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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Did anybody get swept up in the Synthesizer music of the late 70s and early 80s? if so, what artists/ bands were you into.

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over a year ago

I loved Depeche Mode but that was about it.

I do, however, love Van Halen and the way they introduced synthesizers into rock music during the 80's. Without their 1984 album and particularly the song Jump many bands would sound very different.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I loved Depeche Mode but that was about it.

I do, however, love Van Halen and the way they introduced synthesizers into rock music during the 80's. Without their 1984 album and particularly the song Jump many bands would sound very different."

Loads of bands used them as keyboards John Lord, Wakeman etc, but it was the music that came to light after "Are friends electric?" in 1979, that really used Synths as a main instrument.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depeche mode was about it for me in the 80's

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I loved Depeche Mode but that was about it.

I do, however, love Van Halen and the way they introduced synthesizers into rock music during the 80's. Without their 1984 album and particularly the song Jump many bands would sound very different.

Loads of bands used them as keyboards John Lord, Wakeman etc, but it was the music that came to light after "Are friends electric?" in 1979, that really used Synths as a main instrument."

Yes but they were mostly prog-rock bands.

What Van Halen did was introduce it to the hard rock scene and introduced pop influenced hooks to a music genre that was dying a slow and stale death.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I loved Depeche Mode but that was about it.

I do, however, love Van Halen and the way they introduced synthesizers into rock music during the 80's. Without their 1984 album and particularly the song Jump many bands would sound very different.

Loads of bands used them as keyboards John Lord, Wakeman etc, but it was the music that came to light after "Are friends electric?" in 1979, that really used Synths as a main instrument.

Yes but they were mostly prog-rock bands.

What Van Halen did was introduce it to the hard rock scene and introduced pop influenced hooks to a music genre that was dying a slow and stale death."

Interesting, I'll have a listen to the album you mentioned, thanks.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nothing gets you in the 'moog' like a bit of Jean Michelle Jarre.

Or Tangarine Dream.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like Deoeche Mode, Cabaret Voltaure, Nine Inch Nails (synth heavy debut album from 1988) and obviously Kraftwerk

But for me it was all about the electroclash and krautpop revival of the early noughties which brought synthesisers and synth-pop back to the forefront

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Nothing gets you in the 'moog' like a bit of Jean Michelle Jarre.

Or Tangarine Dream. "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nothing gets you in the 'moog' like a bit of Jean Michelle Jarre.

Or Tangerine Dream.

Or both together, in a new collaboration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7MHhLYecT0

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I loved Depeche Mode but that was about it.

I do, however, love Van Halen and the way they introduced synthesizers into rock music during the 80's. Without their 1984 album and particularly the song Jump many bands would sound very different.

Loads of bands used them as keyboards John Lord, Wakeman etc, but it was the music that came to light after "Are friends electric?" in 1979, that really used Synths as a main instrument.

Yes but they were mostly prog-rock bands.

What Van Halen did was introduce it to the hard rock scene and introduced pop influenced hooks to a music genre that was dying a slow and stale death.

Interesting, I'll have a listen to the album you mentioned, thanks.

Start with their 1978 debut which is credited with reviving stadium rock because of Eddie's unique guitar style and David Lee Roth's stage persona and then listen to 1984 and you'll instantly hear how they evolved.

The first 6 albums are fantastic, especially Fair Warning.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I loved Depeche Mode but that was about it.

I do, however, love Van Halen and the way they introduced synthesizers into rock music during the 80's. Without their 1984 album and particularly the song Jump many bands would sound very different.

Loads of bands used them as keyboards John Lord, Wakeman etc, but it was the music that came to light after "Are friends electric?" in 1979, that really used Synths as a main instrument.

Yes but they were mostly prog-rock bands.

What Van Halen did was introduce it to the hard rock scene and introduced pop influenced hooks to a music genre that was dying a slow and stale death.

Interesting, I'll have a listen to the album you mentioned, thanks.

The first 6 albums are fantastic, especially Fair Warning."

