10 Synth Riffs That Shook The World

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  • @giordanricardo447
    @giordanricardo447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1552

    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 +23

      This is really an unnecessary list

    • @kelvinthenedy
      @kelvinthenedy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Thanks mate!

    • @baghdaddymike6669
      @baghdaddymike6669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Separate Ways, Journey

    • @sheepdavis
      @sheepdavis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@DerSonntagsgamer your existence is unnecessary

    • @DerSonntagsgamer
      @DerSonntagsgamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sheepdavis Awwwww thank you

  • @cbmsysmobile
    @cbmsysmobile 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9547

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

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  5 ปีที่แล้ว +827

      It would be totlly awesome! ;-)

    • @jimgauth
      @jimgauth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Station!

    • @Shadowboost
      @Shadowboost 5 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      It would be beyond imagination

    • @4623620
      @4623620 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      He would be Vangelis.

  • @UnstoppableFloridaMan
    @UnstoppableFloridaMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +701

    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 5 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

  • @H1Guard
    @H1Guard 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Pipe Organ: the original synthesizer

  • @VeronicaMcCarrison
    @VeronicaMcCarrison 4 ปีที่แล้ว +827

    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  4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Yes, it was. ;-)

    • @geonauto
      @geonauto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @MacetazzOpina
      @MacetazzOpina 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      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 4 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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

  • @ChuckyDoll79
    @ChuckyDoll79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    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 +3

      Damn sold list!

    • @johnmacrae7998
      @johnmacrae7998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      + 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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some of these songs are unlistenable because they are memes

  • @hajirizayev7374
    @hajirizayev7374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +582

    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 +13

      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

  • @Snavels
    @Snavels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    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 3 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 ปีที่แล้ว

      You like a pedo

    • @KBizzy
      @KBizzy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mks50 + pg300?

  • @donnythedingo
    @donnythedingo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    Everybody's gangster until Bach steps up to the synthesizer

    • @OJstellar
      @OJstellar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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!

  • @d.s.6268
    @d.s.6268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1111

    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

  • @silverstar2835
    @silverstar2835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Too many Alphas.

    • @vendingdudes
      @vendingdudes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a superb list in its own right

    • @lilo5437
      @lilo5437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      New Order, Kraftwerk and Falco ❤️❤️❤️

  • @TruthTriumphs777
    @TruthTriumphs777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +124

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

    • @soloperformer5598
      @soloperformer5598 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      By Yes?

    • @crisbowman
      @crisbowman ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No, by Eurythmics

    • @needamuffin
      @needamuffin ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @Random_user_8472
      @Random_user_8472 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @sapphire962
    @sapphire962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +801

    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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmfao I can picture it so easily

    • @vmega44
      @vmega44 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gajol3257 who's in the movie

    • @gajol3257
      @gajol3257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @oddities-whatnot
    @oddities-whatnot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Weak playing rythm wise though

    • @johnbishop5316
      @johnbishop5316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Completely wrong timing.

    • @st0rmchild
      @st0rmchild 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

    • @TheWarriorSongProject
      @TheWarriorSongProject 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @StahpShop
    @StahpShop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1970

    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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @ProducersVault
      @ProducersVault 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nice demo, strange timing on Jump though

    • @sinking1902
      @sinking1902 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @johnbishop5316
      @johnbishop5316 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @p-aluneau5136
      @p-aluneau5136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Literally me.

  • @AxelfoleyTheGreat
    @AxelfoleyTheGreat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hey thanks for playing my song. Much appreciated.

  • @kingle1944
    @kingle1944 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    My god the synthesizer is such a sexy sounding instrument

    • @reactions5783
      @reactions5783 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @EvgeniyBerlin
    @EvgeniyBerlin 5 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 4 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 4 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 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ricomajestic
      @ricomajestic 4 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!

  • @80too23
    @80too23 5 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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! great choices there :)

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Octovisuals
    @Octovisuals 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @onyx747
      @onyx747 ปีที่แล้ว

      I LOVE KRAFTWERK :D

  • @MaxZorin8
    @MaxZorin8 5 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")

  • @littlebritain64
    @littlebritain64 5 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.

  • @ultreya6709
    @ultreya6709 5 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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @axywrll6015
      @axywrll6015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      do yoi mean faborites?

  • @markalexander3487
    @markalexander3487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

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

    • @musicman8942
      @musicman8942 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @andypeck1972
    @andypeck1972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks man! :)

  • @Kenoi_
    @Kenoi_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Journey: separate ways. One of my favorite synth riffs

    • @chaddionne2605
      @chaddionne2605 5 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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    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 3 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.

