Favourite New Order Track ?

[Blagsta]

Subculture
Thieves Like Us
Blue Monday
Confusion

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

'Ceremony'
'Subculture'
'Touched By The Hand Of God'

 

[Hollis]

Dont try to be cool and name obscure tracks, it doesnt work.

Or album tracks. Not allowed. Your favourite track must be Blue Monday. End of.. blah, blah..zzz.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Your favourite track must be Blue Monday. End of.. blah, blah..zzz.

And the 12" mix in particular.

Did you know that it's the biggest selling [sniiiiiiiiiiiiip]

 

[Reno]

Bizarre Love Triangle

 

[Hollis]

And the 12" mix in particular.

Did you know that it's the biggest selling [sniiiiiiiiiiiiip]

I used to have the 12" mix.. gave it away..

 

[killer b]

touched by the hand of god, i think.

 

[mack]

Temptation

 

[Andy the Don]

^^Wot they said^^

 

[bi0boy]

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Fine Time - as much for the video as the tune. Unlike most people at the time, I really didn't rate the album it was on very much (Technique) but this song was clearly about ecstasy and most of the times when I'd see the video back then I was off my tits on the stuff, so it was kinda perfect.

It had bloody pills all over the cover.
I have the video on VHS, it's totally shit.

I quite liked it at the time, but it has aged reaaaaally badly.

 

[southside]

I'll have to go with the obvious and say True Faith, it has a special place in my history. 1987 was probably the greatest year of my life.

 

[bi0boy]

True Faith is in the headlines now as it was the track used in the Canadian porn star dismembering video.

 

[southside]

True Faith is in the headlines now as it was the track used in the Canadian porn star dismembering video.

Yes, pretty mad. I haven't seen it.

 

[Maggot]

Temptation
Perfect Kiss
Blue Monday

True Faith is in the headlines now as it was the track used in the Canadian porn star dismembering video.

What Canadian porn star dismembering video?

 

[bi0boy]

What Canadian porn star dismembering video?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/31/police-porn-actor-accused-canada?newsfeed=true

The video shows a man being stabbed repeatedly with an ice pick. The perpetrator commits sexual acts on the body of the victim and dismembers the body. The song True Faith by New Order played at top volume accompanies the video.

 

[southside]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/31/police-porn-actor-accused-canada?newsfeed=true

 

[Maggot]

I love this video

 

[Voley]

Saw them do a gig at WOMAD where they finished with 'Age of Consent' followed by 'Sunrise' and encored with 'The Perfect Kiss' and 'Temptation'. It's one of the best gigs I've ever been to so those four for that reason alone. If I had to pick one it'd probably be 'Sunrise'. Fucking great live. They had 'Low-Life' out at the time and that's far and away their best album. I've been listening to them a bit more lately, some of it hasn't aged well - not much from the 80's does - but I've always loved this song:


^ Whistle Test doing their usual thing of ending the programme just as it's getting good in that clip. God I used to fucking hate that.

 

[craigxcraig]

1963
Touched by the hand of god
True faith

 

[Streathamite]

Sunrise

 

[Johnny Vodka]

True Faith, though not so keen on that remixey version they do live.

Quite like Crystal as a later NO tune.

 

[Voley]

Quite like Crystal as a later NO tune.

Yeah, Crystal was the last proper good one, I agree. There were a couple on that album that were alright. The best thing about them getting back together then was the fact that they were playing Joy Division songs live again, though.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Crystal is awesome as a set opener - dodgy lyrics, but awesome guitar sound.

 

[Voley]

dodgy lyrics

Barney has some truly awful lyrics, you're right. On 'Every Little Counts' he even laughs at how shit they are. My favourite piece of lyrical mastery from him is this:

Your country is a wonderful place
It pales my England into disgrace
To buy a drink that is so much more reasonable
I think I'll go there when it gets seasonable

 

[Kaka Tim]

Blue Monday - a work of genius IMHO.
True Faith.

 

[nastybobby]

Been a massive fan since the tender age of 10 ['cos of a family connection with the band's road crew]. Seen 'em live 20 odd times, since the mid 80's.

Your Silent Face [or KW1 on their set lists]

 

[killer b]

Barney has some truly awful lyrics, you're right. On 'Every Little Counts' he even laughs at how shit they are. My favourite piece of lyrical mastery from him is this:

even on their best songs its rhyming dictionary doggrel. Not that it matters.

Changing my vote to bizarre love triangle btw, which I think might be my favourite song evar. (tonight)

 

[CubeX]

Ceremony
Temptation (original 1982 versions only)
Blue Monday
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Blue Monday