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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Topic: Synth-Pop BritanniaPosted: December 25 2019 at 14:14 |
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I could hardly let Christmas Day go by without a new blog, so here it is - SYNTH BRITANNIA - celebrating the electronic eighties when Synth-Pop swept like a New Wave across the British music scene. It's an MTV world of polyphonic synthesisers, digital drum machines, catchy dance beats, and the rise of the New Romantic movement, which was characterised by flamboyant, eccentric fashion and garish lipstick and mascara - and that was just the men.
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richardh
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Posted: December 27 2019 at 02:15 |
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It started off so well with OMD and Tubeway Army+ Gary Numans first solo album but then for me it got a bit boring. I never liked New Order that much and hated The Human League (even if the producer worked with ELP as he used to go on about in his interviews). That Tubeway Army album is still a classic though. I remember getting very excited when it was released late 1979. Probably the last time I had that feeling about any music.
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Posted: December 27 2019 at 08:18 |
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Ultravox is in my top 10 bands of all time, and no matter who sings lead vocals be it Foxx or Ure
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: December 27 2019 at 09:51 |
I remember seeing Gary Numan at the Leicester air show where he was flying his own vintage plane. My favourite song of his is "Cars". I've always been a big fan of The Human League but I feel the same way as you do about New Order.
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Posted: December 28 2019 at 01:57 |
yeah agreed , they were a great band. Also I forgot that this is my favourite track of the whole synth pop thing and has a lot of Midge Ure's involvement to thank for it. I play this a helluva lot! |
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Posted: December 28 2019 at 02:02 |
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^ annoyingly this is a remix and not the original 12 inch mix from the eighties but I struggled to find that one on YT
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: December 28 2019 at 03:33 |
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ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Souvenir Documentary - (Billed as the "Best Ever A Must See Music Documentary" on YouTube - although I wouldn't quite go that far.) It is essential viewing for any fans of OMD though.
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Posted: December 28 2019 at 05:34 |
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I'd probably nominate this one as my favourite song from that category: |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: December 28 2019 at 07:04 |
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Just to get the balance right in a Synth-Pop blog, I thought I'd add my favourite song by Depeche Mode.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 04 2022 at 09:00 |
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For those who say there's not enough musical variety on PA and want to turn it into an all-music site,
 this is my first Synth Britannia A-Z playlist. I'd like to have included Zeigeist at the bottom of the list too (seeing as it's the only Synth-Pop band I know of beginning with the letter "Z") - until I discovered they're actually Swedish. Anyway, here's the list, only now it's a question of finding the time to feature all of these artists (with their carefully coiffed perms) amongst the vast pantheon of prog. but When in Rome, as they say. ABC The Blue Nile (suggested by Steve Wyzard - in place of Blancmange) China Crisis Depeche Mode Eurythmics Flock of Seagulls Goldfrapp The Human League The Icicle Works Jon & Vangelis Kissing the Pink Landscape Mirrors Gary Numan (and Tubeway Army) Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark Pet Shop Boys The Quick Re-Flex Soft Cell Talk Talk (obviously!) Ultravox Visage When in Rome Yazoo
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Posted: August 04 2022 at 12:50 |
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Any room for Scotland's finest: THE BLUE NILE???
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: May 04 2024 at 02:27 |
Hats off for a great suggestion! The Blue Nile are coming up here later, but choosing the first Synth-Pop artist to feature here today is as simple as ABC.
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Posted: May 04 2024 at 03:15 |
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Can I add 'New Musik' to the list?
'Anywhere' is one of my favourite albums. Synth pop heaven!
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Posted: May 04 2024 at 03:25 |
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^ Yes, definitely! I'd completely forgotten about New Musik. You can add old music to the list too if you like.
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Posted: May 04 2024 at 05:24 |
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^ I still have that single.
 They did three albums in total, but 'Anywhere' is their best in my opinion.
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Posted: May 04 2024 at 06:23 |
Living by Numbers is the only New Musik song I remember, although I only "remembered" it after you reminded me.