  • @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.

  • @leetronix
    @leetronix 5 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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @trevormoffat4054
    @trevormoffat4054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

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

    • @lonnieappleby6242
      @lonnieappleby6242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trevor Moffat OHHHH! I MUST listen to Closer now!

    • @1953beetle
      @1953beetle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Closer without a doubt.

    • @madmax2069
      @madmax2069 5 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

  • @deadmandancin
    @deadmandancin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Some of my favourite synth riffs/melodies in no specific order:
    Level 42 - Running In The Family
    Stevie Wonder - Living For The City
    Giorgio Moroder - Chase
    John Carpenter - Assault On Precinct 13
    Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover

  • @nickhaynie5980
    @nickhaynie5980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @oldschoolebm666
    @oldschoolebm666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

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

    • @gerardopando1
      @gerardopando1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. Definitively

  • @christophschuermann6512
    @christophschuermann6512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi Espen, i love all of them....especially played on the DW8000 :-). I also like the grooving work of paul hardcastle including synth-bass, drums and keys.

  • @Sledgefist1
    @Sledgefist1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @blandrooker6541
    @blandrooker6541 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    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.

  • @rick_terscale1111
    @rick_terscale1111 5 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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      '80s.

  • @wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522
    @wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522 4 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 4 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 4 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!

  • @ZeranZeran
    @ZeranZeran 4 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  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! :D

    • @davidnelson3757
      @davidnelson3757 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @ytpremium7649
    @ytpremium7649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @SuperAnatolli
    @SuperAnatolli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

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

    • @mansenmias
      @mansenmias 5 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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Trans-X - LIving on Video

    • @jjerg
      @jjerg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @u2bst1nks
      @u2bst1nks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @maxpowers3494
    @maxpowers3494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @Nicolas.S
    @Nicolas.S 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Very nice, but I miss Yazoo; Don't go, Nobody's diary, Situation. Bronski Beat; Small town boy and Why.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good choices :)

    • @gruponemesis
      @gruponemesis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      excellent choices

    • @AndyVonal
      @AndyVonal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agree with all... Love Smalltown Boy. it still makes me cry today.

    • @synthman66
      @synthman66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nicolas Sørbrøden exactly! Vince Clarke’s intro on Don’t Go still reaches to my core 35 years later!

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Gibretep
    @Gibretep 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @peffken8834
      @peffken8834 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @JackPeloquin
      @JackPeloquin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Japan is Quiet Life.

  • @alexwells5974
    @alexwells5974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @despota2
      @despota2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yazoo my friend.

  • @blutoband
    @blutoband 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @peterldelong
    @peterldelong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Everything from Genesis Duke album, released my senior year of high school. Although not really in your genre, that album still inspires me as a keyboardist today. Total man love for Tony.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You and me both ;-)

  • @esmith2112
    @esmith2112 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @happysoul941
    @happysoul941 5 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.

  • @SamNiverba
    @SamNiverba 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    beautifully played Mr Kraft , Great sounding synth too.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much! :)

  • @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush
    @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

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

    • @PJ....
      @PJ.... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @ms.annthrope415
      @ms.annthrope415 3 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 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MJ didn’t write Thriller.
      Rod Temperton did.

    • @meramail
      @meramail 2 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

  • @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. ;-)

  • @wentzr
    @wentzr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @iphonemodDOTcom
      @iphonemodDOTcom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @KB1UIF
      @KB1UIF 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eye in the sky, Alan Parsons.

    • @blown22
      @blown22 5 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

  • @busch028
    @busch028 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    New Order - Blue Monday (bass?)
    Vangelis - Blade Runner Opening Credits
    Rush - Tom Sawyer
    Yaz - Situation
    Yaz - Don’t Go
    Bronski Beat - Small Town Boy
    Pink Floyd - On The Run
    Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
    Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
    Journey - Separate Ways

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many good one there :)

    • @hitkid2456
      @hitkid2456 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea, that's the Journey one I'd go with!

    • @ChristopherPaulBacon-m2l
      @ChristopherPaulBacon-m2l 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tom Sawyer is pretty kickass. I'm not sure how to feel about Safety Dance.

  • @viper9x
    @viper9x 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @randydogs61
    @randydogs61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @rajasarapi8082
    @rajasarapi8082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Nicely done! I would also include the Moog riff in "Lucky Man" from Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

    • @jerryconnors1703
      @jerryconnors1703 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree with you -- that's the one that sticks in my mind.

