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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[@ronaldfox8496]

this is when music was music, 80s forever

[@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.

[@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.

[@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！

[@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.

[@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

[@ClausThanner]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@briencampbell1043]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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"

[@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.

[@fotoel]

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

[@johnkeane1419]

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

[@keithbill310]

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

[@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😂

[@helgevig]

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

[@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,,,

[@00REEEEE]

Always a classic Melody. Was a class tune.

[@thesaints-7-andrew.]

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

[@brianalandorfcomposer]

This song is perfect for this moment in history: no more nuclear bombs! No more war! No more world wars! Please like if you agree and if you want nuclear bombs away from this world!

[@werxeh]

I don't want nuclear bombs used again. Sadly they exist now, and you can't really get rid of them. The knowledge exists, if somehow you managed to destroy all of them, someone would still make them again to gain power over others. So I can't advocate no more nuclear bombs, just I hope they're never used again.

[@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.

[@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!

[@matthewwicks1809]

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

[@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🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@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

[@frenkimizdrak2871]

Enola Gay You should have stayed at home yesterday Ah-ha, words can't describe The feeling and the way you lied These games you play They're going to end in more than tears some day Ah-ha Enola Gay It shouldn't ever have to end this way It's 8:15 And that's the time that it's always been We got your message on the radio Conditions normal, and you're coming home Enola Gay Is mother proud of little boy today? Ah-ha this kiss you give It's never ever gonna to fade away Enola Gay You shouldn't ever have to live this way Ah-ha Enola Gay You should've faded our dreams away It's 8:15 And that's the time that it's always been We got your message on the radio Conditions normal, and you're coming home Enola Gay Is mother proud of little boy today? Ah-ha this kiss you give It's never ever going to fade away

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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.

[@fabiozulianiregistaeperformer]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@sofialencastre2538]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@valentine2037]

Lyrics : Enola Gay You should have stayed at home yesterday Ah-ha words can't describe The feeling and the way you lied These games you play They're going to end in more Than tears some day Ah-ha Enola Gay It shouldn't ever have to end this way It's eight fifteen And that's the time that it's always been We got your message on the radio Conditions normal and you're coming home Enola Gay Is mother proud of little boy today? Ah-ha this kiss you give It's never ever gonna to fade away Enola Gay It shouldn't ever have to end this way Ah-ha Enola Gay Should've faded our dreams away It's eight fifteen And that's the time that it's always been We got your message on the radio Conditions normal and you're coming home Enola Gay Is mother proud of little boy today? Ah-ha this kiss you give It's never ever going to fade away

[@NICO-MARIUS]

Merci pour les paroles c'est super sympa 👍 👍 👍

[@themanwiththeplan1401]

The second line on the last paragraph should say "it shouldn't ever have to end this way"

[@valentine2037]

@@themanwiththeplan1401 thanks

[@francospecchia9283]

CRAZY🤩 ... AFTER 40 YEARS THE TRANSLATION OF THE SONG 🎵. HOW LONG WAS IT TAKEN 🤔... YOU IMAGINE MY AMAZING😁 AND MY SURPRISE.😃.FIND THE TEXT TRANSLATED ... THANK YOU 👍SO MUCH .. GREETINGS FROM ITALY ✋🇮🇹✋

[@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

[@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?

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@RandomStuffs16]

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

[@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.

[@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]

@@daviddavies2819 ĺ

[@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

[@oneworldfamily]

The synth and high hat is the perfect combo in this song. Love it so much!

[@keithdeley7236]

Great song but what it represents is so so heartbreaking.

[@robertrosser5173]

One of the best songs ever made in my opinion.

[@baggerdave]

I’m with you Rob.

[@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!

[@dominiquemanesse1941]

Chanson magnifique et intemporel j'adore 😍

[@chilpericl6884]

Et tellement macabre

[@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

[@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...

[@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...

[@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.

[@carlaippoliti8929]

Stupendi gli anni 80.che ricordi

[@famaquino3852]

R.I.P. to my 5th grade teacher who showed me this song when we were learning about WWII

[@silviiaa_]

I'm so sorry 💔

[@uhtred7860]

Kids today we about WW2, the most destructive war in history. 75 million dead, millions more left maimed, genocide, massacres, mass-bombings, disease, and starvation.....Heres a 80s new wave synthpop to explain it" :-))))

[@krazytroutcatcher]

I’d lay a bet, that if my 70’s history teacher was still around, he’d be debating with your history teacher. WW2 history has been flipped on its head to suit an agenda. If my history teacher was still around, he’d be known today as a revisionist.

[@uhtred7860]

@@krazytroutcatcher The same thing is happening / has happened, to the American Civil War, the cause and reason for it have been "modified" to suit and push an agenda.

