Most Underrated New Order Song?

Here's a challenge for everyone - listen to the album version of Someone Like You and then try and tell me it's not a classic until the chorus! Until he ruins it with that scuzzy "we're having the time of our lives...." bit, the song is up there with the very best instrumentation.

oldmonkey wrote: Here's a challenge for everyone - listen to the album version of Someone Like You and then try and tell me it's not a classic until the chorus! Until he ruins it with that scuzzy "we're having the time of our lives...." bit, the song is up there with the very best instrumentation.

Actually, I don't mind the chorus. Except for the "ooh ooh ooh ooh" part. That is awful. Agreed, though, that it does have a catchy beat! The other bad part is the lyrics are weak, even for NO.

Steve Lea wrote: Procession

26 years old and I've never heard a remix!

Oh, and Dracula's Castle from WFTSC

I think the biggest problem with Dracula's Castle is the title. Shouldn't make a difference to a song's popularity, but it does.

Homage ! :)

Actually, as a whole New Order is underrated.

Steve Lea wrote: Procession

26 years old and I've never heard a remix!

Agreeing with you there, Steve.

It also dawned on me that, as I was listening to one of my NO mix c.d.'s last night, I realized how uber-underrated 'Paradise' is... and it's actually becoming one of my fave songs!

Doubts Even Here,Chosen Time,Denial,Too Late. Sooner Than You Think. Weirdo,Broken Promise,Way Of Life,SOTN. Loveless,Don't Do It,Best & Marsh. Vicious Streak,Primitive Notion,Sabotage. .......to name a few

Not in order of Underrated-ness:

Dream Attack Run Leave me alone Sooner than you think Procession Guilt is a useless emotion Chosen Time

Shellshocker: I wonder if it anything to do with the long hiatus they were and it just took too long to do an album and some fans did move on to other things cause Alan Cross from The 102.1 Edge said some fans did age and moved on. After that 1993 concert at Canada's Wonderland I was really starting to miss them it actually depressed me:( but never stopped thinking about them.:) .

Missy

HOOKY'S DARK SHADES!

missy wrote: Shellshocker: I wonder if it anything to do with the long hiatus they were and it just took too long to do an album and some fans did move on to other things cause Alan Cross from The 102.1 Edge said some fans did age and moved on. After that 1993 concert at Canada's Wonderland I was really starting to miss them it actually depressed me:( but never stopped thinking about them.:) .

Missy

HOOKY'S DARK SHADES!

That could very well have something to do with it. I imagine smoe fans did move on. Also, as you've said before, it takes some time to come to appreciate new songs as much as older songs. I know that while with some songs I experience love at firt listen, with others I develop more of an attachment to them over time. So maybe in a few years WFTSC will be better regarded. I also suspect that most NO fans (like me) are in the mid 30's to mid 40's range, and we most of us do tend to like things from "the good old days", as it gives us feelings of nostalgia. No chance of something from something from 2005 doing that for most of us. I also wonder if their long hiatus caused their "sound" to change, as they were of course older by then. Sorta like seeing someone you haven't seen for a while and noticing they've put on weight while someone who sees them every day might not notice.

Guilt is a Useless Emotion Working Overtime Jetstream Spooky Such a Good Thing Best & Marsh Loveless Way of Life Subculture 7" Murder Haystack Leave Me Alone In a Lonely Place

LOVELESS!!!!

All day long, anyone?

Ecstasy, Mr. Disco (would you call it underrated?), and Shellshock

Liar. Beautifully cynical and catchy as hell. Could do with a bridge and a stronger vocal, but I love it.

...you know, my roster DOES need some updating...

New additions to original roster are in blue.

The Him. Denial. Procession. Mesh. We All Stand. 586. Leave Me Alone. Confusion '83. Face Up. Paradise. State of the Nation. The entire 'Technique' album. Best & Marsh. Regret. Here to Stay. Someone Like You. Crystal. Waiting for the Sirens' Call. Krafty. I Told You So. Guilt Is a Useless Emotion. Working Overtime.

...there, methink emo girl is up to date now.

Movement- Chosen Time PCL- The Village LowLife- This Time of Night Brotherhood- All Day Long Technique- Mr. Disco Republic- Young Offender GR- Primitive Notion WFTSC- Who's Joe

Ecstasy and Guilty Partner have really grown on me, I used to think they were weak.

Slow Jam.

I Told You So.

Turn My Way.

S-P-O-O-K-Y!!!

I couldn't believe that the band has yet to play it live, even though they released it as a single. I think its their only single that they haven't played in any gig. I feel that they don't consider this as their better tracks. For me, its one of my all time favorites. Even Paul Van Dyk mixed the song when he was just staring.

Runner up is DON'T DO IT, the B-side of Fine Time. That track performed better than its A-side, at least, I can say from my point of view here in the Philippines, when Don't Do It burned the dancefloor more than Fine Time during that time (1989 to early 90s) here.

...don't...put your finger...on the button...

Indeed!

Lonesome Tonight

Dreams Never End (my personal favorite NO track)

Video586

Morning Night And Day and almost the whole of Republic, except Regret and World!