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“I was a big early Genesis fan and I loved King Crimson." How Tears For Fears added prog to pop and ruled the 80s

A shared love of Blue Oyster Cult, Genesis and King Crimson saw Tears For Fears become much more than an 80s pop band.

Roland Orzabal is talking about his fondness for Genesis and King Crimson. “I was a big early Genesis fan – Foxtrot particularly. And Genesis Live was great. I loved King Crimson – especially Discipline, if you can call that prog? It depends what you define as prog. There used to be a lot of reverse snobbery – Genesis came from a public school so therefore they can’t be any good, they’re ‘not like us’. Okay, punk rock was a jolt and a Copernican inversion. We went from having long hair and playing eight-minute guitar solos in our teenage band to all of a sudden covering The Damned! Fashion is incredibly powerful in music, in the zeitgeist. You got to a certain point in the late 70s where you could not wear flares anymore. And my platform shoes had to go. It was horrendous!”
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^ A big Shout out for prog fan Roland Orzabal. Thumbs Up


By the way, the flares may be long gone but I still have my gold platform shoes. Tongue
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FURNITURE     Known as one of the unluckiest bands in the New Wave scene, one-hit-wonders Furniture weren't a permanent fixture in the charts, but that may have been due to their label Stiff Records having gone bankrupt shortly after signing with them, after which their career went downhill faster than Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards. Ouch

 3 stars 1986: Furniture - The Lovemongers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0qowsmYAYM


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1986         21          10           Furniture - Brilliant Mind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JeEXP717T0


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DAVE GAHAN     The Voice of Depeche Mode!
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GARDENING BY MOONLIGHT      A Synth-Pop duo for the keen gardeners amongst us. Smile

3 stars 1983: Gardening by Moonlight - Method in the Madness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z71PN4X2dqY

Gardening with Top Ground Gear Force. Smile



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PETER GODWIN      A former member of Glam Rock band Metro during the 1970's and New Wave musician in the 1980's, Peter Godwin now leads a neo-Balearic dance act named Nuevo, although I'm guessing that's probably best avoided. Tongue
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GOLDFRAPP     An Indietronica duo consisting of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory. Alison is known for her extravagant over-the-top costumes and - presumably inspired by Alice Cooper - here she is dressed as an aerobics instructor leading a group of vampires through a fitness routine - as you do. Tongue




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MARTIN GORE    The co-founder of Depeche Mode breaks out on his own in a bleak industrialised Gore-fest, who somehow manages to be have a more dystopian view of the world than jolly Roger Waters. Tongue





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PAUL HAIG     A Scottish baritone singer who was previously in the short-lived New Wave outfit Josef K (Who remembers them now!??), an Indie band who never aimed to be commercially successful, which is just as well really. Paul Haig repeated that "success" as a solo artist by having one single storm into the charts at #74 before just as quickly being swept away from the charts forever just two weeks later. Such is the Rhythm of Life in the notoriously cutthroat music business, where there are more sharks and pirates lurking than in a Johnny Depp movie. Confused

 3 stars 1983: Paul Haig - Rhythm of Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS4w473NE9U


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1983         74           3           Paul Haig - Heaven Sent - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68r7TKxONqY


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TONI HALLIDAY     The singer who nobody's heard of, but almost  everybody's heard her performing with other artists. Smile

4 stars 1989: Toni Halliday - Hearts and Handshakes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ34mZDwrkCyq3CBkpzjAt0peMWrbWOKE



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HEARTBEAT      Holier than Harry Secombe and no relation to Nick Berry, Heartbeat are Britain's premier pop evangelists and with four worshipful albums of danceable tunes, they preach the gospel according to Pete Waterman. Oh happy day! If you're here reading this, then I'm already preaching to the converted, but this is one band of Jehovah's Witnesses you won't want to turn away at the door. Tongue  



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1987         32            4          Heartbeat - Tears from Heaven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fHrefGO5c4
1988         70            1          Heartbeat - The Winner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqn9iYfJlak
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HEAVEN 17       Named after the fictitious group mentioned in A Clockwork Orange, Heaven 17 are the fourth-most-famous Synth-Pop band from Sheffield, formed by ex-Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh and led by blonde frontman Glenn Gregory, the same production trio who brought us B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation), featured here earlier. Heaven 17's first single "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" caused a minor controversy by being banned by the BBC, but unlike Frankie Goes to Hollywood, it didn't help their record sales, stalling at #45 after spending five weeks in the charts, so maybe it just wasn't controversial enough. Heaven 17's best-selling single "Temptation" was kept from reaching the #1 spot by David Bowie's best-selling single of all time: "Let's Dance". Well, if you're going to be outsold by anyone, then you may as well be beaten to the #1 spot by the best. Smile


Heaven 17 - Don't Fear the Reaper (But fear inferior cover versions of a Blue Oyster Cult classic) Smile