[@Ethericrose]

@@uhtred7860 Just like covid was invented to support an agenda. Wars are a money making racket for the rich, covid is making millions for big pharma. Small business are dying on a grand scale, while big business such as amazon and even Mac Donald's are seeing profits skyrocket. The rich get more obscenely rich and the poor become poorer and become more dependent on governments. Which ofcause is the plan. And, dont get me started on the brain washing corrupt main stream media. Town criers from the medieval era had more truthful and more accurate news.

[@emanuelfeitosa6423]

omd, another legendary British band. Even though I belong to another generation, I am forced to go back decades in the past due to the quality of the songs, which are in fact true masterpieces!

[@andrewmatthews6861]

Today's so called music is S--T

[@KydenBufect]

I wouldn't exactly call them legendary; not in the same class as Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order etc. But this song, Locomotion and If You Leave were their trademark hits...still great today.

[@BAztid]

@@KydenBufect Piffle. OMD were one of Depeche's key early inspirations, and stand right alongside NO in terms of influence. Absolutely a legendary electronic outfit.

[@SteveYates-uo4dq]

❤one of the Best bands in the world 🌎 and British our proudest moment in history xxx

[@grahamcheesman2252]

Hi Steve

[@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 👍👍👍👍✌️

[@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!💪

[@stathis8285]

The best electropop song ever by far.

[@zmitov]

Kraftwerk - The Robots ?

[@stathis8285]

@@zmitov Amazing but I prefer The Model

[@user-xh5zg5qv6m]

​@@zmitovgood, very good, but not above this classic.

[@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.

[@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.

[@stephaniem5091]

Absolutely one of the best songs and best bands of the 80's!

[@SivanRehan]

A classic.

[@PrakashThapa]

One of their best songs.

[@SivanRehan]

Yes!

[@Assiro051]

2023 and I'm still bumping this classic. I was 7 when this song came out but it's been with my constantly since that day. The 80s has been the best decade ever for music

[@justinneill5003]

OMD were brilliant, loved them!

[@americocarlosrico]

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

[@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....

[@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]

❤

[@alfredocielo6802]

Canzone stupenda RICORDO ETERNO, firmato "ometto 1962,quelli del soldato obbligatorio" BRAVO 💯🍀🔥🤓💯🌹💯

[@jasminerahman8410]

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

[@deanhumphries7878]

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

[@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.

[@LidiaRiv32]

Los 80' la mejor música ❤

[@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.

[@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.

[@futureserialkiller_]

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

[@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

[@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

[@michelacorsi7748]

Bellissima canzone. Fantastica. Mitici anni 80!!!

[@DavidThomas658]

Oh My Days, what a great band OMD were, up there with the very best !

[@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.

[@leewilkinson5928]

1980's at its very best.

[@KushClarkKent]

Can't listen to this one without shedding a tear...every damn time :(

[@MW88PL]

Same

[@khaelamensha3624]

I would but as I am kind fond of ww2 history, I know why it was done. Hiroshima was not so big compared to Dresden, Tokyo or Nanking to list just a few.

[@taharbenseddik5607]

Enola Gay should have stayed at home yesterday !! In my opinion it's just like when two men are having a fight and one of them decide to hurt the woman and the children of the other in a hard way. But the real reason is well known of course. Two atomic bombs for the attack on Pearl Harbor.

[@KushClarkKent]

@Hunter Vonnegut Will do thanks!

[@Notallowed101]

@@khaelamensha3624 Aye, but the damage there came from numerous pilots, people and vehicles. All Hiroshima took was one plane and one bomb.

[@GarryShepherdDreamGazePostPunk]

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

[@mouseman6666]

im watching these guys at work tonight #cliffspavillion in southend tonight gonna amazing cant wait to hear this live tonight !!!!

[@charlyneallouard7150]

Enolegay, sortie en 1981. Tous les samedis en discothèque on dansait sur cette chanson. Aujourd'hui je l'écoute, et je l'écoute encore. Rappel de Jeunesse.,.... Super chanson, indémodable. 💃💃💃♥️

[@furicd446]

Que de bons souvenirs 👍

[@nathanmattor401]

This song has special meaning to me. I'm a physicist who somehow found myself working for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory back in the 1990's. At its core the place is essentially devoted to developing H-bombs, and I never had any interest in that. Don't they do their job pretty well already?! I was on the floppy-necked liberal side of the lab, working on Magnetic Fusion Energy, the long-imagined energy source of the future. But there was clear pressure for me to move over to bomb work, so I eventually quit physics entirely in order to become the independent mad scientist that I am today. OMD's "Enola Gaye" expresses the same sentiment, and will never get old for me.

[@mariajshevlin2516]

Good for you

[@andyrichards9169]

Terrific song.

[@mountaindew7190]

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

[@charliemac9057]

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

[@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!

[@Romanperro]

Thank you for this 80's masterpiece!

[@JP-fu1rt]

I’m 23 in 2 days on June 3rd, I heard this song when I was about 5-6 and have been trying to find it ever since, now I can listen to it forever, Just class

[@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.