Which songs do you guys think have Peter Hook's best performance/best bass-line be it best technically, or most evocative emotionally, etc.?
I'm sure many of you hate the bastard now but you can always put aside grudges and admire the unique sound he gifted New Order and Joy Division.
For me it has to be "The Perfect Kiss", specifically the 12" version. First that rigid, funky intro followed by those impossibly lofty high notes, his sweeping, yet rich bass during the chorus, and finally that outro. That outro is all kinds of epic, falling, rising, and stomping to a resounding finish. (Turns out "The Perfect Kiss" is the perfect song.) I know Peter Hook is an excellent, and, likely, surprisingly imaginative bass player but I do have a hard time believing he came up with that bass-line, but maybe I shouldn't.
A close second for me is "Dead Souls". I can hardly believe that it was a B-side to Atmosphere which is also another great song. (Shows you the talent that band had) but "Dead Souls" had a powerful spark to it, and a bridge and bass solo that I can only dream to write.
Runner-ups: A lot of the tracks on the album Get Ready actually contain some really impressive bass-lines from Hook; somehow his bass playing became even more prominent on the two later albums Get Ready and Waiting For The Sirens Call . "60 mph", "Primitive Notion", and "Morning Night and Day" are stand outs for me.