Thanks mate, always love music recommendations.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I loved Depeche Mode but that was about it.

I do, however, love Van Halen and the way they introduced synthesizers into rock music during the 80's. Without their 1984 album and particularly the song Jump many bands would sound very different.

Loads of bands used them as keyboards John Lord, Wakeman etc, but it was the music that came to light after "Are friends electric?" in 1979, that really used Synths as a main instrument.

Yes but they were mostly prog-rock bands.

What Van Halen did was introduce it to the hard rock scene and introduced pop influenced hooks to a music genre that was dying a slow and stale death.

Interesting, I'll have a listen to the album you mentioned, thanks.

The first 6 albums are fantastic, especially Fair Warning.

Thanks mate, always love music recommendations."

This changed rock guitar in '78 (many thought it was actually a synth, especially the ending)....

https://youtu.be/sI7XiJgt0vY

This changed rock music in many ways during the 80's...

https://youtu.be/SwYN7mTi6HM

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I loved Depeche Mode but that was about it.

I do, however, love Van Halen and the way they introduced synthesizers into rock music during the 80's. Without their 1984 album and particularly the song Jump many bands would sound very different.

Loads of bands used them as keyboards John Lord, Wakeman etc, but it was the music that came to light after "Are friends electric?" in 1979, that really used Synths as a main instrument.

Yes but they were mostly prog-rock bands.

What Van Halen did was introduce it to the hard rock scene and introduced pop influenced hooks to a music genre that was dying a slow and stale death.

Interesting, I'll have a listen to the album you mentioned, thanks.

The first 6 albums are fantastic, especially Fair Warning.

Thanks mate, always love music recommendations.

This changed rock guitar in '78 (many thought it was actually a synth, especially the ending)....

https://youtu.be/sI7XiJgt0vY

This changed rock music in many ways during the 80's...

https://youtu.be/SwYN7mTi6HM"

Jump - The only Van Halen track 90% of the public can name!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I loved Depeche Mode but that was about it.

I do, however, love Van Halen and the way they introduced synthesizers into rock music during the 80's. Without their 1984 album and particularly the song Jump many bands would sound very different.

Loads of bands used them as keyboards John Lord, Wakeman etc, but it was the music that came to light after "Are friends electric?" in 1979, that really used Synths as a main instrument.

Yes but they were mostly prog-rock bands.

What Van Halen did was introduce it to the hard rock scene and introduced pop influenced hooks to a music genre that was dying a slow and stale death.

Interesting, I'll have a listen to the album you mentioned, thanks.

The first 6 albums are fantastic, especially Fair Warning.

Thanks mate, always love music recommendations.

This changed rock guitar in '78 (many thought it was actually a synth, especially the ending)....

https://youtu.be/sI7XiJgt0vY

This changed rock music in many ways during the 80's...

https://youtu.be/SwYN7mTi6HM

Jump - The only Van Halen track 90% of the public can name!"

Probably true in this country, not so in much of the rest of the world. Nearly all their albums went multi-platinum and their tours have always been hugely successful. I always thought it strange that they never really took off over here like they did elsewhere.

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By *wfirsttimersCouple
over a year ago

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First record I ever bought was kraftwerk - the model. I used to get 50p for cleaning my dad's car, it took me 3 weeks to save up to buy the 7" !

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"First record I ever bought was kraftwerk - the model. I used to get 50p for cleaning my dad's car, it took me 3 weeks to save up to buy the 7" !"

Was that the B side to Computer World?

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By *wfirsttimersCouple
over a year ago

kendal

On the 12" it was. Can't say I remember now if the 7" was the same. The model charted so may have been moved to the a side for a popular release. I just remember that was the beginning of my love affair with electronic music. An affair still going very strong today. Sometimes I do feel I'm too old to be listening to some of the stuff I do. But I can't help what gets my hips swinging and my feet tapping

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Very much so.

Tubeway army /Gary numan

Early human league

Kraftwerk

Which lead me into electro

And the whole electro funk, hip hop era.

