10 Synth Riffs That Shook The World

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  • 10 songs featuring synth riffs and lines that shook the world. In a positive way.
    A day in the life of a Nordic synth artist and TH-camr: • A day in the life of a...
    The Final Countdown, Thriller, Light my Fire, Save a Prayer, Take on me, Jump etc.
    These riffs all whipped me into shape as a keyboard player, and composer in the mid 80s, all in a different way.
    "Thriller" by the build-up into the main hook, "The Final Countdown" by it's majestic synth brass sound and also build up. "Take on Me" by it's catchy almost arpeggio-like way of playing, along with the staccato DX synth bass, "Save a Prayer" by utilizing the pitch bend wheel in a new way as well as the different keys the chords take throughout the song. Axel F for simplicity yet intoxicating main hook and bass, "New Song" for the way Mr. HJ so effortless managed several synths at the same time, yet playing that catchy riff. "Light my Fire" by sheer awesomeness in the outrageous use of different keys and chords in that short amount of time the solo lasts. "Deep Red" by its use of different time signatures and the way is so hypnotizing together with the visuals of the movie. Lastly "Toccata and Fugue in Dm", pure madness and every note just adds to the madness. I've taken inspiration from this piece for years and many of my songs have snippets of that in it, in different ways.
    The synthesizer used in all the clips is a Korg DW-8000 from 1985. This video actually started out as a demo of this (somewhat beat up synth), hence me using it for everything. The sounds used are from my own custom patch bank for this synth. I sell this bank. A separate demo of this is on this channel.
    Links to the songs:
    Thriller: • Michael Jackson - Thri...
    The Final Countdown: • Europe - The Final Cou...
    Jump: • Van Halen - Jump (Offi...
    Take on Me: • a-ha - Take On Me (Off...
    Axel F: • Harold Faltermeyer - A...
    Save a Prayer: • Duran Duran - Save A P...
    New Song: • Howard Jones - New Song
    Light my Fire: • The Doors - Light My F...
    Deep Red: • GOBLIN "PROFONDO ROSSO...
    Toccata and Fugue in Dm (the version I like the best): • Karl Richter spielt di...
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  • @cbmsysmobile
    @cbmsysmobile 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9430

    Just imagine what Bach could have done with today's synths......

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  4 ปีที่แล้ว +821

      It would be totlly awesome! ;-)

    • @jimgauth
      @jimgauth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Station!

    • @Shadowboost
      @Shadowboost 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      It would be beyond imagination

    • @4623620
      @4623620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Maybe something like Wendy (Walter) Carlos did for the album "Switched on Bach" and for the film "A Clockwork Orange".
      th-cam.com/video/5cUaunnnKhQ/w-d-xo.html
      Not bad, but I think Bach is best the way it originally is, T&F in Dm opened my mind to the mathematical aspects of his music.

    • @Mindphaser1
      @Mindphaser1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      He would be Vangelis.

  • @giordanricardo447
    @giordanricardo447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1485

    0:30 Thriller - Michael Jackson.
    0:56 The final countdown - Europe.
    1:28 Take on me - A-ha.
    1:54 Save a prayer -Duran Duran.
    2:29 Axel F - Harold Faltemayer.
    2:58 Profondo Rosso - Goblin.
    3:19 Jump - Van Halen.
    3:48 Light my fire - The Doors.
    4:16 New song - Howard Jones.
    5:01 Toccata & Fugue Dm - J.S Bach.

    • @DerSonntagsgamer
      @DerSonntagsgamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      This is really an unnecessary list

    • @kelvinthenedy
      @kelvinthenedy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Thanks mate!

    • @baghdaddymike6669
      @baghdaddymike6669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Separate Ways, Journey

    • @sheepdavis
      @sheepdavis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@DerSonntagsgamer your existence is unnecessary

    • @DerSonntagsgamer
      @DerSonntagsgamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sheepdavis Awwwww thank you

  • @H1Guard
    @H1Guard 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Pipe Organ: the original synthesizer

  • @Snavels
    @Snavels 2 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    One of my favorite things about Thriller, as a jazz musician, is how nice and full the chords are. Listening to the Rhodes part, it's a lot of Minor 7s and Diminished chords, and at one time they even play a 7th chord shape on one hand and a 6th shape on the other, but they still didn't forget about simple chords.

    • @DatOneGuy
      @DatOneGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As a jazz enthusiast, Thriller got me going 😳 right away

    • @gregsullivan7408
      @gregsullivan7408 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's only recently that I was even aware there was a Rhodes in it at all. (thanks to Dr Mix)
      P.S Does it really contain some Jazz?? I like it far too much for me to believe it qualifies. 🤣

    • @mandalorian957
      @mandalorian957 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You like a pedo

    • @KBizzy
      @KBizzy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gregsullivan7408not jazz, but jazz chords. Chords that came from jazz music. Such is the case with a lot of R&B/Pop music

    • @patrickeagan2051
      @patrickeagan2051 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mks50 + pg300?

