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B.E.F. (BRITISH ELECTRIC FOUNDATION)       A production duo consisting of former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. The B.E.F. got off to a shaky start with a couple of minor league experimental albums, but then hit the major league jackpot with three Music of Quality & Distinction albums, featuring numerous guest singers from the world of pop and rock, performing classic favourites in an innovative Synth-Pop style like you've never heard them played before. Music of Quality & Distinction is exactly what it says on the label, reaching their peak with the seductively soulful Volume 2, and if that sounds heavenly, it's worth knowing that the B.E.F. led to the formation of Heaven 17. Smile Heart

 2 stars 1981: B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) - Music for Stowaways - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8BC_y7OummR1_1qwuZL_bfzO_hl1AkrK
 2 stars 1981: B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) - Music for Listening to - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlkMRpmDAkhBOsXMXHjd_YZlT7T7yJHjJ
 3 stars 1982: B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) - Music of Quality & Distinction, Vol. 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyauyG2Bxwk
 4 stars 1991: B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) - Music of Quality & Distinction, Vol. 2 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_muwc-mZEaCV4nwzAwyMaLlEb928_fAwT0
 3 stars 2013: B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) - Music of Quality & Distinction, Vol. 3 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m5vqr8Dxfu4ECQGlJEQFihnQsaINxnnPk


Year   Pos.   Weeks    Complete UK Hit Singles

1991     37        5      B.E.F. featuring Lalah Hathaway - Family Affair - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-fzJOaUkKg


Pos. = Highest position in the UK charts.     Weeks = Number of weeks in the UK charts.


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ABC - Three classic songs from the Prince's Trust Concert: Produced by Trevor Horn, 2004





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Art of Noise - Close to the Edit (The Prince's Trust Concert: Produced by Trevor Horn, 2004)

Featuring Trevor Horn on bass, Anne Dudley on sampler, Geoff Downes on keyboards and Alan White on drums. Yes, it's all of the fun without the Drama. Smile



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ANDY BELL      Seems like a nice boy.... What a gay day to go up on stage clad in tight rubber shorts and an oiled up bare chest. That's Andy Bell, the singer with Erasure. Coming up next is Blancmange, who'll be here in just a trifle. Smile




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Art of Noise - Moments in Live 1986

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SYNTH BRITANNIA - ONE HIT WONDERS

Year  Pos. Weeks 

1985    7      7      Arcadia - Election Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5aKwrsYIM
1994    50    2      Neil Arthur - I Love I Hate - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_DtRPAFIrM
1981    61    3      B-Movie - Remembrance Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUJMvoxiSz8
1989    67    1      The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4R4hAA6wGc
1982    13    10     Blue Zoo - Cry Boy Cry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4CbdGGl19o 
1986    74    1       Boom Boom Room - Here Comes the Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwdhG74QK4M 
1985    -       -       Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be a Cowboy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wWySln4sY0
1979     1     11     The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs
1992    19     8      Cicero - Love is Everywhere - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wrhsDOJHbI
1982    11     9      Classix Nouveau - Is It a Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff6gWyyFEyc
1981    33     7      Dramatis (with Gary Numan) - Love Needs No Disguise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1VymsO6aLA
1985    15     8      The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXnulANF8g
1985     4     11     Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwQlwdSphGo
1988     7     13     Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-PYqUHfTMA
1984     6      9      Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQBoeBgb0uk
1983    59     4      Freur - Doot Doot - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aexff90ZWiQ
1983    74     3      Paul Haig - Heaven Sent - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvSTFbqQRug
1987    32     4      Heartbeat - Tears from Heaven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fHrefGO5c4
1986     7     10     Hollywood Beyond - What's the Colour of Money - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXA0I9UfWEU
1983    15     8      The Icicle Works - Love is a Wonderful Colour - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1RyvR210m0
1983    19    14      Kissing the Pink - Last Film - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puRioYgx4yQ 
1981     5     13      Landscape - Einstein a Go-Go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn8jPj9g_CM
1983    15    12      The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture of You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnIqtV16B3k
1986    58     5       The Lover Speaks - No More I Love You's - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEDrISl5z_4
1979     2     14      M - Pop Musik - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoiv0sZ4s4
1983     4     12      Marilyn - Calling Your Name - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMw_iosf5QI
1982     9     10      Mobiles - Drowning in Berlin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0WulIq4tw
1980    67      2      Pauline Murray & the Invisible Girls - Dream Sequence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2SUs_vxX4o
1983    59      3      Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVrELhxOFnM
1980    13      8      New Musik - Living by Numbers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viOAiUH0T1Q
1982    63      2      Nancy Nova - No No No - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW_YpkN86fg
1984      3     13     Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE1lzqJCeJ0
1982    41      7      The Quick - Rhythm of the Jungle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ88NMpmFBI
1987    35      6      Radio Heart featuring Gary Numan - Radio Heart - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awMV_KaSM-k
1984    28      9      Re-Flex - The Politics of Dancing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRrSwLHyxGc
1987    24     10     Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdUtAnIrV38
1983    79       1     Seona Dancing - Bitter Heart - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDvYpOnN9Qk
1983    66       1     Pete Shelley - Telephone Operator - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA5oz8b3UJM
1984    52       4     Shriekback - Hand on My Heart - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJXeRATcw0Q
1988    62       3     So - Are You Sure - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I80RYWNTpI
1984    15      10    Sal Solo - San Damiano (Heart & Soul) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeKqQG0q11Q
1986    17      10    Belouis Some - Imagination - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwUT5Fa4H7M
1984      5      17    Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7QPBzAJ_io
1982    70       2     Techno Twins - Falling in Love Again - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7HEjVZ8NE4
1983    69       2     Tik & Tok - Cool Running - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFdRRLMYNMY
1982      8      10    Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZnl0C-apf0
1983     59      5     Louise Tucker - Midnight Blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRVFVhWdlPw
1992     32      4     Vegas - Possessed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpX8Dzg7n8E
1984     67      4     Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ERoX099ao
1984     21     12    Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-xpJRwIA-Q
1989     58      3     When in Rome - The Promise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU
1987     63      3     Win - Super Popoid Groove - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ6Pf44WQfo
1986     13     10    Pete Wylie - Sinful - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDURhQeYME
1999     61      1     Younger Younger 28's - We're Going Out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEP0g2s6SWI


