I went to see Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) in Oxford with my friend Colin this week. I'd last seen them nearly 40 years ago and hadn't really paid them a lot of attention in between times as they went a bit over-poppy for me and then courted the American market.
It was a very good show, a nice mix of classic songs and tracks from their latest album Bauhaus Staircase. As is usual when I've been to a gig I've picked something from the set list as my 'track of the week'.
As an aside though, isn't merch expensive now? £30 for a t-shirt, £25 for a cap, £12 for a mug. I'll pass thanks.
And anyway, aren't memories the best sort of souvenir? Surely "feelings still remain" longer than merch. And isn't the memory of a song called Souvenir an even better souvenir?
Souvenir was the first single release from the 1981 album Architecture and Morality and reached a career high number three. Paul Humphreys is on vocals rather than Andy McCluskey who thought the song was 'a bit soppy'. Soppy or not, it's great.
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