New Order Fanmail
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Patrick Morley wrote: Does New Order have a fan mail address and has anyone ever tried to send a letter to them?
ERR no.
I once sent a letter to factory inquiring about revenge and electronic. It was tagged as fan mail and forwarded to the offical fan mail resonse service...at that time Steve and Gillian(according to Steve in NME all the mail went to them). My letter was returned to me, with sarcastic comments (mainly abusive of Hooky, Bernard and Wilson) scrawled on it and a picture of one of the chicks from the Round and Round Video with the words "Peter in one of his quiter moods" written on the back ("Peter?" must have been steve, he's the only one I ever heard call Hooky by his name (in sincerity anyway)).
Only one page of the letter remains, the other and the pic having been destroyed by a vengeful female.
If you REALLY want them to know something REALLY badly...shout REALLY loudly on here, someone vaguely involved with management or whatever might be reading, it does happen now and then.
Patrick Morley wrote: Does New Order have a fan mail address and has anyone ever tried to send a letter to them?
Welcome PATRICK.
I wrote to them a few times at Palatine Road in the eighties and Hooky usually replied. If you sent an SAE with it, it nearly always came back. I asked him about Procession and a few other songs and he told me what he remembered. They were very anti the idea of 'fans' at the time as they were against the idea of being lauded as gods etc and hero worship. It's the same idea that never saw them want a fan or info club formed.
Fair play to them though: rather than have your honest questions and wishes ignored or dealt with by some faceless underling, they took time to do it themselves.
Punk rock!!
digital mike binoche wrote: Send em to me, I see Barney every Thursday in Tesco's
Which branch would that be then Mike?
Heh, I live in the USA (yeah, I know, it sucks :p) and I don't know any NO/JD fans. I don't even know anyone who has heard of them...
I'm not sure how I would even go about sending a letter to another country. I don't send letters very often. :p
welcome to the board, Patrick. :)
Sending mail elsewhere is just about the same as the US, just lots more postage. :D
(but not so bad if you just go to the post office and mail from there.)
i sent a letter way back enquiring as had been told the standing room at the front of the nec for the 89 gig was fan club only.
came back with what looked like peters scrawl on it.
Welcome to the nuthouse Patrick!
If theres anything you want to know then just ask the guys on the boards here.
What some of them know isn't worth knowing!
If theres anything you want to know then just ask the guys on the boards here. **What some of them know isn't worth knowing!:**lol:
was going to correct you on that, but thinking about it you're quite right
hibster wrote:
If theres anything you want to know then just ask the guys on the boards here. **What some of them know isn't worth knowing!:**lol:
was going to correct you on that, but thinking about it you're quite right
HELLO
Jack_H wrote: steve campbell might not e-mail my dad, but he does e-mail me
Fook aff what would I say to the old boy anyway? "errrrr you rule" "sell me a clone theory" "can that son of yours play for shit or what" :D
anyway, I sent you the revised "16 yrold who's got chicks and bass and all sorts of nefarious activities we wont discuss here to take care of that he'd much rather be getting on with and anyway those cunts at school want me to read shit too" version. Worry when "my" Barney's Angels start sending....
"Dear Jack, please can you ask your dad to steal 17 pairs of Bernards boxer shorts. thanks"
BTW see how none of us instantly, in response to the orinal question, yelled "uhuhuhuh Jack's dad's..."
What a nice lot.
Steve Campbell wrote:
Worry when "my" Barney's Angels start sending....
"Dear Jack, please can you ask your dad to steal 17 pairs of Bernards boxer shorts. thanks"
BTW see how none of us instantly, in response to the orinal question, yelled "uhuhuhuh Jack's dad's..."
What a nice lot.
I half considered it, but figured he'd out himself so why deny him that pleasure? :p
Hey! :evil: I don't need Jack to put his neck on the line asking for boxers.. I mean, we don't want to send his dear dad to the floor in such a fit of laughter to rival that of the 'Times Change' "hidden laugh track" 
LOL You do know He'll tell Dad about you lot dad will file away And rip the livin crap out of poor Bernard about yous some day :)
Steve Campbell wrote: LOL You do know He'll tell Dad about you lot dad will file away And rip the livin crap out of poor Bernard about yous some day :)
That's fine, as long as good Jack makes sure his dad sees our pictures, and passes that on as well. I wouldn't want Bernard to sit there thinking he's got an ugly mob of boxer-knicking fans. :D
We're the classiest broads out there, don'cha know. 
