Music video by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark performing Souvenir. (P) 1981 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
Isn't it amazing how you can hear a few bars of music from a particular song and you're suddenly stabbed with a pang of nostalgia that makes your eyes well up? That happens to me every time I hear this song and wonder where the hell the years went.
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!
My dear sister passed away right before Thanksgiving ...This was one of "our " songs when we were kids growing up together in the wonderful, amazing 80's. I will keep this song close to my heart for as long as I am here, it will truly be a souvenir.
Me and my grandpa had this shared love of all things music and him being so cool.. he’d let me control the stereo from like 6-26 years old whenever we were together. He really loved OMD and The Sundays. I miss him so much.
Nostalgia, bitter/sweet. I was in my prime meeting girls and having a blast with friends and life was easy. Now I'm 57 and my life and the world around me will never come close to those halcyon days of the 80's. Young people have everything and nothing now, nothing seems tangible or authentic anymore.
@@paulfox5493 I'm 54,the 80,s seems to stir more emotions in people musically than any other decade,just so glad i was there dancing and snogging to it all! :-)
How i long to return to the 70's amd 80's,no internet,mobile phones,just a pure and simple life shared with friends over a beer and a smoke and a bike ride on my Triumph.
Ironic really as without the Internet and RU-vid you wouldn't have been able to watch this and comment! That said, I'm glad I didn't have social media growing up and even though folk have a choice,, I leave it will alone!
dude i've had this song in my head for YEARS.... like, ever since I was a child I've had this tune playing and I could never find it because it was only the turururu that got stuck in my head, so I couldn't search for lyrics... not to mention that I didn't understand English at the time... this year I heard it again at a town party and I WAS SO STOKED TO FIND IT, SO I ASKED EVERYONE I KNEW, AND NO ONE COULD HELP ME. AND NOW, SOME 5 MONTHS LATER, I STUMBLE UPON THIS BAND AND DOWNLOAD THEIR BEST OF, AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, THIS SONG IS THERE. I'M A REALLY HAPPY PERSON TODAY.
i know the feeling. i've searched for songs by typing "do's" and "da's" and even hummed into shazam to find songs, sometimes it just takes time and a bit of crazy passion to get to those old ones haha!
Ah! Ah! Ah! I did this exact same thing at work because i couldn't find it in any 80' compilations! I hid myself into the servers room and hummed it into shazam, no need to say it didn't find anything… I found it by typing "1980 electro pop" on RU-vid though, now i have this song stuck in my head for days… Makes me kind if depressed… I loved this song so much when i was 6, in 1981, now i'm 44 and it makes me sad...
Been there, I had a song from my childhood that I couldn´t find, I went to several record stores I sang the tururu tune to the clerks and nobody could help me, many years later I was in a cafeteria and suddenly it was my song playing on the speakers, now with an app of my smartphone I found the song and I was a very happy man. It was the song "I´m so excited" by the Pointer Sisters.
In the ’80s summers were endless. Time didn’t exist. Friends were the most important things, not iPhones. The girls were wonderful. The parties were awesome. Life had some optimistic aura. Love was felt so deep, everyone had time for me, we had everything we need to be happy, every kiss was larger than anything today, every dream was to come true, we were so imperfect but that made us just perfect, everything we felt was pure and deep, everything we were doing was innocent. And all those faces of my friend with those smiles....priceless. Clubs were awesome, music cut deeper into our hearts than anything today. We were innocent creatures who just wanted to give love, to be loved, to have good friends, and a lot of fun with them. Some of them are not with us anymore. I am sure that they waiting for me somewhere up there......and I am sure that when we meet again that we will be 17 again and that we will smile again, dance again, play guitar, that we will tell old stories again....ohh often I can't wait. In my adult life, I have responsibly done everything that was expected. I worked hard, paid my bills, find a great partner, traveled, suffered at my work, saved, sacrificed, invested, was kind, honest, responsible, and maintained health and friendships but no matter what I do and how hard I tried nothing, nothing ever come even close to the beauty of those years, to that innocence, to that intensity, to that first kiss. Nothing that I can expect in the rest of my life will ever come close to it. From now on it will be one problem after another, with deteriorating health and decay. Our Father, who art in heaven…if you think that I carried my cross long enough….take me back to that place and time of the 80s and just leave me there. That is my place for eternal life. And please keep my batteries in the Walkman always full.
