Synth Britannia - Part 5/9

[chasbo13]

Thanks for posting this.

It is a little uncomfortable watching this after watching the krautrock doc. It is clear these pop idols were capitalizing on the germans hard earned experiments.

that being said, I am glad they did rip them off.

[ralucagymnast]

"Are "friends" Electric?" and "Cars" really were fantastic tunes, werent they? I remember buying both 7" singles from Woolworths; I think they were 79p each in those days, lol!!

[mutedisease]

And there was Depeche Mode...=)))

[mutedisease]

Anyone know the name of the song and the band at 5:30...???

The Flying Lizards...Money. Thanx.

[mutedisease]

Anyone know the name of the song and the band at 5:30...???

[strupcza]

Gary is a genius! electro genius!

[andystonecontent]

Seminal 80s synthpop pioneers HEAVEN 17 are marking the 30th anniversary of their debut album, PENTHOUSE AND PAVEMENT, by releasing a 2 disc DVD set featuring a full live concert, filmed in Sheffield in March 2010, and the acclaimed BBC2 documentary charting the band's career. Plus the first 200 fans who pre-order the DVD set at the band's website will receive a copy signed by the band.

[aaronnelsonify]

What amazes me is how young they all were--especially Gary and DM! There is more talent and innovation in these groups than anything we see today. The world hasn't seen creativity like this since Mozart and Beethoven. Where I live in Utah, these groups were especially popular. I was born in the same small town (Nephi) where Brandon Flowers is from.

[rizBG]

5:30 that's where miss kittin get the inspiration from,ha

[wsr216]

Wow! Gary Numan AND Gabrielle Drake in the same clip? Yea-friggin'-hoo!

[TheFashionbugs]

Gabriel Drake is delicious

[michaelhillerup]

Gary Numan IS GOD!!!

[krooklyn77]

smooth dancing 9:26 to 9:32

[thekorksta]

Gary Numan - I dont speak for the people cos i don't even know them. Brilliant.

[Bossness123]

i THINK THAT ALL SYNTH BANDS AFTER THE HUMAN LEAGUE MK 1 WERE THE ABSOLUTE WORST. ALL SHIT. FAD GADGET WAS THE WORST. HE TOOK IT TOOOOO FAR. AFTER THAT, NUMAN CAME, AND THEN IT ALL TOOK OFF, BUT FAD GADGET WAS JUST AN EMBARRASSING

[naxalitejsl]

Gary Numan = tupee

[TrainmasterCurt]

Love Dave Gahan's hair @ 8:14!!

[TrainmasterCurt]

Lousy Conservatives, no wonder there was so much good music created by the Blitz Kids and New-Romantics, they were rebelling against the greed

[diskgrinder]

yer man there

[GGiblet]

Gary Numan has always seemed like such a nice fellow---the press and all the unkindness he has received amazes me

I think perhaps he has been too honest for their taste

[guywholikesvids]

Visage have only got Numans backing band for Fade to Grey

[JackBauerin]

he's wearing a wig, isnt he.

[guywholikesvids]

@JackBauerin naa, hair transplant. People may say wig, but its not.

[Meowbay]

Gary was a true hero! Brilliant man.

[KRAFTWERK2K6]

wow the early DM drumsynth was THAT little box? o.o

[ralucagymnast]

@davidsan01 Me too; nothing has made me feel that for at least about the last 10 years; certainly nothing produced now; I just get feelings of despair listening to the manufactured drivel today:(

[davidsan01]

The opening intro synth to Visages Fade To Gray still gives me goosebumps every time i hear it.

[davidsan01]

Gary Numan's later 80's and early 90's stuff was at best poor. He would be even the first to admit that himself. He was more into being a pilot at that time.

[IassassinIam]

Would agree floweringsilverzero

[zarezagreb2]

@SnuffStalkXXX It's Visage: "Fade To Grey" from their first album "Visage"...

[Oscar301]

The 70s and 80s were riddled with ill-advised fashions

[chickeee]

unlike the 90's and 2010's Lady GAGa

[Oscar301]

the 90s and Lady Gaga etc are basically a rehashed version of the 60s, 70s and 80s, so I take your point, but not quite :)

[floweringsilverzero]

"I don't speak for the people because I don't even know them"

genius is right.

