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    ------ About the song Enola Gay performed by OMD

War is the outcome of extreme politics. There is no way of ever knowing who 'started' it and how 'justified' it was not unless you are the politician who ordered the first attack, and in that case you would feel justified because you had been provoked into it and there is no anther way of dealing with the situation.

No one can know the 'truth' partly because it is all politics anyway and partly because the victors are the ones who get to write (and right) the history but mostly because there is no truth in war, there is lies and propaganda and death and winners and losers but there is very little truth to be told.

Yes as the winners of WWII how could we face our self's dropping two 'weapons of mass destruction' to end the war and save countless lives if we could not convince our self's this is was what had to happen. And I'm not saying it was not what had to happen. I don't know what would have happened in the alternative universe where the bombs where not dropped or they where dropped somewhere else by someone else. I like to think things would have been worse for humanity if it had not happened but I don't know, however of course, like most people I like to think that the right thing eventually happens. Perhaps if we had let the Japanese call and end to the war on their terms there would have been no more wars in Asia last century and we would not be facing a crazy North Korean who wants to rule the world.

The thing about war is that is seems sometimes to be a necessary evil given the barbarism and greed the human race is still pron to.

If war is something you would like to see ended then practice piece, respect and compassion. When a group of people get so angry they feel they need to destroy the rest of the world perhaps it is because they have not been treated compassionately. One insane leader alone cannot start a war, there is something systemically very wrong in the community that supports it to the extent of them being willing to risk all for the hope of winning a war.

Unfortunately it seems that the people in power think they need to blow things up to prove their power. Imagine if all the armies of the world where turned into soldier of peace to bring aid and help instead of death and torment.

    ------ About the song The Dead Girls performed by OMD

The song is slow, rythmic, acousticly electronic, poetic, dramatic, simple yet higher-minded, unique, has a catchy melody, and looks sad, but is uplifting. My opinion of the meaning is below.
The girls spirits are very happy and he is amazed. The girls spirits haven't crossed over into the light yet. The girl's spirits are in their own world now, need your thoughts and prayers as they are transitioning to the light now. He is wishing he was dead so he could join them, but is glad to be alive even in the worst of circumstances. The girl's spirits say they are happy and feel lucky as they are transitioning into the Light. The girl's spirits wish he was with them as they are moving into the light now. The girl's spirits know he won't be coming along, and the girls spirits are still happy and feel blessed.

    ------ About the song If You Leave performed by OMD

I remember this song when I was little. I was three years old. I remember it on the way back when. That was in 1986. When I've heard it on the radio. The song was played on VH1 and MTV.

    ------ About the song If You Leave performed by OMD

Where I reside in california there is a station that plays only 80's and stuff from the new millenium its like 1990-99 escaped which I find good new wave,synthe pop is what I like the most that why 80's soundtracks are so great its like one the berlin wall came down the pop music died being created in the 80's myself a product of 1982 makes me happy it wasn't 92' the music of 1992 wasn't ecclectic or dorky hair in the 80s was better hairstyles in the new dacade were all about grunge bland the early 80e band took the time to craft individual hairstyles you take george michael against curt cobain ,curt cobain would look emotionally unstable why he killed himself no one will know why god rest his soul,the music and self expression of the 80's and individuality topped 1992 where dirty long hair and plaid was the rage fif I could see my birth I would take 1982 london over 1992 seattle any which day so what if 80's new wave members were the early metrosexuals ,it boils down to personal choice living a flamboyant life with odd hair styles and color really colorful fashion beats plaid and dirty smelly long hair,band members of the new wave era cared about appearances grunge and post millenium musical artist went stale

    ------ About the song If You Leave performed by OMD

. . . who was "there" in the '80s: This is one of the few from that time that sticks with you. I don't even much care for '80s stuff, at least not in the " '80s style" (synthesizers, ambiguous gender, usually not-from-USA), but I really like "If You Leave", even though it is one of THE prime examples of "all of the above". To all of the younger people who think the '80s were great: Keep looking farther-back in music. The '80s were, in fact, the last decade in music that represented a "new style" (there was very good stuff in the *early* '90s, but it all went back to *much* older stuff, around '70 --- "grunge" came from Neil Young, who was and is one of the great *'60s* rockers), but you'll find *much* better stuff if you go back before 1975. I speak with more than a little authority on this subject, age-wise --- I graduated high-school in 1981 (you do the math on how old I am *chuckle!*), so I saw and heard " a lot" of the latter half of the 20th Century. The stuff that I like is all "before my time", so I'm with you, there ("damnit, it all happened before I was even here!" LOL!(, but I can also be objective --- I hated both disco and punk-rock, which were in "my time", but dearly *love* anything before 1971 . . . oh, and a few select "later" things, like OMD's "If You Leave" :-) ."If You Leave" is over-the-top "romantic" --- if you like it :-), I'd suggest early-'60s "girl-group" stuff (Phil Spector, et al), and from the late '70s to '90s, anything written by Jim Steinman (the guy who wrote the *good* albums for Meat Loaf). "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten", from the former era, and, of course, "Total Eclipse of the Heart", from Steinman (best-known recording being Bonnie Tyler's).

