halfdutch ([info]halfdutch) wrote in [info]audiography,
@ 2006-03-24 21:39:00
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Theme: Keyboards
How about some synth New Wave?


Talking about music = dancing about architecture, but here goes:

Head Over Heels -- The Go-Go's. Bouncy tune from the '80s girl group, with those keyboard keys getting an extra workout. BUY

Golden Brown - The Stranglers. How many new wave songs have a harpischord-like intro? This song has recently popped up in ads for frozen french fries. *sighs* (m4a) BUY

Talk Talk - Talk Talk. A nice keyboard solo in the middle. One of the most underrated '80s bands, if you ask me. BUY

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) - Squeeze. Keyboard solo from Jools Holland in this one. Simply one of their best songs. (m4a) BUY

Suburbia - The Pet Shop Boys. Bright, chic '80s dance pop with synth underpinning. (And why do I feel like I'm talking about a dress here?) BUY

Wishing - Flock of Seagulls. They're always called a one-hit wonder (for "I Ran") but wasn't this a hit too? At any rate, give it a listen. More classic '80s synth sound. (m4a) BUY

Shellshock - New Order. Who needs any other instruments besides keyboards? A few synthesized notes gradually build into their trademark layered studio sound. (m4a) BUY

Laughter and Forgetting -- David Sylvian. The haunting, unique voice of Japan (he's been compared to Nick Drake), with acoustic piano accompaniment. BUY

New Religion - Duran Duran. An almost gothic solo synth intro sets this apart from the more bubbly tracks on "Rio." BUY

Destination Unknown - Missing Persons. This is the classic new wave sound. A little ditzy, a little spacy, and all synth. BUY

Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode. An early, poppy highlight before they found their slower, darker groove. BUY

Don't You Want Me? - Human League. Classic layered New Wave synth sound for this tale of long gone wrong. BUY

Midnight - Yaz. Allison Moyet's amazing voice leads off the song and this could be almost be an R&B song from the '70s or a blues classic, but then those synth chords cut in and you know you're smack in the '80s.

Don't Go - Yaz. The line between new wave and disco was never thinner, but who's complaining? If this song doesn't make you want to get up and dance, there's no hope for you.

BUY

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[info]soupdupcosmogrl
2006-03-25 07:01 am UTC (link)
YES! I was just thinking about that Go Go's song earlier, and how I was going to request it in mp3_share... it's been running through my head ever since I saw the video on MuchRetro a few days ago. Thanks.

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-25 07:07 am UTC (link)
It's one of my favorites of theirs. Welcome!

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[info]mortifyd
2006-03-25 07:07 am UTC (link)
Oh, such musical goodness in a single post. ♥

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:40 am UTC (link)
;-D Glad it hit the spot!

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[info]cerulgalactus
2006-03-25 07:25 am UTC (link)
I could have sworn Alison Moyet's band was called Yazoo. I know there was another singer around that time called Yaz, who fronted The Plastic Population - hence the confusion.

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[info]cyranocyrano
2006-03-25 10:25 am UTC (link)
That was the confusion--so on one side of the Atlantic they were Yaz, and on the other side they were Yazoo. (:

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[info]cerulgalactus
2006-03-25 10:31 am UTC (link)
Oh music, why must you be so confusing.

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:41 am UTC (link)
I'll always just think of them as "Yaz." ;-D

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[info]unitedforever
2006-03-25 07:30 am UTC (link)
I took the Stranglers, Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode. Thank you so much!

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:41 am UTC (link)
Welcome! ;-)

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[info]telesilla
2006-03-25 08:50 am UTC (link)
Oh wow, this post sure takes me back! Taking several, thank you!

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:42 am UTC (link)
Ahh, nostalgia! :-) Welcome!

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[info]kuuttis
2006-03-25 10:48 am UTC (link)
I took Talk Talk, PSB, New Order, Duran Duran, Human League and Yaz. Thank you!

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:43 am UTC (link)
Welcome! ;-)

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[info]mzzgoddessblue
2006-03-25 12:39 pm UTC (link)
Grabbed Laughter and Forgetting. God, the crush I had on David Sylvian back then....:memories:

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:43 am UTC (link)
Ahhh, that voice. I know! ;-)

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[info]purple_snitch
2006-03-25 01:14 pm UTC (link)
Talking about music = dancing about architecture

Well put. That sums up exactly why I have so much trouble expressing how awesome all the songs I post here are.

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:44 am UTC (link)
LOL. I'm certainly no music critic but I try! :-)

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[info]incorruptibles
2006-03-25 01:59 pm UTC (link)
Great post. Incredibly, though, I already have all of these, which probably makes me rather cool in the eyes of some, and kind of pathetic in the eyes of others...!

