New Wave/Synthpop songs ranked from #200 to #1, one per day.
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Number 169: OMD - (Forever) Live And Die
By 1986, many critics had come to the conclusion that the best days of Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark were probably behind them. The band - formed by childhood friends Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey - had been a powerful force influencing the early-80s synthpop sound, but had seen album sales drop off precipitously as the decade moved on. Their sixth album, The Pacific Age, brought OMD back in a big way. "(Forever) Live And Die" cracked the top 10 in Canada and other countries around the world, including an inside-the-top 20 peak in the USA. I have the song at #169 on my Top 200.
...and they still rock! Here's "Night Cafe" from their 2013 LP English Electric.
Title makes me think it was crafted for the soundtrack of the most flaccid James Bond movie never made ... the one where Q becomes a social justice warrior ... 007 is licensed to kill the politically incorrect ... and no one gets laid
Title makes me think it was crafted for the soundtrack of the most flaccid James Bond movie never made ... the one where Q becomes a social justice warrior ... 007 is licensed to kill the politically incorrect ... and no one gets laid
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