TOP SYNTH POP SONGS 80s

, SynthPop80s, ClassicHits80s, NewWave80s The emergence of synthpop has been described as perhaps the single most significant event inmelodic musicsinceMerseybeat. By the 1980s synthesizers had become much cheaper and easier to use. After the definition ofMIDIin 1982 and the development ofdigital audio, the creation of purely electronic sounds and their manipulation became much simpler. Synthesizers came to dominate the pop music of the early 1980s, particularly through their adoption by bands of theNew Romanticmovement. The New Romantic scene had developed in the London nightclubs Billy s and the Blitz and was associated with bands such asDuran Duran, Visage, andSpandau Ballet. They adopted an elaborate visual style that combined elements ofglam rock, science fictionandromanticism. Duran Duran have been credited with incorporating dance beats into synthpop to produce a catchier and warmer sound, which provided them with a series of hit singles. They would soon be fol