The Wednesday Canon: New Order/Joy Division

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Much demanded in the write-in votes last week, this - here are the UK hit singles of New Order (Blue Monday remixes have been compressed for purposes of voting, and Joy Div's two hits have been flung in to add choice. I thought of putting in Electronic too, but then I really ought to have included Monaco, and we know where THAT leads.



You get NINE picks across the 27 choices, I can guess where the bulk of them are going to lie but the ordering should be of some intrigue.

(Edit: And "Bizarre Love Triangle" wasn't a hit, amazingly since it's probably the best thing they've ever done)


[Poll #712924]


MEANWHILE the Girls Aloud Canon stands as follows. 1 - No Good Advice. 2 - Biology. 3. The Show. 4. Wuv Machine. 5. Sound Of The Underground. Hurrah for the gurls! And yes I will be doing the unbelievably huge Madonna poll before too long.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

How is it that the three NO songs I have heard count among my favouritest songs EVER - but I haven't heard any others! I'm shocked at myself. Are the others like 'True Faith' and 'Regret'? What album should I get?

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

I prescribe Substance 1987.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

True Faith and Regret are probably their most straightforwardly poptastic songs. Get Technique. Or just download "Run", "All The Way", "Age Of Consent", "Bizarre Love Triangle", "1963", "Love Vigilantes", "Temptation"...hold on you mean to say you've never heard "Blue Monday"???!!

"Perfect Kiss" not a hit either I notice.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

we can't stil be surprised by what alex doesn't know, can we?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

No I know 'Blue Monday', I DJed a mash-up of it with 'Stand Up Tall' two days ago! It is really different to 'Regret' and 'True Faith' so I assumed it was a one-off?

I have a sneaking suspicion that I own Technique but that it got buried in eone of my house moves.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Blue Monday is actually closer to most of their 80s output than True Faith is. All their great 80s singles are the same mix of 'songy' and 'tracky'.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

do you have the 'Stand Up Tall' acapella? i need it for another mash-up idea!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I don't, no, sorry...what is your idea?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

If ever a worth of a band (or two bands even) was ill-served by a list of their hits, it's this lot.

Lex you will probably enjoy the Substance compilation, if that's still in print. Power, Corruption and Lies is also worth having.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I think the reason I don't own any NO is that I keep looking for an album/compilation with both 'True Faith' and 'Regret' on it but can never find one. I will keep Substance in mind though.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There is one - "The Best Of New Order" from about 1994. But don't start with that - the tracklisting is very odd and the early stuff is skimped on.

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

Doesn't that International compilation, or the recent Singles one wrap the two?

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

There's a new one which is pretty comprehensive and looks like it's got all the original mixes on. I nearly bought it myself when I saw it, and I still might if it rly does have the originals.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

the recent singles is a good bash tho with obv too much from the recent LP

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think these are the only 2 Joy Division songs I listen to with any frequency.

Oh, "Dead Souls" too I suppose.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I think it speaks volumes for how good 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' is that it hasn't yet been completely ruined despite the best efforts of...lots of people. Especially those who play it in clubs! Weirdos, it's the last thing i want to hear in a club.

I didn't know JD had any other songs until a couple of years ago, I don't think I want to hear them.

IN MY ROLE AS BROKEN RECORD SKIPPIN

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

love will tear us apart =

i. jd's WORST song by a v.long way
ii. jd's INDIEST song by a v.long way

Re: IN MY ROLE AS BROKEN RECORD SKIPPIN

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's ridiculously indie to claim i.

ii is true, though.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

I already told you, that was The Sun Always Shines On TV by A-ha.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

They don't have any songs that sound much like LWTUA. They had an amazing rhythm and sound (everyone agrees on this), spoiled a bit to my mind by a plank for a lyricist (few agree on this).

"Atmosphere" is very beautiful.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

What actually is the link between JD and NO? I know that some of the former were in the latter but I don't really know who's who (I only ticked Gillian because she's a girl, I didn't know NO had a girl in them until now!)

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

"Isolation" would sound awesome in a club. JD were more disco than you might think.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I'm not as hardline on it as The Judge, but LWTUA has been pretty much ruined for me now by sheer overplaying. Transmission, OTOH, I don't think I'll ever get bored wuth.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Not Transmission?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I forgot "Transmission"! Yeah that's good too, I couldn't say as I listen to it.

My main problem with JD was that I bought the box set and sold all my old albums and then the box set is so fucking unweildy and has such huge extended CDs of everything that I never listen to any of it anymore. I don't honestly feel I'm missing much - buying the box set was kind of a "kill or cure" move anyway - but I should digitise my favourites maybe. And it's put me right off box sets.