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ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Dancing (1980)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark long straddled the line between forward-thinking experimentalism and keen chart pop. Just because they had a mean left hook that could knock you into next week doesn’t mean they didn’t enjoy a little soft-shoe routine now and then. Or, dispensing with the boxing analogy: witness an early appearance on the BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test, where OM chooses the debut album’s most out-there track for an all-important national T.V. appearance.
And witness Andy McCluskey’s “dancing.” Much was made of his stiff-legged sway over the years, but no amount of white man’s overbite syndrome would keep OM from popping up all over the charts for the remainder of the decade. Dance however you want, Andy. Wear your afro however you want, Andy.
There’s also a fab same-broadcast run through “Messages,” one of their great, look-ma-no-chorus pop classics (and a #13 U.K. single to boot).