Pos. = Highest position in the UK charts.     Weeks = Number of weeks in the UK charts.





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TOP 40 SYNTH-POP SONGS - International Edition  (Courtesy of Classic Pop Magazine)

     Year  Pos.  Weeks

01. 1987     4       10      New Order - True Faith - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfI1S0PKJR8
02. 1981     1       13      The Human League - Don't You Want Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0
03. 1981     1       13      Kraftwerk - The Model - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEnx9xS79Lc
04. 1983     2       14      Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg
05. 1979     1       11      Gary Numan - Cars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im3JzxlatUs
06. 1984     3       13      Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sARuFu-tc
07. 1985     1       15      Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3j2NYZ8FKs
08. 1983     9       21      New Order - Blue Monday - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GMjH1nR0ds
09. 1990     6        9       Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY
10. 1981     3       13      The Human League - Love Action - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnjLlDY_xww
11. 1990    20       8       Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnvFOaBoieE
12. 1982     3        9       Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9KgEs3Zksg
13. 1982     2       14      Yazoo - Only You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4g5MeonGYM
14. 1980     8       15      Visage - Fade to Grey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPC8QJF6sI
15. 1987     1       11      Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRHetRTOD1Q
16. 1985     2       19      A-ha - Take On Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914
17. 1983     5        8       Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUfcT5OoP-8
18. 1980     8       15      Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XJ2GiR6Bo
19. 1978     -         -       The Human League - Being Boiled - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg5Mi6qFrXM
20. 1988     4       10      Erasure - A Little Respect - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34icYC8zA0
21. 1983     6       11      Depeche Mode - Everything Counts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-gK-9EIq4
22. 1979     1       16      Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rKJf_DWecU
23. 1981     2       14      Ultravox - Vienna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeWySiuq1I
24. 1981     8       19      Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6FBfAQ-NDE
25. 1986    56       2       New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkOr12AQpnU
26. 1970    14      12      Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6I6yr7WDeg
27. 1982     3       11      Yazoo - Don't Go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sQGwDeambg
28. 1983     2       13      Heaven 17 - Temptation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWwtMrDX2o8
29. 1992     6        5       Electronic - Disappointed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUTJCIPsWwE
30. 1982    49       4       Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me with Science - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V83JR2IoI8k
31. 1985    21      12      Propaganda - Duel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnQ2zOmb6Hg
32. 1982     7       14      Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW_m8lhZbQQ
33. 1984    46       5       Talk Talk - It's My Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFH5JgyZK1I
34. 1980    31       8       John Foxx - Underpass - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW54X5IEgIk
35. 1992    55       1       Yello - Bostich - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeNIpWT-3vk
36. 1981    19       9       Japan - Quiet Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhm-EqcPta0
37. 1979     -         -       Telex - Moskow Diskow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=___U9R8C2rU
38. 1983     2       15      Howard Jones - What is Love? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqxuAtuzEeg
39. 1981     -         -       The Fallout Club - Dream Soldiers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xni8YCFgePc
40. 1979     -         -       Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind the Mask - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4VMLYnH_Dc

What, no Buggles!?? Shocked

Pos. = Highest position in the UK charts.     Weeks = Number of weeks in the UK charts.




