NewOrder purists how obsessed are you..?

Originally posted by Inta Don just remembered another one...about 10 or so years ago i read an interview with Barney about his other musical tastes/influences. He cited 'Ennio Morricone' as one of his favourite composers, i duly went out and bought an album of his (not having a clue what it would be like!) i forced myself to listen to it a few times before i accepted that i didnt really actually like it!doh !!

I read that either Barney or Hooky (don't remember which one) really liked Adagio for Strings, by Samuel Barber. I already owned this, and I thought it was pretty cool that someone in New Order liked it.

Now that was a brilliant one , Jeff. You made me rolling from my chair with laughter! BTW, do you also gain so much pleasure in typing: lol :, 20 times in a row. Freaky buttoncontrol one needs!

try writing it once and copy it, use Ctrl and V to duplicate as many as you like

Oui, c'est tres amusant, mes amis, n'est-ce pas????!!!!

Originally posted by Jeff, just Jeff, no last name erm...now what have I gone and done????

Jeff, put your icq on! Liv

Originally posted by Jason > Originally posted by See-Ye Tan> I often go to my local CD store and re-stack those NO Cds so that all of them will be at the front, placed consequentially according to release date....and I like placing the Best of with the Rest of togther ( occasionally together with US version of Best of and also UK 2-CD Rest of ) on the shelves...eventhough I know it'll be mucked up in the next 30 minutes by some other passing customers...> > I like to do similar thing to the PSB remastered white-sleeve series, too. I thought they look brilliant being displayed together..> > Just some silly obbession of mine.> > Oh, the local library always display Movement CD on the 'M' shelf.....so there's me to correct the situation whenever possible.....

No Shit!! I always make sure New Order stuff is in well view and in a place of honor at any CD store. One time I found New Edition shit trying to mingle with my Order. I got that useless shit out of there. More recently I've been moving the Crystal single to the front of the 'N' section at Sam Goody, and taking cack off of the display shelf and replacing it with New Order.

YES!!! last week in our local Best (worst)Buy store there was some New Edition shite with the New Order stuff unbelievable...sadly they were about 40 copies of Get Ready there waiting to be sold :(

i was talking with some people at school and someone thought that blue monday was written by orgy. another person got new order mixed up with depeche mode and thought depeche mode wrote blue monday. people under twenty just don't know anything about them.

Originally posted by Alicia Chow i was talking with some people at school and someone thought that blue monday was written by orgy. another person got new order mixed up with depeche mode and thought depeche mode wrote blue monday. people under twenty just don't know anything about them.

Hey there Alicia.

Originally posted by Allen Jarvis > Originally posted by Todd Bendy (aka Ben Sweeney)> > > > Originally posted by Allen Jarvis> > > > > > > Originally posted by Green > > > I may be obsessed by New Order, but not half as i am obsessed by The Fall. (Oh, how I wish Brix was still with them.....) > > >

Not entirely convinced by Brix, but that Marcia (was it?) one they brought in soon after - Phwoah!

HEY! Mr Jarvis! That was my quote that - you've gone and credited it to Green!! Tut Tut!

Whoah, sorry. Who's she seeing now anyways? Take it Nigel 'Villa Youth' Kennedy got booted into touch moons ago? Him and Mark E Smith, wow, what a pair.

Fuck I almost forgot !! Many moons ago now my cricket team had finished a game on a Sunday evening, and we called back into our local. Petite elfin-like blonde with serious hair and a loud scarf was stood at the bar, with a spiky-haired Villa scarf-wearing suede-jacketed decidely uncool violinist alongside. Muggins here promptly went across to be alongside them at the bar. Denise of the fine topography came across to serve me. Kennedy goes "oright mate", I blanked him and said "Hello Mrs Smith" :) Then proceeded to spend about 10 mins talking about The Fall (this is 1991, so the schism was still fairly fresh) until said fiddler got bored with being ignored and dragged her over to the quiz machine. Pub was the Lamb and Flag, The Tything, Worcester. Finest Guinness in the land. They had been fairly regular visitors on Sundays by all accounts - we didn't usually finish our cricket so early though, which is why I hadn't seen them before.

