Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay (Official Music Video)

The official ‘Enola Gay’ music video. Taken from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - ‘Organisation’.
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[@joshawyer3320]

Still an absolute classic. Totally brilliant even in 2023. Definitely one of my all time favourites. Timeless!

[@Ann-ez8ml]

Agree 👍👍

[@annatrentinella6888]

ĹlM m H. Hju²²😊😊

[@annatrentinella6888]

1:57

[@aceguymiller]

@@annatrentinella6888 it aint - ya never heard it for years! i likes it better than you! i listen to it 16 times a day!

[@rninrnin]

日本人も見てます！

[@ronaldfox8496]

this is when music was music, 80s forever

[@lisahickman215]

I listened to this when i walked to school everyday , 34 years I still absolutely love it, nobody cant beat the good times from the 80s, im so glad i grew up on these awesome tunes!!! ♥

[@user-nw2yz1jz1e]

انا متزوج ولكنى عندى صديق يبحث عن عروس جميله فبعد اذنك ممكن ادزى عنوان سكنك لكى تزوركم امه واخواته لكى يخطبوكى وكان وافقتو سيأتو ابوه واخوته واعمامه واخواله لكى يدفعو لكم المهر وشكرا..فتاح

[@chrish1489]

You went to school for 34 years? Slow reader? Or just an insanely long walk to school?

[@lisahickman215]

34 years agooo lmao@@chrish1489

[@catey62]

They were the best of times to grow up in. so grateful to be a teenager back then.

[@scottnever8732]

but did you realise what it was about?

[@Lzrt12]

Who is here in 2024 ?

[@paulgoodall_]

Yep. Watching Ex_Machina

[@andreabraghin806]

io

[@valtercorreia693]

Ici

[@MrSamwars123]

Gotta Check out The Faint cover of this song

[@christopherfancy8155]

Still liking it.

[@michelelomartire_634]

one of the best things about 50 years old is the fact that i lived my teenage in the 80's that is priceless and Iam grateful !!!

[@rickogden204]

I'm 55 and I caught the tail ending of punk being replaced by the new romantics...1979 till 1988 was the best decade of my life.

[@wasanoix]

I so hate you ❤

[@pilotspino8096]

@@wasanoix English left the chat?

[@markgasmanprothero4442]

Same as glad I grew up in the 80s

[@septseptsept6246]

Me too. I am 52 and a pure product of the 80’s.

[@omarcopol]

Read it somewhere: "80's music had got to come from another planet". Good decade for music.

[@wcoke]

The 80s were fucking awesome wish I could go back thank god for youtube 👍🏻

[@retro_man5879]

Ho ho! THE BEST!

[@newnew3321]

@@wcoke ppp

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

There was no good decade for music. People just forget the crummy songs. The vast majority of songs in any decade were mediocre.

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

@@wcoke There being no treatment for AIDS and the threat of nuclear annihilation? The 80s were not awesome.

[@paulwilliams8389]

"It's eight fifteen - And that's the time that it's always been." One of the most haunting lines in any song, ever.

[@stevebrazilio]

I never realised what this song was about until much later in life... I was about 13 and now I'm 53.... atomic bomb on Hiroshima.. we were never even taught this at school. Just remember loving the tune as a teenager. Anyway on a musical note, those drums and symbols are spot on... I love OMD.

[@garybradley1]

"Conditions normal" ????

[@vanesag.9863]

@@garybradley1 It's what Enola Gay's pilot said to his boss over radio just before launching Little Boy over Hiroshima. They only would be throwing the bomb if there were a set of pre-established conditions of wind, light... to maximum effect. The "Is mother proud of Little Boy? it's so good. Enolay Gay is the name of the bomber but it's too the name of the pilot's mother. The lyrics are well estudied to be simple and harming at the same time.

[@garybradley1]

@vanesag.9863 I am fully conversant with the details of the dropping of the bomb and the lyrics, for example 8.15 was the time, Hiroshima time, when the bomb detonated. I was being sarcastic, they've just killed thousands of people, yet "conditions normal". I don't think they were normal if you were on the ground.

[@vanesag.9863]

@@garybradley1 😅 Oooops, I didn't catch your sarcasm. Sorry. That "conditions normal" was dettached from reality but I think it's a mindset all militars have to try to survive psychologically a war.

