Beep Boop a Doop - It's Synth Pop Week, Motherlover!

adidasss · 07-07-2010, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Bulldog

^ If you don't like this song I won't take you seriously as a human being

Good song, but I like Love action better:

Incidentally, did they ever produce anything remotely as good as Dare?

Lisnaholic · 01-26-2018, 05:04 AM

http://www.musicbanter.com/games-lis...litz-game.html brings us here this morning.

The "Week" threads, dedicated to a different genre each week, were one of MB's better institutions imo, though they were finally abandoned due to lack of member support.

Anyway, no reason why we shouldn't revisit one - after all, we have seven years of developments in synth pop to catch up on. What's happened since adidasss posted Human League in 2010 ?

Pet_Sounds · 01-26-2018, 05:34 AM

My only worthwhile contribution is to say the Eurythmics are fun.

rubber soul · 01-26-2018, 06:50 AM

Early Depeche Mode maybe? Simple Minds?

Oriphiel · 01-26-2018, 07:31 AM

I was literally just listening to Strawberry Switchblade, and then Discovery by ELO.

Trollheart · 01-26-2018, 07:33 AM

Ah there's plenty of good synthpop out there. Discovered these through my Albums of 2017 thread.

"Blood in your veins" by Massive Ego

a-ha are still masters of this art

"Oranges on Apple Trees" by a-ha

and then there's

"Beautiful Loser" by William Control

Psy-Fi · 01-26-2018, 08:17 AM

I've already posted this in some other threads recently but it fits in here, so...

Solid Space - Space Museum (1982)

Rather obscure, early 80's synth-pop with a low-budget, home demo sound. I'd guess it probably was actually recorded at home.

Not a bad track on the album.

rubber soul · 01-26-2018, 08:21 AM

Gary Numan and Tubeway Army were okay for a while. Numan had a huge hit with Cars in the US

Pet_Sounds · 01-26-2018, 08:28 AM

Oh, the Cars put out a few solid tunes.

Psy-Fi · 01-26-2018, 08:35 AM

^ I was just about to post something by Gary Numan. He's still making albums and touring to this day. I think his newer stuff is some of the best he's ever done.

One of his early hits re-worked live in 2014...

Gary Numan 'Are Friends Electric ' Basement Sessions

01-26-2018, 05:04 AM	#22 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	http://www.musicbanter.com/games-lis...litz-game.html brings us here this morning. The "Week" threads, dedicated to a different genre each week, were one of MB's better institutions imo, though they were finally abandoned due to lack of member support. Anyway, no reason why we shouldn't revisit one - after all, we have seven years of developments in synth pop to catch up on. What's happened since adidasss posted Human League in 2010 ? __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Ah there's plenty of good synthpop out there. Discovered these through my Albums of 2017 thread. "Blood in your veins" by Massive Ego a-ha are still masters of this art "Oranges on Apple Trees" by a-ha and then there's "Beautiful Loser" by William Control __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,489	Oh, the Cars put out a few solid tunes. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease