I know feel completely stupid writting up this blog post about Erasure's "Stars" as I have just read something about how the song is a protest against nuclear war and yet up till tonight I hadn't seen that. It is really clear with this lyric "We go waiting for the stars, To come showering down, From Moscow to Mars, Universe falling down." This has always been one of my favourite dancing songs from the pop duo and Erasure knows how to get my toes tapping.
Written in 1990 for their Pop Album "Wild", which was their fourth album. I remember either borrowing and buying the album on cassette from one of my school friends. The song has an amazing introduction before Andy Bell's vocal comes over the top of the synthpop beat of Vince Clarke. I remember reading articles with Erasure in Smash Hits and I think Andy Bell was the first pop-star where I was aware that he was gay as he would openly talk about it with interviewers. Although known as a pop duo, some of their slower songs from their albums are heartbreaking and I think sometimes I think I forget how important a band they were for me growing up. I think it was the album before "Wild", The Innocents" which first really started my listening relationship with Erasure; it takes me back to my yellow bedroom in Braco and my red & black tape recorder that was a Christmas Present from my parents.
Erasure is a band who can make you dance and also bring issues into their songs. I know this will not be their only song in the Jukebox.
To have yourself a dance listen to the track here;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU4xdsMbQ28
Written by Andy Bell and Vince Clarke, 1990
Album: Wild
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