The Enola Gay was the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Such a sad, poignant song. A difficult subject in such an amazing, beautiful song

@darrinslack1269

10 ай бұрын

enola gay was the pilots mothers name , the subject is simple , japan were warned , they ignored , and thousands of american men did`nt have to loose their life`s

@glastonbury4304

10 ай бұрын

​@@darrinslack1269....so thousands and thousands died instead to stop the Russians getting to Japan first...

@darrinslack1269

10 ай бұрын

you have to step into the mental world of japan at that time, you would be willing pilot a plane to your death , send the biggest battleship on a one way trip, america had one course to stop the bloodshed in one act , it two as the japanese even after the first did not want to surrender

@glastonbury4304

10 ай бұрын

@darrinslack1269 ...the Russians were on their western flank and America has to quickly react to not let the Russians get Japan...

@robertfitzjohn4755

10 ай бұрын

"Is mother proud of little boy today?" A double meaning: Enola Gay was also the name of the pilot's mother, and Little Boy was also the name of the bomb.

OMD are still banging this out live 40 years later, and it sounds even better. Andy McCluskey is a force of nature.

@SteveA308

10 ай бұрын

He is. Just a banging performer

@starsailor9774

7 ай бұрын

He also wrote most of Atomic Kitten"s debut Album

@martinogold

6 ай бұрын

@@starsailor9774 Every day is a school day, I did not know that 👍

@timhannah4

5 ай бұрын

Best Tune Ever i think 🤘

Early 1979 i was 15 and i paid 25 pence to see some bands in the basement of the imperial Hotel in Blackpool UK 🇬🇧.. 2 of the bands were OMD and JOY DIVISION.. 25 pence.. ohh they were happy day's

@allws9683

4 ай бұрын

You never spent 25 pence beter, I asume ..

@davidparmet603

3 ай бұрын

I was 15 in 1979 too but lived in the burbs outside of New York so color me very jealous!

@user-js7zu3im3v

3 ай бұрын

hi..................john wanted to know if i know you from Blackpool................i was fifteen at the time too.................my full name is john .Dearie.

Enola Gay was the name of the plane, named for the pilot's mother. The bomb they dropped was called "Little Boy". Three days later Nagasaki was bombed...they named that bomb "Fat Man". The 'kiss' they referred to in the song I suspect was the nuclear fallout...aka radiation burn/poisoning that anyone in the vicinity of the blast suffered if they didn't immediately die in the initial blast. Such a happy sounding tune, very dark subject matter. A lot of 80's music was about the potential of WW3 happening in our lifetime. Thanx for playing that song...never gets old!

We just called them OMD, since Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is so long. This 1980 song was one of the first I heard by them, and they entered the charts at the same time as two other major synth pop bands, Depeche Mode and Human League, did, so I always associate the three together. In my mind, this song goes with Depeche Mode's 1981 "New Life."

@italoblu

10 ай бұрын

Duran Duran mopped the floor with both of them.

@garyatwood-mendez6465

10 ай бұрын

@@italobluAt first, but by the time Duran Duran was doing “I don’t want your love,” Depeche Mode was on the top with the Violator album.

@Xiroi87

10 ай бұрын

@italoblu at the time Duran Duran were merely considered heartthrobs, a band for teens.

@carlcaulkett3050

10 ай бұрын

You realise that OMD's previous name was "The Id" - you can't get much shorter than that 😉

@dancarter482

10 ай бұрын

Mates formed a band called _Autistic_ _Maneuvers_ _in_ _the_ _Park_

"Electricity" is still my favorite by them. OMD are among the pioneers of early Synth-pop.

@moogdome2562

10 ай бұрын

Mine too.

@Veyron1967

10 ай бұрын

Maid of Orleans or Souvenir.

@pflynn581

10 ай бұрын

Love Messages.

@moogdome2562

10 ай бұрын

@@pflynn581 Me too.

@lordevyl8317

6 ай бұрын

They were clear influences on Depeche Mode, even Martin Gore said as much

That kiss you gave ... will never ever fade away ... Classic line from a classic toon 😁

@thadtuiol1717

9 ай бұрын

The more crazy the world gets, the more that line comes back to haunt us...

As several people have mentioned, Enola Gay was the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, but the bomb itself was called Little Boy and this is also referenced in the lyrics

@nmtb1972

10 ай бұрын

And the pilot had chosen the name of the plane. Enola Gay was the name of his mother. Weird way to pay tribute to your mother ... Please do Maid of Orleans next. Another song with a historical context. Possibly my favourite OMD song, if you can stomach the intro.

