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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J So what? Tom Morrello can play a guitar to make it sound far more like a synthesisor than Tubular Bells, but I don't hear anyone saying Rage Against the Machine are EM. The only reason anyone counts Tubular Bells as electronic music is because Ishkur used it in his guide to show where electronic ambient came from.

He did?

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TranceCritic ftw!

I wasn't saying you were just following Ish there, but I've no doubt you picked up the idea that Tubular Bells is electronic from this forum, and the idea only came to this forum when Ishkur put it in his guide.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I wasn't saying you were just following Ish there, but I've no doubt you picked up the idea that Tubular Bells is electronic from this forum, and the idea only came to this forum when Ishkur put it in his guide.

No, I seriously "heard" synths in it. Like after the main part plays for a while, there's a bassline in the back. But apparently it's instrumental bass. Why do you think I'm stupid/a lemming?

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TranceCritic ftw!

You were calling it electronic in the thread when you were wondering whether to buy it, or some Jean Michell Jarre, so I assumed you hadn't heard it then as you hadn't bought it.

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> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

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i can't believe no on mentioned any Pet Shop Boys and Modern Talking .. some mentions of New Order .. of course "Blue Monday" ..

but my all-time fav of each :

Modern Talking - Do You Wanna (love the synth organization)
Pet Shop Boys - "what have i done to deserve this?" <== ( a rare song some people have not heard of before .. good beat and a good female vocal )

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Originally posted by itsTrueSonic i can't believe no on mentioned any Pet Shop Boys and Modern Talking .. some mentions of New Order .. of course "Blue Monday" .. but my all-time fav of each : Modern Talking - Do You Wanna (love the synth organization) Pet Shop Boys - "what have i done to deserve this?" <== ( a rare song some people have not heard of before .. good beat and a good female vocal )

Pet Shop Boys were ahead of their time. I know the track that you mention.

Blue Monday is definitely a classic as well.

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Originally posted by trancebrat Pet Shop Boys were ahead of their time. I know the track that you mention.

definately yeah .. it was them, new order, and depeche mode during that time .. and INXS ..who remembers them? i don't know .. some people told me they were rock.. i found them a little bit EDM.. can anyone clarify on that??? .. modern talking came out before them, and they were good.

No mention yet of Human League - Dare. A fine marriage of electronic pop and disco.

Also the first Spandau Ballet - Journeys to Glory. Before they lushed it up and made the girls cry. Chest thumping early electronic dance music.

Both still stand up today.

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Originally posted by itsTrueSonic definately yeah .. it was them, new order, and depeche mode during that time .. and INXS ..who remembers them? i don't know .. some people told me they were rock.. i found them a little bit EDM.. can anyone clarify on that??? .. modern talking came out before them, and they were good.

I just listened to West End Girls intentionally the other day so it was nice seeing someone mention them in this thread.

INXS was labeled a rock band but they were more alternative rock than anything. One member did play a keyboard so that might be the EDM sound that you are referring to. November 22nd will be the anniversary of Michael Hutchence's death.


A lot of the 70's and 80's alternative rock and new wave bands were a form of EDM. People just fail to realize that. Take YES for example. Their sound was primarily based on synthesizers and sound effects. Same with The Fixx. I'm waiting for a new remix of One Thing Leads to Another to come out the same way that artists such as Max Graham have remixed Owner of a Lonely Heart.

orbital = pioneers

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True.

Yes are an enigma. Their earlier stuff (Yes Album) was "progressive" rock with a jazz thread. They ditched Tony Kaye in favor of Rick Wakeman and put much more emphasis on the "progressive" and keyboards. After some really fine work they slid into cape wearing over the top bombastic behavior, (ie Tales From Topigraphic Oceans), sowing the seeds for punk.

They reinvented themselves, (thanks to Trevor Rabin) and put out some first class pop.

I call them pioneers and have a lot to thank them for, both directly and indirectly.

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