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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Topic: Synth-Britannia A-Z PollPosted: October 07 2020 at 16:40 |
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I'm voting for Phil Oakey & co, and when it comes to Sheffield bands, they're in a Human League of their own.
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Posted: October 08 2020 at 13:54 |
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OMD.....but like Ultravox , Numan, Talk Talk, a,,,,,,also where are The Simple Minds?
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Posted: October 08 2020 at 13:59 |
I've never thought of Simple Minds as being Synth-Pop, but Soft Cell are the quintessential Synth-Pop band for me.
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Posted: October 08 2020 at 15:16 |
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Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - the first few albums were fantastic
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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Posted: October 08 2020 at 15:20 |
I tried to include an A-Z of all of the major Synth Britannia artists in this one poll, because I wasn't planning on a Part Two.
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Posted: October 08 2020 at 15:23 |
Are Friends Electric? I think friends on PA are more eclectic than electric.
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Posted: October 08 2020 at 15:26 |
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Big Talk Talk fan here, however I like them the more the less synth they use. Voted for Goldfrapp; maybe not very popular around here.
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Posted: October 08 2020 at 15:34 |
It was a simple choice between the Thompson Twins or Talk Talk when I came to the letter "T", but the choice was obvious when I discovered Talk Talk are on ProgArchives. As far as I'm aware, I think Talk Talk are the only Synth-Pop band in the poll who are on PA. Nope, that's wrong. I just remembered Jon & Vangelis are included here on PA too. Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 08 2020 at 15:37 |
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Posted: October 08 2020 at 16:00 |
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Well, Talk Talk are synth pop for a maximum of two albums, and they are here for those after that period.
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Posted: October 08 2020 at 17:01 |
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You're asking a bunch of over 50 white guys who was their favorite synth-pop band from the 80's?
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Posted: October 09 2020 at 00:59 |
I'm an over 60 white guy and I still like Synth-Pop from the 80's.
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Posted: October 09 2020 at 01:01 |
Goldfrapp were an easy choice for the poll as they're the only Synth-Pop band I could think of beginning with the letter "G".
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Posted: October 09 2020 at 01:33 |
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Some great choices From the list I vote for Gary Numan, with Depeche Mode a close second.
From that era, Japan are probably my favourite band. Honoury mentions to OMD and Ultravox who were both excellent early on in their careers. |
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Posted: October 09 2020 at 05:22 |
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Some great bands and between them they have made a number of classic albums (Lexicon of Love, Vienna, Spirit of Eden for instance). The best of the lot is Spirit of Eden but Talk Talk were not a synth-pop band by then and this is about as far from synth-pop as you can get, but they still get my vote.
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Posted: October 09 2020 at 07:48 |
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From this list, I'd say 2Talk (the only I actually like - including their poppier albums), with very distant second (tied) DM & OMD and then far behind Eurythmics and GN&TA But this electro-pop was generally all I hated in the 80's (and still nowadays), so I'd say they all suck (not that I was aware of all of them, though) BTW: is Goldfrapp not totally out of the timeframe context?  |
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Posted: October 09 2020 at 08:08 |
Yes, but I couldn't think of another Synth-Pop band beginning with "G"
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Posted: April 01 2021 at 05:17 |
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I knew Steve Strange's Visage didn't have much hope of winning this poll, but they'll always be remembered for this Synth-Pop classic from 1980.
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Not exactly my type of music, but I quite like Eurythmics.
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Posted: February 05 2022 at 04:24 |
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It looks like Gary Numan is the favourite here, although I was expecting Talk Talk to win for some bizarre reason.
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They get my vote for those albums. They are not winning here because they are usually loved on PA for their experimental work.
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