quality yet reasonably priced.
Actually, Vince didn't like the DX7 very much. Among digital synths, he preferred the Casio CZ-101, which was even cheaper and, in his and my opinions, easier to use and sounded better. He also made extensive use of the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS on some of Erasure's albums, along with the PPG Wave 2.2, Roland D-550 (rack-mounted D-50), and Waldorf Microwave XT (rack-mounted Microwave). Of course, the vast majority of his synths are vintage analogue. In the case of this video, he probably just brought it as a prop to mime on, since nearly everything on TV was mimed and lip-synced back then.
Not to denigrate the DX7, which was high quality yet affordable, but it was perhaps a little too popular, making a lot of records sound similar, and few artists really mastered how to use it. Vince knew and liked analogue synths the best, and while they're all unique, they more or less work similarly to each other, while the DX7 required musicians to learn a whole new way of generating sound that perhaps wasn't quite as direct and intuitive for them. I guess Vince didn't consider it worth his time to really learn FM synthesis just to make the most out of one synth, when he had plenty of others in his arsenal to choose from.
It's miraculous that the DX7 can output sound with no power cord connected!
Nearly every song, with rare exceptions, was lip-synced and mimed on TV back in those days. TV studios just weren't set up for live performances.
great tune
I make high quality Acapella and Instrumental from the original track. I'll be happy if you listen. Erasure - The Circus (Remix) (ACAPELLA) UKAMIX HQ+32bit
CARACA , quanto tempo não ouço.....
SH(OW
Espetacular
que genio y que humildad la de vince clark creo a depeche mode yazoo y erasure tremendo talento detras del teclado casi todos los temas de erasure los compuso el.genio vince
One fine example of why Erasure are far more than the song A Little Respect. While the latter is a good track it's maybe a little overplayed. And Erasure had many other great hits which should not be forgotten.
Vince Clark = genius
Thank you lads you change the world for the better
I think this is the BBCs Pebble Mill at One show. Brilliant song.
💙
this is one good singer .fantastic miusic.good .
A political song about Thatcher Britain...
God how I miss these days!!!
Great days
amazing quality of this appearance - love it! and true, up to date!
Perhaps their best song
Great Dance floor Music of the nineties My Regards to VINCE who acclaimed ANDY barratone tonality into ERASER
My dad introduced me to this song this year, and I love it can't believe I've never heard this song until this year in.... soo many years let's say
as if written today
this could be about today how things are with the country and no work and things gone
Because the Tories left us an economy based on not much more than banking, which crashes every few years when nobody can pay back debt they're encouraged to have.
"Debt is good, corrupt banks are bad, but not bad enough for anyone to do anything about them, and poverty in the UK is a figment of your imagination." - Jonathon Pie.
Is this pebble mill my mum loved this
Great
Magic Yamaha DX 7
This is from Pebble Mill, I remember it, must be about March 1987? I think I should have been at school..
Damit fing alles an . Und liebe bis heute fast alle Lieder .
Erasure é bom mesmo
Speaking as a Person born in 89 there isn’t anything like a 80s party these days your either a vegan a Karen or a microwave 😅
wonder how the sound is being produced from that DX7.......
I know you posted that a year ago but that made me laugh.
.... wireless of course ... it's 1987 :)p. Look - just revel in it okay .....
I think this is a partial play back. E.g Andy Bell sings, but the music is a recording because you need more than an DX7 for this ..
@@90125a Lip-syncing and miming was the rule on TV back in those days, with only rare exceptions. TV studios just weren't equipped and set up for live performances of songs. Microphones were often wireless, by the way. But Andy is not singing live here.
@@theaudioeng TV used to be wireless, too, but then everyone started plugging in cables. How backwards.
Kiedyś Yamaha DX7 kosztowała fortunę
Lo amo i love this guy
Was this pebble mill?
I Dont no
⭐️😀⭐️
Charlie Brookers looking young, whatever happened to Pebble Mill?
❤❤❤
💙
hello eband, this single somehow just is not on your greatest singles - a favorite with breath of life and star. thank you for being here. elle for pen-esque
Правильнее было-бы: "По кругу". Super))))))))))))))
Temazo!!!!!! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿😊
uno de mis temas favoritos, Erasure
DX7 em todas nos anos 80!!
I wonder about the second in command when Depeche Mode became the most money earning band in the world ever
You can’t not pebble Mill they are some good people on this this is for prosperity
Erasure should go on Eurovision
Una maravilla grandes momentos los 80s y 90s !!
Erasure still one of my favorites 😍👍
If im not mistaken this is recorded on Pebble Mill At One?
Would have loved to have heard Moyet sing the whole album. Alison Moyet singing Sometimes would have been insane.
yeahhh
But she’d have to have written it ?!? Which she didn’t
Very good sound and words melody❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
they mimed on most tv stuff i`ve got,TOTP stuff tend not to be live,as there is no time for that,and i`ve got stuff from around europe with bands like DM,Erasure and so on,that`s all playback as well. When a band is live on a tv show,it always throws me a bit,cause it`s so rare to see.
erasure lo mejor de los 90
La mayoría de sus éxitos más bien son de los 80' uno de los mejores grupos.
Was this pebble mill one of my friends is as old as this song
My favorite song by Erasure.