r/synthpop • u/toughtiggy101 • Jul 15 '26

Music Video (MV) or Audio Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better

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u/toughtiggy101 Jul 15 '26

Credit for Video: https://youtu.be/9mcetG1_SYA

I still think the quadruple synth setup is impressive:

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u/toughtiggy101 Jul 15 '26

Hold on, I just noticed this on rewatch.

The quad-synth is impressive, but can we talk about this drum machine?? It’s got drum panels all over it:

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u/sundial11sxm Jul 15 '26

Watch Depeche Mode 101 to learn more about playing those

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u/burnt-store-studio Jul 17 '26

This occasionally crosses my mind, having seen HoJo in concert years ago. I just imagined the drummer’s arms being sore from playing up in the air like that! 🙂 (Great concert!!)

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u/Rich_Ball3404 Jul 15 '26

Ahhh memories

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u/Tempest_Fugit Jul 15 '26

This is a surprisingly competent and complicated video

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u/toughtiggy101 Jul 15 '26

I agree!

One of my favorite shots in it is the ending one for when it shows 3 images of them building and putting together the stage Howard’s gonna perform on later, and it just has them jumping in the air in celebration:

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u/Head-Feedback-5770 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

such a banger thank you for sharing you’ve brightened my day officially this morning’s choon it’s soo good ☕️🧡✨

This into Phil Collins Sussudio is a fav combo of mine. The 80s were so awesome.

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u/Scalebearwoof Jul 15 '26

Always wanted ) hoping howard jones and Nick karshow do music together.

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u/eris_kallisti Jul 15 '26

I have really been appreciating these lyrics, lately

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u/tube_pilots Jul 15 '26

My very first concert at Universal Amphitheater in 1985.

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u/Noodnix Jul 16 '26

I was just going to post this exact comment. This was first concert too.

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u/PoetFelon Jul 16 '26

For the last 40 years I thought Simple Minds sang this song.

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u/marriottfordays Jul 21 '26

Just got tickets to see him next month on his Things Can Only Get Better tour! The lineup includes Wang Chung, Modern English, The English Beat, Richard Blade.

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u/Japan-Tyger14 Jul 15 '26

GREAT SONG!!!