OMD: S&D

lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HuSDV9mnjU

having listened to almost all of dazzle ships (thanks to the ILM 80's poll), holy shit how had I not heard this band before? there is so much music to hear; fortunately i am of a mind to set aside a while for these guys

Architecture & Morality is even better imo

Quite frankly LJ I am a little shocked at this. <3 OMD. Also, I think that Scooter clip made my ears bleed.

as a massive fan of early ultravox!, rio, new gold dream and others of that ilk it seems so obvious that i ought to have heard them earlier

'the romance of the telescope' is particularly stunning

OMG 'STATUES'

I am enjoying bearing witness to this new discovery of yours btw.

i see people compare dazzle ships to kid a

'the romance of the telescope' is *miles* better than anything on kid a

Architecture & Morality is even better imo

and Organisation is right up there with A & M, too.

Really, though, you can't go wrong with everything up to and including Dazzle Ships.

IF YOU LEAVE

Has anyone ever noticed the similarity between "Romance of the Telescope" and "Venus" from Air's Talkie Walkie? It can't be coincidence.

LJ, be sure to check out the Remaster CDs with the extra B-Side goodness as there is some great stuff lurking there too like Annex for example.

And the BBC sessions disc is worth checking out too.

'ABC Auto-Industries' is awesome too! As is most of what I've heard. (Joan Of Arc = great, Stanlow = great, etc)

Nice one: genuinely delighted you're enjoying this stuff. I've waxed lyrical about Dazzle Ships enough round here, really, so I won't say any more.

Really, though, you can't go wrong with everything up to and including Dazzle Ships

... exactly, although another way of putting it might be: "Be very, very careful with everything after Dazzle Ships". Actually, I've grown to really like The Pacific Age, but even so ...

I think Crush is a 100% solid album, love every track on it (esp. 'Native Daughters of the Golden West').

Great fake Hopper cover, too.

new album! who knew?

9/28 - OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) - History Of Modern (Bright Antenna)
That's right, the kings of new wave are back and better than ever with their first new album in 14 years.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/OMD_History_of_Modern_album_cover.jpg/600px-OMD_History_of_Modern_album_cover.jpg

okay, anyone with any interest in omd probably knew this for years. geir will dig it. that's for sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rCMo1zfAKs

sorry if there is a thread. its early...

saw the quietus tweeting that it isn't very good.

that sounded pretty good except for the hi-hat

Buying this for the cover alone btw.

Psyched

Will likely go and see them again, with any luck they'll play Stanlow at brain welding volume like at the Roundhouse gig, it was aces.

That new song is rather lovely. I absolutely love the artwork, it would be so great if the music was as good.

This song's pretty good and I'm looking fwd to the album, as long as "new single" doesn't mean "this is the best song from the album."

tracklisting:

Track listing

All songs written and composed by OMD (except where stated):

Side one

No. Title Length
1. "New Babies: New Toys" 3.52
2. "If You Want It" (OMD/Carmen)" 4.45
3. "History of Modern (Part I)" 4.41
4. "History of Modern (Part II)" 4.13
5. "Sometimes" 3.46
6. "RFWK" 3.46
7. "New Holy Ground" 3.42

Side two

No. Title Length
8. "The Future, The Past, and Forever After" 4.52
9. "Sister Marie Says" 4.00
10. "Pulse" (OMD/Remee/Cutfather and Joe)" 3.42
11. "Green" (OMD/Stuart Kershaw)" 4.17
12. "Bondage of Fate" (OMD/Hannah Peel)" 4.06
13. "The Right Side?" (OMD/Leonard/Baker)" 8.20

found a PERFECT copy of maid of orleans 12 inch today. made me so happy. three dollars. still in the shrink wrap and looked like it had never been played. sounds so amazing. Peter Saville silver cardboard! (*Peter Saville Silver Cardboard Band* name not taken yet. feel free to use it.)

http://homepage2.nifty.com/truefaith/tosq/petersaville/largeimages/1982-01-din40.jpg

That is a beautiful 12"
OMD is a very eBay friendly band

I sold a couple of OMD promo posters last month (A&M and a Souvenir one) nearly died when one went for £160 and the other £103

buyers got them cheap imo

Same dude for both actually.

my maid of orleans 12" has completely different artwork, it's silver with a large embossed coin in the centre. i think i prefer the stained glass design

Hoping

13. "The Right Side?" (OMD/Leonard/Baker)" 8.20

is the return of I Start Counting.....

