Everybody like myself & the rest of other people would say that Synthpop genre had started in the 1980s. NO but it only had became a much more prominent genre in the 1980s. It is the true origins of the synthpop genre that actually started in 1960s through rock music or progressive rock like Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes among other bands etc... But it was the other bands in 1970s or coming out in the decade that truly made the it into more rhythmical & developed into a danceable one like Kraftwerk(obviously) & YMO(Yellow Magic Orchestra). I have to ask that do you think or agree that the Synthpop Genre actually started in 1970s with Kraftwerk or was its true origins in the 1960s from the moment the first commercial modern synthesizer(MOOG 1965,btw) was made?

Not sure I can see the Beach Boys being in the SynthPop category, so I have to go with the '70's/Kraftwerk.

Im going to take 70's for the win Alex..

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synthPOP started in sheffield

Wrong forum, obviously.

In any case, I'm going to say that it was the 80s when "synthpop" really started. That's because the genre doesn't simply stand for "pop music done with synthesizers", it refers to the music done by a number of 80s bands that had more of a sound of their own (there have been some more recent copycats too, of course). There were some earlier records from the 1970s that had a somewhat similar sound, but I find the overall mood on them to be a bit too austere to be really comparable to Depeche Mode, Culture Club, Duran Duran and the like.

I'd say that the genre really started when polyphonic synthesizers and drum machines / electronic drum sounds became more commonplace. However, I'm not sure if I'd even describe Prince's 80s stuff as "synthpop" (it was a pretty "white" movement in overall). For that matter, The 60s stuff done with modular synths really had very little to do with it.

novabrkr said:

Wrong forum, obviously.

In any case, I'm going to say that it was the 80s when "synthpop" really started. That's because the genre doesn't simply stand for "pop music done with synthesizers", it refers to the music done by a number of 80s bands that had more of a sound of their own (there have been some more recent copycats too, of course). There were some earlier records from the 1970s that had a somewhat similar sound, but I find the overall mood on them to be a bit too austere to be really comparable to Depeche Mode, Culture Club, Duran Duran and the like.

I'd say that the genre really started when polyphonic synthesizers and drum machines / electronic drum sounds became more commonplace. However, I'm not sure if I'd even describe Prince's 80s stuff as "synthpop" (it was a pretty "white" movement in overall). For that matter, The 60s stuff done with modular synths really had very little to do with it.

If I can somehow tie in SynthPop to Honey Boo Boo Child, do you think we can keep this in GD?

RodeoSchro said:

If I can somehow tie in SynthPop to Honey Boo Boo Child, do you think we can keep this in GD?

...worth a shot I guess.

...although there's just a good a chance of it ending up in P&R

PurpleJedi said:

RodeoSchro said:

If I can somehow tie in SynthPop to Honey Boo Boo Child, do you think we can keep this in GD?

...worth a shot I guess.

...although there's just a good a chance of it ending up in P&R

Sorry, I failed!

RodeoSchro said:

PurpleJedi said:

...worth a shot I guess.

...although there's just a good a chance of it ending up in P&R

Sorry, I failed!