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The above are my personal serious contenders. Feel free to name any others you think should be in contention ofcourse...
Crystal for me
With the others rounding out my top 5,tho not in that order. Crystal has really stood up for me,and gets a regular spin,particularly live versions...What about youz?
Here to stay...because ...
Hard to pick between Crystal and Here To Stay.
But I went with Crystal:
The mint drums at the start, the great guitar riff and those bass solos, all the ingredients of a top track
I'm gonna give the apple cart a slight push... Krafty, for me... Fave track off WFTSC and better than anything off GR, though honourable mentions go to Crystal, Run Wild, Vicious Streak, Turn and WFTSC...
SHEDi xxx
Went with Crystal this time.
Those 5 show the quality of 'ther Order's' return tho', obviously I'v not been a fan of Krafty, but the other 4 are clasic tracks - cut-off-yer-right-arm-to-have-written style
WFTSC for me, it's as near perfect as anything they have ever done. The bass is gorgeous, and it may well be some of Bernard's best ever singing.
Since Vicious Streak, Primitive Notion, Who's Joe or Guilt is a Useless Emotion are not listed (not singles, I know), the most logical pick for me has to be Here to Stay.
Couldn't (and still can't) get that opening sequencer intro out of my head, then Barney's guitar kicks in at 11, and I disappear into it. 
Picked Here to Stay because the first time I heard it I thought I was going to cry it was so good. The other 4 songs up there aren't shabby at all - definitely great showings of Order song power back in effect.
I'd also add for honorable mention stuff like Brutal, that Saville soundtrack and other aforementioned latter day goodies they've put out. They certainly didn't come back sucking like some bands, now did they? 
Here to Stay is one of the best tracks they've ever done, putting it miles above those others, with the possible exception of WFTSC and Crystal.
melly wrote: They certainly didn't come back sucking like some bands, now did they?
Exactly!
I'd reckon, a new band, image, promotion, with THOSE SONGS - anyone would be HUGE!
oldmonkey wrote: WFTSC for me, it's as near perfect as anything they have ever done. The bass is gorgeous, and it may well be some of Bernard's best ever singing.
What did you make of that WFTSC instrumental cover on community 2 Oldmonkey??
Can't believe it did'nt make it on to the record personally!
A fantastic tribute,beautiful...
I'm not one for Instrumentals per se,but that one does it for me in a big way
Boatraceface wrote:
oldmonkey wrote: WFTSC for me, it's as near perfect as anything they have ever done. The bass is gorgeous, and it may well be some of Bernard's best ever singing.
What did you make of that WFTSC instrumental cover on community 2 Oldmonkey?? Can't believe it did'nt make it on to the record personally! A fantastic tribute,beautiful... I'm not one for Instrumentals per se,but that one does it for me in a big way
WFTSC Instrumental OR Kirsty Gallacher?
State of Love and Trust wrote:
Boatraceface wrote:
oldmonkey wrote: WFTSC for me, it's as near perfect as anything they have ever done. The bass is gorgeous, and it may well be some of Bernard's best ever singing.
What did you make of that WFTSC instrumental cover on community 2 Oldmonkey?? Can't believe it did'nt make it on to the record personally! A fantastic tribute,beautiful... I'm not one for Instrumentals per se,but that one does it for me in a big way
WFTSC Instrumental OR Kirsty Gallacher?
Hmmmm...Georgie Thompson 
I'd take Kirsty over Noel and Liam
Pearl Jam tickets OR Kirsty Mon,Tues,Wed and Georgie Thurs, Fri, Sat.Day off Sunday!.....Right back at yer Jackie
Boatraceface wrote:
State of Love and Trust wrote:
Boatraceface wrote:
oldmonkey wrote: WFTSC for me, it's as near perfect as anything they have ever done. The bass is gorgeous, and it may well be some of Bernard's best ever singing.
What did you make of that WFTSC instrumental cover on community 2 Oldmonkey?? Can't believe it did'nt make it on to the record personally! A fantastic tribute,beautiful... I'm not one for Instrumentals per se,but that one does it for me in a big way
WFTSC Instrumental OR Kirsty Gallacher?
Hmmmm...Georgie Thompson
I'd take Kirsty over Noel and Liam
Pearl Jam tickets OR Kirsty Mon,Tues,Wed and Georgie Thurs, Fri, Sat.Day off Sunday!.....Right back at yer Jackie
If I hadn't gone to the Astoria, I would have picked the tickets.
However, seeing as I've seen them there, and I will be seeing them at leeds and reading......
kirsty and georgie
More a pearl necklesser than a Pearl Jammer?
Frankly you shock me to the core!
but i canna fault ye
Top 5 in order for me... Crystal WFTSC Krafty Here to Stay Turn
5 of the best songs,of the last 6 years by anyone IMO.
Crystal for me, by an absolute landslide.
