Essence - Mirage (Official Video)

ESSENCE Mirage
The Essence is a Dutch rock band formed in 1984. The Essence signed to Midnight Music after a year of gigging. In 1986 the collaboration resulted in the release of their debut album "Purity" preceded by the 12" single "Endless Lakes", which were both received very well, especially in Holland and Germany. A track very popular with the radio- and club-DJ's was "The Cat", which was remixed and released as a second 12". 1987 saw the release of the follow-up album "A Monument of Trust" and the single "A Mirage", a catchy tune that made the top 10 in Spain.
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[@Andrew.Stuart]

Very popular in France 1988, Radio Fun played it all the time. It's taken me all these years to find out who they were/ are! Finally.. 🎉

[@MusicWatchMagazine]

The Essence is the greatest band, inspired by The Cure, period!

[@martin_minimalwave]

Do not forget "marcies still waiting"

[@joselitomondares523]

New Wave at 80s the best 👌

[@christianschunke4469]

Walking away through crowds I will forever be with you Silently away they melt Like ice I push you through As we dream of perfect ways Oh to die so brave oh please Don't dream alone tonight As I mouth the words you're so far away Far away you turn your eyes You dream alone So true Your eyes In a mirage Noiseless waving hands Slowly fade in grey I watch the hours go by But I watch you drown But still you just dream on And on and on I watch you drowning in waves But i see you still In a mirage, in a mirage In waves of dreams aha Don't you see that I That I just want to share Your dreams of endless worlds But I watch you fade I watch you fade away I watch you fading away And I watch you drown And I watch you drown But still you seem further away And you probably dream of me Your eyes like ice Oh don't let it end oh please not this way So cruel so cruel so cruel This is the end, it's the end But if you dream This is the end So cruel This is the end This is the end, it's the end So cruel so cruel so cruel But if you dream...

[@BorlandRIP7]

I saw them live back in 1988 in Paris with sad lovers and giants..my teenage years...

[@yamiksha]

+Marc Dorcel I'm so jealous. Proving yet again I was born in the wrong generation for music.

[@thebarbaryghostsf]

Just saw SLAG a few months ago. They sounded incredible. Even better live, than on their recorded material!

[@nadolive3]

I played with them in October 1989 in Diemeringen in a Festival. I met Hans Diener several times after. We had a band called Lunatic Verses, that's why we've played with them.

[@europhiler]

wow! That is a cool line up. Wish I was there

[@metalpatspirit4559]

Elysée-Montmartre 1988, j'y étais. Troublant, l'inspiration/copie sur Cure à ce niveau. Bons souvenirs. ;)

[@nicktaylor2660]

Absolutely love these. The 80s was my decade but I've never seen or heard of these before. Better late than never I guess..

[@WorldStreetOmaha]

My thoughts exactly. I think that I heard their song called "the Cat" a few times, but I always assumed that I was listening to the Cure.

[@adolfosevillanomoruno2238]

Una de los mejores temas de la historia

[@reddays8448]

Even tho they sound like the cure they are great and I love them

[@jasonfernee2401]

Shut your eyes, and The Cure are playing. Both great bands.

[@crushthyflowerss]

Sounds soo much like The Cure and even the vocalist resembles Robert Smith with that black shirt and the rosary around his neck! Reminds me of Robert Smith in "The Top" era! Still, I love The Essence's music, being myself one of the biggest fans of The Cure, of course I love The Essence!

[@k4mrshide]

Exactly so :)

[@pern1044]

True that! In 1987, I read a review in Spin Magazine of the album, "A Monument Of Trust" that The Cure released the album as The Essence. For years, I believed this as others did too, I would imagine. A year later I figure it was a lie printed by Spin. They weren't the Cure but it was a cool possibility. Now, after that lie by Spin The Glove was Robert Smith (The Cure) and Steven Severin (Siouxsie and the Banshees). A Cure and Essence fan since 1984! :) If your a fan, you must have Fools Dance (Simon Gallup ex-Cure) and Presence - Inside (Lol Tolhurst ex Cure). Great albums. Love them to this day. And most important, ALL the Essence releases. After all this years The Essence are also a unique band as the Cure is. Though the sounds like the Cure they really don't. The Essence is the Essence. :) IMHO.

