I feel so extraordinary somePoll's got a hold on me: NEW ORDER artist poll #37 (RESULTS thread)

I was hoping Thieves Like Us would be top ten, It's was my number two. So much to love about that song, the way it builds is stunning. One of the great Barney vocals too.

my #4

simply one of the best songs of all-time.

I voted for 'Dreams Never End', but in no way is it any better than 'Doubts Even... *abandons reply*

"Thieves Like Us" received just 3 points ahead of "Dreams Never End." DNE had more voters with 32 votes to TLU 28 votes.

There's only one more spot for Regret to take without breaching the top 20. Will ILM be burned to the ground or not? I guess we'll know soon.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever)

This is just crazy talk by the way.

Love love
Lovelovelove

Dreams Never End was my highest-ranked song off of Movement. It went from being probably my favorite NO track to somewhere around 4th or 5th. I think it was described in the Trouser Press Record Guide as akin to not scratching an itch and I think that is an apt description.

I voted for regular and instrumental Thieves btw.

Also dreams never end is hypnotic best early NO sound. All gold!! This poll is pure gold.

"Thieves Like Us", more than any other track, has seriously gone up in my estimation other the years. Seemed a tad thin and half-baked when I first heard it a couple years after release. Now it's quite clearly the godhead. Sort of. The long intro now sounds lovely, ridiculously affecting. Maybe I've also grown to see the profound truth in the statement "love is the air that supports the eagle", etc. :)

For years I thought he was singing "love is the air that supports the ego"

eagle

i always thought it was 'ego' but i suppose it is barney we're talking about

haha xpost

Eagle? I thought it was ego. Seriously.

Haha!! Oops

Eagle is a much lovelier image.

"Thieves Like Us" is so close to being perfect, but Bernard's vocals can never be perfect, which normally I just accept as part of New Order's charm, but in this case I generally just opt for the instrumental.

Glad it wasn't just me. I'm not actually sure which I prefer, I think it could work both ways.

I wonder if they've played Thieves live that much. I can imagine it would be a great set opener.

Wow lots to catch up on but I'm still in the aggrieved camp re DEH:

I voted for 'Dreams Never End', but in no way is it any better than 'Doubts Even... *abandons reply*

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 31 May 2013 23:53 (Yesterday)

The Village is lush. One of one only three not singles I voted in my ten.

Are we finishing tonight Bee OK?

NO

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15. Love Vigilantes
From: Low-Life
Released: 13 May 1985
776 Points, 34 Votes, 1 Number One

Age makes "Thieves Like Us" more compelling.

"Love Vigilantes" received just one more point than "Thieves Like Us" with one number one that pushed it over the top.

I made my mom listen to Love Vigilantes when I got the Low Life tape from the library and she liked it.

Another perfect song that didn't even make my top ten. Love the lyrics so much. I saw them at Glastonbury 2005 and they played this, I was chuffed.

Ah yes, 'Love Vigilantes'... great track... a song that I have a lot of time for, a recording that most certainly could have been a lot better (although I guess I could say the same for a lot of New Order's stuff). If only Melodyne had existed in 1985...

There are days when this is my favourite song, ever.

agreed, this list is sick.

I'm refreshing this page every few seconds now. I'm fairly sure I voted for everything that is yet to place so no complaints really, I just hope Regret made the top ten.

Never "got" this one. I've always thought "Love Vigilantes" was just added at the last minute filler because there wasn't enough songs for Lowlife. My #40.

But it's so much more "written" than 2/3 of NO songs -- it has a story, ffs. Can't be tossed off IMO.

slightly suspect lyrics on LV, or genius? It's always difficult to tell with Barney. Great song though.

Oh there goes my number1..

has a theory ever been forwarded that 'low-life' is a concept album told from the perspective of the spectral 'love vigilantes' narrator? because I am totally doing it now.

one of the most memorable non-dub melodica licks of all time

Love Vigilantes is fhe first track I heard after Electronic that astonished me. The guitar-melodica-bass combo seduced me.

IMO you can't get past "I want see, my family.." lovely stuff

So, was he mistakenly reported dead? Or is he actually gone and its his ghost that goes home to his wife?

Who can say...

melodica is v underrated as a non-dub non-twee pop instrument

I like the idea that he doesn't know he's dead. impossible to tell, really.

should have been a single. they only released two from Low-Life so this would have made for a great third single.

I remember buying Low Life, and wondering how it would be after the generally open-ended songs that was Power, Corruption and Lies..

And there was the most direct song they'd done so far. Ended up playing it three times in a row, most of the rest of the album is a blur, really.

Always a well known album track; my college station played it like crazy

I'm guessing 'Sooner Than You Think' and 'This Time of Night' won't place now - I had both in my top 20.

Speaking of which, did anything in particular prompt a change to their (implicit) "singles and albums shan't have overlapping tracks" stance at Lowlife?

xp Surprised & a little heartbroken at their exclusion so far.

I'm guessing there are 9 incredible, godforesake me, world beating singles left - a couple of Technique tunes that will place here - and...

i really liked this picture. have never seen Pumped Full of Drugs.

i'm certain of what's left, but couldn't begin to guess at the order

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14. 1963
From: Substance and True Faith (B-Side)
Released: 20 July 1987 (single) and 17 August 1987 (Substance)
780 Points, 30 Votes

"1963" received just 4 more points than "Love Vigilantes." LV had 34 votes compared to 1963's 30 votes.