Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark - Enola Gay Reaction
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- In this video we're listening to Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark. We have limited experience with this band. Most notably, 'If You Leave', because it was a hit from a teen movie. We're eager to get into this one. Enjoy!
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Enola Gay was the name of the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. 8:15 is the time that the clocks were supposedly frozen at in the ruins of the city. "The kiss you give is never, ever, going to fade away" is the nuclear fallout.
The more you know an all that...
and 'Little Boy' was the name written on the bomb
Exactly.
How someone could feature (profit from) this song without mentioning *what it is about* is beyond me. They even claim to 'not know what this is about'.
Captain Tibbets named the plane Enola Gay after his…….mother!!! What a legacy.
@@Zenergy101 In fairness, I'd believe that they legit have no clue what the song is about.
I am pretty sure somebody has already weighed in on the story of Enola Gay. It was a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped a bomb called ''Little Boy'' on the Hiroshima, Japan during WWII. That's the brief of an historical event.
It wasn't just "a bomb" that made this a historical event as am I sure you are cognizant of. For those who are unaware, the bomb dropped was the first atomic bomb used in war. Additionally, the song is not just about the atomic bomb, it's primarily about the plane, Enola Gay and the pilot's decision to execute orders to kill in order to save others. This dilemma is broached when Andrew McCluskey sings, "Enola Gay... Is mother proud of little boy today?" Enola Gay is a double entendre for the pilot (& of course the name of the plane) who dropped the atomic bomb.
I'm British and am shocked that I know more about US history - Enola Gay, Little Boy and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Oh and the "Battle of the Bulge" or the Ardennes Offensive to give it its correct name where more than just US troops were fighting but for PR reasons the British Govt said let them take the credit
The US only care about their own country.
such a happy and upbeat song .......... then the lyrics drop lol
Souvenir, Joan of Arc, So in Love, Secret, Forever Live and Die... all great tunes by O.M.D. They opened for Depeche Mode in 1988, which was the first concert I ever saw. Good times.
1st I wanna thank you for using the full name of the band. It's always been my favorite name for a band. Everything they did when they used their full name was great. I always considered Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark's music to be a kind of Oxymoron-ish, retro-ish futurist music, in that in the 50's and 60's there was a kind of space-age notion of what the future (1984, 1999, the year 2000, etc., would be like. Futuristic flying cars and moving sidewalks were a kind of central theme of what they thought the future would be like). So you have this kind of futurist thing, mixed with their (the 2 guys that started the band before adding the drummer and another keyboardist) love of what German bands like Kraftwerk were doing, this being done by 2 guys that looked more like Oxford preppy's than anything else. Brian Eno, Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark, Gary Numan, and some John Foxx era Ultravox. They really knew how to create alluring and mysterious spaces. Oh yeah, @johnbarrick80 got exactly right what the song's about.
I was a night club DJ in the late 70s and early 80s, This was a great dancefloor filler. It went well with Fade to Grey from Visage, Cars and We are glass from Gary Numan, and Cant get enough from Depeche Mode.
Such a sad sad sad song when you understand the lyrics truly horrific rip to all those innocent ppl, life would never be the same.
A massive hit for them in Europe. The album is was on , Organization is a very dark one ..see the cover & their best one. Excellent LP.
Enola Gay was the plane that dropped one of the bombs on Japan in WWII
I think everyone knows that unless you've been in a coma for over 70 years
Really ? I thought it was a homosexual female.
@@jasonparfitt5936 I don't think anyone actually asked the bomber about its gender or sexual orientation...
@@scotmark sarcasm perhaps 🤔
@@jasonparfitt5936 One of my specialities... 😼
Try 'Electricity', their first single. Lots of hooks!
O M D always did records about historical people or discoveries , they were at their best before they had hits in north America with a lot of hits .
Enola Gay was the bomber, named after the pilot's mother. dropped it was the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan during World War two, that afterwards made Japan surrender. The band, OMD from Liverpool UK, were originally going to call themselves, 'Hitlers Underpants'. The synth used on this was, a Korg monophonic, meaning you could only play single notes. One of the Boy's mothers bought it from a mail-order catalogue. When they first started, they couldn't even afford a synth, so hey made several electronic devices.
