Me and not to make anybody jealous I am going to be seeing them live on Saturday 20th April woohoo cannot wait. This is the second time seeing them live.
I just had to make a little detour from the present & go back to when we were all glorious young fools who never left the dancefloor. Long live the 80s.
For me, one of the most underrated pop tunes of the 80s. If you can, get some headphones and listen to the highest quality version you can find. The engineering and mastering on this track is epic.
I first heard of it today and I downloaded it same time... I fell in love with it immediately after hearing... I'm leaving this comment here by the way so that when someone like it I will then go back and listen to it... ❤
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever. I'm so happy I grew among such music. Nothing shall ever compare to the 80's. It's the whole energy and nostalgia of a future everyone thought would be great. Turned out to be the opposite.
Each decade produced some truly breathtaking music but I agree that the 80's had an overabundance of amazing ch00nZ. This being one of them. I actually "rediscovered" this track when moving a truck late last night (i'm a shunter now so rarely get to listen to the radio properly) and this was playing on Absolute 80's. I thought "I remember that track" and made a mental note to buy it when I awakened this morning. Imagine my delight when I discovered I already had it on my Best of OMD Cd that I hadn't even broken the seal wrapping on. (How many years have I had that CD ?) Yes I have umpteen "Unwrapped CD's" And a Humongous box of Vinyl in the loft (Nowhere to site a turntable anymore)
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!
I just never knew how blessed I was to be a teenager in the 80's, when all these amazing groups were on the radio. Long live the happy memories of this awesome music!!!
I’m just 18, but this fantastic song creates a completely nostalgic feeling inside me. Can’t even imagine how young people from the 80s would be feeling while listening to it on these days. I hope they just keep enjoying. ❤️
Just heard this on the radio, no word of a lie, first time I've heard it in 30 or so years since childhood, completely passed me by and never once heard it played until this afternoon. The nostalgia was heartwarming and has simply made my day ❤
Top 30 first aired on Tuesday 30th September 1986 (Top of the Pops 2nd October,w/e 4th October,full Sunday rundown 5th October): 1 (1) Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards; 2 (4) Rain or Shine - Five Star; 3 (NEW) True Blue - Madonna; 4 (3) Word Up - Cameo; 5 (7) Thorn in My Side - Eurythmics; 6 (2) We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off to Have a Good Time - Jermaine Stewart; 7 (5) I Just Died in Your Arms - Cutting Crew; 8 (8) Walk This Way - Run DMC and Aerosmith; 9 (26) You can Call Me Al - Paul Simon; 10 (6) The Glory of Love - Peter Cetera 11 (14) Forever Live and Die - Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark; 12 (15) Stuck With You - Huey Lewis & the News; 13 (10) Love Can't Turn Around - Farley Jackmaster Funk; 14 (NEW) I've Been Losing You - A-ha; 15 (24) Always There - Marti Webb and the Simon May Orchestra; 16 (13) Rumours - Timex Social Club; 17 (12) Sweet Freedom -Michael McDonald; 18 (23) Montego Bay - Amazulu; 19 (22) In Too Deep - Genesis; 20 (9) I Want to Wake Up With you -Boris Gardiner 21 (34) True Colours - Cyndi Lauper; 22 (19) One Great Thing - Big Country; 23 (NEW) Suburbia - Pet Shop Boys; 24 (28) Who Wants to Live Forever? - Queen; 25 (18) Pretty in Pink - Psychadelic Furs; 26 (NEW) Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles; 27 (29) Slow Down - Loose Ends; 28 (11) Holiday Rap - MC Miker G & DJ Sven; 29 (NEW) In the Army Now - Status Quo; 30 (NEW) Wonderland - Paul Young
Far too many competition all around in the 80s in 85 and in 86 when this cameout too many Artist's were on fire so many wonderful songs to boot were released it charted when it did or could high and low don't matter even in 87 it was crazy after all it's the 80s u had the jackpot pinnacle anyway with class scale league another dimension world we were living that's why we can comment that now
If You Leave just before this was their biggest hit got to 4 in the US Charts tough competition even they from the UK even 4 i like this one better but it made 19 doesn't matter plenty of great songs from cool musicians don't necessarily chart maybe different in parts of the World
A superb, unrecognised 80's hit that never gets airtime. My 16 year old loves it because of how many times he's heard it. And he agrees modern music is rubbish !!
I'm old enough to remember when this song was new, and on the radio. I bough this on cassette tape and played it over and over again on my walkman. This song brings back memories of my childhood and teen years. OMD is, and was very underrated. This song touched my soul like few other bands did. Thank you.
