New Order's worst song wins award

what about rock the shack, though? eh? EH?

a song so bad i'd forgotten it even existed.

However I probably disliked any song in 1990 that wasn't by "The Turtles" so I guess I'd be proved wrong if I heard it today :)

Not that they'd have been right then either, but they'd have been close-ish.

It's still shit though.

Still, from the same album: "Come To Milton Keynes" - compare and contrast with "Trains To Brazil" by Guillemots, eh?

Also, you are right, Sororah.

I was recently reacquainted with the rap on That Petrol Emotion's Big Decision. Excruciating.

-- The Good Dr. Bill (fadeout9...), March 8th, 2006.

Ok, maybe I'm being a bit dim but I don't understand this - does it mean that it was nearly their worst song in 1995? If so what was worse before 1995? And why 1995? For some reason I resent being thought of as living in 1995. I'm not ready to move off from 1983.

For what it's worth, I love that song to bits. It's got all the ingredients of great New Order songs: silly lyrics, great keyboard sounds, huge crescendo (albeit this time with footballers singing the chorus with Bernard).

yes, it was nearly their worst song in '95, but it wasn't as bad as, say "MTO" or "All Day Long" or half of Movement. '95 just seemed like a good neutral year of New Order downtime, after which nearly every song they released was worse than "World in Motion"

You are daft! After "Regret," it's the best song on the album! Looove the guitar solo.

mmmmMMMMMPH! must ... not ... get ... angry ...

The worst NO song is obviously State of the Nation and NO post-95 is better on average than pre-95, although Rock the Shack (in its album form at least, the 'in session' version being pretty great) definitely ranks amongst their 5 worst tunes.

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Well, I'd say that the two last albums are better than Republic and Lowlife, on a par with Brotherhood, PC&L and Movement, and below Technique. Hence, the average

Wow, are half the posters on crack or what?

Steve Mack from That Petrol Emotion has been seen a punk gigs lately in my town. That makes me happy for some reason.

Those new 12" with remixes on are on 3 for £10 offer. Not a huge saving, but worth it if you want the lot, I suppose.

This is my helpful shopping tip for the day.

These crazy words of mine!

"State of the Nation" and the "Sub-Culture" remix are not even close to being the worst New Order songs but this journo is clearly well-versed in popular journalistic opinion of the band that always rates them as such!

Take those two out and throw in any of the tracks from the 'Lost Sirens' collection.

A large part of New Order's greatness is their insouciance. What better way to demarcate what they once were as Joy Division than to write songs with life/knife rhymes?

obv your New Order isn't mine. But I say you're misreading the history of a band who wrote "You caught me at a bad time/So why don't you piss off?" and recorded disco, not a genre known for its portent.

I don't think was by design. That's by the limitations of the artist. :)

There's been several interviews with Saville where he summarizes things quite nicely. He references the NYT article about NO titled 'How Cool is Coldness?', waxes on about the delta between how they were presented and who they actually are, and how 'World in Motion' finally changed that perspective for some.

Anyhow, off topic. Back to worst NO songs!

World in Motion originated from an instrumental Steve and Gillian wrote. The band were not working together at the time. They did it for the money and it required little effort. I just don't even consider this an actual single.

World in Motion originated from an instrumental Steve and Gillian wrote. The band were not working together at the time. They did it for the money and it required little effort. I just don't even consider this an actual single.

That was a remix.

The Making Out mix? I know there were a few around 89-90 that were done for TV by S&G and I'm pretty sure WiM was based on one of those songs.

This is where I say I was wrong that one time eleven years ago.

"State of the Nation" and especially "Sub-Culture (remix)" are two of their BEST songs. I love "World in Motion" as well, but I agree it could be an Other Two single - not a bad thing.