There will never be a decade like the 80's again. A very glorious time.

Pleasure Victim has to be one of the best New Wave albums of all time.

A seriously underrated song from the 80s and sometimes I wonder if it isn't seriously underrated by Berlin fans. Beautiful tune.

@wendideleoncampbell4174

2 жыл бұрын

Yep 👍

@chuckeecheeze4649

2 жыл бұрын

It's in her/their top 3 songs for sure. Still today when Terri does shows, she always leads off with this song. Like War Pigs for Sabbath and like Thunderstruck for ACDC, definitely not underrated by any means. It's in my top 2 favorite Berlin songs for sure (No More Words).

@lancesmith4747

2 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite Berlin song. This fan doesn’t underrate this one!

@AlejandroPuenteMX

2 жыл бұрын

This is in fact my favorite song from them.

@pudster4115

2 жыл бұрын

not by myself

Berlin should be remembered for more songs than just Take My Breath Away.

@herchelleonwood7463

22 күн бұрын

for sure,,as a giant Berlin fan that wore out my vinyl '' Pleasure Victim '' LP, i'm super glad that Berlin had A #1 hit with take my breath away,, otherwise we don't speak of that song, or movie.

I recently worked security backstage at one of their concerts and got to meet Terri Nunn. She is by far the nicest celebrity I've ever met. Very gracious and nice to talk to. She was one of my celebrity crushes in the 80's and couldn't believe I was actually talking to her. At 62 years old she still looks amazing and her voice is as good as ever. Truly a class act.

@Lexusdude59

Ай бұрын

Agreed. She is one of the most genuine people on the concert scene. Still got the pipes. A must see.

I remember staying up all night watching/listening to Night Tracs on TBS in 1983. This song was one of my favorites!!!! Still can not get enough of this song!! Love it!

@willfromyadkinville

10 ай бұрын

BINGO!

@theonlyonestanding8079

5 ай бұрын

They played this song in that 80s movie Perfect with John Travolta

Am I the only guy who thinks 80's music was incredibly sophisticated?

@trustinjesus1119

8 жыл бұрын

+Tiki Tavi you're right, technology was really hitting it's stride.

@TheProbationofc

8 жыл бұрын

+Tiki Tavi You and 100,000 other people. I Can listen to Berlin all day,..but now they show up on my Sirius radio daily...:-)

@Ale-hy6hn

8 жыл бұрын

+Johnny Cade . No protools

@jeff.s.7160

7 жыл бұрын

Depended on the Band. Talking Heads, Berlin, Men at Work, etc yes. Devo, The Go Gos, not so much. The best thing at the time for me music wise was Martha Qinn. I did not know anyone that did not have a crush on her.

@blueburro9226

7 жыл бұрын

Gary Numan, Cabaret Voltaire, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Cure, Missing Persons, Love and Rockets, Lords of the New Church, Revolting Cocks - Suffice to say, 80's New Wave is awesome!

I always thought Berlin was sorely underrated. Great band, great sound, great voice!

@billc307

3 жыл бұрын

Amen to that.

@chrissyhammond9089

3 жыл бұрын

I ALWAYS did as well my friend!!!👍🎵🎶🎤💕💓

@glenevansburns1128

2 жыл бұрын

I did too until take my breath away

@ogam5

2 жыл бұрын

.....PHENOMENAL musicians - check out a spinoff group called The Big F, Alan - you won't BELIEVE your ears.....

@JoeHVR

4 ай бұрын

@@glenevansburns1128that wasn’t their song. They were asked to try it for Top Gun because the producers hated the other versions.. Berlin slayed it considering it wasn’t written by them.

I was born in 1967 and worked in the record stores in the 80s and 90s. I was ADDICTED to MTV when I was a teenager. I could tell you the shifts of the VJ's and when I started to work in the record stores, I knew the goddamn record labels for the acts (because MTV would list them). I can say with certainty that if I had to pick ONE band/person/act that sums up the 80s musically, would unequivocally be Berlin. They had the sound, the look and the sleek, understated cool no one else had.

