#humanleague — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #humanleague, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/438939/ Human League’s Philip Oakey on Don’t You Want Me, New Wave Staying Power #Éire #Entertainment #HumanLeague #IE #Ireland #Music #SoftCell
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Human League’s Philip Oakey on Why He Didn’t Think ‘Don’t You Want Me’ Would Be a Hit and the Enduring Power of New Wave Music
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Human League’s Philip Oakey on Why He Didn’t Think ‘Don’t You Want Me’ Would Be a Hit and the Enduring Power of New Wave Music
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Human League’s Philip Oakey on Why He Didn’t Think ‘Don’t You Want Me’ Would Be a Hit and the Enduring Power of New Wave Music
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Human League’s Philip Oakey on Why He Didn’t Think ‘Don’t You Want Me’ Would Be a Hit and the Enduring Power of New Wave Music
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Human League’s Philip Oakey on Why He Didn’t Think ‘Don’t You Want Me’ Would Be a Hit and the Enduring Power of New Wave Music
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Human League’s Philip Oakey on Why He Didn’t Think ‘Don’t You Want Me’ Would Be a Hit and the Enduring Power of New Wave Music
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#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #ElectricBritish Electric Foundation - “Ball of Confusion” feat. Tina Turner, 1982
...or, How a Couple of Noodly English Synth Boys Helped a Struggling Rock and Roll Powerhouse Come Back Better than Ever Before
British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.) was a band/production company formed by former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. In 1982 they crafted “Music Of Quality And Distinction (Volume One),” an album featuring a variety of vocalists, including some of their favorites from prior generations, covering classic songs from the 60s and 70s, backed with their own synth stylings.
They invited Tina Turner, struggling at the time to establish herself independent of ex-husband Ike, to cover The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion.” The track became a hit in Norway and only Norway, oddly enough, but that was enough to get the attention of Capitol Records, who promptly signed her.
Ware and Marsh’s subsequent recording of Tina covering of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” became a hit across the globe and was the starting point for Tina’s comeback album Private Dancer. The rest, as they say, is history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDsbZChSdo
#BritishElectricFoundation #BEF #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #MartynWare #IanCraigMarsh #synth #SynthPop #TinaTurner #TheTemptations #BallOfConfusion #AlGreen #LetsStayTogether #PrivateDancer #80s #80sMusic
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On this day in1981, The Human League released their third album, Dare.It reached #1 in the UK, Canada, Sweden and New Zealand.
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You may think that you've heard this ditty somewhere before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcDu9LY2-oU
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#ManParrish #Grauzone #TonesOnTail #DAF #DrCStein #Kuruki #SympathyNervous #SandraElectronics #Negativland #CeramicHello #HumanLeague #PhilippeLaurent #DasDing #NineCircles #LinearMovement #MarkLane #ParadeGround #P1E #Roladex #GerryAndTheHolograms #MastodonMusic #MastoMusic #MastoRadio #Music #MusicHistory #Musicians #Musodon #NewMusic #NowListening #NowPlaying #RecordCollection #vinyl #dj #tunes #Nowstreaming #stream #podcast #music #musicproduction -
Here's my updated weekly #playlist of 25 #songs
With old favourites & newly discovered music
Starting with a #TuneTuesday track by #MarvinGaye it kicks off a soul section #Aretha #StevieWonder #BobbieWomack & #ShuggieOtis
Then the #ThemeTunePopQuiz songs that mention punk rockers by #Sparks #HumanLeague #JohnGrant + songs ft. #dogs by #PointerSisters #SimonandGarfunkel
Songs about #theSky by #PinkFloyd #KateBush & #JoyDivision + many more
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BvEGl6XgnFsHxMCi45REZ?si=TcwBcP_1Q96p4FyCfXQ2Sw