Enola Gay is the name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb during war. The pilot of the plane, Paul Tibbets, named the plane after his mother the day before his mission. In the song however, Enola Gay is a double entendre that is also the pilot & the song has more to do with the plane, pilot and the decision to kill en masse ironically, with the thought to save lives as Andy McCluskey sings, "Enola Gay... Is mother proud of little boy today?" Both OMD members Andy McCluskey & Paul Humprehys were fans of WW II bombers & McCluskey was at the library researching German Messerschmitt bombers when he was introduced to Enola Gay. OMD has a song called The Messerschmitt Twins as well reinforcing their interest with WW2 bombers.
A tight Electro pop classic!
This comes from a pretty interesting little scene based in Liverpool, OMD, Echo And The Bunnymen, Big In Japan, The Teardrop Explodes etc, well worth a look
I Can't Get .. Bouncing Babies By The Teardrop Explodes !
Heaven Up Here by Echo & The Bunnymen is one of my all-time favorite albums.
@@davidellis5141 yeah, The Bunnymen did some wonderful stuff.
All great bands that's Liverpool for you .
Don’t forget The Icicle Works
3:59 - Most of the drums on the actual recording are still real acoustic ones, though! 😉 I like a lot of the music from that late 70's / early 80's era for the fact that conventional instruments had been mixed with electronic ones, as opposed to it *all* just being electronic 🙂
I'm not a huge synth fan but I do like OMD. I thought the title 'Enola Gay' would make it clear what the song was about but to my dismay it was used last year in tv adverts in the UK, it's like restaurants at Christmas time playing Band Aid 'feed the world' on their festive mix! Perhaps doing a quick google after you've listened would help with the context of some songs, just a suggestion, not a criticism.
We looked it up after, as we were sure that we had heard the name before. That's a little embarrassing. What's truly important about that event was that bombs were dropped, and a lot of innocent life was taken.
The juxtaposition of a bright 'poppy' tune describing the plane that dropped the Atom bomb on an unsuspecting Japan is quite breathtaking! Take care
I don't mean to take the piss guys but come on, how do you not know the story of Enola Gay, it was the name of the B29 Superfortress that, on August 6th 1945 at 8:15 am dropped the atomic bomb( code named Little Boy) on Hiroshima! The lyrics will be clearer now. " This kiss you give it's never ever going to fade away"
Thank you for this. I remember when the song came out and loved it on the first listen. The group was definitely on the synth-pop end of the new wave spectrum - hence the Oxbridge undergrad attire. The group had a string of hits but Electricity and Maid of Orleans are the standouts.
Souvenir from their 3rd album was a decent hit in Europe
One of their best tracks, along with "Messages"
@mickdarcy - Stunning record. ‘Memory’ in French.
McCluskey totally could not get this record, it was all Humphrey’s work. He said it took 8 or 9 months later when it clicked - he fully and genuinely got it. Even though he was in an open top car driving it for the promo video.
Glad you liked it in Europe. There greatest hits is a brilliant archive to have and play. They are constantly touring - mainly Europe - even now. Loads of YT videos up by the week from Spain to Scandinavia. They’re working harder now than ever it seems.
The mother of the Captain of the aircraft was called Enola Gay, so he named the aircraft after her. The chorus being, "Enolay Gay is Mother proud of her Little Boy today", has two meanings.
Hi, This song is about the first bomb dropped in Japan. And the plane was named after the pilots mother Enola Gay. I hope it never happens again somewhere in the future of or planet. Stay safe.
We have a local band here in north east of England ( Sunderland) who play a cover of this ( very well) on guitars
Enola Gay was Colonel Paul Tibbetts' mother's name. Colonel Paul Tibbetts was the pilot who flew the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. The plane was named 'Enola Gay' in honour of the pilot's mother.
Shame.
Ebola Gay is from the Album Organisation, have a listen to distance fades between us the amazing Stanlow which about an oil refinery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Ebola Gay is a frightening misspelling in more ways than one 🤣
@@fordcorsair I didn’t notice that😂😂 spellcheck. I’d love to hear Ebola Gay but spotify doesn’t list it
There was one summer in the 80's where the OMD tape never left my walkman.