@Guitarpeacepic

10 ай бұрын

And the soldiers on the plane were told it was just a Traing exercise only a couple knew what was gonna happen. Great song tho.

@steve3291

10 ай бұрын

And the bomb dropped at 08:15, hence the time reference.

@LouieLouie3

10 ай бұрын

Growing up the singer was fascinated by military aircraft.

@mikekelly7707

10 ай бұрын

80s music was the best decade for music,,,so many different genres including electro pop,,,great videos guys,,,nice to see your appreciation for what they called the decade of dance 👍🏽

OMD are an amazing band. You need to listen to Maid of Orleans, Souvenir, Electricity, Messages, Joan of Arc, Talking Loud and Clear, the list goes on. Top music

@franticrage73

10 ай бұрын

All great.

@neilsmith9066

10 ай бұрын

Secret!

I would also recommend 'Joan of Arc' or 'Joan Of Arc - Maid Of Orleans', the latter being my favourite of the 2 tracks! But both were great songs in their own rights and still are too! Hope you listen to them and enjoy too.

@joannecunliffe8067

10 ай бұрын

Seconded! I'm named after Jeanne D'Arc (aka Joan Of Arc) and have a picture of her on the wall. I ♥ Maid of Orleans but you have to get past the weird synth sounds of the first 35 seconds (which I still love because it's OMD!). Maid of Orleans is the song I used to learn how to play the drums - fabulous drum part but it's a great song overall. I love OMD 🥰

@ruff500

10 ай бұрын

"Souvenir" is a good song🙂

@joannecunliffe8067

10 ай бұрын

@@ruff500 It is ... a great song!

@ajakuk1

10 ай бұрын

Agree maid of Orleans is amazing. There I a bloke that has just done it all on keyboard on yt. It's worth a watch.

@ajakuk1

10 ай бұрын

​@ruff500 that one has a special place in my heart.

Great song and great band!

The keyboards on this song are epic. There's that wonderful riff that is repeated throughout the song but underneath that is a keyboard line that repeats a slightly ominous sequence of notes, it produces a tension that says this is not just some happy disco song. Such an interesting song, both lyrically and musically.

You are listening to one of my favourite bands of all time. Growing up in the 80s this was pure magic.

OMD has like 15 amazing songs! This is a band that should be praised for their sound! Enola Gay dropped the ABomb. They said it’s extremely hard to play is song in Japan because all the people are dancing and it’s an extremely sad song lyrically

@gabrielmcdonnell8699

10 ай бұрын

“Tesla Girls” 😎

@paulleach3612

10 ай бұрын

I watched French 20-somethings dancing to Bloody Sunday in a night-club once.

@Frankie--da-fixer

10 ай бұрын

​@@gabrielmcdonnell8699Joan of Arc was always my favorite as well as Tesla Girls!!

@brendakendig

10 ай бұрын

Many more than 15.

@slikmik7779

10 ай бұрын

I saw them open for The Fixx ( 1985).

I was just a kid when i first dance to this song in a disco. Still love it after 40 years 🖤 This song and "Electricity" are my favorite tunes from this band. Cheers from Greece! 🍺

@leeannehudson7314

9 ай бұрын

I was the same ...except I was in Australia

Yesss... OMD! one of my fav's. Only they could take a serious subject, the dropping of the atomic bomb, and hide it in a pop theme. Fantastic. Thanks!

More 80s tracks to check out: Spandau Ballet To Cut A Long Story Short (1979) ABC Poison Arrow Ultravox Vienna (1980) The Style Council Walls Come Tumbling Down Princess Say I’m your No 1 (1985) Mel and Kim Respectable (1987) Kylie Minogue Step back in time

@johnhess9070

10 ай бұрын

some Alphaville- Forever Young, Big in Japan, and Sounds like Melody. and Kim Wilde- Kids in America or Cambodia.

@electricavenuemusic9282

10 ай бұрын

Definitely ABC and Ultravox songs there. They'd love the Mel & Kim too...

You can call ‘em OMD! Most of us did. FYI, the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber was known for dropping “Little Boy”, the first atomic bomb used in warfare on Hiroshima, Japan. It was named after the pilot’s (Col. Paul Tibbets) mother, Enola Gay Tibbets.