  • @donnythedingo
    @donnythedingo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +666

    Everybody's gangster until Bach steps up to the synthesizer

    • @OJstellar
      @OJstellar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Chopin would probably rock it as well

    • @heathermcdougall2399
      @heathermcdougall2399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OJstellar I've actually oplayed Bach on a prophet 5 and attempted Chopin too, but he needs a bigger keyboard mostly.

    • @mrtower7435
      @mrtower7435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol, the quote of the century

    • @alexandrumacedon291
      @alexandrumacedon291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mrtower7435 bach was the least nice of all so... i don;t know why he included him. maybe personal preference

    • @johnbishop5316
      @johnbishop5316 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@heathermcdougall2399 Bach had only four and half octaves!

  • @VeronicaMcCarrison
    @VeronicaMcCarrison 3 ปีที่แล้ว +806

    The synthesiser was the King of the 80's music genre when you hear those sounds you always think of the music of the 80's

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Yes, it was. ;-)

    • @geonauto
      @geonauto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      This year has been reborn of synth,have a look to pop music

    • @MacetazzOpina
      @MacetazzOpina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      most of the music you listen to in the radio: pop, hip hop etc is done entirely by synths, they are just not the famous cheap japanese polysynths and digital fm synths people used in the 80s because they were the first affordable to any musician, most synths we hear now are completely digital in computers

    • @fakshen1973
      @fakshen1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The early 1980's was truly the era of the AFFORDABLE synthesizer. It wasn't so much king but the 80's were awash in people trying to push the envelope.

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      But those cheap/affordable synths made such lovely, distinct and memorable sounds

  • @TruthTriumphs786
    @TruthTriumphs786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Sweet Dreams deserve top ten. The synths was amazing in it.

    • @soloperformer5598
      @soloperformer5598 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      By Yes?

    • @crisbowman
      @crisbowman ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No, by Eurythmics

    • @needamuffin
      @needamuffin 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sweet Dreams and Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) were the first two I thought of.

    • @Shamanicus
      @Shamanicus 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I just can't get enough - Depeche Mode should be in there too.

  • @markalexander3487
    @markalexander3487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Jump is an all time classic. It was very bold to use a synth in place of rock guitar.

    • @musicman8942
      @musicman8942 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Keep in mind that both van Halen brothers were pianists before they took up drums & guitar

  • @hajirizayev7374
    @hajirizayev7374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +574

    When "thriller" stopped, my mind kept the rhythm on.

    • @coachhannah2403
      @coachhannah2403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's an ear worm. Different.

    • @WayJilliamRohnson
      @WayJilliamRohnson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      When that bassline hits!! What a masterpiece

    • @jbasti227
      @jbasti227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I was honestly expecting him to continue and play the baseline too lol

    • @HaharuRecords
      @HaharuRecords 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jbasti227 Hahah yeah😂

    • @bavackyantho5485
      @bavackyantho5485 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm glad it's over, so that I get to listen to Final Countdown, Take on me, Saving a prayer, Axel F & Jump

  • @sapphire962
    @sapphire962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +798

    The 80s had the most iconic movie intros. Narrator starts to tell the story while a synth plays in the background. Camera glances at the white hightops in motion and follows a big head of frizzy hair and they glide outside and hop onto their bike, ready to sail the summer air

    • @gajol3257
      @gajol3257 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im searching for this song i think! It starts with the same 3 (maybe) fast-playing synth notes. Hard to explain haha, but please help if you know the name

    • @gajol3257
      @gajol3257 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The song that is used in a lot of 2000's american movies. And its either an intro or outro song, that slowly becomes higher as the narrator speaks

    • @Ismael-kc3ry
      @Ismael-kc3ry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmfao I can picture it so easily

    • @vmega44
      @vmega44 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gajol3257 who's in the movie

    • @gajol3257
      @gajol3257 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vmega44 Thanks for trying to help, but I found the song! :D
      Its called "Baba O'Riley" by The Who

  • @AxelfoleyTheGreat
    @AxelfoleyTheGreat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey thanks for playing my song. Much appreciated.

  • @michaeljneal
    @michaeljneal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This brought back some fond memories. I also had a DW-8000 back in my playing days. Paired with my drum machine and sequencer, I made full albums of music. What a wonderful time that was.

  • @UnstoppableFloridaMan
    @UnstoppableFloridaMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +695

    0:31 - Thriller
    0:57 - Final Countdown
    1:28 - Take on Me
    2:04 - Save a Prayer
    2:30 - Axel F
    3:00 - Profondo Rosso
    3:20 - Jump
    3:49 - Light My Fire
    4:16 - New Song
    5:02 - Toccata and Fugue Dm

    • @funkdocta5332
      @funkdocta5332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you very much! I almost did it myself but then I found your comment :)

    • @00bean00
      @00bean00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A real hero and a real human bean

    • @kaori_kanzaki
      @kaori_kanzaki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks Rias. ❤

    • @kostiplays
      @kostiplays 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rias rly is the best waifu

    • @vadimblanchy9579
      @vadimblanchy9579 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      00bean00 yes this man truly is a bean

  • @StahpShop
    @StahpShop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1967

    Me: time to go to bed
    TH-cam: wanna see a guy play the synth?
    Me: well.. I should go to bed.. *clicks video*

    • @rob_odd
      @rob_odd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I feel you! :D It's 01:48 and I got to get up at 7:30.^^

    • @ProducersVault
      @ProducersVault 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nice demo, strange timing on Jump though

    • @sinking1902
      @sinking1902 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      100% this. Now I want to buy some keys.

