Music video by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark performing Messages. (P) 1980 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
If time travel existed, I’d travel to the first time I heard OMD. I was floored by their music!!!! I live in Montreal and this music didn’t normally play on the radio. You had to find the special radio shows or clubs that played alternative music. I miss those days!
@@yogamukta4669 Come on, don't be silly. We've HAD it all. A tiny percentage of apparent hopefuls do not a dead music scene make. The 80s is long gone. There can never be another Kim Wilde, OMD, China Crisis, Sandra, Talk Talk, T'Pau, Sheena Easton, Cock Robin, Shakespears Sister, Kate Bush, Sparks, ABBA, Alphaville, Voice Of The Beehive, Berlin, Crowded House, Big Country, Camouflage etc. All anyone can do today is not suck so badly when they ape the only greatest decade of music and talent combined that there ever was.
This was my dads favorite song from these guys. I'm about his age when this song first came out and I still remember the nights i would dance to this song with my sister and my dad would drink and join us. Miss him everyday
Beautiful 80s music is so timeless and so beautiful. Best era in music, nostalgic memories and beautiful times that we enjoyed and still do. This music lives on forever because it is incredible and great to enjoy, dance to, listen to and have fun, then and now.
I think a lot of the pop-rock of the later 80s has aged badly, but then I thought it was not that good at the time, too plasticky. The genuine synth-pop/electronica (basically IMV before the DX7 meant everything was layered with its cheese) stands up very well, because although it is "of its time" it is also classic and genuinely good, like classical music or film noir. Most of the synth-pop artistes lost their way in the DX7 era, like Numan wandering off into electro-funk and whatever the Human League thought they were doing with Jam And Lewis. Depeche Mode are an exception.
So I was in my local pub a couple of days ago, and the juke box in there plays random tunes when no one puts money in - and this came on. I'd totally forgotten about this OMD tune - so here I am. Absolutely timeless beauty.... 👍❤️
They played in Oakland last night, still one of the best bands out there. Amazing vocals and lush lovely keys. Going strong over 40 years! Go see them!
I cannot believe it was 1979 when I bought their first album with this track on it. 17 years old......and I am 53 now. Some great music out there, then..........
That was the second album with "Souvenir" on it......the first was a white cover with an image in black and orange, something like a pill card. This had "The Messerchmitt Twins" on. :)
@@L33JONNO The original version was on their self-titled Feb 1980 release, though this one is the May 1980 single version produced by Mike Howlett. It was their first UK chart single, reaching #13.
I was 11 years young when this was in the charts. At the time I was into Tight Fit, Bowie and The Police. I never truly appreciated OMD back then. I'm 53 Yrs young now and heard this yesterday for the first time since 1980, I've been playing it on repeat the last 2 days, including while out and about shopping, it's stuck in my head forever now, right where it should be.
I can't begin to imagine the sheer magic of the UK '80s chart ever being equalled... A truly fantastic time for those of us who were in our teens & lucky enough to be on the pub/club scene. Precious memories of my amazing youth playing back to me through TH-cam 4-decades later. Who could've ever imagined that back then.
Absolutely spot on! Just started my first job when this particular song was charting. Fabulous times which will never be surpassed both personally and musically!
Seventeen Top 40 singles over 16 years, highest chart position of 3 (twice - Souvenir and Sailing on the Seven Seas), still touring to this day....absolute legends!!
i never really rated OMD...then years later i heard this song. Changed my entire opinion. This is pure genius and should be in the electronic vault of classics.
OMD's genius is turning cold sterile heartless electronic music into something lush, ethereal, organic and expressive and they did this better than any other band I could think of in their time.
The way that Mal has that fixed, steely gaze as he comes striding over to his kit with his sticks, you know without a doubt that he's metronomic man-machine on a mission, and *ish is about to get very real. Let the funky dancing commence! Like so many others have commented, I'm grateful to have been born an as an Xer, and to have been old enough to realize then that it was a very special time - yet still young enough to somewhat naïvely hope it could last forever. In a way, it has. :-)
What absolutely fantastic years the 80’s were. Never to be repeated and never to be equalled. Just so glad I had the chance to experience to whole decade.
I can clearly remember playing this on my parents record player in the front room of my parents house in 1980 when i was 17 , cant believe that was 42 years ago , where has the time gone.
I got to see them at The Old Waldorf in San Francisco (North Beach) in 1982, which was especially nice because it was a small venue, and I had a table next to the stage. It was a very intimate concert and one of my favorites.