@BadAssSykO

10 ай бұрын

I couldn't remember if it was the pilot's mother or grandmother.

@glastonbury4304

10 ай бұрын

Little boy was Trinity's child's off spring so to speak...

@pauld6967

10 ай бұрын

@ajt62 I was wondering if anyone was going to mention that it is the name of his mother. I met Col. Tibbets once and I made a point of shaking his hand and thanking him. My father's unit steadily moved closer and closer to Japan and it is possible that without the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki bringing the war to an end, I wouldn't be here today.

OMD , must hear song Maid of Orleans for the 80's haunting melody pure classic, OMD 90's Pandora's Box & Sailing on the seven seas, again pure classics.

At first I wasn’t sure what song it was, as soon as it started playing I was like ohhh I know this song ha! Gotta love that chorus

@Totalfocus55

10 ай бұрын

Same! I recognised it as soon as it started playing

@nickjreacts

10 ай бұрын

@@Totalfocus55 once the music started playing lol

@Gazataler

10 ай бұрын

i do like the song but the is easy to slip

OMD were part of that Britsynthania movement of the early 80s along with the likes of Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Ultravox, Duran Duran,Blancmange and many more, which were all inspired by Kraftwerk, can I suggest Fade To Grey by Visage which for me is a classic, anybody agree?

My mom turned me 2 this band this is the song she played on a mixtape she got when she was young so then i scoured the web now ther one of my favroite bands

They were a band that had great new sound and a singer who great singer and singing live works great

Such a great group! They're still around after 40 years and still making great music. I absolutely love them! Thank you for that trip down memory lane.

YES! OMD! Check out their song Electricity next time!

OMD were one of my fav 80's group, I listened to Souvenir over and over

You finally got me. After almost two years this is the first song I have not heard before.

Easily my third favourite song about Nuclear War behind Two Tribes and 99 Red Balloons. "It's 8.15 ... it's the time it's always been"

@richardkint6531

10 ай бұрын

or Red Skies Tonight by The Fixx.

@seancampbell9896

10 ай бұрын

How about ultravox , dancing with tears in my eyes?

OMD is soooo good! Thank you for this! "Dreaming", "(Forever) Live and Die" , "So In Love" and "Joan of Arc" are some of my favorites of their songs.

@ca8944

10 ай бұрын

Yes!

@alandoust551

10 ай бұрын

And yes again@@ca8944

@stephenwright8103

10 ай бұрын

I have the best of OMD and play it constantly my old friend had "Joan of Arc" played at her funeral not a dry eye in the room, I must say "(Forever) Live and Die" is one of my favourites....

@ca8944

10 ай бұрын

@@stephenwright8103 and Secrets

Souvenir Joan of Arc Maid of Orleans almost any from their older catalog makes me smile happy memories and best tunes. Keep up the good work! 😊

Ah, OMD. A band that managed to have a top ten hit with a song about Joan of Arc, and decided to follow it up against all advice with ... another song about Joan of Arc ... that somehow also became a top ten hit. The eighties was weird!

@sexysadie2901

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Forever live and die is my favorite.

The definition of Synth Pop. ❤️

Amazed you didn't know what Enola Gay was. The darkest day in Americas history.

OMD one of the great New Wave bands from the 80s. Love their music! ❤

I think this is the song that gave Howard Jones faith that there is space for music artists like him that loved playing the piano. So synth pop music was the direction for him. Such a cool song, has always been my fav from them.

@derekangus1354

10 ай бұрын

Yep, for sure. OMD were trailblazers with the new tech sounds. Gordon Deppe, of SPOONS (Canadian band, emerged early 80s) changed his whole outlook and sound of the band after seeing OMD in an early Toronto gig.

@tinkler4

10 ай бұрын

@@derekangus1354 Wow so they were more than just a band? Their sound gave others an incentive to push their dreams through? That’s awesome!

Love OMD.... Especially Souvenir....

@user-zu3md5qz8y

4 ай бұрын

or Voyage-souvenirs 1978

OMD is one of my favorite groups from the 80’s. Another group you should definitely check from the 80s is the Psychedelic Furs. I don’t think you have yet. They have a number of good songs, The Ghost in You, Heartbreak Beat and Pretty in Pink from the movie of the same name.

@derekangus1354

10 ай бұрын

HEA-Vaaaaaaaannnnn!!!!

@Johnny_Socko

10 ай бұрын

Love My Way, Heaven -- they've got so many great songs.

