Moonbeam Jazz's thread on Gary Numan has now got me onto OMD... Does anyone know / love this? I do!


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Jeffiner said:

OK, now this is just weird! I randomly put on my favorite OMD song "Enola Gay" about an hour ago.

Love "Joan of Arc" and the other 1981 singles!

Moonbeam said:

Spooky....!

OMD?

Oh My doG ????

PANDURITO said:

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD) are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England

Jeffiner said:

I was kidding, though Oh My Dog sounds well too.

I have all their CDs, even those in the 90s, and yes, I liked them

PANDURITO said:

Cool! Well, it may help those who DON'T know I only had one album 'Architecture and Morality'. So, anyone know Laurie Anderson's 'Oh Superman'.... Can't find it on Youtube though.
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I loved that track. Never bought it though.
I heard they remastered that album recently but had totally forgotten.

Now you'll have me online searching on a Saturday afternoon

Love them. They are Great. I wish they would play again. I have all their albums. Enola Gay is my Favorite and Joan Of Arc is Great Track. They were so cool..

PANDURITO said:

Sorry! Let me know if you find it though.

There are some covers of 'Oh Superman', but not the real thing, as far as I can see. I saw her perform live once, it was very strange... mostly what I remember is that she had a blue light in her mouth! Laurie Anderson that is!
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MRGee said:

Adore them. Organization and Architecture & Morality are 2 of my most favoritest albums ever.

Jeffiner said:

Was there a 12" version of this? I seem to remember it being a lot longer...

Man they played Radio City Music Hall like in the late 80's maybe 86 or 87 or 88 and they were so Cool. I know I have their tee-shirt and tourbook somewhere. I love that Talking Loud Song And Saying Nothing also. They have to Regroup...

MRGee said:

OMD did reform and toured either last year or the year before. I think a live DVD was released but as far as I'm aware, there was no new material.


O Superman by Laurie Anderson!! one of my absolute favourite singles and it still occasionally brings a tear to my eye (don't ask). I remember listening to the Top 40 run down on RADIO 1 in '82 here in the UK, as they had a policy at the time of playing the top three singles in their entirety, (no DJ talking over intro's etc.), it was wonderful to hear the eight minute O Superman played in full on 'prime-time' radio.
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TheSkinMechanic said:

I'd LOVE to hear that 8 minute version again....