I've read Johnnie Walker's autobiography and he said that was quite deliberate on the part of the DJs, to deter home tapers - they didn't want you to be able to record the whole song clearly. One or two (like JohnPeel) didn't do it though.
This song is wonderful, liked so much since I was a child, far in the beggining of 80s. The moment about 0:18 when the sound "jumps" to a more organic, or powerful, composition of sounds (sorry for my english) is GREAT. For me It is like a kind of techno high.
Wow! I'm in my 60's and it's taken me since the 80's to determine what it was about the lead singers voice. Yearning! He has a vocal tone that projects a constant yearning. Genius!
Total Classss!! I wasn't into OMD in the 80s but listening to Messages, is like a teleport through time and a fast track back to when life was just a dream..
My daughter & I got to see them in Nov '21 ... Finally, after four decades I got to see my favourite '80s' band. I was so incredibly lucky to turn 17 in 1980 ... What an honour & a pleasure to have been on the Brit pub/club scene from start to finish of the Epic Eighties ... Most of the '80s' music was to die for: though some such as AGADOO made me want to die 🤣😂🤣
This is without question the greatest thing in all creation. So poignant, so reflective. Loved it when it first came out; still love it now. This is what will be played at my funeral.
I was priviledged to have seen these at least 10-15 times in the 80s.........................And yes, they were even better live!!!! Royal Court, Liverpool at 15!! Takes me back!
This was a track I remember hearing and I loved it so much, I didn't want it to become popularised and ultimately ruined as so many overplayed tunes do. Thankfully Enola Gay got the spotlight over this, so I like to feel I own a little bit of it because I was there at the time and their age and doing the same dance!
I've loved this band for 30 years. Messages is probably my favourite song of theirs but it's so hard to chose a 'favourite' when they've produced so many memorable tunes.
When I left school in 1981 I went to work in a factory like this. Blacked out roof windows wooden beams, full of carricters, building gas cookers in Warrington 😂 Andy where did the electricity come from for the synth's?😂
I worked at the Hammersmith Odeon back in the day & saw this band so many times. The thing I remember was when this song started it was like someone threw a switch & everyone immediately got up and started dancing. Good stuff!
When I first saw this video in the '80s, I never questioned the instruments being unhooked to a power source...I still don't question it now~ lol! Love my '80s~~~~~
The first time I heard this on the radio I was blown away and thought the band would look futuristic. Then they were on Top Of The Pops and they just looked like ordinary lads. Which made them even cooler!
One of the best bands to come out of the UK in the electronic period/era 1980s. I am biased as I was enthalled with the synth sound, couldn`t get enough of it! My only wish was to have danced opposite Andy in a club. I loved New Wave and went to many concerts, OMD being one of them. Hope to see OMD at the Leeds Festival June 2021. I hope Andy does his iconic style of dancing (Electricity) which was of its time in the 80s. Shame Malcolm won`t be there, great drummer! Stuart Kershaw is a good drummer too. Great dance music ... derelict warehouse, sign of the times, but AM dressed as a Yuppie ... hope they made lots of money and enjoying it 2nd time round. The concerts are sell outs and I will there in Leeds First Direct 2024 ... fab concert!
I saw them perform live just after the release of Electricity. 1979 if I recall. They were supporting Gary Numan, and it was just two guys and a tape machine called 'Winston.' They were outstanding even then.
I was 4 years old in 1980 still remember this song, my older brother was 11 and introduced me to the superb world of music. Electro synth has always been close to my heart
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The four minutes you spend listening to this song is some of the best spent time of your life.
nice, all the way since I first heard it
True
Or u could listen to cardi b 😂😂😂...
Absolutely
Same
Where would we be without the british music to brighten up our days?
From Portugal thank you
And to think that since the 60’s we’ve given the world the biggest bands and yet we come last in the Eurovision Song Contest..lol.
@@dickdastardly1883eurosong is politics, and just let the wokest crap win...😅
I miss the 80's damn that was my Time, that was Music, not Trash like from today.
I am 57 Years old now, from Germany.
I'm 54 and wasn't 80's amazing. Might be getting old but still remember these times and honoured to live such times
Yes I didn't we just take it for granted
This was just in the 80s. But blinding my friend..
A classic - and so emotive. Makes me weep for those days. And I used to dance like that too! Andy’s a hero.
Please. Go to ear the today,s group named Nation of Language. Great music like this is returning.
