Hit's from the 80s : Recreated on Synthesizers : PART 2

Part 2 of me jamming on some of my favourite songs from the 80s.
Dead Or Alive : You Spin Me Round
Michael Jackson : Thriller
The Buggles : Video Killed The Radio Star
The Alan Parsons Project : Sirius
Men Without Hats : The Safety Dance
Sylvester : Don't Stop
Europe : The Final Countdown
Icehouse : Electric Blue
Falco : Rock Me Amadeus
Kate Bush : Running Up That Hill
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Equipment used in this video;
Arp Odyssey Mk 1
Digitech Talker
E-mu Emulator II HD
Hohner Clavinet D6
Korg MS20
Roland D50
Roland Jupiter 4
Roland JX-8p
Roland Juno 6
Roland SH2
Roland VP330
Moog Grandmother
Moog Multimoog
Oberheim DMX
Oberheim OB8
Sequential Prophet 5 Rev 3
Yamaha CP70b
Yamaha DX7
#synthesizer #80s #music

[@pvkoinch]

This guy has whole 80s in his room.

[@ricomajestic]

His room is trapped in an 80s time warp kind of like Hot Tub Time Machine!

[@greatscott88mph]

Just missing a Galaga, pole position, and paperboy.

[@KohanaCoyote]

Your Sirius was absolutely breath taking, especially the guitar solo emulation

[@fireblade2020]

💯💯💯💯

[@emanuelezamboni6782]

it's incredible.

[@razaroo500]

Area 51 sampled it to make the track let it move you. One of my favourite oldskool piano tracks

[@althejazzman]

I wasn't expecting that either! Even the Clavinet was so perfect it never occurred to me that's what it was on the original.

[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

2:49

[@darienhigh]

Half of the magic is not just being able to play these analog babies, but knowing/finding the settings

[@PhilipGarciaReacts]

This was so beautiful to see this recreated, especially for the young people today. Thank you Luke Millions!

[@petermacquarrie8977]

I graduated high school in 1989. Your music makes me want to go to my next class reunion.

[@anibng]

That's so cool. What was high school really like in the 80s? Was it similar to what they show in movies and TV?

[@caligirllala1267]

‘89 graduate here too! Life was so darn cool in the 80’s!!!!!

[@caligirllala1267]

@@anibng it really was so cool. I’m so thankful I got to live that life! Carefree for the most part and a lot like it’s depicted on TV!😊

[@OldSkoolF]

Period songs on period gear.. the way they used to sound! SMJ 23

[@cadawson10]

Excellent covers. Well done. You also look like Marv from Home Alone.

[@dronespace]

😂

[@othertwishart]

excuse me, they're called the wet bandits

[@thefog7067]

@@othertwishart Aka the sticky bandits

[@thefog7067]

I thought Hyde from 70s show

[@UXXV]

Bob Rods of synth playing

[@brian2k1]

your sounds are just spot on. I hope you will consider making a video or series on how you are either finding the settings or working through each synth settings to recreate them. it's incredible!

[@joshy283]

Agreed, a recreation series would be really awesome to see!

[@ramontella650]

Yeaah, recreating sounds would also be helpful to learn better synthesis

[@flatlandcircuitry]

+1

[@toddh4491]

I prefer the mystery, although one day you will slip us and reveal you are actually an android with your preternatural timing, syncopation, etc.

[@runningsolo4306]

+1 ❤

[@joshtiel2980]

As a keyboarder who has always gotten flack for multiple keyboards, this was pure drool 🤤👏👏👏. Can't love this enough!

[@SpOoNmAn365]

And I thought 3 was a lot 😂😂

[@timburdsey]

The Buggles interpretation is exquisite. I was counting the seconds until the vocoder came in! Loving your work, @luke. 🙏🏻

[@yobtnirp3D]

To bad the oh-a-oh part wasn't there lol! Great job

[@mikelsikel73]

One more comment - love the guitar solo emulation on the Alan Parsons “Sirius” ! I just flipped over to listen to the “real thing” on Spotify - nice “Jan Hammer” type work on that solo with the use of the bend and mod wheels!

[@milensoobiah8509]

Damn I'm 21 but i wish I was alive when this type of music was playing everywhere instead of the bullshit nowadays

[@theobenz6127]

Sandra, Madonna, Duran-Duran, Samantha fox, Rick Ashley.......etc

[@brianm2238]

best time...

[@fuzinonzlot]

There's been a resurgence of 80s retro style of music being produced in the last decade or so.

[@warrenspargo5371]

I was born in 1967, my teenage years of music were amazing. We unfortunately just don’t have bands playing amazing music anymore.

[@DavidHunt-pw4yd]

You old fart

[@xxPenjoxx]

Aww yeah. Was jamming along to all of these. Great work 👏 Falco was of course my favourite 😍 The compulsion to immediately listen to Alan Parsons Project music is strong!

