Martha And The Muffins "Echo Beach"

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  • Опубліковано 17 гру 2012
  • (P) 1980 The copyright of this sound recording is owned by Virgin Records

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  • @bertie_magoo
    @bertie_magoo 4 місяці тому +498

    2024....who's still listening to this classic.

    • @Allegra11
      @Allegra11 4 місяці тому +16

      Me! Having a wallow in nostalgia and wishing I could go back

    • @persephoneszeliga
      @persephoneszeliga 4 місяці тому +5

      I Am Listening, Bertie❤

    • @MetalboxJ
      @MetalboxJ 4 місяці тому +6

      Me

    • @Relm001
      @Relm001 4 місяці тому +6

      Me ..the band , we are jamming it ...

    • @maryfrance1187
      @maryfrance1187 4 місяці тому +5

      Moi 😊👍🎶🎼

  • @steveread4021
    @steveread4021 11 місяців тому +265

    55 and my wife, Kim, passed away four years ago. This was a favourite of hers, and mine.
    RIP darling.

  • @garyonderisin8338
    @garyonderisin8338 2 роки тому +945

    i'm 68 years - old and i've loved this song --- and still do --- from the first time i heard it. a brilliant, true classic! soulful, driving!

    • @michaelstoneman5668
      @michaelstoneman5668 Рік тому +25

      Timeless classic 👍

    • @sanford943
      @sanford943 Рік тому +9

      I am 75. Never heard of this song or the band.

    • @greedo2660
      @greedo2660 Рік тому +16

      It's a great song!

    • @wayneh.3169
      @wayneh.3169 Рік тому +12

      Still on a regular playlist with FM radio in Australia. A true timeless classic.

    • @mickyday2008
      @mickyday2008 Рік тому +2

      71

  • @Auldreekie967
    @Auldreekie967 6 місяців тому +77

    Martha Ladly also played with The Associates and is now a professor in Canada. What a tune.

    • @rustynail8925
      @rustynail8925 4 місяці тому +11

      Did you know she was also backing vocals for Brian Ferry/ Roxy music

    • @Jimmy_Cooper
      @Jimmy_Cooper 3 місяці тому +6

      She also came up with the name of OMDs album Architecture and Morality

    • @MrSpot41
      @MrSpot41 2 місяці тому +1

      Thanks, good to hear she's doing well.

    • @mariajimenez2699
      @mariajimenez2699 8 днів тому +1

      Que bueno saberlo..😃
      Gracias por la información 👏👏🇦🇷​@@rustynail8925

  • @margaretadsett6806
    @margaretadsett6806 10 місяців тому +36

    I’m 70 years old. Loved this song since forever,

  • @hf1740
    @hf1740 6 місяців тому +107

    The nostalgia every time I hear this makes me want to cry for my wonderful youth. Sorry for being soppy. Just love this tune.

    • @markywheeler
      @markywheeler 5 місяців тому +4

      100% agree.

    • @Growler57
      @Growler57 5 місяців тому +7

      Hey fella don’t worry it’s been a fast journey I’m 66 now it’s been the blink of a eye

    • @Bolanboogie10
      @Bolanboogie10 4 місяці тому +2

      Same here.

    • @brython2
      @brython2 4 місяці тому +2

      Go ahead and be soppy. I'm with you

    • @TeresaBoots-qo5et
      @TeresaBoots-qo5et 3 місяці тому +1

      @hf1740 you don't have to apologize for anything. We're all here for the same reason.
      Nostalgia is so good for us!

  • @LesterH25
    @LesterH25 Рік тому +325

    I’m pleased to be 56 because I lived through the greatest variety of brilliant varied music ever. This song is a masterpiece.

    • @JH-ck1nr
      @JH-ck1nr Рік тому +9

      Totally agree 😊

    • @gbc7344
      @gbc7344 Рік тому +4

      Ditto 💯

    • @virginiajablos5299
      @virginiajablos5299 Рік тому +5

      Ever is a long time... Almpst all inspiration comes to us from the spiritworld. In Heaven is music far beyond our imagination and capacity to feel with these senses. We expand and sing throughout eternity !

    • @eyesopen66
      @eyesopen66 11 місяців тому +5

      I'm 57yrs and I completely agree 👍

    • @iangreenstreet1407
      @iangreenstreet1407 11 місяців тому +4

      Same ❤

  • @masterthecast3441
    @masterthecast3441 Місяць тому +16

    A cherished song from my youth. I recently read that Martha is living with Parkinson's, a diagnosis you would not wish on an enemy. Martha, God bless you and your family.

