British synth-pop pioneers OMD, will appear for the first time on later with Jools Holland, They will perform new material from their 12th studio LP English Electric and a classic number from their celebrated back catalogue.
Andy was sublime on "Enola Gay" from the same night, but seems a little rough around the edges on this one. In fairness, it's a tricky number to sing, and he had only just started performing it live. The summer versions were much stronger.
Absolutely and I had no idea until then that McCluskey recorded it as a new version with OMD. Sounds good but the original was perfect... just like the machine.
Funny sandy chose to replace the original lady voice speaking in the middle of the song with one speaking German. I assume the lyrics are still the same?
with all that money he payed for that (synth) you'd think he would use a better voice on the synth for the melody? sounds like he's playing on a £50 pound keyboard from Argos?
well the song is from 1991 and the sounds are created by Karl Bartos from Kraftwerk. So if you change those sounds you change the whole song and its spirit
@@strychnyne3530 Andy McCluskey was co-writer and vocalist on the Bartos original, though. His 2013 reworking, under the OMD banner, has become the definitive version.
This one of OMD`s weakest songs, Andy has a habit of picking something crap to play when they are on TV-it wasn`t a single or on any OMD album until they reformed. It`s one of Andy`s dreadful nursery rhyme style songs.
