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Wasn't "Ca Plane Pour Moi" by Plastic Bertrand?

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Wasn't "Ca Plane Pour Moi" by Plastic Bertrand?
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Yes it was originally by Plastic Bertrand, but this is a cover of it by Telex.  They also covered several other songs too.

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Warm Leatherette by The Normal

Well it was from 1978 but I'd say it still counts!
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"TVOD," the other song by The Normal is great as well!

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"TVOD," the other song by The Normal is great as well!

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Well son of a gosh darned minute (to mix metaphors)

I had no clue! Was it a b-side? I'd guess it had to be cause I've only heard of Mr Mute man himself, Daniel Miller putting out that one release as The Normal!

I'll have to go find it now - Vile you always come through with something new or different!

Thanks!!!

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Well son of a gosh darned minute (to mix metaphors)

I had no clue! Was it a b-side? I'd guess it had to be cause I've only heard of Mr Mute man himself, Daniel Miller putting out that one release as The Normal!

I'll have to go find it now - Vile you always come through with something new or different!

Thanks!!!
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Yes, I believe "TVOD" was the B-side to "Warm Leatherette." That single is the only release Daniel Miller did as The Normal. I don't know of anything else, anyway. Check it out though. Great song. :)

And thanks! I love to be influential. ;D

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Yes, I believe "TVOD" was the B-side to "Warm Leatherette." That single is the only release Daniel Miller did as The Normal. I don't know of anything else, anyway. Check it out though. Great song. :)

And thanks! I love to be influential. ;D

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Not quite.  Daniel Miller also recorded a few albums as "Silicon Teens," mostly kitschy synth covers of other pop songs, but under the "Normal" moniker, he also released this gem:

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ROBERT RENTAL AND THE NORMAL
Live: West Runton Pavilion 6/3/79 (Rough Trade) 1981

Emerging from the do-it-yourself school of synthesizer playing, Robert Rental teamed up with the Normal (aka Daniel Miller, founder and leader of Mute Records) for this show, reproduced on a one-sided album. The compendium of noises involved bears relation to music only by inference, though it is an impressive display of live electronics, tape loops and devices, similar in scope and approach to avant-garde electronic events of the '60s. Rental and the Normal are firmly rooted in rock, however, and this 25-minute-long demi-record proffers more ideas per minute than can be found anywhere, except the more esoteric recordings of Cabaret Voltaire.
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I'm not sure if even the thorough Mutebank.com has this one in print.  As soon as Mute took off with Fad Gadget, Thomas Leer, Robert Rental (R.I.P.), and then Depeche Mode, Miller was too caught up with producing and running the label to make his own stuff.  In the Mutebank update list, under The Normal, it says "rumored to be running a record lable in London."
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BTW, when I did an '80s radio show, I always included songs such as "Warm Leatherette," and Gary Numan's "Cars," as '80s music.  They were the forerunners of great things.
"Warm Leatherette" was based on JG Ballard's nove "Crash."  They made a movie out of it about five years ago, it was TERRIBLE!  Grace Jones had a hit with her cover of "Warm Leatherette," but I prefer her covers of Joy Division and Flash and the Pan.

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If you can get past the awfulness of "Safety Dance," the rest of the same Men Without Hats album, The Rhythm Of Youth, is quite good. Worth checking out.

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Hey, what an insult! ;)

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Hey, what an insult! ;)
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I'm sorry! Unfortunately, though, being in Canada, and being that Men Without Hats are from Canada..."Safety Dance" is played ad nauseum (way waaaaaaayyy too much). I could do without ever hearing that song again! There are other songs from the same album that are much better which never made it as singles.

Just be lucky you don't live here. You'd be sick of it too!! :D

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I'm sorry! Unfortunately, though, being in Canada, and being that Men Without Hats are from Canada..."Safety Dance" is played ad nauseum (way waaaaaaayyy too much). I could do without ever hearing that song again! There are other songs from the same album that are much better which never made it as singles.

Just be lucky you don't live here. You'd be sick of it too!! :D

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That's what I was going to say, I loved the Safety Dance, but it suffered from overexposure.  So you'd say it gets even more play in Canada?
BTW, did you ever hear of a band from Saskatoon called the Northern Pikes.  They were big in the '80s, but never made much of a splash in the States.  I only liked the one song by them, "Things I Do for Money."

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Yes... Even now the video for it gets played a lot on 80's shows, and is requested a lot.

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Yeah, I used to like them. I've even seen them live a couple of times! I don't think much of them anymore, but a couple of their songs are kind of catchy: "Teenland," and "She Ain't Pretty." :) "The Things I Do For Money" isn't bad either...

By the way...The Pikes are far from being a synth band! ;D

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By the way...The Pikes are far from being a synth band! ;D

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I know, I just thought of them as I was thinking of Canadian bands in general.  :)

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I know, I just thought of them as I was thinking of Canadian bands in general.  :)
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There are much better 80's bands from Canada. Well...two: Rational Youth and Images In Vogue. Both are very synthy. I love 'em both!!! :D

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Bronski Beat - Why or Hit That Perfect Beat Boy (Later BB without JS)
The Assembly - Never Never
Tears For Fears - Mad World/Pale Shelter
Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure
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These are quite well known in Britain. The Assembly was a kind of respite for Vince Clarke and Feargal Sharkey and I think only had that one hit before they moved on (Vince Clarke became Erasure and Feargal Sharkey had his short-lived solo career).

Mad World has taken a new lease of life in Britain after a cover version became the Christmas No 1 in Britain. As a result, people are listening to the original.

Love's great adventure by Ultravox was one of my friend's favourite Ultravox tracks - I'm not sure whether that makes it well known but still . . .

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;D        "Woodpeckers from Space"  (The Video Kids)

Does anybody know of any class 80s synthesizer songs which are relatively unknown to a lot of people?

The other day i stumbled across Lotus Eaters - First Picture Of You and that track is awsome, any recommendations of songs similar to the one mentioned above would be much appreciated.

You know the type of songs with cool catchy music eg OMD - Enola Gay, Souvenir.

Or songs like Journey - Faithfully, Marillion- Kayleigh, cause they also have catchy tunes, i think they call it chorus but im haven't got much music knowledge. I hope you know what i mean.

Thanx in advance ;D

CCFC Till I Die
Wales, Wales, Wales
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I'm sorry! Unfortunately, though, being in Canada, and being that Men Without Hats are from Canada..."Safety Dance" is played ad nauseum (way waaaaaaayyy too much). I could do without ever hearing that song again!
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Amen to that! That song was played out! I remember I went to Quebec City on a school trip in 1983 and it was played EVERYWHERE we went. It had just come out. See, up here (I live in Toronto), it's called Canadian Content. That's why most Canadians never want to hear another song from Corey Hart, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams or Men Without Hats.

No offence to those who may still listen to the above.

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There are much better 80's bands from Canada. Well...two: Rational Youth and Images In Vogue. Both are very synthy. I love 'em both!!! :D

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"Lust For Love" is one of my favorite songs from the 80's.

Don't forget "Worlds Away" by Strange Advance also.

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Yep. Usually, "Canadian content" means "sucky music!" Trust me, if the CRTC didn't have it's 30% limit on Canadian content, none of it would get played...because most of it is horrible! There are a few exceptions, however. Or were. I mentioned a few 80's Canadian bands that were good. (There were...what...three good Canadian bands in the 80's?) :D

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