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prettylittlelightningpaw
prettylittlelightningpaw aka nicholas is a 29.94 year old boy, has been a member since February 17, 2006, has scored 3615 submissions, giving an average score of 2.66.
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  Dec 20 '06 by prettylittlelightningpaw        40 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
Your favorite 80's synth band-limit of 3
Orchestral Manuveors in the Dark
Pet Shop Boys
Kraftwerk

Jewstice
Jewstice on Dec 20 '06 at 12:13pm
Umm... does Depeche Mode count?
prettylittlelightningpaw
prettylittlelightningpaw on Dec 20 '06 at 12:14pm
yes absolutely
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:16pm
They were all "synth" bands in the '80s. Even metal had some synth in it.

"The Miami Vice Theme" might as well be the theme of the entire decade.
lemonalle
lemonalle on Dec 20 '06 at 12:16pm
Human League
New Order
Depeche Mode

(I would consider some of the Cure to be synth pop, but I don't think of them as synth pop by and large, so I can't put them on there)
Kogepan
Kogepan on Dec 20 '06 at 12:17pm
Depeche Mode
Book of Love
Tears for Fears (are they a synth band? If not, then Erasure)
lemonalle
lemonalle on Dec 20 '06 at 12:17pm
I think a better survey would be TOP THREE SYNTH POP/NEW WAVE SONGS OF THE 80s, because there are some fabulous one hit wonders.
hogboy
   hogboy on Dec 20 '06 at 12:18pm
Gary Numan, Devo (not strictly synth but close enough), Wall of Voodoo or The Nails (Both one hit wonders)
Jewstice
Jewstice on Dec 20 '06 at 12:19pm
Ohhh I forgot Devo!
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:19pm
Strange Advance
Thinkman
Images in Vogue
hogboy
   hogboy on Dec 20 '06 at 12:19pm
I agree with lemonalle
Manos
   Manos on Dec 20 '06 at 12:20pm
Depeche Mode
Duran Duran
Human League
mezo
   mezo on Dec 20 '06 at 12:20pm
Duran Duran
Joy Division
Oingo Boingo
Kogepan
Kogepan on Dec 20 '06 at 12:20pm
Oh, I love "Mexican Radio"!
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:21pm
Yeah, I'm not sure what can be truly categorized as "synth-pop" because the distinction didn't really exist at the time. You could put a lot of bands in there. The Eurythmics, for example.
mezo
   mezo on Dec 20 '06 at 12:22pm
Psychadelic Furs?
lenabeana
lenabeana on Dec 20 '06 at 12:22pm
men without hats!
gary numan
joy division
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:22pm
The one-hit-wonders are probably what define "synth-pop" today, or at least the one hits of bands that had other hits, but those are the ones still remembered today. Kajagoogoo, Soft Cell, The Buggles, etc.
lenabeana
lenabeana on Dec 20 '06 at 12:23pm
to shy shyy hush hush eye to eye la lala
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:24pm
I think it would be more interesting to talk about bands that didn't have synth in them in the '80s.
hogboy
   hogboy on Dec 20 '06 at 12:24pm
Oh shit I forgot Joy Division
lemonalle
lemonalle on Dec 20 '06 at 12:24pm
Naked Eyes, "Always Something There to Remind Me"
lemonalle
lemonalle on Dec 20 '06 at 12:24pm
I can't categorize Joy Division as synth pop because they're not really... poppy
Manos
   Manos on Dec 20 '06 at 12:25pm
and don't forget "Missing Persons"
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:26pm
Talk Talk, Yaz... (still thinking of one-hit wonders)
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:26pm
Erasure are synth-pop like nobody's business.
Ian Leino
   Ian Leino on Dec 20 '06 at 12:26pm
Depeche Mode
Information Society
Tears for Fears
Manos
   Manos on Dec 20 '06 at 12:26pm
Animotion - Obsession
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:28pm
OMD
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:28pm
Ug, this topic is bringing back bad high school dance memories. Must flee...
lemonalle
lemonalle on Dec 20 '06 at 12:29pm
The The
mezo
   mezo on Dec 20 '06 at 12:29pm
They Might Be Giants
lemonalle
lemonalle on Dec 20 '06 at 12:30pm
Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army
sonmi
   sonmi on Dec 20 '06 at 12:32pm
new order
kraftwerk
omd
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:32pm
Duh, OMD was right there at the top. (I know, I said I was fleeing).

But speaking of bad high school dance memories, The The were DEFINITELY not synth-pop, as evidenced by the otherwise empty dance floor when my friends and I finally succeeded in coaxing the DJ to play "Infected".

And Matt Johnson uses whatever instruments it takes to get the job done.
lemonalle
lemonalle on Dec 20 '06 at 12:33pm
I was thinking Soul Mining/"This Is the Day"
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:34pm
Though I guess the topic began as "synth" bands.
maija
maija on Dec 20 '06 at 12:35pm
Okay, I'm off to have a The The listening marathon now...
BrewHaHa
BrewHaHa on Dec 20 '06 at 12:36pm
Orchestral Manuveors in the Dark wrote a song about my town in NC. Unfortunately the song is about a KKK and Communist worker shootout/massacre/police un-intervention/chaos that happened in I believe 1977
photomike
photomike on Dec 20 '06 at 1:09pm
oooh. new order, new order aaaaand new order.
Ray.
   Ray. on Dec 20 '06 at 1:14pm
Yaz, Yaz, Yaz.
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