What are your favourite songs where the keyboards are dominating the song. I love the synth pop genre very much so the choices are almost infinite. I am pretty keen on:

(1) Perfect Kiss (I would be a heretic not to say this)
(2) Maid of Orleans - OMD
(3) Your Silent Face
(4) Just cant get enough - Depeche
(5) Its a sin - PSB's
(6) Midnight - Orbital
(7) TEE - Kraftwerk
(8) Closedown - The Cure
(9) Enola Gay - OMD
(10)Love Action - Human League

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I'd add, off the top of me head:

Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling

Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?

Aphex Twin - Heliosphan

There's bloomin loads though

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Tangerine - Sunburst
Other Two - New Horizons
The Other Two - Tasty Fish
Alien Nation - Lovers of the World
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Expected Way

Red Turns To... - Deep Sleep
Shark Vegas - Pretenders Of Love
OMD - VCL XI
Joy Division - As You Said
Sandra - Everlasting Love (12" Extended Version)

Cabaret Voltaire - Hypnotised
Beat Club - Security (Bernard Sumner Remix)
The Shamen - Omega Amigo
IF? - Saturday's Angels (Lee Martin Terrace Mix)
No - Mr. Disco

Electronic - Getting Away With It
Cath Carroll - Moves Like You
Yazoo - The Other Side of Love
Erasure - Chorus
Alphaville - Forever Young (Bill Hamel Club Mix)

Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
David Bowie - Sound & Vision
Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

Daft Punk - Digital Love
Taffy - I Love My Radio
Echoing Green - Apology
Tin Tin Out feat. Espiritu - Always Something There To Remind Me
The Killers - Mr Brightside (TWD Remix)

No - 1963
OMD - Souvenir
Lemon Interupt - Eclipse
Underworld - Two Months Off
No - BLT

Just cos it's the last thing I listened to and it's ace, Aphex Twin - 4...

Snorri
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AgentWood wrote:

only you by yaz (or yazoo, if you so like). it reminds me of summer camp and this boy i liked. *sigh*

Yes how i could i forget that. Vince Clarke is the man. But I always thought it was their one hit wonder, never cared much for 'Dont Go'

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Limassol/Maximo Park
Isolation/Prospect Lane
Confessions/Deluka

These three bands usually use a lot of keyboard/synth in their songs.

and of course, many early New Order songs

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whats a synth?

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Tim wrote:

whats a synth?

As far as I know, it's like a synthesizer, but American.
They may claim they invented it, but Dr Moog was a dirty immigrant, and he was only developing work (the Theremin) done by the KGB's chief gadgeteer.


Best syth songs?

Hmmmmmm
Most of "everything you ever wanted to hear on a moog synthesizer but were too afraid to ask for", The bit from Carmen is particularly excellent, as is Bolero.

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In a lonely place wrote:

What are your favourite songs where the keyboards are dominating the song. I love the synth pop genre very much so the choices are almost infinite. I am pretty keen on: (1) Perfect Kiss (I would be a heretic not to say this) (2) Maid of Orleans - OMD (3) Your Silent Face (4) Just cant get enough - Depeche (5) Its a sin - PSB's (6) Midnight - Orbital (7) TEE - Kraftwerk (8) Closedown - The Cure (9) Enola Gay - OMD (10)Love Action - Human League

It's a sin is primarily Fairlight, which is a sampler and resynthesizer. There is however a JX8P explosion on it, that was previously used on FGTH's relax.

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Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles ( superb)

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7 7 7 wrote:

Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles ( superb)

Spectacularly little synth on that if memory serves.


TRY HARDER FOLKS!


And leave DM out of it after 82 or so, all emulators, ie SAMPLERS not synths.

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I Feel Love, naturally. As far as I know, there's only one syndrum sound in there, the other percussive sounds come from Moroder triggering the Moog.

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Doctor? wrote:

In a lonely place wrote: What are your favourite songs where the keyboards are dominating the song. I love the synth pop genre very much so the choices are almost infinite. I am pretty keen on: (1) Perfect Kiss (I would be a heretic not to say this) (2) Maid of Orleans - OMD (3) Your Silent Face (4) Just cant get enough - Depeche (5) Its a sin - PSB's (6) Midnight - Orbital (7) TEE - Kraftwerk (8) Closedown - The Cure (9) Enola Gay - OMD (10)Love Action - Human League It's a sin is primarily Fairlight, which is a sampler and resynthesizer. There is however a JX8P explosion on it, that was previously used on FGTH's relax.

Yes that is the machine Hannett hankered after, but never could cos the money was spent on the Hacienda instead

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Hannet, me, and 75% of the noise-making-machine geeks on the planet, the other 25% will settle for nothing less than an NED Synclavier.

