Which is one reason why I profiled Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, or O.M.D., in the magazine this week.
Head on the Door,” by the Cure and “ Architecture & Morality,”īy Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - are practically etched on the inside of my skull. The melodies and lyrics on these albums in particular - “ Hatful of Hollow,”īy the Smiths “ Murmur,” by R.E.M. Love with songs you hated on first listen. Fast-forwarding and rewinding were a drag, so you tended to listen through entire albums, sometimes falling in You often kept the same one in there for weeks at a time, creating an intimacy that seems quaint now. Wonderful as it is to now carry 25,000 songs in my pocket, the Walkman forced a deeper engagement with the music you loved. I listened to it compulsively, like an addict, blasting music into my head and causing major damage to my ears. When I was a teenager, there was nothing in the world I liked half as much as my Walkman. Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys at their first gig in 1978 at Eric's Club in Liverpool.
