The Pink Floyd Connection

It been said that New Order are similar to Pink Floyd.  Well, there are similarities on the latest album.  The opening track has church bells at the start, so does Pink Floyds Division Bell, and then theres a heart beat on 'guilt is a useless emotion' we all know theres a heart beat on 'Dark side of the Moon'.  Even the art work this time is a bit Pink Floyd, especially the rose in front of the block of flats, reminds me of 'Pink Floyds, Final Cut'   But then again it could be me who's going insane.  Anybody else spot the connection?

YEAH...........both sets of FANS are MAD!

Like 'Pink Floyd'. We`ll leave that to our thief hailing mates. Sounding like post Joy Division on the other hand...

The first Album "Movement" sounded a little bit (too much) like Pink Floyd. But WFTSC not.

pink floyd also used flutes

Pink Floyd did 3 sold out concert here on their last tour but that won't happen with NO 

I know Syd Barrett, but who's Pink Floyd.

gazzano9 wrote:

It been said that New Order are similar to Pink Floyd.  Well, there are similarities on the latest album.  The opening track has church bells at the start

*I can't hear them...

And you, Sirencester, you know where you should insert your fookin flutes?! ;)

Mick Aneworderfan wrote:

gazzano9 wrote:

It been said that New Order are similar to Pink Floyd.  Well, there are similarities on the latest album.  The opening track has church bells at the start

*I can't hear them... And you, Sirencester, you know where you should insert your fookin flutes?! ;)

The church bells start at 0:15 and last until 0:45 of track 1. It's interesting that they are clearly bells (or more likely electronically produced to sound like bells) on my CD player at home, but on the CD player in my car they don't sound like bells at all. As I've said on other threads, to me they sound like funeral bells. What a way to start an album!

You mean those huge deep sounds that seem more like percussions than any other thing? I don't know, I just hear that "boooom" at the start of every beat in those seconds you say, but I'd have never thought they're bells... the rest are the strings, the guitar, not much else... yeah, I think you're referring to those huge sounds...

Mick Aneworderfan wrote: You mean those huge deep sounds that seem more like percussions than any other thing? I don't know, I just hear that "boooom" at the start of every beat in those seconds you say, but I'd have never thought they're bells... the rest are the strings, the guitar, not much else... yeah, I think you're referring to those huge sounds...

Perhaps if there are ways of adjusting the sound on your CD player you might be able to make them sound more like bells. As I've said, to me the fact that they sound like funeral bells is very important to the album.

Pink Floyd had a lovely song about a bike on Piper at the Gates of Dawn. And I like my bike and New Order too.

Where's Trevor when you need him? He wrote a long diatribe back in the day linking the two bands somehow. And then everyone jumped all over him about thinking too hard. Wish I knew what that was like.

There is no one in New Order called SYD

Yes, until too many people complained. Perhaps we have Jon Savage to blame, after his comments on the New Order Story.

If you listen to Technique on half speed at the exact same time you play a copy of 24 Hour Party People, the lyrics and the tunes will sync perfectly with the events of the film and a magic portal to the Hacienda will open in your toilet.

Yeah, all right, I am going insane.  I think John Peel made the comparison some time ago, something to do with New Order being a faceless band, just like Pink Floyd.  But there is a connection, a theme occurs with every  album,' love, life and death'.

Or when Wilson took Jon Savage up on a hill after Ian's suicide and said "MARK MY WORDS. This will be like when Syd Barrett left the Floyd."

Since I love both New Order and Pink Floyd (and it appears I'm not the only one), perhaps there is some similarity.  Musically, I don't see tremendous similarities.  However there do appear to be other similarities or at least interesting observations.  Paul Morley said that if New Order had promoted themselves better they might be post-punk Pink Floyds, in the sense of being rock giants.  That said, if I recall correctly, Joy Division recorded Closer at Floyd's studio, Britannia Row.  So maybe JD channeled some Floydian spirit while creating their magnum opus.

Some similarities: Both bands endured the tragic loss of one of the formative members (Barrett/Curtis), both have been on the experimental side of music, both have indulged in drugs (but how many bands haven't?), both have been somewhat faceless but have been defined by strong visual presentations and artwork on their albums, both have somewhat of a cult status, both have experienced fighting within the band (Floyd a bit more fatally than NO) - I suppose there  may be more - anyone?