    • @johnbishop5316
      @johnbishop5316 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ProducersVault Stopped to sip his Horlicks. Nearly bedtime.

    • @p-aluneau5136
      @p-aluneau5136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Literally me.

  • @nickhaynie5980
    @nickhaynie5980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "I wear my sunglasses at night " has a very memorable riff.

  • @RetroReminiscing
    @RetroReminiscing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The save a prayer intro always gives me goosebumps...fantastic classic intro, love your upload, Sonique

    • @user-ms6rf3cn5v
      @user-ms6rf3cn5v 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was not a fan of Duran Duran back at that time and "Save a player" was not their gratest hit, but it was the song when I startet to like Duran Duran. Also one of the most underratet bands from the 80s.

  • @d.s.6268
    @d.s.6268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1104

    Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams" has to be on this list.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Didn't you watch my "10 Iconic Synth Bass Lines" video? ;-)

    • @xaviercrepin2930
      @xaviercrepin2930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Depeche Mode and Gary Numan are missing in the list, probably they created so many good synth riffs they should have been included in a Top 100 list at least!

    • @jakelencher817
      @jakelencher817 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      heh i can play that.

    • @jakelencher817
      @jakelencher817 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @P. D. Smart i will go on playing it for like an hour, and i notice everyone leaving the room.

    • @zachary4670
      @zachary4670 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Eurythmics song Here comes the rain again changed my life when I heard it. That synth sound mixed with the live orchestra was just amazing

  • @ChuckyDoll79
    @ChuckyDoll79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Visage - Fade to Grey
    New Order - Blue Monday
    Donna Summer - I Feel Love
    Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
    Robert Miles - Children
    Darude - Sandstorm
    Eurytmics - Sweet Dreams
    Massive Attack - Angel
    Just to name a few.

    • @kimble02
      @kimble02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn sold list!

    • @johnmacrae7998
      @johnmacrae7998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      + Alice DJ - Better Off Alone

    • @miks564
      @miks564 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very good list there.
      👍

    • @pigeonnebula7353
      @pigeonnebula7353 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The ending of highest in the room

    • @chinossynthesizer705
      @chinossynthesizer705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some of these songs are unlistenable because they are memes

  • @PuppetMasterID2501
    @PuppetMasterID2501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congratulations Man , you did my day ! Thank you so much to you ! I appreciate :D

  • @blandrooker6541
    @blandrooker6541 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    So many to consider, so many left out that were awe inspiring but not really distributed outside of Europe. The one track that rocked my world and changed my entire musical paradigm in 1980 was Gary Numan's "Cars". Opened up the entire world for me. Human League's "Love Action", OMD's "Messages", Dolby's "One Of Our Submarines", Yazoo's "Dont' Go" and "Situation", the running synth line of Pet Shop Boys "Westend Girls", Depeche Mode's "Strange Love", New Order's "Blue Monday", M's "Pop Music", Afrika Bambaata's "Planet Rock" even though it sampled Kraftwerk heavily. So much of the 80s was just ground breaking, and so much of it came from the UK at a time when "the future" had an entirely different vibe.

  • @silverstar2835
    @silverstar2835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells
    Vangelis Papathanasiou - Alpha
    Alan Parsons Project - Lucifer
    Alphaville - Big in Japan
    New Order - Blue Monday
    Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (basically almost everything from Depeche Mode)
    Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity

    Kraftwerk - anything...you name it
    Yazoo - Don't Go
    Bronski Beat (jimmy Sommerville) - Smalltown Boy
    Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe 4, Oxygene 4, Magnetic Fields 2
    Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
    A-ha - Take on me
    Tears For Fears - Change
    Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
    Axel F. - Beverly Hills Cop Theme Song

    • @dromeus21
      @dromeus21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      There are more Popcorn, the Chase (moroder), the theme from Terminator...

    • @Lovetrain-io6kt
      @Lovetrain-io6kt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Shout tears for fears?!

    • @wolfgang4468
      @wolfgang4468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Too many Alphas.

    • @vendingdudes
      @vendingdudes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a superb list in its own right

    • @lilo5437
      @lilo5437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      New Order, Kraftwerk and Falco ❤️❤️❤️

  • @oddities-whatnot
    @oddities-whatnot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    The “Jump” synth part is extremely authentic to the original sound. Also, when a lot of people play this, they usually get the last chord wrong in the sequence. Subtle, but always the wrong notes. This guy got it right.

