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Anyone else want to contribute by making a list of lightweight synth pop classics ? Music to dance round handbags too rather than John's more cerebral stuff I'll start with this masterpiece BALLET DANcER TWINS http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ZmTPyYT7Y restored version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvP3wofsyoo Anyone know anything about them They strike me as being Yello's trendier cousins !!
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Lightweight? I hardly think so. This is a bona fide classic - in a different league to the above by a milliion  Applies to both Men Without Hats and Flock of Seagulls. They are just so not crap...
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Hey .. who said 'lightweight' = "crap" ??? the hits just keep on coming... Four (then three, oh no four again..no, three..) lads who shook the world... Just Can\'t get Enough!
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Hmmm - a fair point. My apologies. Gotta be the Nolans then for me. I'm in the mood... 
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Originally posted by Birdsong:
I'm in the mood... phew .. and who could blame you! hot! I'm sure they were an inspiration for P. Oakey circa 1980 http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=zrCuZd9hed0
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Originally posted by MemberD: Originally posted by Birdsong: [b] I'm in the mood...
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=zrCuZd9hed0 [/b]Bon Dì Membs I'll up the ante with this. Torquay United reserve midfielder and sultry barmaid take electronica to the next level in 79 (?) http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=3BDSy0Ea0Mc
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and here's today's 'lightweight' offering pop-pickers...well just about as lightweight as a teutonic combo could ever get Alphaville - Big in Japan ..the 'oriental' sounds give it that extra kitsch factor.... Not 'arf!
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Well if you're getting your hair done and your best silky blouse, no sorry, shirt ready for the weekend party give our very own Xmas Synth Disco Top 8 (so far) playlist a spin to get you in the paaarty mood... CLICK HERE!  Happy weekends all!
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Excellent effort! Thanks for putting this together. I'd like to add the following to bring us up to ten Patrick Hernandez - Born to be ALive http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BVgM7qeAlko and Leif Garrett - I Was Made For Dancing http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Hihp_Jjdnsg although I now wonder if these are 'synth' tracks...? :rolleyes:
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I'll second what Martin says Membs That collage is sterling work indeed I think that makes you my candidate for "Metamatic Poster of the Year 2008 " just shading out the Lord Lucanesque Lody Herst who disappears for decades on end then posts 200 replies in 5 minutes , into secondplace Anyway .some additions If we can have two songs by the same group I'm voting for Alphaville too , with this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uxUJPry5CTE&feature=PlayList&p=41C42A3DF3C3DC46&playnext=1&index=37 And this Seems like only yesterday I saw these Brummie unknowns supporting Hazel O connor at Lancaster Uni Well I've got my mascara ,lippy , checkered dishcloth and ten Mars Bars I'm ready for my Simon Le Bon "Stars in their Eyes " experience http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_YSWY0sEug
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Ok ta muchly: all requested tracks already added to ver list . .including Martin's which are in fact not strictly synth but hey it's Christmas and we don't want to get too typecast do we ???? Ta Ivan for the extra added Alphaville and of course the Durannies' opera prima which deserves a look-in even tho those lyrics aren't really light-weight n'est-ce pas?.. "I heard you making patterns rhyme" ..phew ! Sounds like Metamtic meets The Blitz! Party on chaps! post scritum: and whilst you're on ver Tube.. take a peep at this........... (shameless plug for my foxx / gordon 'home' video recently published and not much viewed..)
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Just realised we're near the end of the party and haven't had a 'smoocher' yet  So here's Vince Clarke in his second synth-incarnation with 'mate' 'Alf' ..... grab you partners: Yazoo - Only You 
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Originally posted by MemberD: Just realised we're near the end of the party and haven't had a 'smoocher' yet
So here's Vince Clarke in his second synth-incarnation with 'mate' 'Alf' ..... grab you partners:
Yazoo - Only You
Can't we have the Flying Pickets version instead?
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erm, no. (yes I know it was a Xmas number one but.....)
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Quite right Ivan - killer synth riff and instant sing-along-a-lyric.--
All together now: 'Tappettini nuovi, arbe magique.."
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And here's another from our hosts which will make the monoglot Foxxhead males happy  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-GMKXPi1GU I'm off to the Alps on Saturday and 2 long working days ahead so have a good one Marco , catch you next week Tell Scolari to get his act together I don't like the way the Premier is shaping up at the moment 
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Right . Time to get the mothballs of this one as the Festive Season is upon us once again . This esoteric one is a belter Croatian born Milan based Dj Sandy Marton sings in English and pays his own personal tribute to the founder of the modern Turkish state "Kemal by Kemal" (Ataturk mix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHJ19VnEEjY&feature=fvst Ace for doing air synth to !
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Both have a place. I want a jacket like that!! I hope my posts met your expectations and thus qualify for a place in your box of records...
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Originally posted by Birdsong: Both have a place.
I want a jacket like that!!
I hope my posts met your expectations and thus qualify for a place in your box of records... Deffo Big thumbs up to Edwin Starr ! Here's one for you Cheating here More brass section/bass driven than synth but one to shake yer ass to all the same ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM__XvVDvH4
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Woah!! Lovely jubbly. back atcha. Same haircut, same ideology. Different is what different does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWa3ouFWwJs And then returnin' to the groove with inner circle. Because,you know what? Everything is great http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZiFRts-b-U
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WICKED, innit!! We can act like an imbecile...C-mon everyone, do the arm thing Official video? Cool - I haven't seen this before. Right - there's a party at mine on Saturday 18th December. Any time after 3pm. Satan's coming - he wants his basslines back... Bring a hat, bring something beginning with C. Everybody welcome - I've got a great playlist together...!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RuG79nCaXo&feature=fvst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g6bUe5MDRo More cheese than synth. But who's counting??
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Did Peter Jackson direct this? is that guy meant to be Legolas? is this a trailer for The Hobbit? is that crazy blond woman Galadriel? is the little guy in the pointy hat Bilbo Baggins? I'm never going to get any sleep now unless I get an answer to the madness of the safety dance... :rolleyes:
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I'll bring a Cauliflower.
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Is this the time to admit to owning the album? Erm...no...so....IT'S NOT MINE IT BELONGS TO A MATE! :rolleyes:
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