Suggestions for synthtastic 80s pop tunes that retain some sense of credibility

Find mirror. Take long look in mirror. Consider suicide.

Peace.

Vague

(ie shitloads!)

Not sure about the credibility though!

Living On The Ceiling / Blind Vision / Don't Tell Me - Blancmange
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) - A Flock Of Seagulls
Love On Your Side - Thompson Twins
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) / Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics
Temptation / Come Live With Me - Heaven 17
(Keep Feeling) Fascination - Human League
Pale Shelter / Shout - Tears For Fears
Nobody's Diary - Yazoo
Forbidden Colours - Sylvian/Sakamoto
Everything Counts / Master & Servant - Depeche Mode
Tour De France - Kraftwek
The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby
The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex
Wood Beez - Scritti Politti
Locomotion - OMD
The Reflex - Duran Duran
Dr Mabuse / Duel - Propaganda
Thieves Like Us - New Order
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Ultravox
Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
Big In Japan - Alphaville
Together In Electric Dreams - Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey
Close (To The Edit) - Art Of Noise
Kiss Me - Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy
Obsession - Animotion
...and probably a song or two by China Crisis.

will have the grins bursting out ..

In public speaking, Aristotle considered the credibility of the speaker, his character, to be one of the forms of proof. Contemporary social science research has generally found that there are several dimensions of credibility. Berlo and Lemert (1961) noted three: competence, trustworthiness and dynamism.

Credibility online has become an important topic since 1999, as the web is increasingly an information resource. The Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University has studied web credibility and outlined the principle components of online credibility and a general theory called Prominence-Interpretation Theory. This theory applies generally to credibility assessments.

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Music slang
Slang terms include cred, street cred, and indie credibility. The last of which is crucial for an independent band to be critically well received. For example, many critics, such as Stephen Thomas Erlewine in his lengthy review, decried Liz Phair's loss of credibility after the release of her eponymous album, featuring co-production and co-songwriting by teenpop producers of The Matrix as well as indie-credible Pete Yorn and Michael Beckham.

In music, credibility is an ideological concept and may involve notions of universality, complexity, and originality, and autonomy (Green, 1999). Also involved is authenticity. Financial and artistic autonomy is probably the most vital for indie credibility, the loss of which is called selling out.

(1978) Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours
(1978) The Human League - Being Boiled
(1978) The Normal - Warm Leatherette
(1978) The Normal - TVOD
(1979) Gary Numan - Cars
(1979) The Human League - Empire State Human
(1979) Visage - Tar
(1980) Devo - Whip It
(1980) Fad Gadget - Ricky's Hand
(1980) John Foxx - Burning Car
(1980) Visage - Fade To Grey
(1980) Yello - Bostich
(1981) Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
(1981) Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
(1981) Soft Cell - Tainted Love
(1981) The Human League - Don't You Want Me
(1981) The Human League - Hard Times-Love Action (I Believe In Love)
(1982) A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
(1982) ABC - Posion Arrow
(1982) ABC - The Look of Love
(1982) Berlin - Sex (I'm a...)
(1982) Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
(1982) Men Without Hats - Saftey Dance
(1982) New Order - Confusion
(1982) New Order - Temptation
(1983) Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
(1983) Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
(1983) Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me
(1983) New Order - Blue Monday
(1983) The Cure - The Walk
(1983) The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
(1983) Trans-X - Living On Video
(1984) Anne Clark - Our Darkness
(1984) Depeche Mode - Master and Servant
(1984) New Order - Thieves Like Us
(1984) Section 25 - Looking from a Hilltop
(1984) Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
(1985) Animotion - Obsession
(1985) Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round
(1985) Level 42 - Something About You
(1985) Neon Judgement - T.V. Treated
(1985) New Order - The Perfect Kiss
(1985) Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
(1985) Yello - Oh Yeah
(1986) Erasure - Oh L'Amour
(1986) New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
(1986) Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
(1987) Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World
(1987) New Order - True Faith
(1987) Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind
(1987) When In Rome - The Promise
(1988) Erasure - Chains Of Love
(1988) Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
(1990) Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
(1990) Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

Lately I love Kate Bush so much....oh god.

YES YES YES YES YES

2 Strawberry Switchblade "Since Yesterday"
3 Ian North "My Girlfriend's Dead"
4 Robert Palmer "Johnny and Mary"
5 Pat Benatar "We Live For Love"
6 Modern English "Someone's Calling"
7 Pseudo Echo "A Beat For You"
8 Duran Duran Careless Memories"
9 Japan "Quiet Life"
10 'til Tuesday "Rip In Heaven"
11 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark "Genetic Engineering"
12 Fun With Animals "The Test of Love and Sex"
13 Toni Basil "Shoppin' From A to Z"
14 Spizzenergi "Where's Captain Kirk?"
15 Haysi Fantayzee "John Wayne Is Big Leggy"
16 L'Trimm "Cars That Go Boom"
17 Madness "It Must Be Love"
18 The English Beat "Rotating Head"
19 The Jam "Strange Town"
20 B-Movie "Nowhere Girl"
21 Ministry "Revenge"
22 Human Sexual Response "Jackie Onassis"
23 Laid Back "White Horse"
24 Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time (DJ Spinbad Mix)"