Yeah the DX7 and Roland D50 basically shaped the 80s keyboard sound, everybody used the DX7 and Enya used the D50 quite extensively.. I'm impressed by the EMU Emulator II, when it came out it was as expensive as a car, but that keyboard just produces a full luscious sound even modern gear will have a hard time replicating, floppy disks FTW, that keyboard was also featured in the movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'
Setting up all this equipment, playing with the same timbre and speed and matching all these hits identically takes time, dedication and a lot of practice. The guy is simply a MONSTER in this area. Thanks for sharing these moments with us, and not letting the aura and feeling of the 80s die.
your sounds are just spot on. I hope you will consider making a video or series on how you are either finding the settings or working through each synth settings to recreate them. it's incredible!
Something about the synthwave era i enjoy alot. Gives a sense of nostalgic calming feel, even though i was born on 1990 still feel connected to this type of music
Having grown up in 80's sounds especially new wave bands where most of their sounds done in synthesizer really bring back the time. Its still pleasant to listen.
After over 30 years of wondering what the song was I used to hear in the background of tv shows in the Uk in the 80’s/90’s I now know what is thanks to you’re video - Alan Parsons project. Many thanks
I'm picturing myself sitting in a comfortable chair in his studio holding a cold beer just hanging out and listen to all these fantastic songs beeing played by this amacingly talented man 😎👍💜!!!!
they are totally underrated, compared to a mini multi has a more modern edgy charachter, more modulation possibilites but can deliver same bass duty as the mini, also you can get them for a 1/3 of the price of the mini
I was in synth heaven listening to this, and appreciating all the music that was created with these fabulous instruments. 100% ear candy! The one that resonated most - Kate Bush’s Running up the hill. A stellar piece of work, on an album that still blows me away all these years later. Great job on this video!
One more comment - love the guitar solo emulation on the Alan Parsons “Sirius” ! I just flipped over to listen to the “real thing” on Spotify - nice “Jan Hammer” type work on that solo with the use of the bend and mod wheels!
00:00 Dead Or Alive : You Spin Me Round 00:50 Michael Jackson : Thriller 01:57 The Buggles : Video Killed The Radio Star 02:48 The Alan Parsons Project : Sirius 03:53 Men Without Hats : The Safety Dance 04:53 Sylvester : Do you wanna funk? 05:43 Europe : The Final Countdown 06:41 Icehouse : Electric Blue 07:41 Falco : Rock Me Amadeus 08:42 Kate Bush : Running Up That Hill
These synths are what 50's & 60's Teles, Strats and Les Paul are to guitars, no new tech was ever able to improve them. Awesome video, you got me dancing !
Aww yeah. Was jamming along to all of these. Great work 👏 Falco was of course my favourite 😍 The compulsion to immediately listen to Alan Parsons Project music is strong!
This is always relevant music, to which more than one generation will dance. As long as electronic music is alive, styles from the 80s will keep pace with electronic music.
Great stuff - enjoyed all of those. The Kate Bush one was fascinating. Seeing it as a backing track it becomes apparent, once the intro is over, how much of that song's charm and power comes from Kate herself - it's very minimal, instrumentally speaking, on the verses.
I had a nightly radio program in mid-80's in Aarhus, Denmark, and we used "Sirius" as a count-in for the welcome speak: "Velkommen til Dødsredaktionen"... Ah, nostalgia!
You are phenomenal, I wish I could play like you. Have thought for years about learning to play the piano so I could get a keyboard and start learning to play all the songs I love from the 80's, to which as far as i'm concerned was the best era for music. Watching your video's gave me the inspiration to go for it and have since started lessons. Thank you Luke for being the inspiration to get me started on my journey.
What an amazing collection of keyboards. And even more amazing - the talent to get the best out of them collectively in some amazing recreations. So well done.
I've watched this video several times. I love how you took "Final Countdown " and approached it from a "New Wave" stanpoint. I like your version much better!
Sounds great in theory but you'd have to be okay with extreme boredom and huge lack of distractions. That's what spawns pure creativity. The results were incredible.