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In a lonely place wrote:

Doctor? wrote:  In a lonely place wrote: What are your favourite songs where the keyboards are dominating the song. I love the synth pop genre very much so the choices are almost infinite. I am pretty keen on: (1) Perfect Kiss (I would be a heretic not to say this) (2) Maid of Orleans - OMD (3) Your Silent Face (4) Just cant get enough - Depeche (5) Its a sin - PSB's (6) Midnight - Orbital (7) TEE - Kraftwerk (8) Closedown - The Cure (9) Enola Gay - OMD (10)Love Action - Human League It's a sin is primarily Fairlight, which is a sampler and resynthesizer. There is however a JX8P explosion on it, that was previously used on FGTH's relax. Yes that is the machine Hannett hankered after, but never could cos the money was spent on the Hacienda instead

A JX8P was never that expensive...

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

In a lonely place wrote:  Doctor? wrote:  In a lonely place wrote: What are your favourite songs where the keyboards are dominating the song. I love the synth pop genre very much so the choices are almost infinite. I am pretty keen on: (1) Perfect Kiss (I would be a heretic not to say this) (2) Maid of Orleans - OMD (3) Your Silent Face (4) Just cant get enough - Depeche (5) Its a sin - PSB's (6) Midnight - Orbital (7) TEE - Kraftwerk (8) Closedown - The Cure (9) Enola Gay - OMD (10)Love Action - Human League It's a sin is primarily Fairlight, which is a sampler and resynthesizer. There is however a JX8P explosion on it, that was previously used on FGTH's relax. Yes that is the machine Hannett hankered after, but never could cos the money was spent on the Hacienda instead A JX8P was never that expensive...

I believe he was referring to the Fairlight as expensive.

Wasn't Hannett wanting a Synclavier?

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TOO MANY TOO MENTION!

But at a pinch,the ones that spring to mind.

NO: BLT/YOUR SILENT FACE/The Village/Here To Stay
HUMAN LEAGUE:Sound Of The Crowd/Seconds/Radio WJXL
OMD : Statues/Almost/Stanlow
THOMAS DOLBY: Wreck Of The Fairchild ('cause it's got a good bassline too)
KRAFTWERK: The Robots/Musique Non Stop/Radioactivity
LADYTRON : Flicking Your Switch/Playgirl/Evil
JOHN FOXX :Underpass/Mr No/Endlessly (remix)
GARY NUMAN : Down In the Park(live)/Cars/Films (live)
BLANCMANGE : Living on The Ceiling
ULTRAVOX : We Stood Still/Sleepwalk/The Thin Wall
YAZOO : Don't Go/Goodbye 70's
DEPECHE MODE : (too many to mention,but anything off VIOLATOR)
DURAN DURAN :Save A Prayer/The Chauffeur
JOY DIVISION: Isolation/Decades/Atmosphere
808 STATE :Pacific State
ORBITAL :Halcyon (and on..)/One Perfect Sunrise
PET SHOP BOYS : So Hard/Always On My Mind/Can You Forgive Her

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decades for sure.some omd.a hell of a lot of cure stuff on pornography and disintegration

Christ nearly forgot ..
VISAGE - Damned Don't Cry (played it non-stop about 30 times when it came out)

OMD - Telegraph

ROXY MUSIC - Same Old Scene

BIS = Love Will Tear Us Apart

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Baba O'Riley - The Who.
the 1 minute synth intro is awesome

Bentley wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:  In a lonely place wrote:  Doctor? wrote:  In a lonely place wrote: What are your favourite songs where the keyboards are dominating the song. I love the synth pop genre very much so the choices are almost infinite. I am pretty keen on: (1) Perfect Kiss (I would be a heretic not to say this) (2) Maid of Orleans - OMD (3) Your Silent Face (4) Just cant get enough - Depeche (5) Its a sin - PSB's (6) Midnight - Orbital (7) TEE - Kraftwerk (8) Closedown - The Cure (9) Enola Gay - OMD (10)Love Action - Human League It's a sin is primarily Fairlight, which is a sampler and resynthesizer. There is however a JX8P explosion on it, that was previously used on FGTH's relax. Yes that is the machine Hannett hankered after, but never could cos the money was spent on the Hacienda instead A JX8P was never that expensive... I believe he was referring to the Fairlight as expensive. Wasn't Hannett wanting a Synclavier?

The CIA would NEVER have let a bunch of commies like Factory have one, they refused Paul Hardcastle cos he was a dangerous subversive cos he said the troops in 'Nam, were an average age of 19. Ahhhh the US govt.'s aversion to truth, you gotta love it.

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Maybe I'm just tired and missed something... but, what are you going on about Steve?

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