The explosion of the human League "X-Factor", was shocked by "Bizarre" Lady Gaga Love

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When the Human League abandoned their hit juggernaut 'Don' T You Want Me' in 1981, the synthpop trio were among a small group of innovative artists, pioneer in the use of electronic instruments in traditional music. Now, as the Group prepares a scanning tour in support of their recently released album, 'Credo' ninth singer, Studio Susan Ann Sulley says she accuses televised competitions of talent as "X Factor" and "American Idol" for the manufacture of the new generation of music makers less willing to push boundaries.

"Today, it is vocal acrobats and a wide vocal range, but I do not think you have it all," Sulley tells Spinner. "You have all the same, you can be a little more individual".

She added: "None of my heroes would pass the hearing round,". "David Bowie, Gary Numanand Bryan Ferry just wouldn't can't stand a chance."

Sulley insists that you can still find success as a recording artist, even if you and your-out-of-EC-world talent can bring a tear to the eye of Simon Cowell. Take the Human League which have sold over 20 million records worldwide, for example. According to Sulley, they just a pack of middling musicians.

"There are three of us, of which two have never written a song and are fairly average singers," she said. "In addition, we have a singer which considers as a singer to all the and may not play the instruments very well.".


Watch the video of the human League for "Don't You Want Me".

In 1978, the Human League were in the forefront of the scene of a synthesizer of avant-garde in the industrial city of Sheffield, England. Then, in 1980, in an attempt to music progressive synthesizer to inject pop sensitivity, founder Philip Oakley dissolved the original band line-up and Sulley and Joanne Catherall, recruited two friends teenage with no experience of performance, as choristers. Intuition and paid.

The new line begins with 1981 "dare," a massive commercial success which brought the music synthesizer to the general public. The triple platinum album has had a major influence on the boundary-pushing of artists such as Madonna, Moby, Little Bootsand Lady Gaga. And 30 years later, with a new album with the kind permission of plu production Élancez I Monster duo an extensive North American tour alongside his colleague synthpop pioneers men without hats, the Human League have a resurgence of the career.

But despite its success and longevity, Sulley, who recently met with Lady Gaga when artists share a bill with V Fest, claims that it is décontenancée when celebrities claim to be fans.

"I cannot believe that we are a load of Sheffield Bozo", she said. "We never wanted to be famous, we just wanted to make good music." When someone like Lady Gaga tells us that it is a great fan, this is in fact really very odd. »

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