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:45 am UTC (link)
Why, rather cool, of course! :-) And yes, that is incredible. What are the odds? I was contemplating addint some Art of Noise and more obscure bands but ended up with these.

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[info]lilithilien
2006-03-25 02:12 pm UTC (link)
Awesome! Sometimes I miss the 80s!

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:45 am UTC (link)
They're still here, LOL! :-)

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[info]kyraille
2006-03-25 02:42 pm UTC (link)
Taking David Sylvian, thanks!

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[info]wickedenigmatic
2006-03-25 03:14 pm UTC (link)
Great choices! I will be taking what I don't have - which is most of them. Totally agree with you about Talk Talk. I LOVE them :)

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:46 am UTC (link)
Oh yeah, everyone should know and love Talk Talk. ;-)

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[info]aria_muse
2006-03-25 03:26 pm UTC (link)
grabbed everything; once i started i couldnt really stop:) thanks

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[info]biogeekgrrl
2006-03-25 03:28 pm UTC (link)
Took Missing Persons, thanks!

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[info]jcsillusion
2006-03-25 03:59 pm UTC (link)
Grabbed Yaz. Thanks!

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[info]sabrejet81
2006-03-25 04:07 pm UTC (link)
I took a few.

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[info]harmonicasylum
2006-03-25 04:24 pm UTC (link)
took new order, thanks!

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[info]pirat_ponton
2006-03-25 05:27 pm UTC (link)
ah, missing persons - the group whose lead singer gwen stefani stole all her "singing" style from

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:47 am UTC (link)
LOL, I hadn't thought of that. What '80s band hasn't she borrowed from? ;-)

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[info]themoononastick
2006-03-25 08:11 pm UTC (link)
Oooh, fabulous selection! I'm snagging at least half a dozen of them. :D
And I completely agree with you about Talk Talk, definitely a very underated band.

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:48 am UTC (link)
Yaaaay! ;-) And wherever did you get that fabulous icon? *giggle*

Enjoy, hon. And woo for Talk Talk!

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[info]cpolk
2006-03-25 09:05 pm UTC (link)
It's like you nabbed my mp3 player to make this post! I can't believe it.

and I was sitting around going, "keyboards? I can't post for keyboards..."

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:51 am UTC (link)
Ha! mp3 twins! I always picture those videos from the '80s with a very heavily eyelinered keyboard player striking poses as they ply the keys. ;-) So I should have included "1999," huh?


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another new wave sweetie
[info]designthatkills
2006-03-25 09:09 pm UTC (link)
and i was beginning to think there weren't any other of us here... nice post

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Re: another new wave sweetie
[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:52 am UTC (link)
;-) Cool! Glad to meet another '80s fan. I joined an '80s music comm a while back but it's really dead. (And you do not want to know the size of my "new wave" collection, LOL.)

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[info]duranorak
2006-03-26 01:06 pm UTC (link)
There's lots of us, I've just been having crisis after crisis and haven't been able to put anything up. :)

E.
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[info]lyredenfers
2006-03-26 01:03 am UTC (link)
Talking about music = dancing about architecture

This is, like, my favourite quote ever <3

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:54 am UTC (link)
Hee. I know nothing about chord progressions or anything like that, but I do love music. If I could get away with no descriptions, I would!

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[info]anyand
2006-03-26 05:14 am UTC (link)
I LOVE this post. And New Wave. Took New Order, Depeche Mode, the Go-Gos, Missing Persons, and Human League.

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[info]halfdutch
2006-03-26 05:54 am UTC (link)
;-) Sweet! Enjoy.

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[info]chkngrrl
2006-03-26 07:22 am UTC (link)
Nice!

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[info]brainchild129
2006-03-26 08:15 am UTC (link)
So much new wave...*drools in Homer Simpson-esque fashion*

Took the Go-Gos, Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Pet Shop Boys, Missing Persons, Human League, and the second Yaz track.

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[info]duranorak
2006-03-26 01:05 pm UTC (link)
This post makes me happy, largely because it's a lot of songs that I might well have posted had life not been too chaotic for me to join in this theme. YAY. Especially 'Talk Talk', I was definitely going to put that up. Mmm, synths.

E.
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Taken: Go-Go's/Talk Talk/D.Mode/A.Moyet
[info]roxy641
2006-03-26 05:12 pm UTC (link)
Cheers halfdutch,

taken 4 songs:
Head Over Heels - The Go-Go's
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
Midnight - Alison Moyet

Thanks.

Roxy641

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[info]rane_ab
2006-03-26 05:13 pm UTC (link)
I took Don't Go, thanks! Great choices, by the way. :-)

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[info]teenytinypixie
2006-03-27 02:25 am UTC (link)
Pet shop boys....weeee!thanks!

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