10 Synth Riffs That Shook the World

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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 effortlessy managed several synths at the same time, yet playing that catchy riff. "Light my Fire" by sheer awesomeness in the outragious 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 insoiration 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 are a Korg DW-8000 from 1985. This video actually started out as a demo of this 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.

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Links to the songs:
Thriller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
The Final Countdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw
Jump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM
Take on Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914
Axel F: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx2gvHjNhQ0
Save a Prayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uxc9eFcZyM
New Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fjg7N_mGaU
Light my Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEXlWgMOtqc
Deep Red: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IwY_D3pnOs
Toccata and Fugue in Dm (the version I like the best): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fySQHkK6KQE

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Growing up I listened to so much synth-pop and it's only natural that my own music takes inspiration from many of the acts I loved back then. I still love them and listen to them!

Howard Jones, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Erasure, Thompson Twins, Tears for Fears, The Human League, Propaganda. FGTH, Ultravox, OMD, Eurythmics, Duran Duran, Giorgio Moroder, Jean Michel Jarre, Jan Hammer, Alphaville, A-ha as well as loads of artists doing what is now called Italo Disco. And many more great acts like Nik Kershaw, Spandau Ballet, Wham, Dire Straits ++

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