Learn how 'Enola Gay', OMD's electro-pop classic wh one of the tchit synth melodi history, was spired by the droppg of the atomic bomb
Contents:
- HOW I WROTE ‘ENOLA GAY’ BY OMD’S ANDY MCCLKEY
- OMD CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF ENOLA GAY WH LIMED EDN 12”
- OMD RELEASE SPECIAL 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDN OF CLASSIC H, ‘ENOLA GAY’
- ENOLA GAY
HOW I WROTE ‘ENOLA GAY’ BY OMD’S ANDY MCCLKEY
" Enola Gay", Orchtral Manovr the Dark's (OMD's) wonrfully dulgent synthpop classic named after the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima,... * omd enola gay single *
“Enola Gay”, Orchtral Manovr the Dark’s (OMD’s) wonrfully dulgent synthpop classic named after the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, has jt turned 40. While the last 40 years have seen OMD produce multiple chartg rerds, break to Ameri wh Pretty Pk‘s “If You Leave”, and more recently, rerd the crilly acclaimed The Punishment of Luxury, ’s “Enola Gay” that most hontly ptur the band’s triumphant legacy.
OMD CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF ENOLA GAY WH LIMED EDN 12”
Enola Gay by OMD song meang, lyric terpretatn, vio and chart posn * omd enola gay single *
Synthizg tellectual lyrics wh popular sensibili, “Enola Gay” reflects bandmat Andy McClkey and Pl Humphreys’ efforts to brg the cerebral and often, monplace, to the mastream. More than any of their other songs, “Enola Gay” is evince of how OMD masterfully ptured the ncerns of the morn world and packaged them up such a way that they won over the mastream.
OMD RELEASE SPECIAL 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDN OF CLASSIC H, ‘ENOLA GAY’
* omd enola gay single *
I’m here to talk to you about the 40th anniversary of “Enola Gay”, the lead sgle om your send album, Organisatn. The lyrics and tle of “Enola Gay” expose your love of history and efforts to make telligent pop mic.
You followed up “Enola Gay”/Organisatn wh Dazzle Ships, and didn’t perform as well as you had hoped. Tell me how this lks wh your recent remix of “Enola Gay”, the llaboratn wh Hot Chip, and puttg out the 12-ch vyl?
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Songfacts®:The Enola Gay was the Amerin plane that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima World War II. It was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the plane's pilot, Pl Tibbets. Some even thought was a d msage that we were gay.
The most famo and fluential sgle bomber was Enola Gay. "The BBC misperceived "Enola Gay" as beg a homosexual love song and banned on the kids' show Swap Shop. Such is Enola Gay’s stant appeal, has gone on to sell more than five ln pi.