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Visage- The Most Underappreciated New Romantics 2017-07-12 11:46:25 Post No. 73884098
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Visage- The Most Underappreciated New Romantics
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Why are Visage so rarely appreciated?
They were part of the same movement as Duran Duran or Spandau Ballet but they are not a household name. Spotify records them as receiving 197,000 monthly listens compared to 2.8 million for Duran Duran.
The Anvil (pic related) and Visage are both superb electronic works, helped develop the New Romantic style and are more than a match for Rio or Journeys to Glory.
It's time to familiarise yourself with these early pioneers of synthpop. Listen to Moon Over Moscow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhV7Ho1vq1k) or at the very least Fade To Grey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPC8QJF6sI) which happens to be the only Visage song which received the recognition it deserved.
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They had literally 1 good song
And Kelly Osbourne stole it and made it better, so much that gay clubs started playing "one word" instead of "fade to grey"
The only reason Visage existed was for Steve Strange ego trip
And yes, I listened to all their albums and Japan was making the same but better new-wave/synthpop before
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I do like Japan (listening to Methods of Dance right now in fact) but Visage always seemed as though they had something extra, maybe more variation in their style or maybe it's their ability to sound strangely lively even when singing about fairly miserable things like in The Damned Don't Cry.
Maybe it's just me.
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But anon, early synthpop was always dark, sad and cold, remember that most of those acts only reference was Kraftwerk. Soft Cells lyrics are borderline suicidal and even "i feel love" had that dreamy melancolich sound. Visage was generic as they came
It wasnt until Vince Clarke hit the scene and prooved it could also be fun and cheesy that it shifted gears and why "dont you want me" by Human League was so groundbreaking at the time
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