Thread: Classic Synthwave & Synthpop (Big Name)

Wow, I had no idea anyone actually took Michael Sambello seriously...

Originally Posted by Patriot Rising

Wow, I had no idea anyone actually took Michael Sambello seriously...

What's wrong with Michael Sembello? I found a lot of his songs pleasing to the ear...even if they were mellow, or perhaps a little light in the loafers as some may insinuate.

The guys in Cutting Crew were apparently some pieces of work, but they made great music. I'm a big fan.







And Chris de Burgh (always a favorite)

Man, I miss the 80's. The last song brings a tear to my eye when I listen to it.

Our culture has fallen like a shooting star...the Almighty works in mysterious ways...

Well, I don't know about you, but even to this day I can't help but associate Sembello w/ the song "Maniac", which is easily one the cheesiest of its day. It ranks right up there w/ Buckman & Garcia's "Pac-Man Fever."

Honestly, I had no idea he had more material besides "Maniac." And I'm still amazed that anyone remembers him at all.

To each his own... Enjoy!

Originally Posted by Herd People Suck

What's wrong with Michael Sembello? I found a lot of his songs pleasing to the ear...even if they were mellow, or perhaps a little light in the loafers as some may insinuate.

Originally Posted by Patriot Rising

Well, I don't know about you, but even to this day I can't help but associate Sembello w/ the song "Maniac", which is easily one the cheesiest of its day. It ranks right up there w/ Buckman & Garcia's "Pac-Man Fever."

Honestly, I had no idea he had more material besides "Maniac." And I'm still amazed that anyone remembers him at all.

To each his own... Enjoy!

Classic synth soundtrack is awesome methinks. Here's a classic along the lines of Michael Sembello, the guys from South Park gave it a new lease on life.
Paul Engemann : Push It To The Limit



Here's a more recent classic: 2004 Moving Units "Anyone" from the album Dangerous Dreams

"Moving Units?" I actually haven't heard of them. A great example of Neo Synthwave though!

No matter what, Kraftwerk are the gods of synth pop!

Originally Posted by Patriot Rising

No matter what, Kraftwerk are the gods of synth pop!

Deutschland's Kraftwerk have been making music before I was even born. Those guys practically invented Industrial Music which is electronic based (As far back as 1970 according to wiki). When I was a kid I bought an old used cassette copy of Kraftwerk's Electric Cafe and I liked them ever since. The music of Kraftwerk can be techno, Industrial or even synthpop at times, they are electronica trailblazers.

Some music from Loverboy.







Gino Vanelli

Fischerspooner-Never Win


Ministry- Everyday Is Like Halloween


Severed Heads- Triangle Tangle Tango

Book Of Love. This song was great in the movie American Psycho.


Tears For Fears- Pale Shelter. If you've ever played Grand Theft Auto Vice City, this song is on that New Wave "Wave" radio station along with a lot of other pretty cool retro-80s stuff.

Day of the Dead Medley by John Harrison. The first track on the album. Not what you would expect for music from a zombie movie.



The album is worth having, Just go to a file sharing search engine.

Here is a site that has high fidelity downloads in various formats like FLAC:

Lossless Music Download

Some of the files were deleted, hopefully they'll be reuploaded.
If you get one, I'd burn it to CD using IMG Burn.
Another program if you're using Gnu/Linux or Mac.

I just heard this song for the first time a couple of days ago. A great retro find. PseudoEcho-1985


PseudoEcho: they look kind of like they raided Duran Duran's wardrobe closet, hired Flock Of Seagull's hairstylist and then had Siouxsie Sioux do their make up!


The poster of this song used this as background music for a previous video of a tutorial on zip gun construction LOL
How To Make A Simple 9mm Zip Gun - YouTube

Nice!