Back when music was music 🎶 🎵
This guy has whole 80s in his room.
His room is trapped in an 80s time warp kind of like Hot Tub Time Machine!
Just missing a Galaga, pole position, and paperboy.
He seem so rich lol
Half of the magic is not just being able to play these analog babies, but knowing/finding the settings
Yeah, it's not like you can save presets on a lot of these! It also helps to own a 1/4 million dollars worth of gear..
I hereby dub thee an honorary Lord of Synth
The world needs more Icehouse.
Agreed!
Your Sirius was absolutely breath taking, especially the guitar solo emulation
💯💯💯💯
it's incredible.
Area 51 sampled it to make the track let it move you. One of my favourite oldskool piano tracks
I wasn't expecting that either! Even the Clavinet was so perfect it never occurred to me that's what it was on the original.
2:49
When you're sitting on ten's of thousands of dollars in classic synths you do what Luke does. You play the S%#T out of them!
Amen to that brother...
the Safety Dance is fantastic
fantastic
I graduated high school in 1989. Your music makes me want to go to my next class reunion.
That's so cool. What was high school really like in the 80s? Was it similar to what they show in movies and TV?
‘89 graduate here too! Life was so darn cool in the 80’s!!!!!
@@anibng it really was so cool. I’m so thankful I got to live that life! Carefree for the most part and a lot like it’s depicted on TV!😊
Period songs on period gear.. the way they used to sound! SMJ 23
Being born in 1960 … these were the songs of my 20’s. 😍
The ones i always listen to on my iphone now.
Love that Emulator. Those were so expensive back in the mid 80's...
10 minutes of iconic 80’s synth arrangements without a single DX7 or any FM digital sounds. Who would guess it was possible?
Yeah the DX7 and Roland D50 basically shaped the 80s keyboard sound, everybody used the DX7 and Enya used the D50 quite extensively..
I'm impressed by the EMU Emulator II, when it came out it was as expensive as a car, but that keyboard just produces a full luscious sound even modern gear will have a hard time replicating, floppy disks FTW, that keyboard was also featured in the movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'
@@pihermoso11 the only way to accurately play the Blue Danube waltz in sampled barf sounds.
The strings in Final Countdown. He's playing a DX7 Mk II.
@@Roundtablist doh, missed it 🙏
Everyone? Sampling keyboards? DX7 Digital FM synthesis?
Setting up all this equipment, playing with the same timbre and speed and matching all these hits identically takes time, dedication and a lot of practice. The guy is simply a MONSTER in this area. Thanks for sharing these moments with us, and not letting the aura and feeling of the 80s die.
These types of music should be existed in the futuristic year like....2024!
your sounds are just spot on. I hope you will consider making a video or series on how you are either finding the settings or working through each synth settings to recreate them. it's incredible!
Agreed, a recreation series would be really awesome to see!
Yeaah, recreating sounds would also be helpful to learn better synthesis
+1
I prefer the mystery, although one day you will slip us and reveal you are actually an android with your preternatural timing, syncopation, etc.
+1 ❤
41,7k Followers is WAY UNDERRATED !!!
GIVE THIS MAN A GO !!!🥰😍 Reach for his name......1 Million !
My wife said that’s really some groovy music for today. I would have to agree.
Just for today?
These are classic 80's songs. Forever classic
Playing two synthesizers at the same time. Hard, hard.
Not as much as playing piano both hands
As a keyboarder who has always gotten flack for multiple keyboards, this was pure drool 🤤👏👏👏. Can't love this enough!
And I thought 3 was a lot 😂😂
I remember listening to Safety Dance while playing Pitfall on the Atari 800 hanging out with my friends. Good times. Missing the '80s.
Excellent covers. Well done. You also look like Marv from Home Alone.
😂
excuse me, they're called the wet bandits
@@othertwishart Aka the sticky bandits
I thought Hyde from 70s show
Bob Rods of synth playing
I love how well the Grandmother fits in with that group of vintage classics.
You are so talented, Luke. I could listen to you all day.
Thank you 🙏
Alan Parsons is absolutely brilliant. He's like a perfect mixture of the Beach Boys and Pink floyd. His latest album is damn good.
