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"West End Girls" is a song by the English #synthpop duo #PetShopBoys. Written by #NeilTennant and #ChrisLowe, the song was released twice as a single. The song's lyrics are concerned with class and the pressures of inner-city life in #London which were inspired partly by #TSEliot's poem #TheWasteLand. It was generally well received by contemporary music critics and has been frequently cited as a highlight in the duo's career.
youtube.com/watch?v=f_fcSzKVzxI

VOICE FARM
The World We Live In
1982 U.S. pressing

A wonderfully weird and super dark #80s #synth album gets last spin of the night.

A bit of Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, John Foxx, Psyche, and Visage; all thrown into a blender to make a delicious concoction of darkness.

I can listen to these types of records til the cows come home. Even the ones with mixed results are albums I fully enjoy.
If I was born ten years earlier than I was, these types of records would have made up the cornerstones of my diet in the early #80s .

This particular one has odd but interesting production choices. It was only after listening to it in headphones did I FULLY appreciate what they’re doing here.
They have remained active over all these years, but nothing touches this first album. So friggin good.

Love this record.

"Don't You Want Me" is a song by British #synthpop group #theHumanLeague (credited on the cover as the Human League 100). It was released on 27 November 1981 as the fourth single from their third studio album, #Dare (1981). The band's best known and most commercially successful song, it was the best selling UK single of 1981, that year's #ChristmasNumberOne.
youtube.com/watch?v=BDDh3IHmVa0

Pete Shelley - Homosapien

Post-Buzzcocks Shelley sets out on his own, accompanied by a bunch of synths and Martin Rushent (who next guided The Human League through their LP).

Homosapien is a great song, and in the Buzzcocks tradition, that single is the best thing on the album. But the rest is good, and it's nice to see it get a re-release.

Gotta love the Commodore PET on the cover. So futuristic!

"Young Turks" is a song by #RodStewart that first appeared in 1981 on his album #TonightImYours. The track presented Stewart backed by a new #synthpop and #newWave sound, in part influenced by acts like #Devo. The term young Turk, which originates from the early 20th-century secular nationalist reform party of the same name, is slang for a rebellious youth who acts contrary to what is deemed normal by society. The phrase "young Turks" is not heard in the song.
youtube.com/watch?v=Juzrs3T9jsY