    • @synthdadmusic3388
      @synthdadmusic3388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My favourite cover to play, nothing beats this to wake up an audience!

    • @danielhohenberg3840
      @danielhohenberg3840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Weak playing rythm wise though

    • @johnbishop5316
      @johnbishop5316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Completely wrong timing.

    • @st0rmchild
      @st0rmchild 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Lots of people get the chords right. Most people don’t screw up the rhythm like this.

    • @TheWarriorSongProject
      @TheWarriorSongProject 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@johnbishop5316 he probably just hesitated trying to remember the riff. I don't think it was bad timing, considering his other demos...

  • @dholmlund
    @dholmlund 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video!! You played them all real good!! :D All those riffs sure shook my world! :)

  • @SelimReza-iw4pr
    @SelimReza-iw4pr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's what I have been looking for a long time.......Thank you Sir.

  • @kingle1944
    @kingle1944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    My god the synthesizer is such a sexy sounding instrument

    • @reactions5783
      @reactions5783 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not the way this joker is bludgeoning it, it isn't.

  • @EvgeniyBerlin
    @EvgeniyBerlin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Thriller chords are absolutely stunning

    • @synthdadmusic3388
      @synthdadmusic3388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably Quincy Jones wrote them, guys a genius. Check out his Netflix doco. Amazing

    • @st0rmchild
      @st0rmchild 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Quincy’s a genius, but Thriller was written by Rod Temperton, and the synth part was most likely played by Greg Phillinganes.

    • @edwardjamyangmacarchick1847
      @edwardjamyangmacarchick1847 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@st0rmchild LOL, you beat me to it! Wikipedia has the personnel listed and Jackson basically did vocals and that's it. After Jackson split from Quincy Jones I think his song quality dropped incredibly, and he usually had several writers/co-writers on most of the singles.

    • @st0rmchild
      @st0rmchild 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edwardjamyangmacarchick1847 Agree 100%. Quincy was the cornerstone of MJ's golden era.

    • @ricomajestic
      @ricomajestic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@st0rmchild He didn't write any of the songs though. He was able to find great songwriters and musicians though like the guys from toto and MJ was a great singer and songwriter too!

  • @HiEnergyMusic
    @HiEnergyMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are some outstanding riffs, well presented. Thanks! *Thumbs up*

  • @esmith2112
    @esmith2112 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just stumbled across this video. Nicely curated list! Also nice job on showcasing the Korg DW800. It was my main axe for my bands during the 80s and 90s. A very versatile keyboard!

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers!

  • @Kenoi_
    @Kenoi_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Journey: separate ways. One of my favorite synth riffs

    • @chaddionne2605
      @chaddionne2605 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      So true, one of the first I tought of !

    • @jasonkilley
      @jasonkilley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I see you’re a man of culture as well...

  • @damianosavraammisaelidis9727
    @damianosavraammisaelidis9727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Depeche Mode "I just can't get enough", Yazzo "Only you" and Erasure "Respect" just to name a few.

    • @verdielg
      @verdielg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      depeche album cover throwing up the 666 illuminati hand sign...never noticed that until now

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good call!

    • @humanchannel7825
      @humanchannel7825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      OMD enola gay

    • @tulleuchen
      @tulleuchen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      New Order and Human League should be in there as well.

    • @TheEudaemonicPlague
      @TheEudaemonicPlague 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@humanchannel7825 I was just listening to that yesterday, off the URGH! A Music War album, which is a collection of live recordings by a variety of bands. The video that goes with it is awesome.

  • @ytpremium7649
    @ytpremium7649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    And he did on one of the world’s most underrated yet most amazing and warmest synth EVER - the mighty KORG DW8000

  • @schrodingerscat1863
    @schrodingerscat1863 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm kind of surprised 'Donna Summer - I Feel Love' isn't in this list, that sound was so far ahead of it's time in the 70's it kickstarted the whole synth pop scene which spanned the 80's.

    • @michaelmanus7765
      @michaelmanus7765 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There are quite a few like that were well done synth pieces not mentioned here.

    • @rachelar
      @rachelar 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's more a groove than a riff

  • @oldschoolebm666
    @oldschoolebm666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Tears for fears - everybody wants to rule the world - bass /synth intro.
    Camouflage - the great commandment

  • @MaxZorin8
    @MaxZorin8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "Big Sleep" Simple Minds, "Ashes to Ashes" David Bowie, "Africa" Toto, "It's a Sin" Pet Shop Boys, "Little Lies" Fleetwood Mac, "Metal", "Cars" & "Are Friends Electric" Gary Numan...
    (And my favorite song ever is "Save a Prayer")

  • @apolinariocondorcanqui6166
    @apolinariocondorcanqui6166 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You inspire me, ando thanks a lot

  • @cjimcook
    @cjimcook 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    THE synth riff is any performance from "Switched-On Bach" (1968) by W. Carlos. The first classical album to go platinum, the major synth album, and the first to win several Grammy awards. Her succeeding albums each moved the needle, incidentally opening up at least four other synth-related genres.