  • @colwynboy7279
    @colwynboy7279 7 років тому +1361

    I was whistling the saxophone solo (as I do from time to time) in a supermarket queue the other day & when I'd reached the end a woman's voice from behind me started singing..... Echo beach, far away in time.
    It brought a smile to both our faces.

    • @Nigelzenig
      @Nigelzenig 7 років тому +17

      Cool!!

    • @Dan_Wait
      @Dan_Wait 6 років тому +10

      Love it!

    • @elliebluedavis8877
      @elliebluedavis8877 6 років тому +12

      Colwyn Boy I bet it did sad deluded, shit for brains

    • @wategoslife8371
      @wategoslife8371 6 років тому +17

      gold... greetings from Byron bay.. thats the real life!!

    • @jonm3915
      @jonm3915 6 років тому +35

      Colwyn Boy That didn't happen.

  • @andrewgriffin2758
    @andrewgriffin2758 6 років тому +882

    This song is nearly 38 year old and it still sounds awesome and fresh.
    It never sounds dated. Top tune.

    • @Waradmiral1991
      @Waradmiral1991 5 років тому +25

      Bands these days couldn’t pull this quality off.

    • @Astrostevo
      @Astrostevo 5 років тому +7

      Truth.

    • @thefurrybastard1964
      @thefurrybastard1964 5 років тому +13

      I heard it in 1980 and it sounds as fresh and vibrant as the first time I heard it.

    • @Fitzroyfallz
      @Fitzroyfallz 5 років тому +21

      I think it actually has a VERY 80s sound. But obviously that's not a bad thing, and I love the song.

    • @tranis8547
      @tranis8547 5 років тому +2

      Totally agree!!

  • @67omerta
    @67omerta 3 роки тому +427

    "Echo Beach" is a song recorded by Canadian band Martha and the Muffins in 1979. Written by band member Mark Gane, it was released as a single from their Metro Music album in 1980 and won the Juno Award for single from the 'year. It was certified gold in Canada on October 1, 1980, a month after Metro Music achieved gold status. Their best known title is Echo Beach; it is also the only one to have had real international success, although they have had several others in Canada. It reached No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 6 on the Australian Singles Chart. While Echo Beach did not exist as a real location, it was a symbol of a place everyone wants to escape to when they're not where they want to be. The inspiration was Sunnyside Beach on the shoreline of Lake Ontario in Toronto.

    • @mrmensa1096
      @mrmensa1096 Рік тому +23

      Thank you for the informative comment. Really surprised they only got to number 10 in Uk - such an absolute all time CLASSIC Tune.

    • @blackcorp0001
      @blackcorp0001 Рік тому +7

      Ear worm 🪱

    • @philippelaveille2819
      @philippelaveille2819 Рік тому +3

      Merci, quand j'ai acheté ce vynil à sa sortie,je devais être le seul.
      Et maintenant,il y a des musiques de pub son thé Clash.
      Heureusement, ils nous laisse Martha, et Ace of Spade Motorhead

    • @pointysidedown
      @pointysidedown Рік тому +12

      Another interesting aspect of the story is there is a real echo beach now close to downtown Toronto, Life imitates art I guess.

    • @67omerta
      @67omerta Рік тому +2

      @@pointysidedown it's COOL !!!

  • @user-gl7ie7jq1i
    @user-gl7ie7jq1i 19 днів тому +9

    2024, why can't we we have music anymore? We need another Elvis to shake things up. Bless everyone who reads this. I see I just wrote''we'' twice, so what? Have a wonderful and blessed day.

  • @didier.gerost.07
    @didier.gerost.07 Рік тому +39

    1980 , who remember this delicious song ? !!

  • @peterl.1574
    @peterl.1574 4 роки тому +367

    The opening guitar riff is gold. Too short though.

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 4 роки тому +14

      Perhaps the best song of 1980.

