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Neil Tennant

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DiscoSynth-pop

Neil Tennant is a Disco and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Bobby O, The Incredible String Band, David Bowie, The Police and The Specials. Those roots explain a lot about how Neil Tennant arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as West End Girls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ice on the Dune, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainwright, Electronic and Boy George, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Neil Tennant, reaching back through Bobby O and forward to Ice on the Dune. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Neil TennantBobby OThe Incredible Strin…David BowieThe PoliceThe SpecialsElvis CostelloNina SimoneBillie HolidayIce on the DuneRobbie WilliamsRufus WainwrightElectronicBoy GeorgeCíceroSuedeBrett AndersonWest End Girls

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Neil Tennant connections

Neil Tennant grew out of Bobby O, The Incredible String Band, David Bowie and The Police, shares an orbit with West End Girls, went on to shape Ice on the Dune, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainwright and Electronic. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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