"Safety Dance" sounds identical than original in extended version! That's amazing! Other songs sounds good too!
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round
Something about the synthwave era i enjoy alot. Gives a sense of nostalgic calming feel, even though i was born on 1990 still feel connected to this type of music
I was a dj all through the 80s and 90s ,living the best life still get goosebumps when i hear synth pop bangers
Having grown up in 80's sounds especially new wave bands where most of their sounds done in synthesizer really bring back the time. Its still pleasant to listen.
After over 30 years of wondering what the song was I used to hear in the background of tv shows in the Uk in the 80’s/90’s I now know what is thanks to you’re video - Alan Parsons project. Many thanks
I'm picturing myself sitting in a comfortable chair in his studio holding a cold beer just hanging out and listen to all these fantastic songs beeing played by this amacingly talented man 😎👍💜!!!!
That Multimoog is the workhorse throughout. Solid as a rock!
they are totally underrated, compared to a mini multi has a more modern edgy charachter, more modulation possibilites but can deliver same bass duty as the mini, also you can get them for a 1/3 of the price of the mini
Really enjoyed that! Thank you 😊 long live the 80’s music
Now I know what 80's heaven looks like. Absolute joy hearing these timeless classics
I love Safety Dance 🤗 but that just makes me want me to hear 'Big in Japan' 💋
you spin me round~~
Found this dude down a TH-cam rabbit hole. He is just amazing! So are his many machines! He makes them sing!
Like the safety dance 😎😎
❤это просто праздник какой-то❤ Благодарю, Музыкант
All those years of watching Micheal Jordan and all the NBA games and I never knew the song they would play all the time is “ Sirius”
That opening of the buggles seriously gave me chills 😁 perfection my dude
The Murder Mix ❤❤
I was in synth heaven listening to this, and appreciating all the music that was created with these fabulous instruments. 100% ear candy! The one that resonated most - Kate Bush’s Running up the hill. A stellar piece of work, on an album that still blows me away all these years later. Great job on this video!
This was a delightful waltz down memory lane...and explains why I still love synths and synthwave music today...
All.I could here when you were playing Sirius was the announcer for the Bulls when Jordan was playing
so... much... woodgrain...
... I love it!
I love these old instruments and old technology. You absolutely nailed all these songs. Fantastic job.
One more comment - love the guitar solo emulation on the Alan Parsons “Sirius” ! I just flipped over to listen to the “real thing” on Spotify - nice “Jan Hammer” type work on that solo with the use of the bend and mod wheels!
This was so beautiful to see this recreated, especially for the young people today. Thank you Luke Millions!
I was all FUN! when I saw the video pop up
The Buggles interpretation is exquisite. I was counting the seconds until the vocoder came in! Loving your work, @luke. 🙏🏻
To bad the oh-a-oh part wasn't there lol! Great job
Made me sad as now I’m 62 and so miss those fabulous days. Absolutely phenomenal job… Kate Bush’s rendition was 100%. Thanks.
I love those times......
00:00 Dead Or Alive : You Spin Me Round
00:50 Michael Jackson : Thriller
01:57 The Buggles : Video Killed The Radio Star
02:48 The Alan Parsons Project : Sirius
03:53 Men Without Hats : The Safety Dance
04:53 Sylvester : Do you wanna funk?
05:43 Europe : The Final Countdown
06:41 Icehouse : Electric Blue
07:41 Falco : Rock Me Amadeus
08:42 Kate Bush : Running Up That Hill
I always wonder how people feel when they watch my covers. I sincerely hope it’s at least half as good as I feel right now. Great work Luke. Thanks. 😎
This guy seems to be having a lot of fun with a lot of historic instruments👍🏆😎
These synths are what 50's & 60's Teles, Strats and Les Paul are to guitars, no new tech was ever able to improve them.
Awesome video, you got me dancing !
Great to hear Icehouse in your selection
I love this. You are fantastic musician. There are few things putting a smile on my face like this.
Aww yeah. Was jamming along to all of these. Great work 👏
Falco was of course my favourite 😍
The compulsion to immediately listen to Alan Parsons Project music is strong!