[@kodor2]

"Safety Dance" sounds identical than original in extended version! That's amazing! Other songs sounds good too!

[@todordespotov8085]

These covers are great, but I have one question though why aren't you posting longer version of these covers?

[@ciphermatrix]

So good to see how these tracks are layered, it's quite great to see that insight. Highlight of youtube at the moment for me when your videos drop.

[@Torrente70]

the Safety Dance is fantastic

[@AerynGunn]

You are so talented, Luke. I could listen to you all day.

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you 🙏

[@ninjago561]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">00:00</a> Dead Or Alive : You Spin Me Round <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="50">00:50</a> Michael Jackson : Thriller <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="117">01:57</a> The Buggles : Video Killed The Radio Star <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="168">02:48</a> The Alan Parsons Project : Sirius <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="233">03:53</a> Men Without Hats : The Safety Dance <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="293">04:53</a> Sylvester : Do you wanna funk? <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="343">05:43</a> Europe : The Final Countdown <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="401">06:41</a> Icehouse : Electric Blue <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="461">07:41</a> Falco : Rock Me Amadeus <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="522">08:42</a> Kate Bush : Running Up That Hill

[@mikelsikel73]

What an amazing collection of keyboards. And even more amazing - the talent to get the best out of them collectively in some amazing recreations. So well done.

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

This was a delightful waltz down memory lane...and explains why I still love synths and synthwave music today...

[@Guppusmaximus]

Alan Parsons is absolutely brilliant. He's like a perfect mixture of the Beach Boys and Pink floyd. His latest album is damn good.

[@RealmsofPixelation]

I need your clothes, your boots and your music equipment.

[@PhilieBlunt666]

That opening of the buggles seriously gave me chills 😁 perfection my dude

[@maestrogringo]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="170">2:50</a> Anyone else yell: "FROM NORTH CAROLINA!! AT GUARD!! 6' 6''! MICHAEEEEL JOOOORDAAAAN!!!

[@moconnell663]

Good, I'm not the only one

[@danielost5252]

I'm picturing myself sitting in a comfortable chair in his studio holding a cold beer just hanging out and listen to all these fantastic songs beeing played by this amacingly talented man 😎👍💜!!!!

[@sammckel]

10 minutes of iconic 80’s synth arrangements without a single DX7 or any FM digital sounds. Who would guess it was possible?

[@pihermoso11]

Yeah the DX7 and Roland D50 basically shaped the 80s keyboard sound, everybody used the DX7 and Enya used the D50 quite extensively.. I'm impressed by the EMU Emulator II, when it came out it was as expensive as a car, but that keyboard just produces a full luscious sound even modern gear will have a hard time replicating, floppy disks FTW, that keyboard was also featured in the movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'

[@sammckel]

@@pihermoso11 the only way to accurately play the Blue Danube waltz in sampled barf sounds.

[@Roundtablist]

The strings in Final Countdown. He's playing a DX7 Mk II.

[@sammckel]

@@Roundtablist doh, missed it 🙏

[@garyseymour6319]

Everyone? Sampling keyboards? DX7 Digital FM synthesis?

[@rau661]

Man, your sounds are fucking SPOT ON, good job dude.

[@mikecook8054]

LOVE starting my days off listening to his work! How you not smile and have a great day after listening to this? Keep it up! Incredible! 😁👌

[@empathiapoethica]

Your recreations are so perfect. Congratulations you're are an absolut great musician. I love it so much what you do. 🎹👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎹

[@theworldsbonkers]

Loved every minute, I wish I could have a few beers and listen to you play live You have immense talent my friend from a massive uk 80s fan

[@nick120899]

Love your videos man. Makes me want to buy a room full of synths and figure it all out lmao. Any chance we see some Donna Summer soon?

[@rickleblanc8900]

Oh ya. I Feel Love has the most amazing synth sounds

[@k9killer221]

Playing two synthesizers at the same time. Hard, hard.

[@meatpockets]

I hereby dub thee an honorary Lord of Synth

[@GareauRA]

When you're sitting on ten's of thousands of dollars in classic synths you do what Luke does. You play the S%#T out of them!

[@douglasgreen437]

Amen to that brother...

[@matthewdewitt884]

Really enjoyed that! Thank you 😊 long live the 80’s music

[@SteveOuimette]

I love your videos. Everything sounds so good, played perfectly and produced great! Man, what a treasure chest of synths too!

