Memorable quotes from New Order concerts

Originally posted by Kez-bah Ye divn't get any abuse off me petal! Excuse my ignorance, but who hell Kelly Roberts?

MRS ROBERT'S lass.:D:D:D

Thank you for that Mr Scott - I do like to know the full story! Suppose I must have inherited the nosy parker gene from Granny Akas

Sounds like you had quite an adventure....

And Rocket Mick, thank you for your information, as per, you're ever so bloody helpful ;)

Ignore Mr Scott's modesty - the US tour piece was/is inspirational, and is well worth tracking down. Makes you want to sell your house and, er, jump in a time machine back to 1989.

Back on topic, there's a great tape from Bradford (1984??) where the band lose their rag with the venue's annoying DJ and it decends into a fantastic slanging match along the lines of "fuck off and kind your own fucking business!!". On the BBC Glasto CD one punter screams "FUCK OFF!!!!!!" at Hooky as he introduces AOC (there's ALWAYS someone telling Hooky to fuck off at Order gigs.....) and I quite like the Woolwich '87 gig where Barney witheringly puts down one heckler with summat long lines of "Oh yes, ha ha ha, very funny. I wish you could be witty instead of just being pissed-up twats".

Thank you Mr Fradley...

The Bradford tape you spoke of was in fact Birmingham Powerhouse, Sunday June 3rd or 4th 1984 - my first gig in fact - and the extended fight between the house DJ and the band was quite a laugh to be honest.

The band triggered "Blue Monday" from off-stage on the DMX then stopped it! Then the whole thing went tits up at that point and (hey) MR DJ thought he'd try and help the audience out...

Originally posted by FourFortyFive Thank you Mr Fradley...The Bradford tape you spoke of was in fact Birmingham Powerhouse, Sunday June 3rd or 4th 1984 - my first gig in fact - and the extended fight between the house DJ and the band was quite a laugh to be honest.The band triggered "Blue Monday" from off-stage on the DMX then stopped it! Then the whole thing went tits up at that point and (hey) MR DJ thought he'd try and help the audience out...

:) Classic "We've only come back out to tell the DJ what a fuckin' dickhead he is"

Someone further up this thread noted that the "More Than Despair" bootleg missed out the last two tracks from the CLP gig. I was always under the impression that this was the complete (hilarious, brief, utterly chaotic) show: what were the final two songs played that night, anyone????

Also, dontcha think the ponderous title for said bootleg vinyl is comically inapropriate given the take-the-piss nature of the entire show (laughing at squashed punters, "big fat cocks", general contempt for their audience, almost complete inability to hit the right notes, etc, etc.....)?????

The last two songs at CLP 6/12/85 were Face Up and Age of Consent. I think, though, you may be getting gigs mixed up - wasn't it ULU where Barney was telling audience to back up and everything?

ULU he kept asking people to get back or they would be doing another benefit next week. "Pernod before people"

CLP he just kept asking people to get back, particularly at the start of the set.

Bloody bootleggers - my copy of "More Than Despair" says it was recorded at CLP, so I dunno. This is the one where at the start of TPK Barney does his whole "can you all step back a bit please ... I don't give a fuck really but it sounds good if I say it", and the whole thing starts with Hooky going "C'mon, a bit of respect!!!" (what were the punters doing???). If this show did finish with Face Up & AOC it makes it one of my top 5 "if I could go back in time" gigs - what a set!!! And why aren't they on the "MTD" bootleg???

Does your More Than Despair start with Atmosphere? That was the opening song at CLP.

Yeah, it does start with "Atmosphere", so I guess it is the CLP gig after all. Think "DNE" is next, and then "Procession"....

That's the one.

It was a very good gig!!

On the "Do the Ostrich" bootleg 7" Barney introduces a song by saying something like:

"I want a wank off a girl with a spotty back"

Does anyone else have this bootleg and can anyone confirm the quote? It's the one with the early version of Let's Go on the B side.

Glasgow, September '86, "I much, I much prefer Glasgow to Edinburgh, what a bunch of twats they were last night I tell ya, hurt me feelings a bit, fuckin 'ell.".

Originally posted by easylover On the "Do the Ostrich" bootleg 7" Barney introduces a song by saying something like:"I want a wank off a girl with a spotty back"Does anyone else have this bootleg and can anyone confirm the quote? It's the one with the early version of Let's Go on the B side.Glasgow, September '86,"I much, I much prefer Glasgow to Edinburgh, what a bunch of twats they were last night I tell ya, hurt me feelings a bit, fuckin 'ell.".

The "spotty back" quote comes from Nagoya 29/1/87, where he introduces "Touched By The Hand of God" as "this is a new song called I got a wank off a girl with a spotty back".

Peter Hook: "Its a pleasure to be here tonight to be spat at by that bastard with the black gloves on down there" - Glasgow Tiffany's 1983

Originally posted by Ricardo Fernandes After reading Chris Nash's signature, I've started to remember some New Order (and Joy Division) quotes from live concerts. My personal faves:"You should hear our version of 'Louie Louie'"Ian Curtis after playing a cover of "Sister Ray", The Moonlight Club, London, England, 03 April 1980

stupid question, but did JD ever do a version of louie louie?

Originally posted by snucker > Originally posted by Ricardo Fernandes> After reading Chris Nash's signature, I've started to remember some New Order (and Joy Division) quotes from live concerts. My personal faves:> > "You should hear our version of 'Louie Louie'"> Ian Curtis after playing a cover of "Sister Ray", The Moonlight Club, London, England, 03 April 1980>

stupid question, but did JD ever do a version of louie louie?

Don't think so ! Hooky used to occasionally join up with various other Manchester musos to play this song, "sung" by John The Postman, at the end of Factory music nights, and I think the "our" that Ian was referring to was Factory as a whole (the Moonlight Club date the quote comes from was a Factory bands night).

barney introducing "do the ostrich"

"thank you. i'm gonna regret this. if you could turn the vocals down, brian. could you turn the volume down brian."