OMD

[tottenhammattspurs]

Two nights at The RAH in September. Ordered!

[Patrick Bateman]

Sorry to bump this thread but was watching one of those retrospective shows about the hits of 1981 last night and am obsessed with Souvenir today. Didn't realise Neil and Chris were so influenced by early OMD but it does make sense.

"The book also features some thoughts from a host of surprising guest contributors, including Stephen Morris, Phil Oakey, U2’s Adam Clayton, Neil Tennant (“When Chris Lowe and I first met in 1981 there were two electro-pop singles we both loved: ‘Bedsitter’ by Soft Cell and ‘Souvenir’ by OMD”), Vince Clarke (“‘Electricity’ is a classic pop song, simply but perfectly arranged”), Gary Numan, Karl Bartos and Howard Jones (who first encountered the Emulator care of OMD when supporting them in 1983)."

http://www.omd-messages.co.uk/omd-prete ... he-future/

[StevePSB]

I didn't know PSB were influenced by OMD in the early days. I don't know why, but I've never linked OMD and PSB in my head. Both electronic, but somehow quite different.

Andy McCluskey tells an interesting story about how Vince Clark bought OMD's first single and when he'd learnt how to play the synth part of the B side he decided to start Depeche Mode.


StevePSB

[telys]

Sorry to bump this thread but was watching one of those retrospective shows about the hits of 1981 last night and am obsessed with Souvenir today. Didn't realise Neil and Chris were so influenced by early OMD but it does make sense.

"The book also features some thoughts from a host of surprising guest contributors, including Stephen Morris, Phil Oakey, U2’s Adam Clayton, Neil Tennant (“When Chris Lowe and I first met in 1981 there were two electro-pop singles we both loved: ‘Bedsitter’ by Soft Cell and ‘Souvenir’ by OMD”), Vince Clarke (“‘Electricity’ is a classic pop song, simply but perfectly arranged”), Gary Numan, Karl Bartos and Howard Jones (who first encountered the Emulator care of OMD when supporting them in 1983)."

http://www.omd-messages.co.uk/omd-prete ... he-future/

Oh, now I see there is a slight connection between PSB and OMD.