Just imagine what Bach could have done with today's synths......

@EspenKraft

4 жыл бұрын

It would be totlly awesome! ;-)

@jimgauth

4 жыл бұрын

Station!

@Shadowboost

4 жыл бұрын

It would be beyond imagination

@4623620

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe something like Wendy (Walter) Carlos did for the album "Switched on Bach" and for the film "A Clockwork Orange". kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z5eJw9enntGxmLQ.html Not bad, but I think Bach is best the way it originally is, T&F in Dm opened my mind to the mathematical aspects of his music.

@Mindphaser1

4 жыл бұрын

He would be Vangelis.

0:30 Thriller - Michael Jackson. 0:56 The final countdown - Europe. 1:28 Take on me - A-ha. 1:54 Save a prayer -Duran Duran. 2:29 Axel F - Harold Faltemayer. 2:58 Profondo Rosso - Goblin. 3:19 Jump - Van Halen. 3:48 Light my fire - The Doors. 4:16 New song - Howard Jones. 5:01 Toccata & Fugue Dm - J.S Bach.

@DerSonntagsgamer

3 жыл бұрын

This is really an unnecessary list

@kelvinthenedy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

@baghdaddymike6669

3 жыл бұрын

Separate Ways, Journey

@sheepdavis

3 жыл бұрын

@@DerSonntagsgamer your existence is unnecessary

@DerSonntagsgamer

2 жыл бұрын

@@sheepdavis Awwwww thank you

One of my favorite things about Thriller, as a jazz musician, is how nice and full the chords are. Listening to the Rhodes part, it's a lot of Minor 7s and Diminished chords, and at one time they even play a 7th chord shape on one hand and a 6th shape on the other, but they still didn't forget about simple chords.

@DatOneGuy

2 жыл бұрын

As a jazz enthusiast, Thriller got me going 😳 right away

@gregsullivan7408

2 жыл бұрын

It's only recently that I was even aware there was a Rhodes in it at all. (thanks to Dr Mix) P.S Does it really contain some Jazz?? I like it far too much for me to believe it qualifies. 🤣

@mandalorian957

10 ай бұрын

You like a pedo

@KBizzy

8 ай бұрын

@@gregsullivan7408not jazz, but jazz chords. Chords that came from jazz music. Such is the case with a lot of R&B/Pop music

@patrickeagan2051

5 ай бұрын

Mks50 + pg300?

Sweet Dreams deserve top ten. The synths was amazing in it.

@soloperformer5598

Жыл бұрын

By Yes?

@crisbowman

Жыл бұрын

No, by Eurythmics

@needamuffin

10 ай бұрын

Sweet Dreams and Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) were the first two I thought of.

@Random_user_8472

Ай бұрын

I just can't get enough - Depeche Mode should be in there too.

Everybody's gangster until Bach steps up to the synthesizer

@OJstellar

3 жыл бұрын

Chopin would probably rock it as well

@heathermcdougall2399

3 жыл бұрын

@@OJstellar I've actually oplayed Bach on a prophet 5 and attempted Chopin too, but he needs a bigger keyboard mostly.

@mrtower7435

3 жыл бұрын

lol, the quote of the century

@alexandrumacedon291

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrtower7435 bach was the least nice of all so... i don;t know why he included him. maybe personal preference

@johnbishop5316

3 жыл бұрын

@@heathermcdougall2399 Bach had only four and half octaves!

The synthesiser was the King of the 80's music genre when you hear those sounds you always think of the music of the 80's

@EspenKraft

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was. ;-)

@geonauto

4 жыл бұрын

This year has been reborn of synth,have a look to pop music

@MacetazzOpina

3 жыл бұрын

most of the music you listen to in the radio: pop, hip hop etc is done entirely by synths, they are just not the famous cheap japanese polysynths and digital fm synths people used in the 80s because they were the first affordable to any musician, most synths we hear now are completely digital in computers

@fakshen1973

3 жыл бұрын

The early 1980's was truly the era of the AFFORDABLE synthesizer. It wasn't so much king but the 80's were awash in people trying to push the envelope.

@curtisthomas2670

3 жыл бұрын

But those cheap/affordable synths made such lovely, distinct and memorable sounds

Pipe Organ: the original synthesizer

Jump is an all time classic. It was very bold to use a synth in place of rock guitar.