We can only live in hope
It is very emotive. Good comment.
If time travel existed, I’d travel to the first time I heard OMD. I was floored by their music!!!! I live in Montreal and this music didn’t normally play on the radio. You had to find the special radio shows or clubs that played alternative music. I miss those days!
@@yogamukta4669 Come on, don't be silly. We've HAD it all. A tiny percentage of apparent hopefuls do not a dead music scene make. The 80s is long gone. There can never be another Kim Wilde, OMD, China Crisis, Sandra, Talk Talk, T'Pau, Sheena Easton, Cock Robin, Shakespears Sister, Kate Bush, Sparks, ABBA, Alphaville, Voice Of The Beehive, Berlin, Crowded House, Big Country, Camouflage etc. All anyone can do today is not suck so badly when they ape the only greatest decade of music and talent combined that there ever was.
Hard to believe this piece of music is over 40 years old! Holds up well!
So modern; which after the terrible pre punk 70s made it like one was on another planet
Malcolm Holmes was an integral part of the OMD sound
Anything in the 80s that truly matters holds up well. What holds up well before it, apart from the few, and certainly very little beyond it.
So am I lol so people like us appreciate it
This is just a great song...I’ve listened to it for over four decades and I will never stop...
my fave OMD track ever. it's just so hauntingly beautiful!
God it was good back then, so many brilliant bands, so many styles and genres, just incredible
Bloody brilliant amazing 80s music love it 😍😊💜❤️💙 New Zealand
Thumbs up if you think this is the best song ever.
An intro to die for!!
Exactly! Great tune but the intro is off the scale
... and the outro is even better. Messageees ...
Beat me to it. No pun intended. Love the way the arrival at the drums is timed to perfection……
This was my dads favorite song from these guys. I'm about his age when this song first came out and I still remember the nights i would dance to this song with my sister and my dad would drink and join us. Miss him everyday
I would have liked to have a dad like yours !
Today, when I'm off work... I'm going to have a beer, listen to this song again and cheers to you, your sis and you dad!
A dad with impeccable taste. Music is the soundtrack to our lives and is a part of us. I love that his memory lives on in this tune for you.
Flabbier I Wanna Die my favorite band Is OMD and depesh mode and new order
Just started working in the Wirral and there's a spot where these first met🤠
Loved that track as a teenager, love it as an adult and I'll probably love it as an old man. Good music is for life.
Totally agree, good music is good music, no matter how old you are. I'm whats known as an old man, 63, and still love it. :)
Stuart join the club I am 63 , and still Love it . @@stuartbassett3807
I am so glad I grew up in the Eighties, so much good music.
Beautiful 80s music is so timeless and so beautiful. Best era in music, nostalgic memories and beautiful times that we enjoyed and still do. This music lives on forever because it is incredible and great to enjoy, dance to, listen to and have fun, then and now.
❤ I agree. The music from the 80’s to the mid 90’s brought so many different genres that cannot never be duplicated
I think a lot of the pop-rock of the later 80s has aged badly, but then I thought it was not that good at the time, too plasticky. The genuine synth-pop/electronica (basically IMV before the DX7 meant everything was layered with its cheese) stands up very well, because although it is "of its time" it is also classic and genuinely good, like classical music or film noir. Most of the synth-pop artistes lost their way in the DX7 era, like Numan wandering off into electro-funk and whatever the Human League thought they were doing with Jam And Lewis. Depeche Mode are an exception.
So I was in my local pub a couple of days ago, and the juke box in there plays random tunes when no one puts money in - and this came on. I'd totally forgotten about this OMD tune - so here I am. Absolutely timeless beauty.... 👍❤️
didn't know they still had juke boxes! this tune makes me feel so nostalgic, where did the time go😥
They played in Oakland last night, still one of the best bands out there. Amazing vocals and lush lovely keys. Going strong over 40 years! Go see them!
Saw them at Portsmouth guildhall 2019 amazing
I cannot believe it was 1979 when I bought their first album with this track on it.
17 years old......and I am 53 now.
Some great music out there, then..........
im 54 now. they were really good. spiritual songs
Architecture and morality,,,I think????
That was the second album with "Souvenir" on it......the first was a white cover with an image in black and orange, something like a pill card. This had "The Messerchmitt Twins" on. :)
@@L33JONNO The original version was on their self-titled Feb 1980 release, though this one is the May 1980 single version produced by Mike Howlett. It was their first UK chart single, reaching #13.