@BigSkippy1263

5 жыл бұрын

And Berlin had a smoking hot lead singer which didn't hurt, either.

@BigSkippy1263

5 жыл бұрын

And Berlin had a smoking hot lead singer which didn't hurt, either.

@Gerkinstock

5 жыл бұрын

Nina Blackwood, the witchy gypsy weirdo who never wore shoes, was always on at 2AM while the rest were on during the morning, afternoon, evening, and early night shifts.

@jeff.s.7160

5 жыл бұрын

Martha Quinn

@aflyer

3 жыл бұрын

I worked in a record store as well in California in the early 80s and I used read the liner notes of all the albums and learn so much about the bands and who was playing on each other's albums. I loved those days because the music was clever with new sounds and expressively created. Lyrics meant something.

Terri Nunn. A tremendous combination of a great voice and incredible beauty. What s woman.

This song encapsulated the new wave movement...Im soooo glad to be apart of it.

My favourite Berlin song! Love everything about this song, the beat, vocal, synth, bass, guitar.......... One of the great 80's songs!

@talgriffin7746

5 жыл бұрын

all of it

@infinityotto

4 жыл бұрын

To this day, Berlin's PLEASURE VICTIM is still one of my favorite albums from the early 80s. That "euro sound" throughout the album is what did it for me. A simply amazing album! :)

@qtig9490

3 жыл бұрын

Iconic. Remember when we would race home from High School and click on MTV to see the new videos. Little did we know life was simple then :)

Ohhhh the memories!!! Still love this, always will. Probably their best song, along with “The Metro”. Thanks! 💖

Best Berlin song ever

Terri is a rock legend right up there with all the best, period. Same with Dale Bozzio.

@josephsmall4270

8 жыл бұрын

***** Both are great.

@TakeMeBackTo1986

8 жыл бұрын

+Corey Andrew we have to add Martha Davis of The Motels TO THE LIST! Xd

@josephsmall4270

8 жыл бұрын

DR. HOUSE M.D. I agree. Martha Davis was great,and put a lot of emotion in her voice.

@blueburro9226

7 жыл бұрын

Spring Session M (1983)

@steveaustin7306

4 жыл бұрын

Word

The lyrics to this song are actually quite sad. They pay tribute to all of the people who tried and never made it in the entertainment industry. "They reached for tomorrow, but tomorrow never came."

@koopatroopa187

7 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool. I always thought this song was about misspent youth and faking it as an adult. Makes a bit more sense when you apply the lyrics to the entertainment industry though.

@melcrose

3 жыл бұрын

Unless it doesn't mean that at all.

@Rep0007

3 жыл бұрын

Not just in entertainment. Most people, most lives, across the board... period. It's the human condition to reach for tomorrow... but often it just doesn't come. Oh well, at least we can all listen to great classic 80s New Wave!

@troyraiven9365

2 жыл бұрын

@@melcrose It's absolutely about that, they explained in an interview a long time ago. The lyrics are references to the audition process in the industry (the masquerade). What is acting if not a masquerade? "Past eight by tens in shattered frames" is a direct reference to headshots and the frames are shattered because they symbolize the failed actor's dreams.

Back in 1980 I interviewed at a large retail store called May Company in Westminster California for a position as a loss prevention agent (store detective). The guy who interviewed me asked me what I wanted to do eventually as a career. At the time I wanted to be a cop. I assumed he wanted to be one too. When I asked him what he wanted to be he said, "I want to be a rock star." His name was Ric Olsen. He went on to play guitar for Berlin. His wish came true.

One of the earliest videos I remember on mtv.....great song and video

A hidden gem in the annals of rock.....

I saw a Solid Gold episode on You Tube with their performance of this song. I remember seeing it back in the day. I never saw the video growing up since we didn’t have cable.

80's Top Bands Rocked! You're not alone!