@musicman8942

4 ай бұрын

Keep in mind that both van Halen brothers were pianists before they took up drums & guitar

When "thriller" stopped, my mind kept the rhythm on.

@coachhannah2403

3 жыл бұрын

That's an ear worm. Different.

@WayJilliamRohnson

3 жыл бұрын

When that bassline hits!! What a masterpiece

@jbasti227

3 жыл бұрын

I was honestly expecting him to continue and play the baseline too lol

@HaharuRecords

3 жыл бұрын

@@jbasti227 Hahah yeah😂

@bavackyantho5485

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it's over, so that I get to listen to Final Countdown, Take on me, Saving a prayer, Axel F & Jump

The 80s had the most iconic movie intros. Narrator starts to tell the story while a synth plays in the background. Camera glances at the white hightops in motion and follows a big head of frizzy hair and they glide outside and hop onto their bike, ready to sail the summer air

@gajol3257

3 жыл бұрын

Im searching for this song i think! It starts with the same 3 (maybe) fast-playing synth notes. Hard to explain haha, but please help if you know the name

@gajol3257

3 жыл бұрын

The song that is used in a lot of 2000's american movies. And its either an intro or outro song, that slowly becomes higher as the narrator speaks

@Ismael-kc3ry

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao I can picture it so easily

@vmega44

2 жыл бұрын

@@gajol3257 who's in the movie

@gajol3257

2 жыл бұрын

@@vmega44 Thanks for trying to help, but I found the song! :D Its called "Baba O'Riley" by The Who

This brought back some fond memories. I also had a DW-8000 back in my playing days. Paired with my drum machine and sequencer, I made full albums of music. What a wonderful time that was.

That's what I have been looking for a long time.......Thank you Sir.

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams" has to be on this list.

@EspenKraft

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't you watch my "10 Iconic Synth Bass Lines" video? ;-)

@xaviercrepin2930

4 жыл бұрын

Depeche Mode and Gary Numan are missing in the list, probably they created so many good synth riffs they should have been included in a Top 100 list at least!

@jakelencher817

4 жыл бұрын

heh i can play that.

@jakelencher817

4 жыл бұрын

@P. D. Smart i will go on playing it for like an hour, and i notice everyone leaving the room.

@zachary4670

4 жыл бұрын

Eurythmics song Here comes the rain again changed my life when I heard it. That synth sound mixed with the live orchestra was just amazing

0:31 - Thriller 0:57 - Final Countdown 1:28 - Take on Me 2:04 - Save a Prayer 2:30 - Axel F 3:00 - Profondo Rosso 3:20 - Jump 3:49 - Light My Fire 4:16 - New Song 5:02 - Toccata and Fugue Dm

@funkdocta5332

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I almost did it myself but then I found your comment :)

@00bean00

4 жыл бұрын

A real hero and a real human bean

@kaori_kanzaki

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rias. ❤

@kostiplays

4 жыл бұрын

Rias rly is the best waifu

@vadimblanchy9579

4 жыл бұрын

00bean00 yes this man truly is a bean

"I wear my sunglasses at night " has a very memorable riff.

Congratulations Man , you did my day ! Thank you so much to you ! I appreciate :D

Me: time to go to bed KZread: wanna see a guy play the synth? Me: well.. I should go to bed.. *clicks video*

@rob_odd

4 жыл бұрын

I feel you! :D It's 01:48 and I got to get up at 7:30.^^

@ProducersVault

4 жыл бұрын

Nice demo, strange timing on Jump though

@sinking1902

4 жыл бұрын

100% this. Now I want to buy some keys.

@johnbishop5316

4 жыл бұрын

@@ProducersVault Stopped to sip his Horlicks. Nearly bedtime.

@p-aluneau5136

4 жыл бұрын

Literally me.

Visage - Fade to Grey New Order - Blue Monday Donna Summer - I Feel Love Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence Robert Miles - Children Darude - Sandstorm Eurytmics - Sweet Dreams Massive Attack - Angel Just to name a few.

@kimble02

3 жыл бұрын

Damn sold list!

