Still think Visage were great. My formative years in the early 80's spent listening to Visage and other great bands of the era. Album artwork by the way is great. Check out The Damned Don't Cry for another good track from their second album 'The Anvil'. Video is pretty good too
I don't really know why some people feel embarrased about the 80's music period. At least in the non-commercial department, there was such a superbe and radical projects, they were full of creativity and sens of what novelty is. People who spit on those years is because they only listened Wham!
The problem is that this is also the era in which a lot of "moderately talented" artists got a lot of play on MTV, and good videos sold not-so-good music. In the radio days, the song mattered, not how the artists themselves looked.
Fortunately a lot of kids today have been introduced to the innovative sounds of the early 80's they never knew existed (or even most people back then knew existed). Not on the radio or MTV? Then it doesn't exist. Sad but true.
@McLarenMercedes what I find interesting is this: our parents didn't like our music because it was either too loud, too weird, too subversive, or just too original for them to get their heads round.
Nowadays we don't like our kid's music because it's either too boring, too bland, too middle-of-the-road or just too unoriginal. A complete reversal.
Every generation has their own tastes of course but I'd love to see some more creativity in the charts.
True, but our parents (I actually discovered Visage in 1999, when I was in my teens and into discovering music I wasn't around to have heard when it was new) weren't bombarded by the music they didn't understand whenever they read the newspapers, turned on the tv, logged into the internet (had it existed back then).
Today artists are shamelessly marketed, on all forms of media 24/7. It's totally in your face. You can't even look away anymore or pretend it's not there.
@broilet The 80s was a great period. I think guys are mainly embaressed about it because a lot of them wore makeup and guyliner in the 80s. Personally I think they looked better like that than today with backwards caps and jeans hanging down below the ass.
@MrKillswitch88 Ha -- of course, back in 1981 or 1982, the 40-year olds were saying pretty much the same thing about music like this .. the older people who had loved elvis or the beatles, back then, thought that tracks like this one by visage were just "screeching noise". There you go...
@habeebee Those older people were entitled to their views, but they were wrong. :) They'll probably even admit it in retrospect when comparing it today's pop garbage.
Another Masterpiece!Great Album.. when i come back to school at home, in the first shadows of evening,i was alone in my house and when put this Album on my record player i was very scared from this wonderful Music, especially when finish Visa-Age and comes...The Steps..Beautiful memories...
@FaceInTheRain i hate that kids my age cant understand synthpop or new wave or whatever they rather listen to lady gaga or lil wayne im 20 now and really want to make my own synth band to show that its still alive and that it has and always will be the music of the future
Many artist enter block periods and all shouldn't forget its one's like Steve Strange and these ideas persons who carry our artists through those periods and it is team work that bring about experimenting and drama necessary to spark creativity once more. How dare *Any artist trash those who helped their efforts so quickly?!
Shame shame shame on all who exploit a moment and then trash those who got them there, and those who assist upcoming bands with IMAGE and Vision!
@TriumVirateABAP your right alot of people come down on this type of music becasue its not rap or rock and they say people who listen to synth pop are weird are gay thats so dumb this is the music of the future
Visage are largely overlooked except maybe for 'Fade To Grey',but people forget that besides Steve Strange and his make-ups there were Midge Ure,Barry Adamson,John McGeogh from Magazine,and this makes it a great proyect.This song is proof.
One of the greatest 80s albums!
LiteracyLabyrinth 10 months ago
a great family tree of Ultravox/Rich Kids/Gary Numan
matelot95 11 months ago
Zero "dislikes." Absolutely no surprise. "Leave the trash of your life behind/No time to look back..."
BEESAAVED 1 year ago
Still think Visage were great. My formative years in the early 80's spent listening to Visage and other great bands of the era. Album artwork by the way is great. Check out The Damned Don't Cry for another good track from their second album 'The Anvil'. Video is pretty good too
seanio100 1 year ago
So faint in the distance, a speck on the map. A stamp on my passport- no time to look back!
mistomen 1 year ago
I don't really know why some people feel embarrased about the 80's music period. At least in the non-commercial department, there was such a superbe and radical projects, they were full of creativity and sens of what novelty is. People who spit on those years is because they only listened Wham!
broilet 1 year ago
@broilet Too true I agree
DerVampyrEngel 1 year ago
@broilet
I agree.
The problem is that this is also the era in which a lot of "moderately talented" artists got a lot of play on MTV, and good videos sold not-so-good music. In the radio days, the song mattered, not how the artists themselves looked.
Fortunately a lot of kids today have been introduced to the innovative sounds of the early 80's they never knew existed (or even most people back then knew existed). Not on the radio or MTV? Then it doesn't exist. Sad but true.