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MY TOP 40 SYNTH-POP BRITANNIA FAVOURITES 

Year  Pos.  Weeks

1982     4      12     ABC - The Look of Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNEdxZURTaI
1982     9      10     The Associates - Party Fears Two - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KybfTKNl2NM
1979     1      11     The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYAErFChPm4
1984     9       8      China Crisis - Wishful Thinking - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQpRMegYc0
1985     14     9      China Crisis - Black Man Ray - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWcbaXS-ZU
1983     13     8      Depeche Mode - Get the Balance Right - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfiISFiozg8
1990      6      9      Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY
1985     15     8      The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXnulANF8g
1982     2       9      Duran Duran - Save a Prayer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uxc9eFcZyM
1983     6       8      Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6f593X6rv8
1984     -        -      Fatal Charm - Summer Spies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T_8ql94Do8
1984     6       9      Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQBoeBgb0uk
1982    43      6      Flock of Seagulls - I Ran - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU 
1982    10     12     Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opkzgLMH5MA
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
1980     8      11     Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmVdXy4y4KU
1981     6      13     Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKqLAVyRaXw
1979     1      11     Gary Numan - Cars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im3JzxlatUs
1984     3      13     Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE1lzqJCeJ0
1980    13     11     Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Messages - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXvlzUCB74o
1980     8      15     Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XJ2GiR6Bo
1987     2       9      Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done to Deserve This? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn9E5i7l-Eg
1983    79      1      Seona Dancing - Bitter Heart - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDvYpOnN9Qk
1985     7      24     Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A
1985     7      11     Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljIQo1OHkTI
1983     1      12     Spandau Ballet - True - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR8D2yqgQ1U
1981     1      13     Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUlcfF5Dnvc
1982    14     13     Talk Talk - Today - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNm4lM-FBHE
1984    46      5      Talk Talk - It's My Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFH5JgyZK1I
1989     5       9      Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAtGOESO7W8
1989    26      8      Tears for Fears - Woman in Chains - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzkK3ZtI9SU
1983     4      15     Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvzVTRK1nOY
1980    57      4      Ultravox - Passing Strangers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqp8F9b5B84
1982    12      9      Ultravox - Reap the Wild Wind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeR9OtIOajc
1992    32      4      Vegas - Possessed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpX8Dzg7n8E
1980     8      15     Visage - Fade to Grey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMPR6Ujop4k
1989    58      3      When in Rome - The Promise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU
1982     3      11     Yazoo - Don't Go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sQGwDeambg
1983     3      11     Yazoo - Nobody's Diary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qq7jTPkjVg


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MY INTERNATIONAL  SYNTH-POP TOP 10  (excluding British bands)

Year  Pos.  Weeks

1985     1      12       A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ir9HC9vYg
1984     8      13       Alphaville - Big in Japan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6u2NASUzU
1986     1      15       Berlin - Take My Breath Away - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx51eegLTY8
1987     -        -        Camouflage - The Great Commandment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6s1-caKRtQ
1983     17    10       Icehouse - Hey Little Girl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZQWTnrJMS0
1977      4      9        Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene Part IV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIMVnPA994
1985     56     7        Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kHl4FoK1Ys
1979     48     6        Giorgio Moroder - Chase (Theme from Midnight Express) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViN2bRGrBx8
1984     27     9        Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhb7BsqPtj0
1974      2     10       Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJ_ifjKopM


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I have a few Yello albums and think they are superb. 