[@alanramirez9935]

If I remember it right Robert Smith is playing a CD of Essence before a concert

[@interstitialmusic]

It's like Robert merged with Ian McCulloch.

[@wagnercosta9105]

YES kkkkkkk

[@tettjenewhome7727]

@@wagnercosta9105 love the essence... saw them live in Rotterdam....great funny gig

[@wagnercosta9105]

@@tettjenewhome7727 cool ... and what year it was, I don't know if this band is still active.

[@Ferociousweasel]

LOTERALLY

[@pern1044]

In 1987, I read a review in Spin Magazine of the album, "A Monument Of Trust" that The Cure released the album as The Essence. For years, I believed this as others did too, I would imagine. A year later I figure it was a lie printed by Spin. They weren't the Cure but it was a cool possibility. Now, after that lie by Spin The Glove was Robert Smith (The Cure) and Steven Severin (Siouxsie and the Banshees). A Cure and Essence fan since 1984! :) If your a fan, you must have Fools Dance (Simon Gallup ex-Cure) and Presence - Inside (Lol Tolhurst ex Cure). Great albums. Love them to this day. And most important, ALL the Essence releases. After all this years The Essence are also a unique band as the Cure is. Though the sounds like the Cure they really don't. The Essence is the Essence. :) IMHO.

[@kesavamadhavadas2089]

I agree with you on100%. They might have similar sound but unique on their own . They are both great bands!

[@kesavamadhavadas2089]

There is nothing wrong with bands that have a similar sound. As long as their music hits you in the heart, who cares. The Essence is a very special band to my soul.

[@artfulseoul]

That brings back memories... feeling 20 yo now... and Walkman is on .. also remember some newbie to explain who the cure are as I said these sound like them .. yeah .. thanks to my ex to intro me to the essence and the days in Berlin back in the days as well as the brave journeys as well as the mixtapes made

[@adreamworld]

absolutely wonderful.....souvenirs souvenirs...i wish i could go back 30 years ago

[@josemauriciomanchegorodrig9967]

Excelente super Lujo gracias 😊😊👌👍👍👍 Rock and Roll High School ll ZONA VIP A-1... La Élite saludos cordiales AQP-PERU Arequipa-Peru Sudamérica felicidades...

[@maxmooney]

How have I never seen this video?? Thank you so much for posting. I have two Essence albums and love them both.

[@donshamblin55]

I love to stumble upon something that I've never seen from a band that I like!

[@WilianSamuel]

Comparações com o The Cure são inevitáveis, o que não tira de forma alguma a grandiosidade deles e dessa música maravilhosa!

[@pedrocaldart6108]

verdade

[@ricardokool1]

just perfect🖤

[@akoznasovajusername]

Such a beautiful song...

[@SJHR2]

Τι κομματαρα είναι αυτή !!!!;;;;!!!!

[@MrXato34]

Great song!! this song make me a good memory and travel to the past.

[@alexandrossakkas8969]

Στην λευκη με αγαπη αλεξανδρος 1991 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@EndingSummerwithRalph]

Extreme close up!

[@MsrFenix78]

Sin palabras

[@GothicSillyBat]

"We have The Cure at home!" The Cure at home:

[@linavalenciana]

Wow! Cuánto tiempo! 😍

[@butterflylondres1412]

never heard of this band before sounds like the cure & this guy was hot wish guys now days would still look like this lol

[@marceloc.7789]

Brillant!

[@phantom_troubadour]

Curecore

[@Milkinsban]

Et vice et versa...

