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Hail Bop - Django Django

One More Time - Daft Punk

As a kid looking at the NME and Sounds I seem to remember adverts for something called "Switched On Bach" by Wendy Carlos? - essentially a whole load of Bach played on a Moog synthesiser. This would be circa1969.

Probably the next big thing was Isao Tomita's "Snowflaes Are Falling" and the still completely remarkable Arabesque No1 which got tons of airplay - Radio 1 DJ's would use it as background to talkover, which only made you wish they'd shut up and play and let us hear Arabesque No 1.

The thing which really made me sit up and pay attention was the first Roxy Music album and the track Ladytron which used the instrument to great effect without trying to demonstate all it's capabilities at the same time.

However, I think the best and most crative of the synth popsters were unquestionably Talk Talk... spoiled for choice here.. although it's obvious, It's My Life with the singing geese is none the less a remarkable record and one of a few I never tire of hearing. The masterpieces are I Don't Belive In You the utterly beautiful I Believe In You and Time It's Time though some of these are too long for GIO...

...but the catchy Does Caroline Know? clocks at a very reasoable 4:30 and is a stunning example of how to manipulate synths for maximum effect, again aspart of an overall total, not as an exhibition match.

regardez youse

henri

Couldn't listen tonight so apologies if it was mentioned but what an opporchancity to follow up Jim gilstrap's Swing your daddy with Stevie Wonder's you are the sunshine of my life. One of the great bits of 'not a lot of people know that' pop trivia.

Oh ... almost forgot...the remarkable synth playing on the beautifully melodic and radio friendly

Bluejeans and Moonbeams -Captain Beefheart

which for obvious reasons, is also on the M list.

regardez youse

henri

#4

eh.... go on..

Tuesday:

Baba O'Reilly - The Who

#6 he sang the opening two lines to you are the sunshine of my life before Stevie came in. Why? I dont know.

He also provided backing vocals on the Boz Scaggs album Silk Degrees along with all the session musicians who eventually founded Toto.

General Elektriks - 'Take Back The Instant'



All sounds made with keyboards and samplers, except for the horns. The parts that sound like distorted guitars were played on a Hohner Clavinet C...does that count?

#6

..ah! .. but there are two different voices.. mind you one might be female...who's the other one?

I never really did get Toto, other than 'Hold The Line', they should have stuck it out with Boz.. mind you, he was really a session musician too, I think.

regardez vous

henri

Everything Everything - 'Photoshop Handsome'

Grizzly Bear - 'Two Weeks'

#10 Lani Groves whoever she is.

I'm a big fan of Boz. Would love to have seen him live.

Making the difficult second album look easy Songs from the Big Chair.
Could go for just about any track but can I request

Head Over Heels / Tears For Fears.

Al.

The Politics of Dancing / Re-Flex

Pyoor 80's...



Al.

Better get aff to bed before ah think of any other stoatirs.

'Shake the disease' DEPECHE MODE
'New song' or 'Look Mama' by Howard JONES
'The piano song' by FREUR

Hello again Bryan, Blogotariat, etc....

More electro-pop:
'Secret separation' by FIXX
'Let her go' by STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE
'Hello again' or 'Magic' by CARS
'Never let me down again' by DEPECHE MODE
'the Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch' by Brian ENO
'Horror Movies' by BOLLOCK BROTHERS

Friendly greetings from Chris.

:)

The Monkees - "Daily Nightly"

One of the first pop recordings to feature the Moog Synthesiser.

Hello again Bryan, Blogotariat.....

How about some Nina HAGEN, eh? 'Frühling in Paris' (Springtime in Paris)


Errm, is Miss Babs producing this evening?

Isn't the phrase

"It's a theme that I want to return to later in the year"

a bit unnecessary these days?

#20 Later in the month??

Have you seen this before?

(Though I think the guy claiming to be Thomas Dolby is actually Griff Rhys Jones)

Right folks, admit it, who else had a VL-Tone?

Big Daddy Got A Casio VL Tone / Luke Haines



Al.

"I Feel Love" - Donna Summer

"Hide and Seek" - Howard Jones

'Love is alive' or 'Dream weaver' by Gary WRIGHT
'Peekaboo' by DEVO (Ha Ha Ha Ha)

:)

Worth a try?

Foreigner - "Waiting for a Girl Like You"

Synth intro by Thomas Dolby. You can stop it after that ☺

B- Movie --- Remembrance Day

Fad Gadget --- Scapegoat

Ultravox (With John Foxx) --- Slow Motion

Diana Ross & The Supremes - "Reflections"

More Moog synth on this.

#24

That was very remiss of me forgetting about my mum - probably the great synth pop record of all time - huge 2nd for "I Feel Love - Donna Summer

Did you know? Donna Summer is my mother!

Huge 2nd, too, for Garry Wright.

regardez youse

henri

Human League - "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of"

Or anything else from "Dare" would be good too

Often overlooked...
Computer Game (theme from the Invaders) ~ Yellow Magic Orchestra

Space - Magic Fly... can't wait, can you?

Recently Goldfrapp have made good use of the Synth plus Bulletproof ~ La Roux would be good!

#25 Peekaboo! Get it?

Anyhow, what about Snowball ~ DEVO?