Worst song ever...

Can't say much about Revenge or the Other Two

New Order...Turn the Heater On...what was that all about!!!

Joy D...I Remember Nothing

Monaco...Billy Bones

Originally posted by Ken Brough > Originally posted by Tim Jauncey> Worst songs......hmmmmm> > JD - You're No Good For Me/most of the unreleased (officially) Warsaw stuff> /b]What, including Leaders of Men ??!! - that and The Drawback saw me through adolescence !

Most of, not all of ! :) You named the only two I like.....Gutz and Inside the Line (or whatever its called) are just a noise.

Originally posted by The Keeper Of The Major Key good point about movement. The only decent song on it is dreams never end.

Nah, they are all good in their own limited way, even Doubts Even Here (doubts even here when I wrote that though :)). They were better live than on record, let's just say that....

By the way, Jeff, when I said the beer would be warm, I just meant that I'm a long way from Texas. I didn't mean to question your hospitality.

If you have Heart and Soul box set, there's a live cut of Novelty from 1979-80 (?), which Ian introduces as "a very old song, some of you might remember". I just think it kind of captures the problems of punk in a nutshell in the lyrics.

BTW, what's wrong with SOM? It's one of my favorites, especially off the Peel sessions.

Oh my god, don't kill me, but... I never liked Transmission... As for New Order, there are only two songs I refuse to listen to: Every Little Counts and Run Wild. Shellshock isn't that bad. And Subculture rules. :P

I just love the differences of opinions on this thread. Personally, I love Sound of Music by JD and Sub-culture by NO.

Since I've been listening to Republic a lot over the last couple of weeks, the one song that has not improved one iota IMO is Liar. The backing vox just turn what is a mediocre song into an irritant every time it has graced my turntable lately.

I've also played one disc of Heart and Soul a day lately as well, and going by the stuff on that, my vote for JD would be From safety to where...?. That song just sounds a bit incomplete to me, and doesn't possess any remarkable characteristic.

joy div - komikino N o Possibly world in motion with j B bobbins

The mere existence of "We Built This City on Rock and Roll" renders every other song ever written a masterpiece. There are no bad songs in comparison.

Originally posted by Gnu Odor The mere existence of "We Built This City on Rock and Roll" renders every other song ever written a masterpiece. There are no bad songs in comparison.

Can't argue with that, and what's worse is I think of that damn song every time I go to the Bay Area.

Worst New Order - Slow Jam

I just listened to my shellshock 12" today. in the company of "we built this city..." it sounds as grand as Stairway to heaven.

Slow Jam the worst? Have you heard the second side of Republic? Worst song of all time (outside NO) is, and will always be either "Witchy Woman" by the Eagles or "Oh what a night" by Franki Valli. Worse than just bad - these songs are from the pen of The Dark Lord Himself CTD

i actually like the second half of Republic. i suppose that makes me as rare as an honest politician. i think liar is great. the line "were you abandoned in your youth..." is hysterical. it's written with the same tone as shoot you down from the stone roses. i'm a sucker for harsh words sung with a sweet voice.

Joy Division - At a later Date

New Order - We all stand / Turn The Heater On

Revenge - Amsterdam

The Other Two - the tracks with Melanie Williams on vocals

Monaco - the whole second album except for "I've got a feeling" and "Black Rain"

Electronic "Disappointed"

Originally posted by Major good point about movement. The only decent song on it is dreams never end.

Chosen Time floats my boat!!! Still one of my all-time faves.

There's a classic early 81 gig where Steve starts drumming "Chosen Time" and the crowd all think it's "These Days" and suddenly give up this big cheer :)

Originally posted by Gnu Odor The mere existence of "We Built This City on Rock and Roll" renders every other song ever written a masterpiece. There are no bad songs in comparison.

Interesting side note: Was watching the video for We Built... on Pop-Up Video, it said the kids who were extras were encouraged to dress up like their favorite rock stars. Nobody dressed up like the male singer of Starship.

