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I dunno, is just remember seeing them on telly and feeling scared, very scared!

is one of the best songs ever

Definitely not the worst thing ever. Next!

Not really gone back and listened to them. If memory serves they've some good songs.

The best reason for being absolutely delighted that I wasn't born in the 80s.

I feel automatically more priveleged[sic] than anyone who had to share airspace with him.

wrightylew = clarkson/10

Erasure were fine. Clearly not mod / Kasabian / bloke friendly so you're not going to find much to like there.

They're gonna get more popular in the next year/2 or so - enjoy that! The hypnagogic trend is going that away.

We have them to thank for some amazing pop songs.

My God, you younglings eh?

i can think of many shit bands from the 90s that are worse than erasure haha

I love/d them. Great band.

Nice try though

And partly the reason I will defend Hurts. Both scratch my pop itch in similar ways.

Sure, some of their songs are annoying and Erasure certainly are not my favorite band, but Vince Clarke is a fucking synth genius. Some of the shit he did on Chorus is breathtakingly awesome. A lot of the lo-fi/chillwave/whatever-the-fuck artists would do well to explore Erasure if they haven't already done so.
Oh, and sharing a decade with them was far more rewarding than growing up with some of the recycled pap that passed for music in subsequent decades.

No Pet Shop Boys though.

Oh leave 'em alone! Yes they were a bit naff & the last few albums were pretty dire but some of their early stuff was really good. As already mentioned I bet a lot of current 80's copyists owe a lot to them. Nuff said.

listened to an Erasure album so (unusually) my opinion is worthless on this one. Interesting debate though.

Indisputably the synth guvnor.