Souvenir is a nice early single by OMD with a video. A little darker.
Sadly, I'd known the German version looong before OMD's original: czcams.com/video/cd_FXVEqsyM/video.html 😅 I must've looked like 😳 when listening to 'The Best Of OMD' for the first time (in the 90's) and that song came on 😄 'Messages' is also very good, and also 'Genetic Engineering' and 'Talking Loud And Clear' 😊
@@mightyV444 The Autons scared me when I was a kid, so I can see that.
@@SPKdesign1 - I suspect this comment of yours was in response to my first Kraftwerk experience? 😉
It was.
@@mightyV444 I have asked them to do the tune "Messages" so time ago, maybe you could ask again for me so we double up on it
OMD wrote a song called 'Electricity'. One of my favourites was written when the boys were just 15. and 16.a real classic you may enjoy.
That bassline is always so cool!
Great song and dripping irony.
Around that time there were some synth classics- Joan of Arc by OMD and Fade to Grey by Visage.
got all their songs loved em, just did, who knows why.
Electro pop....isnt my thing but this was a massive hit across Europe and it kind of grew on me to the point where i now really like it!!!!!
In the early 80s OMD were enormous in the UK
@@trafalgar624 - I too still like them a lot, especially their earlier stuff 😊
Not only in UK, this was a hit in all the old continent. Even here in Italy it was aired constantly for so long.
Forever Live and die is a good one by them.
OMD supported Gary Numan on his 1979 Touring Principle tour before they hit the big time.
I was at Gary's first ever tour gig in Glasgow (amazing experience in itself!), and had only just heard of OMD (they were a 3-piece band at the time, with one band "member" Winston being a TEAC 4-track; it's in a music museum somewhere now...). During their support act, one very loud Glaswegian voice yelled out a request for "ELECTRICITY!", and they of course obliged.
The next day I went into a tiny record shop in Glasgow and asked the guy behind the counter if he had a record called "Electricity" by "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark".
His hands had been occupied under the counter, and he immediately raised one holding a copy of the record!! Me: "Aye, that's the one!"
Of course, I got the first few albums as soon as they came out after that. 😺
In '81 I saw them headline in Edinburgh. I was near the front right by one of the speaker stacks, and as they left the stage they left "Stanlow" playing after turning the volume up. My hearing hasn't been quite the same since...
@@scotmark Been following Numan ever since and seen him over 100 times since. Kept a soft spot for OMD since and then went to see them at Sheffield when the roles were reversed and Gary supported them.
@@GazEndo68 Any way they could join each other on stage at some point, for a "duet" rendition of at least one of each other's songs? That would bring hope to us old farts that we can still be creative when we want to be! 😼
@@scotmark never say never but Gary’s support for them was in the lean years and now he’s selling out shows everywhere and performing at Wembley and the Royal Albert Hall so it might have to be them supporting him again lol.
@@GazEndo68 I don't really care which way around it is, I'd just love to see that little bit of magic inspired by mutual support and acknowledgement! Yeah, I'm a dreamer! I'd even want to see Winston brought out of retirement for such an occasion! 😻
My favorite band.
C'mon guys Enola Gay was the plane that dropped the bomb on hiroshima - little boy is the bomb
Not a casio drum track but actually a Roland CompuRhythm CR78. Essentially the first drum machine that allowed you create and store your own patterns. This is arguably the most effective use of one on any track.
I love this song. Not sure this song inspired bands like Culture Club and Erasure. But it wouldn’t surprise me.
If You Leave was very pedestrian when you compare it to Maid of Orleans or Souvenir or even So In Love but it seems to be the only one reactors react to.
That was one of their few hits in the States , Americans had middle of the road music in their charts in the mid eighties and a lot of the hits that made it in U S A FROM THE U , K WERE ALSO A BIT BLAND so the others got ignored by the American record companies they got known in the end though .
