Melancholy synth leads

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I'm very fond of songs with sad and mopey synthesizer leads and I'd love to hear more!

Here are some classic examples of what I'm looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Co0_BZiLdg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg-dVSwmzSA

It occurred to me last night that a more recent popular example can be found at 3:19 on this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouwCWDbBskU

Now it's your turn, let's feel all the feelz

too young for seapunk (Moodles), Friday, 17 July 2015 15:34 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyEA-4UjlOU

flappy bird, Friday, 17 July 2015 16:13 (nine years ago)

freakin FOREIGNER - WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU

brimstead, Friday, 17 July 2015 19:44 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWTUt2RZh0

paolo, Friday, 17 July 2015 19:59 (nine years ago)

^yesssss

brimstead, Friday, 17 July 2015 20:22 (nine years ago)

the beatles - because

brimstead, Friday, 17 July 2015 20:24 (nine years ago)

🎥

https://youtu.be/KqmGZ_6LaUw

Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 18 July 2015 01:43 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7w7N5tCdSQ

Thomas Dolby - Weightless

Balkan-Boogie (soref), Saturday, 18 July 2015 01:48 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrqAotxf4b8

OMD - Almost

Balkan-Boogie (soref), Saturday, 18 July 2015 01:53 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D-CgTxu1k0

Search Party - Urban Foxes

Balkan-Boogie (soref), Saturday, 18 July 2015 01:55 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ro0ZnwbZw

Lio - La Petite Amazone

Balkan-Boogie (soref), Saturday, 18 July 2015 02:00 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqxqNPn7w0

I can't find a video of the original version of Drip Dry Eyes by Yukihiro Takahashi where the audio hasn't been muted, this music video is the all-time peak sad and mopey synth moment though imo

Balkan-Boogie (soref), Saturday, 18 July 2015 02:11 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF8EdMWvXRM

The Passage - Watching You Dance

Balkan-Boogie (soref), Saturday, 18 July 2015 02:31 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=610DgdLgsrg

Just reissued

paolo, Saturday, 18 July 2015 08:33 (nine years ago)

^this is great

stoomcursus rockisme (unregistered), Saturday, 18 July 2015 14:24 (nine years ago)

Plone - Summer Plays Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi7hefTLrH4

stoomcursus rockisme (unregistered), Saturday, 18 July 2015 14:26 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQjrQ89YUYI

Pheeel, Saturday, 18 July 2015 15:18 (nine years ago)

awesome! lots of new stuff to check out!

too young for seapunk (Moodles), Saturday, 18 July 2015 15:21 (nine years ago)

Wow, these Bruton library records are a bit of a goldmine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2rkIWel-Wg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECoj0Vfbrm8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdBMWt98AGM

Pheeel, Saturday, 18 July 2015 15:40 (nine years ago)

one year passes...

don't know why I didn't think of this one before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnXe8ttmjY

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 15 October 2016 05:40 (eight years ago)

i guess i suck but this is pretty much my favorite genre

I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 15 October 2016 05:42 (eight years ago)

pretty sure that means you're awesome!

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 15 October 2016 05:45 (eight years ago)

i needed that

*listens to melancholy synth leads*

I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 15 October 2016 05:50 (eight years ago)

really enjoy soref's Search Party - Urban Foxes recommendation upthread, btw. never heard of them and it's a keeper

I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 15 October 2016 06:29 (eight years ago)

http://youtu.be/jQVr2njD-JE

Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 15 October 2016 11:10 (eight years ago)

urban foxes is a classic. tony mansfield involvment. believe he played on drip dry eyes too. basically this whole thread should search him.

anza808, Saturday, 15 October 2016 19:57 (eight years ago)

chromatics - killing spree
Steve winwood - when you see a chance

coffee table, "serious" noodling (brimstead), Sunday, 16 October 2016 00:56 (eight years ago)

Surely OMD's "Enola Gay" belongs on this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XJ2GiR6Bo

Unless it is already here and I missed? Or viewed as too upbeat? Or banned because Ned likes it too much?

Special Derrida Blues (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 October 2016 01:39 (eight years ago)

playlist in case you want to hear a bunch of these in one place

https://open.spotify.com/user/olken2000/playlist/49JpRPUeGQOKILZ1MYkJc6

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Sunday, 16 October 2016 02:16 (eight years ago)

"The Fez" - The Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdNWfZZN6Ho

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 06:11 (eight years ago)

"The Fez" is the only Steely Dan song with a third credited writer, Paul Griffin, who also plays organ on the song. On a BBC Online chat March 4, 2000, Donald Fagen said, "The Fez was recorded using a rhythm chart but there were a few bars missing and Paul Griffin, the keyboard player on the day, came up with a nice little melody, so we felt we should include him in the writer credits."

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 06:13 (eight years ago)

couple maybe obv ones:

melancholy hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjgm3xHr96Q
a real hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjgm3xHr96Q

Spottie, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 06:49 (eight years ago)

sorry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DSVDcw6iW8

Spottie, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 06:50 (eight years ago)

sweet little mystery by john martyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GtEy0Fze5Y

Spottie, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 07:00 (eight years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4Z6smOrZw

Sketches by T-Boz (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 15:43 (eight years ago)

Glad to see Steely Dan making it on here. The guitar at the beginning of Haitian Divorce almost sounds like a melancholy synth too.

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 17:00 (eight years ago)

The talk box?

Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 04:25 (eight years ago)

Yep

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 06:22 (eight years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hskBdgzwjK8

larry appleton, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 08:25 (eight years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xscO_bA5a3c

larry appleton, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 08:25 (eight years ago)

eight years pass...

This song is amazing and has the exact vibe I was looking for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEtRncO9CGc

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 27 January 2025 04:35 (four months ago)


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