OMD were huge back in the 80s, they are still going strong to this day. This is a fab tune but with dark lyrics. I wont bore you with the details as so many people have already told you the story. The next OMD song you should play is "Joan Of Arc, Maid Of Orleans" another great song with great lyrics. Their songs always have a great story to it. ❤🎼🇬🇧

Such a great band that a lot of people sleep on.

these guys are true craftsman, the energy is still there today in concert. they give all, nothing left in the tank, seen them loads such class, you would be surprised what bands looked at them when they needed some inspiration...

Saw OMD live on stage just a few weeks ago, they are still great.

Locomotion!!! When those kettle drums kick in... pure island reggae ska mix

OMD’s synthesiser is on display in Museum of Liverpool

OMD they were known as. Such a great band and era. UK band, from Liverpool near where I live, one of my favourites! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

"Forever live and die" and "So in love", together with "If you leave" from The pretty in Pink (a must watch movie) are my favorite songs.

So great!! I’ve loved this band since I was a teenager.

If you are listening carefully to the lyrics, you will hear Andy describing the plane that carried the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki. Hence the name of the song, is the name of the airplane Enola Gay. Although the song is quite upbeat, it's telling a very sombre story.

Souvenir is also an amazing song by OMD.

Souvenir by OMD. Classic early 80s synth pop.

Fantastic that you have found OMD. A lovely treasure trove awaits you ( and me!)

My favorite OMD song. So sad.

I saw them open for the Thompson Twins. Still my favorite concert

I loved OMD back in the early 80's and still love some of their best songs now... Electricity, Souvenir, Joan of arc, Maid of Orleans, Talking loud and clear! These were my favourites with Enola gay as well! 😍❤️👍🇬🇧

@martinogold

6 ай бұрын

Electricity rules!

I bought my first CD player in 1985. After moving in to my first own apartment. And just down the road there were a record store. Already a fan of OMD, I bought the CD with this song on it. A good memory.

OMD have darkish sound, and are one of the pioneers of electro/synth music. Hard to believe that this song was from 1980. A couple of other great tunes are Maid of Orleans, and Messages.

OMD were early synth kings, awesome music. His dancing is cool too

I remember how people cried while dancing to this song.

Maid of Orleans is amazing i have suggested it before as one of the synth pop greats. P.s. everybody just calls them O.M.D.

If you ever get the chance to see this band live - take it!

The concert with the Roya Liverpool Philharmonic is OMD at their finest the difference a full orchestra makes to their tracks is amazing.

This was not just "a war plane", this was the one that dropped the first atomic bomb. This song has so much packed in it, Enola Gay was the name of the pilot's mum, and he named the plane after her. The atomic bomb they dropped was nicknamed Little Boy. Also the line "It's 8:15, the time that's always been", is because that was the time at which the bomb was dropped, so when the clocks broke the hands stayed pointing at 8:15 forever.

Jay & Amber you’ll love Rickie Lee Jones’ “Danny’s All Star Joint”!!! Cool bass intro for Jay, cool vocals/lyrics, and swingin’ horn jam the last minute for Amber!!!!

1981 Liverpool Empire still feels like yesterday watching these two local lads banging out great tunes

This kiss you give is never ever going to fade away.

At last some OMD amazingly under rated band. Lyrics are always thoughtful. This worked wellon the dancefloor along with Depche Mode, Visage, Tubeway Army/Gary Numan, Human League, Blancmange and B Movie

Great new wave, synth pop band. 👏

Very cool band, pioneers of electronic music. Their song 'Joan of Arc' is well worth checking out, also their song 'Souvenir' which is probably one of the most beautiful sounding synthesizer songs of the 80s

LOVE LOVE LOOOOVEE thus band since the beginning. Have seen them live LOADS of times over the last 40 years. The last time was this year. Bei g married to a Japanese gut, I am still a bit torn about this song but still love it live. Please watch Forever Live and Die. Another great in fact they are all great songs. Xx

1980s synth pop is a great scene to go and listen to, the sounds they created on their early synth keyboards were outstand

An excellent techno/new wave band from the 80's. Love this song. OMD has a great sound and you should go down this rabbit hole some more - "Secret", "Dreaming", "Electricity". just to name a few.

Love OMD , lots of great songs!!

one of their soooo many amazing coool hits......

You should really do Souvenir next, it's better than what others are suggesting by a country mile! A hidden gem of the 80s.

