Iconic synth videos

[Jan Schultink]

I am preparing a guest lecture on sound for my 12 year old daughter's class next week (synth + improvised oscilloscope), but would like to take the opportunity to introduce the history of the synthesizer briefly. I am searching for video fragments I can show (Kraftwerk etc.), let me know if you have any personal favorites which might not be obvious to find.

[DavidDever]

Thomas Dolby walks through his 1983-ish live setup at the BBC's Riverside production facility:


Andrew Farriss of INXS demonstrates how a single monosynth (Roland SH-7) can make a complete song hook:


Ultravox live on the Monument Tour (1982):


And I'm sure that there are plenty of better examples....

[Jan Schultink]

Thx!

Just noticed that I should have put this in "off topic"