Six Degrees of New Order

I may have tried this game already, my memory's a little hazy but oh well.....in a complete and utter theft of the "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" game, what celebs can you connect indirectly to New Order in six or less moves? Here's a simple one to get started:

1. A NO remix appears in Blade, starring Wesley Snipes

2. Snipes appears in the music video for Micheal Jackson's "Bad" song in 1987

3. Jackson marries Elvis Presley's daughter in 1994 or 95

4. lisa Marie's mom, Priscilla, appears in Gun with Leslie Nielson and OJ Simpson

5. OJ is a commentator for Monday Night Football, briefly sharing the booth with Howard Cosell

Thus: you can connect Howard Cosell to New Order!!!!!!!!

See, isn't this fun......:D

Here's a good one:

NEW ORDER ------> DAVID CASSIDY.

No more than six steps.

GO!!!!!

Let's see how this one works out....

1. Perfect Kiss video directed by Jonathan Demme.

2. Demme directs Silence Of The Lambs

3. Jodie Foster, star of that film, attended Yale, as did George Bush, Sr.

4. Bush's son George wins controversial election over Al Gore.

5. Gore's wife Tipper leads the fight to rate the lyrics on records with the PMRC.

Conclusions? Draw your own please! I make no political endorsements or conclusions based on these flimsy pretexts of ideas (and the alcohol is just starting to kick in here!)

New Order Joy Division Girls Don't Count encore at Malvern Section 25 Larry Cassidy David Cassidy :)

Originally posted by Zizou Zidane New OrderJoy DivisionGirls Don't Count encore at MalvernSection 25Larry CassidyDavid Cassidy:)

Smart-arse!!!

But there IS a second way too you know. Can you work out what it is??!!

Originally posted by ShugZV > Originally posted by Oh Look! There Goes The Laughing Martian Again!!> Here's a good one:> > NEW ORDER ------> DAVID CASSIDY.> > > No more than six steps.> > GO!!!!!> >

New Order Different Class Pulp Batter Fish (face) David Cassidy

Sorry - blame it on the alcohol (still hasn't quite left the system)

Oh, that's good!! But keep trying, keep trying!!!

Apologies Tabsy for hijacking your initial thread! :o :D

perfect kiss was directed by jonathan demme. jonathan demme directed something wild which also had jamie lee curtis in in, jamie lee was in trading places which was directed by john landis who also directed coming to america which had actor james earl jones in it. jones starred with richard pryor in bingo long and the travelling allstars. richard pryor appeared on the partidge family as a black activist that gets involved with danny and or course has david cassidy in it. i think i did it.

Okay, connect New Order to.......Kevin Bacon! (okay, this one may be too inside, but if you read Ideal for Living you'll probably get it.)

Originally posted by ShugZV New OrderCeremonyRitualSacrificePigs(Kevin) BaconWhat do I win Tabsy?;)

Not what I'm looking for (think a movie he was in featuring a song by a guy whose brother may have had some business with JD....I probably just gave it away). This is not word association so much as real-life connections, however distant and fleeting.

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 Okay, connect New Order to.......Kevin Bacon! (okay, this one may be too inside, but if you read Ideal for Living you'll probably get it.)

New Order Bizarre Love Triangle Bacon Lettuce and Tomato Kevin Bacon :p

Right, you show-offs (especially YOU Ed! I'm impressed. Never thought of that one! )

Here's some more tough ones:-

1. New Order to Keith Harris & Orville
2. New Order to Rod Hull & Emu
3. New Order to The Beach Boys
4. New Order to Freddie Mercury
5. New Order to Henry Mancini
6. New Order to Cilla Black

Now let's see you work your way thru THOSE!!

Have you lot got nothing better to do here?? you crack me up!! mad fookers, the lot of yer!!!

FOOK ME!! How the hell did THAT happen!!??

You and me ShugZv (ZV!! ZV!! ZV!! ZV!! ZV!!!!!)

we posted at exactly the same time!!!!

Is that fate or just sheer bad luck?? :D

New Order Barney Barney could be my puppet Keith Harris and Orville or Rod Hull and Emu I was thinking more Roger De Courcey and Nookie Bear ;)

God that's shocking perhaps I'll shut up now :o

A minus : for sheer gall D : for effort.

Must try harder, Collette chuck, must try harder!!!

Moi - surely not ;)

Originally posted by ed verrilla perfect kiss was directed by jonathan demme. jonathan demme directed something wild which also had jamie lee curtis in in, jamie lee was in trading places which was directed by john landis who also directed coming to america which had actor james earl jones in it. jones starred with richard pryor in bingo long and the travelling allstars. richard pryor appeared on the partidge family as a black activist that gets involved with danny and or course has david cassidy in it. i think i did it.

