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Taking song titles from song lyrics

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Is it only more recently NewOrder have made greater use of song titles taken from lyrics?, especially on G.R. its littered with em, Crystal, Turn My Way, Rock The Shack, Vicious Streak, 60mph etc..

Now going back in time i can only remember a few.. Confusion, Way Of Life, 1963, Perfect Kiss to name 4

I used to like the randomness of their song titles, The Village, Thieves Like Us, Subculture, In a Lonely Place,Paradise, As it is.. etc,

yea i know they not strictly "random" but they showed more imagination in some cases than simply plucking a word from the song lyrics.

So what happened and what songs have i missed out on my quick recap??!

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Cross of Iron ?

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I got a cock like the M-1

You gave me the Perfect kiss You gave me the Kiss of death

Now I know the pefect kiss is the kiss of death

Shellshock

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Regret. Touched By The Hand Of God. World in Motion. Ruined In a Day. 1963. State of the nation. Special. Ecstasy. Leave me alone. Way of life.

...the list goes on and on.

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World (The Price Of Love) to an extent.. Special. Young Offender.

What about Joy Division? Where do things like Insight or Twenty Four Hours get sung?

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I've always thought a number of New Order song titles have come from lyrics of earlier songs, such as Joy Division songs. For example, Dreams Never End being the inverse of the "guess your dreams always end" line in Insight, or Procession coming from "procession moves on" from The Eternal. These are the only two that come to mind immediately, but I know I've considered more.

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Originally posted by Razed In A New Division Of Agony What about Joy Division? Where do things like Insight or Twenty Four Hours get sung?

Isolation, No Love Lost, Ice Age, Leaders of Men, Failures, Walked in Line, SLC, Shadowplay, Something Must Break, Heart and Soul, Colony.....

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I sorta like the idea of having a song title that's nowhere mentioned within the body of the song. After all, anyone can sing "I love you long time, baby," but only a few people would make the title something off the wall like "Michael Jackson's Plea to Young Boys" :evil4:

I've never really thought about the singing of a title (or lack thereof) in NO tracks. :shrug:

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