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Greatest Synth on an 80's Rock Record?

YellowSnow
YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,917 Founders Club
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Greatest Synth on an 80's Rock Record? 12 votes

Too Much Time on My Hands - Styx
0%
Separate Ways - Journey
8%
Tequilla 1 vote
Danger Zone - Kenny Logins
16%
CFetters_Nacho_Loverwhlinder 2 votes
The Final Countdown - Europe
25%
dncbiak1BleachedAnusDawg 3 votes
Tom Sawyer - Rush
25%
alumni94haieYellowSnow 3 votes
You Make My Dreams Come True - Hall and Oates
0%
Jump - Van Halen
8%
El_K 1 vote
Once In A Life Time - Talking Head
0%
Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
8%
Laocoön 1 vote
Take on Me - A Ha
8%
chuck 1 vote
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,917 Founders Club
    Tom Sawyer - Rush
    Probably missing a lot of @Laocoön 's favorite emo/goth fag tracks. But oh well, it's pretty close.

    Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode should be on here, but ran out of room.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,951 Standard Supporter
    edited July 2023
    Define 'rock'.

    Throwing in bands like Depeche Mode and a HA - those aren't 'rock' bands.

    The whole of the Britis invasion in the 80's was synth based. Eurythmics, Pet Shop Boys, Flock of Seagulls, et. al. All way better synth that the options provided.

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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,917 Founders Club
    edited July 2023
    Tom Sawyer - Rush
    PurpleThrobber said:

    Define 'rock'.

    Throwing in bands like Depeche Mode and a HA - those aren't 'rock' bands.

    The whole of the Britis invasion in the 80's was synth based. Eurythmics, Pet Shop Boys, Flock of Seagulls, et. al. All way better synth that the options provided.

    I'm lazy @PurpleThrobber and didn't feel like doing a separate pole for the Synth Pop (a subgenre of new wave which is a subgenre of rock). Depeche Mode and A Ha all fit in that bucket with the artists you reference.
    https://www.allmusic.com/style/synth-pop-ma0000002887

    DM @Fire_Marshall_Bill if you need more specific new wave / synth pop poles. I'm just trying to touch some highlights here.


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  • Bad_MotherDucker
    Bad_MotherDucker Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,383 Swaye's Wigwam
    Chinvalid pole without F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off option

    Winnar and I'll fight anyone who disagrees

    https://youtu.be/PrBUjXaRSUQ
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,917 Founders Club
    Tom Sawyer - Rush
    Tequilla said:

    Separate Ways is the greatest bad music video of all-time

    Make the embarcadeo great again !
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,917 Founders Club
    Tom Sawyer - Rush
    Bad_MotherDucker said:

    Chinvalid pole without F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off option

    Winnar and I'll fight anyone who disagrees

    https://youtu.be/PrBUjXaRSUQ

    Sometimes I like to leave off the FO row Peter puffier option to elicit more hate mail.
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,862 Swaye's Wigwam
    Take on Me - A Ha
    New wave was the soundtrack to my early HS years. That song will be forever stuck in my head.

    Plus they used it to introduce White Wakonda, Colorado in that South Park episode. Who could forget the images of upscale homeless snorting cocaine? Perfect song choice.
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  • huskyhooligan
    huskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 6,074 Swaye's Wigwam
    First song that pops in my head is Gary Numan - Cars.

    Axel F(oley) - Harold Faltermeyer
    Situation -or- Don't Go - Yazoo
    Blue Monday - New Order

    Decent amount Erasure and Pet Shop Boys options.

    Yeah, lots of options.

    Also Depeche Mode Violator album was released in 90.

    I'm sure @Laocoön can go much more in depth than I can.


    The Cars - Drive
    Head like a Hole - Nine Inch Nails
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,917 Founders Club
    Tom Sawyer - Rush
    huskyhooligan said:

    First song that pops in my head is Gary Numan - Cars.

    Axel F(oley) - Harold Faltermeyer
    Situation -or- Don't Go - Yazoo
    Blue Monday - New Order

    Decent amount Erasure and Pet Shop Boys options.

    Yeah, lots of options.

    Also Depeche Mode Violator album was released in 90.

    I'm sure @Laocoön can go much more in depth than I can.


    The Cars - Drive
    Head like a Hole - Nine Inch Nails

    Cars always make me laff hard.
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