@johnmacrae7998

3 жыл бұрын

+ Alice DJ - Better Off Alone

@miks564

3 жыл бұрын

Very good list there. 👍

@pigeonnebula7353

3 жыл бұрын

The ending of highest in the room

@chinossynthesizer705

3 жыл бұрын

Some of these songs are unlistenable because they are memes

Hey thanks for playing my song. Much appreciated.

The save a prayer intro always gives me goosebumps...fantastic classic intro, love your upload, Sonique

@user-ms6rf3cn5v

4 ай бұрын

I was not a fan of Duran Duran back at that time and "Save a player" was not their gratest hit, but it was the song when I startet to like Duran Duran. Also one of the most underratet bands from the 80s.

Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells Vangelis Papathanasiou - Alpha Alan Parsons Project - Lucifer Alphaville - Big in Japan New Order - Blue Monday Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (basically almost everything from Depeche Mode) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity Kraftwerk - anything...you name it Yazoo - Don't Go Bronski Beat (jimmy Sommerville) - Smalltown Boy Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe 4, Oxygene 4, Magnetic Fields 2 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus A-ha - Take on me Tears For Fears - Change Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Axel F. - Beverly Hills Cop Theme Song

@dromeus21

4 жыл бұрын

There are more Popcorn, the Chase (moroder), the theme from Terminator...

@Lovetrain-io6kt

4 жыл бұрын

Shout tears for fears?!

@wolfgang4468

4 жыл бұрын

Too many Alphas.

@vendingdudes

4 жыл бұрын

What a superb list in its own right

@lilo5437

4 жыл бұрын

New Order, Kraftwerk and Falco ❤️❤️❤️

Thriller chords are absolutely stunning

@synthdadmusic3388

4 жыл бұрын

Probably Quincy Jones wrote them, guys a genius. Check out his Netflix doco. Amazing

@st0rmchild

3 жыл бұрын

Quincy’s a genius, but Thriller was written by Rod Temperton, and the synth part was most likely played by Greg Phillinganes.

@edwardjamyangmacarchick1847

3 жыл бұрын

@@st0rmchild LOL, you beat me to it! Wikipedia has the personnel listed and Jackson basically did vocals and that's it. After Jackson split from Quincy Jones I think his song quality dropped incredibly, and he usually had several writers/co-writers on most of the singles.

@st0rmchild

3 жыл бұрын

@@edwardjamyangmacarchick1847 Agree 100%. Quincy was the cornerstone of MJ's golden era.

@ricomajestic

3 жыл бұрын

@@st0rmchild He didn't write any of the songs though. He was able to find great songwriters and musicians though like the guys from toto and MJ was a great singer and songwriter too!

I’ve been searching for the name of “New Song” for years. I’ve tried popular synth songs from 80s and many more. Thank you so much!!!!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

And he did on one of the world’s most underrated yet most amazing and warmest synth EVER - the mighty KORG DW8000

My god the synthesizer is such a sexy sounding instrument

@reactions5783

4 жыл бұрын

Not the way this joker is bludgeoning it, it isn't.

The “Jump” synth part is extremely authentic to the original sound. Also, when a lot of people play this, they usually get the last chord wrong in the sequence. Subtle, but always the wrong notes. This guy got it right.

@synthdadmusic3388

4 жыл бұрын

My favourite cover to play, nothing beats this to wake up an audience!

@danielhohenberg3840

4 жыл бұрын

Weak playing rythm wise though

@johnbishop5316

3 жыл бұрын

Completely wrong timing.

@st0rmchild

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of people get the chords right. Most people don’t screw up the rhythm like this.

@TheWarriorSongProject

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbishop5316 he probably just hesitated trying to remember the riff. I don't think it was bad timing, considering his other demos...

So many to consider, so many left out that were awe inspiring but not really distributed outside of Europe. The one track that rocked my world and changed my entire musical paradigm in 1980 was Gary Numan's "Cars". Opened up the entire world for me. Human League's "Love Action", OMD's "Messages", Dolby's "One Of Our Submarines", Yazoo's "Dont' Go" and "Situation", the running synth line of Pet Shop Boys "Westend Girls", Depeche Mode's "Strange Love", New Order's "Blue Monday", M's "Pop Music", Afrika Bambaata's "Planet Rock" even though it sampled Kraftwerk heavily. So much of the 80s was just ground breaking, and so much of it came from the UK at a time when "the future" had an entirely different vibe.