[@cpablo2670]

Luv this band...

[@jeritzamaguina244]

La canción y el vocalista maaaas buenos

[@sofiasandoval1897]

Deberías escuchar a the cure

[@innerdavid]

Awesome! I did not know there was a video.

[@davecarter]

Excellent!!!

[@abelhenrychamorrovargas5419]

Que buen tema

[@jemgal2407]

De los mejores temas de los 80,A pesar de copiar el estilo Cure ,compusieron varios temazos.

[@ferrz4005]

TEMAZO!!! Cuantos recuerdos...

[@josemartin973]

Temazo si señor. Y la versión en español es buenísima

[@amandinehumetz3306]

que de souvenirs.....

[@rafaperez9571]

rafael perez que viejos recuerdos...

[@kittied4482]

So dreamy he is

[@ombrablack66]

🖤🕸🖤🕸🖤🕸🖤🕸🖤

[@Lynka666]

hansito diener tan hermoso 💖

[@hannsstowdelavegaolivera8232]

Good...

[@enriquecelestinohourcade115]

Super ok

[@virginiacastano5354]

Es una de las Unicas

[@juanjosemontanacrespo7327]

Que recuerdos xd

[@NE0TIMELESS]

Listening in 2021 :)

[@EvezBeadz]

Robert Smith's Brother!!!

[@tonyrobles2696]

❤️💥

[@moisesmercadocucho1177]

I like...

[@victorpegala2698]

Vus en live en novembre 88 a l’Élysée Montmartre avec sad lovers and giants en première partie et poésie noire La Belle Époque

[@sofiasandoval1897]

The cure miniatura 😯😀😃

[@cameronrichter3449]

Somebody sure wants to sound like Robert Smith.

[@burningskiesofelysium7778]

Cameron Richter ur mom

[@mcmp2620]

Good election

[@woleysmoley3007]

Cameron Richter sometimes ppl just sound alike. don’t discredit his talent.

[@adrianvargas461]

Al chile

[@brayanasto817]

The cure y echo y the bunymen...

[@robertoriva2758]

Io lo accosterei più a Robert Smith dei Cure! 🖤

[@aswinsa7281]

Olaf Willemse on the drums!

[@alejandrorodriguez2662]

Tengo este vinilo y lo vendo 😉

[@Boudosaved]

This guy sounds so much like Robert Smith of The Cure.

[@swingtheheartache6618]

i can‘t believe that i‘m not sering robert smith‘s face in this video

[@ComradeLavender]

He looks like a combo of Nicolas Hoult and Robert Smith.

[@shovel20]

Somebody is waiting for the teletubbies sun to rise

[@BrianScottHarris]

Do ya suppose they were influenced by The Cure? ;)

[@farleyfuentebella6563]

Ok, so the lead singer Hans Diener sounds a lot like Robert Smith of The Cure. If only the guy also looks a bit like Ben Affleck, the hollywood actor who also looks like the young Robert Smith. Actually, you can even say they are a mellower version of The Cure but doesn't seem to have the guts to pull-off songs as good as The Cure's best hits like Friday I'm In Love, Just Like Heaven or In Between Days. That said however, I still like The Essence's better songs to The Cure's mellower side tracks. If you know the jangle pop/post punk band Riverside, these are the kind of songs that band has. That band simply just lost out to bands like The Stone Roses and The House of Love coming in at the last stages of the popularity of the post-punk era. But I do miss that era of music a lot. So listening to The Essence today makes me feel like having a fresh lookback at that era and it does feel like they are The Cure and to the uninitiated they could be mistaken for The Cure.

[@franciscosantos9874]

No es el tema de The Essence, pese a su buena acogida del publico, que mas me gusta, pero es un buen tema, sin más para mi gusto. Y repito, el vocalista no tiene la culpa de que su voz tenga un acusado parecido con la de Robert Smith. Es que no sé muy bien lo que se quiere dar a entender con eso, me gusta mas The Cure pero The Essence, para mi es un buen grupo.

