Most emotionally devastating lyrics? New Order

Mine would be Loveless.In this song,here is a man totally devasted by an unsavoury woman.Its the point at the end where he knows there is no hope,you can sense how gutted he is

I'd say 1963 runs pretty close to be a prime contender - even if some people (who they???) think it's more corny than evocative.

Oh, Thieves Like Us, without a doubt, sweeping synths throughout, and then "It's called love, and it belongs to us" turns into "It's called love, and it belongs to everyone but us"

The lyrics to Turn are pretty spot on, too, leaving when it's the only thing left to do..

PS: Cheer up Brian! You know what they say...

Sooner Than You Think

"We had a party in our hotel last night ended up in an awful fight My wife left me and my child too Hope you don't end up like me"

Studio.. 'my friend left and my heart too Hope I don't end up like you. You know what we did was so unkind...'

As It Is When It Was

The streets are so empty at this time of night I'd rather walk on my own than fight In a world where I'd forgotten you I found myself forgotten, too That's the danger of believing books And all the lies of those thieves and crooks We sing intellectual songs of love From a stolen pen to a velvet glove.

I find it very emotional. I can just feel the depression in these lyrics.

Thanks for the like minded support on pisstream,feck cat.I got a mild reprimand until a few others started to air their opinions.I was starting to feel alone until you waded in with that Bunnymen stash bet In a while(maybe a long) most logical thought will conclude Jetsream was a bum move for New Order I really hope its not the last single off the album though. If pisstream wrecks WFTSC chances of getting released,even more thoughts will deduce it was a stinker of New order to release a single quite so shit.....1963 is very gutting aswell

Eck me Neck cat,not feck cat,i mean

Ceremony Knocks Fuck out of me. Lyrically it hurts,but its just such a stonker musically .such a powerful number.

Most of the ones off Movement, which no one listens to because they have no taste.

Should of been a top three most devastating.Thieves like us is bang up there in the gut wrenching stakes...

What? You saying that 1963 is as crap as Jizz-stream? That what it reads like up there....

His Holiness, The Pope wrote: Most of the ones off Movement, which no one listens to because they have no taste.

Dreams Never End is one of my all time favourite songs,the rest of movement lacks alot for me.As does most of Republic.Regret and DNE fuckin kick ass though:D

By 'Eck! My Neck! wrote: What? You saying that 1963 is as crap as Jizz-stream? That what it reads like up there....

No not at all,wires crossed:D 1963 is a very evocative, devastating, extraodinary True Faith B side what I love to hear.And that Jizstream,is a sticky bunch of cum with no B side at all,that I don't like to hear.Thats what I meant

I started my NewOrder story with the LowLife Cd and immediately turned to the bins of Jellys Music and found the made in France copy of FACD 50. The whole album is historic and deeply moody...but until I listened to 1963 some years later that mixed in with a dancable beat there are some really punchy lyrics...

I saw tears were in his eyes He never meant to hurt me Oh, God, Johnny, don't point that gun at me There's so many ways our lives have changed But please, I beg, don't do this to me Johnny, don't point that gun at me Can I save my life at any price? For God's sake won't you listen to me?

...wow...does anyone know what prompted this song?

NuOrdrMan wrote: I started my NewOrder story with the LowLife Cd and immediately turned to the bins of Jellys Music and found the made in France copy of FACD 50. The whole album is historic and deeply moody...but until I listened to 1963 some years later that mixed in with a dancable beat there are some really punchy lyrics...

I saw tears were in his eyes He never meant to hurt me Oh, God, Johnny, don't point that gun at me There's so many ways our lives have changed But please, I beg, don't do this to me Johnny, don't point that gun at me Can I save my life at any price? For God's sake won't you listen to me?

...wow...does anyone know what prompted this song?

I have heard it is about Marilyn Monroe and JFK,and also It was said to be about someone hooked on smack.I have no idea if any of these are true...but a very evocative consuming song it is

Ian wrote the lyrics, but IALP is obviously a pretty big downer.

This Time of Night is a zinger. Blue Monday is, too.

Thank you...it is hard to tell fact from fable...but your comment makes sense!

JJ

michael brown wrote: Mine would be Loveless.In this song,here is a man totally devasted by an unsavoury woman.Its the point at the end where he knows there is no hope,you can sense how gutted he is

For some reason I've always thought the lyrics in Love Less are about a teenage son or daughter where Bernard is the parent... :\ohwell:

as for the song i've chose, Thieves Like Us.

Different people, have different interpretations of songs and loveless is wide open to interpretation ......But the guy singing is heartbroken either way.If it were just about his kid being an ungrateful so and so, he needs to take command of the situationI think some bird is having his life in this song.At the end of Loveless you can hear the defeat in Barney's voice.Very well sung

His Holiness, The Pope wrote: Most of the ones off Movement, which no one listens to because they have no taste.

So, basically, I have no taste because I don't like an album in which each song sounds muddled?

I would say you have no taste in stagewear,from looking at your photo

Has to be Special

Some examples...

"It was always special It was like water down the drain I'm intoxicated Every time I hear your name I try to remember But nothing is the same"

Then the final verse, when those synth strings kick in afterwards, it's an emotive rollercoaster for me...

"Patiently you wait for me You're so blind I thought it couldn't be Then changed my mind Drowning in the endless sea Line all those lines The traces of your memory Don't belong with mine"

This blue-eyed boy that wants to be wrote:

His Holiness, The Pope wrote: Most of the ones off Movement, which no one listens to because they have no taste.

So, basically, I have no taste because I don't like an album in which each song sounds muddled?

Yes, but there's more.

michael brown wrote: Mine would be Loveless.In this song,here is a man totally devasted by an unsavoury woman.Its the point at the end where he knows there is no hope,you can sense how gutted he is

Spot on! I agree with you. Probably my all-time fave song and the lyrics are very poignant.

michael brown wrote: I would say you have no taste in stagewear,from looking at your photo

And what is so wrong about Martin Gore in vinyl shorts?

maybe he lost a bet with Dave Gahn or something

Adam R wrote:

michael brown wrote: Mine would be Loveless.In this song,here is a man totally devasted by an unsavoury woman.Its the point at the end where he knows there is no hope,you can sense how gutted he is

For some reason I've always thought the lyrics in Love Less are about a teenage son or daughter where Bernard is the parent... :\ohwell:

as for the song i've chose, Thieves Like Us.

'Un unsavoury woman' = bullshit. She dont look at him, dont talk to him and cannot forgive him. He is not innocent, I think.

'It doesn't take a genius to tell me what I am'. No, it doesn't: jealous!

How about 'the Village'?

How much is free for me and you? I'm on my knees. I am a fool. But when we kiss we speak as one. With a single breath this world is gone.

Most of Technique is pretty good and contrasts brilliantly with the music. For

My Life is no holiday/ I've been to the point of no return/ I've seen what a man can do/ I've seen of the hate of a woman too/

to be sung over such a bouncy and uplifting tune is genius.

Look back on lyrics like that and wish that Barney was still as bitter as he obviously was in that period sometimes