Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, "(Forever) Live And Die"
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| Posted on July 19, 2016 at 21:44:20 | ||
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 For 30 years, it has ticked us off, that the only OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) song radio stations play is the awful "If You Leave." When the 86-87 school year started, OMD came out with The Pacific Age. That album's most popular song was "(Forever) Live And Die." As was our wont, my friends and I would stick around after school, play basketball on the outdoor courts (above). As always, someone had a boombox. When OMD's "(Forever) Live And Die" came on, the normally staid and preppy Kendrick ditched that straight-jacketed persona, grabbed his tennis racket, and broke out in a gay and joyful rendition of the song. There's a lesson here. Stereotypical Audiophiles are straight-jacketed. They should take a cue from Kendrick, and break out to songs like "(Forever) Live And Die." I don't know where she got it, but later that Fall '86 semester, our quiet classmate, Lila, wore a white Pacific Age t-shirt. Though not in a yearbook, a photo of her in that shirt belongs in the Class slideshow. I never know, I never know, I never know, I never know why... -Lummy The Loch Monster
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