TOP SYNTH-POP SONGS 80’s

#SynthPop80s #ClassicHits80s #NewWave80s The emergence of synth-pop has been described as “perhaps the single most significant event in melodic music since Mersey-beat“. By the 1980s synthesizers had become much cheaper and easier to use. After the definition of MIDI in 1982 and the development of digital audio, the creation of purely electronic sounds and their manipulation became much simpler. Synthesizers came to dominate the pop music of the early 1980s, particularly through their adoption by bands of the New Romantic movement. The New Romantic scene had developed in the London nightclubs Billy’s and the Blitz and was associated with bands such as Duran Duran, Visage, and Spandau Ballet. They adopted an elaborate visual style that combined elements of glam rock, science fiction and romanticism. Duran Duran have been credited with incorporating dance beats into synth-pop to produce a catchier and warmer sound, which provided them with a series of hit singles. They would soon be fol