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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.
By the way, the flares may be long gone but I still have my gold platform shoes. |
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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. 1986: Furniture - The Wrong People - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l_Ohi-esPEK96Of8vLvrz0Er0nCw69vYQ 1986: Furniture - The Lovemongers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0qowsmYAYM 1989: Furniture - Food, Sex & Paranoia - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYYXhO4UGqQ9TjPLXworjDw0Al896nvzR Year Pos. Weeks Complete UK Hit Singles 1986 21 10 Furniture - Brilliant Mind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JeEXP717T0
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DAVE GAHAN The Voice of Depeche Mode! 2003: Dave Gahan - Paper Monsters - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbXJpmZDkAz0l_ife1cKRpNcwsgFWAov 2007: Dave Gahan - Hourglass - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWRX9-REoEC_qM0MydA5zqckG5z4AqhM8 |
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GARDENING BY MOONLIGHT A Synth-Pop duo for the keen gardeners amongst us. Gardening with Top Ground Gear Force. Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 06 2024 at 01:57 |
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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. 1982: Peter Godwin - Dance Emotions - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mc2qAh1_FgFKhuKYGM7NpQREEfkKHmoiM 1983: Peter Godwin - Correspondence - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ng2viRx5u4v9oRj0fdjC5OKN5z7PFPgY0 |
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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. 2000: Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_namnaLo2WwtIcO_ds8VJEgiMoDSQfWcto 2003: Goldfrapp - Black Cherry - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k0Z_RPc5J-jdpVJHNAakAXFvk7EeUaqQE 2005: Goldfrapp - Supernature - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kNQEdl5_WjSyyh9ZiRxZTGEMyzB202V78 2008: Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kEKXztVpHgOvdq-udy1TSaalTRd-1XuvA 2010: Goldfrapp - Head First - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lae9fFFmLGK0znSIwAf5zcd176PCLHHtE 2013: Goldfrapp - Tales of Us - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mWYsW2R6EMnDWSmhYRoqEd_YTu-OQG2-g 2017: Goldfrapp - Silver Eye - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mcZb6U-mXBs4KjS3jBAl1DRjRuf4eUCsA Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 07 2024 at 03:26 |
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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. 2003: Martin Gore - Counterfeit - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPXNxMlj5lBAouyl4Ho_gaxYlaPWl0v-n 2015: Martin Gore - MG - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nbX3mCSWFVU278dv7d2FI1Em0eJI1yw74 Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 10 2024 at 07:14 |
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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. 1983: Paul Haig - Rhythm of Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS4w473NE9U 1985: Paul Haig - The Warp of Pure Fun - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lyIqqlSbFyEm-rAzu4Ep8R_f4-YKdHS0E 1989: Paul Haig - Chain - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kWuHcI_DQjuvxDjZYyFtT7xwTOb5NBxzU 1992: Paul Haig - Cinematique - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l88rbzmbVvxJaFy4yFw9nP_hjkttB4V8Q 2007: Paul Haig - Electronik Audience - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nFVlJTEivEwcT22tYXERUUpiQtJ_dirIM 2008: Paul Haig - Go Out Tonight - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mK7J_9wvC77bScOv6fiSa2P3pU6WqTNmo 2009: Paul Haig - Relive - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb0dCSXIy3I2bP09l6_2bEba85cgIEXM4 2013: Paul Haig - Kube - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ksWud62A33hUYn5PbhuB6IOQyG62hAVFQ 2020: Paul Haig - The Wood - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB1X9qldKil6Fs8nkXldTdi_J2--FbrQK Year Pos. Weeks Complete UK Hit Singles 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. 1989: Toni Halliday - Hearts and Handshakes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ34mZDwrkCyq3CBkpzjAt0peMWrbWOKE Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 10 2024 at 12:10 |
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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. 1984: Heartbeat - In Celebration Praise - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLmpDZeXqMo4Fj5hY7Si7tsY6eNReCfe2 1986: Heartbeat - Voice to the Nation - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLmpDZeXqMo4no9Go8Yo6xde_pcaTcRoO 1988: Heartbeat - The Winner - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPcTOx34g9XTW98M64aLx1PZoxunnmdas 1990: Heartbeat - I Will Speak Out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpe2GzOHdSA&t=480s Year Pos. Weeks Complete UK Hit Singles 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. 1981: Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lnsoF7ViLoH8FHNkUnrpidhAsExeuVPFQ 1983: Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mHm4-l5ZfUMGoAzpjkC_LVJ0Xu_T5XB5g 1984: Heaven 17 - How Men Are - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lOkeF1g8-eUS8L620FPwf27uV0dEeTAUQ 1986: Heaven 17 - Pleasure One - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lM6G9QlnsxrNtJ9IMHpgi9hjkn0cerBt4 1988: Heaven 17 - Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lHmxgTUS7d-9dK757CFmUIONM9rjFez84 1996: Heaven 17 - Bigger Than America - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_myiO5OpbG1aq1PE-4SnS2JdEcdPNw16O8 2005: Heaven 17 - Before After - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kQduCU7G-Z1jRi7WU8-4R5DzjQKiSdmjo 2008: Heaven 17 - Naked as Advertised - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lj-r3TEjJlwUb8-ecVN5IffKpH6axl1xM Heaven 17 - Don't Fear the Reaper (But fear inferior cover versions of a Blue Oyster Cult classic) Year Pos. Weeks Complete UK Hit Singles 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 Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 18 2024 at 10:05 |
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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. 1971: Rupert Hine - Pick Up a Bone - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Psjl56DG9Y10XnlcjD3gCR0geTDupeH 1973: Rupert Hine - Unfinished Picture - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF5DD94331ECD9477 1981: Rupert Hine - Immunity - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-R7zBoT9lI 1982: Rupert Hine - Waving Not Drowning - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLytedUkzvMVRXcHEVMvjYDMbdh2AFhBjF 1983: Rupert Hine - The Wildest Wish to Fly - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLks8k602-iGfFOR3GRaSa62g9wH38EmP 1985: Rupert Hine & Various Artists - Better Off Dead (soundtrack) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHktgqhvNQVqzqqY8QY3OCkgEA0Kt7oW9 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). Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 19 2024 at 06:20 |
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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. 1987: Hollywood Beyond - If - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCZYiblW9sNWel2RXs6kL-1QwLtzHO4IB Year Pos. Weeks Complete UK Hit Singles 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. 2004: Hot Chip - Coming on Strong - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZqsyBiYZFQ3KoCUG3kTtUQ7HIb6nmaFF 2006: Hot Chip - The Warning - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3kDn3IlFJwoQkVI7L0cB4DZFHa3BnUhY 2008: Hot Chip - Made in the Dark - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mamm5bNzwzwV1CATd72lspvoaOUqlFTFI 2010: Hot Chip - One Life Stand - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_koMV0DR2t281dLaExf_KL_IVZ11nYORy0 2012: Hot Chip - In Our Heads - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_leoF_zetZy8zyzebCKlQ5U21m5CHERAIg 2015: Hot Chip - Why Make Sense? - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kZMUjukhNpeOP7msd8FBcr592JmeqqvuI 2018: Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nddSmVDI_UP-MZG-0lCUclqk4NJ7TknHY 2022: Hot Chip - Freakout/Release - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lCz6QmqpYYhjgGPIaArXgAeWa-gDJCG28 |
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