Still, from the same album: "Come To Milton Keynes" - compare and contrast with "Trains To Brazil" by Guillemots, eh?
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 09:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 10:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, you are right, Sororah.
I was recently reacquainted with the rap on That Petrol Emotion's Big Decision. Excruciating.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 11:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 11:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 11:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 11:58 (eighteen years ago) link
-- 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.
― Ned T.RIfle II (Ned T.Rifle II), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 12:16 (eighteen years ago) link
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).
― Daniel Giraffe (Daniel Giraffe), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 12:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Daniel Giraffe (Daniel Giraffe), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (J-E-T) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Euler (Euler), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 14:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Just Gimme One More Day) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Johnny Jarvis, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:33 (eighteen years ago) link
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"
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link
You are daft! After "Regret," it's the best song on the album! Looove the guitar solo.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link
mmmmMMMMMPH! must ... not ... get ... angry ...
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:23 (eighteen years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link
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
― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link
Wow, are half the posters on crack or what?
― Edward Bax (EdBax), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:25 (eighteen years ago) link
Steve Mack from That Petrol Emotion has been seen a punk gigs lately in my town. That makes me happy for some reason.
― Ya gotta agitate, educate, organize (Bimble...), Monday, 13 March 2006 04:13 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 13 March 2006 09:02 (eighteen years ago) link
These crazy words of mine!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 August 2017 03:29 (six years ago) link
"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.
― yesca, Sunday, 20 August 2017 03:39 (six years ago) link
Yeah, 'World in Motion' is pretty dreadful. It definitely deserves a spot on that list.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Sunday, 20 August 2017 03:51 (six years ago) link
'World in Motion' has always and will always continue to rule. Sorry, snobs.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, 20 August 2017 07:59 (six years ago) link
World in Motion is a complete joy, especially the rap.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 20 August 2017 08:13 (six years ago) link
Yes
― Mark G, Sunday, 20 August 2017 08:43 (six years ago) link
TS: A-side rap vs B-side rap
https://youtu.be/7N4mIa4NNHk?t=3m13s
― nashwan, Sunday, 20 August 2017 14:33 (six years ago) link
"World in Motion" is marvelous.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 August 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
I'm an American who hates sports so... "World in Motion" is definitely in the top ten worst for me. It's hard to describe how let down I felt the first time I put that 12" on.
― yesca, Sunday, 20 August 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
I'm an American who hates sports.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 August 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
Tom Ewing otm: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/12/englandneworder-world-in-motion/
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 August 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
I mean I've read a lot of impassioned articles about how important this song was and how it was some turning point for the perception of the band. For myself, New Order's combination of inventiveness and portentousness up to that point clouded some of the goofiness that was happening in the lyrics department (which in retrospect should have been obvious to me with songs like "Every Little Counts") and hearing this made them suddenly sound like any other terrible top ten UK pop thing. It was the first chink in the armor before we get to other super lazy pop stuff like "World" all the way through "Superheated". For some I get that this was a celebration of the pop tendencies that were always there but for me this was the beginning of the band getting knocked down from heaven and become just mere mortals. :)
― yesca, Sunday, 20 August 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
goddamn pop music
― Neves Say Neves Again (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 20 August 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
uh, the inventiveness and portentousness (I'm not sure what this means but anwyway) required the goofy lyrics!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 August 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
― yesca, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
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?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
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.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link