OMD has still talent allright. In 2019 a friend of mine went on the ferry IJmuiden-Newcastle just for the concert on board of.....OMD. The singer really sang well and every touch of the keyboard was real. So no playback/ lipsync.
@A&R McChargues If I was being generous, I'd say it's because there's more been more and more music released over the years, it's now harder to create something different, so everything feels similar. If I was being realistic, it's because it's much easier to make 'music' these days, so 'artists' have become lazy and just chuck anything out there that is deemed catchy. They let the machines do the work, instead of doing the work themselves and the charts are then deluged with sound-a-like songs and singers. There are exceptions to this of course but you have to go looking for them, instead of them being presented to you.
@@lwaves Yep. Now many people can afford recording equipment and the market is saturated. Plus, record companies are more concerned about marketing images and making money than they are concerned about the quality of music they are putting out. They figure the general public will gobble it up and they are mostly right about it.
I can't believe I missed this one from the 80's....I stumbled across it on Pandora last night....immediately loved it...been playing it nonstop all day.......63yrs old and still dancing.....Dave It’s Five years later and this is still my go to sound when I wanna get going ! I’ve learned so much since then.
I'm 65yrs now, when I first heard this song around 1983 or 84, I was taken by the combination of vocals and instrumentals that after the song was over on the radio, I never found out the name of the band who wrote it and never heard that song again until..fast forward to 2018, I was driving and skipping radio stations when I caught the tail end of this song....I quickly pulled over and had my Shazam app help me identify the name and group... When I found out....I finally got the whole version of this song and for some reason always brings a tear to my eye....Thanks OMD......such a great song for the "Soul"
I remember when I first heard this song in the autumn of 1986. I was captured by the hautingly beautiful harmonies and the lyrics. When I hear it, I am always transported back to my teenage years. OMD have written many other good songs but this one is my favourite.
Don't know why this one didn't soar to the top of the charts like "If You Leave". In 86 I remember seeing the video once and hearing the song once. I loved it but I guess most others didn't.
@@switch2kryptonite OMD at that time was losing their spirit, soon their career crushed. It was a good but too poppy song, they (and also I) prefered more experimental ones, like the jewels of their three or four first LP'S: Electricity, Enola Gay, Messages, Secret, Telegraph, Genetic Engineering, Almost, and so on...
@@jrmg33 There's not much that OMD did that didn't move me. Enola Gay probably ranks among my favorites. Their first several years though are among my favorites.
This group made some amazing music. I think they were highly underrated only becouse of the ridiculous amount of great music being made back then. Souvenir was my all time favourite , i heard it on radio 1 when it was released in 1981 and instantly loved it. They obviously both love music because they are still performing today. I've seen a few interviews and they both come across as decent genuine guys with no ego's whatsoever , unlike many of today's popstars with their teams of people and ridiculous demands wherever they go. Hopefully they'll continue to perform fot many years.
I still remember the first time I heard this. At secondary school, the same year it was released. Stopped me in my tracks. Astoundingly beautiful song. One of my all time favourites.
Those of us that grew up in these times were truly blessed with the best of times. I look at the landscape today and morn for everyone that will never know the beauty of a time like we had. It's heart wrenching to know they will never experience young innocent life fueled with beautiful music and decent people. And for those of you my age, my generation, tho we have never met, I miss you.
I was obsessed with this song when it came out. Brings me straight back to the 80's. Glad I grew up in a time with such amazing music. 50 yrs old now and still love listening to old school songs.
I was a Junior in HS when this song was released. I remembered brisk , but sunny Saturday mornings when this video was on MTV. Everything was new and anything was possible. it will always remained sentimental and close to my heart forever more.
I can't explain it but OMD just gives me chills... Their music just gets inside me and makes me want to sing aloud wherever I am. Hopefully it's not a crowded elevator next time.
Completely taken by this song I vividly remember being 17 and driving to Tower Records with my girlfriend for this cassette and playing it countless times. We loved this magical music and although she may longer be here physically she's undoubtedly still listening with me.
Classic british song so melodic, pleasant sounding and lyrics you can easily comprehend unlike todays rambling nonsense noise. How on earth today's majority of songs can be liked by today's generation is beyond me.
those of us who lived our teens and 20's during the 80's, man did we live through an incredible time, and I'd take it all over again; the good, bad, and the ugly.
