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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are a British New Wave group formed in 1978, whose founding members, Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals), are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England. The band rose to fame with their fourth single "Enola Gay", which became a major hit throughout Europe in 1980, and achieved worldwide popularity the following year with their third album Architecture & Morality. Regarded as the band's seminal work, it spawned three international hit singles and propelled them to superstar status in their home country. OMD, whose music frequently eschewed traditional pop music arrangements in favour of experimentation, were retrospectively described by AllMusic's Ned Raggett as having been… more »


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1985
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I want to go up to Detroit
l want to lie in the shade
I want to visit the President
And then I want to get laid
I want to go down to Memphis
I want to talk to the King
I want to tell him we're sorry
And it won't happen again
I've got a photo of James Joyce
It's a photo by ManRay
It's not very very much like him
But it's not for me to say
She sacrifices her body
Almost every night
Just like a lamb to the slaughter
And she thinks it makes him feel right
You give me so many problems
You made me crash in my car
I'll have a martini cocktail
And then we'll see where we are
So just be nice to your brother
I'll take your sister to bed
I can bloc bloc bloc till the weekend
But you'd better come back soon

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Written by: ANDREW MC CLUSKEY, PAUL DAVID HUMPHREYS

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