  • @trevormoffat4054
    @trevormoffat4054 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    “Crockett’s Theme” - Jan Hammer
    “Closer” - Nine Inch Nails
    “Africa” - Toto
    Also the synth solo from “Rosanna” totally kicks arse.

    • @lonnieappleby6242
      @lonnieappleby6242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trevor Moffat OHHHH! I MUST listen to Closer now!

    • @1953beetle
      @1953beetle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Closer without a doubt.

    • @madmax2069
      @madmax2069 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jan hammer is epic. My favorite Jan hammer music mainly comes from an old VCR tape Calle beyond the mind's eye. Favorite song is from that tape is voyage home

    • @XnazxulX
      @XnazxulX 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      madmax2069 beyond the minds eye omg I completely forgot about that video. Yes that is some of his most experimental and best work if I remember right

  • @ultreya6709
    @ultreya6709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These, a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V my two all time favorits :)

    • @nielssteffenssen8852
      @nielssteffenssen8852 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Sun Always Shines On TV is fantastic, that intro wow. My favorite too.

    • @axywrll6015
      @axywrll6015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      do yoi mean faborites?

  • @Gibretep
    @Gibretep 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene part 2 and 4. Gary numan - Cars, Are friends Electric, Complex. Kraftwerk - the model, Star Was - the original 1977 theme track, Visage - Fade to Gray, Ultravox - Veinna, OMD - Maid of Orleanes and Joan of arc, Japan - Ghosts, Heaven 17 - Quiet Life, temptation and that's just off the top of my head.

    • @1922Skidoo
      @1922Skidoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My favorite “ The March to the eternal city “ by Triumvirat

    • @peffken8834
      @peffken8834 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And so on.... there are so many concise lines.

    • @sn1ffy85
      @sn1ffy85 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Japan is Quiet Life.

  • @QFXmusic
    @QFXmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this great video 🙂

  • @wentzr
    @wentzr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    “Sirius” the Alan Parsons Project shook all of Chicagoland through the nineties... I still get goosebumps when I hear that song.

    • @iphonemodDOTcom
      @iphonemodDOTcom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Editions of you,Roxy music's for your pleasure.Brian eno on synthesizer sounds pretty good to me.

    • @KB1UIF
      @KB1UIF 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eye in the sky, Alan Parsons.

    • @blown22
      @blown22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KB1UIF Sirius is probably what you're thinking of. It's the synth lead-in to Eye in the Sky.

    • @seth5394
      @seth5394 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      the sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing

  • @SuperAnatolli
    @SuperAnatolli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough |===| OMD - Enola Gay.

    • @mansenmias
      @mansenmias 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I hate 'Just can't get enough' and its lousy riff but love 'Enola gay' and it's my first choice to replace Bach and The Doors that had no synthetizer available, so not synth riffs really. And everything about The Doors is overrated anyway… :/

    • @FrankHarwald
      @FrankHarwald 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Trans-X - LIving on Video

    • @jjerg
      @jjerg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My fav Depeche Mode synth riff is "Never Let Me Down Again'

    • @u2bst1nks
      @u2bst1nks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Any list of synth riffs that doesn't include a Vince Clarke riff is incomplete.

  • @Octovisuals
    @Octovisuals 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love synths... Everything from Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre and many more should also be on the list. Thank you!

    • @onyx747
      @onyx747 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I LOVE KRAFTWERK :D

  • @tonypet1518
    @tonypet1518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent thanks and thanks again 👍. I love electronic synth sound, it sounds magical to me. Transports me to a different places as all music does.

  • @rick_terscale1111
    @rick_terscale1111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    OMD and Depeche Mode and a number of early 80's New Wave synth bands had all the most amazing synth riffs.

    • @siler7
      @siler7 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      '80s.

  • @Sledgefist1
    @Sledgefist1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Dude you are a badass for being the old synth style back. I can’t get enough of it!

  • @westernsect5773
    @westernsect5773 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Being a teenager in the 1980's (83 in fact) I got into Depeche Mode and it was seeing Alan Wilder behind his synths at the Glasgow Construction Time Again Tour that I got into synths. I had been a big fan of Gary Numan's first four albums. It made me and still does appreciate the older synths of the time ..Depeche, Yazoo, Bronski Beat, Soft Cell.. All that crowd.. Got a few synths as well as a few 80's relics.. Roland U-110, Yamaha cs01 and a very rare Korg SQ8 which works brilliantly with the U-110

    • @sorinpirtea2306
      @sorinpirtea2306 ปีที่แล้ว

      When Vince Clarke left Depeche Mode (after their first album, Speak & Spell, back in 1981), he took away with him some synths used for the tracks of the album, especially electronic drums. That explained why Depeche Mode and Yazoo sound similar related to drums.

