I've never thought of Simple Minds as being Synth-Pop, but Soft Cell are the quintessential Synth-Pop band for me.

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.

 

Are Friends Electric? I think friends on PA are more eclectic than electric.

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.

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.

 

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Tubeway Army

 

I'm an over 60 white guy and I still like Synth-Pop from the 80's.

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".

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?

Yes, but I couldn't think of another Synth-Pop band beginning with "G"

Fade to Grey (rare video)

They get my vote for those albums.

They are not winning here because they are usually loved on PA for their experimental work. 

I'm surprised and disappointed to see The Human League has only picked up one vote so far (from me). 

considering the competition, I don't understand your surprise. 

The Human League - Louise

I'm Dancing with Tears in My Eyes now that Ultravox has finally drawn level with Talk Talk. 

it's close, but not there yet. 

Yes, it's an interesting Situation, so Don't Go away, as I have a Yazoo video for Only You. 

why are you posting all these famous songs, how ignorant do you think we are? 

I didn't expect you to thank me for posting these famous songs (which is just as well), but it really doesn't matter if you've heard these Synth Pop classics a hundred times before, as they still sound great over forty years on, and anyway, it's better than posting them on a Top 7 YES albums thread. 

yeah, but it's rather redundant posting the videos. You can just list the song titles, makes more sense to me. These songs are so famous, no videos are necessary here if you ask me. 

Everyone make sure to check out Coil's cover version of it, preferably the music video. 

edit: silly me, Soft Cell's version is already a cover of Gloria Jones song. 

Hardly redundant. It's so long ago since I saw some of these classic Synth Pop videos that it's almost like seeing them for the first time again. 

then it's redundant to me (and I bet others here). 

You're probably right. I may be flogging a dead horse in trying to revive an appreciation of 80's Synth-Pop on a Prog-Rock website. 

it's funny and strange in the same time how my interaction with Paul is no good, whether we argue or we're kind to each other. 

Yes, it has been said before, and there's more than an element of truth in that insightful observation too. 

I thought you and me were supposed to stay away from each other. 

As for me and Paul, we're getting along just fine, despite our differences. I can't stay away from Paul, he'll miss me and then, what? 

Vive La Difference! Despite our many differences of opinion over the last two and a half years, I'd miss you if you weren't here, and if I weren't here, then I hope in some small way you might miss me too,  although I could be wrong and you may disagree with me again.