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By *heBirminghamWeekendMan
over a year ago

here

Yamaha DX7

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Very much so.

Tubeway army /Gary numan

Early human league

Kraftwerk

Which lead me into electro

And the whole electro funk, hip hop era. "

Ex Numanoid here, I agree with Early Human League, Travelogue is their best album for me, Dare was good, but beyond that, too commercial for my liking.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yamaha DX7

I had a Prophet 5, Dx was the generation after that, was it a good synth?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weren't Moogs used in the 60's?, albeit in development.

Beatle's Abbey Road used them.

Moody Blues and others.

Trivia :

Which keyboardist uses Ronald synths?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Weren't Moogs used in the 60's?, albeit in development.

Beatle's Abbey Road used them.

Moody Blues and others.

Trivia :

Which keyboardist uses Ronald synths?

Robert moog invented his synth in the 60s, it was massive, I thing mini and Polymoogs were 70s, Gary Numan found a mini moog left in the studio he was recording in, and that was that.

Numan used Roland JP4, Thomas Dolby JP8, Vince Clark JP4, Me Juno 6, I could go on but I'll bored you to death, lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And trio with the casino thing

Da da da

Omg shoot me if I ever hear that song again.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"And trio with the casino thing

Da da da

Omg shoot me if I ever hear that song again. "

Cracked me up, I had one of those, Casio VL1 vl tone, mad little things they were, lol, thanks for the memory.

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

Electro was my jam, which came from the fusion of electronic and hip hop.

My faves; Man Parrish, Kraftwerk, Herbie Hancock, Afrika Bambaataa and anything Arthur Baker decided to dip his pinkies in.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Japan

Art of noise synth/editing

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Japan

Art of noise synth/editing

Japan were excellent, Tin Drum is one of my favourite albums.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Weren't Moogs used in the 60's?, albeit in development.

Beatle's Abbey Road used them.

Moody Blues and others.

Trivia :

Which keyboardist uses Ronald synths?

Robert moog invented his synth in the 60s, it was massive, I thing mini and Polymoogs were 70s, Gary Numan found a mini moog left in the studio he was recording in, and that was that.

Numan used Roland JP4, Thomas Dolby JP8, Vince Clark JP4, Me Juno 6, I could go on but I'll bored you to death, lol"

I believe you,lol but which one uses Ronald synths?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Weren't Moogs used in the 60's?, albeit in development.

Beatle's Abbey Road used them.

Moody Blues and others.

Trivia :

Which keyboardist uses Ronald synths?

Robert moog invented his synth in the 60s, it was massive, I thing mini and Polymoogs were 70s, Gary Numan found a mini moog left in the studio he was recording in, and that was that.

Numan used Roland JP4, Thomas Dolby JP8, Vince Clark JP4, Me Juno 6, I could go on but I'll bored you to death, lol

I believe you,lol but which one uses Ronald synths?

Do you mean solely?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Weren't Moogs used in the 60's?, albeit in development.

Beatle's Abbey Road used them.

Moody Blues and others.

Trivia :

Which keyboardist uses Ronald synths?

Robert moog invented his synth in the 60s, it was massive, I thing mini and Polymoogs were 70s, Gary Numan found a mini moog left in the studio he was recording in, and that was that.

Numan used Roland JP4, Thomas Dolby JP8, Vince Clark JP4, Me Juno 6, I could go on but I'll bored you to death, lol

I believe you,lol but which one uses Ronald synths?

Do you mean solely?"

A big clue, at 1.53

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82eQYuXl1zg

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Weren't Moogs used in the 60's?, albeit in development.

Beatle's Abbey Road used them.

Moody Blues and others.

Trivia :

Which keyboardist uses Ronald synths?

Robert moog invented his synth in the 60s, it was massive, I thing mini and Polymoogs were 70s, Gary Numan found a mini moog left in the studio he was recording in, and that was that.

