Shakin' Baker wrote: I love slow jam - both versions (the GR version and the Peel sessions version)
You meant Lamacq version 
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Such A Good Thing
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Such a Stink Thing is the song that basically sounded the death of New Order. I knew they could never come back to their former glory after hearing this embarassing piece of sonic drivel. It is a detestable pox on their career. If you haven't heard it then...avoid
Personally, I did like it back in the day but the lyrics are admittedly shite. It's easy to take out of context but "at the time" it was all Get Ready grinding guitars and no keyboards and this was the first track since then to home in on synths and change the style a bit.
I don't think it's as bad as some people would bang on. All the key elements are there; hyperactive drums, dubious lyrics, waves of keyboard and very loud Hooky bass. When you think about it those aspects generally define a great deal of the finest New Order songs but this track tends to get a bit more stick.
For me, New Order always fell down (quality-wise) when they specifically wrote a song for any cause.... best kept vague. Actually scratch that, I really like the Saville Soundtrack as it's good to listen to in the bath but that was only Hooky and Steve wasn't it?
Big Mouth Julio wrote:
Chase wrote: Liar is much worse.
For that matter, while it may not be "such" a good thing, it's still better than Slow Jam, or Rock the Shack, and it doesn't mention Dracula or spell out any three-letter words.
Am I the only person in this world who likes Slow Jam?
No, I like it as well
captain obvious wrote: Such a Stink Thing is the song that basically sounded the death of New Order. I knew they could never come back to their former glory after hearing this embarassing piece of sonic drivel. It is a detestable pox on their career. If you haven't heard it then...avoid
I gave them the benefit of the doubt on this one. It was Vietnam that ended it for me (although WFTSC has a few decent tracks for the biased listener).
Bram wrote:
captain obvious wrote: Such a Stink Thing is the song that basically sounded the death of New Order. I knew they could never come back to their former glory after hearing this embarassing piece of sonic drivel. It is a detestable pox on their career. If you haven't heard it then...avoid
I gave them the benefit of the doubt on this one. It was Vietnam that ended it for me (although WFTSC has a few decent tracks for the biased listener).
I like WFTSC a lot, but I must admit that it could have been much better if it was better mixed
Turn is in my Top 5 songs from NO, and WFTSC (the song) is also fantastic IMO
