Tag Archives: 1985

REDUX: Corn-Fed New Wave: Figures On A Beach, The Early Years

Posted on April 10, 2018 by

February 20, 2014 Ten days ago, commenter Rob C made an eloquent defense of Detroit’s Figures On A Beach and little did he know, but his words were only a portion of the FOAB event horizon that I find myself … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 26]

Posted on January 10, 2018 by

[continued from last post] I was just ready to graduate with my Bachelor’s degree in December of 1985. One of my friends I’d met in college who was also in the Graphic Design program was an interesting guy named Jim … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 25]

Posted on January 9, 2018 by

[continued from last post] Commenter Jordan in the previous post made a supremely cogent comment about OMD’s creative conundrum by 1985: “What was the missing link? It could not have been just trying to write bland music for the market. … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 24]

Posted on January 8, 2018 by

[continued from last post] So after losing 90% of their UK audience following, “Dazzle Ships,” OMD had been concerned with “breaking in America.” The heat was on and the large and lucrative American market had been, until their singing with … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 23]

Posted on January 4, 2018 by

Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Crush | 1985 – 2 [continued from last post] When the next song began I had a hard time believing I was hearing OMD. It started out with a stupid 4/4 drumbeat and fuzztone guitar … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 22]

Posted on January 3, 2018 by

Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Crush | 1985 – 2 [continued from this post] The next OMD album appeared right on time, as if dispensed by a musical conveyor belt of some kind. It was the summer of 1985 … Continue reading →

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REDUX: A Thousand Number One Albums In The UK

Posted on August 30, 2017 by

November 25, 2013 Today on the BBC was a feature examining the thousand albums that have topped the British charts since their point of origin in July 1956. I wondered how many of those best sellers would fall  under the … Continue reading →

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