sadly it's more likely you'll be played as a bunch of insane toothless harpies.....bigger laugh that way. :)
Hmmmmm handing him a loaded gun really aren't we :)
I think everyone's just programmed to think
"hit single=you are J-lo"
NO's constant lack of pretention in that direction has lead to me really hating most other bands :)
I think everyone's just programmed to think
"hit single=you are J-lo"
NO's constant lack of pretention in that direction has lead to me really hating most other bands :)
You got a reply from Hooky, and I can't get a fookin rider out of his lazy ass offspring 
(Jack I kid mate, as I said...I've nothing better to do with my life that talk bollox, you do :D )
Incidentally, does anyone else think Jack's got balls of brass turnin up here......he COULD have been throwing himself to the lions bigtime like. Course now he knows we're mental but harmless(mostly), and that he'll never have to buy a drink in his life (whatya mean again?...he's underage! (and a bassplayer :D :D :D ))
Jack_H wrote: steve campbell might not e-mail my dad, but he does e-mail me
Tell your Dad to lump him one...or get Steve Morris
Steve Campbell wrote: sadly it's more likely you'll be played as a bunch of insane toothless harpies.....bigger laugh that way. :)
Hmmmmm handing him a loaded gun really aren't we :)
"Waiting for the Harpy's Call" with the new hit single "Being on the Pull for Bernard is Just Ammunition for the Rest of the Band" with special guest DJ Minge.
msh wrote:
Steve Campbell wrote: sadly it's more likely you'll be played as a bunch of insane toothless harpies.....bigger laugh that way. :)
Hmmmmm handing him a loaded gun really aren't we :)
"Waiting for the Harpy's Call" with the new hit single "Being on the Pull for Bernard is Just Ammunition for the Rest of the Band" with special guest DJ Minge.
Melly? Mel which?
i can see this thread on a rehearsal room wall if you keep this up. You should ask Our Jemma to let you see the little rewrite of love Vigilantes I did for her :D
So...you don't sleep either? You seem to have been online since I got up ( maybe not)
You may have ruined Barney-God-of-Love's life here girls :D
Boatraceface wrote:
Jack_H wrote: steve campbell might not e-mail my dad, but he does e-mail me
Tell your Dad to lump him one...or get Steve Morris
Bless him, but he makes it sound like an honour
"up yer hole ya old bugger I get peronalizd insanity in me inbox once in a while"
:D I HAD totally forgotten the aversion chaps of his age have to anything longer than a movie tagline tho ;)
I mean you can see the problem....Guy who has some insane teacher yelling at him to read 1800 pages of some apalling wank (why is it the year above you and the year below you always seem to get books you think wouldn' suck all that bad), and then fill another 1800 writing his opinions on it, as long as they are the accepted opinions not his actual own ones[1]....sits down at his PC and gets mail from guy asking tricky quesions about a gig 4 months away in his trademark screeds of nonsense.
Not happening is it....brain fart on my part.
I wonder how long before the big man's yelling up the stairs "stop hanging out with those fookin nutters and do your homework"
:)
[1] My English lit exam would have ruled if you were allowed to give your actualy views The Woodlanders By Thomas Hardy wank wank wank wank wank wank wank wank wank wank wank
Steve Campbell wrote:
Melly? Mel which?
i can see this thread on a rehearsal room wall if you keep this up. You should ask Our Jemma to let you see the little rewrite of love Vigilantes I did for her :D
So...you don't sleep either? You seem to have been online since I got up ( maybe not)
You may have ruined Barney-God-of-Love's life here girls :D
Melly's what most call me. :)
Good, it'll do them well to have something funny to remember us by. 
I hope they do. *dares*
I don't sleep much. All my work is on the computer so pretty much I stayed glued to it for too many hours a day. Those around me try to curb my schedule to fit the normal working world's, but that just means I get another pot of coffee down my gullet so I can stay awake further.
Nah, won't ruin his life, he'll just write a song about it. I expect namedropping, sir!
"It doesn't take a punter to tell me 'bout my fans Or lecture me with posery They still want in my pants
I don't remember What happened online today And I don't give a toss about What Peter and Steve say
It takes years To find a gang Of girls who want your bod To find the troupe Where tickets sell To your next gig, it's one on one"
I'm gonna burn, truly. :evil:
I REALLY wanna compete, but i'm too stunned, I'll have to think about it.
EDIT: I've thought about it, and I wont even try to steal your glory, as if i could :D
But I must ask Jem if it's OK to post "booze vigilantes" here (feels right to ask I did write it for her....it's not a love song, note the title, calm down)
This, ladies and gentleman, WAS a thread about a seemingly innocent question about fanmail for the band.
It has been slightly overthrown.
We do apologize, and will return you shortly to your regularly scheduled programming.
Right after me and Steve stop snorting in laughter.
