Mishkin Fitzgerald

Don't You Want Me? 80s cover with Alex Ball (Patreon)

Published:

2025-01-30 23:48:58

Imported:

2026-06

Content

Hello Humans,

Just thought you might like to see this.

I know Alex back from college (2009!) and if you remember Birdeatsbaby Here She Comes-a-Tumblin', then you'll remember Alex was the producer.

Years later he is the synth expert, and has a huge following on YouTube due to his brilliant explanations of all the process behind some iconic songs.

This time around he asked me to do some vocals on the cover... the music section starts about 20 minutes in but I recommend watching the full episode as Alex has really gone full geek and it's incredible to see how much work goes into his covers.

I also kind of love this song... enjoy!

Love,

Mishkin

Files

The Synths Behind Don't You Want Me

A complete recreation of The Human League's biggest hit, Don't you want me, using as many of the original instruments and techniques as possible. 0:00 Intro 0:30 Detective Work 1:49 Bass Line 4:16 A Problem 6:45 Drums 9:09 System 700 Perfect 5ths 9:57 System 700 16th Pattern 11:00 Secret instrument 13:21 System 700 verse diads 14:39 System 700 chords 15:13 The chord of whoops 16:13 System 700 ostinato 17:05 String Synth 18:47 Poly Synth 19:22 Summary 20:32 Full Remake Massive thanks to: Pea Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/@UCtJfsUa_J6DMp-p2eS7hp5w Benge @ Memetune Studio: https://www.youtube.com/@UC5q-SLDrxmXbAEltury_bNQ Mishkin Fitzgerald: https://www.youtube.com/@UCu6pEtqTqCVhjorOh1leUgw Jon ilio: https://www.youtube.com/@UC1A4NRDQdsg1Fsy00LjgI-g Another note, the photos of the LM-1 that Jon took are of a unit he bought from a Brit who'd, in turn, bought it from a certain Mr Martin Rushent, so there's a good chance that that is the very unit used on Dare!