    • @jaylewt2862
      @jaylewt2862 3 роки тому +6

      Sampled it 😝

    • @gordon9306ify
      @gordon9306ify 3 роки тому +2

      There is a very good extended version here too

    • @alanbrett2174
      @alanbrett2174 3 роки тому +4

      The Guitar playing at the start was consider cutting edge at the time. What about JIGSAW ... SKYHIGH. To me great Guitar playing. Old fart i know but who cares

    • @cvaidya40
      @cvaidya40 3 роки тому +4

      Long enough to inspire Metallica make The Day That Never Comes

  • @actarusfleed6607
    @actarusfleed6607 2 місяці тому +12

    Martha and The Muffins were so far away in time, way ahead in time. Makes you want to go to Echo Beach. Old is Gold!

  • @napoleonsolo7248
    @napoleonsolo7248 Рік тому +118

    I've always loved this song, it's timeless

  • @tinarocha273
    @tinarocha273 4 роки тому +298

    Quarantine has brought me here... love this song.

  • @brianatic
    @brianatic Рік тому +81

    One of those songs that always makes you smile.

    • @aglo8371
      @aglo8371 8 місяців тому +1

      Always!!!

  • @BruceLee-zd9bw
    @BruceLee-zd9bw 8 місяців тому +34

    No song sounded like this before or after, totally unique in every way.
    Brilliant doesn't even come close.
    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @greghanks170
    @greghanks170 5 місяців тому +16

    I'm 62 years old and still love this record happy memories

    • @gregobern6084
      @gregobern6084 3 місяці тому

      70 in 2024, 30 in 1984, faraway in time forever ,forever, and ever,

  • @davidarmitage289
    @davidarmitage289 2 роки тому +36

    Still loving Echo Beach in 2022 !

  • @manxmark
    @manxmark 9 місяців тому +24

    I fell in love with the keyboard player when I first heard this. I am now 61 and still am in love with her😀

    • @michaelwilliams7026
      @michaelwilliams7026 9 місяців тому +2

      martha ladly she was also in the associates the party fears too and country club

  • @Micah_Lal
    @Micah_Lal Рік тому +73

    There's something magic about this song. Oh the nostalgia, the memories

  • @christophersams2481
    @christophersams2481 2 роки тому +132

    Loved this song when it came out and it still sounds great 42(!) years later

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 2 роки тому +1

      Yup. I was 15. I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could.

    • @cinbor7554
      @cinbor7554 Рік тому +2

      @@rw8733 Couldn't agree more

    • @pauljenkinson3196
      @pauljenkinson3196 Рік тому +2

      Totally agree Christopher

  • @ledylanclair
    @ledylanclair 6 місяців тому +25

    I see everyone sharing their ages, and it fills me with joy knowing so many of you have great tastes in music! I am 32, born in ‘91 and this group is gold. Also proud to be a Canadian like them. Wishing you all the best! ✌🏻

  • @charleswhite758
    @charleswhite758 2 роки тому +82

    Not just the music is fantastic, the concept of Echo Beach is the ultimate dream, getting away from everything into solitude. "My job is very boring I'm an office clerk", hahahaha, such a grand sentiment.

  • @knightlore6666666666
    @knightlore6666666666 6 місяців тому +5

    I am 103 Years old , 342 days , 5 Hours and 22.056789 Seconds Old and this is Still one of the best Synth Pop Songs ever Wrote.

  • @crime8567
    @crime8567 2 роки тому +76

    The long outro with the backing singer is so good you don't want it to end...always loved that part

    • @hoover728
      @hoover728 Рік тому +8

      The way she comes in a bit late, like an echo, and then over-dramatizes the end of the phrase, is very fetching.

    • @ciangannon3880
      @ciangannon3880 Рік тому +3

      She went on to be the keyboard player in The Associates, check out the video for Party Fears 2. She also did backing vocals for Roxy Music and Robert Palmer. Later she followed an academic career and is a dean/professor at a university

    • @salinacarter1030
      @salinacarter1030 Рік тому

      @@ciangannon3880 interestante

    • @stevesherman5311
      @stevesherman5311 8 місяців тому

      Yeah, she's hot!!!

  • @andyrichards9169
    @andyrichards9169 3 місяці тому +9

    Love this song. Still sounds great in 2024.

  • @bowenajb
    @bowenajb 10 місяців тому +21

    One of the best pop songs ever written - instantly recognisable, with a great intro, chorus, sax soloes and outro 😀

  • @foppo100
    @foppo100 Рік тому +9

    Iam 73 love this song top instrumental and two beautiful ladies.

