The Nord Lead used as.. a Lead

Tegan And Sara - The Con [OFFICIAL Video]

YouTube via SireRecords.
"The Con by Tegan And Sara.
Directed by Suzie Vlcek"
http://teganandsara.com/
http://www.myspace.com/teganandsara

Matthew Sweet "Where You Get Love"

YouTube via PostModVid. Not the best quality video, but this is the best I could find on the tube. BTW, I can thank Matthew Sweet for my Clavia Nord Lead 1. I used to go see him perform live. My wife loved his music and asked what that red synth the band was playing all the leads with in every show. I said it's this new cool synth called the Clavia Nord Lead. She said I should get one and eventually talked me into it with some extra money that came in at just the right time. :)

BTW, Mathew Sweet has an ARP 2600 in the following video. Anyone know if it's his and if not who's it is?

Matthew Sweet "Sick of Myself"

YouTube via detour066. "This speaks for itself." Again not the best quality, but the best of the two I found.
http://matthewsweet.com/
http://www.myspace.com/matthewsweetmusic

Back to the Clavia Nord Lead (and the purpose of this post), it definitely has it's own character and it excels at lead sounds. All synths are obviously capable of a wide range of sounds including leads, but you have to wonder how much it's strength in it's character lead to the name of the synth.

If you know of other tracks featuring *that* Nord Lead sound feel free to share. Also feel free to comment on other specific synth lead sounds you think stand out in general. The MicroKORG detuned saw in various tracks, such as The Killers' Somebody Told Me comes to mind. I'd post the video but there's no embed code for it. Side note: every time I hear that track I hear bits of Midge Ure and early Robert Smith. Their new track Human sounds like Alphaville. Not much synth playing in the video but you can see their MicroKORG. I like bands that own, show and stick to their synths. Ladytron, and the Dandy Warhols with their KORG MS20s come to mind.

Human