I missed my train this morning, because just before i left the house they played Here To Stay on the radio and i thought there was a slim possibility that the presenter would mention some NewOrder news after the track finished.

So i guess im still somewhat obsessed!! ah well

I listen to an utterly rubbish morning chart pop radio show purely cos it uses the opening bars of Regret as link music. And She's Lost Control is my ring tone. Yayyyy!!!

It's not a New Order one, but I always listen to Atmosphere as close to 12:00 on New Year's Eve as I possibly can. Kind of puts things into perspective a bit - you know, we're still here but some people aren't - that sort of thing...

I went to 7 records store in Paris on the 9th december 2002 week every day just to be sure to get a UK limited edition Retro (for the bonus CD of course), which makes more than 30 times... because actually this boxset has been available only on Friday... Now that I told this to some friends... they all think I'm completely crazy.

Inta, don't you reckon this thread should get some of your awards awards? V. funny, it is.

My story:

Everytime I get into a music store I always ask for something by New Order, something I am sure they do not have, I am just trying (and miserably failing of course) to create the impression that there is a great demand for all things New Order.

And I must confess I also do tidy up New Order's racks. (Apologies to any New Model Army fans), they get shoved in with the Osmonds and the Ozzies.

Yeah, I'm a record store lunatic too. Visit my local HMV every day (sometimes twice) and just rummage through the New Order section. S-A-D.

I was banned from the office internet throughout the autumn and winter 2001/ 2002 because I was opening the Uncut interview for several hours (our connection is bad and our PC is weak). Then everyone except me was using it for their private mails and I had to beg people to let me have a look when the boss wasn't watching.

Indeed Budvar my friend indeed!! :D

I have to confess at tidying NewOrder racks as well on occasions! i get most put out when JD or sideprojects are lumped in with NewOrder and so on.

Also people browsing in the 'N' section, that block your path the NewOrder section!

I was a client of a certain record store (sadly closed since 2000) since I was 15 or 16 years old. The employees and the owner didn't knew my name, so they called me...

NEW ORDER!

So every time I went there (and it was a lot!) it was always: "Hi New Order, how are you?"

If my ____ part did not like New Order, I would sever it from my body and throw it in the thrash. Good thing it likes them though... that was a scary couple of days.

while in the car with my parents january 4, blue monday came on the '80s station. i screamed out 'happy birthday, barney, darling!' my parents just stared at me. not really an obsessive moment, just, well, hmmm....

and when i was in middle school, i had 'new order' written all over my binder in bright pink paint-pen. :o

and in high school i put my new order low-life and joy division closer posters on facing walls so they could 'look at each other'. :o :o

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Originally posted by JE SUIS EGG I was a client of a certain record store (sadly closed since 2000) since I was 15 or 16 years old. The employees and the owner didn't knew my name, so they called me...NEW ORDER!So every time I went there (and it was a lot!) it was always: "Hi New Order, how are you?"

Quality

Sorry but i ain't OBSESSIVE about NEW ORDER!:D

Originally posted by AgentWood while in the car with my parents january 4, blue monday came on the '80s station. i screamed out 'happy birthday, barney, darling!' my parents just stared at me. not really an obsessive moment, just, well, hmmm....and when i was in middle school, i had 'new order' written all over my binder in bright pink paint-pen. :oand in high school i put my new order low-life and joy division closer posters on facing walls so they could 'look at each other'. :o :o

especially in front of the parents

Originally posted by Jim Giliberto > Originally posted by Shug> > > > Originally posted by Jim Giliberto> > > > > > > Originally posted by Shug> > > I play New Order every night at work - just in the hope that someone new (birds) come over and ask "who is that wonderful band?" ;) > > >

Cheers mate - after posting that last night I decided to take in a few different tapes - so today it was John Lennon compilation - and 2 young lads came over and asked who it was - fucking typical - I've been playing Get Ready constantly - and as soon as I put something else on - people are suddenly interested...you just can't fucking win mate!!!!

I wish i could play the order where i work, but since it is a library (for lawmakers) it is not to cool but then maybe i should to waken up the place a wee bit

look how long this threads been going on... well, since i have been promoted a now am co-director where I work, and have an office I could possible wake up the place a bit, and maybe set up some speakers in my office