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Eighties songs you still love, in spite of their horrible, synthy production

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  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    Yaz(oo) - Don't Go

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=FaHuzkyurC0
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBLGlb-MOGg
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    rcs wrote:
    Anything by Ultravox, in particular the album Lament. Dancing with Tears in My Eyes is one of my favorite songs from the 80's.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3OaIsqtG64

    :)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cznha2YTTh0

    **sigh** still love this. :)
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  • mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    pearljamgirl07 wrote:
    rosane-the police


    uhhh...Rosane?
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  • emeraldkityemeraldkity Posts: 370
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8NhJNpQlsY

    and really any Talking Heads
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st1lH8zcIuQ
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  • Obi OnceObi Once Posts: 918
    Not sure which are 80s, but all are synthy:
    Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
    Depeche Mode - Tainted Love
    Aha - Take On Me
    Shannon - Let The Music Play
    And quite some Supertramp, Duran Duran and Talk Talk tunes
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  • ChazzChazz Posts: 1,135
    intoodeep wrote:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ajpDEBrnRM4

    dark synth..??...

    Love all the Depeche Mode stuff but especially the later darker stuff..
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    tybird wrote:
    My favorite album of the Decade....Kate Bush "Hounds of Love."

    Enjoy "Running Up That Hill" w/ a special guest:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87BnQNKZkA8&feature=related
    :D the bassist!!!!
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    the inventors of synth pop, the one and only..

    THE MOODY BLUES

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP6-j9pxTGI

    The intro is synth pop at it's finest.
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    uhhh...Rosane?
    I think she meant "Don't hand a dose to me"
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,858
    nuffingman wrote:
    I think she meant "Don't hand a dose to me"

    you sure it wasnt "driven to smears"
  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary - 1985 goodness... :cool:
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    Icehouse - Crazy
    The Church - Under the Milky Way
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  • RomanzaRomanza Posts: 115
    You can't go wrong with these (especially on the cheese factor):

    When In Rome - The Promise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqNZekTvzBU

    Journey - Faithfully - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKorl7Ouht0

    Bad English - When I See You Smile - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugTPZeo3Lps

    Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZSQcDT_0u0

    Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBwVlsa7_gs

    Men At Work - Down Under - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew

    Talking Heads - And She Was - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA3ZE3mb7DU

    Steve Perry - Oh Sherry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__eI4u_tQD8
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  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    A-Ha - Take On Me
    Alphaville - Forever Young
    The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
    Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
    Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight
    Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
    Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Around
    The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
    Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar, The Killing Moon
    The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
    Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
    Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
    The Human League - Don't You Want Me
    The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (A Whisper To A Scream)
    Joe Jackson - Stepping Out
    Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill, Cloudbursting, Wuthering Heights
    Love and Rockets - Ball Of Confusion
    Madness - Our House
    Ministry - (Every Day Is) Halloween
    Modern English - I Melt With You
    Nena - 99 Luftballoons
    OMD - If You Leave
    Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up, In Your Eyes
    Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
    Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
    Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
    Soft Cell - Tainted Love
    Tears For Fears - Shout, Everybody Wants To Rule The World
    Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
    Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
    Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

    .....didnt include the Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, the Smiths, the Police and the Talking Heads because I actually like these bands (most of the bands from my above list I enjoy in a cheesy-80's-guilty pleasure kinda way)
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Never have and never will like the synth crap
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Never have and never will like the synth crap

    No-one does, unless they're deranged, but have you ever heard a song and thought, in spite of that godawful production, I can't help but like the song itself?
  • dirtyTdirtyT Posts: 3,620
    pearljam_addiction wrote:
    Erasure- Little Respect
    New Order- True Fatih, Bizarre Love Triangle
    Soft Cell- Tainted love
    Tears for Fears- Head over Heels, Shout, Everybody wants to rule the world
    Animotion- Obsession
    Duran Duran- The Reflex
    Gary Numan- Cars
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Ordinary People- Neil Young

    I have no clue why neil did not take the aweful synth out of the song it would be so much better with out it.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    nuffingman wrote:
    :D the bassist!!!!
    Yeah, he really helps to date the clip...that and Dave having hair. :D
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  • Peter CPeter C Posts: 237
    All these 80's songs are making me feel sad,brings me back to my young school days,ahh the memories. Anyway here's mine

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12tyZRFkzFI
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  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    Three words...

    DON'T... STOP.... BELIEVIN'.....

    :D
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  • augustwestaugustwest Posts: 739
    Todd76 wrote:
    ...
    Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up, In Your Eyes

    Funny how opinions differ...

    I remember "So" first hitting the radio waves and thinking it was such a breath of fresh air...compared to what else was going on in the mid 1980's...that cd was in a class all it's own

    Ozzy O agreed ;) just in case his opinion matters ;)

    That cd, So, was and still is, a masterpiece!
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    "Japanese Boy" - Aneka

    One of the best songs ever made.
    And the rythm track is pure rave.

    :D
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  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    I feel really dorky for this but..

    Sweet Dreams - The Eurythmics :D
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  • tonadaxtonadax Posts: 594
    For me the best sinth-pop song it's BLUE MONDAY by New Order, what a beat, so influential.

    i think it's from the 70's but, Whe are the robots by KRAFTWERK it's amazing
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    "Japanese Boy" - Aneka

    One of the best songs ever made.
    And the rythm track is pure rave.

    :D

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  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    augustwest wrote:
    Funny how opinions differ...

    I remember "So" first hitting the radio waves and thinking it was such a breath of fresh air...compared to what else was going on in the mid 1980's...that cd was in a class all it's own

    That cd, So, was and still is, a masterpiece!

    Your are absolutely correct - "So" is a GREAT album.......and it doesn't at all fall under the "horrible,synthy production" thread topic

    .....I just copied most of my "Essential 80's" playlist from my iPod

    .....and thats why I said "MOST of the bands from my above list I enjoy in a cheesy-80's-guilty pleasure kinda way" :)
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Mr Mister - Broken Wings
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWyeVfuolT4

    in fact, I don't even think the synths in this are horrible. As far as 80s production goes, it's fine.
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