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What did you all think of Numan's syrup?

(Hint for foreign readers: Cockney rhyming slang!)

I thought the programme afterwards was a bit rubbish. Aside from Numan, Roxy and OMD, I didn't find anything enthralling about watching a load of mimed performances.

It just reminded me of how much I dislike "Vienna" and Sparks.

It's his real barnet fair. It just used to be on the back of his lump of lead!

It would do with a trim though... but overall I think he's still looking pretty switched on for 51...

Throbbing Gristle bit here . I don't know much about them at all.

Hard work, but well worth the effort.

TG is the pool of ideas from which so many creatures were spawned...

20 Jazz Funk Greats is their most accessible album if you want to be eased in gently, and The Endless Not from 2005 is a masterpiece

I also enjoyed TG, it was the first time that I've heard them actually.
Is that 2005 masterpiece you're speaking of also accessible Birdsong?
Or is it more like industrial freak-out music?

Just watched it.

Good show.

Could have easliy been a whole series though.

Currently watching the program afterwards.Enjoying that too.

Alex I think you had to be there to apreciate 80s pop.

I wasn't that fussy as I am now about my music.

It looks like John! :p

The synth on which the figure rests is one of John's other favourite synths,the Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus Mk I. This synth features prominently, as both a vocoder and a string machine, on The Garden, Cathedral Oceans I and My Lost City.

John's other string machines or the like during the period: Elka Rhapsody 610, Polymoog Synthesizer/Keyboard and Prophet 5 Mk 2. He could have used a Jupiter 4 for strings because one is used on The Garden but the strings are fatter on a VP-330. A Juno 60 was probably the string synth on In Mysterious Ways replacing the aforementioned. John also replaced his ARP Odyssey Mk2 with an OSCar as the bass/lead synth on his final Virgin album.

I couldn't watch the programme but I've just seen plenty of snippets on youTube and they are all really good. BBC should release this documentary on DVD. A treasure and a great souvenir of those wonderful five years.

Chris
PS John looks well at home at Benge's studio. My dream too!

Absolutely loved the programme, pretty much covered everything that was brilliant in the 80's, some interesting footage especially the film of early Human League, John Foxx made a good contribution and loved all that technology behind him!

Very underestimated John is to, Metamatic was without doubt a ground breaking album.

Gary

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Well... it's Throbbing Gristle after all.
It's self indulgent, atmospheric, industrial, scary - but not without its delicate and sensitive moments.

Has presence and maturity in abundance, and reminds you that experimental people are still out there