    ------ About the song If You Leave performed by OMD

It was 3 years ago this week, when by sheer chance, and the help of my nutty cousin,, I met the most breathtaking woman. It only lasted months, the miles between us wasn't kind and I wasn't in the best of situations. Now, I have things sorted out, and I'm better than ever, but she's married to someone else and I still hopelessly hold a torch for her. Three years, and not a day goes by that I don't think of her and miss her terribly. This song is our anthem. To the one in Azle.... :-xxx

    ------ About the song If You Leave performed by OMD

this song is one of the millions of reasons.i recently ordered a 12 dvd set that in total,contains 373 music videos of the 80's,this being one of them.the 80's were so cool.why is everything in the 2000's so messed up?in the 80's,people were happier,the colors were brighter like in the malls ,the signs and decor of each shop displayed colors,not the depressing blah that we see there now days.clothes were bright and colorful and so many diffrent styles of clothing.it was okay to have long, short or medium length hair and even a bald look.everything was acceptable.there were several styles of music playing on your local rock station..debbie gibson,metallica and the beastie boys to name just a few of the various styles.it was okay to like tiffany and aerosmith at the same time.mid 90's came along with the predominant rap and hip hop junk and there went the neighborhood--happiness and fun and good music have left the building//

    ------ About the song Enola Gay performed by OMD

Franklin,
First off let me congratulate you on a post noticeably lacking in anti-American hostility.Your heart is in the right place. That being said you get a couple of things wrong. First off stopping the Soviets from taking over half of Japan played no SIGNIFICANT part in the decision to use the bomb. That contention is an ideological artifact of left-wing (Marxist? Stalinist?)anti-American cold war revisionism. Granted you make the point that that's a POSITIVE motivation unlike the revisionists. The only person who made the case AT THE TIME that stopping the Soviets was imperative was James F. Byrnes who was Trumans Secretary of State. But he wasn't appointed until July 3rd 1945. The first test of the bomb was on July 16 and the first use of the bomb took place on August 6th. So he really didn't have time to make the impact that the cold war revisionist give him credit for. The discussions regarding the use of the bomb were already under way even before Truman became President. Next is the issue of WHEN the Soviets started their offensive aganst the Empire of Japan. That wasn't until AFTER the droppng of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. As a matter of fact Stalin moved up the time table of the offensive by a week so he could (he hoped) play some part in post war Japan. As you point out lucky for Japan that he didn't get his wish. I consider my remarks to be a minor criticism of an otherwise very useful post on your part. Thanks again.

    ------ About the song If You Leave performed by OMD

In 1986 I was 13 years and they were the golden era of music, because today sucks.
But the movie Pretty in Pink was excellent.
Enjoy the time beacuse it´s like the water of a river never you can touch it twice it goes on and never come back!!!!!
xoxoxo

    ------ About the song Enola Gay performed by OMD

I am amazed at how much controversy this song stirs after 30 years. let's not take this out of context. This song was written at the hieght of the Cold War when the Soviets and the US had nuclear weapons pointed at every living thing on the planet! We all waited in fear to be blasted to atoms. The song is relevant because it illuminates the paranoia we all lived with. That being said there are quite a lot of inaccuracies regarding these posts. first, understand that the Japanese NEVER intended a surrender. NEVER! Admiral Yamamoto's own letters and diaries note this fact and he states that the Japanese command structure knew in early 1944 that the American campaiign was relentless and that Japan would not survive the the tide of men and equipment. There was another reason for the dropping of the two bombs that no one has yet mentioned. at the time the Americn ground invasion was moving into place, the Soviets were advancing island to island down the Japanese chain from the mainland and were planning their own invasion separate from the other Allies. Their intentions were clear; to occupy the islans of Japan and absorb them into the Soviet Empire the same way they were absorbing most of Eastern Eurppe. Bombing Japan killed two birds with one stone (so to speak). It ended Japan's will to fight and also stopped the Soviet advance dead in it's tracks. In a way the Japanese were in fact saved from the rape, murder, and sensless butchery that Eastern Europe suffered at the hands of the Soviets.Some of you are shaking your heads right now and saying that never happened. Well, you weren't there! Some Americans are Eastern Europeans who escaped communism at great personal risk and are not easily swayed by the words of college professors with political agendas... they lead the cattle astray and quickly down the chutes to slaughter. do not believe it because I say so, or worse, because a proffesor told you so; read the words of those who were there and then form your own opinions. The two bombs were unfortunate but unfortuntely necessary as even the Japanese Emperor has stated... right after he stated that Japan would have done the same thing if their bomb program had been ready first.