[@dominiquemanesse1941]

Chanson magnifique et intemporel j'adore 😍

[@chilpericl6884]

Et tellement macabre

[@adrinathegreat3095]

The best dance song about nuclear destruction ever made

[@jma1795]

I also like RADIOACTIVITY from KRAFTWERK even if it's a little more difficult to dance on it

[@applejuicefool69]

@@jma1795 and 99 Luftballons...

[@NemesisRTCW]

Vamos a la playa is also quite good.

[@eldazamora4646]

A post nuclear apocalyptic play list is slowly being developed here... I would add burning down the house -talking heads

[@thebeardfamily8122]

"Is There Something I Should Know" by Duran Duran

[@kdog1398]

Here we are in 2020 and this is still a banger

[@belgiantheorizer2145]

Ha, *Banger*

[@ronaldphillips311]

A very sausage answer.

[@thanosrammos482]

Well yes

[@markemmins1929]

They still sound exactly the same live when I saw them in 2019 a true testament to Andy McClusky’s voice

[@DaveDaShrubber]

1980 was a more innocent time- no deadly viruses to worry about, just the threat of nuclear war.

[@fredsonnenschein4772]

It`s a jewels OMD - Heroes of my youth time in Germany-Bavaria. Was war das nur für ein wunderbares, unbeschwertes, freies Leben ohne Smartphone-Gedudel und ständiger Erreichbarkeit. I miss this time more than ever. Greetings to all the people in the world.

[@dougaldouglas8842]

The orchestral movement, matched to the lyrics is awesome, and will remain amongst the best music ever created. I remember hearing this when it first came out and was stunned. So much amazing musical talent flooding out into society of those times, overwhelming, an era never to be repeated.

[@suave-rider]

there is no orchestral movement it was just a band name.

[@Lexluthor2024]

​@@suave-rideroh come on

[@suave-rider]

@@Lexluthor2024 synths and guitars are not in an orchestra babe.

[@Lexluthor2024]

@@suave-rider let him be happy

[@no-defun-allowed]

@@suave-rider not with that attitude

[@debra1232]

I turned 17 in 1980 - I feel as if I won the lottery in terms of the music served up for my time on the British pub/club scene! Incredible songs such as this one make my youth UNFORGETTABLE!!

[@MW-us3sv]

Hey mate, I'm a 63 model. We really did grow up in fantastic times regarding music. My first concert was seeing the Buzzcocks.....supported by Joy Division at the Manchester Apollo. That was pretty cool. The Clash, PIL, Stiff Little Fingers and more I saw there. I saw James back in the day too, oh and Stone Roses eventually. Yes we had some great times, when we were young, we grew up listening to The Beatles, T Rex and David Bowie.......it doesn't get much better.

[@andymatthews7617]

BEST DAYS EVER.

[@linglongz9713]

And all the beautiful fricken cars too you lucky bastard!

[@miinfl7143]

Late 70s-early 80s was the best era for music. You're lucky!

[@MacakPodSIjemom]

I'm 13 years younger, I started listening to this music when it was at it's end already. The best period in pop music ever! Nothing like this today.

[@88feji]

Enola Gay is one of those strange concoctions of the 80s, where the tone of the song is so danceable and shiny you fail to notice the sad and serious lyrics hidden inside ..

[@greywolf8931]

What! Enola Gaye was the bomber that dropped the ATOM bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima killing millions of people at the end of the war. Also, The word Gay has become quite literally the Plutomia as the sting in the tail called aides.

[@MickyBane]

Like The Smiths

[@kamikazestryker]

@@greywolf8931 noope :o how can you think that way !

[@greywolf8931]

What did you think he is singing about? the 'little boy was the name of the bomb' look it up on the internet.!

[@greywolf8931]

@@kamikazestryker I could add it's like homosexuality (what is AIDS) in 'modern times' it's the sting in the tail! but getting back it's a dam good song to listen to.

[@eddieb3913]

April 1991, a small town in eastern Poland. My parents' wedding party, people craving Western music after 40 years of communism, and a band that doesn't know a bit of English. The boys played the Enola Gay melody on a loop for 20 minutes, everyone, whether teenagers or 80-year-old grandmothers, had a great time. To this day, this melody evokes my parents' emotions. Of course, they still don't speak English, and I will never translate the lyrics of this song for them

[@De5O54]

Czesc, from Glasgow. What a comment.