    • @westernsect5773
      @westernsect5773 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sorinpirtea2306 When Yazoo reformed in 2008..The sound was sparse but brilliant... I'd seen Erasure a few times but that doesn't compare to the sound of Yazoo .. (I know same guy)

    • @paulchang3336
      @paulchang3336 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Alan Wilder was key player in all those DM 80s sounds ..genius

  • @randydogs61
    @randydogs61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    She Blinded me with Science by Thomas Dolby was one that stuck in my head in the 80s.

  • @GVike
    @GVike 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Dio, "Rainbow In The Dark"
    OMD, "Enola Gay"
    Rush, "Subdivisions"

  • @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush
    @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I can't stop replaying the Thriller.
    Michael Jackson was a genius.
    Ugh
    RIP

    • @PJ....
      @PJ.... 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mattiwigstrom1668 Q, Rod, Bruce & MJ ... Dream Team for Sure ...

    • @ms.annthrope415
      @ms.annthrope415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Quincy Jones did everything except put on a white glove and reach down some little boys pants.
      What does JC Penneys and Michael Jackson have in common? They both have little boys underwear half off.

    • @ChromaticHarp
      @ChromaticHarp ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MJ didn’t write Thriller.
      Rod Temperton did.

    • @meramail
      @meramail ปีที่แล้ว

      But when various artists over decades do one of (if not THE) best work of their lives when collaborating with the same artist, there must be something about that artist..

    • @tomjaasko6878
      @tomjaasko6878 ปีที่แล้ว

      MJ didn’t write it

  • @theseventhday
    @theseventhday 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great job, classic rifts.. Love it that he was rocking the Toronto Blue Jays hat too

  • @dsgarland
    @dsgarland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is one of the best videos on TH-cam and yes, the Fletch theme is spectacular.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! I play the Fletch theme in another video. ;-)

  • @chogamer117
    @chogamer117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    I wish I grew up in the 80’s. I wish I was able to experience the pop culture first hand. I always think of the 80’s as nostalgic even though I was born in 2002.

    • @johnbishop5316
      @johnbishop5316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      80s?? The 60s was it. Pop music was created in the 60s.

    • @chogamer117
      @chogamer117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      John Bishop I meant the pop culture. You know like movies, games, music. All that stuff.

    • @johnbishop5316
      @johnbishop5316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@chogamer117 Hi Cho. I get you, the 80s were good. I was still playing music in that era. But the 60s was best for the music. It was all new.

    • @chogamer117
      @chogamer117 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      John Bishop I look into the music from the 60’s. Maybe I’ll like it more than the 80’s.

    • @johnbishop5316
      @johnbishop5316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@chogamer117 Yes, do. It just kept getting better. Beatles, Stone, Kinks, etc etc. The 60s started in 1963 and went on until about 1974, musically speaking.

  • @80too23
    @80too23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Another great video Espen. Some tunes from the top of my head:
    Gary Numan: Are friends electric?
    Visage: fade to grey
    Howard Jones: Hide and Seek
    Vangelis: Chung Kuo
    A-ha: The sun always shines on TV

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! great choices there :)

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      the only person shook by the synth on Thriller was some guy sitting on the speaker in the studio

  • @baevnik
    @baevnik 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a lot! Beautiful!

  • @BassFunMusic
    @BassFunMusic ปีที่แล้ว +3

    🎶🔥 This beat is fire! You have such a talent for making great music! 🙌♥BRO

  • @alexwells5974
    @alexwells5974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Yahoo: "Only You;" Kraftwerk: "The Model;" Rush: "Subdivisions;" Led Zeppelin: "All of My Love"

    • @despota2
      @despota2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yazoo my friend.

  • @andypeck1972
    @andypeck1972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    An excellent video, as always. And also a good demonstration of the Korg DW-8000.
    I would include :-
    Crocketts theme - Jan Hammer
    Drive - The Cars
    Who wants to live forever - Queen

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks man! :)

  • @lamacchinadeltempo5737
    @lamacchinadeltempo5737 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sounds Good! 🏆👌

  • @l0riz624
    @l0riz624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    gosh! this synth is so warm, it makes me wanna wear Suncream!! good Job Espen Kraft!

  • @viper9x
    @viper9x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    For me, two honourable mentions Yazoo - Don't Go and Depeche Mode - New Life, two songs i really love to play.

  • @littlebritain64
    @littlebritain64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ahhh, You use my beloved Korg DW8000!!! I am happy to have it, and I also bought the EX8000. Thanks a lot. To Duran Duran lovers, I saw on TH-cam a great rendition of "Save a Prayer" made using a Novation Supernova. Worths as well.

  • @atomant25gtadams26
    @atomant25gtadams26 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve been searching for the name of “New Song” for years. I’ve tried popular synth songs from 80s and many more. Thank you so much!!!!

  • @johnblythe6453
    @johnblythe6453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really exiting video trying to get to grips with some of these wonderful riffs as for Toccata it has done "my head in for years" with its splender and power .

  • @terrytsianos8939
    @terrytsianos8939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    John Carpenter's theme to Halloween is one of those riffs that stuck with me for ever.