This song IS orchestral. Rich and complex and beautiful like Bach and Mozart. And like Bach and Mozart only a genius could have written this song. One of my all-time favorite songs like Mozart's opera Queen of the Night. I never get tired of listening to these classics. (Saw OMD in concert in 1985. Fabulous.)
Damn... 2024 and I havent heard this since it was released, forgot it existed. Then one day saw the clip on a retro music show and the memories came flooding back... loved this song. Now I can't stop playing it.
Off to see OMD tonight in Birmingham, reminds me of my childhood, my dad absolutely loved them. We always had their music on heading to Rhyl each summer :)
eu tenho 60 anos . Humildemente sem palavras. Tudo nesta Música 🎶 é MUITÍSSIMO AGRADÁVEL. sinto saudades da Folha FM. tocava nos anos 80, direto nesta emissora de Londrina PARANÁ BRASIL
I couldn't have put it any better my friend, I was listening Johnny Hates Jazz Turn Back the Clock and I really wanted to sit and weep for a magical time that's gone....,,,,,wish I could really turn back the clock!
Saw them in concert last nite at Bournemouth BIC ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. They sounded just as good as they did back in the day. Gave a fantastic performance . Enjoyed every minute
Loved the 80s, loved OMD and this song, brings back so many amazing memories and so much joy it brings, remembering dancing to it, listening in the car or just hanging out with friends and enjoying that time and the music that came with that time period.
I've been listening to this hit over and over again for 4 weeks. For me it's the absolute best 80s I've heard in a long time. This song should be heard with headphones and in the absolute best quality. Everything just fits together perfectly on this hit. Drums, synthesizer, vocals, guitar, ... I've rarely heard something absolutely perfect and I don't think I'm exaggerating!
buenisima rola de Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark (OMD) la primera vez que la escuche me llego al alma en todos los aspectos propios de la vida, aparte de buenisima interpretacion,, vocalizacion y demas virtudes, siguiendo desde Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
This song always stuck in my psyche, I have no idea why. It will always be one of my most favourite tracks. Something about the balance of ideas, melody and timing.
One of my favorite groups of all time. It's because of them that I was able to attend Depeche Mode's concert in Pasadena. I belonged to their fan club back then and one tickets, they were one of the opening acts that day. Simple majestic!
Tantos años buscándola y por fin la encuentro, recuerdo escuchándolo en los 80 y alzando el volumen de la radio al toque, que maravilla! Gracias buscador de canciones de Google! 😉 solo tuve que silbar 😅
![OMD - (Forever) Live and Die [12" Extended Mix]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qaJl1FkSGTU/mqdefault.jpg)
![Felix "Unfair" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oswujxm2Ag0/mqdefault.jpg)
It’s 2024 and I’m still listening to this amazing song. Wasn’t 80s dancing just great
Me too! ❤
AND ME!!!!!❤
I want to find a time machine and go back to this time and never ever leave!!
Me too
Can't believe they're coming here this year. Just saw the Fixx last year, can't wait for this one. Holy memories, batman .
Hopefully there's still plenty of people still listening to this amazing song in 2023!
En este momento
❤ soeben am lauschen dieser schönen Klänge
Brings back some great memories
Yes me! I play this song in my car a lot.
Here!! 😅
Anyone listening in 2024 to one of the very best songs and bands from the 80’s ? !
Their concert in Amsterdam was awesome..!!
Yes and I’ll be seeing them in Philly this fall
Me and not to make anybody jealous I am going to be seeing them live on Saturday 20th April woohoo cannot wait. This is the second time seeing them live.
@@bronwinswartz1112awesome..!!
I just had to make a little detour from the present & go back to when we were all glorious young fools who never left the dancefloor. Long live the 80s.
A song heard in my childhood and now after decades by accident found it again. Great group. What good times back then ... Who else agrees??
I totally agree with you! ❤️
That's the exact way this happened with me, although I may have been in my early 20s when I first heard it!
Nothing is by accident 👍🏻😉
@@johnallred9842 I was 11 years old in 1986
For sure
40 years later , here we are still listening to the best music.
What a song
RIGHT ON!!!! 80s were the BEST!!!❤❤😁
40 years!!! I’m old
lives forever
Holy shit this comment made me feel really old!
STILL one of my favorite songs Ever. ❤️ 2024
Me too! So elevating!
One of the forgotten masterpieces of the 80's. The music starts and I am immediately back there !
me too
I had to go look up omd again...my teenage years😂
Me as well. The 80's was a jolly good decade wasn't it. Fun times. Trendy styles. Great music. What more could one ask for man.
