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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

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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. “If you’re terted Send World War aeroplan then ultimately you have to e to the one that effectively end the war, the B-29 Superfortrs the Enola Gay that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima.

I still have a rg br which has my not on the Enola Gay and I n see that I ed some of those not to help wh the lyrics.

The Enola Gay was Pl Tibbets’ mother’s name.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

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”Enola Gay was the only sgle om the OMD’s 1980 album Organisatn. Are any of the members openly gay? Pl Humphreys: It's the origal four-piece le-up, Andy McClkey ( Lead vols and Bass), Pl Humphreys ( Keyboards and vols), Mart Cooper ( Keyboards and Saxophone) Mallm Holm ( Dms) and, no, we have no gay members.

Enola Gay.

HOW WE MA: ORCHTRAL MANOVR THE DARK ON ENOLA GAY

Probably bt known for their anti-war song Enola Gay, released way back 1980, masters of the three-mute pop song, OMD (Orchtral Manovr the Dark) are also a stunng live act, pleasantly surprisg many ncert-goers when they see this seemgly d-mannered quartet perform on stage for the first Picture: Alex LakePart of what mak the experience so rewardg is the sheer exuberance of Wirral-born sger Andy McClkey’s unrtraed – and now legendary – dancg. We were a pair of anoraks wh a fascatn for old tras and aeroplan, which evably led me to wre about Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. We still close our gigs wh Enola Gay, leavg the stage wh the dm mache playg.

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How I wrote 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McClkey – Songwrg Magaze .

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