Crackin
So sad that the 80s are gone. So grateful to have been a teen in the 80s.
+Sally Simpson We have the memories...
Sure do Vincent!!
Sally Simpson Just wish I still had the hair! haha
agreed - there was no better time.
The 80's were OK until Stock Aitken Waterman completely f***ed them over - up until then we had some genuine creativity
I remember the original, I was 14 years old, still a fan today, now I'm 50
David Viner
im 22 but I like 80's songs... 👍👍
David Viner same here ! 😉💓 what a fanbloodytastic band ,saw them live yrs ago with Simple Minds 💓
David Viner same here ! 😉💓 what a fanbloodytastic band ,saw them live yrs ago with Simple Minds 💓
This the original
I was 21 and am now 57. I am from the Wirral and my best friend was at school with them.
Sitting here at 12.30 at night with my headphones in and volume turned up full. What a song...... oh to be back in the 80s. Not a care in the world.
It’s 23/13 now Iv got my headphones on full volume aswell !
Saw them in Gothenburg a month ago, still going strong ❤ I think Andy's voice just gets better with age. This is one of my favourite songs of them
I was 11 years young when this was in the charts. At the time I was into Tight Fit, Bowie and The Police. I never truly appreciated OMD back then. I'm 53 Yrs young now and heard this yesterday for the first time since 1980, I've been playing it on repeat the last 2 days, including while out and about shopping, it's stuck in my head forever now, right where it should be.
Their best track, by some distance. 40 years old and standing the test of time still.
I love this one but I think souvenir is better 😊
Word !
Love this but love Live and Let Die too.
bunker soldiers?
I would say so too
80s are NEVER gone......we carry them with us 😎
I can't begin to imagine the sheer magic of the UK '80s chart ever being equalled... A truly fantastic time for those of us who were in our teens & lucky enough to be on the pub/club scene. Precious memories of my amazing youth playing back to me through TH-cam 4-decades later. Who could've ever imagined that back then.
No they'll never be equalled they simply were the best times ever ❤️
Absolutely spot on! Just started my first job when this particular song was charting. Fabulous times which will never be surpassed both personally and musically!
I was there Debs, and the New Romantic era with it's synth backgrounds were a special time. All.of a sudden i'm 64 but still living the 80's. ❤
Got to be one of the most underrated bands of the 80s.
Not by me....followed OMD since I first heard them in years gone by
Seventeen Top 40 singles over 16 years, highest chart position of 3 (twice - Souvenir and Sailing on the Seven Seas), still touring to this day....absolute legends!!
Hardly an underrated band of the 80’s but each to their own i guess?
They are brilliant and hugely underated
Not by me my friend....😉
i never really rated OMD...then years later i heard this song. Changed my entire opinion. This is pure genius and should be in the electronic vault of classics.
OMD's genius is turning cold sterile heartless electronic music into something lush, ethereal, organic and expressive and they did this better than any other band I could think of in their time.
+stu wilks Think Ultravox done well in this field though bit more 'light-rock' based.
Your comment is so true !! lol
Gary Numan?
to fucking right ,well put down stu wilks
True, although of course the original masters of that were Kraftwerk, who without a doubt inspired these guys.
Riding on the back of a station wagon, my mom n dad playing this song.. Great memories.. Love to all the great parents out there..
Mal Holmes drum intro still fascinates me to this day... and I still have no idea why
I recon because, its Mal Holmes 😉
For me Martin Cooper’s Key board intro cracks this song lol
Different strokes for different folks i guess ;)
I know its superb!
The way that Mal has that fixed, steely gaze as he comes striding over to his kit with his sticks, you know without a doubt that he's metronomic man-machine on a mission, and *ish is about to get very real. Let the funky dancing commence!
Like so many others have commented, I'm grateful to have been born an as an Xer, and to have been old enough to realize then that it was a very special time - yet still young enough to somewhat naïvely hope it could last forever. In a way, it has. :-)
Yes, MMM, there is a timeless quality to this track. Love OMD, but I don't know why all the guys in this video remind me of David Icke!!
What absolutely fantastic years the 80’s were. Never to be repeated and never to be equalled.
Just so glad I had the chance to experience to whole decade.
Im 14 and my dad loves this music so i started listening to it and now im hooked
Was a fan about 1983 and still am. Was 15 then and 53 now. OMD is an amazing band. These songs by OMD are pure genius.
true synth legends......awesome band
I can clearly remember playing this on my parents record player in the front room of my parents house in 1980 when i was 17 , cant believe that was 42 years ago , where has the time gone.
