It's about time I had a decent Sunday Rewind, don't you think?
True story: in 1987 I asked an aunt for OMD's greatest hits album for my birthday and she bought me an album by Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
OMD is Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, the fantastic synthesizer-based '80s band from England made popular by their song "If You Leave" from the film Pretty in Pink. Love that movie. OMD made great catchy songs that stood apart from their contemporaries in that their music was different, poetic, and often very special. What Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys did was give a heart to synthesizer New Wave.
Let's explore the best of OMD.
"Talking Loud and Clear" is an example of OMD doing something different.
"So in Love" is so nice.
Love this song.
"I look at you and I make the same mistakes" is pretty poignant, I think.
I saved the best for last. "If You Leave" is one of the '80s songs that is just perfection. I'll play this 42 times today.
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xz3ge
Does it get better than that? No.
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