bernard sumner?!

sumner's inane lyrics are very endearing and only rarely are they actual clunkers

Every “bad” lyric quoted in 3x5 post made me smile with fond recognition and I associate all of them with actual human emotions that I have experienced.

otm

sumner's best lyric is probably "regret" but his funniest (though co-written with tennant) is "getting away with it"

I'm partial to the chorus of "Everyone Everywhere," whose arrangement impresses me; the thing is mixed to perfection.

I remember hearing an interview with Electronic where Bernard summarized the theme of Get The Message as "stop spending all me money, bitch". and that was when I realized that I had probably been projecting way too much depth into his lyrics.

3x5 OTM.

The lyric to Every Little Counts is better than all English poetry from the 19th century

I think the idea behind New Order is pure formalism - fantasti engineering in the right context. The lack of commitment can work beautifully, but where I'm at feels clinical about four songs in and I have to put something else on.

New Order is the best argument against using lyrics in critic reviews to signify mediocrity imo. There's something so pure about the combo of the music and those words and Sumner's voice. I never have noticed the words negatively because I find so much of what they accomplish to be truly moving.

I remember hearing an interview with Electronic where Bernard summarized the theme of Get The Message as "stop spending all me money, bitch". and that was when I realized that I had probably been projecting way too much depth into his lyrics.

3x5 OTM.

well, yeah, we should listen to artists describing their own material