Discovered them in LA in 1982. Just a great band. Career was too short.

This is my favorite song by Berlin, this and metro !!!!

Berlin was great in the 80's. The best decade.

Berlin was the soundtrack of my youth. Seen them live in '82 and its a memory I'll never forget.

@lbcog1

3 жыл бұрын

Which venue?

This song is greatly played sublimely written and brilliantly mixed. It's such an under gem.

Just had to listen to this tonight, miss the 80's so much. Berlin is such a fabulous band.

She was 18 when she did the matter of time video in 1979. By the time 1983 came around, she was a star. What an awesome woman

@brando7266

10 ай бұрын

She should have had a bigger career, be in the hof,

@mikemiller7227

10 ай бұрын

She's my age

I saw them three times. Never disappointed in their performance. This song alone is my favorite new wave songs from the 80's. I remember getting PLEASURE VICTIM in cassette when I was in the Navy when it first came out. Loved it then and still love it now.

Excellent tune!!! Racked up the 3rd highest score on "Gorf" at the arcade in '82, while this was playing over the sound system......great times:)

@johnboy1828

8 жыл бұрын

LOL, been there dude! We all have our mountains that we climbed!............but there's always more...........

@Zzyyxxyyxx

7 жыл бұрын

Making it to Space General in Gorf to the tune of this. If that doesn't define 80's then I don't know what does.

@johnboy1828

7 жыл бұрын

Cool! believe it or not I just saw Berlin and Terri Nunn this past Tuesday night. She still looks and sounds great!!! Check them out on tour if you can:)

@trevorthompson7909

7 жыл бұрын

John Franks , I saw Berlin 4 times in the 80's, when Berlin was still Berlin_-------------------Berlin without John and David and Ric is not Berlin, sorry

@johnboy1828

7 жыл бұрын

I hear you, I know the old saying is "you can never go home"....but I saw Terri on a TV special and I thought she said that her and John were back together writing some new material and to stay tuned!!! We'll see :)

Their sound here in this video is so perfect. I remember hearing this song for the first time cranking my Alpine stereo in my Audi 5000 coming down from Brighton ski resort in Utah on a foggy night with snow covering everything and a slight buzz from drink and altitude. Junior in HS and it was a weeknight with almost nobody on the road so it was mostly my headlights creating a cone of white with big flakes breaking through and vanishing the moment they hit my heated windshield. KCPX was playing the whole album, Metro had just ended and then came this. An utterly magical moment. Such an iconic early 80s sound, when you heard it you knew music was changing forever.

@sonofizzy

7 ай бұрын

Hope you were with a special lady in the car to share it with you.

One of my all time favorite Berlin songs. Just a perfect song, with an eerie lyric in "When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade..". Not quite sure why but that lyric always struck me as ominous...

@WebShaman01

Жыл бұрын

Because it is. It literally is a dual meaning. First, that which they really are paid, but also, the price they pay...when the dream does not bear fruit. Of course, everyone only has their eyes on the former, and so...the masquerade goes on.

@brianmallen8887

Жыл бұрын

What a writer, what a poem. Yeah it's erie. And the masquerade is forever. What a band! Teri Nunn is the Pat Benatar of new wave. She can wail. The synths work so well with Berlin, just like Duran Duran. Godamn!: "I'm A..." , "Riding On The Metro,"" Masquerade, "" Take My Breath Away. " I always liked the Euro edge that Berlin had. ...In fact, riding on the "metros," and bullet trains in Europe was everything that Berlin promised!

Thank you Andrew Buck, you are right. Music today doesn't have "IT". Thank god we can enjoy the past so easily with KZread.