Maid Of Orleans is dull. If You Leave is a much better song. It probably divides opinion in that it represented the much more commercial side to their music and, in fact, was their commercial peak.
Can’t remember the name of the Fortress on the Nagasaki mission?
I like OMD.
Joan of Arc especially.
I might play some tomorrow.
The look bitd was de rigueur in UK. I think it was a post New Romantic look.
Just because you mentioned greaser bands, I suggest Joe Cocker and The Grease Band. .. Either or both , With a little help from my friends, live at Woodstock, or Delta lady.
I think we've seen a number of performances of that song. Especially the Woodstock one. It's an absolute favourite in our house.
@@hanierfamily - Have you seen the 'misheard lyrics' version of that Woodstock performance? Hilarious! 😄
At least two people slept through history classes.
This is NOT fun lyrics - it is describing the dropping of an A Bomb on Hiroshima. Enola Grey was the name of tha plane. There are a number of bands around this time coupling dark lyrics with light synths. My favourite was Depeche Mode who later figured out how to do dark synths with their dark lyrics.
UK band, and at the time I was 9 years old and daily waiting for the call that the bomb had been dropped.
OMD greatest hits is a great album, messages is my favourite and secret
Enola Gay was also the name of the pilot's mother.
OMD is a weird beast, they really wanted to be Kraftwerk. The suits were a tribute to their KW influence.
Bad imitation at best.
I'm originally German, but OMD have always been more my cuppa, I admit. Kraftwerk had freaked 8-year-old me out, when I saw the following performance on the TV: czcams.com/video/YHaZ3UL2oHk/video.html
Kratwerk if you bought them from Wish
@@mightyV444 I see noo, I replied to the wrong comment.
@@SPKdesign1 - Yeah, I'd thought so 😊 No worries, though 😉 I had to look up what 'Autons' actually refers to, as someone who's never really watched 'Doctor Who', and yes, creepy as! 😬😅
Enola Gay was one of the planes that dropped one of the nuclear bombs on Japan
named after the pilot s mom no less
Elona Gay dropped "Little Boy" and Bockscar dropped "Fat Man".
@@fredarsenault8987 I've sometimes wondered how their relationship fared after that....if I named the plane after my mother, I doubt she'd talk to me again.
They were freaked out when Kraftwerk turned up at their gig lol! ;)
I love the first 5 or 6 albums by OMD. I kind of hate If You Leave.
Yeah, 'If You Leave' was their turning point from good to bad Pop also to me!
The first album is dire, except Julia's Song, and that is weird. The second album has some odd, not very good tracks on it too
Speaking of suits, Brian Ferry has a very good tailor and is always well turned out.
Pretty In Pink was by the Psychedelic Furs.
The Atomic Bomb baby!
I allways listen this song with a tear in my eye.... not a laugh I mean what the song is allabout atomic bombs on Japan
it's so sad those shadows of dead people on the walls and stairs 😭🥲😭 Enola Gay I truly believe you shouldn't leave the field yesterday
but I quess 🙈🙉🙊 my heart just dies for people of Hiroshima and Nagasagi....
Americans can be so weird at times... This is casual dress like at home in your slippers with your pipe...
The really sharp-dressed men back then were all in suits, and suits were worn by musicians ever since suits were invented! From Zoot Suits (always coming back into fashion!) and the Big Bands through the Beatles and The Animals, to David Byrne and (sometimes) David Bowie. Punk brought a whole new dimension of fashion, but jeans & tees have always been the attire of slobs... 🙀
Ahhh! What a genuine reaction to a great 80's song.. Thank you from the UK xx New Sub x
Welcome!! We will find some music to enjoy together.
Enola Gay is the name of the plane that dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Aug 1945.
Yes. Actually, we still didn't get the lyrics so much afterwards, so we looked it up. An anti-war song. Interesting.
@@hanierfamily They always did songs about history or discoveries , they had lots of hits , a great band from the Liverpool area we had a lot of bands in Liverpool at that time .
