tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post4772076328735659047..comments2024-03-27T20:54:34.655+00:00Comments on Bagging Area: I've Been Waiting To Hear Your Voice For Too Long NowSwiss Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-63877886666851767282017-08-17T20:45:00.020+01:002017-08-17T20:45:00.020+01:00Face Up is just so much fun. Face Up is just so much fun. Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-91505316152606820252017-08-16T19:46:09.528+01:002017-08-16T19:46:09.528+01:00This is THE New Order album for me! Not a low lig...This is THE New Order album for me! Not a low light to be found on Lowlife. Sub-Culture remains my favorite New Order song - in any state of remix. I think you are spot on, SA, in describing Sumner's vocals as more guide vocal than finished off. But this does not take anything away from the dark/creepy beauty of the song. It is gothic, industrial and pulsing (lower case) electronic dance music. It's half brother Perfect Kiss is still, to this day, the most unencumbered and free sounding that New Order has ever sounded. Gillian and Hooky drive this song with Stephen providing a solid structure. We all know how magnificent the video version of the song is as well.<br />In recent years the two songs that I can't get enough of are Sunrise and Elegia. The former really captures in sound the image of the sun breaking through the darkness to gain control over the day. This song is just a Hooky tour de force. Elegia is the opposite sonically - a gentle, yet insistent veil of shadow that engulfs the listener in its dark beauty.A<br />As for Face Up - it's the final song on so many mixtapes I've made over the years, friends have had to remind me they already have it....Echorichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853063796135973187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-49251058284277844692017-08-16T19:26:20.638+01:002017-08-16T19:26:20.638+01:00Loved this period of New Order.
Love Vigilantes is...Loved this period of New Order.<br />Love Vigilantes is one of the best album openers ever.<br />It's going on the jukebox right now!The Lighthouse Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16009327309330260557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-46725880789273333112017-08-16T15:08:54.669+01:002017-08-16T15:08:54.669+01:00Thanks all. I've been enjoying writing them. A...Thanks all. I've been enjoying writing them. And getting something new out of their back catalogue after all this time is a joySwiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-13747202827456010082017-08-16T09:48:40.914+01:002017-08-16T09:48:40.914+01:00Loving these NO posts SA. Keep them coming.Loving these NO posts SA. Keep them coming.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-44717512820816313562017-08-16T08:53:41.222+01:002017-08-16T08:53:41.222+01:00This is a great series, I love your descriptions. ...This is a great series, I love your descriptions. I really need to dig Low-Life out and give it another listen. Haven't heard it in far too long. I totally agree about The Perfect Kiss. It's the full 12" version you need, anything less feels like you've been cheated.TheRobsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277941961790844321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-51829951772993245252017-08-16T08:35:37.191+01:002017-08-16T08:35:37.191+01:00Just caught up with your last three posts. Enjoyab...Just caught up with your last three posts. Enjoyable reads, one and all. New Order really did own that decade. So many great songs.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.com