Synthpop

Elephant Face · Post by **Elephant Face** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:29 pm

Would Midnight Star fall into this category?

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:38 pm

i like the old stuff

but i don't hate the new stuff either

JosephG · Post by **JosephG** » Sun May 01, 2011 1:24 am

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West End Girls.

I await the shitstorm.

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Sun May 01, 2011 2:32 am

JosephG wrote:...
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West End Girls.

I await the shitstorm.

Fantastic and beautiful. I love that song. One of my favorite PSB songs ever.

Geodesic · Post by **Geodesic** » Sun May 01, 2011 3:04 am

polar sky wrote:
JosephG wrote:...
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West End Girls.

I await the shitstorm.
Fantastic and beautiful. I love that song. One of my favorite PSB songs ever.

...IoI

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Sun May 01, 2011 3:20 am

OMD is the bomb. Undeniably good!

Good tracks:
Tesla Girls
Secret
Georgia
New Stone Age
Stanlow
Firegun
Green

And countless others.

JosephG · Post by **JosephG** » Sun May 01, 2011 3:21 am

polar sky wrote:

Fantastic and beautiful. I love that song. One of my favorite PSB songs ever.

It's really wonderful!

JosephG · Post by **JosephG** » Sun May 01, 2011 3:22 am

Geodesic wrote:

...IoI

This is so funnnnny omg hahahahha. Excellent parody perfect perfect hahahaha

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Sun May 01, 2011 9:21 am

Oh, "Promise" is another good OMD song. "Stay" is good too.

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Sat May 14, 2011 5:36 pm

Depeche Mode just posted an ace remix of Personal Jesus

Xurbatronic · Post by **Xurbatronic** » Sun May 15, 2011 12:09 pm

Just listening to Fad Gadget.
My favourite synthpop is (in no particular order):

New Order
He Said
Depeche Mode
Wolfsheim
Heaven 17
Human League
The Presets ('Girl By The Sea' especially)
Gary Numan
John Foxx
Assemblage 23 (mainly the track 'Horizons' which is sublime)
Devo
Yello
Kraftwerk
Komputer (especially 'Valentina')
Pet Shop Boys
OMD
The Good Natured (Your Body Is A Machine)
Kraftwerk Orange (Pieface Records, I find Electro-boy very moving)
Casio Bastard (OK, so I made that one up)

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Sun May 15, 2011 9:09 pm

Seeya_Later wrote:Depeche Mode just posted an ace remix of Personal Jesus

Ace indeed. Really nice synth work.

dp · Post by dp » Mon May 16, 2011 12:34 am

Pretty Hate Machine is one of the best synthpop albums of all time.

machinea · Post by **machinea** » Mon May 16, 2011 1:27 am

Xurbatronic wrote:Just listening to Fad Gadget.
My favourite synthpop is (in no particular order):

New Order
He Said
Depeche Mode
Wolfsheim
Heaven 17
Human League
The Presets ('Girl By The Sea' especially)
Gary Numan
John Foxx
Assemblage 23 (mainly the track 'Horizons' which is sublime)
Devo
Yello
Kraftwerk
Komputer (especially 'Valentina')
Pet Shop Boys
OMD
The Good Natured (Your Body Is A Machine)
Kraftwerk Orange (Pieface Records, I find Electro-boy very moving)
Casio Bastard (OK, so I made that one up)

Wow we have similar taste. I have He Said on CD I guess the first album is very hard to come by these days. And I love the Presets Girl in the Sea that was the best song of that year for me.

Recently I just discovered Chad Valley and Penguin Prison.. Oh wow both of these are just fantastically upbeat synth drenched wonders.

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:26 am

Almost every track on Violator has a different bit at the end, like a short instrumental. I love it.

dp · Post by dp » Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:55 am

Right around the tine of it's release, I got Violator on cassette for my 10th birthday. I wore that tape out. I don't think I listened to anything else for the rest of the year. I still love that album 20 years later. It's a timeless classic.

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:45 am

It's definitely a great release, probably their most popular. I don't think I've even heard a DM track that I dislike. Ultra and Exiter are my least favorites. Black Celebration and Music for the Masses are my favorites.

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:59 am

I just listened to Alan Wilder's remix of "In Chains". It was awesome. Even if he never returns to DM he should at least produce their next album.

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:50 pm

Geodesic wrote:
polar sky wrote:
JosephG wrote:...
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West End Girls.

I await the shitstorm.
Fantastic and beautiful. I love that song. One of my favorite PSB songs ever.

...IoI

Eh... I really can not stand Flight of the Conchords.

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:52 pm

dp wrote:Pretty Hate Machine is one of the best synthpop albums of all time.

I would say that is more early Industrial than SynthPop... But still a great album (IMO).

You ever seen Trent before NIN? It's pretty awful...

1985
(fast forward to 1:01)

Here he is in Slam Bamboo, hahahahaha