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Posted: May 04 2024 at 08:53 |
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A-Z of Synth-Pop Britannia Artists
ABC; John Adams; Alpinestars; Altered Images; Arcadia; Art of Noise; Neil Arthur; The Associates B-Movie; B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation); Andy Bell; Blancmange; The Blue Nile; Boom Boom Room; Boys Don't Cry; Bronski Beat; The Buggles Cabaret Voltaire; Candyland; CaVa CaVa; China Crisis; Chris & Cosey; Chvrches; Cicero; Vince Clarke; Classix Nouveau; The Communards; The Cure Dalek I Love You; Darkstar; Dead or Alive; Depeche Mode; The Devils; Thomas Dolby; Dolphin Brothers; Dramatis; The Dream Academy; Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy; Duran Duran Eighth Wonder; Eno; Erasure; Eurythmics Fad Gadget; The Farmer's Boys; Fashion; Fatal Charm; Fiat Lux; Fiction Factory; Flock of Seagulls; John Foxx; Frankie Goes to Hollywood; Frazier Chorus; Freur Dave Gahan; Gardening by Moonlight; Peter Godwin; Goldfrapp; Martin Gore Paul Haig; Toni Halliday; Paul Hardcastle; Heartbeat; Heaven 17; Rupert Hine; Hollywood Beyond; Hot Chip; The Human League; Hurts I Blame Coco; The Icicle Works Philip Jap; Japan; Jon & Vangelis; Howard Jones Kajagoogoo; Nik Kershaw; King; Kissing the Pink La Roux; Labyrinth Ear; Ladytron; Landscape; Linea Aspera; The Lotus Eaters; The Lover Speaks M; Maps; Marilyn; Marnie; Mirrors; Mobiles; The Mood; Pauline Murray Naked Eyes; Bill Nelson's Red Noise; New Musik; New Order; Nancy Nova; Gary Numan (& Tubeway Army) Philip Oakey & Georgio Moroder; Onetwo; Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; The Other Two Pet Shop Boys The Quick Radio Heart (featuring Gary Numan); Real Lies; Re-Flex; Rexy; Richard X Scarlet Fantastic; Scritti Politti; Section 25; Pete Shelley; Shriekback; Shura; Simple Minds; So; Soft Cell; Sal Solo; Belouis Some; Spandau Ballet; Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin; Strawberry Switchblade Talk Talk; Tears for Fears; Technique; Techno Twins; Thompson Twins; Tik & Tok; Toto Coelo; Louise Tucker Ultravox Vegas; Vicious Pink; Vitamin Z; Visage Wang Chung; When in Rome; Kim Wilde; Win; Pete Wylie Yazoo; Years & Years; Younger Younger 28's
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Posted: May 04 2024 at 15:31 |
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A-Z of Synth-Pop Britannia Artists
1982: ABC - The Lexicon of Love - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_njQ-vtLtdr8lCUJvijX4QrS6Rf48QgtwA 1983: ABC - Beauty Stab - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ncg-nDhyWWeryX7q6TkNx7BnoVTTjehPQ 1985: ABC - How to Be a Zillionaire - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lzO_89JNwhbMo9kea-8f9l_pPVCYN0ft8 1987: ABC - Alphabet City - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kr6AKI4GkBY6M65xdu1YQ99fmrHsgV9VQ 1991: ABC - Abracadabra - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mfHgJUINJ_LksxLfCfsovkqop-zBnUGzI 1997: ABC - Skyscraping - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nlzHNSZbY-KpVVXlCvOpfgz4FXiQUc-fE 2008: ABC - Traffic 2016: ABC - The Lexicon of Love II - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lx0Zvk9fYiNaRUxlPXYmW6EC5mHKHVmy8 1984: Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mss_PWXs479Ptb7a8KPZu0i0kHS5kJcfw 1986: Art of Noise - In Visible Silence - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2vEa0AXmuufF9RIgzxuZNrk6QxzRD57g 1986: Art of Noise - Daft - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n8wwKpzkkhkwNW4Va7AJC2wf7m2XtrN_o 1987: Art of Noise - In No Sense? Nonsense! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_liPUD-V9s7P3Jl0qeYnFlDUTgFn2dDuM0 1989: Art of Noise - Below the Waste - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ligLo7C-0k9voip6_Ud6CrYUZrDyuHGKY 1990: Art of Noise - The Ambient Collection - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lk0BTLqpMOBznbTWPHcXs8lDZXoXv_W5s 1999: Art of Noise - The Seduction of Claude Debussy - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLARymfUOHRWyu0a9W4XjviNm32KSfBAFE Edited by Psychedelic Paul - May 06 2024 at 10:33 |
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Posted: May 05 2024 at 02:14 |
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Art of Noise were superb.
'Peter Gunn' with Duane Eddy, and the video with Rick Mayall as the gumshoe are great.
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Posted: May 05 2024 at 05:25 |
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Synth Britannia Documentary:- A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (especially for those of us who are too young to remember the 1980's), it's the sound of the future, yesterday, as we travel back in time to the New Romantic era of heavy mascara, bright red lipstick, big hairdos & flamboyant fashions (and sometimes, that even included the women too).
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