There was Thatcher, the miners' strike, insurrection in the streets, the Falklands Conflict, the Cold War and the small, but often very hot "Troubles......" Wasn't all bad, I'm sure!
@@Tourist1967 Rose tinted glasses are great 😀 I remember air pollution, mass unemployment and the AIDS epidemic the most, lol. But yea, the summers were great tbf.
Please please take me back. Life really was not so serious then. And this song reminds me of the beginning of the end of it all 😔😔 A little girl who wanted to be a pop star and dance till she couldnt breathe any more. And parents who were still alive. But in my heart that time in the 80s and this song will live in me for ever your claire always
Awwh. Me too. My Parents any young Sister were still here. I understand. But we can still remember our Wonderful Days with them.Music sure makes the Memories come back.
@BKM Publishing Hi there. Yeah so true if only only we could go back to them times. If you find a time machine let me know too. I will hop on with you and we can relive them Glorious Days!
51 years old, and I haven't heard this song in absolutely years. Goosebumps immediately reminiscing about that simple life back in the best decade for quality music...ever.🎵
At times that's all that's needed....a souvenir 💭 Just one, one only 🙏🏼, memory of a person, place, or thing then you move on 🌌 Pack it up 🧳and continue on your journey when people, places, or things aren't meant for you 🐝🦚🤍👒
THIS was a huge PART of my life. I met my wife in the AUGUST of 1981.So it has become OUR tune . WE are still together and WILL be 33 years married in September. We have a son and granddaughter. Just a great tune from a another eighties band that have stood the test of time .
+John Haley same here met my husband in October 1983, engaged in April 84 ,married June 85. Girl n boy n now got 2 granddaughters and 1 grandson. Oh the sweet memories, it makes my heart melt listening to all the classics! Luv Blackpool by the way come down a lot from Scotland!
Love it that you all have such nice memories of this song! It reminds me of childhood summers and life feeling so peaceful! A beautiful song that's for sure! ☺️
In a nut shell. It's my direction It's my proposal It's so hard It's leading me astray My obsession It's my creation You'll understand It's not important now All I need is Co-ordination I can't imagine My destination My intention Ask my opinion But no excuse My feelings still remain My feelings still remain.
i didn't, so you're just another sad loser jealous of someone's success, cos your life counts for a big black zero, you think everyone else is the same.@@TheMOV13
@@SpaceTimeManipulatorSTM sorry to hear that. I don’t know how you grew up but 80’s was a very refreshing era for a lot us. The 60’s and 70’s were the tumultuous ones and of course everything went south in 2019. I think is what most people come here, for comfort.
This is one of the best songs of the 1980s that no one here in the states ever talks about. What a beautiful tune that captures what no one today could hope to capture. Again and again and forever, I'm proud to have lived through that fantastic decade. I really do long for it.
Melvin!!! I’ve got to agree with you fella. Probably the most exciting years in musical history. Never to be repeated and never to be equalled. Glad I experienced those wonderful years.
The new wave music itself exudes a feeling of longing but with a pop element that acts like an emotional ray of hope amid the melancholy undertones which resonates deeply with me.
I searched for this video for decades, even before YT. My grandmother and I used to watch it together on a black-and-white television on the island of Sardinia. Though I knew it was OMD, all I remembered was a car driving throughout the clip. I finally found it. My father is now old. My grandmother and all my immediate family is now gone. All I have is this song and the few others we used to share together. “My feelings still remain…” along with an eternal void. This song captures it well.
There is something beautifully nostalgic about this song and video. It always reminds me of being at my grandparents house when I was about 3/4 years old and they use to have a orchard that I use to play in. Happy, innocent days 😊.
That's it!!! I've nearly finished building my time machine, I'm off back to the 80's!! Il get some cassettes to listen to on the way, il just grab my sun glasses, who's coming with me..? 👊😎👍
i like this song and video to it, no girls in questionable clothing, no throwing money around, no curse words or f the world, just clean and smooth camera shots with an old school VW roadster. And to be honest this video deserves an award for the camera shots.
I FEEL THE SAME FOR THIS SONG 🎵 ... MY ADOLESCENCE, THE FIRST LOVERS, I UNDERSTAND DEAR JOHN WELL .. HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED ... INCREDIBLE ... GREETINGS FROM ITALY ✋🇮🇹✋
This is the most amazing tune I grew up listening to and when I met my man he told me the exact same thing about this song and now he's passed away and I play it all of the time it's a song that makes me feel love and tears ❤😢
We were born in the same year! I was a teenager in the eighties and had the time of my life, the music was a huge part of my life...I loved all the New Romantic bands from the UK...I still listen to OMD and this track is a personal favourite...best wishes from Australia....
