Thieves Like Us - video
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Well...you could always pretend the TOTP appearance was a video LOL.
I recall reading somewhere it held some kind of record for worst chart result following a TOTP slot...it dropped LOADS of places instead of going up. I miss when No played live :(
Doctor? wrote: Well...you could always pretend the TOTP appearance was a video LOL.
I recall reading somewhere it held some kind of record for worst chart result following a TOTP slot...it dropped LOADS of places instead of going up. I miss when No played live :(
Never heard about that tidbit. Was it Hooky's leather or Barney's denim jacket that put off telly viewers? 
Whne I interviewed M Shamberg I asked him the same question, heres what he said:
- Why were film clips not made for some of the later singles, such as Subculture and Thieves Like Us?
Good question. I cannot remember specifically why. Perhaps they were 12” singles and not for radio promotion. Like when BLUE MONDAY first came out as 12” only, no edit, so no radio in America. Not TOP 40 anyway. Until they did an edit in 1988, then I made a video.
When factory chose a video to be made, it was because they wanted it for some reason at the time. First there was Rock America in the U.S. which made monthly compilations to send to clubs. Traditionally, record companies make a video to promote a single which, in turn, promotes an album. It is the album which makes money, not the single. New Order and Factory often put out singles which were “stand alone” – not on an album. So the choices were a bit random at first. CONFUSION was probably chosen because it was an event of sorts: happening in New York with hip hop producer Arthur Baker. So it was as much a document as a music video. When making that video, my interest was to make it a kind of social realist document to reveal the making of the track on different levels. The band does not mime, and would not do so at the time. So the next video, THE PERFECT KISS, was the band singing live and was quite expensive. Making videos was not a routine of Factory, but something fun and interesting to do.