These are some outstanding riffs, well presented. Thanks! *Thumbs up*

Tears for fears - everybody wants to rule the world - bass /synth intro. Camouflage - the great commandment

Depeche Mode "I just can't get enough", Yazzo "Only you" and Erasure "Respect" just to name a few.

@verdielg

3 жыл бұрын

depeche album cover throwing up the 666 illuminati hand sign...never noticed that until now

@johnmc3862

3 жыл бұрын

Good call!

@humanchannel7825

3 жыл бұрын

OMD enola gay

@tulleuchen

3 жыл бұрын

New Order and Human League should be in there as well.

@TheEudaemonicPlague

2 жыл бұрын

@@humanchannel7825 I was just listening to that yesterday, off the URGH! A Music War album, which is a collection of live recordings by a variety of bands. The video that goes with it is awesome.

I'm kind of surprised 'Donna Summer - I Feel Love' isn't in this list, that sound was so far ahead of it's time in the 70's it kickstarted the whole synth pop scene which spanned the 80's.

@michaelmanus7765

2 жыл бұрын

There are quite a few like that were well done synth pieces not mentioned here.

@rachelar

10 ай бұрын

That's more a groove than a riff

Thanks! Great famous selection! 😊

Journey: separate ways. One of my favorite synth riffs

@chaddionne2605

4 жыл бұрын

So true, one of the first I tought of !

@jasonkilley

4 жыл бұрын

I see you’re a man of culture as well...

"Big Sleep" Simple Minds, "Ashes to Ashes" David Bowie, "Africa" Toto, "It's a Sin" Pet Shop Boys, "Little Lies" Fleetwood Mac, "Metal", "Cars" & "Are Friends Electric" Gary Numan... (And my favorite song ever is "Save a Prayer")

This is one of the best videos on KZread and yes, the Fletch theme is spectacular.

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I play the Fletch theme in another video. ;-)

Thanks a lot! Beautiful!

Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough |===| OMD - Enola Gay.

@mansenmias

4 жыл бұрын

I hate 'Just can't get enough' and its lousy riff but love 'Enola gay' and it's my first choice to replace Bach and The Doors that had no synthetizer available, so not synth riffs really. And everything about The Doors is overrated anyway… :/

@FrankHarwald

4 жыл бұрын

Trans-X - LIving on Video

@jjerg

4 жыл бұрын

My fav Depeche Mode synth riff is "Never Let Me Down Again'

@u2bst1nks

4 жыл бұрын

Any list of synth riffs that doesn't include a Vince Clarke riff is incomplete.

“Crockett’s Theme” - Jan Hammer “Closer” - Nine Inch Nails “Africa” - Toto Also the synth solo from “Rosanna” totally kicks arse.

@lonnieappleby6242

4 жыл бұрын

Trevor Moffat OHHHH! I MUST listen to Closer now!

@1953beetle

4 жыл бұрын

Closer without a doubt.

@madmax2069

4 жыл бұрын

Jan hammer is epic. My favorite Jan hammer music mainly comes from an old VCR tape Calle beyond the mind's eye. Favorite song is from that tape is voyage home

@XnazxulX

4 жыл бұрын

madmax2069 beyond the minds eye omg I completely forgot about that video. Yes that is some of his most experimental and best work if I remember right

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene part 2 and 4. Gary numan - Cars, Are friends Electric, Complex. Kraftwerk - the model, Star Was - the original 1977 theme track, Visage - Fade to Gray, Ultravox - Veinna, OMD - Maid of Orleanes and Joan of arc, Japan - Ghosts, Heaven 17 - Quiet Life, temptation and that's just off the top of my head.

@1922Skidoo

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite “ The March to the eternal city “ by Triumvirat

@peffken8834

2 жыл бұрын

And so on.... there are so many concise lines.

@sn1ffy85

3 ай бұрын

Japan is Quiet Life.

Loved the Bach riff... Thanks for sharing.

Dude you are a badass for being the old synth style back. I can’t get enough of it!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

Dio, "Rainbow In The Dark" OMD, "Enola Gay" Rush, "Subdivisions"

You inspire me, ando thanks a lot

gosh! this synth is so warm, it makes me wanna wear Suncream!! good Job Espen Kraft!