For me, one of the most underrated pop tunes of the 80s. If you can, get some headphones and listen to the highest quality version you can find. The engineering and mastering on this track is epic.
............ ABSOLUTELY, Todays CRAP that's called MUSIC would NEVER COME CLOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You hit the nail on the head 👍
100% I agree and I've just have!
Listening now, close your eyes and it takes you back to a moment in time with friends you grew up with.
i remember it was played very often in radio at that time ^^
One of the greatest songs ever
I first heard of it today and I downloaded it same time... I fell in love with it immediately after hearing...
I'm leaving this comment here by the way so that when someone like it I will then go back and listen to it... ❤
just wondered if you were around in the 80s when this first came out, omd made some great songs and you should check out them out as well❤❤❤
My favorite song is this one... I'm from the 2000's and I love songs from... @@pmoran7971
One of the best songs of the 80s!!
I'm 70 and think this song and the whole album was fantastic.
October 2024 nearly 60 years old and this is still one of my favourite songs ...........🙂
November 2024, I’m 50, halfway to 51 and I agree.
I've been look for this song more than 30 yrs ,.. i used to hear it in Music Box program in Dubai channel 😊.. i became young with this song ❤ 80's
I’ve loved this song since I was a little kid. Still bopping to it in 2023. Masterpiece of a song. Love OMD.
love it rebecca
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever. I'm so happy I grew among such music. Nothing shall ever compare to the 80's. It's the whole energy and nostalgia of a future everyone thought would be great. Turned out to be the opposite.
Each decade produced some truly breathtaking music but I agree that the 80's had an overabundance of amazing ch00nZ.
This being one of them.
I actually "rediscovered" this track when moving a truck late last night (i'm a shunter now so rarely get to listen to the radio properly) and this was playing on Absolute 80's.
I thought "I remember that track" and made a mental note to buy it when I awakened this morning.
Imagine my delight when I discovered I already had it on my Best of OMD Cd that I hadn't even broken the seal wrapping on. (How many years have I had that CD ?)
Yes I have umpteen "Unwrapped CD's" And a Humongous box of Vinyl in the loft (Nowhere to site a turntable anymore)
We have made our own Future with such sounds I think. Love to sing harmonies to this X
Amen to that ❤
I want to go and live back again in 80's for ever no return
Siiiiiiii,la encontré me encanta
Absolute masterpiece! This song will never age.
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!
I just never knew how blessed I was to be a teenager in the 80's, when all these amazing groups were on the radio. Long live the happy memories of this awesome music!!!
Hermosa canción 🎶🎶🎶🎶
I was 18 in 1980.
It was a perfect age to be for the start of an epic decade of musical brilliance
Me too, born in 1970....take me back...
80s were the best. Going to see these guys April 26 in DC can’t wait
@@jasonn541😹
Bring back the late 70,s early 80,s please !
All aboard the time machine .
Who's Coming!! ???🎶👍
Me
Definitely me
@PaulMartin-s3o Cheese n Branston pickle please 😂
Or peanut butter with jam 😁🎵🎶👍
Me
Actually mid 80s, because this song was released in 1986.
Rediscovered this great OMD song. Reminiscing the 80s vibes while growing as a teen then. Thank you very much.
People can say the music i love is old, but if i turn it up loud enough i dont have to hear what they have to say. I love it to this day.
Absolutely with you, don't care what people think this era was amazing and I was born 67. Nothing will come close to the 80's
I always put the volume setting up that bit extra for this,and indeed for a lot of OMD's music.
Good for you! Can you believe we're still listening to such awesome music?
I think there are a great number of people who simply don't realize how incredible this song is. The harmonies are fantastic.
Kinda like The Beach Boys. A lot of people just don't get it.
OMD were (and) still are...... One of the best bands of the 80's!
In my opinion, a very underappreciated song.
Hear hear!! Excellent song!!
Ccinyour czdjc we zumk Ms j@@nicholasdavies6264 Kyzyl cecug
I’m just 18, but this fantastic song creates a completely nostalgic feeling inside me. Can’t even imagine how young people from the 80s would be feeling while listening to it on these days. I hope they just keep enjoying. ❤️
we do and we here to remember
You are very astute for an 18 year old, couldn't have said it better and I grew up with OMD
You have a good taste, brother.
Welcome to the 80s 🙂
I am 57, and it seems you are becoming grown up when saying that....Keep on with the 80s...best songs ever...
