Greatest New Order intros

For me its a three way tie between:

Dreams Never End - Rousing bass and guitar and a nice hi hat build up and propulsive drum intro from Steve.

The Village - Idiosyncratic bleeps, cracking opening bass intro and more explosive drumming.

Vanishing Point - Never before have kick drums sounded so appealing. Nice drum roll and lovely keyboard bell tone.

Touched By the Hand of God & Mr Disco.

crystal,true faith, and perfect kiss

Subculture (Low-Life album version)

Indeed!

Age of Consent and Ceremony by a mile. I like the Massive Attack vibe on Special aswell.

The Perfect Kiss or failing that Thieves Like Us

1963 (Original)

Certainly none of Alan Wises

Procession, Sunrise, TLU, Hurt, BLT, Face Up (for hilarity), Shellshock, EGG and on it goes...

Crystal Perfect Kiss Ceremony

regret,,

live , age of consent and dreams never end.

saw you this morning

No more f'ing saudade wrote: Procession, Sunrise, TLU, Hurt and on it goes...

DNE. Guaranteed to empty or fill the Soul. Depending how it takes. Senses as you just know Chosen Time and ICB are just around the Edge. Then Denial chasing through. 3. Agree w/ Procession Heart beats you.. on a Photo finish with EGG, Ceremony, and Thieves. The same idea 'cause you just know Cries an Whispers then Hurt is 'round the Corner. Kiss of Death for its novelty.

face up and touched by the hand of god

Procession (when the bass and drums kick in) Love Vigilantes AOC Regret

Snorri xxx

Johnny wrote: Certainly none of Alan Wises

Sunrise, Temptation, AOC.

So do they just give good intro? Or do they deliver beyond the foreplay?

Crystal Sooner Than You Think Dream Attack

Hurt

The two for me would be The Perfect Kiss and Temptation.

Psy

love vigilantes is the most sampled one n'est ce pas?

BLT non shep pettibone versions--good though that is--straight to that electro drum fill and great opening lyric.

As It Is When It Was, All Day Long,Every Second Counts, Ceremony, Age of Consent, Who's Joe?

Has to be 'Crystal' and 'Age Of Consent' for me

I suppose it's too unfashionable to say Blue Monday One of the most distinctive intros ever, surely?

Otherwise the Village, Hurt, EGG.

"Crystal"!

Oh and "Dreams Never End" gives off a stange optimism...

The perfect kiss Bizarre Lobe Triangle Crystal

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Big Black wrote: As It Is When It Was, All Day Long,Every Second Counts, Ceremony, Age of Consent, Who's Joe?

Every Second Counts intro is non-existant.

Regret, Thieves Like Us and Dreams Never End, maybe not the "greatest",but certainly 3 of my favs

NO Regret wrote:

Every Second Counts intro is non-existant.

The Lou Reed rip off synth bass.

Regret A.O.C. Lonesome Tonight Spooky (just the intro though) AIIWIW Krafty (I'll get shot down in flames for this) Morning Night & Day

the beach if we are allowed to have b-sides

perfect kiss, just awesome bass routine

crystal, perfect alas

dreams never end

mr disco

confusion (pump panel reconstruction mix) well i just love the whole 10 minutes+ of it

every second counts

Mr Disco

murder...

Round and Round (if just for the sequencer), Dream Attack, the Perfect Kiss, and This Time of Night.

Andrés wrote: Bizarre Lobe Triangle

'Ear, 'ear...

Snorri xxx

Snorrimon wrote:

Andrés wrote: Bizarre Lobe Triangle

'Ear, 'ear...

Snorri xxx

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i'm not on drugs... i swear!!

There's just too many great ones to choose from really, but I'd wager that these would - and should - be in anybody's list:

Dreams Never End Ceremony (the first version of course - sounds so electrifying on the Singles CD!) Thieves Like Us The Perfect Kiss 12" Age Of Consent Leave Me Alone Vanishing Point Fine Time (album version) Sunrise Face Up (cos it's so dated it makes me laugh - check that slap bass, how Mark King can Hooky get??) Blue Monday (even though I'm bored with it, at the time it was the business, the minimalist stuttering kick and the choral synths, etc) Regret 1963 (original version) Crystal Close Range Whos Joe?

Ermm...

Regret Who's Joe 60 Miles an Hour (the power bass) Age of Consent (same power bass) Player in the League Crystal

til i think of some more

Guilt is useless emotion, both versions, also have great intros.

"Thieves Like Us", "Blue Monday" and "Perfect Kiss" (12 inch) have fantastic intros... "Fine Time" too...

Blue Monday, it starts off all cold and then the bass and hand-claps come in, and no many how many times I hear it it still gets the adrenaline pumping.

If it's too daggy to say Blue Monday, than...

Mr. Disco True Faith Everything's Gone Green

EGG (Barcelona 84) Sooner Than You Think Age of Consent Ceremony

Sunrise for me, starts of a bit sombre ....then... bang!

Burt Reynolds wrote: Ermm...

Regret Who's Joe 60 Miles an Hour (the power bass) Age of Consent (same power bass) Player in the League Crystal

Initially read the question using their LP recordings as the Reference Point. Might it register entirely different using Live. What' d then raise the roof the Highest. AOC, DNE, Hurt, Temptation, Ceremony..

And now, my faves...

Ceremony [both versions] IaLP Procession DNE The Him Denial EGG Temptation AoC 586 BM [duh...] YSF LMA Confusion [the full 8-minute version!] TLU TPK Paradise Fine Time Regret H2S Crystal SLY Who's Joe? Krafty ITYS WO-T

[if anyone gets confused on what i said, let me know. ]

Ceremony

Age Of Consent

Crystal

EGG

TPK

The Perfect Kiss and Crystal, for me......