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Another great video Espen. Some tunes from the top of my head: Gary Numan: Are friends electric? Visage: fade to grey Howard Jones: Hide and Seek Vangelis: Chung Kuo A-ha: The sun always shines on TV

@EspenKraft

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! great choices there :)

@robinsss

4 жыл бұрын

the only person shook by the synth on Thriller was some guy sitting on the speaker in the studio

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These, a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V my two all time favorits :)

@nielssteffenssen8852

2 жыл бұрын

The Sun Always Shines On TV is fantastic, that intro wow. My favorite too.

@axywrll6015

2 жыл бұрын

do yoi mean faborites?

Great video!! You played them all real good!! :D All those riffs sure shook my world! :)

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

good premise, well delivered Godspeed

Journey's "Separate Ways"

@lordofrims

4 жыл бұрын

That one gave me the feels when watching Tron: Legacy's scene when the lights on Flynn's arcade light on.

I can't stop replaying the Thriller. Michael Jackson was a genius. Ugh RIP

@PJ....

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattiwigstrom1668 Q, Rod, Bruce & MJ ... Dream Team for Sure ...

@ms.annthrope415

2 жыл бұрын

Quincy Jones did everything except put on a white glove and reach down some little boys pants. What does JC Penneys and Michael Jackson have in common? They both have little boys underwear half off.

@ChromaticHarp

Жыл бұрын

MJ didn’t write Thriller. Rod Temperton did.

@meramail

Жыл бұрын

But when various artists over decades do one of (if not THE) best work of their lives when collaborating with the same artist, there must be something about that artist..

@tomjaasko6878

Жыл бұрын

MJ didn’t write it

You rocked my world! Iove. Love ❤️ it. Thanks

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Just stumbled across this video. Nicely curated list! Also nice job on showcasing the Korg DW800. It was my main axe for my bands during the 80s and 90s. A very versatile keyboard!

@EspenKraft

5 ай бұрын

Cheers!

OMD and Depeche Mode and a number of early 80's New Wave synth bands had all the most amazing synth riffs.

@siler7

4 жыл бұрын

'80s.

Perhaps honorable mention, Africa by Toto.

@oranges866

3 жыл бұрын

i think it was more like a regular keyboard sound than a synth

@1970piano

3 жыл бұрын

No, it is a typical synth brass sound, Steve Porcaro played it on a Yamaha CS80 Synth.

@scottcupp8129

3 жыл бұрын

@@oranges866 Wrong

@oranges866

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottcupp8129 then was it a kalimba or something?

@theearthling5865

3 жыл бұрын

@@oranges866 It's a typical brass sound on a Yamaha CS80 Synth.

She Blinded me with Science by Thomas Dolby was one that stuck in my head in the 80s.

Sounds Good! 🏆👌

Yahoo: "Only You;" Kraftwerk: "The Model;" Rush: "Subdivisions;" Led Zeppelin: "All of My Love"

@despota2

4 жыл бұрын

Yazoo my friend.

Ahhh, You use my beloved Korg DW8000!!! I am happy to have it, and I also bought the EX8000. Thanks a lot. To Duran Duran lovers, I saw on KZread a great rendition of "Save a Prayer" made using a Novation Supernova. Worths as well.

I love synths... Everything from Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre and many more should also be on the list. Thank you!

@onyx747

5 ай бұрын

I LOVE KRAFTWERK :D

Great job, classic rifts.. Love it that he was rocking the Toronto Blue Jays hat too

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

“Sirius” the Alan Parsons Project shook all of Chicagoland through the nineties... I still get goosebumps when I hear that song.

@iphonemodDOTcom

4 жыл бұрын

Editions of you,Roxy music's for your pleasure.Brian eno on synthesizer sounds pretty good to me.

@KB1UIF

4 жыл бұрын

Eye in the sky, Alan Parsons.

@blown22

4 жыл бұрын

@@KB1UIF Sirius is probably what you're thinking of. It's the synth lead-in to Eye in the Sky.

