a bunch of good music
 

so i was feeling like listening to my roots this morning....

www.marshallwatson.net/music/Mentors.zip

22 classics from the late 80s/early 90s

doot doot --freur
looking from a hilltop--section 25
compulsion--martin gore
the price--the lightning seeds
vanishing point--new order
boy--book of love
pop goes the world--men w/o hats
only you--yaz
two worlds collide--inspiral carpets
have in mind--cetu javu
tighten up--electronic
but not tonight--depeche mode
the sun rising--the beloved
i'm free-- the soup dragons
forever young--alphaville
blue savannah--erasure
life of riley--the lightening seeds
nobody's diary--yaz
enola gay--omd
just one day--anything box
repetition--information society
performance--tones on tail

enjoy.

Re: a bunch of good music
 

Ah, the Vince Clarke common denominator: early Depeche Mode - Yaz - Erasure.
I liked that kind of synth pop because i could make something very similar on my CASIO. Plus, i remember reading an interview with Clarke (in "Keyboard" i think?) where he said he basically just played by ear and sequenced. "Blue Savannah" from "Wild" is a classic example of this since th piano line is a pre-set demo from that particular synth.

When i was ~12, i thought Erasure was boss. Kind of gave up on them after their self-titled LP came out, what was that, '94, '95?

A lot of other nostalgic selections in there. I'd have to say, many of these mentors have been sonically surpassed by you their student.Thanks for sharing! :)

Re: a bunch of good music
 

Thanks a lot. I recognize a few of those and seriously I love this kind of music.

Re: a bunch of good music
 

Nice one!