[Oscar301]

Gary Numan is probably possessed by genius

[Inoisme]

what is the song at 6:08 ?

[zarezagreb2]

@Inoisme It is The Human League "The Dignity of Labour, Part 1" from their first album "Reproduction".

[Palpebralis]

@zarezagreb2 "The Dignity of Labour (Parts 1 - 4)" were an studio record released before "Reproduction" and after the first pressing of "Being Boiled", both trough Fast Product records. It was never re-released as former release on its own but included in further editions of Reproduction.

[pj101]

@Inoisme depeche mode dave gahan

[loafpork]

Arrrggh! why the fuck won't these videos load?

[kneescar69]

What the hell is going at 3.47?

[markuseb]

The 'pop'ing of synth...that looks like Depeche Mode.

[sandro2304]

That's Depeche Mode playing 'Just can't get it enough' with Dave Gahan doing a pretty funky dance.

[bryngOneOn]

03:35 when that layered synth comes in floating along, for me personally thats the most perfect sound i've ever heard. does anyone know if that sound is more prevalent on a remix of this track or another song by him or another band inspired by that one synth sound, soo perfect, so ethereal ,so perfect

[chickeee]

very nice arrangement

[atommachine]

@bryngOneOn I think its pollymoogs layered, iv never have heard anything the same not even new stuff,and there is no way a vsti plug in can sound the same as that sound. New technology is amazing though! check out aphex twins new material.

[dasneonlicht]

Total LOL at 3:47

[MagnitudePerson]

I dont get it...

[aredhedguy]

"I don't speak for the people because I don't even know them"-- Well said Gary!!!! You're even more adorable now.

[ILikeCalliopes]

We need Part 9! Please?

[menyc]

Halfway this INCREDIBLE show, I can't help noticing how humble and nice everyone interviewed is coming across. I am thinking it's because they have now seen how massively influential all of them have been (especially in this decade). They should all be very pleased.

My only personal issue with the history of synthpop, et al... is that Fad Gadget's Under The Flag is out of print. It is the most underrated record of this genre.

[ILikeCalliopes]

I was gutted too when I first heard

"Cars". I bought the single and played

it in front of my loser older stepsister

that same day and she just stared.

[ILikeCalliopes]

Daniel Miller:

"Four little mono synths kind of teetering

on beer crates."

[ILikeCalliopes]

at 3: 42 the Narrator:

"The decade would end with Numan as the

unlikely synth-pop hero come ___ ??? what did

he say at the end there?

[Sparks127]

"The decade would end with Numan as the

unlikely synth-pop hero come good "

[ILikeCalliopes]

Thanks for clearing that up.

I hadn't known that he was attacked

in the music press so badly.  I remember

that he disappeared kind of quickly although

he was still putting out albums so he just

got ex-communicated.

[TheMercyBeat]

Synthesizer i.e. machine music got ignored by the music press because it wasn't manly, earthy, real, sweaty, just like Andy McCluskey said it clearly. And that was a totally wrong approach. Overall ideas are more important than instruments playing skills. Someone can be a very gifted synth/guitar/bass/drum/etc player but the overall thing they're coming out with can be very bad. And music journalists are raving over someone's playing skills more than ideas. Rock thing, mind! ;-)

[menyc]

Hey you!

[ajittffcure]

It is nice to hear when Depeche Mode talk of their influences and inspirations.

[gorpishalamorpish]

Nice moves @ 3:55

[theplink]

are you sure? cars is between 1 and 3? im talking about the music thats playing in the background when they're talking about the break up of the human league

[plasticmartingore]

No, 'Cars' were much more further back in this documentary. I'm sorry but I don't know which song that is - yet. I'll get back to you when I know ^^

[theplink]

what song is playing between 6 and 7 mins?

[tuliusxp]

It's One by The Human League i think the dignity of labour it was

[theplink]

you, sir, are a genius. thanks, and well done.

[Lektronikumuz]

Gary Numan - Cars :)