This is always relevant music, to which more than one generation will dance. As long as electronic music is alive, styles from the 80s will keep pace with electronic music.
That version of Sirius is unironically 1000x better than the original! Amazing!
Running up that hill 🔥🔥🔥
LOVE starting my days off listening to his work!
How you not smile and have a great day after listening to this?
Keep it up! Incredible! 😁👌
So basically this is a GTA: Vice City radio's album appreciation post. Neat, I love it.
Great stuff - enjoyed all of those.
The Kate Bush one was fascinating. Seeing it as a backing track it becomes apparent, once the intro is over, how much of that song's charm and power comes from Kate herself - it's very minimal, instrumentally speaking, on the verses.
You have the Smithsonian collection of synths! And you actually know how to use them! Thanks you made my year!
The final countdown ItaloDisco mix 😂
Very good job!
2:50 Anyone else yell: "FROM NORTH CAROLINA!! AT GUARD!! 6' 6''! MICHAEEEEL JOOOORDAAAAN!!!
Good, I'm not the only one
I had a nightly radio program in mid-80's in Aarhus, Denmark, and we used "Sirius" as a count-in for the welcome speak: "Velkommen til Dødsredaktionen"... Ah, nostalgia!
I could listen to this all day! So talented 💙
How doesn't this have millions of views? This is awesome.
Analog lives and breathes sonic energy!
Hyde from "That '70s Show", doing 'Good/Great' time..
So good to see how these tracks are layered, it's quite great to see that insight. Highlight of youtube at the moment for me when your videos drop.
да супер круто это моя молодость дискотеки-80-х мне такие нравятся голоса робота
Loved every minute, I wish I could have a few beers and listen to you play live You have immense talent my friend from a massive uk 80s fan
All fantastic but your Safety Dance is supreme.
Loved every second of it! Great to see these old synths working perfectly!
Man, your sounds are fucking SPOT ON, good job dude.
You are phenomenal, I wish I could play like you. Have thought for years about learning to play the piano so I could get a keyboard and start learning to play all the songs I love from the 80's, to which as far as i'm concerned was the best era for music. Watching your video's gave me the inspiration to go for it and have since started lessons. Thank you Luke for being the inspiration to get me started on my journey.
Such underrated channel! Top covers! Thanks man!
When you play Sirius I can’t help but hear in my head And now the starting line up for your Chicago bulls… from North Carolina, Michael Jordan
Honestly, your versions are better than the originals in many cases! 🎉 thank you sir.
Safety Dance! The Men Without Hats approves! Thank you for posting a phenomenal video like this……sang along to each one!
Your recreations are so perfect. Congratulations you're are an absolut great musician. I love it so much what you do. 🎹👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎹
Awesome collection of vintage synths! So jealous... :-)
Wow ,thank you TH-cam algorithm!these are fantastic vids.
Love it love it love it.... 80's being my childhood and the 90's a teenager - all big tunes back in the day
I can play Fur Elise, very very badly... Awesome synth compilation, brilliant!
Wow Kate Bush too. Dude you are wonderful to watch. Please keep it coming.
You're amazing! Closed my eyes and felt like I was cruising through an 80's roller coaster ride.
What an amazing collection of keyboards. And even more amazing - the talent to get the best out of them collectively in some amazing recreations. So well done.
I've watched this video several times. I love how you took "Final Countdown " and approached it from a "New Wave" stanpoint. I like your version much better!
Sounds great in theory but you'd have to be okay with extreme boredom and huge lack of distractions. That's what spawns pure creativity. The results were incredible.
You’re amazing !
Dude, you are so awesome. I can't imagine what it would be like to chill with a guy like you.
The Buggles!!! Takes me back to the moment I watched MTV come on the air.
8:42 RUNNING UP THAT HILL! I can't believe my luck! Thanks, Luke!
Yes part 2!!!
Please, please can you do some covers of songs in full. I love these mini covers, but i just want more!
Keep it coming!!!!❤
TH-cam doesn't like that and nor should I imagine the original artists.