Just heard this on the radio, no word of a lie, first time I've heard it in 30 or so years since childhood, completely passed me by and never once heard it played until this afternoon. The nostalgia was heartwarming and has simply made my day ❤
Now, this is what you call " Good Music"
not the crap you hear nowadays.....
I miss the 80s soooo much!!!!!!
thank you for posting this masterpiece..
Glad its not just me. Artists on the 80's had talent. Now we have autotune, which has destroyed music.
😃 love your coment. So true. OMD FOREVER Saludos from Mx
Only number 11 in the UK charts.. should’ve been top 3 if not number 1, fantastic harmonies and melodies.. very underrated track...
Stiff competition back then.
Top 30 first aired on Tuesday 30th September 1986 (Top of the Pops 2nd October,w/e 4th October,full Sunday rundown 5th October):
1 (1) Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards; 2 (4) Rain or Shine - Five Star; 3 (NEW) True Blue - Madonna; 4 (3) Word Up - Cameo; 5 (7) Thorn in My Side - Eurythmics; 6 (2) We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off to Have a Good Time - Jermaine Stewart; 7 (5) I Just Died in Your Arms - Cutting Crew; 8 (8) Walk This Way - Run DMC and Aerosmith; 9 (26) You can Call Me Al - Paul Simon; 10 (6) The Glory of Love - Peter Cetera
11 (14) Forever Live and Die - Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark; 12 (15) Stuck With You - Huey Lewis & the News; 13 (10) Love Can't Turn Around - Farley Jackmaster Funk; 14 (NEW) I've Been Losing You - A-ha; 15 (24) Always There - Marti Webb and the Simon May Orchestra; 16 (13) Rumours - Timex Social Club; 17 (12) Sweet Freedom -Michael McDonald; 18 (23) Montego Bay - Amazulu; 19 (22) In Too Deep - Genesis; 20 (9) I Want to Wake Up With you -Boris Gardiner
21 (34) True Colours - Cyndi Lauper; 22 (19) One Great Thing - Big Country; 23 (NEW) Suburbia - Pet Shop Boys; 24 (28) Who Wants to Live Forever? - Queen; 25 (18) Pretty in Pink - Psychadelic Furs; 26 (NEW) Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles; 27 (29) Slow Down - Loose Ends; 28 (11) Holiday Rap - MC Miker G & DJ Sven; 29 (NEW) In the Army Now - Status Quo; 30 (NEW) Wonderland - Paul Young
IMO this should certainly have made the Top 10.
Far too many competition all around in the 80s in 85 and in 86 when this cameout too many Artist's were on fire so many wonderful songs to boot were released it charted when it did or could high and low don't matter even in 87 it was crazy after all it's the 80s u had the jackpot pinnacle anyway with class scale league another dimension world we were living that's why we can comment that now
If You Leave just before this was their biggest hit got to 4 in the US Charts tough competition even they from the UK even 4 i like this one better but it made 19 doesn't matter plenty of great songs from cool musicians don't necessarily chart maybe different in parts of the World
A superb, unrecognised 80's hit that never gets airtime. My 16 year old loves it because of how many times he's heard it. And he agrees modern music is rubbish !!
Who is listening to this track in 2024 ❤
I am and it makes me wanna cry
2054 also...if I am still here..
Beautiful músic
❤
No one, no one ever listens.
Present...here
I'm brazilian. I am 47 years old. The 1980s were fantastic. The best songs, the best singers ...
Count me in!!
Nope: the seventies were the best. By far.
@@tonkool4736 music from the 70's, 80's and 90' were the best...since 2000...majority are all crap!
💛🇧🇷💚👍😉
@@BrazilResearcher you're just listening to the wrong shit
@@tonkool4736 I think the 90s was the best decade ever to listen to music.
I'm old enough to remember when this song was new, and on the radio. I bough this on cassette tape and played it over and over again on my walkman. This song brings back memories of my childhood and teen years. OMD is, and was very underrated. This song touched my soul like few other bands did. Thank you.
Why is this stuff so much better than 2020 music? They actually have talent!
OMD has still talent allright. In 2019 a friend of mine went on the ferry IJmuiden-Newcastle just for the concert on board of.....OMD. The singer really sang well and every touch of the keyboard was real. So no playback/ lipsync.
@A&R McChargues If I was being generous, I'd say it's because there's more been more and more music released over the years, it's now harder to create something different, so everything feels similar.
If I was being realistic, it's because it's much easier to make 'music' these days, so 'artists' have become lazy and just chuck anything out there that is deemed catchy. They let the machines do the work, instead of doing the work themselves and the charts are then deluged with sound-a-like songs and singers.
