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Alphaville

I Like My Keyboard...With A Power Cord.
over 2 years ago

I fucking love 80's music. There. I said it. It seems to be such a guilty pleasure for so many of us. I can just picture it, hundreds of people huddled in the corner of their bathroom, lights off, rocking out to __Careless Whispers__ by WHAM!. I think it's high time that we stopped being ashamed of our synthesizer love affair and demand that more songs feature prominent clapping. Its asham...

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Are you gonna drop the bomb on us?
about 1 year ago

Yes, I am...the German synthpop bomb.I was gonna post a cover or something this lovely Sunday, but happenstance led me to this video. Sometimes when you look for gold, all you find is some cheese. Synthpop Sunday, perhaps?

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ALPHAVILLE - "Guardian Angel"
about 1 year ago
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German Alphaville with the track "guardian angel". The song is taken from the compilation "Elektrisch!" vol 1.ALPHAVILLEELEKTRISCH! Volume 1 (Major Records (Hamburg)

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"FOREVER YOUNG" by: ALPHAVILLE. Super-Quality Video!
about 1 year ago
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Here is the song that made Alphaville famous alongside "Big In Japan", in the early 80`s...Alphaville is a German synthpop/-rock music group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum, born May 26, 1954 in Herford), Bernhard Lloyd (real name Bernhard Gößling, born June 6, 1960 in Enger, Bielefeld), and Frank Mertens (real name Frank...

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Word association #3: FANTASTIC
about 1 year ago

FANTASTIC– adjective 1. conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic designs. 2. fanciful or capricious, as persons or their ideas or actions: We never know what that fantastic creature will say next. 3. imaginary or groundless in not being based on reality; foolish or irrational: fantastic fears. 4. extravagantly fa...

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I Like My Keyboard...With A Power Cord.
over 2 years ago

I fucking love 80's music. There. I said it. It seems to be such a guilty pleasure for so many of us. I can just picture it, hundreds of people huddled in the corner of their bathroom, lights off, rocking out to __Careless Whispers__ by WHAM!. I think it's high time that we stopped being ashamed of our synthesizer love affair and demand that more songs feature prominent clapping. Its asham...

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