@@hanierfamily - The Enola Gay plane is also mentioned in the song 'Manhattan Project' by Rush. Might be a good choice for one of your 'Canadian Content' episodes!? 😉 [ channel: StickHits - live version ]
@@michaeldooley5398 Time for a reaction to any song from The Mighty Wah!? 😸
@@scotmark Yep , the songs that north Americans don't know for them a lot to be learned .
THEY ARE FROM LIVERPOOL TOO
They can't help that
Try Wirral.
@hanierfamily - Darren Westbury and meself suggest you also listen to OMD's song 'Messages' ...please! 😄
Love them! OMD for short..
Thx for reacting
Maid of Orleans would have been better Isotype is a good one Genetic Engineering another good early one with speak and spell voice on it and fun video.Seen them live 4 times in last few years and they not long ago toured America
'Genetic Engineering' is also one of *my* OMD favourites 🙂 'Maid of Orleans' had been my very first OMD impression at the time, and it's also great 😊 You will not hear intros like that one on the radio anymore today, sadly! But it would surprise me if Cynthia and Chris didn't already know that song!
It was very.......surreal .......and 'elephant in the room' watching you just not know what this song was about. Loved the reaction, but OH GOD!🤐😮💨🤔😪🤕💀☠
Enola Gay was the Pilots Mothers name!
So you just heard a Liverpool band compose a song about USA dropping 2 bombs on Japan. A crime. One was Hydrogen - one was Plutonium. Three days apart. (they were experimenting) And your scan is to yap on about suit-wearing Motown artists bands from 1958 on.?
Andy McCluskey wrote this at 17 - alone - in the other guys house while he was at minimum wage work, and Humphrey’s mother was at work also. (Humphrey’s own father died when he was young at school)
The last Japanese survivor for to survive both blasts just died recently, he was hit by one bomb, moved to the other city after a 3 day travel and got hit again. He was almost 100. It was on the news.
‘Naga’ means ‘snake’ (mainly in Indian languages) or ‘long’ in Japanese. ‘Shima’ means ‘Island’ (‘shuma’ in Korean)
‘Hiro’ means ‘broad’ i am sure.
The bomber plane was named after the pilots mother. I guess you are Canadian by the name and the accent. O.M.D were influenced by German bands, cardinally Kraftwerk. I am from Glasgow so yous know i am not hiding.
I am not being rude but this “reaction” was like a dog watching a card trick.
Look stuff up. &&
*“Don’t forget to enjoy yourself.”*
One of the best live bands.
ABOUT DROPPING THE NUKE
Reacción, beautiful, reacción The group The Police, The song Evert breath you take, mi name es Germán soy de Chile.
Every Breath You Take was a huge hit when and where we grew up. You couldn't escape it. We both know that song very well, and therefore, we couldn't honestly react to it and tell you what we think. We appreciate you taking the time to ask, though. Do you any other song ideas that maybe we wouldn't be familiar with?
Great choon and Putin and Kim jong un should give a listen to this - it should never have to and this way
This was on Rob Squad Reactions just the other day too .. is there any correlation ? It’s a cool song but what’s the chances of the same song from early 80’s showing up twice in a week ?
Anyhoo….. yeah it is a good song and is of it’s time
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That phenomenon is called 'synchronicity', a.k.a. 'a meaningful coincidence' ...whatever its meaning may be!? 😅
@@mightyV444 lol , well explained …. OR maybe the reactors OR the subscribers watch multi reaction channels ( as we all do )…. And ideas are garnered or exchanged ? 👀..hmmm? … either way , great song 👌
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering - Nah. Absolutely impossible! 🤪😄 And yes, a great song in any case 😊
@@mightyV444 I hear ya bro 😜
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering - 😊👍
you can allways react to some music but the way you react should be thoughtful I feel you John....
The lovely lady showed a brilliant reaction to the music ... evan if is about [ it is ] the bomb
I just don't understand how someone could do a "reaction" video to this song without knowing that it was about the destruction of Hiroshima. That seems a bit more important than the band's sartorial choices.
in my opinion "if you leave" is one of their worst songs, maybe you will agree if you listen to "Souvenir" "maid of Orleans" or "joan of arc" you won't be dissapointed ...their biggest influence is the german band Kraftwerk, many people copied that suit thing that you're talking about that came from Kraftwerk, anyway,...cheers from Barcelona!
