Music Banter - What Sucks About This Genre: Synthpop Edition

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I also like some Pet Shop Boys and OMD.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1978143)

The **** is wrong with cold wave? That's the coolest ****.

Honestly, I probably don't even know what that is. I just threw out the name. Got an example?

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1978081)

So how about you ****ing tell us what it was?
Goddammit.

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 1978094)

My 2016 thread is right there in my signature tho. Goddammit.

Says the guy who never took my recommendations after I painstakingly listed them out. ;)

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1978185)

According to that your fav was some ****ty metal ****. Goddammit.

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 1978186)

Goddammit I typo'd twice. It was the 2016 thread in my sig.

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1978188)

And now you know why it's easier to just ****ing straight out say what you're talking about.
Thanks, though, I'll check it out.

Classic troll. :D

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1978261)

Honestly, I probably don't even know what that is. I just threw out the name. Got an example?

I'm still a pleb and I'm not even sure what separates cold wave, dark wave, minimal wave, and whatever wave but...

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Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1978055)

I'm sure theirs some synth pop in my repertoire, but nothing comes to mind.

Pass on this one it really, really sucks.

You will come around.

Synth pop is pretty foundational for me since I grew up liking stuff like the Art of Noise, Depeche Mode, Devo, and all those 80s synthpop one or two hit wonders. Likewise I loved the whole early 00s electroclash thing and a lot of the people keeping synthpop alive since. If there’s one criticism I have of the genre, it’s probably the fact that the artists seem to have trouble sustaining the quality for the length of an entire album and are better enjoyed on a song by song basis.