  • @americangraffitidream1309
    @americangraffitidream1309 Рік тому +43

    One of the most mesmerizing song of the 80's, if not the most.....Far away in time ! 👍

  • @raymondwalker7980
    @raymondwalker7980 8 місяців тому +9

    im 57 loved all these tunes ..not just that xmas time was really special..diiff times now ...wish we could all go back to the 70's

  • @hadb9084
    @hadb9084 2 місяці тому +6

    Who doesn't go to ANY beach, no matter how bad or good an experience it is, this song will pop into your head at some point no matter how long ago you heard it play.

  • @catherineveevers524
    @catherineveevers524 11 місяців тому +6

    One of the best songs of my youth, 62 and still love this song 😊

  • @TheMuskokaman
    @TheMuskokaman 3 місяці тому +5

    I'm actually at Echo beach right now, fishing, watching the sun go down! Not a soul around listening to this song. Sometimes synchronicity & irony have the strangest reunions.

    • @wreckage-vs5jv
      @wreckage-vs5jv 3 місяці тому

      How far away in time is it?

    • @TheMuskokaman
      @TheMuskokaman 3 місяці тому +1

      @@wreckage-vs5jv About a half hour if I step on it.

  • @thierryvidal63
    @thierryvidal63 2 роки тому +84

    one of the best guitar riff/arpeggio ever. Same level than Andy Summer's message in a bottle. The kind of stuff that stays forever. Art.

    • @RichV20
      @RichV20 Рік тому +6

      The producer, Mike Howlett, was how The Police found Andy Summers during his Strontium 90 project with all 4 of them.

    • @paulbird1808
      @paulbird1808 8 місяців тому

      Yeah, don't analyse it too much, Mr?!

  • @joedez454
    @joedez454 3 роки тому +61

    One of the greatest songs in Canadian music history.

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 Рік тому +2

      Probably the best song ever by a Canadian band, although Safety Dance by Men Without Hats is more famous.

    • @juggler6688
      @juggler6688 Рік тому +4

      Are you trying to get a reaction from Rush fans by any chance?

    • @pascalmineault7249
      @pascalmineault7249 Рік тому

      Lol if this is the best canadian song then our music scene is truly weak, cmon there are tons of canadian songs 1000× better than this🤣

    • @a.tanner8524
      @a.tanner8524 Рік тому +3

      @@pascalmineault7249this song is definitely one of the very best.

    • @jonwesick2844
      @jonwesick2844 Рік тому

      in world history

  • @robertballot3869
    @robertballot3869 3 роки тому +11

    A strong contender for the best first 30 seconds in the history of music

  • @cinemalisboa2991
    @cinemalisboa2991 4 роки тому +340

    Who listen in 2020? Still rock. I love.👍

    • @land7776
      @land7776 3 роки тому +5

      the who listens in 20__ is getting old....

    • @nillehessy
      @nillehessy 3 роки тому

      fukk corona-crap fukk WHO fukk the governments corona is the flu fukk de fukkers
      Rock´n Roll rockers --- R´n R would never do that ---

    • @land7776
      @land7776 3 роки тому +3

      @@nillehessy wow, ok then..

    • @land7776
      @land7776 3 роки тому

      @Lynchology101 eh?

    • @Astrostevo
      @Astrostevo 3 роки тому

      Yes. Nov 2020 at that.

  • @peterthehealeryourcelestia1822
    @peterthehealeryourcelestia1822 Рік тому +24

    Such a symbolic tune of a metaphorical magical place where we all dream of being. 😎

    • @donsmeltzer4083
      @donsmeltzer4083 8 місяців тому

      We all have an Echo Beach of our own.

  • @naturtechnikfreund
    @naturtechnikfreund Рік тому +9

    I turn up the radio when that song comes on! I love it !

  • @johnlivingstone3483
    @johnlivingstone3483 2 роки тому +26

    Such a wistful feel to this song but every time I hear it I can't help but feel glad.

  • @davidthomson7391
    @davidthomson7391 Рік тому +14

    Great song 🎵 very subtle but powerful message behind it 👏 👍 anyone else that agrees? Wee davy in Glasgow x

  • @cormacodonnell8329
    @cormacodonnell8329 Рік тому +5

    There was an alternative nightclub in Dublin in 1988 called 'The Source', this was always played, great song to dance to, first kissed my wife there, oh my word what a time.

