Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

[manclad]

Andy and Paul must be coining in the royalties just recently.
Every time I turn the TV on ,there is an advert on playing 40 years old OMD songs.
Renault E-Tech electric cars have "Electricity" as the backing tune.
And M&S have "Enola Gay" playing away in the background.
Just goes to prove that great music will always be great music in perpetuity.

 

[manimanc]

Great band, their songs still sound fresh today 40 years later.

Just a shame they're scousers.

 

[manclad]

Great band, their songs still sound fresh today 40 years later.

Just a shame they're scousers.

It's more a shame that Andy discovered Atomic Kitten and brought fame that waste of space
Kerry Katona.
Talentless woman.

 

[cleavers]

Great band, their songs still sound fresh today 40 years later.

They were a great watch back in the day, incredible energy.

 

[dromoreblue]

Some great tunes. Loved them. But went to see them live once back in the day. Hugely disappointing. Guess their tunes werent made for live performance

 

[urban genie]

got this and other classics on vinyl

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I saw them in July last year In St Petersburg (Florida, not Russia) and they were very good.
It wasn't just the songs that were good, it was the pair of them clearly enjoying it too.
I'd only seen them once before at GMEX during the Festival of the 10th Summer festival in 1986.

But yes, agree with the OP about the adverts. Bands don't make very much from record sales these days, so handing over a song for an advert is very good business and a nice pension pot.

 

[dickie davies]

Some great tunes. Loved them. But went to see them live once back in the day. Hugely disappointing. Guess their tunes werent made for live performance

I remember seeing them at Gmex and they were excellent
I also saw them when they supported Simple Minds at Maine Road
It was pissing it down and McClusky slipped and fell off the stage when dancing to Maid of Orleans

 

[journolud]

Don’t really know much of their stuff but there was an interesting article in the most recent Uncut about the anniversary of an album I can’t remember the name of right now which was considered commercial suicide at the time

 

[cleavers]

Not surprisingly on here, a band splits opinion, mostly why I don't normally reply.

They were (are) what they were (are), you either liked them or didn't.

Saw them a few times, they were always good when I saw them live.