The painted faces on the street Caricatures of long ago Oh they were young and oh so sweet Down beyond the boulevard Knock on doors and empty halls And still sometimes remember The masquerade's forever When you see the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade The reeling figures pass on by Like ghosts in some forgotten play Beneath the black and empty sky Music plays and figures dance With partners chosen by chance And still some times remember The masquerade's forever They reached for tomorrow But tomorrows, more of the same So they reached for tomorrow But tomorrow never came When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade One by one and two by two Past eight by tens in shattered frames The players try to leave the room Frantic puppets on a string And all the while the music sings And still sometimes remember The masquerade's forever

@Winona493

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! 😘

Terri Nunn really belted this song out. Amazing!!

@alexwells5974

8 жыл бұрын

It's her personal favorite of the band's songs

Saw them in 1987. Such a precious memory.

Love Berlin !!! One of the 80's best.....

This song.. heard it yesterday and I forgot how much I loved it when I was younger. Definitely was a lost song. Should have been more rated than it was.

I wasn't really big into the new wave but Berlin did for me... I LOVED THEM

I was in 3 grade when I heard this song my dad gave me his old impe3 player with tons of 80s music I know every word to them including this song I shocked my mom wen I knew all the words to this song I still do I am 21 now still love it

I dreamnt this song last night, I was 18yrs old again, on Melrose Ave at Aron's Records, 1983 I think it was by some stuff in the dream, this was playing while looking at ALBUMS, joking, dancing with friends...damn. Almost cried when I woke up and it was just a dream.

@pumasgoya

Ай бұрын

I shopped there all the time. 👍

@horizonchaser6030

26 күн бұрын

@@pumasgoya Cool, I mentioned Aron Records Specifically wondering if someone in the World would know of it. I passed by the original Location on Melrose (shoe store) today, I know it moved to Highland for Many more years eventually closing. I swear often times i feel like a stranger in my Own Town.

She always did have a fantastic voice.

New Wave at its best!!

I remember watching Berlin perform this on Solid Gold when I was like 7 years old and thinking they were soooooo cool!! Still awesome even now.

One of the most important songs of my life! I LOVE berlin! ALL the original members! Thank you!!!!!!!

This Masquerade is FOREVER!

I saw Terry Nunn back in the early 2000. Excellent group

All I can say is that live, she puts on one helluva show. She really gives you her best.

Happy Birthday Terri Nunn and thank you for enriching our lives for so many years with your music and Berlin!

I bought this album at the time on vinyl. It was a breakthrough then and still holds up today!!

30 years still loving it!!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Masquerade is, always was, and always will be my favorite Berlin song! I remember taping it off of Detroit radio in 1983. The video however...wow is it bad. I can see now why I never once saw it on MTV (while the much better video for The Metro was in heavy rotation). In fact until today I didn't even know there WAS a video for this song. Maybe if I had seen it back then, I would get some sentimental enjoyment out of the video, but man is it awful! Oh well, I'll always have the song!

Love this song. It's really deep if you get it.

Que bonita años de no escucharla very nice Long years no listen tanks

Pleasure Victim and Love Life my favorite one two punch of albums.

@wallysmith9162

10 жыл бұрын

Somebody ripped off my copy of PLEASURE VICTIM. It's a damn good album.

Berlin, Scandal, Missing Persons, Kim Wilde, Animotion, Human League were some of my favorite female Synthpop artists......

@pumasgoya

Ай бұрын

Never call it synth pop, and animotion suck.

I worshiped Terri Nunn as a teen in the 80's. Goddess.

Berlin Rocks !! They were Awesome.... Miss those 80's.......

My favorite Berlin song!! 💯👏❤️👍

never knew there was a video for this..my favorite Berlin song ever..nice!

I love the heavy metal tone the guitar player gets with those sparsely laced power chords. it meshes well with the synthpop sound.

My favorite song by this legendary band..

ANOTHER TIMELESS CLASSIC!! 80"S MUSIC RULES!! the dj

My favorite Berlin song, great song

I miss the 80's!!! Videos like this get me so nostalgic. This was when MTV really _was_ the music television channel. Love the song, too.

Marvelous song, band, singer and time.

Released as a single in the US in September 1983.

Great music back in the 80s 90s love your voice it really takes me back good memories.