  • @PaulSmith-mh2yq
    @PaulSmith-mh2yq 3 роки тому +29

    I spent 1980 travelling around Oz and this song takes me straight back there - love it !

  • @tonymcmahon_historybear
    @tonymcmahon_historybear 2 роки тому +93

    This was the sound of 1980 - just one of those songs, the moment it played you had to get on the dance floor. Very New Wave - perfect pop song.

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 2 роки тому +1

      This is a strong candidate for greatest New Wave song of all time.

    • @timbayliss4153
      @timbayliss4153 2 роки тому +2

      I always though that Martha and the Muffins were always a Mod band, regarding their other songs, but I agree that this DOES have a proper New Wave flavour, after the Punk era.

  • @MrCannedguds
    @MrCannedguds 7 місяців тому +10

    I'm an 80's teenager but I confess that I've never heard of them before until now! The moment I heard the first few notes of the intro, I instantly loved them! Why have I missed this band is a great mystery to me!

    • @Amathusukx
      @Amathusukx 7 місяців тому +1

      You must of missed these 2 from the same era then ua-cam.com/video/rn8jPj9g_CM/v-deo.html & ua-cam.com/video/kUUA0Fdw_6Q/v-deo.html

    • @MrCannedguds
      @MrCannedguds 7 місяців тому +2

      @@Amathusukx You are right! I haven't heard of these! Thanks for sharing! I'm an instant fan!

  • @androidemulator6952
    @androidemulator6952 8 місяців тому +7

    Ah, what memories this brings back.. thank you ! ;)

  • @vincenzotesoro1169
    @vincenzotesoro1169 Рік тому +11

    One of the best songs ever written a perfect song

  • @MrPhil1503
    @MrPhil1503 3 роки тому +73

    Honestly one of the best pop guitar intros, love the rhythm chord sequence before the vocal as well...

  • @IhaveMy0pinion
    @IhaveMy0pinion 4 місяці тому +4

    I'm 57 and love this song so much. I miss the past bigtime......

  • @yvc9
    @yvc9 6 років тому +202

    This song will haunt me till the day i die

    • @francisfake782
      @francisfake782 5 років тому +3

      Huh,why?

    • @georgeaye7535
      @georgeaye7535 5 років тому +10

      Yves, I. concur, it. somehow stays with you, sorry it took me a year to find a comment I can relate to, hello from Scotland

    • @ianmangham4570
      @ianmangham4570 4 роки тому +1

      Yarbles

    • @jamesyates1432
      @jamesyates1432 4 роки тому +4

      Yep. my absolute favorite song since I 1st heard it in 1980

    • @yvc9
      @yvc9 4 роки тому +10

      @@francisfake782 it would be very long to explain here but i can say it perfectly captures the feeling of who i was at the moment this song came out. 15 years old, with my life in front of me and how happy i was back then

  • @actarusfleed6607
    @actarusfleed6607 2 місяці тому +3

    This song will transcend time and space and has no boundaries. It is made for people of all ages to enjoy for many many generations to come and I blast it very loud to in order to shatter my ear drums until I get eargasms. Ohh it feels so good! Great Band, great performance. I'm so proud that they are Canadians! Indeed great fusion of sax, keyboards and guitars as mentioned by tonygreen6185.

  • @tonygreen6185
    @tonygreen6185 5 місяців тому +4

    One of the greatest single tracks ever made.wonderful melody and the great fusion of sax keyboards and guitars.

  • @michaelmoore.5167
    @michaelmoore.5167 10 місяців тому +4

    Classic song 😊timeless, thank you God bless 🎉😊.

  • @Anitsirc09high
    @Anitsirc09high 10 років тому +143

    I love this - good music never gets old !

  • @youjoker9647
    @youjoker9647 4 роки тому +66

    One of the great pop songs of the early 80's. Still love it and reminds me of my early teens. I wish I could revisit for a few months. That happy /sad feeling......

    • @charleswhite758
      @charleswhite758 2 роки тому +1

      Seriously, who want to go back to those years, you expressed it well.

  • @philt5782
    @philt5782 3 роки тому +5

    And here we are at aged 52 and still dreaming about Echo Beach................................................

