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New Pop and Synth-pop

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Difference between New Pop and Synth-pop

New Pop vs. Synth-pop

New Pop was a British-centric pop music movement consisting of ambitious, DIY-minded artists who achieved commercial success in the early 1980s through sources such as MTV. Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument.

Similarities between New Pop and Synth-pop

New Pop and Synth-pop have 20 things in common (in Unionpedia): ABC (band), Annie Lennox, Drum machine, Duran Duran, Faggot (slang), Glam rock, MTV, New Romantic, New wave music, Pop music, Post-punk, Rolling Stone, Second British Invasion, Simon Reynolds, Spandau Ballet, Synthesizer, The Human League, The New York Times, The Smiths, Thomas Dolby.

ABC (band)

ABC are an English pop band that formed in Sheffield in 1980.

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Annie Lennox

Ann "Annie" Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist.

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Drum machine

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion.

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Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English new wave and synthpop band formed in Birmingham in 1978.

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Faggot (slang)

Faggot, often shortened to fag, is a pejorative term used chiefly in North America primarily to refer to a gay male.

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Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

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New Romantic

The New Romantic movement was a pop culture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s.

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New wave music

New wave is a genre of rock music popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s with ties to mid-1970s punk rock.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Post-punk

Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Second British Invasion

The Second British Invasion refers to music acts from the United Kingdom that became popular in the United States from the middle of 1982 into late 1986, primarily due to the cable music channel MTV.

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Simon Reynolds

Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist, critic, and author.

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Spandau Ballet

Spandau Ballet are an English band formed in Islington, London in 1979.

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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (often abbreviated as synth, also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through instrument amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones.

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The Human League

The Human League are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Smiths

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982.

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Thomas Dolby

Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, singer and producer.

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New Pop and Synth-pop Comparison

New Pop has 60 relations, while Synth-pop has 339. As they have in common 20, the Jaccard index is 5.01% = 20 / (60 + 339).

References

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