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 > Originally posted by Gnu Odor> The mere existence of "We Built This City on Rock and Roll" renders every other song ever written a masterpiece. There are no bad songs in comparison.

Interesting side note: Was watching the video for We Built... on Pop-Up Video, it said the kids who were extras were encouraged to dress up like their favorite rock stars. Nobody dressed up like the male singer of Starship.

Boring side note: At least Bernard takes the blame for his own lyrics. We Built This City is "credited" to four separate writers, including Bernie Taupin of Elton John fame. I guess each one just contributed the shittiest verse he could come up with. Maybe it was a contest...or some military weapons research gone terribly wrong.

Originally posted by Gnu Odor > Originally posted by Taboo # 7> > > > Originally posted by Gnu Odor> > The mere existence of "We Built This City on Rock and Roll" renders every other song ever written a masterpiece. There are no bad songs in comparison.>

Interesting side note: Was watching the video for We Built... on Pop-Up Video, it said the kids who were extras were encouraged to dress up like their favorite rock stars. Nobody dressed up like the male singer of Starship.

Boring side note: At least Bernard takes the blame for his own lyrics. We Built This City is "credited" to four separate writers, including Bernie Taupin of Elton John fame. I guess each one just contributed the shittiest verse he could come up with. Maybe it was a contest...or some military weapons research gone terribly wrong.

I think it's just an example of rock stars of the past (I'm thinking of Grace Slick) trying to jump the latest bandwagons in musical trends. Anyone wanting a good laugh should pick up the Jefferson Airplane BTM right about when they make the leap to Jefferson Starship. Fantastic stuff, those guys....

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 Subculture, defintiely. As for JD, probably Glass...

Mmmm...the album version and record mirror mix of Sub-culture are excellent though I don't care for the 12".

Even We All Stand, the 12" of Sub-culture and Every Little Counts are better than the terrible remixes for 60MPH and as someone said the Sly and Robbie 'reggae' mixes of Ruined - what was that all about?

I hate to do this, but the worst New Order track ever recorded has to be Rock The Shack. This song never should have seen the light of day.

...again with the RTS bashing. Let it go, people! It was intended as a rough, fun, throwaway track. At least it shows them having a bit of fun! CTD

If it weren't for Slow Jam, I would have to back you up Tracey. Unfortunately, the 2 worst tracks are located on the same disc. I can overlook "youthful indescretions" but to miss the mark by so much this late in the game...we may be lucky if the next album has a 50/50 good/bad ratio...we'll be lucky if there is a next album.

they need to toss in a couple instrumentals to ease the burden Bernard's rhyming dictionary must be feeling

Joy Division - Passover - that song pisses me off it goes no where at all New Order - World Monaco and Electronic and the other crap hate it all Apart from the first Monaco singel

Originally posted by Geaux Hagen i actually like the second half of Republic. i suppose that makes me as rare as an honest politician. i think liar is great. the line "were you abandoned in your youth..." is hysterical. it's written with the same tone as shoot you down from the stone roses. i'm a sucker for harsh words sung with a sweet voice.

I too like Liar.

Originally posted by Ian Pillar Joy Division - Passover - that song pisses me off it goes no where at allNew Order - WorldMonaco and Electronic and the other craphate it allApart from the first Monaco singel

I think World is the high point of Republic.

Originally posted by Shug Shellshock? Tabsy, not with you on that one mate, although I agree it's not a classic.Uninteresting Fact: When my wee brother was 3, this was the first song he could sing all the way through, it well impressed my matesNowadays he's nearly 16 and prefers OasisWhere did it all go wrong?

Bless! My little bruv is also a massive Oasis fan - drives me up the wall. Tried to convert him to New Order when I went home for Chrimbo but he wasn't having any of it.

Worst NO tune - really hard....don't like State of the Nation much, but don't particularly hate it....

Well you should , cos the lyrics are crap - and as for the backing vocals on the flip......