The GE Song
January 17, 2010
Genetic Engineering by OMD (1983)
Efficiant, logical, effective, and practical.
Using all resorces to the best of our ability.
Changing, designing, adapting our mentalities.
Improving our abilities for a better way of life.Chorus:
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 evermore be saved.Repeat chorus (2)
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. the future’s good as sold.
In all the things we do and know, we really must be told.
OMD stands for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and is a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, United Kingdom. The group was founded in 1978 by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys. Later drummer Malcolm Holmes and saxophonist Martin Cooper joined. McCluskey and Humphreys formed the core of the outfit until 1989, when the group split. McCluskey then retained the name and continued to record and tour as OMD with a new line-up.
(source: http://www.poprockbands.com/omd/biography/pro.html)
I am not presenting you this song because I think it’s incredible and totally worth to be listened to. Obviously not. I am posting it here for two reasons: First of all I think it’s funny that there acutally exists a pop song about Genetic Engineering. How weird, isn’t it?
And secondly, I’d like to make you aware of the year the song was published: 1983. That is almost 30 years ago. 30 years. That scares me because it means that GE was actually a topic back then. Probably not totally unbelievable but still, I just didn’t think I was already possible 30 years ago.
Consequently, I am not able to imagine how far technoloy has come nowadays. And what does it mean for the future?