Yes having watched these reaction videos from americans on british bands like the stranglers,xtc,the jam,ian dury and the blockheads,o.m.g. etc etc...t.b.h. this couple are o.k. compared to SOME u tube reactions ie...ohhh look at me me me showing off and being too loud and knowing f**k all about what the songs about,having watched many of them theres a lot that are very irritating BUT this couple is O.K. i'm also shocked/surprised that as an Englishman (a britisher as the sceptics(ryhming slang) might say,OHHH MY GAAAWD!) hahahaha! its just thwy need a history lesson about their own country! hahahaha! 😂😂😂😂,all the best,Piers A.K.A. Chopper.
We never got into the world wars too much. Of course, the lessons were taught in school about what happened, who it affected, and all. We'd remembered seeing the name 'Enola Gay' on the side of one of the planes that bombed Japan, but it wasn't as important to us as what the result was. The horror of that day was way more striking to us. By the way, we're Canadian.
Great song, great lyrics. How can Yanks not know about the name of the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima?🤷🏻
We're not Yanks.
@martinregan4154 - How can you not know the Haniers are Canadian?? 😄
@hanierfamily Unbelievable amount of Trolls & Bots .. well , they count as views at least ..
I love your reactions but think this slightly missed the mark, was wanting to see your reactions when you found what the song was really about! Not a criticism though.
We couldn't figure it out until after we finished recording. We both forgot the name of the song's history.
@@hanierfamily it happens, like I said love your reactions anyway :) ❤️
Andy McClusky opened a dance school after his pop career was over
The Ebola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Japan
Andy McCluskey was possibly the least cool person ever to appear on tv, and a terrible dancer. It's a catchy tune for such a dark subject, but I learned something from the song. The threat of nuclear war was something on the minds of many of us around that time. I think the band's first single, Electricity, is their best. I lost interest in them very quickly after that.
Andy McCluskey could be Neville’s out of Harry Potters dad!
You're saying he looks like a Longbottom?
If the cap fits!😂
You guys never heard of the enola gay?
A name we forgot. The important part is that 2 American bombers flew over Japan and proceeded to murder many Japanese people, all to show power.
Alsoo means Alone and gay
your husband never got into this music. Hes clueless to it and its lyrics.
the music genre was new wave. The English were always stylish. All about going out and dancing .
They are a brilliant band but not as brilliant as numan! This is more representive of there work than if u leave try message's or souvenir. 😊
I think it's in the 'Synth Britannia' docu where OMD say they had not been impressed with Numan suddenly popping up out of nowhere and having instant success, while they themselves had been making music in a similar style already for quite a while and *still* were pretty much unknown 😅 By the way, isn't 'Only When You Leave' by Spandau Ballet?! 😉
@@mightyV444 Yes I meant if you leave but spandau ballet I like too! The synth brittania documementry is very good. Yes they said that about numan but numan also helped there career because they supported him on his famous touring principle. 👽
Not really my thing but the Keyboard hook is fun and done in a heavier style could've worked better.
Yeah OMD was super dorky and didn t even age well. They should have gone full electro.
@@fredarsenault8987 Did they get better? I never listened to them much once they stopped being played on the Radio.
imho they always kinda sucked, I ve been able to go back and aprreciate a lot of 80s music I used to dislike but OMD are like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl.
@@fredarsenault8987 I have as well but definitely not these guys.
Listen to McCartney and George Spector here, you experts with the benefit of hindsight trying to sound all edgy and knowledgeable! This still better than most of today’s crap...
I'm not sure I could ever watch one of your videos again after your blase comments about 'not knowing what this song is about'. Especially when the US is currently glorifying its 'winning' first use of nuclear WMD.
Huh?
Embarrasing..... Talking about clothes and other shit.... Hiroshima for God's sake!
Do these people know nothing?
I have always found this song strange because of it's connotations! Lovely synth pop song about dropping the atom bomb!!! I think they did it like this on purpose to create an irony!??!!!
nah I think they just thought it was clever, irony is way out these guys league