[@ziggyzagg561]

you won the comment section

[@benmillan8005]

This comment is beautiful, but The Enola Gay was a crime against Humanity.

[@tinowildenhain2324]

Can't believe. We had western music throughout the 80s and most of the 70s in the GDR. There was even a percentage of that music allowed in official events. Given that Poland was far more open and people could travel to the west (we couldn't).

[@eddieb3913]

@@tinowildenhain2324 Well... I didn't live in those days. But I'm interested in history, I like listening to my parents' and older people's stories. As far as I know, for Poles, East Germany was almost like the West. Everyone dreamed of a Simson or MZ motorcycle. For many, a plastic bag bought in the GDR was a cause for show. I don't know about the openness towards the west in DDR, but I do know that even if something was available in Poland in the 80s, people simply couldn't afford it.

[@ClausThanner]

A special song indeed. Writing these lyrics is nothing short of genius.

[@ReviewSesh]

I was born in 1986, even though I didn't experience these guys on the radio, I still found my way to them, and they are on my top 5 bands

[@RedWarrior081]

that is why the 80's is the best decade ever

[@issyjas3309]

He’s right, amazing decade of music , blondie, jam, specials , smiths , omd, joy division, cult , fck me , it’s amazing

[@alandoust551]

@@issyjas3309 Depeche mode, The Police, Aha, Dura Duran, Human League, Talk Talk, Pet Shop Boys, Ultravox, Etc Etc.

[@mariaangelesizquierdo6391]

Que suerte la mía por vivir esa época tan maravillosa.OMD también están en mi top 5...❤❤❤

[@thebill7869]

Allora sei sulla strada giusta!💪

[@masteroftheflyingyoutube]

Brilliant. This is why 80s music is so unique and timeless

[@simonmoore8098]

Who? Lol

[@gilgameshhawhaw2651]

80s best than the 60s and 70s ! wow , better than everything ever

[@markfox1545]

It's not timeless, it's from the 80s.

[@mehimself3936]

@@gilgameshhawhaw2651 the 70s.........What the fuck. No?

[@JoseSanchez-ht1kc]

@@gilgameshhawhaw2651 1979

[@6r1aque]

Je laisse juste ce commentaire ici. Pour que dans un mois, un an ou une décennie plus tard, si quelqu'un aime ou commente ce fil, je puisse revivre cette chanson. Intemporel.

[@Agesilas2]

tiens vas y, ça fait déjà deux semaines, profite xD

[@6r1aque]

@@Agesilas2 merci pour ce kif

[@zomart4016]

yeah I like kiff too

[@GazalAlShaqab]

When this was aired back in the days, it was like a punch to the stomach to me: WHAT a sound, WHAT originality, this was impossible to forget! Impossible to imagine this level of creativity today…

[@salerio61]

the song they were about had a much bigger punch

[@philipsteele8407]

OMD and Ultravox were my two favourite bands from the 80's. This sounds as good now as it did back in the day.

[@johnkeane1419]

And just as relevant.

[@creightonjason]

Same here

[@chezchezchezchez]

discover Depeche Mode dude!

[@brendatomlinson]

Ahhh Ultravox “Vienna” one of my favorite songs!

[@BAztid]

@@chezchezchezchez No Depeche without OMD tho.

[@tonykirby3197]

in 2021, this song still sends shivers down my back. An epic.

[@humanchannel7825]

Is mother proud of little boy today gives me goosebumps

[@tonykirby3197]

@@humanchannel7825 and this kiss you give...is never ever gonna fade away. I actually went to Hiroshima went I visited Japan, and saw that clock tower where the time is frozen at 8:15. I hope no place in the World has to go through that again

[@karenhume6768]

😊

[@cielidhs]

i k r,,, I've been listening to this since i was 7 bruh

[@karenhume6768]

@@cielidhs And,,,

[@Cookerpaws1]

I'm 19 and my dad raised me with OMD which made me a really big 80s music fan. I'm so thankful to know this amazing band :>

[@misatoholic]

Sames

[@MonMathieu]

GOOD R 4 U @@misatoholic

[@THECONTROVERSIALCYCLIST]

Good lad or lass 👍👍👍👍✌️

[@keithbill310]

Its 8.15 thats the time its allway been... this kiss she gave is never ever going to fade away.....

