It's a wet boring Wednesday, i need a poll to cheer me up. Best song by a NO solo project - my vote is for The Trouble With Girls by Revenge. Beats anything Barney ever did with Electronic
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Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: pah...
easy!!!
Monaco-What Do You Want From Me
Cant believe im agreeing with Jeff 
I'd agree with Ally most days, but I do love Can't Find My Way Home off Twisted Tenderness. The title track is also a favourite. But to be original, I'll say Can't Find My Way Home.
Electronic "Getting Away with it", Neil Tennant's parody of Morrissey "I've been waking in the rain just to get wet on purpose" is sheer genius....
rob richardson wrote: It's a wet boring Wednesday, i need a poll to cheer me up. Best song by a NO solo project - my vote is for The Trouble With Girls by Revenge. Beats anything Barney ever did with Electronic
Isn't TTWG just an instrumental?
Either way, it's just another version of Big Bang, isn't it? Which is easily my favourite Revenge track, good choice.
Always had a soft spot for Electronic's Try All You Want myself. And I've got some really special memories wrapped up in Soviet, even though it's only really a throwaway track.
galgo23 wrote: Electronic "Getting Away with it", Neil Tennant's parody of Morrissey "I've been waking in the rain just to get wet on purpose" is sheer genius....
I must have missed that one. Cant really see the connection. Plus Tennant doesnt sing "ive been walking in the rain...."
"What Do You Want From Me" Monaco. There are moments on that cd that sound like the best New Order music that New Order never actually recorded.
the version I have is on FAC 305 which was a free cassette given away with Select magazine - it has singing and everything. I think the same version is on i-tunes
NO Regret wrote:
galgo23 wrote: Electronic "Getting Away with it", Neil Tennant's parody of Morrissey "I've been waking in the rain just to get wet on purpose" is sheer genius....
I must have missed that one. Cant really see the connection. Plus Tennant doesnt sing "ive been walking in the rain...."
He didn't sing it, but he wrote it. 
Super Highways doesn't get near enough love (nice Thomas Pynchon reference in the lyrics, btw).
What Do You Want From Me? and Sedona are both excellent, that whole album is what New Order should have been doing then.
Never been as fond of Electronic as others here, but Get the Message and Vivid are probably the two I like the most. Still, it's rare that I listen to those albums these days, and I think they went progressively downhill (again, I know some people really like Twisted Tenderness, but I hate the production on that - thin, cold and harsh).
IDIOT COUNTRY -Electronic very closely followed by WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? Monaco,the best New Order record that isn't New Order.
Chase wrote: I know some people really like Twisted Tenderness, but I hate the production on that - thin, cold and harsh.
Sounds like one of my ex-girlfriends!
Gazman wrote:
Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: pah...
easy!!!
Monaco-What Do You Want From Me
Cant believe im agreeing with Jeff
Hey you...get off of my fucking cloud...
Get the Message
Equal parts N0 and The Smith- perfect combo
Marr's guitar is flawless here. He makes it sound so simple.
Aries wrote:
Chase wrote: I know some people really like Twisted Tenderness, but I hate the production on that - thin, cold and harsh.
Sounds like one of my ex-girlfriends!
Gutz - "WARSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Actually, it's hard to say, but I can at least name my favorite song for each NO off-short
The Other Two - Cold Feet Electronic - Forbidden City Monaco - What Do You Want From Me? Revenge - Slave
Chase wrote:
What Do You Want From Me? and Sedona are both excellent, that whole album is what New Order should have been doing then.
Do you think so? Let's face it, WDYWFM, Shine, Junk and Sedona are truly magnificent, but the rest is just Oasis-inspired dross... and a Take That B-side (yes, I'm talking about Shit lips)
Monaco - WDYWFM Electronic - Free Will Other Two - Superhighways Bad Lieutenant - Your Time Is Up
Also love Heads Will Roll from the This Time I'm Not Wrong single but I don't think Bernard had any involvement in that one
I don't really know any Revenge stuff...
There are many contenders but for me it has to be "Getting Away With It" by a country mile.
And it is still my favourite song of all time. Just.
Getting Away with It Free Will - the most overlooked track any NO member has ever been involved with - it's genius Idiot Country 2 WDYWFM There were a few good ones on Superhighways but I can't remember them now Some Distant Memory
Revenge: Big Bang
Honorable mention: It's Quiet & Little Pig
Electronic: Twisted Tenderness
Honorable mention: Free Will, Reality, Tighten Up, Some Distant Memory, Forbidden City, If You've Got Love & How Long
The Other Two: Cold Feet
Honorable Mention: Tasty Fish, The River, Hello & Ripple
Monaco: Shine
Honorable mention: What Have You Done for Me?, Happy Jack, I've Got a Feeling, A Life Apart & Kashmere
It was tough for me to decide but I've noticed that I tend to be drawn towards the tracks that sound most like New Order.