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thanks Steve 🙏

[@Lovejazz01]

All those years of watching Micheal Jordan and all the NBA games and I never knew the song they would play all the time is “ Sirius”

[@vincenzoimpellizzeri1745]

Mamma mia che brividi e che salto nel passato a sentire queste meravigliose timbriche emanate da questi meravigliosi strumenti storici. Un grosso complimento va a questo straordinario musicista che esegue alla perfezione questi meravigliosi brani storici dei mitici anni 80 🎹🎻❤️❤️

[@FugaziSB]

That's too much synth porn for an 80's fan, what an awesome collection! Regarding the music, not a bad job... Kidding! Awesome sounds and playing, spot on!!

[@kevinbatchelor9566]

I love how well the Grandmother fits in with that group of vintage classics.

[@TopperMIDI]

Loved every second of it! Great to see these old synths working perfectly!

[@LFOVCF]

The world needs more Icehouse.

[@sharpenyourspanish]

Love your content! Would love to see you cover some Naked Eyes, preferably “When the lights go out”, but anything will do! Howard Jones couldn’t hurt either :)

[@onmoog-xycs]

Hyde from "That '70s Show", doing 'Good/Great' time..

[@BDTXIII]

These types of music should be existed in the futuristic year like....2024!

[@jrice6591]

You have the Smithsonian collection of synths! And you actually know how to use them! Thanks you made my year!

[@natearch80]

All.I could here when you were playing Sirius was the announcer for the Bulls when Jordan was playing

[@Stabby__]

Great video, (APP) was excellent, men with hats was a nice surprise too. Not sure if you've done this already but I'd you could make a video of you playing some favorite music from 80s movies, like John Carpenter stuff (ex big trouble in little china) 👍

[@ДмитрийНовицкий-п2р]

Sirius better than original👍😉 PS do you have cover: I wear my sunglass at night - Corey Hart?

[@kivsanchez811]

I didn't know Ice House made it to the US. I thought only Australians listened to Electric Blue :P

[@pacojonesvaior9212]

Such underrated channel! Top covers! Thanks man!

[@dr.a006]

I gotta suggest one thing. No, wait, two. Split the screen with the multiple parts and longer versions!!😅 Ha! Nah, this was sweet either way!

[@b.g.theprinceofrp.3906]

Tum shakatum shakatum shakatum Tum tum shakatum shakatum Tum tum shakatum shakatum 🤪🤪

[@BorderlandVideo]

You are phenomenal, I wish I could play like you. Have thought for years about learning to play the piano so I could get a keyboard and start learning to play all the songs I love from the 80's, to which as far as i'm concerned was the best era for music. Watching your video's gave me the inspiration to go for it and have since started lessons. Thank you Luke for being the inspiration to get me started on my journey.

[@guitarcleveland]

I love these old instruments and old technology. You absolutely nailed all these songs. Fantastic job.

[@b.g.theprinceofrp.3906]

This is always relevant music, to which more than one generation will dance. As long as electronic music is alive, styles from the 80s will keep pace with electronic music.

[@danpurdy32]

so... much... woodgrain... ... I love it!

[@coverdalestone]

awesome! i want part 3 with human league - dont you want me, ace of base (happy nation or wheel of fortune) please!!!

[@thewalrus7656]

You're amazing man. Please some of Patrick Cowley :)

[@JGG1701]

Back when music was music 🎶 🎵

[@johnbrees22]

Buggles was 1979 but who cares your stuff so good

[@mybigfatpolishlife]

The were the beginnings of new wave

[@FOODFORESTFARMER]

Love the Aussie representation with icehouse but would love to see a cover of Send me an Angel by Real Life. Our best contribution to synth music IMO.

[@parousiathelast9464]

That Multimoog is the workhorse throughout. Solid as a rock!

[@jonnybgoodsilver741]

they are totally underrated, compared to a mini multi has a more modern edgy charachter, more modulation possibilites but can deliver same bass duty as the mini, also you can get them for a 1/3 of the price of the mini

[@paulychilds]

Great stuff - enjoyed all of those. The Kate Bush one was fascinating. Seeing it as a backing track it becomes apparent, once the intro is over, how much of that song's charm and power comes from Kate herself - it's very minimal, instrumentally speaking, on the verses.

[@adiands850]

Incredible work again! Did you know that the badge on your Prophet-5 is peeling off....please stick it down or my OCD goes into overdrive!!

[@stevenbakos]

I swear your hair gets bigger after each track! lol For reals though AWESOME covers Man 🔥🔥🔥👍🏻👍🏻

[@lukemillionmusic]

😂

[@LiliaSammer78]

41,7k Followers is WAY UNDERRATED !!! GIVE THIS MAN A GO !!!🥰😍 Reach for his name......1 Million !