  • @ZeranZeran
    @ZeranZeran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Maan, that synth from "Save A Prayer" - Duran Duran still blows my mind, and I was born in 93. Way ahead of it's time, and still so weird and unique sounding. One of my favorite songs.
    Beautiful video, and beautiful playing man. I can't wait to get my keyboard back and get it loaded up with some 80s & 90s sounds. Minimoog is my favorite. Thanks for the inspiration!

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! :D

    • @davidnelson3757
      @davidnelson3757 ปีที่แล้ว

      Duran Duran never went for the "Cheesy" lead lines that's why save a prayer stands out

  • @Midnight-Mike
    @Midnight-Mike ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You rocked my world! Iove. Love ❤️ it. Thanks

  • @snhaqua
    @snhaqua 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👌 superb Appreciate your step-by-step demo you recalled my memories

  • @joehoff4983
    @joehoff4983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh man, I had the same synth, it was awesome to hear these iconic riffs on it. Brings me back to good old school band times. Thanks

  • @Sinagorge
    @Sinagorge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The Album that shook my world and introduced me to electronic music was Oxygène by French composer Jean-Michel Jarre. Not only that Album has one of the coolest sleeve arts, the first song (Part 1) simply blew me away when I heard it the first time when I was 11 years old.

    • @IngeBall
      @IngeBall 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here. Heard it in school under a class with some invited hippiedude that made us lie on the floor and "unleash our fantasy".
      Cool thing, my older sister got the record as a gift from her boyfriend about a month after. She hated it and was about to throw it away .
      I felt like a winner!

  • @estyymacao
    @estyymacao 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great synths riffs!

  • @alaindion2326
    @alaindion2326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks! Great famous selection! 😊

  • @happysoul941
    @happysoul941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you so much for this.
    The first one gave me goosebumps! Michael was a legend. This was an immortal creation of Rod Temperton, Quincy Jones, Vincent Price et el. If someday an asteroid hits the earth, and all living beings are gone, I wish nature to recreate this song for future visitors till the end of the time.
    Axel F, another classic, rates very high in my books.

  • @RayyMusik
    @RayyMusik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    Johann Sebastian Bach, the master of additive synthesis! ;)

    • @DarkSideofSynth
      @DarkSideofSynth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The master of all masters ;)

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the only person shook by the synth on Thriller was some guy sitting on the speaker in the studio

    • @awaken77
      @awaken77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wendy Carlos recorded "Switched on Bach" on the Moog synthesizer. At this time synthesizers were a novelty, and the record was big step forward to the synth revolution. So, Bach contributed to the rise of synthesizer music

    • @macronencer
      @macronencer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've always maintained that JSB was one of the first jazz musicians. I mean... he used SEVENTH chords!

  • @allancesterjr4494
    @allancesterjr4494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was SO COOL AND SO INTERESTING ! Thanks for sharing... I’m about to do the same ! Thanks for the REAL MUSIC 👍🏾

  • @therealsammyvee888
    @therealsammyvee888 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics is another great one. Don't Go by Yazoo is also good. And I love Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode.

  • @maxpowers3494
    @maxpowers3494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Axel F will forever be the purest example of my first experience with electronic music.

  • @jazzydiver4519
    @jazzydiver4519 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Woo hoo! Got excited when I saw the "buggles" album on your back wall!! Love them!

  • @simonbullimore1807
    @simonbullimore1807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved the Bach riff... Thanks for sharing.

  • @SuperJ9587
    @SuperJ9587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Sweet dreams are made of these riff is huge

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Then you should watch my "10 top synth bass lines" video. You'd be well pleased. ;-)

  • @travisfoster8193
    @travisfoster8193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Journey's "Separate Ways"

    • @lordofrims
      @lordofrims 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That one gave me the feels when watching Tron: Legacy's scene when the lights on Flynn's arcade light on.

  • @davejohnson5479
    @davejohnson5479 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Nothing beats old analog synths or an air drive pipe organ. Great choices sir.

  • @frankalvareziii8289
    @frankalvareziii8289 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Riffs!

  • @estebanmasone6186
    @estebanmasone6186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    4:58. Bach was born in 1685…so he wrote "toccatta & fugue" when he was approximately 20 years old?
    Jaw dropped

    • @rossmoir7360
      @rossmoir7360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wasnt game to play the triplets !

    • @chrisclarke4295
      @chrisclarke4295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mike Oldfield recorded Tubular Bells at 19

  • @theearthling5865
    @theearthling5865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Perhaps honorable mention, Africa by Toto.

    • @oranges866
      @oranges866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i think it was more like a regular keyboard sound than a synth

    • @1970piano
      @1970piano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      No, it is a typical synth brass sound, Steve Porcaro played it on a Yamaha CS80 Synth.

    • @scottcupp8129
      @scottcupp8129 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oranges866 Wrong

    • @oranges866
      @oranges866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scottcupp8129 then was it a kalimba or something?

    • @theearthling5865
      @theearthling5865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oranges866 It's a typical brass sound on a Yamaha CS80 Synth.

