Another of my occasional engagements with Musk's Mad World, the theme this time being thirty days of synth pop throughout September.
No surprise that the likes of Visage, Depeche Mode, Chvrches, Duran Duran, AIR, New Order, LCD Soundsystem, Blancmange, O.M.D., Goldfrapp, Bronski Beat, Hot Chip, Pet Shop Boys and The Human League were generally well represented by their best-known songs.
It was a lot of fun and an opportunity to offer up some lesser tweeted songs by many of the above plus Fad Gadget, Les Rythmes Digitales, Ladytron, Alan Vega, Telex, Boytronic and La Roux, several of whom have featured in posts this month.
My 30 synth pop choices in full were
1) Lady Shave (Single Version): Fad Gadget (1981)
2) Sleep On The Left Side (Les Rythmes Digitales' Living By Numbers Mix): Cornershop (1998)
3) The Black Hit Of Space (Album Version): The Human League (1980)
4) The Sun And The Rainfall (Album Version) (Cover of Depeche Mode): Marsheaux (2015)
5) Cccan't You See... (Single Version): Vicious Pink (1984)
6) Almost (Album Version): O.M.D. (1980)
7) Leave In Silence (Single Version): Depeche Mode (1982)
8) (Hey You) What's That Sound? (Album Version): Les Rythmes Digitales (1999)
9) Clean Your House (The Emperor Machine Extended Remix): Blancmange (2020)
10) Pale Green Ghosts (Album Version): John Grant (2013)
11) Synthesize (Single Version): Autumn (1981)
12) Real Thoughts In Real Time (Vince Clarke Extended Version): Hifi Sean & David McAlmont (2023)
13) Frozen Faces (Single Mix): Propaganda (1985)
14) Let's All Make A Bomb (New Version): Heaven 17 (1983)
15) Gun (Album Version): Chvrches (2013)
16) Saturn Drive (Extended / Album Version): Alan Vega (1983)
17) Seventeen (Darren Emerson Radio Edit): Ladytron (2003)
18) Stand Up (Get Down) (7" Version): Kissing The Pink (1988)
19) You (Extended Version): Boytronic (1983)
20) The Walk (Album Version): Eurythmics (1982)
21) Mixed Bizness (Nu Wave Dreamix By Les Rythmes Digitales): Beck (2000)
22) Moskow Diskow (French 12" Version): Telex (1979)
23) Glam (Album Version): Icehouse (1982)
24) Let Me Down Gently (Prins Thomas Diskomiks): La Roux (2014)
25) Disenchanted (Album Version): The Communards (1986)
26) Mister Imperator (Album Version): Telefís (2022)
27) Lies (Bigger & Better) (12" Version): Thompson Twins (1983)
28) Jackson's Last Stand (Radio Edit): Où Est Le Swimming Pool (2009)
29) When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way' (Album Version): Sparks (1994)
30) Pleasure Boys (Special Dance Mix): Visage (1982)
As my final contribution is being tweeted today, here's a random 10-song selection from the 30, spanning four decades and neatly squeezing onto an imaginary C90 cassette side. Click on the song title links for more YT goodies. Enjoy!
1) Pale Green Ghosts (Album Version): John Grant (2013)
2) Cccan't You See... (Single Version): Vicious Pink (1984)
3) Stand Up (Get Down) (7" Version): Kissing The Pink (1988)
4) Glam (Album Version): Icehouse (1982)
5) Frozen Faces (Single Mix): Propaganda (1985)
6) When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way' (Album Version): Sparks (1994)
7) Real Thoughts In Real Time (Vince Clarke Extended Version): Hifi Sean & David McAlmont (2023)
8) Synthesize (Single Version): Autumn (1981)
9) Mister Imperator (Album Version): Telefís (2022)
10) Clean Your House (The Emperor Machine Extended Remix): Blancmange (2020)
1981: Synthesize EP: 8
1982: Primitive Man: 4
1984: Cccan't You See... EP: 2
1985: p: Machinery EP / A Secret Wish (CD bonus track): 5
1988: Stand Up EP: 3
1994: Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins: 6
2013: Pale Green Ghosts: 1
2020: Clean Your House EP: 10
2022: a hAon: 9
2023: Real Thoughts In Real Time EP: 7
what is musks mad world
ReplyDeleteSorry, that's me being too clever for my own good. Musk's Mad World (and the previously mentioned House Of Musk) is Twitter. Or at least what used to be called Twitter. I think both of my suggestions are better than renaming it X.
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