synth pop Archives - FRIZZO'S ELECTRIC CAFÉ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/tag/synth-pop/ All Things 80s! Tue, 17 May 2022 20:07:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/frizzoselectriccafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-Frizzos-Electric-Cafe-Logo-01-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 synth pop Archives - FRIZZO'S ELECTRIC CAFÉ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/tag/synth-pop/ 32 32 205889949 Song of the Day (or So) #10 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/19/song-of-the-day-or-so-10/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/19/song-of-the-day-or-so-10/#respond Thu, 19 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=169 Today’s tune is one of my favorites from the 1980s. It’s Frazier Chorus “Cloud 8” from their sophomore album, Ray (1990). Their debut album, Sue, contained a plethora of great synth pop goodness and their second album continues in that tradition. It’s downbeat, droll, and dreamy! PS – You can read more about another track […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/19/song-of-the-day-or-so-10/feed/ 0 169 Song of the Day (or So) #8 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/12/song-of-the-day-or-so-8/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/12/song-of-the-day-or-so-8/#respond Thu, 12 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=161 Here is a song that gets stuck in my head from time to time and today’s my lucky day again! The legendary German synth group Kraftwerk strike “gold” with their industrial/tech anthem “The Robots” (1978). Granted, their stuff isn’t for everyone, but this is one of the most highly influential tracks for so many other […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/12/song-of-the-day-or-so-8/feed/ 0 161 Song of the Day (or So) #2 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/04/song-of-the-day-or-so-2/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/04/song-of-the-day-or-so-2/#respond Wed, 04 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=115 So, this morning I woke up with this song in my head. It’s “Wishful Thinking” by China Crisis off their Working with Fire and Steel: Possible Pop Songs Volume 2 album (1983). Dreamy and melancholy, this song didn’t have much impact in the US, although I understand it was a good size hit in the […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/04/song-of-the-day-or-so-2/feed/ 0 115 Sounds of West Germany https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/03/sounds-of-west-germany/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/03/sounds-of-west-germany/#respond Tue, 03 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=100 Five Essential Songs of the 80s For all the youth who read this, there was a time when Germany was divided in to two countries: East Germany, which was part of the Eastern Bloc and West Germany, which was part of NATO. Many of the iconic German bands of the 80s were from West Berlin […]

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]]> https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/03/sounds-of-west-germany/feed/ 0 100 Rare Yazoo Song https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/02/rare-yazoo-song/ https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/2022/05/02/rare-yazoo-song/#respond Mon, 02 May 2022 13:38:27 +0000 https://frizzoselectriccafe.com/?p=89 From 1982, here is the song “Get Set” by Yazoo. It’s a fun, catchy, and danceable synth pop ditty that would be right at home on an Erasure album. This archival footage features Alison “Alf” Moyet on vocals and the amazing Vince Clark on keys. Oddly, this was never released as a single nor was […]

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