[@tanias2374]

This is amazing 👏 🙌 😍 you are extremely talented, I was born in the 80's and I still can appreciate the older classic music, I mostly play older songs for my 7 year old twins. I'd love if you'd cover dome Duran Duran ( my favorite) or Depeche Mode !! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦 👍

[@shauntronics]

I once had a friends Moog Micro in my primarily digital recording studio for a "repair". It took me 6 weeks to "repair" it as it was a particularly difficult (really quick and easy 😉 ) fix, It did however end up on several tracks we were working on at the time 😁 Obviously I did not charge for the repairs😎😎

[@ИванЧумаевский-б2ь]

да супер круто это моя молодость дискотеки-80-х мне такие нравятся голоса робота

[@RealmsofPixelation]

Have you done Taco: Puttin' on the Ritz yet?

[@angiep-uk]

I love Safety Dance 🤗 but that just makes me want me to hear 'Big in Japan' 💋

[@mattcollcutt5859]

Outstanding once again. Loved the Kate Bush cover and Buggles! How about some Numan and Kraftwerk? 👏

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Sweet synth collection. I remember, playing many of them at my local music store, when I was a kid. Fun stuff. Best wishes for your continued success.

[@joshuaowens4797]

Did the same thing! 💯

[@lucaswyatt]

My wife said that’s really some groovy music for today. I would have to agree.

[@WillyJunior]

Just for today?

[@rickleblanc8900]

These are classic 80's songs. Forever classic

[@retro-dademusic6403]

I always wonder how people feel when they watch my covers. I sincerely hope it’s at least half as good as I feel right now. Great work Luke. Thanks. 😎

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

The SC Prophet is an awesome device! Sirius could be straight out of Miami Vice!

[@jeffleonhardt7173]

Awesome collection of vintage synths! So jealous... :-)

[@torbjrngrnas9535]

This guy seems to be having a lot of fun with a lot of historic instruments👍🏆😎

[@limitededition1053]

Wow, what a collection of classic synths and you can play them. They must have cost a fortune.

[@BD-qq4fn]

Safety Dance! The Men Without Hats approves! Thank you for posting a phenomenal video like this……sang along to each one!

[@OffTrackProductions]

Hey y'all, what's a good synth to buy for learning and just messing around with?

[@lukemillionmusic]

Roland Juno 6

[@Info-Ark]

Only thing missing from this studio is an Alesis Fusion..

[@pixelatedmushroom]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="531">8:51</a> why is the emulator-II furiously writing to the hard drive while playing... lol

[@lukemillionmusic]

The HD is not working so it’s constantly flashing trying to read it lol

[@nikrusty]

so much fun watching, listening to you having fun. Total FAN!

[@ANTandTEC]

Nice collection. Few £££'s there 🙂

[@cribrebo7375]

Love that Emulator. Those were so expensive back in the mid 80's...

[@rickleblanc8900]

That's amazing. Not only are the sounds bang on, a lot of effort went into setting up all of this and of course the musical talent to pull off these tunes so faithfully. Very impressive and I love your keyboard collection. Btw, at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="302">5:02</a>, is that a Roland SH-1000 or 2000 synthesizer ? A friend had the 1000 model ages ago and it was fantastic-sounding and versatile when it came out

[@Da-Freaks]

The Murder Mix ❤❤

[@mrbojangles311]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="189">3:09</a> AND NOW……YOUR CHICAGO BULLS!!

[@darth_gamer6359]

You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round

[@Noycey64]

Great to hear Icehouse in your selection

[@jeffsousa399]

I’m in the MOOG for an 80’s Synth Groove…Dude! You’ve nailed it, and collected the real tools of the trade back then. Bravo!! Just need a Poly 61, and rig off VH’s Jump, and you’ve got it all…:) Keep up the great work. Wish I was there, with a Macintosh amp, and JBL L100’s cranked up!!..:)

[@lorencarlin2087]

Found this dude down a KZbin rabbit hole. He is just amazing! So are his many machines! He makes them sing!

[@dazealex]

I can play Fur Elise, very very badly... Awesome synth compilation, brilliant!

[@MrHowdi]

Yes part 2!!! Please, please can you do some covers of songs in full. I love these mini covers, but i just want more! Keep it coming!!!!❤

[@MrsGraphiteGal]

KZbin doesn't like that and nor should I imagine the original artists.

[@routinehead2481]

I've watched this video several times. I love how you took "Final Countdown " and approached it from a "New Wave" stanpoint. I like your version much better!

[@etfy4953]

seeing your setup i'm surprised you don't have a Fairlight, the Emu replaces pretty well tho! great video as always thx!

[@jason.h.zager88]

Please do Crocket's theme by Jan Hammer

[@Lovejazz01]

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[@jason.h.zager88]

@@Lovejazz01 👍

[@MaximizedAction]

Dang, synthesizing the guitar for the Alan parsons track…impressive. I love your videos! Wish each track were a bit longer. The more stuff you give us the better!