Today it's hell.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@McLarenMercedes what I find interesting is this: our parents didn't like our music because it was either too loud, too weird, too subversive, or just too original for them to get their heads round.
Nowadays we don't like our kid's music because it's either too boring, too bland, too middle-of-the-road or just too unoriginal. A complete reversal.
Every generation has their own tastes of course but I'd love to see some more creativity in the charts.
Gary190tube 8 months ago
@Gary190tube
True, but our parents (I actually discovered Visage in 1999, when I was in my teens and into discovering music I wasn't around to have heard when it was new) weren't bombarded by the music they didn't understand whenever they read the newspapers, turned on the tv, logged into the internet (had it existed back then).
Today artists are shamelessly marketed, on all forms of media 24/7. It's totally in your face. You can't even look away anymore or pretend it's not there.
McLarenMercedes 8 months ago
@broilet The 80s was a great period. I think guys are mainly embaressed about it because a lot of them wore makeup and guyliner in the 80s. Personally I think they looked better like that than today with backwards caps and jeans hanging down below the ass.
22ndWave 1 year ago 2
@22ndWave I agree with that too :)
DerVampyrEngel 3 months ago
Awesome album cover
indigo419 1 year ago
Trouble is the younger generation are fed a diet of crap in terms of music.
Lets face it, if youre brought up on shit, you end up liking shit!
Garmez120 1 year ago
I'm diggin' Billy Currie's signature sound on that ARP Odyssey......
TheSYNTHOID 1 year ago
@TheSYNTHOID I can believe you. I had all the Collections from Visage. I group who was influenced from other's in the end 70's
TheProsseco 1 year ago
This is what real music sounds like and not screeching noise and obscenities.
MrKillswitch88 1 year ago
@MrKillswitch88 Ha -- of course, back in 1981 or 1982, the 40-year olds were saying pretty much the same thing about music like this .. the older people who had loved elvis or the beatles, back then, thought that tracks like this one by visage were just "screeching noise". There you go...
habeebee 1 year ago
@habeebee Those older people were entitled to their views, but they were wrong. :) They'll probably even admit it in retrospect when comparing it today's pop garbage.
xreddragonx 1 year ago
I mean it's at LEAST an objective fact that music popping up like this at the time was actually unique and fresh, unlike anything being made today.
xreddragonx 1 year ago
this album is great and I am 41.:) the 80's rule in terms of new wave music
stars7803 1 year ago 9
Another Masterpiece!Great Album.. when i come back to school at home, in the first shadows of evening,i was alone in my house and when put this Album on my record player i was very scared from this wonderful Music, especially when finish Visa-Age and comes...The Steps..Beautiful memories...
avsailor7 2 years ago
Anyone have this as an MP3?? I can't believe that I have never heard this song before!
NicksFallingAngel 2 years ago
if your 40 something you would this was there first album then the anvil which was just as good check it out
Mr1ROYHUGHES 2 years ago
Years ago I played this for some kids in high school and they freaked.
FaceInTheRain 2 years ago
@FaceInTheRain i hate that kids my age cant understand synthpop or new wave or whatever they rather listen to lady gaga or lil wayne im 20 now and really want to make my own synth band to show that its still alive and that it has and always will be the music of the future
dakamp1 2 years ago
@dakamp1
I hear you on that.
People born in the late 70s are pretty isolated with todays generation Y who don't have a clue about music in general.
WatchRyder 1 year ago
tres bien
defferrardolivier44 2 years ago
Many artist enter block periods and all shouldn't forget its one's like Steve Strange and these ideas persons who carry our artists through those periods and it is team work that bring about experimenting and drama necessary to spark creativity once more. How dare *Any artist trash those who helped their efforts so quickly?!
Shame shame shame on all who exploit a moment and then trash those who got them there, and those who assist upcoming bands with IMAGE and Vision!
TriumVirateABAP 2 years ago
@TriumVirateABAP your right alot of people come down on this type of music becasue its not rap or rock and they say people who listen to synth pop are weird are gay thats so dumb this is the music of the future
dakamp1 2 years ago
Lot of good stuff on this first album. Not one single song under their high quality standards,- well it goes the same for the second album, too
ThePaintermanful 2 years ago
Nice song..I wonder if anyone have any original vhs -footage from this era..eeeeh too drunk...but fucking great music anyway...
neuro36 2 years ago
yay yay visage GO!
To bad they didn't keep the production quality up in their later albums.
This is the best album... just amazing+visionary - pretty much all the way through.
progress2007 2 years ago
Visage are largely overlooked except maybe for 'Fade To Grey',but people forget that besides Steve Strange and his make-ups there were Midge Ure,Barry Adamson,John McGeogh from Magazine,and this makes it a great proyect.This song is proof.
stereoloov 2 years ago 2
Best Visage album period!
Cougari72 3 years ago 13