#humanleague — Public Fediverse posts

Prompted by a friend sharing Being Boiled, I just had to play Empire State Human.

I saw this line up of the Human League - the original trio - supporting Pere Ubu, in (I think) 1977...

#HumanLeague #EmpireStateHuman

https://youtu.be/Ozw54Vx3dCI

Tune!!! #TOTP #HumanLeague

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

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
#Variety #Features #HumanLeague #SoftCell

https://variety.com/2026/music/features/human-league-philip-oakey-dont-you-want-me-new-wave-1236719978/

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
#Variety #Features #HumanLeague #SoftCell

https://variety.com/2026/music/features/human-league-philip-oakey-dont-you-want-me-new-wave-1236719978/

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
#Variety #Features #HumanLeague #SoftCell

https://variety.com/2026/music/features/human-league-philip-oakey-dont-you-want-me-new-wave-1236719978/

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
#Variety #Features #HumanLeague #SoftCell

https://variety.com/2026/music/features/human-league-philip-oakey-dont-you-want-me-new-wave-1236719978/

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
#Variety #Features #HumanLeague #SoftCell

https://variety.com/2026/music/features/human-league-philip-oakey-dont-you-want-me-new-wave-1236719978/

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

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/music/features/human-league-philip-oakey-dont-you-want-me-new-wave-1236719978/

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📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
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🎵 Human League - Open Your Heart

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#VortexWave #HumanLeague #Synthpop #NewWave #80s

🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
──────────────
🎵 Human League - Open Your Heart

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#VortexWave #HumanLeague #Synthpop #NewWave #80s

🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
──────────────
🎵 Human League - Open Your Heart

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#VortexWave #HumanLeague #Synthpop #NewWave #80s

Paying tribute to Sheffield’s musical pioneers

Sheffield Beer Week returns next week, and this year the city will turn up the volume on its…
#Sheffield #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #GreatBritain #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #Jaipur #sheffield #SheffieldBeerWeek #SynthCity #Thornbridge
https://www.europesays.com/uk/799553/

@solderandchaos this is up there with Man Gue
#HumanLeague #hysteria

https://www.europesays.com/uk/799553/ Paying tribute to Sheffield’s musical pioneers #Britain #England #GreatBritain #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #Jaipur #News #sheffield #SheffieldBeerWeek #SynthCity #Thornbridge #UK #UnitedKingdom

#TOTP Absolute choon.
#HumanLeague

"Louise" - The Human League

So, what happened when the protagonists of "Don't you want me" went their separate ways?

We find out, as narrowboat-pilot Phil tracks down trenchcoat Suzanne, and finds that he still has feelings for her. She still thinks he's talking cack.

#TOTP #HumanLeague

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) (1981)

#45vinyl #humanleague #loveaction #philipoakey #electropop #synthpop #newwave #electrodisco #1981 #1980s #80smusic #7inch #gxml

Blogspot - https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-human-league-love-action-i-believe.html
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The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) (1981)

#45vinyl #humanleague #loveaction #philipoakey #electropop #synthpop #newwave #electrodisco #1981 #1980s #80smusic #7inch #gxml

Blogspot - https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-human-league-love-action-i-believe.html
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The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) (1981)

#45vinyl #humanleague #loveaction #philipoakey #electropop #synthpop #newwave #electrodisco #1981 #1980s #80smusic #7inch #gxml

Blogspot - https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-human-league-love-action-i-believe.html
Wordpress - https://genxmusiclover.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/the-human-league-love-action-i-believe-in-love/

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) (1981)

#45vinyl #humanleague #loveaction #philipoakey #electropop #synthpop #newwave #electrodisco #1981 #1980s #80smusic #7inch #gxml

Blogspot - https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-human-league-love-action-i-believe.html
Wordpress - https://genxmusiclover.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/the-human-league-love-action-i-believe-in-love/

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) (1981)

#45vinyl #humanleague #loveaction #philipoakey #electropop #synthpop #newwave #electrodisco #1981 #1980s #80smusic #7inch #gxml

Blogspot - https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-human-league-love-action-i-believe.html
Wordpress - https://genxmusiclover.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/the-human-league-love-action-i-believe-in-love/

#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #Electric

British 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

#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #Electric

British 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

#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #Electric

British 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

#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #Electric

British 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

#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 31 2025:: #Electric

British 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

On this day in1981, The Human League released their third album, Dare.It reached #1 in the UK, Canada, Sweden and New Zealand.

#HumanLeague
#80snewwave
#musicsky

🎵 🎶 🎵

Two for Tuesday ...

Lay Your Hands on Me (1985)
-- Thompson Twins

Human (1986)
-- The Human League

#theHumanLeague #humanLeague #thompsonTwins #twoForTuesday #80sRock #80sMusic #classicRock #popRock #popMusic #music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #newWave #mtv

You may think that you've heard this ditty somewhere before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcDu9LY2-oU
#music #vernacular #dialect #HumanLeague #Sheffield

Heaven 17, The Luxury Gap, 1983 on Virgin

Heaven 17 included Martyn Ware and Ian Criag Marsh who had been founding members of The Human League – Glenn Gregory took the place of Philip Oakey to make Heaven 17.

This was their second studio album (and best selling album) – with the single “Temptation” being the best known hit.

My copy, via Pitchfork Records in Concord NH, is a UK pressing from CBS’s Aston Clinton plant. (The US release was on Arista and has a different track list).

#1980s #1983 #ConcordNH #GlennGregory #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #IanCraigMarsh #MartynWare #NewWave #PitchforkRecords #SynthPop #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Virgin

Heaven 17, The Luxury Gap, 1983 on Virgin

Heaven 17 included Martyn Ware and Ian Criag Marsh who had been founding members of The Human League – Glenn Gregory took the place of Philip Oakey to make Heaven 17.