[@Silver2909]

When you think the 80's were 20 years ago but it's almost 40. Edit : 41 now. Edit 2 : 42 !

[@mp3ste1]

the 80's never left : )

[@jimo9555]

man, i just realised todat that Underworld's "dubnobasswithmyheadman" is 25 years old! wtf happened? :p

[@23smokeybear]

I never left the 80s

[@boke75]

Yep, time flies !

[@boke75]

But when you realize the Earth is 4, 543, 000, 000 years old......The 80's is pretty much today.

[@davidsimpson5021]

One of the most intelligent and underated anti war songs ever made.

[@alfiemclennan3630]

Its clever isn’t it

[@francescafanta7694]

La vita è bella, mai più guerre, mai più bombe, solo amore per tutti.

[@davidsimpson5021]

@@alfiemclennan3630 yes it is , historically accurate as well its 8.15 and that's the time it will always be.,

[@docsavage8640]

One of the most naive songs ever, anyway

[@davidsimpson5021]

@@docsavage8640 why . explain

[@maxpower4817]

An absolute masterpiece.They'll be playing this on KZbin and radio stations around the world for the next 100 years and beyond.Mark my words : ) November 23rd 2023.

[@guidohuter6703]

Agree. Regards from Finland

[@edvingrabar5229]

"This kiss you give It's never ever going to fade away"

[@mariem5289]

I was like 8 years old when I first heard it, in the early 2000. It was at my primary school party. I danced all along, and felt both happy and sad. I couldn't understand a word but I thought it was hypnotic. One of my favourite 80's song.

[@elweonanonimo]

Until you knew that the song talks about hiroshima and then dropping of the atomic bomb

[@Mauripsu]

"is mother proud of little boy today" is a genius line

[@davidtalbot2545]

Along with "it 8:15, thats the time its always been"

[@PiekniaczekZiemniak]

@@davidtalbot2545 Why is 8:15 the time that it has always been? I get the reference but why it has ALWAYS been 8:15?

[@davidtalbot2545]

@@PiekniaczekZiemniak The time Little Boy exploded over Hiroshima and stopped so many timepieces forever

[@emeroregan5298]

What a crazy mix of emotions listening to this. I’ve just been to an OMD concert here in Dublin. This song of course got the crowd bopping big time but the horrendous evil act of dropping bombs 2 consecutive days on innocent civilians mixed with an upbeat music genre is hard to swallow.

[@miguelservetus9534]

@@emeroregan5298 All war is horrendous. Everyone’s death diminishes me, for I am a part of mankind. Is it the #’s? The number of deaths at once? Or is it the fact that war is now home and can wipe out all? Some argue that WW3 has not occurred yet because we realize it will be the last. Remember, the US estimated that 10 million Japanese would die in a conventional invasion. The Japanese government expected 1/3 to 1/2 of its population would die.

[@helgevig]

That kiss you gave is never ever gonna fade away..... This phrase always gives me chills.. so true.

[@matthewwicks1809]

I'm glad this started playing when the full-total Oppenheiming kicked off. Truly memorable.

[@javiermatos9529]

I was a child back then, one of my oldest brothers bought this record, and all the kids in the house danced this glorious song like crazy nearly everyday that year, was absolute happiness 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@Ceebz39]

Yeah bet you didn’t think how many thousands of people in Hiroshima were killed by atomic bomb carried by the airplane called “Enola Gay”

[@javiermatos9529]

@@Ceebz39 6 years old Kids hardly have any idea of the Hiroshima / Nagasaki events, and that's just perfect ;)

[@paolobenmore3504]

@@Ceebz39 Yeah bet you didn't think that without it we wouldn't have had a great song to dance to. ;-) miserabilist.

[@Manuela_b28]

How is it that this song was released 42 years ago yet it sounds like something that could be but a few years old? 80s truly were an awesome decade ❤️

[@chrisb6296]

Like Chaka Khan's "I feel for you"

[@scottnever8732]

its about the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima during world war 2, welcome to history. Seen Jaws? the boat went down most eaten by sharks uss Indianapolis , some history sucks make a better one

[@RedWarrior081]

@@scottnever8732 nobody gives a flying f--k on that boy

[@lyrimetacurl0]

Top one in that category is Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin), from 1970 but sounds awesome and current.

