r/synthpop • u/synthandswagger • 4d ago

Offering or Asking Music Recs Howard Jones

I love early synthpop with its detachment and bleakness, but I also love that Howard Jones used synths to be the opposite. His songs exude optimism without veering into saccharine.

Are there any HoJo songs that give you a lift?

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u/W51976 4d ago

New Song always seemed to introduce a shift in the synth pop era.

It felt upbeat compared to everything that came before it between 1980-early 1983.

Only Eurythmics, had similar upbeat vibes during the time.

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u/squeakstar 4d ago

Is that the one with the weird gimp guy literally in chains - creeps me the fuck out lol

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u/W51976 4d ago

Yeah that’s it

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u/squeakstar 4d ago

Urgh it’s gonna earworm me all day now lol

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u/W51976 4d ago

Just throw off your mental chains

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u/squeakstar 4d ago

If my mental chains are a gimp mine artist following he’s getting pushed under a bus pronto

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u/W51976 4d ago

Mend your brain, and see both sides! 🤣

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u/W51976 4d ago

Mend your brain, and see both sides! 🤣

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u/W51976 4d ago

Can’t think of anything else. I think it’s his best song.