Posted September 30, 200816 yr Below is the track listing for the DVD part of the OMD sight & sound Greatest Hits best of Messages... Please rate these OMD singles on the patented Clancykatona scale from 1 to 100...100 being for the most awesome record they ever did - the kind you wouldn't feel ashamed playing to the most sexy supermodel (or Molly Ringwold if you prefer) that you happened to meet at the local Otara Millionaires Club even though secretly you know that OMD could be seen at best as some kind of 'Primark Joy Division'.... but still a high score means that these are records that not even Sugababes could ruin if they half-heartidly adapted them in a couldnt be arsed current single type of way (though i will not mention the scooter album at this point :lol:) on the other hand a score of 1 means its the most bankrupt load of bargain bucket bejam bollocks you ever did hear - and i guess a lot from the mid 1980s might fall here.... Electricity Red Frame/White Light* Messages Enola Gay Souvenir Joan Of Arc (Live Top Of The Pops Version) Maid Of Orleans Genetic Engineering Telegraph Locomotion Talking Loud And Clear Tesla Girls Never Turn Away* So In Love Secret La Femme Accident* Hold You* If You Leave (Forever) Live And Die We Love You* Shame* Dreaming Sailing On The Seven Seas Pandora's Box Then You Turn Away* Call My Name* Stand Above Me* Dream Of Me (Based On 'Love's Theme') Everyday* (please note: *not on album plus also the album doesnt feature any SASH! remixes)
October 1, 200816 yr tbh i dont know half of them tracks and some of the others i dont recall but would upon hearing. ... and no, please DONT post a mile long reply with all the youtube vids on.... i wont listen to them plus it takes ages sometimes for multiple youtube vids to load... i guss not everyone has superfast broadband and waiting for a thread to open due to several youtube vids is frustrating :) as for omd...... never really liked them.
October 1, 200816 yr They had some great singles, I especially love 'Electricity' and 'Tesla Girls'. I also loved 'Pandoras Box' at the time and would probably still like it now...of course by then it was just McClusky doing his 'uncle at a wedding' dancing on Top of the Pops.
October 1, 200816 yr Great electronic band These are my faves: Electricity Red Frame White Light Messages Souvenir Joan Of Arc - (This was my ultimate fave.) wFj65qkag20 Maid Of Orleans (Waltz Of Joan Of Arc) These last 2 always get mixed up due to their titles. Edited October 2, 200816 yr by Euro Music
October 2, 200816 yr My favourite by them by the "Scouse synth pop Geography & Science teacher's lookalikes" © Andy McCluskey 2004: ig2Q4Ub4TnM OMD - Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) (1982) To hell it with, I know its uncool but I prefer them more than New Order (treason I know :lol:). And where on the new Best Of album is their last big hit "Walking On The Milky Way" featuring T'Pau's Carol Decker on backing vocals. Still at least they did not add their 2008 "Recover" that Andy wrote & produced for "The Primark Sugababes": 0BaUVfh5vxU OMD - Whole Again (2008)
October 2, 200816 yr I already have an earlier Best of cd by them, and both 90s albums, but if this has a dvd of their videos, i think it's worth getting for that. It's a pity their last Top 10 hit 'Walking On The Milky Way' isn't on there though.
October 2, 200816 yr tbh i dont know half of them tracks and some of the others i dont recall but would upon hearing. ... and no, please DONT post a mile long reply with all the youtube vids on.... i wont listen to them plus it takes ages sometimes for multiple youtube vids to load... i guss not everyone has superfast broadband and waiting for a thread to open due to several youtube vids is frustrating :) as for omd...... never really liked them.If you use Firefox a good add-on is Flashblock - it stops youtube vids from loading until you decide to unblock a particular video by clicking the flashblock button that loads instead of the video. As for OMD, I liked them in 1980 to 1981, after that they lost their way and became quite bland. I have their best of album but I only ever play their early stuff.
October 2, 200816 yr The best OMD stuff was their early stuff, I totally love Souvenir, and Maid of Orleans, even Enola Gay is regarded as a classic single from them. Their later stuff like Tesla Girls and Talking Loud & Clear became bland for me. And lost interest in them completely. Didn't Andy McCluskey managed Atomic Kitten in the end. :unsure:
October 3, 200816 yr If you use Firefox a good add-on is Flashblock - it stops youtube vids from loading until you decide to unblock a particular video by clicking the flashblock button that loads instead of the video. As for OMD, I liked them in 1980 to 1981, after that they lost their way and became quite bland. I have their best of album but I only ever play their early stuff. one way around it i guess..:) agreed. the early material was much better then the bland stuff later on. we had 'souvenir' in last nights pop quiz :)
October 3, 200816 yr I own their first album Architecture & Morality and I thought its quite a good album. But never bought any of their others.
October 4, 200816 yr Author My favourite by them by the "Scouse synth pop Geography & Science teacher's lookalikes" © Andy McCluskey 2004: ig2Q4Ub4TnM OMD - Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) (1982) To hell it with, I know its uncool but I prefer them more than New Order (treason I know :lol:). And where on the new Best Of album is their last big hit "Walking On The Milky Way" featuring T'Pau's Carol Decker on backing vocals. its actually on there..this is hmv's track listing (think the one above came from amazon or cd-wow) and so you do get Walking On The Milky Way on the album but not Stand Above Me....which is a bit tragic seeing as they've put a lot of $h!tty stuff from the mid 1980s when they've decided to stop being kraftwerk and wanted to be to be (fellow four piece one member duo) tears for fears instead (and even tho Walking On The Milky Way is much better than the god awful Closest Thing to Heaven...working with Emiliana Torrini is better than Atomic Kitten :lol: ) vnw2KLSrAHA OMD - Stand Above Me PjQwJZN4Rfo Tears For Fears: Closest Thing to Heaven disc 1 1. Messages [10" single version] 2. Electricity 3. Enola Gay 4. Souvenir 5. Joan Of Arc 6. Joan Of Arc (Maid Of Orleans) 7. Genetic Engineering 8. Telegraph 9. Locomotion 10. Talking Loud And Clear 11. Tesla Girls 12. So In Love 13. Secret 14. If You Leave 15. Forever Live And Die 16. Dreaming 17. Sailing On The Seven Seas 18. Pandora's Box 19. Dream Of Me [based on 'Love's Theme'] 20. Walking On The Milky Way disc 2 1. Electricity 2. Red Frame/White Light 3. Messages 4. Enola Gay 5. Souvenir 6. Joan Of Arc [live Top Of The Pops version] 7. Maid Of Orleans 8. Genetic Engineering 9. Telegraph 10. Locomotion 11. Talking Loud And Clear 12. Tesla Girls 13. Never Turn Away 14. So In Love 15. Secret 16. La Femme Accident 17. Hold You 18. If You Leave 19. Forever Live And Die 20. We Love You 21. Shame 22. Dreaming 23. Sailing On The Seven Seas 24. Pandora's Box 25. Then You Turn Away 26. Call My Name 27. Stand Above Me 28. Dream Of Me [based on 'Love's Theme'] 29. Everyday 30. Walking On The Milky Way 31. Universal My favourite by them by the "Scouse synth pop Geography & Science teacher's lookalikes" © Andy McCluskey 2004: ig2Q4Ub4TnM OMD - Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) (1982) I think i would like to hear Glasvegas cover this...(or if not this one the other Joan of Arc song)
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