[@americocarlosrico]

OMD one of the best electronic music bands of the 80s.🖤✌

[@lonophonic117]

I absolutely love this song! It’s OMD’s most famous and was the first one I ever heard! Best of luck to them on their tour this year!

[@ejulio41]

This song gives me goosebumps, it’s just so amazing the melody , the beat everything is amazing . I love it 2024 🎉 and I’m still listening to it.

[@jakovasaur]

It definitely has a Ramones vibe to it, especially the vocals.

[@Jade_holloway]

One of the best pop songs ever and a reminder of just how good 80s music could be.

[@davidchagot8899]

one of the best pop song with visage "fade to grey" : the best of the new wave

[@davidwatkins204]

This is a great example of "prog-pop" Rush like this song to, get my drift? ... y,know...Vienna man.

[@fotoel]

These dark days, this song is more relevant than ever....

[@johnkeane1419]

Very true. Enjoy it, it might be the last chance...

[@classicteachings]

Brilliant track. Didn’t realise its lyrical power at the time as it was just a weekend new wave anthem you couldn’t prevent yourself from dancing to!

[@WedgePee]

I first heard this on the Ministry of Sound Electronic 80s album at the end of 2009. I was ten then, and had no clue what it was about.

[@beurkresearch]

Born in 1969, i was around ten years old when i heard this incredible song for the first time at the radio and i will never forget the earthquake it has been in my head. We all entered the eighties by Enola Gay...

[@CathyKitson]

We were the generation who were perched on the edge of nuclear annihiliation. Someone pressed the wrong switch, The Russians got too angry with the Yanks, or vice versa, and ker-boom, we'd have all been mincemeat.

[@davidbadman6143]

Got to be one of the best songs ever written, melody, lyrics, meaningful and you can dance to it

[@stephenspark776]

Yes, but that was true of so many songs of the 80s - I really didn't know how darned lucky I was to live through that decade at the right time in my life

[@enricberbis3907]

Who is enjoying this 80´s masterpice in 2019?

[@davidvargas7860]

Enric Berbis just went to a show on Friday and the DJ played this !!! Love the song

[@erwinmatic5062]

me.

[@fredwest7436]

Yo :-)

[@kevintyrer45]

Time laps memories ;)

[@BNCA70]

Me ,mate, but I am now 48 and this awesome music was part of my teenagehood. Still fab today.....as you can imagine....me and my old school mates are pretty horrified by today's charts!

[@dcliftonsimms]

Makes me glad to have been born in the late 70s. Such a rich time for music in my youth. 😊

[@BlueLeopard200]

This is a great song. Do you know what it's about?

[@graciefields898]

Me too. Seventies and eighties music was the best. All we hear now are badly revamped cover versions.

[@user-bz3ts4dt3f]

2024, if you're still here you are a legend!

[@johnmcdonald2073]

It is about to turn 8.15am in Hiroshima on 6 August 73 years after the event. May it never be repeated, great song and tribute

[@empiio4954]

More should have been dropped including in Germany

[@aesth55]

one should be dropped on NYC

[@empiio4954]

No. Only the culprits

[@tobiaszistler]

Emp iio I think you are one of these sort of people that are brain disabled as the result of the massive radiation waste that are created by your own Nuclear tests in your country O poor boy.

[@MC-ip8gb]

I think some humour is called for....

[@davidmills3332]

I wish I could go back to the 80s again, my best years when I was genuinely happy

[@helenwaldron5858]

And made it. X

[@GasPipeJimmy]

David Mills I used to think that, but I changed my circumstances (got rid of negative GFs and bad friends) and am now having as much fun now as I did in 1985. You can too!

[@unasperanza9803]

Yaass .........then I remember they kept saying USA or USSR was going to nuke us then they said AIDS would kill us all and they began banging on about the ozone layer but still happier times we all had our freedoms if you told me what we have let happen to our liberties and those of our children back then I would have said you were on drugs and had read too much 1984

[@michaud399]

Hmm I used to think that as well then I became a dad and even though we're so far down the socio economic ladder iam the happiest I've ever been. I didn't know what happiness was until I became a parent.

[@Ricardo-cl3vs]

Then you must have missed the 90s. Bummer...