I'm also a big fan of Icehouse. Smile

As far as 'International' synth pop bands are concerned, has anyone heard of 'Our Daughter's Wedding' from the USA? They date back to the early eighties. I think 'Lawnchairs' is probably their best known song.
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^ From the ten international artists and songs listed, my personal favourite is Propaganda's Dr. Mabuse - produced by Trevor Horn (who's also on bass) with Geoff Downes on keyboards and Alan White on drums. Yes, it's three-fifths of the 1980 YES line-up back together again in a 2004 re-Union without the Drama. Smile



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Produced by Trevor Horn: The Complete Prince's Trust Concert, 2004 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxXwsithTj6pxCv5fTVkOS1X1Yuigkq-8

Set List

01. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
02. The Buggles - Living in the Plastic Age
03. Dollar - Give Me Back My Heart
04. Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
05. ABC - Poison Arrow
06. ABC - All of My Heart
07. ABC - The Look of Love
08. Art of Noise - Close to the Edit
09. YES - Cinema
10. YES - Make It Easy
11. YES - Owner of a Lonely Heart
12. Belle & Sebastian - I'm a Cuckoo
13. Belle & Sebastian - Step into My Office, Baby
14. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
15. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
16. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (featuring Steve Howe)
17. T.a.t.u - All the Things She Said
18. Seal - Killer
19. Seal - Kiss from a Rose
20. Seal - Crazy


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THE TOP 22 GREATEST SYNTH BRITANNIA ALBUMS OF ALL TIME (compiled from Paste Magazine)

4 stars 1981: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_llnjyPTsTwxqfDKPqv9lgfi5o2EcyhxWk
4 stars 1985: Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFAcddgaFN8z0HY-u8YkixXAArI6Yna20
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It's long been A Secret Wish of mine to see my favourite German Synth-Pop band perform Live, and a Dream within a Dream just came true, because here's Propaganda as they were then ( back in 1985) and as they are now (in 2012), and so we can all have a proper gander now at lovely Claudia Brucken and Susanne Freytag. Heart

Propaganda - Rotterdam, 1985


Propaganda - London, 2012



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SYNTH BRITANNIA - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO GREATEST HITS PLAYLISTS


















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Are Friends Eclectic? We're travelling back to the future, to a time way back when Gary Numan was the future once. But who were the early pioneers of electronica before that? The story begins with Del Shannon's Runaway in 1961 and the Tornado's Telstar in 1962 before moving on to the emergence of Doctor Who and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1963, the innovative Silver Apples in 1968, and swiftly followed by the rise of Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream in the early 1970's.  But how did we get to the point where "Are Friends Electric" became number one in 1979? This is the story of how Synth-Pop became Synth-Pop. 



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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

I have a few Yello albums and think they are superb. 

I'm also a big fan of Icehouse. Smile

As far as 'International' synth pop bands are concerned, has anyone heard of 'Our Daughter's Wedding' from the USA? They date back to the early eighties. I think 'Lawnchairs' is probably their best known song.

I hadn't heard of Our Daughter's Wedding - until now - but here's an engaging Swedish band you may not have heard of before (Secret Service)  as they were just a Flash in the Night in England, having never had a single enter the UK charts. Confused




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Synth-Pop Britannia

BLANCMANGE      Mange Tout! Don't Tell Me Blancmange have reunited again after a break of a quarter of a century? Well, not quite. The duo of Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe reunited briefly in 2011, but Luscombe was forced to leave the band due to ill health, leaving Neil Arthur to continue alone with a revolving-door line-up of various guest musicians appearing on subsequent albums. Believe You Me though,  Blancmange's comeback albums are a mere trifle compared to their first two albums, featuring the memorable hits "Living on the Ceiling" in 1982 and "The Day Before You Came" in 1984, which inexplicably, climbed higher in the UK charts than ABBA's far superior original version.  Shocked





Year   Pos.   Weeks    Complete UK Hit Singles

1982     65        2      Blancmange - God's Kitchen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P80QyxCR6B4
1982     46        5      Blancmange - Feel Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJS_zpOHkFc
1982      7        14     Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW_m8lhZbQQ
1983     19        9      Blancmange - Waves - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvb8m8Trh8c
1983     10        8      Blancmange - Blind Vision - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_9VQpaf1Rg
1983     33        8      Blancmange - That's Love, That Is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij9b9SgKXrw
1984      8        10     Blancmange - Don't Tell Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukLGrA2ryYY
1984     22        8      Blancmange - The Day Before You Came - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWrS4oqtBW4
1985     40        5      Blancmange - What's Your Problem? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGtGd8pQhag
1986     72        1      Blancmange - I Can See It - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Das4nFl7nY


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SYNTH BRITANNIA - HITS & MISSES (A)  (Complete UK hit singles)

