Favourite Gig Banter???

Just listened to a radio recording of the Hyde Park gig and noticed that Mr Hook was in fine fettle with his crowd banter.

The beginning of LWTUA quote 'You must all be over 40 you bunch of f**king daft b**tards.....your making me feel guilty....f**king hell'

- Classic

Has anyone else got any fave banter from Hooky or Barney or Steve and Gillian for that matter?

Penises at Finsbury :D

FAC103 wrote: well...it wasn't exactly banter...but I did enjoy hearing Barney sing, during TF, when I was a very small boy, Michael Jackson played with me...

OOPS!!!

where did he do that?

headshrinker wrote:

FAC103 wrote: well...it wasn't exactly banter...but I did enjoy hearing Barney sing, during TF, when I was a very small boy, Michael Jackson played with me...

OOPS!!!

where did he do that?

Probably down his pants.

FAC103 wrote: well...it wasn't exactly banter...but I did enjoy hearing Barney sing, during TF, when I was a very small boy, Michael Jackson played with me...

OOPS!!!

and at the same time

Berlin Metropol April 8, 1984

"You are the worst fucking audience we have ever played for in our fucking lives. We never ever want to play in Berlin again you miserable fucking bastards. (SPIT)"

or something like that

New York, 1983

"How, Does it feel, To be- Stuck in front of a bunch of pricks like you?" - Bernard's 1983 autocue work

Oakland, 2005

"Wot'a poof." - Bernard, on Morrissey

My personal favourite is during the June 2002 Finsbury Park gig when after a frenzied Ceremony Barney asks "is everybody having a nice time?. Personally, I'd rather be sat at home watching Stars on Sunday, or the World Cup". He then proceeds to waffle on about Stars on Sunday as if he's talking to himself and Hooky just laughs at him with a face that says "you're not stoned mate, why are you talking rubbish!" in a humourous way. Quality.

Bernard made some remark about "wank-faced Jews" at some point during their Hyde Park set. I was quite shocked and he seemed to treat it as a throwaway remark. It was a reference to another band I think, although I don't know who he was referring to. He's never said anything publically that could be described as anti-Semitic before as far as I know. Strange.

Chemical wrote: Bernard made some remark about "wank-faced Jews" at some point during their Hyde Park set. I was quite shocked and he seemed to treat it as a throwaway remark. It was a reference to another band I think, although I don't know who he was referring to. He's never said anything publically that could be described as anti-Semitic before as far as I know. Strange.

He said "wank-faced jurnalists"mate..

At a London Central Poly gig in 1985, in aid of the Terence Higgins Trust:

at one point Barney says, "Could you all move back a bit. Else we'll be doing a suffocation benefit next week."

and then later on: "Can you move back a bit please, someone's getting crushed in the front. I don't give a fuck really, but it sounds good if I say it."

I've got it on a bootleg somewhere, but first heard about it on this great site: http://www.new-order.net/no/gigs/nogigs.html

Reading 98. Upon Bernard introducing Keith Allen, the actor replied And Chris Evans is still a ginger cu*t Barney: No hes not, i like him Allen : Yes he fucking is!!

Class. Never made it onto the DVD

i went to see em in manchester for the get ready tour and after finishing temptation, bernard said'....yeah.....i actually like that one' made me chuckle. and later on after a few more songs he says 'sorry for the noise' again chuckle worth material

The banter from the Taras Shevchenko concert.

Get Ready tour - Melbourne Metro gig introducing Atmosphere: "This one's about golf"

This is one of my favourites, and its not even rude. Brisbane Big Day Out 2002 BLT inro

BS: We are now going to play one of our favourites. Bizarre LOve Triangle. Its about me Phil and Peter. Peter's on top of New Order...

PH: And he's bizarre.

BS: ...and Phil's on the bottom.

Techno 2. at the same gig Barney sang, " and you reached out in you're sleep and you felt my big fat cock" during Lonesome Tonight

He said "wank-faced jurnalists"mate.

Cheers! I wonder who in particular he was dissing. Who gave them a shitty review? I thought it was something like that because he's never publically come out with anything remotely racist or anti-Semitic before so it would have been well out of character, not to say controversial.

It would've also added ammunition to those neanderthals who still think the JD/NO thing has fascist connections...

Ronald Kirsch wrote: This is one of my favourites, and its not even rude. Brisbane Big Day Out 2002 BLT inro

BS: We are now going to play one of our favourites. Bizarre LOve Triangle. Its about me Phil and Peter. Peter's on top of New Order...

PH: And he's bizarre.

BS: ...and Phil's on the bottom.

This is really great .

Did you hear the one about the Ethiopian prostitute?

"Turn that fuckin' light off me you cunt"

From Pumped full of drugs

incredulously...."Andy, is that an orange juice on top of my amp?......go and get me a proper fucking drink ".

"Ibiza Minorca and Benedrom too I searched all these places and never found a stupid cunt like you"

"We've got these faggots in the audiece....everyone!"

"Naked saunas.....marching music......" (Cologne 01)

"I've always liked Wolverhampton. It reminds me of Wolves. Wolves with big dicks." (Wolverhampton 86)

"This one's about Birmingham, it's called 'fucking'" (Sub-culture, Birmingham 9/4/85)

"I'd like to dedicate this song to someone who couldn't be with us tonight because he's dead. I think you all know who I mean.......Mr Elvis Presley" (Sydney, 18/5/85)

This one's a fast one fer all you bollock brains.Tolworth 83.

Keep yer cans to yourself you fucking tosser! Womad 85.

If you didn't deserve that then you certainly don't fuckin deserve this. After Decades at the Paradiso about to launch into LWTUA. Think that was Hooky though.

This is an amazing thread, please keep going