[@Fabio_Morales8]

This was the number one song of the year 1986 in El Salvador, and the best song of the decade! Certified by the best pop and rock radio station in El Salvador!

[@v-town1980]

F! El S!

[@lordsangone]

Surreally nostalgic. Brings back feelings and memories that I cant quite explain in words. Joyful, sad, delirious, cheerful, memorable, etc. all at the same time. Keep rockin it steady.

[@MrCanis4]

Even without words, I understand what you mean.

[@debra1232]

I bought this when I was 17-yrs-old, went to a party with my little stack of vinyl discs & we hijacked the turntables...this song played for most of the night! So blessed to have been a true '80's teen/twenty-something 😁 What an amazing pub/club scene in the '80s.

[@benedettobruno1669]

Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.

[@mrcockney-nutjob3832]

That's very kind of you Benedetto, greetings from London.

[@davidmccarthy954]

Benedetto Bruno dude a badass comment makes m e feel great to British you rule!!

[@jamesthurbin2185]

Thank you mate, that made me very proud. There's a beer waiting for you if you come to London! Although Italy gave the world some pretty hot music too with Opera.

[@carolo02]

Thats OK, but the best music is allways from Spain :)

[@patriotpete3149]

Its our pleasure Benedetto!!

[@RandomStuffs16]

THIS SONG HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SYNTH IVE EVER HEARD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE !!!

[@briencampbell1043]

The sound of the synth solo is so incredibly pleasing to me. Analog gooey ear candy at its finest!

[@charliemac9057]

"that kiss you give is never gonna fade away". Sadly true.

[@markzane8542]

Who else is having an 80's music marathon? :-)

[@andylawrence6306]

Me. Down an 80's rabbit hole!!

[@julieducroz]

+Mark Zane oh fuck how did you know?? :D

[@bw3634]

who isn't

[@BotShox]

+Mark Zane mee, Eurythimics, The Flirts, Vanessa, Kim Wilde, Joy Divison , The Fools, Yazoo, The Communards, New Order, Robert Palmer, David Bowie etc etc etc ... =D

[@lubiszczosnek]

+Mark Zane Haha me too xd

[@Ami_des_slows]

Encore une fois merci pour cette vidéo. A regarder et écouter sans modération en 2024 comme en 1980. 44 ans et toujours pas une ride (sauf sur mon visage) ! Ce morceau est sur ma playlist depuis 1981 et n'est pas prêt d'en sortir.

[@idhcustomtoys]

This kiss you give, it's never ever going to fade away. The kiss being the explosion.

[@resistancelight]

Les responsables de ce génocide paierons ⚖️🕊

[@BreadTeleporter1968]

@@resistancelightWell you can’t be a war criminal if you WIN

[@v-town1980]

​@@resistancelightAnd without us, you brown coats (lol) would be speaking German😂

[@pedritodepedro3499]

Bravo, timeless OMD! A 50 something y.o. from Spain who appreciates the difference and understands that the best pop music in the 80s (by far) came from England.

[@MrRoztoc]

Yeah, absolutely. Let me get this straight: So we have OMD, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Ultravox, Queen, Slade, The Police. Not enough? Okay. Yazoo, Erasure, Eurythmics or Frankie goes to Hollywood. Tears for Fears, Wham and Def Leppard. And that's just a few bands. No solo artists as Nik Kershaw, Billy Idol or Chris de Burgh and so on...

[@johnatherton8602]

I was 19, when this came out, now 61 and it still brings back great memories

[@samypons3185]

nice

[@marcchrys]

20 for me...and now 62 (shocked face emoji!)

[@jackilucas4694]

Me too great times

[@salvatoreconcuore465]

24 now 64 🙂 your comment is 🎯👍

[@natalinogattopazzerellolor9200]

CLASS 1973 PRESENT🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@BossDM-2]

What a cute little keyboard riff - one of the best 80's melodies. I-vi-IV-V never fails.

[@CathyKitson]

It's kind of insistent, over and over again in the background, that little motif, it hectors and niggles. Yet it's hauntingly beautiful. And then you hear the lyrics......oh, Lord.