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1981           45            5           Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWs1-2foKoo
1981           46            7           Heaven 17 - Play to Win - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcUKV7zxZdw
1981           57            3           Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33W3kMS2vp0
1982           41            6           Heaven 17 - Let Me Go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJrU9RIurFE
1983            2            13          Heaven 17 - Temptation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWwtMrDX2o8
1983            5            11          Heaven 17 - Come Live with Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89efMFClfPQ
1983           17            7           Heaven 17 - Crushed by the Wheels of Industry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_wq5N6MQ8o
1984           24            6           Heaven 17 - Sunset Now - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4cKLko6KLA
1984           23            7           Heaven 17 - This is Mine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adynNYx0NbI
1985           52            5           Heaven 17 - (And That's No Lie) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5EB5utHdQY
1987           51            3           Heaven 17 - Trouble - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asv0QFb1Mps




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RUPERT HINE      Best-known as a music producer, Rupert Hine has worked with such renowned artists as Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Steve Nicks, Chris de Burgh and Suzanne Vega, to name just a few. Hine has also recorded albums under the pseudonym "Thinkman" as well as having a Top 10 hit with "Lone Ranger" by Quantum Jump - one of the most unlikely Canterbury Scene bands you're ever likely to hear. Smile

 3 stars 1973: Rupert Hine - Unfinished Picture - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF5DD94331ECD9477
 3 stars 1981: Rupert Hine - Immunity - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-R7zBoT9lI
 3 stars 1983: Rupert Hine - The Wildest Wish to Fly - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLks8k602-iGfFOR3GRaSa62g9wH38EmP
 3 stars 1985: Rupert Hine & Various Artists - Better Off Dead (soundtrack) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHktgqhvNQVqzqqY8QY3OCkgEA0Kt7oW9
 3 stars 1994: Rupert Hine - The Deep End - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhuUCRNqDAo

Quantum Jump - The Lone Ranger - (That's Rupert Hine on the keyboards with the frizzy hair). Smile



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HOLLYWOOD BEYOND     Yes, it's that band of one-hit-wonders fronted by a black dude who looks like he's been dragged through a hedge backwards, but thankfully, they sound better than they look. Hollywood Beyond were a Brummie band who go one step beyond the usual confines of Synth-Pop to bring you an album of highly danceable urban tunes. Something to listen to while you try and navigate your way around Birmingham's notorious Spaghetti Junction. Smile



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1986         7           10           Hollywood Beyond - What's the Colour of Money? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXA0I9UfWEU    
1986        47           4            Hollywood Beyond - No More Tears - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28jijulsHCY


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HOT CHIP     A Synth-Pop band for the 21st Century, although Hot Chip's first three albums are about as appetising as a bag of broken biscuits, but thankfully, they get better over time. Upon listening to Hot Chip's modernist, over-produced albums though, one can't help yearning for some good old-fashioned eighties Synth-Pop - which is coming up in a jiffy in the form of The Human League. Smile
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THE HUMAN LEAGUE     When it comes to Reproduction, The Human League are masters of regeneration, having gone through several major changes of personnel over the years. Their Travelogue begins in 1979 with the core line-up of Phil Oakey, Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware and visual arts director Philip Adrian Wright, with Marsh and Ware later going on to form B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) and Heaven 17. The Human League's greatest success came about by chance when Phil Oakey noticed Joanne Catherall and Susan Sulley dancing around their handbags in a Sheffield nightclub and invited them to join The Human League for a Dare, shortly after which Don't You Want Me soared straight to the top of the singles charts and stayed there for five weeks over Christmas 1981. Once the Hysteria had died down over their ground-breaking Dare album, The Human League decided to Crash out for awhile, taking a well-deserved break from recording. In the intervening period, Phil Oakey and Joanne Catherall  became involved in a Romantic? relationship which may have inspired a later album title. The Human League have continued to record over the years, having been all over the singles charts like an Octopus during their 1980's heyday. So what are the Secrets of their success? Dare to be different. That's their Credo. Smile



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1980         52            2           The Human League - Empire State Human - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q22na6VkkQ
1981         48            4           The Human League - Boys and Girls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM5_LLcEUPM
1981         12           10          The Human League - The Sound of the Crowd - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twG5mu6coOA
1981          3            13          The Human League - Love Action - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnjLlDY_xww
1981          6             9           The Human League - Open Your Heart - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAqTJRH0eF4
1981          1            13          The Human League - Don't You Want Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0
1982          6             9           The Human League - Being Boiled - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg5Mi6qFrXM
1982          2            10          The Human League - Mirror Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMu1T_Tg5Fw
1983          2             9           The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqqBs6kkzHE
1984         11            7           The Human League - The Lebanon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH-_bsCwdRw
1984         16            6           The Human League - Life on Your Own - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLe8HEqdpLc
1984         13           10          The Human League - Louise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehJj3FsFh_g
1986          8             8           The Human League - Human - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ysoohV_zA
1986         72            1           The Human League - I Need Your Loving - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aZ5Tms9IBQ
1988         41            5           The Human League - Love is All That Matters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_WqFXbnnvI
1990         29            5           The Human League - Heart Like a Wheel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Oq3ORqAC0
1995          6             9           The Human League - Tell Me When - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uQJaUtH8FA
1995         13            8           The Human League - One Man in My Heart - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWiVRpm7dm4
1995         36            2           The Human League - Filling Up with Heaven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1E3jUyiVdA
1996         40            2           The Human League - Stay with Me Tonight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwu5sy-BBno
2001         47            1           The Human League - All I Ever Wanted - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdz_H7OcFig



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