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Synth-pop (also known as electropop or technopop) [1] [2] is a music genre that uses the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. With the genre becoming popular in the late 1970s and 1980s, the following article is a list of notable synth-pop acts, listed by the first letter in their name (not including articles such as "a", "an", or "the").
Synthwave is a microgenre [9] [10] of electronic music [1] that draws predominantly from 1980s films, video games, and cartoons, [11] as well as composers such as John Carpenter, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Tangerine Dream. [12] [13] Other reference points include electronic dance music genres including house, synth, and nu-disco. [14]
Common reference points include various forms of 1980s music, including radio rock, new wave pop, MTV one-hit wonders, New Age music, synth-driven Hollywood blockbuster soundtracks, [9] lounge music, easy-listening, corporate muzak, lite rock "schmaltz", video game music, [1] and 1980s synth-pop and R&B.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
"Obsession" is a 1983 song by Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres, covered in 1984 by American synth-pop band Animotion. The song hit number six in the United States, and number five in the United Kingdom in June 1985, helped by a distinctive video that MTV played frequently.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, music from the United Kingdom was informed by the after-effects of the punk/new wave revolution. [8] In 1979, "Roxanne" by the Police cracked the American Top 40, followed by the more modest chart successes of Elvis Costello, [9] Sniff 'n' the Tears, [10] the Pretenders, Gary Numan, Squeeze, and Joe Jackson; the latter scored a new wave hit with "Is She ...
Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson. The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the ...
Keyboard player Paul Humphreys provided lead vocals and had co-written the song with Martin Cooper who had played live with OMD and was becoming part of the group. A synthesizer hook substitutes for a vocal chorus, as with other OMD compositions. [4] Frontman and co-founder Andy McCluskey was not a fan of the track. He said in 1987, "I think ...