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The '84-'89 period meant a lot to me, for it was when I really started listening to their music, so there's a sentimental link there. But I've always liked the early years, particularly '82 to 'Low-life', because I just find them so fertile and productive... They were so full of novel ideas, and really laid down what was forever to be acknowledged as New Order.
What's yours?
For me it's the 86-93 period. (I know some people would consider that 2 or 3 periods.) I guess it could be qualified as New Order's successful period.
For me it has to be 83-87, saw some cracking gigs;
Tower Ballroom 83 - Opened with LWTUA Royal Festival Hall 84 - debut of Face UP, also did Decades Hammersmith Palais - Started with of all things-Temptation Woolwich Coronet 87 - Was treated to Atmosphere and Do the Ostrich.
Those were the days, brings a tear to me eye.
Mike
1980 best year surely ... when that chump Curtis hung himself to free up the lads to be an infinitely better band!
Can we un-ban Julio just to see his reply to this one, please?!
Originally posted by Digital Mike Royal Festival Hall 84 - debut of Face UP
Michael, please. That was the 4th rendition, after Bradford, Dusseldorf and Berlin. Maybe Munich as well, but we don't have that recording.
1980-1983 : From the early gigs with Hooky trying to sing Mesh, to the early live experiments with keyboards. The early performances of Chosen Times, Everything's Gone Green, Temptation, 586, Blue Monday, Confusion and Thieves Like Us are the things I like the most about New Order. My favourite New Order moment ever is the live video of Everything's Gone Green, a glorious mess.
Anyway what followed was great too, they couldn't stay at that early stage, they had to evolve and they did it making stuff like Low Life, Brotherhood and True Faith.
Then came another great period, 1988-1990, which saw them at their full potential. Fine Time, Vanishing Point and World In Motion, and some concerts of that period, show a band at the top, moving gracefully into a new scene they somehow helped to create, making big tunes and scoring chart hits. They were the Oasis of the late 80s, only they weren't shit at all! :)
Then came a lot of problems, but two glorious comebacks in 1993 and 1998, showing them ageing gracefully and sounding indeed fresher than the most of the young wankers out there. 
Originally posted by Al Jarvis
best year surely ... when that chump Curtis hung himself to free up the lads to be an infinitely better band!
*Ouch! A bit unfair, Al, really... you're naughty naughty. Apologise. :p
Can we un-ban Julio just to see his reply to this one, please?!
*Julio is banned here? Why?
Originally posted by aneworderfan Then came a lot of problems, but two glorious comebacks in 1993 and 1998, showing them ageing gracefully and sounding indeed fresher than the most of the young wankers out there.
Like Gab's Pish ?? 
I saw em do a great EGG at Glasto 81, but must admit I was waiting for Hawkwind to take the stage.
Originally posted by aneworderfan Originally posted by Al Jarvis best year surely ... when that chump Curtis hung himself to free up the lads to be an infinitely better band!
*Ouch! A bit unfair, Al, really... you're naughty naughty. Apologise. :p
Can we un-ban Julio just to see his reply to this one, please?!
*Julio is banned here? Why?
Because.....
a) he was caught cheating in the Community contest b) he constantly posted shite on the boards c) he constantly broke the Terms of Use of this site
Mick, whatever you do, don't get fooled that he is one of the good guys. He is a pariah of the Community, ostracised by everyone except his little pal David Sultan.
Originally posted by Low-Life > Originally posted by aneworderfan> > Then came a lot of problems, but two glorious comebacks in 1993 and 1998, showing them ageing gracefully and sounding indeed fresher than the most of the young wankers out there.
Like Gab's Pish ??
*They are not young! :D
And hey, just download the live performance of Night Time and then tell me... Rob's vocals are magic, Daz's bass is merciless, Bo's drums are storming and Paul's guitar is furious. No other band did stuff like this in the last 10 years...
Originally posted by Digital Mike I saw em do a great EGG at Glasto 81, but must admit I was waiting for Hawkwind to take the stage.
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It's a joke, right? 
1983-1989 notably PCL, Low Life & Technique and gigs without the " and the next song is called ". The sarcasm was better too. The odd JD song thrown in was unexpected and made for a better gig. Also the obvious different set a night made a big difference as well.
Originally posted by Low-Life
*Julio is banned here? Why?
Because..... a) he was caught cheating in the Community contest b) he constantly posted shite on the boards c) he constantly broke the Terms of Use of this site Mick, whatever you do, don't get fooled that he is one of the good guys. He is a pariah of the Community, ostracised by everyone except his little pal David Sultan.
*I don't know how he cheated, we all post shite (me included) and I don't know how he broke the terms (if he just wrote "fuck" or if it was more serious).
I can't judge what happened here, I was probably still waiting for the Ceremony digest... ;)
(still waiting since the end of January!!! 
)
I never had a problem with him, he's always been kind the few times we talked so I won't take a position until I know better.
Never had a problem with anyone since I subscribed to Ceremony in 1997 or something and I wish it was the same for all of us. I really hope one day we'll leave behind us this stage of "us vs them", though by then we'll be deprived of this sort of gang mentality which I know can be funny.
But we're all New Order fans after all, we can have our arguments and pisstakes but we're all of the same family...
1980/81/82. Those early gigs were pretty f-cking intense. Seeing them develop and grow was, for me, far more interesting than later on. Every release up until and including Blue Monday was a giant step forward for them and showed the way for so many others.
Probably the early era (1980-1983ish), when they were first starting to find their way after Ian went into exile with EP, Howard Hughes, and the Loch Ness Monster. Then again, the 1983-1990 era was fantastic in terms of what they produced.
1981-1985 - the combination of sleeve art, albums PLUS singles, attitude and overall factory image to a young impressionable 17 year old ......
1989
Discovered them properly in 87. But 89 was my first gig and Technique is my favourite album of all-time. The whole neighbourhood had the pleasure of hearing Technique blasting from my bedroom windowsill everyday in the summer.
Happy days.
