The Big H for Ltle Boy - Andy McClkey of OMD: Wh Andy McClkey, Pl Woodadge. In 1980 the Brish band OMD released Enola Gay om their send album "Organisatn". The synth-pop classic, which sold over 5 ln pi worldwi, addrsed the atomic bombg of Hiroshima by the B-29 Superfortrs Enola Gay on 6th Augt 1945. It was wrten by OMD's volist and bass guarist Andy McClkey who jos to talk about the song. Frequently labelled as "anti-war" we will fd out what spired Andy to wre the song and what means to him and to the fans 40 years later. What's fascatg is that the song is now referenced class-rooms as an ditor of the public's perceptn of the e of the Atomic bomb to brg an end to WWII. Yet to others is simply a highly tchy pop song." data-id="ma
Contents:
- HOW I WROTE ‘ENOLA GAY’ BY OMD’S ANDY MCCLKEY
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- HOW WE MA: ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK ON ENOLA GAY
HOW I WROTE ‘ENOLA GAY’ BY OMD’S ANDY MCCLKEY
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 * andy mccluskey gay *
Such is Enola Gay’s stant appeal, has gone on to sell more than five ln pi.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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HOW WE MA: ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK ON ENOLA GAY
The Enola Gay was Pl Tibbets’ mother’s name.
”Enola Gay was the only sgle om the OMD’s 1980 album Organisatn.