OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark)

I have chosen two videos from this band, because I like them both equally. I first heard the song, 'If you leave', when I saw the movie, 'Pretty in pink', back in the mid 1980's. I liked that movie so much I went out and bought the DVD. 

This song brings back memories of a time, when I had a crush on a guy, who I had met during the summer of 1976, and then was lucky enough to see again in 1980, before I had to leave for my stint in the Army. We both had a great time together. Whenever I hear this song, I wonder if he still remembers me.

I like the second song because the music seems to be very soothing to the soul, especially when so many scary things are going on all around us, which sometimes makes it very hard to sleep at night. 

This band was formed in 1978. The founding members are Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, who met at primary school. They are from England.
The song, 'If you leave' was on the the billboard chart at #5 in the U.S. However, the song,'Forever live and die', only reached #11 in the UK.

Dangerous

I was a fan of Roxette because their vocals seem to blend well together. My favorite song from this band is called, 'Dangerous". Although, there are other songs from them that other people might have liked better, than this song, I still like this song the best because of the twisted lyrics, and of course, the cool sounding music, which accompanies those lyrics.
Roxette is from Sweden, and they enjoyed world wide success, from the late 80's, until the mid 90's, when their second album 'Look Sharp', was released.
This song hit #2 on the Billboard charts, when it was released near the end of 1989, and stayed at #2 at the beginning of 1990.
This song was written by Per Gessle, the male member of the singing duo, who is also a songwriter and guitarist. The other member of the singing duo is Marie Fredriksson. She is a singer and pianist. Before she became a member of Roxette she was experience a lot of success on her own, until after some years of talking about forming a band named Roxette with Per Gessle. They finally agreed to form the band in 1986, even though her friends, and people in the music industry were skeptics, about this band, when Marie was discussing the union, with Per Gessle.




What is the name of your favorite song from Roxette?