Synth Britannia

01:09:08 it heralded the future for British electronica.

01:11:25 Eurythmics came along

01:12:04 It's the Habsburg Empire, the romance of central Europe.

01:12:47 that speeds up in the middle with a viola solo thrown in -

01:13:37 We didn't expect it ourselves.

01:14:37 that made the late '70s seem like a foreign country.

01:15:19 # The grabbing hands grab all they can

01:16:01 Just anything we could get our hands on.

01:16:28 Construction Time Again really started to see us form as the basis

01:17:09 it is the trendy place to be

01:17:43 # It's a lot It's a lot

01:18:24 # We call it master and servant... #

01:19:10 "The music will appeal to alienated youth everywhere, and Germans."

01:20:14 Consistently filling stadiums across the land.

01:21:01 It was completely riveting, because it had James Brown going, "Please!"

01:21:38 and we were probably the first of the thing where pop music was raised to dance music.

01:22:28 and we were going recording in New York.

01:23:06 it's a phoney thing doing an encore, everyone expects it.

01:23:50 # To treat me like you do?

01:24:44 It sort of starts, I guess, round about '83.

01:25:18 from the record companies to do more experimental stuff.

01:26:02 musicians had taken the synth from the fringes of experimentation to the centre of the pop stage.

01:26:57 And then what happens towards the end of the '80s and even worse in the mid '90s

01:27:44 # I'll never find a better prize... #