Recommend me some songs!

[lyrical]

I've developed a love for synthpop. Actually, I already liked them years ago. But listening to a few after a decade of hibernation, I started drooling for more new wave. Could someone recommend me with some songs that play out the same style as Ken Laszlo and Al Corley? So far, I've listened to:

Laszlo's "Tonight".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFwjTefo_bg

And I think Corley only had "Square rooms"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyZHXVJ9hp4

and "Cold dresses".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayb1zHGD8Zo

If you have songs that you could recommend, do send me at teroristang_aso@yahoo.com

80's forever!

[empyrean]

hey lyrical, are you from the philippines?

Youre email is Tagalog for 'terrorist_dog'

Since youre digging Al Corely.....Gleason/Georgie can recommend you some....[:D]

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[lyrical]

Hindeee...di ako galing pilipinas. haha joke!
Anyway, who's this Gleason/Georgie? Is it the music artist or is it a forum member?

[empyrean]

Ei...welcome dude. Delight us with your New Wave experience.

Too bad Georgie's gone already. He would've amused you.[:D]

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[lyrical]

Hilfe! Can anyone recommend me some songs?! I'm so much in need.

What really pushed me to new wave was listening to "bringing home the ashes" by the wild swans. You should try it too. Their vocalist was paul simpson, and he has this, ghost-like projection over the stereo. He also sang for the care.

Another one you should try is industry. They're most famous for singing "state of the nation". Since you're in the philippines, i'm sure you know it. The song has a video in youtube in case the title's not familiar. They only had one album, but all songs had this upbeat, attractive shade. i recommend it.

[TheMunDial]

Speaking of Industry's album, I've been looking for it, without any success. The only song I have (and love) is "State Of The Nation."

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It's THRILLING! It's GLORIFICENT! It's the best thing to happen to the Internet since the New Wave Outpost! Click away and taste unbridled euphoria!

http://blog.myspace.com/alfredeus

[Bitter Almonds]

<p align="justify">Get some of those ZYX brand Italo Disco collections. A lot of them include junk, but they also have some pretty schweet stuff: Silent Circle ("Touch In The Night"), Righeira ("Vamos A La Playa"), Ivan ("Fotonovela"), etc, etc.

[Bitter Almonds]

<p align="justify:>Check it out[}:)]

Silent Circle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STVhtBondmw

Ivan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrivqafkyqY

Lian Ross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq_CGmbe0cM

Rose (a bit like Kate Bush[}:)] )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjiJua6AAXs

[lyrical]

[quote][i]Originally posted by TheMunDial[/i]
<br>Speaking of Industry's album, I've been looking for it, without any success. The only song I have (and love) is "State Of The Nation."
[/quote]

If you can't see any album being sold for industry, you could request in obscure80's board of this site.

[lyrical]

In case anyone's pursuing the same hunt, try alphaville. They also sound great.

[SallyLightfoot]

Check out the Obscure 80's central topic. The people that frequent that topic have _everything_ you could ever want.

Here are some of the synthpop songs that I downloaded from that topic which blew my mind in 2007:

The Adventures - Send my heart across the sea (instrumental mix)
Crazy 8's - Johnny Q
Boom Boom Room - Love your face
Burns Sisters Band - I wonder who's out tonight
Nine Ways to Win - Close to you
Mi Sex - Computer Games
Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs
Interferon - Baby Pain
Sexbeat - Sexbeat
Digette - Fred from Jupiter

Anyone that hasn't heard these songs should race over to that topic and beg to hear these. If you are gobsmacked like I was, please remember to hit the PayPal button to support this site. Hearing those songs again was a highlight of 2007!

[bigwavedave]

If I may clarify SallyLightfoot's list, The Crazy 8's were a ska band with no synths...but I highly recommend Johnny Q regardless!

[Yachtingtype]

I would change the word synthpop to new wave because most songs on your list SallyLigfhtfoot, I would not even remotely consider them to be synthpop songs.

Here is a great example of syntpop in my opinion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWLqltbTXCY

[SallyLightfoot]

Let me clarify so I'm not misunderstood:

Want some recommendations for synthpop or any other NW genre?

Try the [b]Obscure 80's topic[/b]. I found the posters on that board to be extremely knowledgeable and helpful for (insert your preferred NW sub-genre here).

In my 80's music-listener demographic, Book of Love (esp. 'Boy') was a mainstay of the New Wave playlists. At the time, and now, I just considered it to be New Wave. Some other artists/tracks in roughly that same space would be:

Dominatrix - 'Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight'
Transvision Vamp - 'Living on Video'
Hilary - 'Kinetic'
Boney M - (pretty much anything)