My all-synth version of the 1981 hit, 2022 edition.

If Joan of Arc
Had a heart
Would she give it as a gift?
To such as me
Who longs to see
How an angel ought to be
Her dream's to give
Her heart away
Like an orphan on a wave
She cared so much
She offered up
Her body to the grave

Maid of Orleans (Dauphin version)(Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark cover)

My 100% Synth version of the 1981 hit

It's my direction
It's my proposal
It's so hard
It's leading me astray
My obsession
It's my creation
You'll understand
It's not important now
All I need is
Co-ordination
I can't imagine
My destination
My intention
Ask my opinion
But no excuse
My feelings still remain
My feelings still remain


Souvenir (Verdigris version) (OMD cover)

My 100% synth version of the 1980 hit.

Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
While you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again...


A Forest (Lignum version) (The Cure cover)

My 100% synth version of the 1983 hit 

Efficient, logical, effective, and practical
Using all resources to the best of our ability
Changing, designing, adapting our mentalities
Improving our abilities for a better way of life
Babies Mother Hospital Scissors
Creature Judgement Butcher Engineer
These are the little children
The future in our hands
When all God's children on this Earth
Inherit all our plans
These are the lies they tell us
But this is the only way
When all God's children on the Earth
Will ever more be saved
Babies Mother Hospital Scissors
Creature Judgement Butcher Engineer
Babies Mother Hospital Scissors
Creature Judgement Butcher Engineer
These are the little children
The future's in their hands
When all God's children on this Earth
Inherit all our plans
These are the lies they tell us
The future's good as sold
In all the things we say and do
We really must be bold

Genetic Engineering (Palindromic Plasmid version) (OMD cover)

Tesla Girls (OMD Cover)

My all-synth version of the almost all-synth 1986 hit. The difference is my synths cover decades and are ... weirder. (This was actually a pretty mainstream track for OMD - have a listen to something like Red Frame / White Light).

If You Leave (Fuschia Version) (OMD cover)

My all-synth Gadgetised version of the 1980 track.

The chance to change has nearly gone
The alternative is only one
The final source of energy
Solar electricity

Electricity (240V RMS AC 50Hz Version) (OMD cover)

My all-synth version of the 1980 track.

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 going to end in more than tears some day
Ah-ha Enola Gay it shouldn't ever have to end this way
It's eight fifteen 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 going to fade away

Enola Gay (EMP-Hardened Version) (OMD cover)

My all-synth version of the 1991 hit. When I was doing this, the music itself said ‘go retro’.

You say that love will capture me
Not unless you give it free.
You're sailing on the seven seas
Sister Rae is on TV.
The light above, it shines so bright
That the F.B.I. won't sleep tonight
'Cause I'm so in awe of you
That I don't know what to do
And I'm sailing on the seven seas so blue.
Sick and tired, I don't know why
Skin and bones, touch the sky
Sex and lies, can't bring me down
'Cause I sold my soul
All over town.
People try to drag us down
So we learn to swim before we drown.

Sailing on the Seven Seas (Bermuda Triangle Version) (OMD cover)

My all-synth cover of the 1981 hit.

If Joan of Arc
Had a heart
Would she give it as a gift
To such as me
Who longs to see
How an angel ought to be
Her dream's to give
Her heart away
Like an orphan on a wave
She cared so much
She offered up
Her body to the grave

Maid of Orleans (Hundred Years Version) (OMD cover)

I make obnoxious synth covers of previously fine songs. All done with Korg Gadget.

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