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Name: Martin Stirnband Home Page: Stirnband Member Since: Apr 13, 2005 Rank: 2110 Average Vote Received: Correct (4.07, 580 votes)   last 10 days: Correct (4.05, 57 votes) Rated 2517 releases, average: 4.01 Location: Köln & Freiburg / Germany Profile: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Visage - Fade To Grey / The Steps - 23-Mar-09 09:06 PM
Amazing! We all heard it about a thousand times, and it never got annoying. A fact, you won't expect from a song, you can also find on uncountable releases with titles like "Best of 80's", as well as you can hear it on public radio even today quite frequently. This catchy tune seems to be highly influenced by (maybe even stolen) the melody of "Human League - Being Boiled".
The french seductive vocals were sung by Brigitte Arens, who was Rusty Egan's girlfriend at that time. Sadly no more information about here, but as she starts to sing:

"Un homme dans une gare isolée
Une valise a ses cotés
Des yeux fixes et froids
Montre de la peur lorsqu'il
Se tourne pour se cacher"

... a whole generation is getting a flashback and the climax of a music period, called "New Romantic", is defined.

Blancmange - Blind Vision - 02-May-08 03:25 AM
A-Side is probably Blancmange's greatest hit in an extended and powerful version (9:35 min). But let's have a look on the b-side: "On Our Way To?" to "Blancmange" might be compared to what "Frequency 7" is to "Visage" - an early instrumental techno-pop classic. In all that italo-electro-synth-80s retro-hype surprisingly this track seems to be overlooked by now. Maybe some re-edit would do it... Highly recommended as you'll find this release quite cheap on nearly every flea-market.