[@Rubenrodriguez-um1nd]

2024 🤔😎, good music

[@danimarbritz]

Yes

[@tangerine825]

OMD,Erasure,a-ha,Alphaville,Pet Shop Boys,Depeche Mode,Eurythmics...Great Synthpop Bands 80's ! Greets From Poland ;-)

[@gianfittiziopatacca9845]

Visage -- Fade to Grey

[@nicovdwesthuizen8441]

Why? Why were they such great bands? Because they always had stories in the song. Not just today's repeated babble about nonsense. For instance... Poker face. Singing of nonsense.

[@Paris__]

You know, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's..........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world!

[@thesaints-7-andrew.]

Watching from Greece.hi everybody. One of the best songs ever written.

[@keithdeley7236]

Great song but what it represents is so so heartbreaking.

[@jasminerahman8410]

Love this song!! Nothing beats the 80's with their music! Synthesisers rock! Brings back memories from School!

[@LerafoLuap]

It’s a little bit haunting to consider that this song is now farther away in time (41 years) than its subject matter was then (35 years).

[@saraday2280]

Oh wow

[@MrScoopoo10]

O.o

[@robertlindo8058]

It's strange how time seems to accelerate the older we all become. When we were children the time positively dragged!

[@drakan5468]

wow you're so right

[@carnivaltriumphhh3604]

WWII wasnt 35 years ago

[@valterpaiva9452]

Música maravilhosa dá minha juventude 💗😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻

[@fabiozulianiregistaeperformer]

I love this song; it reminds me of when I was a child… ❤️

[@michelacorsi7748]

Bellissima canzone. Fantastica. Mitici anni 80!!!

[@jld3480]

Hypnotic music, wrought lyrics... OMD, you are a major band in the industry!

[@vespi57]

Listened this again after some years. The lyrics never lose their strength. It's beautiful, horrific and epic at the same time. Really makes the listener to ask, was the atomic bomb really necessary.

[@mountaindew7190]

If you don't know OMD you don't know 80"s.

[@goibonudenlove5554]

nothing will ever come close to the 80's music

[@moniquediderich3516]

Love ALL their songs. Missing out on their 2019 concert tour. Darn it!

[@sneezyserena]

A friend of mine, who didn't know that Enola Gay was the plane that bombed Hiroshima and Little Boy the code-name of the bomb, was convinced this was a happy song about a young woman giving birth to a son. It rather spoilt it for her when I explained the true meaning of the lyrics.

[@robertovelez6909]

Enola Gay was also the name of the pilot's mother

[@joeblow26]

And she had a very hard time finding a husband because everyone thought she was gay!

[@Max_Vision]

These keyboard sounds are amazing! I'm sure I can recognize it everywhere at every time, especially at the time that it's always been!

[@RaamWTF]

i love how this sound so pleasant yet the context of this song that change the world forever

[@bmc9504]

My mother was born in the 60s, she literally had no idea what this song was about until I told her 2 weeks ago and has since listened to this song as if it was the first time. She really had no idea and gave her a shiver.

[@hugo-yb5po]

The synth is out of this world! Such good music!

[@GarryShepherdDreamGazePostPunk]

Reeks of original early 80's, Happy, positive , genius oMd, the sound of our childhood 💙💙💙🔥🔥🔥

[@futureserialkiller_]

"its 8:15 thats the time its always been " devastatingly beautiful lyrics

[@robertrosser5173]

One of the best songs ever made in my opinion.

[@baggerdave]

I’m with you Rob.

[@monticlassictv]

Makes me want to get my disco decks out and start playing the classics from the 80's . . . fantastic track from a golden era.

[@parispapa7162]

Chris Montignani Rossi

[@steaks652]

Love them sunglasses.

[@johnross126]

Chris Montignani so correct

[@werxeh8027]

And drop a nuclear bomb on a city.... killing a hundred thousand innocent people. Does no one fucking remember this shit any more?

[@folky2743]

apparently not. I think most of the people don't pay attention to the lyrics and just listen to the nice synth beat ... -.-

[@darcyhoodtube]

“Enola gay, is mother proud of little boy today? This kiss you give, it’s never ever gonna fade away.” chefs kiss

[@michelle88960]

I think the bomb was called little boy. Though it could be taken both ways as in the pilot’s mother.

[@garybradley1]

​@@michelle88960Enola Gay was the name of the Pilots mother and the name of the plane. Little boy was the codename of the bomb.