I have had a great and deep search but the music today is just not as good, sorry...most of the chart music is about sex, and not making love, but rutting like animals, and the good stuff is hidden away.
This song, this band are the symbol of the 80s, creative, elegant and aesthetic... An ode to good taste and life... Blessed be the 80s, I was 20 years old and I was devouring life and living at 100 km hour... That was good!
I took a trip to London the year this came out, I was all alone for days traveling, went into a record store and this was playing. I immediately asked what it was and bought it as a 12 inch 45. Ive never forgotten this moment. I went home to USA and this was never on the radio or charts. I couldn't understand why. The little song had such a profound effect on my feelings, but could never share that with anyone.
This was a haunting melody when I first heard it. Even more so 36 years later. Absolutely timeless tune from a better time and place. It brings a tear to my eye.
Just turned 52 year old. Why has this time gone so quickly. The sound of OMD just brings back memory of some of the happiest days of my life. Since my father and friends I lost along the way who I really miss.
Same here, I'll be 53 in August (2022) and it brings back memories of my days in Heolddu Comprehensive school, Bargoed, Wales. My dad was very much alive, he died in 1991. My grandmother was still alive. Funny how music takes you back, trouble is, those memories creep out of the corner of your eye and roll down your cheek, the loss of my youth, my young care free days. Good to look back on though.
It's odd being in your 50s and your beloved is in their 60s it's nice to be in a club of people with the same memories and tastes it helps doesn't it ?:hope everyone is doing well and getting through the rubbish ..it Will pass ..all the best
It's my direction It's my proposal It's so hard It's leading me astray My obsession It's my creation You'll understand It's not important now All I need is Co-ordination I can't imagine My destination My intention Ask my opinion But no excuse My feelings still remain My feelings still remain
Dear sweet Lord in heaven,please grant me access to a time machine so I can go back and wrap myself up in these magical days forever.Thankyou and Amen!❤️🥰👍
I'm 20 years old and I am from Russia For me and for all of us Souvenir is a masterpiece. When I first heard Souvenir I was shocked, I couldn't believe that it was possible to write such a beautiful, touching and magnificent song. Souvenir made a huge impact on me. After that I started listening to other songs of OMD and became a big fan of them, but Souvenir always has a special place in my heart
Music is the great uniter❤️Stay safe and hope this awful war is over soon🥲Too many precious lives taken too soon.I’m a mother and the thought of sending my only child to fight for politics turns my stomach over. You have good taste btw!
It is indeed possible, some of the most beautiful musical works have been Russian :) But yes, this is perfection, it's 40 years since I first fell in love with this and it's still beautiful.
Watched The Outlaws with Stephen Merchant on BBC and this played in ep. 4. Brings back so many good memories growing up. Thank God Absolute Radio 80's play so much of their music. Always a fan.
I'm Brazilian, I'm 20 years old and my parents passed away not even a week ago... We listened to a lot of 80s music, but this was definitely the one that most influenced our moments together. This song used to give a happy and fun feeling like a happy and united family... now it gives a feeling of emptiness, melancholy and sadness... I love music from the 80s and I'll keep listening to it forever, and when I have kids I'll do it they listen...
Absolutely amazing song. Loved it in the 80s, the song, the group and still do. Makes me so nostalgic and brings back so many incredible memories. Enjoyed it so much that decided to use it in the short. Love everything about OMD and this song. Thank you for great memories.
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands?