Year   Pos.   Weeks

1981     19        8        ABC - Tears Are Not Enough - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TbfGvbdofU
1982      6        11       ABC - Poison Arrow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a70yJwgQtzo
1982      4        12       ABC - The Look of Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNEdxZURTaI
1982      5         8        ABC - All of My Heart - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfph3043yZU
1983     18        4        ABC - That Was Then But This is Now - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ7TFHIQKCk
1984     39        5        ABC - S.O.S. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-DJOF8W8ZA
1985     26        4        ABC - Be Near Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhAgQMqVxiE
1985     70        1        ABC - Vanity Kills - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIOKOADDnY8
1986     51        3        ABC - Ocean Blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58C2gEjvgjE
1987     11       10       ABC - When Smokey Sings - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTV5FvNCbhk
1987     31        8        ABC - The Night You Murdered Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dra8WN-JCIE
1987     44        3        ABC - King without a Crown - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iXIfjGzMCA
1989     32        4        ABC - One Better World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URfYh1N1Ugo
1989     68        1        ABC - The Real Thing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYaFOgwtB6g
1990     68        1        ABC - The Look of Love (Remix) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg3NjY1ub4I
1991     47        2        ABC - Love Conquers All - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ0sETj2JU4
1992     42        3        ABC - Say It - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBm6s2-y6AA
1997     57        1        ABC - Stranger Things - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8TtAwHBKM

2002     63        1        Alpinestars featuring Brian Molko - Carbon Kid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PifkisE7H2k

1981     67        2        Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKY5NK4VS1Y
1981      2        17       Altered Images - Happy Birthday - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t1vaF50Ks0
1981      7        12       Altered Images - I Could Be Happy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqPJp7Q7qE
1982     11        7        Altered Images - See Those Eyes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSf1v3YWudo 
1982     35        6        Altered Images - Pinky Blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtpNSdSAjyI
1983      7        7         Altered Images - Don't Talk to Me About Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUg6yzKrRXo
1983     29        6        Altered Images - Bring Me Closer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua5nrSlNSAc
1983     46        3        Altered Images - Love to Stay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ehCJ1QRwoM

1985      7         7        Arcadia - Election Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5aKwrsYIM
1986     37        4        Arcadia - The Promise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uf4xI7CP4c
1986     58        2        Arcadia - The Flame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sed7pWnaroc

1984      8        19       Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSy9mNjWSVA
1985     51        4        Art of Noise - Moments in Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC5XTz-S8k0
1985     69        1        Art of Noise - Legs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeD1cyZ8IqQ
1986      8         9        Art of Noise - Peter Gunn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK-vUY6erQU
1986     12        9        Art of Noise - Paranoimia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6epzmRZk6UU
1987     60        4        Art of Noise - Dragnet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y5U2N891E0
1988      5         7        Art of Noise - Kiss (with Tom Jones) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZQFOfMSfY
1989     63        3        Art of Noise - Yebo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p70gpLzS4O0
1990     67        1        Art of Noise - Art of Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lf7cArduqg
1992     45        5        Art of Noise - Instruments of Darkness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m15s1llKAh4
1992     53        2        Art of Noise - Shades of Paranoimia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxn8y2RSCWk
1999     53        1        Art of Noise - Metaforce - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAxXDJdXuxA

1994     50        2        Neil Arthur - I Love I Hate - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_DtRPAFIrM

1982      9        10       The Associates - Party Fears Two - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KybfTKNl2NM
1982     13       10       The Associates - Club Country - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2XAvwbld7U
1982     21        8        The Associates - Love Hangover - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acUD_FVCZ7s
1984     43        6        The Associates - Those First Impressions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHCKSZZNB8c
1984     53        4        The Associates - Waiting for the Loveboat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NdpUGW8ru4
1985     49        6        The Associates - Breakfast - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ_4f4gVof4
1988     56        3        The Associates - Heart of Glass - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w66qlTbA3wo


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Synth-Pop Britannia

THE BLUE NILE      There's no need to travel all the way to some remote region of Ethiopia to discover the source of The Blue Nile.... No, it's much closer to home near The Downtown Lights of
Glasgow, Scotland. Smile




Year   Pos.   Weeks   Complete UK Hit Singles

1989     67        1      The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4R4hAA6wGc
1990     72        1      The Blue Nile - Headlights on Parade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTUKxyeunR0
1991     50        2      The Blue Nile - Saturday Night - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpBrGCnz3DE


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