@robertfoster1665

9 ай бұрын

Ahh,a true OMD fan. souvenir is so underrated.

@tabithadickson36

5 ай бұрын

I love souvenir it's one of omds best

Andy and Paul and the band still tour,I also went to school with the current drummer Stuart.....

Banger

Greatest keyboard song ever.

Try “Classical Gas” by Mason Williams! Awesome instrumental from ‘68!!🤘🔥

@richardkint6531

10 ай бұрын

I haven't heard them do instrumentals as of yet, but that is a good one.👍

@donnakubiski5572

10 ай бұрын

I agree. I had the 45 single and played it constantly. Love the song.

@richardkint6531

10 ай бұрын

@@donnakubiski5572 I still have that 45 single!.

The Synth sounds between 1979 and 1983 will never be beaten. They were still analogue Synths then and although later model Synths were cool, they just couldn't beat what came before IMO. OMD had a great sound around this time. The Real Bass Guitar added so much to the dynamics of their sound.

I like how you're doing so many British bands

Another three songs that talk about war in the 80's: State of the Nation by Industry, Russians by Sting and Forever Young by Alphaville

I love Genetic Engineering with its Speak and Spell voice and Maid of Orleans my two real favourites of OMD

8:15 am local time was when Enola Gay bomber dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. OMD was kind of between the German electro pioneers Kraftwerk and the more mainstream synthpop of the 80s, some of their early stuff was very experimental vs what they became known for as more pop friendly songs like "If You Leave". They had a music video later on in 1991 song "Pandora's Box" a tribute to the 1920s silent movie star Louise Brooks. They used footage from the 1928 movie Pandora's Box of her. I think you will be stunned how beautiful the video is of an actress almost a hundred years ago.

❤❤❤ Love OMD!!!

"Enola Gay" is an anti-war song by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), and the only single taken from their second studio album Organisation (1980). Written by lead vocalist and bassist Andy McCluskey, it addresses the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the aircraft Enola Gay on 6 August 1945, toward the conclusion of World War II. As is typical of early OMD singles, the song features a melodic synthesizer break instead of a sung chorus.

Commonly referred to as O.M.D, The Enola Gay was of the plane that dropped the A bomb on Hiroshima.

Great synth pop band! Forever live and die is a great track of theirs!

This is the first concert I went to,I went with my sister. It was part of Oxford university. It was fantastic 👌👌👌

I had almost every OMD track on 12" Vinyl. Great times was the 80s. young kids have no idea.

Memories flooding back as a kid...."souvenir" by OMD is a must to react to...❤ to you both...

Went to see OMD at the Royal Albert Hall last year, amazing concert. Videos can be found on KZread. 😉 Andy McCluskey is an astonishing performer. Walking On the Milky Way, Sailing On the Seven Seas, Electricity, If You Leave, So In Love, Call My Name.

Talking Loud And Clear is an excellent track from OMD.

It's an anti-war song, at heart. The cold war (between USSR and USA) concerned younger generations well into the 80s. Some artists expressed it in songs like this. Others being, Frankie Goes To Hollywood's - Two Tribes, and Nik Kershaw's - I Won't Let the Sun Go Down On Me. Two others I recommend for reaction.

@kaenopi

10 ай бұрын

Sting's Russians too

@thadtuiol1717

9 ай бұрын

And now we're right back there, even worse this time.

The early 80s were the best time for a synth hook line.

Souvenir is my favourite ❤

I remember Andy McCluskey’s dancing being described as a Geography teacher at a school disco. 😂

OMD was one of the Pioneers of the Synth Pop sound. Them and The Human League were two of the first bands to experiment with this new sound. This song though, is not a very good example of how great this band was and what it meant for this new Synth Pop thing that became so huge later in the decade. This song is almost experimental. Sounds almost "childish" at times. My favorite OMD song is "Dreaming". It's a banger of a song, and it came much later in the decade. By then, they were known worldwide and their hit "If You Leave" had become one of the biggest songs of the decade. I think you just need to react to "Dreaming" and let's see what you think!

"Enola Gay" was the name of the bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima; it was the pilot's mother's name). Early OMD. In the U.S., it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but did reach #34 on the Dance chart (debuted 11/1/80 and stayed for 22 weeks..

More Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark please such a talented group...

And our generation just called them OMD. 😎 *SHOUT OUT TO THE TESLA GIRLS FANS* 🇬🇧