THE OMD CRUSH
First of all, OMD stands for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. Got that? Good. Because from this point on, ROCK-SHOTS is going to call them OMD. If only to save space, you know? Secondly, OMD are a British band that’s making all sorts of big noise in the States these days, thanks to their simply brilliant track from the Pretty In Pink film, “If You Leave.”
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THE OMD CRUSH
First of all, OMD stands for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. Got that? Good. Because from this point on, ROCK-SHOTS is going to call them OMD. If only to save space, you know?
Secondly, OMD are a British band that’s making all sorts of big noise in the States these days, thanks to their simply brilliant track from the Pretty In Pink film, “If You Leave.” That’s right, the song that critics agree is the centerpiece of that wonderful Thirdly, OMD have been making records for sevi years now. Their first two albums, Orche, Manoeuvres In The Dark and Organisation, are available in Europe at this time; if you can’t mal to a record store that stocks imported recor| though, know that CBS, OMD’s American rei company at the time, took the best tracks from and put them on a single LP. After that? A gij record called Architecture & Morality. Then, D. Ships. Then, Junk Culture. Then, their latest, Cm) And, finally, “If You Leave,” from Pretty In Pink. that? Good.
Fourthly, OMD are really just two people at I point—Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, use a lot of electronic instruments, though n many now as they used to, and to many are on( the originators of “synth-pop,” a term rock often used to use when they could think of noth] else to say, which unfortunately happened quite of Fifthly, OMD have performed in the States mi times. Most notably, of course, with the Thompi Twins, on a double-bill that many in attendance ed the “most thrilling” concert event of their li Sixthly, with the success of Crush’s “So In Lot and now, “If You Leave,” there’s a very good chaj OMD will become one of the biggest British bands in years. We here at ROCK-SHOTS mend you pick up all their great albums and go and play them. You’ll like them very much, andtl a promise! Got that? Good.