  • @YorkshireBusGuy
    @YorkshireBusGuy 3 місяці тому +16

    TOTALLY UNDERRATED song. Absolute banger this 🙂

    • @ezzz42
      @ezzz42 Місяць тому +1

      right?! fantastic playing by the band and the vocals are top. its a timeless sound, with high replay value

    • @glennhfriedman4571
      @glennhfriedman4571 Місяць тому +1

      Not under rated just under exposed at the time

    • @yorkiegeoff1825
      @yorkiegeoff1825 Місяць тому +1

      Amazing piece of music that has stood the test of time …. Love that Sax 🙏

  • @franknberry333
    @franknberry333 4 роки тому +5

    My friend and I were shopping a few months ago and this song came on, so we had to stop what we were doing and dance.....Canadian Classic

  • @emmaleeankunding8069
    @emmaleeankunding8069 4 роки тому +33

    One of those timeless classics that just seem to come out of nowhere . . .
    Intellectual surf music.
    I love this - good music never gets old !

  • @timjackson5680
    @timjackson5680 2 роки тому +10

    I remember hearing this on student radio in the early 80s. It has always stayed with me. Every so often I would start singing the chorus.

  • @DalesAutoServiceCentre
    @DalesAutoServiceCentre 2 роки тому +5

    This would play at the roller skating rink we would hang out at as kids. Loved it then, love it now

  • @DeanFowles
    @DeanFowles 5 років тому +95

    Loved this song, there's a Beachside Cafe in Bali, Indonesia called "Echo Beach" - the tagline 'Far Away in Time' - it can't be a coincidence!

    • @mikekeenan8450
      @mikekeenan8450 4 роки тому +6

      Not surprised at all. This song was a huge hit in Australia (when visiting there in 1991-92, more than one person, on hearing I was Canadian, mentioned this band as one of the things they knew about Canada). And Bali is crawling with Aussies.
      On the darker side, I hear that this isn't the only Canadian export that made it to Bali via Australia; I'm told that the Rock Machine were established there for a while.

    • @timothyjohnson5786
      @timothyjohnson5786 4 роки тому +4

      @@mikekeenan8450 That would be the one at Canggu, many years ago now.

    • @nickpope4659
      @nickpope4659 4 роки тому +1

      I live on the Lakeshore and it is an awesome place, especially in the summer :)

    • @land7776
      @land7776 3 роки тому +2

      duh...

  • @ThomasHardmanJr
    @ThomasHardmanJr 5 років тому +41

    One of the best saxophone leads I've ever heard, incredibly memorable. I only wish it had been longer. Echo Beach: far away in time. How long ago. How fresh in memory.

    • @lawrencelampke6007
      @lawrencelampke6007 10 місяців тому

      The one on Madness's 'Night boat to Cairo ' is great too. Give it a listen if you haven't heard it lately

  • @mikeyoung7660
    @mikeyoung7660 3 місяці тому +4

    66 now and I still love this track

  • @tonyquek1
    @tonyquek1 2 роки тому +77

    I know it's out of fashion
    And a trifle uncool
    But I can't help it
    I'm a romantic fool
    It's a habit of mine
    To watch the sun go down
    On Echo Beach
    I watch the sun go down
    From nine to five
    I have to spend my time at work
    My job is very boring
    I'm an office clerk
    The only thing that helps me pass the time away
    Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach someday
    On a silent summer evening
    The sky's alive with lights
    A building in the distance
    Surrealistic sight
    On Echo Beach
    Waves make the only sound
    On Echo Beach
    There's not a soul around
    From nine to five
    I have to spend my time at work
    My job is very boring
    I'm an office clerk
    The only thing that helps me pass the time away
    Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach someday
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time
    Echo Beach, far away in time

    • @mariannebrandon9571
      @mariannebrandon9571 Рік тому +2

      I fecking love dis tune since i first heard it at age 6 it never gets old it gets better id listen to the sax solo all day every day, love it what a tune for the times

    • @adinocc2042
      @adinocc2042 Рік тому +2

      cheers mate!

    • @erlinedevolder8662
      @erlinedevolder8662 Рік тому +2

      Still love it❤️

    • @Battismore-Blue
      @Battismore-Blue 9 місяців тому

      Took me years to find out what the first two lines were , Thanks Internet

  • @ravenhill_firelord_1968
    @ravenhill_firelord_1968 5 років тому +48

    early 80's, this takes you right back there, magic.