Fantastically talented band, produced some of the best electro music of the time, what a great era to have grown up in
This is a classic, simply timeless and unforgettable OMD
John O reilly in deed
Timeless is spot on!
What a Track !! ,The hairs stand up on the back of my neck , Total Class
Some of the best bands in the 80's came out of liverpool in the 80's!
I got to see them at The Old Waldorf in San Francisco (North Beach) in 1982, which was especially nice because it was a small venue, and I had a table next to the stage. It was a very intimate concert and one of my favorites.
Seeing them live tonight in my home town. Can't believe my luck!!
Greatest time for anything. Love. Friends. Fun. It is what I will always hold dear .
This, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how you write and perform popular music.
Ricky Wilde agrees with you 😉
@@ElvarMasson is right Ricky lad..
Thank goodness I grew up listening to brilliance like this,
J'adore 🎹🎸🔥🎹🔥🎹
I wake up multiple times per month with this song in my head and I love it ❤
This is their best song. Brings back memories from the 80s. Excellent.
It's my favourite song
This song is just brilliant, one of my favorite of the 80s. OMD thank you for that.
Simply timeless music ― And Indeed:
"... memories are uncertain friends ..."
I remember when Radio One DJs used to talk over the intro and the end of this track - how I never threw my mum's radio out the window I'll never know.
I think Noel Edmonds was the worse one for that.
@@christown2827 "Steve" Cretin Wright on Radio 2 holds that distinction for decades now. Utter moron who thinks his voice is paramount.
I've read Johnnie Walker's autobiography and he said that was quite deliberate on the part of the DJs, to deter home tapers - they didn't want you to be able to record the whole song clearly. One or two (like JohnPeel) didn't do it though.
that moment when he starts drumming omg
+lady12480 Yeah, that's epic.
Exactly - inspired, isn't it?
Hahahaha
Oi!!! Mal is God!!!!! Do not blaspheme.
skyhawk747 such is doge
What the fuck lol
Love the way this winds up as the final band member joins in. Play it LOUD.
This song is wonderful, liked so much since I was a child, far in the beggining of 80s. The moment about 0:18 when the sound "jumps" to a more organic, or powerful, composition of sounds (sorry for my english) is GREAT. For me It is like a kind of techno high.
Wow! I'm in my 60's and it's taken me since the 80's to determine what it was about the lead singers voice. Yearning! He has a vocal tone that projects a constant yearning. Genius!
Yes you are right
I confess, I'm generally not a synthpop fan, but this song is brilliant!
Never seen the video, it's wonderfully simple, he sounds great . . . 1980
Great sounds and music! And all without Special effects etc...Pure music, goosebumbs! so sad its another time now!😞
Nosalgia! At 55 still lovin it. My opinion: best OMD song! Simply timeless! Thumbs up!!!
Total Classss!!
I wasn't into OMD in the 80s but listening to Messages, is like a teleport through time and a fast track back to when life was just a dream..
I heard this again for the first time in ages the other day at a party and haven't stopped playing it since - driving my wife mad!
Long love the 80s / 90s
🙏🏼
My daughter & I got to see them in Nov '21 ... Finally, after four decades I got to see my favourite '80s' band. I was so incredibly lucky to turn 17 in 1980 ... What an honour & a pleasure to have been on the Brit pub/club scene from start to finish of the Epic Eighties ... Most of the '80s' music was to die for: though some such as AGADOO made me want to die 🤣😂🤣
The British invasion of the 80's was a much needed kick in the pants.....we need another one!
AGREED ✅❗️❗️❗️❗️
Man, how did time go so fast? At least we still have the songs and videos.
Really love the early electronic music era... those elemental and minimalistic sounds... it sounds lovely to me.
This is my message: OMD you are fantastic band. Love you 😍 🥰😘❤️❤️❤️
Anche io fin da quando ero un bambino ho sempre seguito ed apprezzato la musica dell'OMD.... Grandissima band
I go jogging to this song.. absolutely love it
OMD , omg what a great sound .
This is without question the greatest thing in all creation. So poignant, so reflective. Loved it when it first came out; still love it now. This is what will be played at my funeral.
Best track of 1980 and one of the best of the 80s just superb
I was priviledged to have seen these at least 10-15 times in the 80s.........................And yes, they were even better live!!!! Royal Court, Liverpool at 15!! Takes me back!
