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Dark Fiber · Post by **Dark Fiber** » Fri May 13, 2022 1:53 pm

Almost all entries on Discogs.com mention Culture Club's Karma Chameleon as being Synth-Pop.
This confuses me as i have a hard time recognising any synth in the song.

Human league, Madonna, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, New order etc. etc.
In those tracks the synth is almost the main instrument. Totally different from Karma Chameleon.

Am i missing something?

WatchTheGuitar · Post by **WatchTheGuitar** » Fri May 13, 2022 2:18 pm

I wouldn’t trust info on Discogs. I was in a band that recorded a small run mini lp on vinyl only, master wasn’t kept so would have been recorded over.
25 years later I noticed Discogs selling an ‘original CD copy’

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Fri May 13, 2022 8:28 pm

Bad karma?

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Fri May 13, 2022 9:03 pm

Because war, war is stupid and people are stupid

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Fri May 13, 2022 9:29 pm

New Romantic is the proper name of the style (according to wikipedia)

There are synths on it, but guitars are more prominent, the harmonica, base and drums are "real".

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Fri May 13, 2022 9:37 pm

Boy George is synthetic?

I’m guessing it’s because the band, in general, is often lumped in with synth pop bands from the time.

Why is "Karma Chameleon" regarded as Synth-Pop?