I was having a listen to OMD yesterday and through it sounds like very early industrial in many respects, the virtuosic playing of the synths was truly amazing & still enjoyable 25-30 years after the fact. Telegraph was pretty damn funny--I've never gotten one and I think most people don't know what one is. Instead of "I've got a telegraph in my hand, words on paper..." should they sing "I've got an SMS? on a telephone that fits in the palm of my hand?"
I wonder how some of these would sound if they were played on piano or reorchestrated.
They did start to bore me when they started singing about love (If you leave and so in love) rather than love & technology.
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A favorite video since I was about the same age as the kids when it came out.
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