So the actual lead single is a huge disappointment.

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

Isn't it exactly the same song as this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2KfrmKCmAQ

eh, it isn't terrible, i could do without the intro bit.

but it does sound a lot like the second one. but then i'd never heard either before just now.

Yaaaaaawn. They can do much better imo.

on first listen the album seems surprisingly good! or am i just relieved that it is not as awful as i feared it might be? who knows.

What do you think of the song where Andy McClusky starts getting 'sexy' (Pulse)?

I thought The Right Side was the only good track on it but given that it's essentially the same as Europe Endless off Trans Europe Express, it fucking well should be.

Unfortunately, I found the album totally underwhelming and boring. Which was obviously to be expected, but you try to go into these things with some optimism, y'know.

Definitely search: the debut, Organisation, Architecture & Morality, Dazzle Ships, Junk Culture, Sugar Tax.

The first four albums are excellent, with Junk Culture and Sugar Tax in particular being very underrated.

As for the rest, even though the albums are quite patchy, there's still some great songs in there. Here's my individual song searches for the rest.

CRUSH (1985)
Search: So In Love, Secret, 88 Seconds In Greensboro, The Native Daughters Of The Golden West
Destroy: the rest
(The 12" version of La Femme Accident is searchable though, I think it's much better and punchier than the album/single cut)

THE PACIFIC AGE (1986)
Search: Stay (The Black Rose And The Universal Wheel), The Dead Girls, Southern, Flame Of Hope, Goddess Of Love
Destroy: the rest

LIBERATOR (1993)
Destroy this album completely, it is truly rancid. Andy McCluskey trying to keep up with the kids and ending up sounding like 2 Unlimited.

UNIVERSAL (1996)
Search: Universal, Walking On The Milky Way, The Moon & The Sun, The Black Sea, Very Close To Far Away, That Was Then
Destroy: the rest

HISTORY OF MODERN (2010)
Definitely search: New Babies New Toys, History Of Modern (Part I), History Of Modern (Part II), RFWK, New Holy Ground, Bondage Of Fate.

Destroy completely: Sometimes, The Future The Past And Forever After, Pulse, The Right Side?

However 'If You Want It', 'Sister Marie Says' and 'Green' may be of some interest to some fans.

Comprehensive! I enjoy much of History Of Modern as much as Junk Culture. Good record!

Somehow the existence of Sugar Tax has escaped me completely to this point! *searches*

Sugar Tax, for me, is easily the best of the "solo McCluskey" OMD albums. No, it's not an artistic statement in the same way that their output up until and including "Dazzle Ships" is, but I think it's just as good as "Junk Culture" in the 'it's just good pop' stakes, although it's a different record to "Junk Culture". With "Junk Culture", they tried to incorporate more of a Latin/Caribbean element into their sound and I thought it worked well for the most part. "Sugar Tax" is more of a straight synth-pop album, but it's a good one in my opinion - I think only the cover of 'Neon Lights' is the only thing I'm not too keen on on there (but there's absolutely no way anybody could improve on the original). It has this reputation of being a full-on 'dance pop' album, but really it's the ballads on "Sugar Tax" that make it for me, and to me are some of my favourite OMD songs: 'All That Glitters', 'Was It Something I Said' (which is about the break-up of the original OMD line-up), 'Then You Turn Away', 'Walking On Air'. I love the upbeat 'Speed Of Light' and the Pet Shop Boys-ness of 'Call My Name' too.

Has anyone seen them on the ongoing reunion tour?

I haven't yet, but the more live footage I watch, the more I'm seriously considering it - they pulled out and dusted off 'Bunker Soldiers' the last time they played live in the UK, if I remember.

I've seen it! Lots of awkward dancing! It is appealing! Paul sings "Souvenir"!

The show I saw was a BLAST. Andy oozes showmanship from his very core. All the hits and more, and nothing too embarrassing from the new-ish period. And yes Paul doing Souvenir is such a scene stealing delight. Although he does have this righteous creepiness about him, as if he's a teenage Salacious Crumb underdogging Andy's Jabba in Linda Hunt's body. All due respect and all.

am I still the only person who loves "(Forever) Live and Die"