There are exceptions to this of course but you have to go looking for them, instead of them being presented to you.
You're missing out. Heaps of great music still being created.
A&R McChargues
I remember this.
Yes this music is good
@@lwaves Yep. Now many people can afford recording equipment and the market is saturated. Plus, record companies are more concerned about marketing images and making money than they are concerned about the quality of music they are putting out. They figure the general public will gobble it up and they are mostly right about it.
I can't believe I missed this one from the 80's....I stumbled across it on Pandora last night....immediately loved it...been playing it nonstop all day.......63yrs old and still dancing.....Dave
It’s Five years later and this is still my go to sound when I wanna get going ! I’ve learned so much since then.
+David Agar | Haha! Dave! It's never to late too "Discover"! This song was all over New Wave radio stations in the 1980's ! It's a beautiful song!
I missed it too, now can't stop listening to it.
You still listening Dave !
ruclips.net/video/WTMyr9x6ZPU/видео.html
Hi!!!! David. I'm 62 and i'm dancing to this great tune. Loved these guys and all 80's bands. A brilliant era of music.
OMD, the epitome of the 80’s, and great sounding music.
Loving this today on the train on a rainy Dublin day, earphones in. In my own little world
As I should 😂😂😂
Judith.,so nostalgic sounds
The nostalgia this brings me is tangible. I was young at the time, but grew up with OMD. I just remember better times. Thank you OMD
Such a clever, unique, atmospheric chorus. I never grow tired of it.
The 80s were the absolute best years for music,so many of the songs from that era are bring sampled in songs now.
I can still see myself in the 80s, dancing in a special New Wave club... beautiful memories.😘😘
yes i remember, you tried to grab my butt and I had to call the police ;)
Same here
Whos here listening to this in july 2024 what a timeless classic
I am Oct 14th 6:41pm
Massive OMD fan here, I remember the excitement of getting their videos on VCR, great band #2024
Listen to that ridiculous lovely melody, those harmonies are like swimming in the ocean free and happy. Gorgeous
so awesome,....I miss my vinyl collection from this era. Class of 86' here :)
beautiful comment Miss C thank you
You should write a book. No, forget it , that was a terrible idea.
quite
i feel myself awash in NOSTALGIA !! what lovely melodies indeed !! What a lovely icon you have there ENJOY LUV!!
Somebody take me back to the 80's...when life was more simple...when your loved ones was still alive...we will never lose the 80's!
For those of us who grew up in the 80s with this Music what more is there to say?
Say no more
This song makes me so nostalgic, I was a teenager in the eighties. The best time ever 😊
I'm 65yrs now, when I first heard this song around 1983 or 84, I was taken by the combination of vocals and instrumentals that after the song was over on the radio, I never found out the name of the band who wrote it and never heard that song again until..fast forward to 2018, I was driving and skipping radio stations when I caught the tail end of this song....I quickly pulled over and had my Shazam app help me identify the name and group...
When I found out....I finally got the whole version of this song and for some reason always brings a tear to my eye....Thanks OMD......such a great song for the "Soul"
You didn't hear it in 83 or 84. It was 3 or 4 years after that.
Yeah, this song came out late summer of '86.
@@daveowen8502
Hi! This song was released in 1981.....just look it up before anybody thinks otherwise....
@@MrRoztoc
1981......look it up
@@wilfredoauffant3204 No, it was the follow up single to "If you leave" and was released on 26th August 1986. Look it up.
I like this, but souvenir is a masterpiece. Looked for souvenir for 43 years! Heard it when I was 9.
Ah nostalgia, If only we could go back 🥲
I remember when I first heard this song in the autumn of 1986. I was captured by the hautingly beautiful harmonies and the lyrics. When I hear it, I am always transported back to my teenage years. OMD have written many other good songs but this one is my favourite.
Agree on all counts. I was a freshman in college when this came out. I heard it on the radio and was transfixed.
I feel the same: fall of 1986, was in high school and still learning English. Mesmerizing tune
Whenever I hear this wonderful tune (and others like it), it makes me realize how much I miss the 1980s. Such a great time for music ....
I miss the 80's 😭 But SO thankful for RUclips so I can see my old loves playing my favorite oldies!! ❤️❤️❤️ Keeps me sane in this crazy world 👍
I agree with you 110%
This song really did made me want to CRY. Such a sad and yet joyful exuberant song.
It is bittersweet....Joyful as you say.....and with an underlying sadness.