[@josemartin973]

Un buenísimo grupo que no fue tan nombrado, este tema te da una idea.

[@franciscosantos9874]

@@josemartin973 Exactamente.

[@xulete007]

la gente cuando no conoce más música de la que ponen en la radio compara, pero este grupo siempre ha sido genuino, y para mi gusto mejor que los the cure, más melodioso-rítmico y synth, the cure han sido pop y ya está

[@franciscosantos9874]

@@xulete007 No, eso tampoco es así. ¿Cómo que pop y ya está?, Entonces "Torture, Fight, The Kiss", etc, etc, ¿son temas pop?. Por poner un breve ejemplo. No.

[@NightcoreLeif]

@@franciscosantos9874 Ami me gusta the cure pero the essence El tema es como eso raros por ESO me gusta que the cure escucha sus Album Glow,A monument of trust & nothing last forever esos album Siempre los escucho que malo que no tiene muchos fan Este grupo Pari yo los pongo de unos de mi mejores 10 grupos porque ya no see cuentra asi & ni tiene ni 1 million de jente que Los Mira ESO es lo triste muchos nosaven the Este crupo & la neta se estan perdiendo lo que es Buenno

[@santibyron]

ho il vinile...

[@vedmedijatko]

Windows wallpaper 😊

[@renatosantosjunior6802]

The cure??????

[@salvatorevitale2636]

the cousin of Cure!!!

[@a.b.6972]

Voice so alike to Alphavil

[@sluglife9785]

Ahh yes, Robert Smith's experiment Dutch period.

[@pdv698]

The Cure is definitely inspired by The Essence.

[@relaxedman7595]

🤣

[@yvansanchez3881]

Nada originales pero buenisimos

[@Elethutmo]

Robert with blonde hair

[@kevindebrabander2218]

where are you???

[@marinadelosriscos7178]

Ni me voy a ahogar ni voy a desaparecer.. bueno si desaparece solo paza ti.. y no creo q te gustara compartir mis sueños.. últimamente no son nada agradables.. y no no sueño contigo.. vente a contarle el rollo a otra anda guapo.. 💋💋💋💋

[@KAlice]

where can i download their discos

[@hypnaslaurent3003]

uploaded.net/f/xk9qvx

[@KAlice]

hypnas laurent i have those ones, no new albums? ty

[@hypnaslaurent3003]

No, sorry.

[@user-hl1uc5ql3s]

Я подумал это Юрий Каспарян

[@ludev1975]

the cure?

[@johnstrong3029]

It's a bit like a young Val Kilmer doing a Robert Smith impression. Great music though.

[@richardghibu6838]

The Cure Cover??

[@Elliotkelly00]

Robert Smith wHO?

[@Alvesxis]

Robert Smiths ?????? kkkkkkkk

[@acquazzur]

For being The Cure, there was The Cure already... except for the fact that The real Cure had something that couln't be imitated: the genious and the special energy, which The Essence lack

[@mistymangham4410]

Robert Smith does have more emotions while performing.... plus has way more charisma. JMO, but I do like some songs by The Essence, but they are not The Cure.

[@shovel20]

teletubbies

[@mbaraldao]

Good copy of the cure.

[@petunico]

the cure sin talento

[@artoffact1254]

All the pieces are in place, but the bass line is wrong.

[@Gaby-kc9vi]

¿y?

[@xulete007]

I hate people who don't know more music than sounds a lot on the radio and compare, but this band has always been genuine, and for my taste better than the cure, more melodious-rhythmic and synth, the cure have been only pop with an unusual look, that's all

[@katrinapure9986]

Not true. You clearly haven’t heard more deep, atmospheric and emotional cure songs then.

[@reddays8448]

@@katrinapure9986 that guy should listen to Pornography faith disintegration Even some the top or even sinking