Love this song.

YEA IT COULD, I LOVED THIS BAND BACK IN THE DAY SAW THEM WITH RATT BERLIN HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS AND THE CARS. WOW THAT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF LINE UP. AH THOSE 80;S POP ROCK BANDS GOD LOVE EM

I saw Berlin at Mountain Aire Festival '84 in Calaveras County, California. The lineup was The Cars, Berlin, Huey Lewis & the News, REM and Ratt (no idea why Ratt was booked into that mix). It was an epic day. I was 17.

@beeragainsthumanity1420

2 жыл бұрын

I once saw the Ramones open for Foreigner...'78. It was a complete shit show for the Ramones...almost everyone hated them. I'll bet none of those folks would admit today that they booed and threw garbage on the stage.

I still listen to Berlin in 2023

I had this cassette soooooooooooooo many years ago. Played it until it started to "squeek" when I played it. So I bought another copy and wore that one out too. Such good times when MTV played VIDEOS we wanted to watch.

Berlin is super bad ass ! Amazing spiritual and magically incredible! LOVE BERLIN!!

Great song, great band !!

I`ll love that song! one of the best songs from Berlin and for me personaly one of the best songs ever, it is in my top 10! Love Terri Nunn

One of the best albums ever! I never saw this video, thanks so much for sharing!

Same here, I still listen to this album alot but never knew this video existed!

This is a really great and unforgivable song. Still makes me nostalgic. This appeared in the O. S. T. of the film Perfect from 1985 featuring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis. I still remember when I saw this movie in a theatre here in México. Masquerade really kicks hard and bring back some of my long gone 80S memories. Thanks to you Daniel and Chris for doing such a great song. Part of the Original Sound Track of our lives!...

They toured NZ in 86 & I was there with my "Flock Of Seagulls" Mullet drooling over Terri (well I wish I was over her . . . .) ✌😄 But it was the Movie Top Gun that got me into Berlin & when I bought the "Love Life" Album I happen to come across their "Pleasure Victim" Album as well, man was I not disappointed with that Album but unbeknown to me was that they were kickin around in the mid to late 70's in the UK. Quite an Incredible Band that left their mark in the 80's!! Love you Terri 💗✌😄

This song ca me out when I was in high school brings back a lot of memories yes terri nunn looks a lot like Tracy Lord

@CarlosGuzman-vi9xw

4 жыл бұрын

80s porn ------unequivocally tbe most entertaining too

@xcryptoxbeast1757

4 жыл бұрын

Looks better

She was sooooo much hotter than Madonna

@StormyCilla

8 жыл бұрын

Yes- and on a completely different level!

@pessimystica

7 жыл бұрын

And a MUCH better singer too....... (y)

@tedro1962

7 жыл бұрын

Musings of a Blue Moonbeam EDGY.

@gabe97100

5 жыл бұрын

Yes she sure was says the old guy as he chokes back a tear remembering all the wasted time

@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry no comparison her and MADONNA are golden

Masquerade. Havnt heard in at least a day. Cant stop listening

Use to listen to berlin in my room at age 6 in 1983

@pumasgoya

Ай бұрын

Used

Great video...great song...luvitluvitluvitluvit!🥰🥰🥰🎤🎸🎹🎶🎶🎶🎧😍

Ultravox goes to Hollywood!!! great tune

30 years later and I still love this music !!! Terri Nunn is still hot.....

almost cried--first time I've heard this since high school. What a rush of memory.

I love this song, i love the album Pleasure Victim, i love Berlin, i love Terri Nunn The best in the 80`s, the best now....

People always think the music they listened to when they were 15 was the best music, and that everything since has been crap. The only difference is, the people who were listening to this when they were 15 WERE RIGHT. I wasn't one of them; I wasn't even born when Pleasure Victim came out.

