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Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark

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Enola Gay

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Released in 1980
written & sung by Andy McCluskey

band members :

- Andy McCluskey

- Paul Humphreys

- Malcolm Holmes

- Martin Cooper

Cold War

More of the historical context

After the WW2 and the Hiroshima bombing
During the Cold War (~10 years before the end of it)
Tension between the US block and the USSR one
People feared an atomic war they deemed inevitable and meant to end the human race if not the planet before them
At that time a lot of synthpop songs were about the Cold War and the bombing

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Enola Gay

You should have stayed at home yesterday

Ah-ha, words can't describe

The feeling and the way you lied

These games you play

They're gonna end in more than tears some day

Ah-ha, Enola Gay

It shouldn't ever have to end this way

It's 8:15

And that's the time that it's always been

We got your message on the radio

Conditions normal and you're coming home

Enola Gay

Is mother proud of little boy today?

Ah-ha, this kiss you give

It's never ever going to fade away

Enola Gay

It shouldn't ever have to end this way

Ah-ha, Enola Gay

It shouldn't fade in our dreams away

It's 8:15

And that's the time that it's always been

We got your message on the radio

Conditions normal and you're coming home

Enola Gay

Is mother proud of little boy today?

Ah-ha, this kiss you give

It's never ever going to fade away

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Lyrics analysis (part 1)

Enola Gay

You should have stayed at home yesterday

Ah-ha, words can't describe

The feeling and the way you lied

These games you play

They're gonna end in more than tears some day

Ah-ha, Enola Gay

It shouldn't ever have to end this way

It's 8:15

And that's the time that it's always been

We got your message on the radio

Conditions normal and you're coming home

Who or what is Enola Gay ?

Enola Gay can be interpreted as :

the pilot's mother
the plane

can be understood as the plane shouldn't have gone to carry out the order or the mom shouldn't have gone out to... well...

The lie : Enola Gay and two other planes were flying innocently.

Japanese people didn't actually think that there was a whole other motive behind them flying above their headsas they only saw a blob of probably grey color in the sky

The game : the bombing was just an experiment, a way to display the power gap between the US and Japan that was unnecessary. Pursuing those game and experiments with such destructive weapons would just cause more suffering for innocents' lives

The way : the son dropping the bomb and thus ruining thousznds of lives ;

but also having people all over the world fearing for their lives as they all deemed a nuclear annihilation as the logical follow up leading to the end of the world

8:15 was the exact time when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

the message coming from the plane

"conditions normal" as if so much damage was expected and deemed casual like the pilot went grocery shopping or took the dog for a walk and went back home as a daily routine.

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Enola Gay

Is mother proud of little boy today?

Ah-ha, this kiss you give

It's never ever going to fade away

Enola Gay

It shouldn't ever have to end this way

Ah-ha, Enola Gay

It shouldn't fade in our dreams away

ANALYSIS :

little boy = Paul Tibbets, so : is the mother proud of her son ? (ironic tone)
enola gay = airplane / little boy = atomic bomb (question everyone)
kiss = bomb's detonation
it's engraved in history / memory / physically

(imagine : bomb killed people; destroyed their home)

means that : should be remembered so it doesn't happen again

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Message conveyed :

The war between the US and Japan was basically over so the US' move wasn't legitimate, had tremendous consequences and they are accused of not caring about the trauma they caused to everyone.

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LOREM IPSUM:

Music

80's pop style
very rhythmic (we can dance on it)
not a random choice

Opinion

it aims to reach a fairly young audience
efficiency and impact are increased
it would allow to transmit history in order not to forget

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