    • @robertglisson6319
      @robertglisson6319 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This was the moog solo that started the entire synthesizer craze in rock music. Astonishing that it wasn't included...

  • @GVike
    @GVike 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

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

  • @Sinagorge
    @Sinagorge 5 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!

  • @RetroReminiscing
    @RetroReminiscing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @FrogmanSoundlab-s7e
      @FrogmanSoundlab-s7e 10 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.

  • @RayyMusik
    @RayyMusik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +248

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

    • @DarkSideofSynth
      @DarkSideofSynth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The master of all masters ;)

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @awaken77
      @awaken77 5 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!

  • @marcusgadsden5109
    @marcusgadsden5109 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Thriller Riff is so good!!

  • @immanuelkantholz9033
    @immanuelkantholz9033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +519

    Are you playing completely arythmic and out of time to not get demonetized?

    • @Vextrove
      @Vextrove 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Oof

    • @imaner76
      @imaner76 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Harsh but, fair.

    • @freyafoxmusic
      @freyafoxmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Probably cause he got the sound so perfect it would match the originals

    • @manny_f
      @manny_f 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Haha maybe, he used the exact same sounds

    • @50kT
      @50kT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      seems like he's playing slowly to show how its done

  • @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!!!!

  • @marcb560
    @marcb560 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    War and Training Montage - Vince DiCola
    Another kind of shook me up... ;) and more than just a riff!!💓

    • @ChristopherPaulBacon-m2l
      @ChristopherPaulBacon-m2l 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love to turn on my dad's truck and blast the Rocky IV Training Montage in the driveway. It definitely does shake the truck.

  • @oncearoundsaturn2511
    @oncearoundsaturn2511 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Damn, so many great riffs come to mind. I could never settle on a top 10.
    But here’s a few I consider classics:
    Thompson Twins - Love On Your Side
    Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric
    Go West - We Close Our Eyes
    The Human League - Don’t You Want Me
    Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
    Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
    Vangelis - Chung Kuo
    Prince - 1999

  • @metaspherz
    @metaspherz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow! I thought that my tiny studio was cramped! Kudos to all of us with limited space but great love for playing lots of instruments!

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! I have even more stuff, but I only bring in the essentials for a video shoot. ;-)

    • @metaspherz
      @metaspherz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EspenKraft I like how you've organized your available space. I can definitely learn from your expertise. You must have to rotate your keyboard stand to enter and exit. Yikes!!!

  • @jazzydiver4519
    @jazzydiver4519 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @jiros00
    @jiros00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Save a Prayer is my favourite one. Haunting.

  • @jainalabdin4923
    @jainalabdin4923 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1} Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill.
    2} Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall.
    3} Falco - Rock Me Amadeus.

  • @joehoff4983
    @joehoff4983 4 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

  • @simonbullimore1807
    @simonbullimore1807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved the Bach riff... Thanks for sharing.

  • @chogamer117
    @chogamer117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +422

    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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @chogamer117
      @chogamer117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @johnbishop5316
      @johnbishop5316 4 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 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @johnbishop5316
      @johnbishop5316 4 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.

  • @axnyslie
    @axnyslie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Some of my favorites
    Closer - Nine Inch Nails
    Touch and Go - Emerson, Lake and Powell
    Pulstar - Vangelis
    Cars - Gary Numan
    Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
    Keep Hope Alive - The Crystal Method

    • @dredddritt1079
      @dredddritt1079 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      YEAH - Touch and Go - AWESOME !!!

  • @JLaDrew
    @JLaDrew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    List of Riff that inspired me,
    10 ten riffs
    1.Gary newman cars
    2. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
    3.Yaz - Dont Go
    4.Yaz Situation
    5.Depeche mode - Enjoy the Silence
    6.New order - Bizarre Love Tri angel
    7. Alphaville - Sounds Like Melody
    8. Trans -X = Living on Video
    9. Human League - Dont you want me.
    10. Freestyle - Don't Stop the Rock

    • @alansaunders7140
      @alansaunders7140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely! I noted the distinct lack of Yaz and DM in his list

    • @deafleppard1812
      @deafleppard1812 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omfg thank u so much for putting blt by new order. Tho I think it should be number 1

    • @synthdadmusic3388
      @synthdadmusic3388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anything from human league...........or Ultravox!

    • @RonnSono-MassaAcoustics
      @RonnSono-MassaAcoustics 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed!

  • @therealsammyvee888
    @therealsammyvee888 2 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.