[@michelle88960]

@@garybradley1 well I bet his mother is proud that she’s named after one of the most horrible atrocities in history.

[@garybradley1]

@@michelle88960 Do you know the history, obviously not!!! The plane was named after the pilot's mother.........his mother wasn't named after the plane.

[@michelle88960]

@@garybradley1 well naming a bomber after your mother is hardly thoughtful.

[@pastryclub3705]

80's music is the best!!

[@brunobass1234]

When I was 2 years old this was my favourite song, now, 20 years later, I litsened it and I cryed.

[@JustAnotherSteve]

Such a happy and upbeat song as long as I don't listen to the lyrics. Then I just cry.

[@Andione.]

Absolutely brilliant hearing it live. Avid omd fan since 86 & so looking forward to the next gig bauhaus staircase. Timeless classics never grow old.

[@michaelcousins3188]

Went to see OMD last night in concert at Demontford Hall Leicester.....absolutely amazing concert!

[@mirjampurmerend7599]

Born in 66 and saw OMD as a 14 year old in 1980 in Vredenburg Utrecht. It was my first popconcert and it was awesome. I feel blessed I could grow up with the beautiful music of the eighties.

[@7789rc]

Also born in 66 and going to see them next week. Love their music

[@MrRoztoc]

Born in '67 and I feel young myself seeing you elderly people here 🤗😂

[@luit2tinke]

Fun fact: everyone born after the '80s is able to grow up with the music of the '80s.

[@HiBuddyyyyyy]

My dad died last year, we used to listen to all sorts of songs in the car when we went out. I listened to this song recently and cried, I’m crying writing this, I didn’t know this would have such a memory tied to it now.

[@MelodyFox]

Sorry for your loss, @HiBuddyyyyy ... I'm with you and understand how you feel. 😌😔 Try to think of your nice memories together, and a smile will come up here and there. Melody Fox (aka the Princess of Rock) LPeaceM

[@HiBuddyyyyyy]

@@MelodyFox thank you, that’s really nice :,)

[@rikkishepherd6466]

I grew up mid 90s and 2000s and I was meant to be an 80s kid. Calling on the landlines This is epic.

[@rositaorizio8760]

❤

[@deanhumphries7878]

This is a song that you can call an ANTHEM. CLASS

[@ravimaha]

its 2016,... and OMD still on my playlist...

[@TheArticulatingAnoraksPodcast]

Keep it that way!

[@ApriliaGuy1969]

ravi maha Listen to their new stuff 👍👍

[@leoalexart]

New album coming out September this year.

[@9585dent]

Thx didn't know

[@KaraThrace0001]

ravi maha It is 2017 now, congratulations friend.

[@lupodelupis3672]

I was a child when this came out so for me it was a happy tune back in 79, but when i grew up i've got the massage and, well, there was nothing to be cheer about...but then i've always loved the contrast of a "merry" melody and a sad lyrics in this song.

[@sofialencastre2538]

Love from Portugal, oh .... I miss those 80's sooooo much ❤

[@elizandrolorensi6571]

The fact is that OMD was an 80's hits factory and up to these days they continue to save us from our misery!

[@user-mw8um6mc3v]

This kiss you give is never ever gonna fade away, is perhaps the most poignant line ever written in a pop song

[@daviddavies2819]

But it was a mean to a end , sadly a high price but thats was the times ,

[@auroragiovannetti5813]

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[@percygarcia4970]

@@auroragiovannetti5813 hhhhjjú

[@cesarincamendozaloyola4407]

Is mother proud of Little Boy today?

[@humanchannel7825]

@@cesarincamendozaloyola4407 aha this kiss you give it’s never ever gonna fade away

[@edoardodm]

"Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today". That sends me shivers...

[@richardgoldsmith5948]

Still remember singing away to this as a 9 yr old in the uk and my dad sitting me down and him telling me what the song was about and then more about the war . Fantastic band

[@Cruithneach]

Probably the catchiest ditty about nuclear devastation ever penned

[@Observerwwtdd]

99 Red Ballons isn't bad either.

[@YellawayHD]

Future's so bright I gotta wear shades by timbuk 3 is great too

[@gewglesux]

All of you are right.... wish i could play harp like the TB3 guy..

[@mrconancat]

Platinum Blonde - Standing In The Dark

[@anarchovegan9738]

Nukes never existed. do the research