New Order's best instrumental

Don't do It just ahead of Lets Go

Elegia (full length version)

Never heard instrumental of Lets Go. Where can this be found?

Sound track to the movie Salvation.

i was all set to pick Lets go, then i remembered Elegia, but i really like Dont Do it Too, i think Elegia is probably just a bit better

vincent barroso wrote: does avalanche counts?it is an instrumental,isnt it?

what a daft question? Its on Republic, last track. There is no singing (hence its an instrumental). :(

Avalanche gets my vote as well. (But no one else mentioned Video 5 8 6 - too experimental perhaps?)

Those tribal like drums at the beginning of Avalanche, the sweeping strings, the melancholic melody, a perfect ending to an otherwise bland record. Sad, yet hopeful. With the band coming close to breaking up during/after that record and tour, it would have made for a bittersweet, yet fitting swan song.

Liked it when it was played during the New Order story as the camera glances over the Hacienda.

So I imagined hearing Gillian singing "faith" in Avalanche then?

Don't Do It hands down!

That weak sounding drum beat intro with the harpischord (or whatever) sound playing suddenly overpowered by those banging drums and orchestral hits is ACE! Then at 1:11 comes the guitar and bass plucking along to the drums. Then at 1:44 comes in those wierd samples that make you say "what the f*ck?!" Pure genius. Simple tune made simply awesome.

That's why I voted for DDI.

Elegia - I didn't know a funeral dirge could sound so special.

Shug wrote: I cannae choose between Let's Go and Don't Do It!

Yup, DDI just edged it for me.:)

A hard one, this!.Voted Elegia but Best And Marsh is great.And Don't Do It.And love the samples on Murder "CROWS! CROWS! CROWS!.I HATE THEM!"

The Confused Instrumental is my favourite New Order track, Ruined In A Day probably being my favourite song.

The performance in this track is superb. Oozes with creativity. It’s a pity we don’t hear more of it today (in general).

Let's go.

ELEGIA!!!!

Shug wrote: I cannae choose between Let's Go and Don't Do It!

well...which would you rather have said to you by your lady during a romantic evening. that help? :D

Fuck.

The Kiss of Death

oldmonkey wrote: So I imagined hearing Gillian singing "faith" in Avalanche then?

In my opinion that hardly constitutes lyrics, one word, does it?

I could argue that Dont Do It and Ecstasy arent instrumentals as both have vocals on them.

Don't Do It is incredible. It's a darn near perfect cut!

Let's go - no contest For second place I'd be hard pushed to choose between Best & Marsh and Don't do it. And Vicious Circle is great as well.

Ecstacy closely followed by Murder. The former is one of their most off-the-wall and intriguing songs which is criminally under-rated.

Ectasy cos its awesome

If there's a 'Instrumentals' best of NEWorder out next year, we will all know where they got the idea

Sorry, but I really do feel it's 'MTO' - hence my screen name.

I mean, when you listen to 'MTO' in the context of every other club record circa 1989, it's a destroyer.

I voted for The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack. It's nice to hear something less "pop" at this point.

No one's mentioned Skullcrusher.

Ironwill wrote: Don't Do It hands down!

That weak sounding drum beat intro with the harpischord (or whatever) sound playing suddenly overpowered by those banging drums and orchestral hits is ACE! Then at 1:11 comes the guitar and bass plucking along to the drums. Then at 1:44 comes in those wierd samples that make you say "what the f*ck?!" Pure genius. Simple tune made simply awesome.

That's why I voted for DDI.

The final weird sample, as was pointed out in a previous thread, is "your mother sucks cocks in hell" backwards, that alone should make it top NO tune EVER.

MTO wrote:

I mean, when you listen to 'MTO' in the context of every other club record circa 1989, it's a destroyer.

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree *completely* with you there! - I mean, there were MANY MANY classic club records released in 1989, and "MTO," while nice, sounds like "Fine Time (bonus beats)".