This was their second studio album (and best selling album) – with the single “Temptation” being the best known hit.

My copy, via Pitchfork Records in Concord NH, is a UK pressing from CBS’s Aston Clinton plant. (The US release was on Arista and has a different track list).

#1980s #1983 #ConcordNH #GlennGregory #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #IanCraigMarsh #MartynWare #NewWave #PitchforkRecords #SynthPop #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Virgin

Heaven 17, The Luxury Gap, 1983 on Virgin

Heaven 17 included Martyn Ware and Ian Criag Marsh who had been founding members of The Human League – Glenn Gregory took the place of Philip Oakey to make Heaven 17.

This was their second studio album (and best selling album) – with the single “Temptation” being the best known hit.

My copy, via Pitchfork Records in Concord NH, is a UK pressing from CBS’s Aston Clinton plant. (The US release was on Arista and has a different track list).

#1980s #1983 #ConcordNH #GlennGregory #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #IanCraigMarsh #MartynWare #NewWave #PitchforkRecords #SynthPop #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Virgin

Heaven 17, The Luxury Gap, 1983 on Virgin

Heaven 17 included Martyn Ware and Ian Criag Marsh who had been founding members of The Human League – Glenn Gregory took the place of Philip Oakey to make Heaven 17.

This was their second studio album (and best selling album) – with the single “Temptation” being the best known hit.

My copy, via Pitchfork Records in Concord NH, is a UK pressing from CBS’s Aston Clinton plant. (The US release was on Arista and has a different track list).

#1980s #1983 #ConcordNH #GlennGregory #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #IanCraigMarsh #MartynWare #NewWave #PitchforkRecords #SynthPop #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Virgin

A great day out in #CaldasDaRainha

#Portugal #FleaMarket #Vinyl #HumanLeague #Music #Musician

https://substack.com/profile/118813522-simon-campbell/note/c-85925847

Happy birthday to Martyn Ware born on this day in 1956.

#MartynWare #HumanLeague #Heaven17

@ted_duffield @tabletopmania @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @BigEarl @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices @Beatlesandworms

Okay so @tabletopmania weighed in elsewhere, got it right, and chose #HumanLeague for the song tomorrow ... but there's still a bright, shiny #noprize available for the first correct Mastodon answer to this #1947League #baseball question!

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Tune in: https://hearthis.at/emuziek/wholistening/

#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

Tune in: https://hearthis.at/emuziek/wholistening/

#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

#TruthIsTheNewGold.
This dazzling remix by electronic music legend Martyn Ware, and Charles Stooke is out on Wednesday. Pre-save https://found.ee/FFMartynWare

Algorithmic visuals by @jonathanhogg

#electronicmusic #remix #dancemusic #electronica #electropop #martynware #heaven17 #humanleague #charlesstooke #algorithmicvisuals #truth

#TruthIsTheNewGold.
This dazzling remix by electronic music legend Martyn Ware, and Charles Stooke is out on Wednesday. Pre-save https://found.ee/FFMartynWare

Algorithmic visuals by @jonathanhogg

#electronicmusic #remix #dancemusic #electronica #electropop #martynware #heaven17 #humanleague #charlesstooke #algorithmicvisuals #truth

#TruthIsTheNewGold.
This dazzling remix by electronic music legend Martyn Ware, and Charles Stooke is out on Wednesday. Pre-save https://found.ee/FFMartynWare

Algorithmic visuals by @jonathanhogg

#electronicmusic #remix #dancemusic #electronica #electropop #martynware #heaven17 #humanleague #charlesstooke #algorithmicvisuals #truth

#TruthIsTheNewGold.
This dazzling remix by electronic music legend Martyn Ware, and Charles Stooke is out on Wednesday. Pre-save https://found.ee/FFMartynWare

Algorithmic visuals by @jonathanhogg

#electronicmusic #remix #dancemusic #electronica #electropop #martynware #heaven17 #humanleague #charlesstooke #algorithmicvisuals #truth

#TruthIsTheNewGold.
This dazzling remix by electronic music legend Martyn Ware, and Charles Stooke is out on Wednesday. Pre-save https://found.ee/FFMartynWare

Algorithmic visuals by @jonathanhogg

#electronicmusic #remix #dancemusic #electronica #electropop #martynware #heaven17 #humanleague #charlesstooke #algorithmicvisuals #truth

Electronic music legend Martyn Ware has remixed our track Truth Is The New Gold, and it's amazing, such a groove.

Out on 18 October and you can pre-save now https://bit.ly/FFMW

The artwork's by Malcolm Garrett
Mastered by Katie Tavini

#newmusic #electronicmusic #martynware #remix
#heaven17 #humanleague #synth #malcolmgarrett #katietavini

Electronic music legend Martyn Ware has remixed our track Truth Is The New Gold, and it's amazing, such a groove.

Out on 18 October and you can pre-save now https://bit.ly/FFMW

The artwork's by Malcolm Garrett
Mastered by Katie Tavini

#newmusic #electronicmusic #martynware #remix
#heaven17 #humanleague #synth #malcolmgarrett #katietavini

Electronic music legend Martyn Ware has remixed our track Truth Is The New Gold, and it's amazing, such a groove.

Out on 18 October and you can pre-save now https://bit.ly/FFMW

The artwork's by Malcolm Garrett
Mastered by Katie Tavini

#newmusic #electronicmusic #martynware #remix
#heaven17 #humanleague #synth #malcolmgarrett #katietavini