@seth5394

4 жыл бұрын

the sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing

Johann Sebastian Bach, the master of additive synthesis! ;)

@DarkSideofSynth

4 жыл бұрын

The master of all masters ;)

@robinsss

4 жыл бұрын

the only person shook by the synth on Thriller was some guy sitting on the speaker in the studio

@awaken77

4 жыл бұрын

Wendy Carlos recorded "Switched on Bach" on the Moog synthesizer. At this time synthesizers were a novelty, and the record was big step forward to the synth revolution. So, Bach contributed to the rise of synthesizer music

@macronencer

4 жыл бұрын

I've always maintained that JSB was one of the first jazz musicians. I mean... he used SEVENTH chords!

Such great work man!!

@EspenKraft

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! :)

THE synth riff is any performance from "Switched-On Bach" (1968) by W. Carlos. The first classical album to go platinum, the major synth album, and the first to win several Grammy awards. Her succeeding albums each moved the needle, incidentally opening up at least four other synth-related genres.

An excellent video, as always. And also a good demonstration of the Korg DW-8000. I would include :- Crocketts theme - Jan Hammer Drive - The Cars Who wants to live forever - Queen

@EspenKraft

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! :)

John Carpenter's theme to Halloween is one of those riffs that stuck with me for ever.

Great choices and well played!

Excellent thanks and thanks again 👍. I love electronic synth sound, it sounds magical to me. Transports me to a different places as all music does.

Good choices here are a few of mine: OMD - Enola Gay Dr Who - any version Buggles - Video killed the radio star Depeche Mode - Just cant get enough Magnificent Seven - original western theme Toto - Africa ABBA - SOS & Dancing queen, Chiqitita Meatloaf - Bat out of hell And so many more 😀

@pcuimac

4 жыл бұрын

I like every other song on the Buggles LP better than the hit single. f.e. Plastic Age, etc.

Maan, that synth from "Save A Prayer" - Duran Duran still blows my mind, and I was born in 93. Way ahead of it's time, and still so weird and unique sounding. One of my favorite songs. Beautiful video, and beautiful playing man. I can't wait to get my keyboard back and get it loaded up with some 80s & 90s sounds. Minimoog is my favorite. Thanks for the inspiration!

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :D

@davidnelson3757

Жыл бұрын

Duran Duran never went for the "Cheesy" lead lines that's why save a prayer stands out

Thanks for this great video 🙂

Thank you for this totally awesome video.

@EspenKraft

10 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Axel F will forever be the purest example of my first experience with electronic music.

Honestly watching this dude play riffs on a synthesizer at 3AM is a total vibe. Cool stuff 👍

@EspenKraft

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! :D

Great synths riffs!

Wow, some of those took me soul back a little!

Just can"t get enough from Depeche Mode

This are top syth Hits! Thanks for sharing!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Woo hoo! Got excited when I saw the "buggles" album on your back wall!! Love them!

depeche mode : enjoy the silence

@RustySpoons6490

4 жыл бұрын

Pascal Vanelstlande 👏👍

@LanusseJoaquin

4 жыл бұрын

Isnt that one a guitar?

@pascalvanelstlande6954

4 жыл бұрын

@@LanusseJoaquin but 90 % of the song is synth.

Oh man, I had the same synth, it was awesome to hear these iconic riffs on it. Brings me back to good old school band times. Thanks

@edwardmichel6338

3 жыл бұрын

what synth is it?

👌 superb Appreciate your step-by-step demo you recalled my memories

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Being a teenager in the 1980's (83 in fact) I got into Depeche Mode and it was seeing Alan Wilder behind his synths at the Glasgow Construction Time Again Tour that I got into synths. I had been a big fan of Gary Numan's first four albums. It made me and still does appreciate the older synths of the time ..Depeche, Yazoo, Bronski Beat, Soft Cell.. All that crowd.. Got a few synths as well as a few 80's relics.. Roland U-110, Yamaha cs01 and a very rare Korg SQ8 which works brilliantly with the U-110

@sorinpirtea2306

Жыл бұрын

When Vince Clarke left Depeche Mode (after their first album, Speak & Spell, back in 1981), he took away with him some synths used for the tracks of the album, especially electronic drums. That explained why Depeche Mode and Yazoo sound similar related to drums.