True Synth legends!!! Just such an amazing band
I agree with you
👍 Thanks
This was a track I remember hearing and I loved it so much, I didn't want it to become popularised and ultimately ruined as so many overplayed tunes do. Thankfully Enola Gay got the spotlight over this, so I like to feel I own a little bit of it because I was there at the time and their age and doing the same dance!
Hilary Scott wow and i can see by your picture that you still look good i mean pretty😵❤️
You speak the truth
Love the left shoulder action on the drums 😮😮
I've loved this band for 30 years. Messages is probably my favourite song of theirs but it's so hard to chose a 'favourite' when they've produced so many memorable tunes.
Simply their best track ever!
Philippe Renaux This and Forever Live and Die, another masterpiece.
Have to agree that this tune has to be their best. Love it 😘
Along with 'Electricity'
Without a doubt
There's a studio version too.
Saw them Westcliff Pavillion March ‘24 The dogs ******** FANTASTIC
Early 80's was my time my era and this song was damn cool. The beginning of new wave. Best alternative music period. Never forgotten
I could watch this video and listen to this song ten times a day and not get tired of it!
One of THE great songs from the decade I adored.
And still do. ❤
Seen them so many times and my heart melts ever time this song plays just love it ♥️♥️📼📼🎶
I love it so much!
Criminally underrated song.
When I left school in 1981 I went to work in a factory like this. Blacked out roof windows wooden beams, full of carricters, building gas cookers in Warrington 😂 Andy where did the electricity come from for the synth's?😂
This song is just so magical; obsessed 🔥🔥
This was my first introduction to OMD…. 1980…. My second year serving in the royal navy…. And i can tell you…. The best years of my life…
I worked at the Hammersmith Odeon back in the day & saw this band so many times. The thing I remember was when this song started it was like someone threw a switch & everyone immediately got up and started dancing. Good stuff!
Yes. That's how it works. Duuhhh !!!
That’s exactly the same at their concerts now, just everyone freaks after lol
When I first saw this video in the '80s, I never questioned the instruments being unhooked to a power source...I still don't question it now~ lol! Love my '80s~~~~~
Two of my favourite Bands OMD and The Human League made there Top of the Pops debut May 1980.
How are this Band not in the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IS BEYOND ME. PIONEERS OF SYNTH
Because Andy McCluskey founded Atomic Kitten, which was a crime against humanity. Not even this song makes up for that.
Rock n' roll hall of fame was/is just another worthless american fad.
Kraftwerk were pioneers in synths.
@@75ckh May I ask what is wrong with a person being founding or creating a band? I mean are in the mold, in terms of music, like Justin Bieber?
@@Supersweetguy Because Atomic Kitten were shocking! Nothing ever wrong however with wanting to create a band, just make it a good one.
One evening in 1988, during a thunderstorm, my friend Graham came over with The best of OMD.
'You might this' he said, and he was right!
The first time I heard this on the radio I was blown away and thought the band would look futuristic. Then they were on Top Of The Pops and they just looked like ordinary lads. Which made them even cooler!
So glad to have been a club DJ in the 80s @ RICHS in Houston for all of the 80s
For me this was my introduction into Synth pop and the fashion of the new romantics. Happy days.
My favourite OMD track.
One of the best bands to come out of the UK in the electronic period/era 1980s. I am biased as I was enthalled with the synth sound, couldn`t get enough of it! My only wish was to have danced opposite Andy in a club. I loved New Wave and went to many concerts, OMD being one of them. Hope to see OMD at the Leeds Festival June 2021. I hope Andy does his iconic style of dancing (Electricity) which was of its time in the 80s. Shame Malcolm won`t be there, great drummer! Stuart Kershaw is a good drummer too. Great dance music ... derelict warehouse, sign of the times, but AM dressed as a Yuppie ... hope they made lots of money and enjoying it 2nd time round. The concerts are sell outs and I will there in Leeds First Direct 2024 ... fab concert!
the fade-in of the cheesy synth organ gets me every time. total goose bump moment. love these guys so much!
I listen to this more than their other songs.
Cheesy? Hardly.
I saw them perform live just after the release of Electricity. 1979 if I recall. They were supporting Gary Numan, and it was just two guys and a tape machine called 'Winston.' They were outstanding even then.
Yes I saw this combo in Bristol. Awsome gig
I was 4 years old in 1980 still remember this song, my older brother was 11 and introduced me to the superb world of music. Electro synth has always been close to my heart
Beautiful song love the dancing at the end.
He still dances like that lol