Melancholy synth leads

I'm very fond of songs with sad and mopey synthesizer leads and I'd love to hear more!

Here are some classic examples of what I'm looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Co0_BZiLdg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg-dVSwmzSA

It occurred to me last night that a more recent popular example can be found at 3:19 on this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouwCWDbBskU

Now it's your turn, let's feel all the feelz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyEA-4UjlOU

freakin FOREIGNER - WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWTUt2RZh0

^yesssss

the beatles - because

🎥

https://youtu.be/KqmGZ_6LaUw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7w7N5tCdSQ

Thomas Dolby - Weightless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrqAotxf4b8

OMD - Almost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D-CgTxu1k0

Search Party - Urban Foxes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ro0ZnwbZw

Lio - La Petite Amazone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqxqNPn7w0

I can't find a video of the original version of Drip Dry Eyes by Yukihiro Takahashi where the audio hasn't been muted, this music video is the all-time peak sad and mopey synth moment though imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF8EdMWvXRM

The Passage - Watching You Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=610DgdLgsrg

Just reissued

^this is great

Plone - Summer Plays Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi7hefTLrH4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQjrQ89YUYI

awesome! lots of new stuff to check out!

Wow, these Bruton library records are a bit of a goldmine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2rkIWel-Wg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECoj0Vfbrm8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdBMWt98AGM

don't know why I didn't think of this one before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnXe8ttmjY

i guess i suck but this is pretty much my favorite genre

pretty sure that means you're awesome!

i needed that

*listens to melancholy synth leads*

really enjoy soref's Search Party - Urban Foxes recommendation upthread, btw. never heard of them and it's a keeper

http://youtu.be/jQVr2njD-JE

urban foxes is a classic. tony mansfield involvment. believe he played on drip dry eyes too. basically this whole thread should search him.

chromatics - killing spree
Steve winwood - when you see a chance

Surely OMD's "Enola Gay" belongs on this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XJ2GiR6Bo

Unless it is already here and I missed? Or viewed as too upbeat? Or banned because Ned likes it too much?

playlist in case you want to hear a bunch of these in one place

https://open.spotify.com/user/olken2000/playlist/49JpRPUeGQOKILZ1MYkJc6

"The Fez" - The Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdNWfZZN6Ho

"The Fez" is the only Steely Dan song with a third credited writer, Paul Griffin, who also plays organ on the song. On a BBC Online chat March 4, 2000, Donald Fagen said, "The Fez was recorded using a rhythm chart but there were a few bars missing and Paul Griffin, the keyboard player on the day, came up with a nice little melody, so we felt we should include him in the writer credits."

couple maybe obv ones:

melancholy hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjgm3xHr96Q
a real hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjgm3xHr96Q

sorry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DSVDcw6iW8

sweet little mystery by john martyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GtEy0Fze5Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4Z6smOrZw

Glad to see Steely Dan making it on here. The guitar at the beginning of Haitian Divorce almost sounds like a melancholy synth too.

The talk box?

Yep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hskBdgzwjK8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xscO_bA5a3c