  • @retrorevival617
    @retrorevival617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great top ten Espen. The Fletch theme is also one of my favourite riffs and would have to say Moroder / summer 'I feel love' would have to be in my top ten riffs also! thanks for the upload and keep on synthin' :)

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, Fletch could easily have been on there, but Axel F is so iconic. Thanks! :)

    • @retrorevival617
      @retrorevival617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rightly so! Axel f = first 7" single I ever bought aged 8!

  • @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.

  • @dominikdecuyper4065
    @dominikdecuyper4065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Just can"t get enough from Depeche Mode

  • @theseventhday
    @theseventhday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @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 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @rachelar
      @rachelar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's more a groove than a riff

  • @spacehoppermark6161
    @spacehoppermark6161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Axel F... Couldn't believe my ears when that first came out. AmAzinG..... Jump, classic synth riff for sure! Doors had quite a few unforgettable riffs... Toccata, dam... SKY's version is my memory

  • @Sonikbytes
    @Sonikbytes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    JM Jarre the most out this world sound and a little frighting, alien experience back then when I was a kid.

  • @PuppetMasterID2501
    @PuppetMasterID2501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @chriswareham
    @chriswareham 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bach's "Toccata and Fugue" is the first thing I learned to play on a keyboard - albeit quite slowly at first! Then I borrowed a book of Satie pieces from the public library and painstakingly learned "Trois Gymnopedies". Satie always called himself a "piano operator" rather than a musician, which struck me as the perfect description of a synth player.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool Chris! The Toccata & Fugue is more about pattern recognition and muscle memory than many other pieces, but it's rewarding to pull off as you can both play it quite flamboyant and that's always fun.. ;-)

  • @theearthling5865
    @theearthling5865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    Perhaps honorable mention, Africa by Toto.

    • @oranges866
      @oranges866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @1970piano
      @1970piano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @scottcupp8129
      @scottcupp8129 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oranges866 Wrong

    • @oranges866
      @oranges866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scottcupp8129 then was it a kalimba or something?

    • @theearthling5865
      @theearthling5865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @36TRecords
    @36TRecords 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love all of your content Espen. I noticed you cheer for the same MLB team, the infamous Toronto Blue Jays.
    I just bought a mint shape Korg Trinity V3 Pro today, to add to my studio. It will be in my Korg area (Poly 6, M1, N-364, Electribe E-A1 & E-M1, Kronos).
    Keep up the amazing work Espen. I hope that You, Your Family & Friends are all doing well, staying safe & healthy.
    Cheers & Heavy Respect,
    STEPHEN W
    Kelowna BC 🇨🇦

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Many thanks Stephen! All good here. :)
      I won't say I cheer for the Blue Jays more than any other team. I just love baseball. I'm from Norway and baseball is very little known, but I've always taken to the sport and I watch as much as I can on TV during the season. I have fans of the channel that knows this and they send me hats and I wear them in my videos. That's why you often will see me wear hats from another team too. ;-)

  • @l0riz624
    @l0riz624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @jjerg
    @jjerg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Any reference to "Fletch" is a thumbs up in my book. 😁🤘🏼

  • @madscarpools8740
    @madscarpools8740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Save a prayer has always been one of my favorite songs from Duran Duran mostly because of how soothing it is and how Nick Rhodes just absolutely kills the synths. I actually did synths my first year of marching band and it didn't hit me I was doing what I had loved the most from that band.

  • @nordriket
    @nordriket 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great selection.
    I think Oxygene part 2 by Jean Michel Jarre from the movie Gallipoli is a great one.

  • @plusran
    @plusran 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a great selection. So many of my favorites

  • @wyd_marco4107
    @wyd_marco4107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wasnt game to play the triplets !

    • @chrisc_1012
      @chrisc_1012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mike Oldfield recorded Tubular Bells at 19

  • @dboy6400
    @dboy6400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    On the honor role I'd suggest the tail end featuring the Minimoog on ELP's Lucky Man. That was such a new sound. I had been playing with signal generators for a while and thought "somebody's using one on a pop tune" and being a musician and a circuit designer it got me heavily into synth design.

  • @kpec3
    @kpec3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My favorite synth riffs are: Touch & Go - Emerson, Lake, Palmer
    Feels So Good - Van Halen
    She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby

    • @kathyratino962
      @kathyratino962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Touch and Go! Outstanding.

    • @kpec3
      @kpec3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kathyratino962 Yeah, so apropos for keyboard...

  • @chadellis7070
    @chadellis7070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    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 4 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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yazoo 'don't go'

  • @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 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @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.

  • @jenniferbeyer6412
    @jenniferbeyer6412 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These are great riffs.
    And none would have been made if not for the King Of Keys.