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"And echoes with the sounds of salesmen... of SAAAAAYLESSSMEN!" Permanent Waves makes me feel great It was make-out music when I was 16 or 17 - that's how good it feels ::

Hey babes. Commando is teh way to go... shaken not schtirred

That's a good little tune. It was featured in the Australian movie, The Year My Voice Broke. The lead character was singing it

I'm gonna post here so I don't forget later on. I think this is a song I've been searching for a couple of years now. "Missing You" by Diana Ross Since you?ve been away I?ve been down and lonely Since you?ve been away I?ve been thinking of you Trying to understand The reason you left me What were you going through? I?m missing you Tell me why the road turns Ooh ooh I?m missing you Tell me why the road turns As I look around I see things that remind me Just to see you smile Made my heart fill with joy I?ll still recall All those dreams we shared together Where did you run to, boy? I?m missing you Tell me why the road turns Ooh ooh I?m missing you Tell me why the road turns Sometimes I?ve wondered I didn?t understand Just where you were trying to go Only you knew the plan And I tried to be there But you wouldn?t let me in But now you?ve gone away boy I feel so broken hearted I knew the day we started That we were meant to be If only you?d let me! I?ve cried so many tears Gotta face now all my fears We let time slip away I need you boy Here today! There was so much you gave me To my heart To my soul There was so much of your dreams That were never told You had so much hope For a brighter day Why were you my flower Plucked away I?m missing you Tell me why the road turns Ooh ooh I?m missing you Tell me why the road turns

It took me some time to make a connection He who laughs last... thinks the slowest.

"Tears Of A Clown" by Smokey Robinson "Words" by F.R. David "Don't Answer Me" by The Alan Parsons Project

What day is it And in what month This clock never seemed so alive I can't keep up and I can't back down I've been losing so much time Cause it's you and me and all of the people Nothing to do, nothing to lose And it's you and me and all of the people and I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you All of the things that I want to say Just aren't coming out right I'm tripping on words, you got my head spinning I don't know where to go from here Cause it's you and me and all of the people With nothing to do, nothing to prove And it's you and me and all of the people and I don't why I can't keep my eyes off you Something about you now I can't quite figure out Everything she does is beautiful Everything she does is right Cause it's you and me and all of the people With nothing to do, nothing to lose And it's you and me and all of the people and I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of You and me and all of the people With nothing to do nothin to prove and It's you and me and all of the people and I don't why I can't keep my eyes off of you What day is it And in what month This clock never seemed so alive

"Sex And Candy" by Marcy Playground I don't know why, but that song makes me nauseous - literally. Cake's "Never There" also has the bad effect on me. Bleh

Peter Tosh is referenced in Izzy Stradlin's "Shuffle It All" :guitar:

The inserts have some weird drawings.

They're one of my favourites. Rush was one of the first bands I went to see

"Fat, drunk, and stupid isn't the way to through life, son"

Do compilations count as albums? It's a great choice, but if albums is what they want, then try Baja Sessions. It's an album of covers of oldies and will ease on any new listener to want more

Wow. I have that somewhere in my collection

The Peter Pan Effect by Marlowe is such an underrated little SynthPop gem. "Calling All Destroyers" is my sing-song Listen up everyone, get this album if you like Erasure and Yazoo ::

Ow! There's no love for Miguel Bose on this board You wouldn't say Mecano or Radio Futura would you? I'll take Camilo Sesto any day over those two

Vince Clarke went from Depeche Mode to Yazoo to Robert Marlowe to forming The Assembly and also working with Martin Ware of Heaven 17. Erasure is his biggest project outside of Depeche Mode followed by Yazoo. Notice also, how most of the singers also have similar vocals ::

I did reply, but this board went to crap and deleted my post. Cabaret Voltaire are crazy, wacky tapeloops and synths. Your best bet is to try their music from 1983 on up first because that is Cabaret Voltaire at the most well-behaved. The Crackdown and Mix-Up are fantastic albums, but don't think they always sounded like this. Try Voice Of America or Red Mecca later on and hear for yourself how even more warped their sounds were. To call them Industrial would be too limiting and to call them SynthPop would be terrible. I made up my own term to define their music: Futurist! Like Italian Futurism. The Futurist manifesto described music that Cabaret Voltaire made. A good sampling of their 80s sound is The Original Sounds Of Sheffield '82-'87. If you're looking for bands that sound like Ladytron, try The Faint's Blank Wave Arcade. The old band, Section 25, might also be of interest to you since they had a female vocalist and were heavy on the synths to the point where Bernard Albrecht (of NewOrder) worked with them on a couple of songs.

Screw this! I posted a reply about VNV Nation, but it got deleted! Wtf is up wi dat Anyway, I also read an interview where Martin L. Gore called Depeche Mode's music as mainstream Pop So, in the end you just have to roll your eyes and roll with the punches. I listed VNV Nation and Ladytron just to plug two of my favourite bands that employ synths (not because they are in the same genre of music). Sorry for the confusion.

Yeah. This site's busted. I have heard of them. I don't have any music by them. I have some Leonardo Favio... "Hoy corte una flor..."

I bet you're thinking of New Wave, New Romantic, and the all-encompassing Synthpop. Electro-Pop sounds like the new stuff from The Faint, Ladytron, Freezepop, De/Vision, VNV Nation, Neuropa, Neuroticfish, Droom, and such. The bands you mentioned are more in tune with music from Joy Division, Japan, The Human League, Heaven 17, Giorgio Moroder, Camouflage, Section 25, NewOrder, Crispy Ambulance, Dif Juz, and maybe a little Cabaret Voltaire Angry drum machines: ATTACK!

I lied. It's all about Jose Luis Perales :guitar: He's the best. The fast-paced guitar at the end of "Y Te Vas" is classic Spanish Romantic balladeering. Most def. I love Miguel Gallardo's muzak "Hoy Tengo Ganas De Ti" "Tu Amante O Tu Enemigo" "Muchachita De Ojos Tristes" "Otro Ocupa Mi Lugar" ! Camilo Sesto

The best to come from Spain is Miguel Bose! I think he wasn't born in Spain, though. So add Miguel Gallardo and Camilo Sesto into the mix ::

The Whiskey and The Troubadour. I don't get out much anymore. I try to go to the smallest venue so I can be closer to the artist and get a good view of the whole performance. So far, The Key Club in Hollywood and Humphreys By The Bay have been the best ones since those are the ones I've gotten the closest to the bands

"Forever Young" by Alphaville