Basically I'd like to see as little of Get Ready as possible on this tour. They will play them but I'd also like to see the back of Regret, Blue Monday and even Temptation 12" so as to allow other songs to be heard in their place, especially if they're never-performed ones from older albums. Temptation/Blue Monday are tedious, predictable chasms in NO gigs clocking in at over 8 minutes each, think how many shorter tracks we could get instead. I've propose a few Radio edits so we can get more "New Order for our buck" as the yanks would say.
Main set:
True Faith '98Waiting For The Sirens' CallKrafty (Edit version)Age of consentCrystal (Edit version)Morning Night And DaySooner Than You ThinkEverything's Gone Green/I Told You So (Electro Medley)Everyone EverywhereTemptation '98 (4:08 version)WeirdoJetstreamFace UpTurnPerfect Kiss (Like Reading '93)
Encore:Hey Now What You DoingAs It Is When It Was
I saw some previous posts with nothing but '80-85 songs and I thought that's either blatantly taking the piss or really worrying
Who in their right mind would want to hear Movement songs live in 2005 rather than hearing the band try out their latest fresh WFTSC stuff? It's like wanting the entire Rocking Carol flexi disc at the forefront of the setlist cos you had a really nice time at the Hacienda Christmas night. Movement was a shite JD-lite record, and while it was an understandably shite JD-lite record, I think Barney not even remembering writing the songs and in fact "doesn't even own a copy" ensures no inclusion of it whatsoever in the setlist (Bar perhaps the saving grace Dreams Never End, but I doubt it)
Anyway I hope they do something interesting with the setlist this time around. 2001's gigs were dominated by horribly samey guitar numbers like Slow Jam, Close Range, and even Transmission (Live JD songs will never ever have the power of the records, nor without Ian on "whoop-less" vocals) I'd predominantly like to see alot of new stuff otherwise New Order really will become the new wave Rolling Stones. I thought an electro medley of new track I Told You So and EGG might sound dead interesting and prove the band are still as relevant as they were in '82. I do love the old stuff as much as the next fan with Low-life still cutting deep and there are definitely a couple of "elderly" numbers that would have a damn-near holy effect on me if they were played (true to the original arrangements of course) at the forthcoming gigs.
Cheers,
Ally.