  • @michaelwilliams7026
    @michaelwilliams7026 8 місяців тому +42

    lets face it this song should have at 100 million hits but sadly it has not its up to us old timers to never let this song die

    • @captainemergency7477
      @captainemergency7477 7 місяців тому +3

      13 here, I won't let this song go :)

    • @michaelwilliams7026
      @michaelwilliams7026 7 місяців тому +2

      🥰🥰🥰🥰@@collllroossk

    • @michaelwilliams7026
      @michaelwilliams7026 7 місяців тому

      @@captainemergency7477

    • @sa9245
      @sa9245 7 місяців тому +2

      They just need to put it in a popular show or game. Stranger Things brought back Kate Bush and Grand Theft Auto 6 brought Tom Petty to a new generation.

    • @dancarter482
      @dancarter482 6 місяців тому

      It's personal like the place it's describing - I know quiet bays along the coast where no one goes and I don't want them to.

  • @harrycooke6349
    @harrycooke6349 Рік тому +4

    Im 62 and an old rocker, love a lot of music but this track does it for me its cool 😎

  • @grosbec1583
    @grosbec1583 Рік тому +4

    All time favorite, it brings back so many great memories, surfing in Lacanau, playing martha's music at night on a beach, fire laughters and great people. All you nice people in my memory, I love you all 🙂
    well, hum, i must admit, i was - and still am actually - sooooo in love with Martha Ladly, always find her tellement craquante !

  • @sjnsjdkssnksndkskskssns1063
    @sjnsjdkssnksndkskskssns1063 4 роки тому +26

    I love the sax in this song, that's what keeps me coming back for more!
    This song will haunt me till the day i die

  • @maxpower3726
    @maxpower3726 Рік тому +12

    The perfect 60's beach song......released in 1980. Great tune, just added it to my playlist.

    • @chrishenniker5944
      @chrishenniker5944 6 місяців тому

      This was right at the beginning of the sixties revival.

  • @allangow4746
    @allangow4746 4 місяці тому +3

    A fantastic piece of 80s Rock'n'Roll.

  • @fionakilpatrick9234
    @fionakilpatrick9234 Рік тому +3

    I was born in Feb/82 grew up listening to my big sister’s 🖤 punk records & then I was in my late teens in my local pub we had this on juke box CLASS !! X

  • @johnpomfret5146
    @johnpomfret5146 2 роки тому +16

    I was 16 when this was released, brings back such good memories. Still one of my favourites

  • @ianhand5006
    @ianhand5006 4 роки тому +11

    I remember this being in the charts around Easter 1980. I was 13 years old.

  • @aspiadas
    @aspiadas 2 роки тому +22

    One of the best songs out there IMO. Totally unique. Loved this the moment I heard it.

  • @MusicAsWeMakeIt
    @MusicAsWeMakeIt Рік тому +9

    One of the few great unique sounds and songs of the 80s, with that sax sound. Amazing

  • @jameswilson7790
    @jameswilson7790 4 роки тому +47

    I remember the backstory of how this song came to me. Martha & the Muffins had to travel to the United Kingdom to get the record deal. In early 1980, the album was released. This song went to #1 on the BILLBOARD UK chart. The song made it back to the group's native Canada and went to #4 on the BILLBOARD Canadian music chart. I think back to the Canadian pop music countdown show when I first heard the song. The summer of 1980, when anything was still possible.
    Too bad the end of the song came true. Both Echo Beach and the summer of 1980 are far away in time.
    But I can still reminisce. And that is what I will do.

    • @jackflash5659
      @jackflash5659 3 роки тому +1

      Echo Beach reached
      #5 in Canada #10 in the U.K. #37 US dance

    • @jameswilson7790
      @jameswilson7790 3 роки тому

      @@jackflash5659 Lyndon Soules told me #4 in Canada. For four straight weeks.

    • @jackflash5659
      @jackflash5659 3 роки тому +1

      James Wilson the chart positions I listed are correct. Numerous sites list this info. I recently lost a bet for thinking this song was a hit #1 in Canada.
      This song like many from the 80's seem bigger 40 years later. It wasn't even their biggest in the US. Black Station/White Station hit #2 on US Dance charts.

    • @jameswilson7790
      @jameswilson7790 3 роки тому

      @@jackflash5659 Then Lyndon Soules worked for another music charting company, such as Cashbox, Radio and Records or Record World.

    • @timothym2241
      @timothym2241 Рік тому

      Well said.

