Videodrome Discothèque Presents: The Great British Synth Documentary (Part 10 of 10)

This amazing documentary recently premiered on British television. Now - courtesy of Videodrome Discothèque - it's available here for you to watch over and over.

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• Philip Oakey
• Bernard Sumner
• Gary Numan
• John Foxx
• Daniel Miller
• Wolfgang Flür
• Andy McCluskey
• Paul Humphreys
• Dave Ball
• Martin Gore
• Andy Fletcher
• Vince Clarke
• Cabaret Voltaire
• Throbbing Gristle
• Heaven 17
• Martyn Ware
• Human League
• Moog
• Korg
• Vocoder
• Lifestyle
• Kraftwerk
• Depeche Mode

[SubconsciousGatherer]

At 5:33 I almost threw up on myself.

[InitiumThoth]

Thanks so much for posting the entire show!!!!

[the13er]

Depeche wasn`tt the only UK synth band hit States! Tears For Fears was huge in States in 1985. DM copied their ideas 2 years later in their "Masses" album and made it too, but on lower lever.

[HighRiseChateau]

I'm surprised they didn't mention minimal new wave at all. Wasn't there a fairly large society of experimental minimal wave bands in the mid 80s? (The Metronomes, David Harrow, Absolute Body Control, Anne Clark, etc.)

[blahdelablah]

@SubconsciousGatherer

The Howard Jones song at 5:30 is called 'New Song'. It was a big hit, but I much prefer the tune 'What Is Love'.

[MrDragon1968]

Great great doc. Thanks for putting it up. Bought back a lot of memories for this Brit who grew up in the 80's. It did start to go all pear shaped after about 1984/5 though. My little brother actually bought that awful Thompson Twins single, I've never let him live it down ;-)

[adangme]

Depeche Mode was huge here in the U.S. in the early 90s!

'Enjoy the Silence' was massive!

[robzitinho]

Great show, but Ultravox should never have been mentioned.

[crouchypony]

Great show, but Ultravox should of had a much bigger mention.

[SubconsciousGatherer]

@Vondur Oh! It's Howard Jones. I have no idea what song it is, it just makes me cringe to see him come out and dance like that. That song blows. Pet Shop Boys, on the other hand, are amazing.

[Vondur]

@SubconsciousGatherer I'm talking about at 5:30 ... no way in hell is that the Pet Shop Boys. If so, which song is that?

[SubconsciousGatherer]

@Vondur Pet Shop Boys.