@westernsect5773

Жыл бұрын

@@sorinpirtea2306 When Yazoo reformed in 2008..The sound was sparse but brilliant... I'd seen Erasure a few times but that doesn't compare to the sound of Yazoo .. (I know same guy)

@paulchang3336

9 ай бұрын

Alan Wilder was key player in all those DM 80s sounds ..genius

This list is incomplete without the riff from Just Can’t Get Enough - Depeche Mode

@EspenKraft

4 жыл бұрын

The list is not incomplete, but I get you want DM on there. ;-)

@sudoreboot

4 жыл бұрын

I also was thinking about this riff but it was early DM sound and they go much more darker in next albums, but yes the riff is epic

@kazokazo172

3 жыл бұрын

i agree specially duran duran mean nothing to me didnt sound good too for me.several other famous 80's songs from can be added.well at least its added doors which most people ignore them

@MrRadiorobot

3 жыл бұрын

Yazoo 'don't go'

Thank you so much for this. The first one gave me goosebumps! Michael was a legend. This was an immortal creation of Rod Temperton, Quincy Jones, Vincent Price et el. If someday an asteroid hits the earth, and all living beings are gone, I wish nature to recreate this song for future visitors till the end of the time. Axel F, another classic, rates very high in my books.

Love the DW-8000. Nice job programming those patches.

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Gr8 Video!!Thx!

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I wish I grew up in the 80’s. I wish I was able to experience the pop culture first hand. I always think of the 80’s as nostalgic even though I was born in 2002.

@johnbishop5316

3 жыл бұрын

80s?? The 60s was it. Pop music was created in the 60s.

@chogamer117

3 жыл бұрын

John Bishop I meant the pop culture. You know like movies, games, music. All that stuff.

@johnbishop5316

3 жыл бұрын

@@chogamer117 Hi Cho. I get you, the 80s were good. I was still playing music in that era. But the 60s was best for the music. It was all new.

@chogamer117

3 жыл бұрын

John Bishop I look into the music from the 60’s. Maybe I’ll like it more than the 80’s.

@johnbishop5316

3 жыл бұрын

@@chogamer117 Yes, do. It just kept getting better. Beatles, Stone, Kinks, etc etc. The 60s started in 1963 and went on until about 1974, musically speaking.

I’ve just come down with a bad case of the 80s

@meh5812

4 жыл бұрын

oh shit me too it must be common

@vendingdudes

4 жыл бұрын

There is no cure, nor is there a need for one

@sismeo1

4 жыл бұрын

Contagious disease

Brilliant!

Can't argue with this list. Good songs all around. I'm just learning keys myself. Thanks for this video.

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

For me, two honourable mentions Yazoo - Don't Go and Depeche Mode - New Life, two songs i really love to play.

@dimidrietos

Жыл бұрын

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@dimidrietos

Жыл бұрын

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Sweet dreams are made of these riff is huge

@EspenKraft

4 жыл бұрын

Then you should watch my "10 top synth bass lines" video. You'd be well pleased. ;-)

Amazing work

@EspenKraft

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Sounds great!

4:58. Bach was born in 1685…so he wrote "toccatta & fugue" when he was approximately 20 years old? Jaw dropped

@rossmoir7360

3 жыл бұрын

Wasnt game to play the triplets !

@chrisclarke4295

3 жыл бұрын

Mike Oldfield recorded Tubular Bells at 19

The Album that shook my world and introduced me to electronic music was Oxygène by French composer Jean-Michel Jarre. Not only that Album has one of the coolest sleeve arts, the first song (Part 1) simply blew me away when I heard it the first time when I was 11 years old.

@IngeBall

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. Heard it in school under a class with some invited hippiedude that made us lie on the floor and "unleash our fantasy". Cool thing, my older sister got the record as a gift from her boyfriend about a month after. She hated it and was about to throw it away . I felt like a winner!

Great video! Nothing beats old analog synths or an air drive pipe organ. Great choices sir.

a decade of great sounds, music and memories

Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric

@rustyblades2566

4 жыл бұрын

And CARS!!👍

@LeeStaffs1

4 жыл бұрын

@@rustyblades2566 and We are glass!!

@rustyblades2566

4 жыл бұрын

@@LeeStaffs1 Right on!!

@dorientjewoller113

4 жыл бұрын

TBH, if you don't think that this riff in this track hasn't shook the world, then you know not much off synth. And you can Blue Monday of New Order on the list too.