Not only the best song of the millenium, but perhaps, for me, their best offering going back as far as 86, possibly even 85. Wonderful track.
Boatraceface wrote:
oldmonkey wrote: WFTSC for me, it's as near perfect as anything they have ever done. The bass is gorgeous, and it may well be some of Bernard's best ever singing.
What did you make of that WFTSC instrumental cover on community 2 Oldmonkey?? Can't believe it did'nt make it on to the record personally! A fantastic tribute,beautiful... I'm not one for Instrumentals per se,but that one does it for me in a big way
It was one of my favourites, I like CTB's work and it definitely deserved a final place. Hope the organisers make it one of their three picks!
Kirsty Gallacher? Quality airbags on her, but that council estate facelift is far too severe, she ought to try letting her hair down once in a while!
Council Estate face lift? Her dad was a famous and sucessful golfer..She won't know what council-pop tastes like.She's Horsey-set if ever I've seen one.
oldmonkey wrote: Kirsty Gallacher? Quality airbags on her, but that council estate facelift is far too severe, she ought to try letting her hair down once in a while!
Ahh,geddit now
You mean her hair scraped an twatted back look?Bad look that it is too.
Al Jarvis wrote: Crystal for me, by an absolute landslide.
Not only the best song of the millenium, but perhaps, for me, their best offering going back as far as 86, possibly even 85. Wonderful track.
Is it thee best record of the millenium by anyone?
Yup for me
I love all the tracks on the list, but plumped for HTS, due to the production and the message to the fans.
Sadly, none of those above Boatrace, I'm looking forward to their forthcoming collaboration with Public Enemy - due for release in January 2007...... it's been under wraps kind of, but it's got a fair few of us wet with anticipation nevertheless and I can even exclusively reveal the new artwork for it that I found on another music site :
Now you can finally understand why Idiot Country, Feel Every Beat and Times Change had to happen.....
:p 
somehow "crystal" will always have a soft spot
imagine first new record in 8 years!! the anticipation I had...just the kick in of the drums and the the guitar line, the near solo bass...just a DAMN good track....yup the lads still had it!
got no favourite at all...sorry..Maybe Here to stay was "prophétique" in a way.The band is still here in this new century and it's a kind of miracle.
I really don't know what to think about their new material...After being very pleased by their return'album " get ready",WFTSC isn't (i think) a record history will remind....
It's nice, of course, NO is still with us and i'm still with them since 1980! Un miracle, je vous dis!
I voted for "Here to Stay", but some other songs they did in this decade so far that I like are "Dracula's Castle", "Behind Closed Doors", "Guilt is a useless emotion", "Who's Joe", and "Someone like you".
I've picked "Crystal". Classic New Order, it definitely enter my top-5 list of New Order songs.
leather_girl wrote: I voted for "Here to Stay", but some other songs they did in this decade so far that I like are "Dracula's Castle", "Behind Closed Doors", "Guilt is a useless emotion", "Who's Joe", and "Someone like you".
"Guilt is a useless emotion" is the other one besides "Here to Stay" that I could have voted for. "Krafty" quite good too!
Crystal, then Turn, then Here To Stay.
I hate WFTSC, sorry, worst single they have ever done.
remteex wrote: [black]"Crystal"... or maybe "Here to stay", can i say both?[/black]
NO...pick one...and only one...
I picked Here To Stay...
Looks as though this one is set for a head to head dance- off between the 2 principles in the voting, Crystal and Here to Stay...Should set up a final poll between these 2 and we'll see which 21st Century track is the most popular with the fans on NOOL.. I'll set it up now then.....
Here To Stay . Is such a timeless Sexy Tune .
Looking at the played set lists from the last few years it's tempting to pick OTHER with a JD tune. I do Love the Campy brilliance of I Told You So even if it first showed up on Subculture 85. So many things going on in that song and wouldn't accept from most any other Band. But it's them and it's great. WFTSC (the Album as a whole not just the Single) is formula New Order Perfection but doesn't always hit the strength of experimentation that earlier NO can hit and that can keep you on edge. EDIT: Don't know what To Say .. but have just listened to the above tunes and read a the other thread that follows this one .. Crystal. by a country mile.
Crystal is ruined by that silly Money-Honey couplet. Yikes, just brutal. Still great, other than that disaster.
Here To Stay also mixes in great lyrics with horrible ones, but not in the idiot savant way that made me like past goofy lyrics.
I'd go WFTSC because everything is damn good from lyrics, to melody to all aspects of the tune itself.
Turn is also up there. I'm also a big fan of Primitive Notion, Behind Closed Doors, the only fan of Slow Jam, At Close Range, Someone Like You, and a lot of WFTSC (some of which I admittedly loathe).
TURN
As it is to my hears the last synthesis of NewOrder and Joy Division they've written (the previous one in my opinion was Primitive Notion)
voted for Crystal - best track in years but Sabotage desrves a mention
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