  • @steelfalconx2000
    @steelfalconx2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As soon as I saw the title I knew Axel F would be on here. I didn't know what it was called but it's such an iconic 80s sound and it's so badass.

  • @thenewalex
    @thenewalex ปีที่แล้ว +3

    a decade of great sounds, music and memories

  • @blutoband
    @blutoband 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Loving that this was played on an old favorite synth, the KORG DW-8000.

  • @jiros00
    @jiros00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Save a Prayer is my favourite one. Haunting.

  • @valalex2223
    @valalex2223 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great! You are very talented, and this style of music is very melodic and beautiful!

  • @mcentertain
    @mcentertain ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The rest is very impressive although I don´t know this korg synth and how you did the programming but the idea behind your video and learning these riffs are value enough to watch this video again! I like what you said in the end and also your accent is charming, must be some scanadinavian type :D It is always good to be yourself ;) haha cheers and Happy Easter!

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! I'm from Norway yes. ;-)

    • @mcentertain
      @mcentertain ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EspenKraft And do they teach you subtractive synthesis in elementary school or why are you so good at this stuff? :-) Is it the poly 800 mk2 from korg you play most of the riffs on?

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I play the Korg DW-8000 from 1985. I've been a pro musician since the late 80s. ;-)

  • @chadellis7070
    @chadellis7070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    This list is incomplete without the riff from Just Can’t Get Enough - Depeche Mode

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The list is not incomplete, but I get you want DM on there. ;-)

    • @sudoreboot
      @sudoreboot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I also was thinking about this riff but it was early DM sound and they go much more darker in next albums, but yes the riff is epic

    • @kazokazo172
      @kazokazo172 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i agree specially duran duran mean nothing to me didnt sound good too for me.several other famous 80's songs from can be added.well at least its added doors which most people ignore them

    • @MrRadiorobot
      @MrRadiorobot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yazoo 'don't go'

  • @zappedguy
    @zappedguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love all of these. I've always been intrigued by the 80's synth sounds; so much that I bought an Ensonic Synthesizer.

    • @alastaircparker7086
      @alastaircparker7086 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You spelt "Ensoniq" (the correct spelling for the famous USA synthesizer company) the way you would pronounce the company name (Ensonic)! That was so funny!

    • @zappedguy
      @zappedguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alastaircparker7086 I'm showing my age, I guess. I still have it and enjoy it a lot!

  • @AhmedAli-zc3mk
    @AhmedAli-zc3mk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Such great work man!!

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! :)

  • @denishdahariya
    @denishdahariya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PLEASEEE MORE OF THIS CONTENT I LOVE THISSSSSS

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cheers! I have lots of videos on my channel.

  • @leetronix
    @leetronix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Good choices here are a few of mine:
    OMD - Enola Gay
    Dr Who - any version
    Buggles - Video killed the radio star
    Depeche Mode - Just cant get enough
    Magnificent Seven - original western theme
    Toto - Africa
    ABBA - SOS & Dancing queen, Chiqitita
    Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
    And so many more 😀

    • @pcuimac
      @pcuimac 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like every other song on the Buggles LP better than the hit single. f.e. Plastic Age, etc.

  • @wyd_marco4107
    @wyd_marco4107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Honestly watching this dude play riffs on a synthesizer at 3AM is a total vibe. Cool stuff 👍

  • @edaustin2682
    @edaustin2682 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great choices and well played!

  • @AXEL77hrm
    @AXEL77hrm ปีที่แล้ว

    How beautiful they are! That make chills down my spine. Great.

  • @wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522
    @wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Alan Parsons Project: Mammagamma
    Alan Parsons Project: Dammed If I Do
    Queen: Football Fight
    Falco: Rock Me Amadeus
    ELP: Fanfare Of The Common ManRobert Miles: Children
    ABBA: Lay All Your Love On Me
    ABBA: The Winner Takes It All
    Bon Jovi: Runaway
    Pet Shop Boys: It´s A Sin
    Dead Or Alive: You Spin Me Right Round
    Alphaville: Sounds Like A Melody
    Nena: 99 Luftballons
    Murray Head: One Night In Bangkok
    Ray P. Jr: Ghostbusters
    Corey Hart: Sunglasses At Night
    Eurythmics: Sweet Drerams
    Journey: Don´t Stop Believin´
    Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers
    Dire Straits: Walk Of Life
    Visage: Fade To Grey
    Enola Gay: Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark
    ...

    • @nerdysuzcategui3811
      @nerdysuzcategui3811 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cheers for this, I've been looking for "how to do chords on piano" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Nonason Ranincoln Genie - (should be on google have a look )?
      It is a great one of a kind product for discovering how to play the piano like a pro without the hard work. Ive heard some incredible things about it and my friend got excellent results with it.

    • @ikklepip
      @ikklepip 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just listened to that Alphaville track for the first time and instantly recognised as it was sampled on U got 2 let the music by Capella. Never knew it was a sample. Cheers!