Numan used Roland JP4, Thomas Dolby JP8, Vince Clark JP4, Me Juno 6, I could go on but I'll bored you to death, lol

I believe you,lol but which one uses Ronald synths?

Do you mean solely?

A big clue, at 1.53

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82eQYuXl1zg"

Ron!

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By *fcdTV/TS
over a year ago

Southend

Trivia :

Which keyboardist uses Ronald synths?

Ron Mael

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By *iss_Samantha_LovecockTV/TS
over a year ago

bmth /poole sometimes blandford

"I loved Depeche Mode but that was about it.

I do, however, love Van Halen and the way they introduced synthesizers into rock music during the 80's. Without their 1984 album and particularly the song Jump many bands would sound very different.

Loads of bands used them as keyboards John Lord, Wakeman etc, but it was the music that came to light after "Are friends electric?" in 1979, that really used Synths as a main instrument."

plenty of bands used them as the main instrument long before then ..kraftwerk immediately springs to mind and as already mentioned ,tangerine dream

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depeche Mode...New Order...Howard Jones

check out Martin Gores new solo Album M.G its rather good

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By *hyllyphyllyMan
over a year ago

Bradford

I was way toooo young for this, but I watched that Synth Britannia and fell in love with this song

https://youtu.be/_p7Ub1NDTVg

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

JM Jarre and Kraftwerk were the pioneers, never listened to tangerine dream. So dunno about them.

But that track oxygene was about 76, the model I'm not sure - year or 2 later?

But all the musos usually credit Kraftwerk, not really sure why cos JMJ was earlier in my world.

If I was diamond Joe I'd have a link right here for y'all to oxygene- someone help!

Pardon the French, but that is some fucking amazing sound. I'm scared to listen to it again cos all of a sudden it will be the mid 70s again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Plus, being pedantic. Cos I am.

Donna summer, I feel love - was also 76, Georgio moroder delivering the synthesized goodies on that .

Top sounds

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not exclusively synthesizer based, but 2 of my favourites from the early 80's were Classix Nouveaux and Klaus Nomi who mainly relied on synths (crap musicians, brilliant singers!) I loved the over-the-top kitsch of the New Romantic era.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Would like to say no to synthesizers but Axel F, I liked that a lot as a kid,

Plus Adrian Edmondson as Vim Fuego in Bad News playing Imagine was epic

So yeah liked them, had one, couldnt play it though,

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Would like to say no to synthesizers but Axel F, I liked that a lot as a kid,

Plus Adrian Edmondson as Vim Fuego in Bad News playing Imagine was epic

So yeah liked them, had one, couldnt play it though, "

Surely you mean " Imogen", lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In my opinion joy division are my favourite, subtle use of synth on songs is sublime.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Would like to say no to synthesizers but Axel F, I liked that a lot as a kid,

Plus Adrian Edmondson as Vim Fuego in Bad News playing Imagine was epic

So yeah liked them, had one, couldnt play it though,

Surely you mean " Imogen", lol

Yes, very much so

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

I'm not a fan of electrickery. I question how much of what you hear is down to the musician and how much is down to electronic circuit stuff.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm not a fan of electrickery. I question how much of what you hear is down to the musician and how much is down to electronic circuit stuff."

Doesn't matter, music is there for everyone, there shouldn't be rules and laws, it clogs creativity.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"I'm not a fan of electrickery. I question how much of what you hear is down to the musician and how much is down to electronic circuit stuff.

Doesn't matter, music is there for everyone, there shouldn't be rules and laws, it clogs creativity."

That's the kinda stuff drummers say when they want a share of the groupies.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Has anyone said Chicory Tip ?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Has anyone said Chicory Tip ?"

They haven't, it's yours.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved yazoo and vince Clark. Saw them when they reformed for 5 or so gigs at Brighton. Loved upstairs at Erics lp

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fairlight.

I dont recall the details but wasn't there an article a while back posing the question,something like "Did Fairlight kill decent music" with effect from the late 1970's. The article made persuasive argument that it did.

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