70s/80s synth pop hint needed

[Mikael Hansson]

Not easy :) but I can give you some artists to check out that were popular

Visage, Ultravox, John Foxx, Daf, Data, Men Without Hats, Landscape, 
Blancmange (which has two hits with prominent claps, Living On The 
Ceiling and Blind Vision), Cabaret Voltaire, OMD, Heaven 17, Soft Cell

/Micke

Michael Zacherl. skrev:
> Hi All!
> Last Sunday I heard a cover (which itself I found not that good) of a quite or 
> even pretty popular song by a synth band from the late 70s/early 80s (I think).
> I wasn't sure and my first guess was: the original band is Human League!
>
> Well ... I did some research and memory serves me badly :-(
> Meanwhile I can't even remember the song itself (I was able to hum it till this morning - 
> now it's gone and listening to various Youpoop entries spoiled it completely).
>
> In fact it's not as cheesy as "Don't You Want Me" and rather in the dry style 
> of "Being Boiled" (but which it isn't either).
> From the sounds I'd say it was early 80s at best, rather quite cheap analogue 
> by todays measures (which certainly was not back then as many of us remember).
>
> I also remember that I complained of the way too thick and greasy hand clap in the cover, 
> so I suspect that this is also a major element in the original song.
>
> Could you help me tracking down this title - it's really bugging me meanwhile ... :-/
>
>
>   thanks a lot!  Michael.  :-)
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