Jamie Lee was in Something Wild? Did she have a bit part in it or what? What I remember most about that movie is Melanie Griffith using the handcuffs on Jeff Daniels in a hotel bed. Well, that and Ray Liotta's psycho character. Mostly Melanie Griffith though.

Gonna have to think a bit about some of those Martin. And Tabsy, I'm drawing a complete blank about the Kevin Bacon reference and an Ideal For Living.

Anyway, here's another list made up as I go along...

1. Confusion is released stateside on the Streetwise label, also home to New Edition.

2. Bobby Brown marries the well-known, uh, medicinally needy Whitney Houston.

3. Whitney's biggest hit is her version of that Dolly Parton song that orginally came from the movie about some whorehouse, with Charles Durning as the Governor.

4. Charles Durning is the Governor of Mississippi in O Brother Where Art Thou.

5. Mississippi is the birthplace of some guy who was also, uh, medicinally needy, Elvis Presley.

i would think that the quincy jones connection would be a good source, especially using artists who appeared on "we are the world." this includes kenny rogers, lionel ritchie, stevie wonder, bruce springsten, michael jackson, bob dylan (i think). so there you go.

here is 6 degrees from american game show host bob barker. (1) new order had blue monday horribly remixed by quincy jones. (2) quincy jones organized we are the world, which included kenny rogers. (3) kenny rogers had a chicken franchise which was across the street from the apartment of kramer, played by michael richards, on the show seinfeld. (4) michael richard's castmate on seinfeld was that chick louis-dreyfuss. (5) louis-dreyfuss was a former cast member of saturday night live, which launched the career of adam sandler. (6) adam sandler starred in the movie "happy gilmore," which contains a cameo from... american game show host bob barker.

hey i like this one.. cant work any of em out thogh what about new order to kevin whateley?

New Order to slim-fast in no more than 127 steps... go!

Originally posted by Major Tarantino New Order to slim-fast in no more than 127 steps... go!

Trust YOU to come up with the best one of all, our kid!! You fooking kill me, you really do!

To my joy, I can connect myself to Mr Bernard Sumner.....

My MATE had a GRANNY who lived in South Shields who was friends with and used to go on family holidays with a MRS TENNANT and her son NEIL (believe or not, Neil Tennant is from the North East, despite sounding like Russell Harty) Who was later to work with BERNARD SUMNER in Electronic

Tenuous I know, but small things please small minds.....:p

Originally posted by Kezzie To my joy, I can connect myself to Mr Bernard Sumner.....My MATEhad a GRANNY who lived in South Shieldswho was friends with and used to go on family holidays with a MRS TENNANTand her son NEIL (believe or not, Neil Tennant is from the North East, despite sounding like Russell Harty)Who was later to work with BERNARD SUMNER in Electronic Tenuous I know, but small things please small minds.....:p

my mate shagged the blonde one out human league does that count for owt?

Ah, I used to think her and her mate were the coolest ever when I was a kid...I used to daydream about having a hair do like her's and going to discos wearing blusher, stilletos and a fishtail skirt.....

My girlfriend met Richard Whiteley once.

Oh yeah, I live just down the road from Hooky too. Said hello a few times. Nice Bloke.

we were all punks in our younger days , so it werent cool to like human league, or at least admit it!! but i thought they looked good too then my mate met the blonde one on holiday.......!

Okay, here's the Kevin Bacon:

1. while still JD, they were set to meet with Dan Loggins, an A and R guy in New York, while on their first US tour

2. Dan is the brother of Kenny Loggins, him of the "Footloose" song

3. the said song appeared in the flick of the same name, starring none other than....Kevin Bacon.

Originally posted by ShugZV Tabsy baby - I thought there were 6 steps to the answer - no wonder I never got it

It doesn't HAVE to be six, that's just the limit on how high you can go.

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 Okay, here's the Kevin Bacon:1. while still JD, they were set to meet with Dan Loggins, an A and R guy in New York, while on their first US tour2. Dan is the brother of Kenny Loggins, him of the "Footloose" song3. the said song appeared in the flick of the same name, starring none other than....Kevin Bacon.

That was in an Ideal For Living? Don't remember that at all; guess I'll have to dig my copy up for a look through then.

As for a personal connection to NO, my own is rather limited: my best friend who had a record store worked closely with the promoters who brought them to Portland for their sole Oregon performance to date in 89. Monqui, thanks for all of the great shows that you've put on up here in the great NW.