Highlights of 2005
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What's been the highlight, NO wise, of 2005 for you?
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WFTSC album 24 (33%)
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Tour 17 (23%)
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John Peel Day 5 (7%)
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The school gig 0 (0%)
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Hooky's DJ sets 1 (1%)
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All the attention NO and JD got in 2005 8 (11%)
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UK Music Hall Of Fame 0 (0%)
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Singles 0 (0%)
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DVD releases for Item and NO Story 9 (12%)
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Phil being made a full time member 1 (1%)
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Other (please state) 8 (11%)
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Ah has to be Oakland. The excitement was unbearable, even after the boring DJ and the Chemical bros set (which dragged on a bit for me). I remember being right infront of Hooky and shouting his name like a little teenage girl. And then that drunken harpy pushed past us to the railings, screeching all through the songs, and being rewarded with Hooky's pick!
That's a personal favourite because it was my first New order gig. Those who were in Brixton will probably vote for that. Peel day was incredible because Warsaw and Shadowplay were so fkin unlikely.
2005 has been a fantastic year for New order, its got better as the year's gone on. Even got a half decent album out!
"WFTSC"-album by a mile.
... and i still haven't got a copy of "item" or better the 2 separate DVD's. Still got the "story"-tape and the "substance"-videocollection on my shelf... may christmas come...
There is one missing choice:
(x) NOOL being so popular
;)
Peak for me is obviously to have met the whole band in Chicago, not that I wanted, but going backstage and everything wasn't quite expected, but in terms of gig I enjoyed more the NYC gig because I knew what to expect and I prefered the venue and have been able to have a good spot out of the front.
NO live Les Vieilles Charrues (France), especially Everything's gone green. Totally unexpected!
I agree with you, Spotnick though !
Barca was probably mine.
And Hyde Park was ace, just for the craic and sheer amount of us taking over The Audley.
HP here as well since it was the only NO gig I made to last (err this!) year. My very first one too, plus all this taking place in my favourite city in the whole wide world. You get the picture I'm sure :)
Another vote for the Audley/Hydepark. Seeing NO in concert and hanging out with Maya and other Noolers, what can I say. A truly memorable day.
The release of WFTSC a good second.
Meeting MAYA at HYDE PARK followed by the close encounter at MANCHESTER.Namely DIGGY MIKE and BIGINOIL,GARYMAC and OUR KID
and all those other MAD bastards i met.
Rocket Mick 
Finally getting to see the Order at Brixton and Manc after a seven year absence...
And of course, meeting the fellow NOOLers! :D
Oops, forgot about Brixton, which was great as well. You know, seeing the Order and meeting poeple like Samantha... Strange I could forget such a thing :D
Thank you Al, for giving me Colin's Vikings' pin, btw.
The highlight for me this year was Ian Curtis on the cover of Mojo Magazine, a great read by a great magazine. In second place, obviously, was the release of the WFTSC album, not New Order's greatest album, but it contains many great moments (in particular "Morning Night And Day").Overall, i think it was good year for New Order, and a good year to be a New Order fan, a new album and "NewOrderStory" and "A COLLECTION" being released on DVD.
Samantha Chapman wrote: Finally getting to see the Order at Brixton and Manc after a seven year absence...
And of course, meeting the fellow NOOLers! :D
Brixton. It was a wicked night and the band were well up for it. The crowd were nuts from beginning to end. Best night of my life!
for me it was Item being released on DVD. The Neworderstory has to be one of the best documented (book, video or otherwise) accounts of the story of a cherished musical outfit. being in Montreal, Canada, didnt get a chance to see them live so this is the next best thing another highlight for me was to see that richard x's remix of blt was a welcomed update to an already brilliant song.
The Oakland show. My cherry-popping first NO show. Packed against the front barrier directly in front of Hooky. Can't get much better than that. At least that way I avoided all those pesky Vikings. :shy:
WFTSC has to be it, low point of the year, (NO related) has to be warners inability to supply a DVD that can be played on english DVD players, tossers.
Oakland. Barney seemed especially into it that night (maybe too into it, thinking about it now).
The highlight was that they were so prolific (singles, albums, DVD's, gigs, guest appearances) and 2006 looks pretty good too.
The highlight was that they were so prolific (singles, albums, DVD's, gigs, guest appearances) and 2006 looks pretty good too.
Surely we can all agree the consummate high point of 2005 was hearing the extraordinary Shatterglass Mix of Jetstream broadcast on XFM's Remix show.
Well, I got a kick out of it.
I put down the DVDs, because I have been looking forward to this stuff since I got my first dvd player and thought "good grief, seeing this projected onto a proper screen and with a really great sound system would be heaven!"
Secondly would be all the buzz going on for them. I haven't seen this much NO related stuff out there since 1993 (well, it was just a lot more vivid than the Get Ready buzz - perhaps because of not only NO buzz but residual 24PP and Control and all the crazy mag articles, and all the bands outing themselves of their NO closet.) and I could probably stay high on this excitement for another decade like I did with the Republic era stuff.