Such a melodically sophisticated track, with a place for every instrument and voice, and a beautiful unique melody. Arguably doesn't even sound dated.
Needs more cowbell. :-)
The cure perfect girl
such a beyond accurate description! very well put
omd didnt date. thats why they are my favourite band in the whole wide world xx
cowbell is like brandy into a christmas cake; too much, and it just starts getting silly.
OMD, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, New Order....those were the days!
You are so right there. THE 80'S were the days of great music.
early mid 80s were best
I Love Erasure
So true.....
depeche mode
Haven't this song since 1987... Thank you for this. Full Closure. 2023. Truly Blessed and Grateful Thank you LIFE!
40 years and still a classic ❤
My favorite OMD song.
Don't know why this one didn't soar to the top of the charts like "If You Leave". In 86 I remember seeing the video once and hearing the song once. I loved it but I guess most others didn't.
@@switch2kryptonite OMD at that time was losing their spirit, soon their career crushed. It was a good but too poppy song, they (and also I) prefered more experimental ones, like the jewels of their three or four first LP'S: Electricity, Enola Gay, Messages, Secret, Telegraph, Genetic Engineering, Almost, and so on...
Me too. It's a masterpiece
@@jrmg33
Too bad...
@@jrmg33 There's not much that OMD did that didn't move me. Enola Gay probably ranks among my favorites. Their first several years though are among my favorites.
This group made some amazing music. I think they were highly underrated only becouse of the ridiculous amount of great music being made back then. Souvenir was my all time favourite , i heard it on radio 1 when it was released in 1981 and instantly loved it. They obviously both love music because they are still performing today. I've seen a few interviews and they both come across as decent genuine guys with no ego's whatsoever , unlike many of today's popstars with their teams of people and ridiculous demands wherever they go. Hopefully they'll continue to perform fot many years.
This song brings a taste, a smell and plenty of good memories that would never be replaced by any other! A real masterpiece!
I still remember the first time I heard this. At secondary school, the same year it was released. Stopped me in my tracks. Astoundingly beautiful song. One of my all time favourites.
Those of us that grew up in these times were truly blessed with the best of times. I look at the landscape today and morn for everyone that will never know the beauty of a time like we had. It's heart wrenching to know they will never experience young innocent life fueled with beautiful music and decent people. And for those of you my age, my generation, tho we have never met, I miss you.
I was obsessed with this song when it came out. Brings me straight back to the 80's. Glad I grew up in a time with such amazing music. 50 yrs old now and still love listening to old school songs.
I was a Junior in HS when this song was released. I remembered brisk , but sunny Saturday mornings when this video was on MTV. Everything was new and anything was possible. it will always remained sentimental and close to my heart forever more.
Woke up with this song in my head had to play it great song takes me back
I can't explain it but OMD just gives me chills... Their music just gets inside me and makes me want to sing aloud wherever I am. Hopefully it's not a crowded elevator next time.
that's how music should be - touches your soul! I know what you mean :)
Was a teenager back then. The 80s music felt nostalgic/moving back then and now it touches even more deeply
Can't get this band's songs out of my head. 80's forever.
Completely taken by this song I vividly remember being 17 and driving to Tower Records with my girlfriend for this cassette and playing it countless times. We loved this magical music and although she may longer be here physically she's undoubtedly still listening with me.
OMG . Gefühlte 1000 Jahre nicht gehört und kann immernoch mitsingen und tanzen. Sooooooo geil .
iconic eighties song.
this catapult me back to my lovely eighties childhood
The eighties cannot be beat for sheer volume of great songs. This band had many of them.
Classic british song so melodic, pleasant sounding and lyrics you can easily comprehend unlike todays rambling nonsense noise. How on earth today's majority of songs can be liked by today's generation is beyond me.
Agreed!
I've been look for this song more than 30 yrs ,.. i used to hear it in Music Box program in Dubai channel 😊.. i became young with this song ❤ 80's
I went to see them in Manchester last month - Pure joy!! Took me 4-decades to finally get to see my favourite band of the '80s.
I saw them live and when they stepped out in this harmony and the backup, it was so.... awesome!
those of us who lived our teens and 20's during the 80's, man did we live through an incredible time, and I'd take it all over again; the good, bad, and the ugly.
What a talented bunch they were, an exceptional song, just like all the rest they produced.
This song IS orchestral. Rich and complex and beautiful like Bach and Mozart. And like Bach and Mozart only a genius could have written this song. One of my all-time favorite songs like Mozart's opera Queen of the Night. I never get tired of listening to these classics. (Saw OMD in concert in 1985. Fabulous.)