@Donatello97

10 жыл бұрын

Early 80's(84' was the sweet spot imo) = Best era for music period. I felt that music went down the pooper during 90', with technotronic being the last great group at least in my eyes. Everything nowadays is so bland, dark and serious. i miss the larger than life, highly creative, magical and imaginitive sound, look and vibe of the 80's.

@pazuzu666ish

9 жыл бұрын

I was 11 when this was released, but still Berlin hold a place in my teens, despite my love for SLF, The Clash, he Damned, The Exploited, Abrasive Wheels, etc :) I took my first teenage gf to see Top Gun, Amanda, love her still to this day and wish her everything !!! she made "take my breath away" real for me, forever!!!

@glyph68

9 жыл бұрын

***** I couldn't agree more. The 80's were the most diverse, most exploratory generation in music. It was plastic and meant to be thrown away. And still it's around. Still being loved. It was pure. I miss that decade.

@christschool

9 жыл бұрын

Andrew, that's ok to feel that way. This music is as much as yours as it is mine. I was 16 when this song came out. I also was a fan of Led Zeppelin, which was several years before my teen years, yet I see that music as music of my youth as well.

@bem0920

9 жыл бұрын

Andrew Buck The music I listened to at 15 was crap. Limp Biskit, Gangsta rap. Pfft. Utter garbage

Was blown away at 13 when this album came out - still blown away, great music / great times . . .

Teri still performs under the name Berlin but she is the only original member. She actually performs alot you just need to find out where she'll be. She performs alot out in southern California. I've seen her with the new band and she's still amazing.

I was a fitness instructor at a gym putting myself thru college this was a staple of the music I played on my shift. I will always love it. Feel sorry for the kids of today listening to that crap they call pop music. 80's music, the good stuff, always distinct and a beast of its own making. So so much better then the crap from 2008 on. Yes there are exceptions but the majority of today's music is stale and without real creativity.

@kimjermyn5474

Жыл бұрын

And it all sounds sad and angry to me. Give me 70s-80s any time.

Why didn't this track get rotated on MTV? It's a total hit.

@alexwells5974

8 жыл бұрын

I think it did get shown, just not very much. In fact, I remember the "heat-sensitive photography" effect, because no other music video at the time had it.

@javajoelradio

4 жыл бұрын

It did get MTV play. As did "The Metro". Quite a bit actually!

@pamvarner8044

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t know about this song if it hadn’t been played on MTV. And many many others. Just had to be willing to buckle in and watch 24 hours a day.

BEST ALT ROCK OF THE 80'S !!! TERRIE NUNN A GODDESS !!!

Best New Wave band ever ! Saw them live and they were phenomenal.

That killer smile and wink at the end..... priceless! 😘

What a great song 🎵

Jamie Lee Curtis dances to this in 1985 PERFECT movie

@trustinjesus1119

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark Harrington That was one of those moments where movie and song really came together. I'm thinking of buying that movie on disc. I saw the last part of it on cable, but I'd kind of just like to own it.

@trustinjesus1119

8 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cade I agree with you 100%. Back in 2007 I was in jail sentenced to a year, did a bit more than 6 months, but they wouldn't let us exercise, we'd go a month without being let out in the yard. And then I couldn't even run, I had put on 40 lbs. from meals & commissary. Long story just a little bit longer, for 3 years after jail between 2007-8, until 2010 I just kept putting on weight. Then I began an exercise program and lost about 65 lbs. I became a gym rat doing mostly cardiovascular exercises. I was doing mini-marathons, burning up to 2700 calories in a 2 hr. 40 min. workouts. For me the movie is perfect because it's a romance and it's centered on aerobics. It didn't mean anything to me when I saw it in the 80's, but now it ROCKS! It's my life!!

@CarlosGuzman-vi9xw

4 жыл бұрын

@@trustinjesus1119 Congrats, Dude. Life imitates Art here. Hope you've kept it going....

@voltaire3412

4 жыл бұрын

It was a Mark Chapman remix, with a more guitar sound.

Been in love with Terri Nunn since 1983, still going strong!