Comments on: What Song/Group Introduced You to Synthpop?

By: Doug Lynner’s World of Noise » Doug Lynner’s World of Noise #5 Playlist

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:38:40 +0000

[...] Show #5 is a listener-driven show about what song or group introduced them to synthpop. To see the original listener posts, go here. [...]

By: Jim of Ottawa

Jim of Ottawa — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:36:14 +0000

er, sorry, that should actually read ‘Switched’…….

By: Jim of Ottawa

Jim of Ottawa — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:35:18 +0000

I should like to amend my earlier post! The earliest actual electronica I ever heard was ‘Swithched On Bach’ by Wayne Carlos. My dad brought it home when I was 6 and played the crap out of it, and I thought it sounded pretty neat as well.

By: DJFormaldehyde

DJFormaldehyde — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:46:33 +0000

For me there were three huge moments:
1. Jean Micheal Jarre Oxygene which sounded like nothing I’d ever heard of before
2. Kraftwerk’s The Robots
3. Rich Wilde’s The lady wants to be Alone

I had heard all three growing up in Germany in the late 70s and I can honestly say that those songs changed my life. If it weren’t for these sings, I doubt that I would have ever bought my first synthesizer. I never would have had so much fun being in bands.

By: zeke

zeke — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:55:59 +0000

Would have to be either Human League, Soft Cell or Berlin

By: Jim of Ottawa

Jim of Ottawa — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:43:17 +0000

It’d have to be Amii Stewart’s cover of ‘Knock on Wood’, which I think was a great piece of electronica!