Old Music, Dudes

We've covered bands that rip off other bands in our first couple of posts. But here's something that may be worse: bands that rip themselves off. In the case of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, who have released a new record recently, it may be an attempt to re-capture the glory days.

Take a listen to the lead-off track "New Babies, New Toys." Tell me if you don't hear the resemblence to "If You Leave." The chord structure and the chorus are nearly identical. Check out the chorus at 1:19

Here's "If You Leave" for comparison:

Anyway, the new record is called History of Modern. And sadly for OMD, the first word -- history -- may be the operative one. Having said that, the cover artwork is very cool and is unmistakably Peter Saville -- who designed all those great Factory covers back in the day.