Damn... 2024 and I havent heard this since it was released, forgot it existed.
Then one day saw the clip on a retro music show and the memories came flooding back... loved this song.
Now I can't stop playing it.
Berlin, Germany is when I heard this song.... my gosh... so many memories from that time...thank you for posting...just beautiful!!!
Off to see OMD tonight in Birmingham, reminds me of my childhood, my dad absolutely loved them. We always had their music on heading to Rhyl each summer :)
Saw them in Philly at the Tower Theatre in the 80's - still one of the best shows I've ever seen.
ruclips.net/video/9AWX6iMxgVM/видео.html
If this works it’s a link to them performing with an orchestra
eu tenho 60 anos . Humildemente sem palavras. Tudo nesta Música 🎶 é MUITÍSSIMO AGRADÁVEL. sinto saudades da Folha FM. tocava nos anos 80, direto nesta emissora de Londrina PARANÁ BRASIL
uno de los mejores temas musicales de todos los tiempos ... unicos e irrepetibles gracias OMD x siempre
Brings the 80's back to life!
Wish I could go back sometimes
OMD legends!
Al Cov
Jeezus, I wept when I heard the opening bars of this song as I embraced it like an old friend. I'm 54 and forgot how good these guys were!
Doesn't it just make you want to sit down and weep for our lost 80's youth? Sigh.....
I couldn't have put it any better my friend, I was listening Johnny Hates Jazz Turn Back the Clock and I really wanted to sit and weep for a magical time that's gone....,,,,,wish I could really turn back the clock!
+MJ FAN 😢
definitely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I had known then what I know now about life, I would have been so much more confident in my teens and early twenties. Ah well!
iammumawaldi
My head is always in the 80's it was the best. The music is timeless...
Saw them in concert last nite at Bournemouth BIC ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. They sounded just as good as they did back in the day. Gave a fantastic performance . Enjoyed every minute
Man the 80's ruled big time. Can play this song over and over again. My youth and getting ready for the high school dance.
Thank you for making such lovely song, 30 plus years later and I still enjoy it, puts tears in my eyes.
Bonjour oui magnifique chanson elle date mais elle est toujours aussi belle à ecouter 🎶☺
Smashing tune,'86 was a fab year for music&this was a highlight.Awesome production,timeless synth-pop classic.🎶😊👌
Loved the 80s, loved OMD and this song, brings back so many amazing memories and so much joy it brings, remembering dancing to it, listening in the car or just hanging out with friends and enjoying that time and the music that came with that time period.
Bloody hell.....would somebody hurry up and invent a time machine....I want to go back.
LOL yea, music died in the 90's lol 80's is timeless
I covered my bike with plastic, poured orange juice and WD-40 on it & set it on fire, but it's just not working
I miss the 1980's it had some really good music !
tracy roberts beatiful true i agree completly
The greatest part of the human brain is memory, the worst thing that comes from memory is nostalgia. We remember but we can never go back! So sad.
Yes, here in New Zealand 🇳🇿, and the Harmonies of the Band makes this Song 🎵 timeless 👌
OMG, talk about memories, those were da time, I love their music, forever 80s
I've been listening to this hit over and over again for 4 weeks.
For me it's the absolute best 80s I've heard in a long time.
This song should be heard with headphones and in the absolute best quality.
Everything just fits together perfectly on this hit.
Drums, synthesizer, vocals, guitar, ... I've rarely heard something
absolutely perfect and I don't think I'm exaggerating!
Saw OMD live in Utrecht with my brother around 2007. This song was the best moment. The whole venue was singing along.
buenisima rola de Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark (OMD) la primera vez que la escuche me llego al alma en todos los aspectos propios de la vida, aparte de buenisima interpretacion,, vocalizacion y demas virtudes, siguiendo desde Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Fantastic song, from FANTASTIC era. Absolute classic. Brilliant group, never tire of listening to OMD ......
This song always stuck in my psyche, I have no idea why. It will always be one of my most favourite tracks. Something about the balance of ideas, melody and timing.
One of my favorite groups of all time. It's because of them that I was able to attend Depeche Mode's concert in Pasadena. I belonged to their fan club back then and one tickets, they were one of the opening acts that day. Simple majestic!
Tantos años buscándola y por fin la encuentro, recuerdo escuchándolo en los 80 y alzando el volumen de la radio al toque, que maravilla! Gracias buscador de canciones de Google! 😉 solo tuve que silbar 😅