Can't argue with that comment! 😜Being British I'm proud of our music especially this fantastic band & also 80s music in general! I never tire of listening to OMD & this song is one of my favourites 😍
@Anthony Blue 26 August 2020, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Anthony Blue, please let me go on on your behalf so that I can make the comment I left here in 2018 clearer. The British bands I referred to in my mind and heart and besides the Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark are: Cocteau Twins, Prefab Sprouts, Lloyd Cole & The Commotion, The The, Napalm Death, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Led Zeppelin, Yazoo, Iron Maiden, Discharge, Police, Lush, Blur, The Smiths, Fall, Sex Pistols, Human League, Buzzcocks, Jamiroquai, Clash, Wire, Madness, Broadcast, The Beatles, Cure, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Goldfrapp, Dubstar, Charlatans, Ride, Heaven 17, Judas Priest, Marillion, Throbbing Gristle, Curve, Cardiacs, Dire Straits, Teardrop Explodes, Carcass, Eurythmics, Soft Cell, Dead Or Alive, Psychedelic Furs, Killing Joke, Simple Minds, XTC, The Streets, Lily Allen, Tears For Fears, Supertramp, The Kooks, Duran Duran, Groove Armada, Genesis, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Saxon, Dead Can Dance, Massive Attack, Electric Light Orchestra, The Who, Inspiral Carpets, The Wedding Presents, Kate Bush, The Rolling Stones, Housemartins, Visage, The Jam, , Boards Of Canada, Howard Jones, Suede, Everything But The Girl, Roxy Music, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 10cc, Ladytron, Japan, Morcheeba, Helen Love, Mark Ronson, Pretenders, Bauhaus, Kate Nash, Lotus Eaters, Cardiacs, Black Sabbath, Jam, Slowdive, Oasis, The Sundays, All Saints, Portishead, Verve, David Bowie, Bauhaus, Elastica, Adam & The Ants, Nick Kershaw, Hey Elastica, Spandau Ballet, , Supergrass, Badly Drawn Boy, Tricky, Pale Saints, Cranes, The Creatures, Public Image Limited, Bronski Beat, Fine Young Cannibals, Madness, Extreme Noise Terror, Stranglers, Stereolab, Keane, Motorhead...
Epic... if you want to understand the 80's you have to hear this music. A very simple video that you can watch three decades later and still see the magic of an era in it.
Listening to this stops me dead in my tracks and immediately catapults me back to my teenage youth of first loves, zero worries, even less responsibilities and a happier life. I can remember spending my first summer in the USA as a 18 year old Brit making love to the most gorgeous American girl to the entire OMD album. This song and anything else from their 1988 ‘best of omd’ album literally sends me into a temporary paralysis with happy nostalgic vibes. Thank god for music, talented artists and technology. Go forth and enjoy. Remembering CeAnn, Seattle, 1993. Best summer ever…
This song clearly has some amazing nostalgia magic going on. From the comments on here, it gets to almost everyone emotionally, as it has got to me. I well up whenever I hear this and think of my childhood.
I was born in 82 and I simply never heard this song. I'm going to see them tonight and this song will sound just like all their other ones that I never heard. Whatever people are hearing in this, its way beyond me.
I remember this, it was first on the juke box on a Friday night. Great days when there was a pub on every corner belting out fantastic music. Now the pubs have gone and take aways have replaced them. Glad I got to have been around then
I fucking am and Always will be. Because when Im in my box sliding past the shitey curtain... Off tae burn. It will be playing. Just before Smack my Bitch up Comes on lol
Ted Malley me! Learned intro to this song on my keyboard and plan to complete full song by end of January! I plan to learn all of my favorite OMD songs on piano as one of my New Years resolutions. Great song! Scratch that, completed the full song Souvenir sooner than I thought. Too good of a song to wait any longer. Just have to touch up some chords with left hand! Favorite group ever!
Takes me back to being a teenager lucky enough to be born in '67 so at this time growing up the music was everything. A time when Britain dominated the music charts again both sides of the Atlantic and brought a breath of fresh air to the industry.
Me siento, escucho, respiro, cierro los ojos y vuelvo a tener 12 años: Jamás pensé que una canción pudiera hacer de maquina del tiempo. Un himno que hace sacar tus sentimientos mas profundos.
Mate that's so well said and songs do take you back to a time and place better than anything including a photograph..but this song especially was so very much of its time ! When I hear it I go back to the 80's Ian Curtis had killed himself and I heard this song is about that
One of the very few 80’s synth bands that knew how to put together great tunes - being a symphonic metal fan, this is not really my genre of music, but good music is good music, and this band are very pleasant on my ears....
Lyrics: It's my direction It's my proposal It's so hard It's leading me astray My obsession It's my creation You'll understand It's not important now All I need is Co-ordination I can't imagine My destination My intention Ask my opinion But no excuse My feelings still remain All I need is Co-ordination I can't imagine My destination My intention Ask my opinion But no excuse My feelings still remain My feelings still remain
Funny how a track with very few words and many are repeat verses it still manages to create a song with substance and excellency. Then you got songs now that go off for 5 or more minutes with hundreds of words that mean absolutely nothing 😂.