  • @delliv6590
    @delliv6590 5 років тому +28

    Top notch Canadian music from the early 80's

    • @paulhagan5170
      @paulhagan5170 4 роки тому

      Trying to sound very british

    • @bluehorizon3713
      @bluehorizon3713 4 роки тому +2

      Paul Hagan in the 80s Canadians still had an accent close to the British one

    • @raymondcoventry1221
      @raymondcoventry1221 4 роки тому +1

      @@paulhagan5170 I definitely hear Siouxie and the Banshees influence.

  • @barrywilliams100
    @barrywilliams100 4 місяці тому +2

    I am 65 yrs and remember walking in to a club some where this was played any club.. love it ty baz,

  • @fotis1964
    @fotis1964 Рік тому +2

    I was playing this on my pirate radio station when i was teen. There was a record shop where i was going and the owner let me playing the records and hear the songs. I was lucky to hit this song. After so many years the sound is fresh.

  • @honeyboner
    @honeyboner 2 роки тому +12

    Such a classic. I recently discovered that Martha Ladly (keyboards) suggested the name of Architecture and Morality to OMD and also was the artist behind the painting on New Order's Temptation EP 1981 - Factus 8 - 1982.

    • @thfcberba
      @thfcberba 2 роки тому +7

      she also played keyboards on the associates party fears 2

    • @LuDux
      @LuDux 2 роки тому

      @@thfcberba ua-cam.com/video/sPt8EvpZWF8/v-deo.html

    • @derekmulholland723
      @derekmulholland723 Рік тому +5

      She was also backing singer on Roxy Music’s Avalon.

  • @kevinhardy8997
    @kevinhardy8997 Рік тому +6

    If I had a famous rock band, I would do a cover album. This would be the first cover. Takes me back to being 5 years old listening to the radio in Vancouver in our station wagon with no seatbelt on, wearing Levi's and rugby shirts, the future was bright, and people still loved eachother. Take me back...

  • @MrDunkiep
    @MrDunkiep 5 місяців тому +3

    What a chorus.... And what a build into that sax solo

  • @user-tv2dw5wb4j
    @user-tv2dw5wb4j 2 роки тому +3

    I live a couple hours from Toronto and everytime I go to Toronto for a metal show i always have a walk on Echo beach just for this song. I'm more of a country boy but being from Vancouver British Columbia but since I've lived in Ontario most of my life. This song always makes me feel like I'm more in touch with Toronto.

  • @dougsandry2694
    @dougsandry2694 Рік тому +8

    Martha Davis had an amazing voice!!

  • @Pragwo1f
    @Pragwo1f Рік тому +11

    Always loved it. For me a little masterpiece- absolute perfection. The 'echo beach' theme lends itself to nostalgia, so the song will not age.

  • @bobpapp9538
    @bobpapp9538 Рік тому +4

    WOW take me back to the 80's.....please really.

  • @flyingmerkel6
    @flyingmerkel6 5 років тому +15

    Reminds me that I was actually young at one time.

  • @TheChaoslord66
    @TheChaoslord66 5 років тому +164

    Highly underrated song

    • @glennhfriedman4571
      @glennhfriedman4571 3 роки тому +3

      not by us

    • @styxcreek
      @styxcreek 3 роки тому +1

      Don’t know if I’d say it’s underrated, It’s loved by millions .

    • @riovelo
      @riovelo Рік тому

      @@styxcreek 2.1M views in 9 years is pretty underrated.

  • @mikeburditt7360
    @mikeburditt7360 Рік тому +8

    Just a very good crafted song. A classic.

  • @peterjones2761
    @peterjones2761 2 місяці тому +2

    Smashing track, even many years later.
    Lot of people in that band.

  • @beingnanthiya-365
    @beingnanthiya-365 3 роки тому +9

    A classic of the 80's and beyond

  • @jameswhitney2450
    @jameswhitney2450 3 роки тому +5

    Hadn't heard this song for, like, 30 year or so. When I picked up here, it was like I hadn't heard in a week or so. Really a good, haunting song.

  • @ichabodcrane2487
    @ichabodcrane2487 8 місяців тому +5

    Great bass line. A must at any 80s wave party.

  • @richalderson6069
    @richalderson6069 Рік тому +6

    So many great cool female fronted bands during the new wave era and so many classic songs that came out of it.

  • @IhaveMy0pinion
    @IhaveMy0pinion 6 місяців тому +4

    57 and still loving this❤❤❤❤😁