Synth Pop

80's Pop

70's Pop

Aust & NZ

My version of the NZ band's 1979 hit. I was going to deliberately modernise it, but what's gorgeous about it is all about retro, so here's not so much a reproduction as a mimic version. The matrix grid don't care. On my last few tracks I've been playing around with stereo. This one shows it clearly.

Computer Games (Vintage Synths Version) (Mi-Sex cover)

The first (1980) single released by the Flowers (later to become Icehouse). Iva Davies was like Australia's Bowie+Numan). This is my all-synth version. The original seemed to mostly use the synth for bell noises! The video was shot in a car park very close to where my first Wedding reception was held. :-)

Can't Help Myself (Synthetic Petals Version) (Icehouse cover)

My 100% synthetic version of the 1978 hit by the NZ band. Enjoy the quirk.

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKj4upY1VYI

When my baby is walking down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red
How can someone wicked walk around free
I see red, I see red, I see red
I see red, oh I see red
You gave me such precious hours
What to do without you
Squeezed me out of your life
Down the drain like molten toothpaste
I feel used and spat out
Poor old me
When my baby is walking down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red
How can someone wicked walk around free
I see red, I see red, I see red
I see red, oh I see red
I am fed up with crying
My despair is drying
Draining into rage day by day
Green before you met me
In the pink when you let me love you
I was blue when you let me down
Black and blue
When my baby is walking down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red
How can someone wicked walk around free
I see red, I see red, I see red
I see red, oh I see red

I See Red (720nm Version) (Split Enz cover)

My all-synth version of the 1985 hit (Australian #1). Gonna keep my body tight.

Out of Mind Out of Sight (Dark Energy Version) (Models cover)

My all-synth version of the 1985 hit. Possibly the tamest Mentals song ever, still catchy. Come up to my place, baby.

Live it Up (Half-Life Version) (Mental As Anything cover)

My all-synth version of the 1971 hit. With all of the strange attractors you like.

I Feel the Earth Move (Tectonic Version) (Carole King cover)

Written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets and popularized by a cover by the Bobby Fuller Four, which went on to become a top-ten hit for the band in 1966 and was also recorded by the Clash in 1979. The 1966 version is the one I heard as a kid, and the 1979 version is the one I loved as a teen. :-)

I Fought the Law (Relativity Version) (Bobby Fuller Four / The Clash cover)

My all-synth version of the almost all-synth 1986 hit. The difference is my synths cover decades and are ... weirder. (This was actually a pretty mainstream track for OMD - have a listen to something like Red Frame / White Light).

If You Leave (Fuschia Version) (OMD cover)

My all-synth version of the 1973 track from the dark side of the moon. And if you ask for a rise it's no surprise they're giving none away.

Money (Bitcoin Version) (Pink Floyd cover)

My all-synth of the all-synth multi-looped hit from 1985. A secret wish, the marrying of lies, today you find is true what common sense denies.

p:Machinery (Analytical Engine Version) (Propaganda cover)

My all-synth version of the 1985 hit. The first cut won't hurt at all.

Duel (Quasiperiodic Version) (Propaganda cover)

My all-synth cover of the 1981 hit. Actually one of my favourite songs, I just love the crazy childish naivety.

If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? (Moonbase Alpha Version) (Mental as Anything cover)

Brown Sugar (Trisaccharide Version) (Rolling Stones cover)

My all-synth version of the 1985 hit. There’s a room where the light won’t find you.

Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Ozymandias Version) (Tears for Fears cover)

My all-synth cover of the song from the 1975 movie. It’s astounding / Time is fleeting / Madness takes it toll ...

The Time Warp (EPR Bridge Version) (Soundtrack cover)

My all-synth version of the 1981 track. I’m the dandy highwayman who you’re too scared to mention.

Stand and Deliver (Proton Channel Version) (Adam and the Ants cover)

My all-synth version of the Captain’s 1982 hit. It went bang, I said shut up. It went bang, I said rap up. Well I’m aware that the guy must do his work, but the piledriver man drove me berserk.

Wot! (Oleic Version) (Captain Sensible cover)

My all-synth version of the 1985 track. You want to Diva a deduction you want to do what they do.

Perfect Way (Grav Assist Version) (Scritti Politti cover)

My all-synth cover of the 1990 track. I’d bolted through a closing door and I would never find myself felling bored.

Being Boring (Narcoleptic Version) (Pet Shop Boys cover)

My all-synth version of the 1985 track. Hey, it was a challenge I set myself, and I like to do messed-up stuff. Jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born...

Sally MacLennane (Distillate Version) (The Pogues cover)

My all-synth cover of the 1985 hit. I almost called it Dub Vulture - fans will know why. I like walking in the park when it gets late at night.

Subculture (3rd Harmonic Version) (New Order cover)

I make obnoxious synth covers of previously fine songs. All done with Korg Gadget.

Computer Games (Vintage Synths Version) (Mi-Sex cover)

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