What´s your favourite PC&L song?

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Age of Consent, cause it was the first NO song that I ever heard on the radio.

Such a hard one - 3 GREAT songs on one CD - Age, YSF, and LMA - dang it was a hard fought battle but YSF barely edges the comp out.

No surprise: Leave Me A Loan. AOC is excellent, as is 586, but LMA is really unique, in my opinion.

Originally posted by Patrick No surprise: Leave Me A Loan. AOC is excellent, as is 586, but LMA is really unique, in my opinion.

How much would you like PATRICK?Could choice though but it is very difficult choosing one against the other.

Originally posted by Rocket Mick > Originally posted by Patrick> No surprise: Leave Me A Loan. AOC is excellent, as is 586, but LMA is really unique, in my opinion.>

How much would you like PATRICK?Could choice though but it is very difficult choosing one against the other.

How much do you have? As I've said before, I think "I Want to be a Loan" is the all-time best NO song.

Is it the lyrics?

I'd definitely put it top 5 of all time.

these polls are stupid.

Leave Me Alone. Surprised and delighted to see so many in agreement with the choice. It's also in my top 3 all time NO tracks. The best closing song on an album....ever!

Originally posted by Huntsman Is it the lyrics?

A large part is the lyrics, yes, H, but not just the lyrics.

I'm glad you considered that reply Patrick. I wouldn't have liked you to have rushed an answer on such a beautiful subject matter.

The rush of melodic guitar melodies towards the end of the record is a definite highlight for me. The actual recording of Bernard's voice, cold and full, spacious yet close, is yet another attraction. Coupled with the simplistic drumming and fusion of Bass.

Excellent.

Well, Mr. H, to tell the truth, I hadn't seen your question until just now, but you're right, the perfection of LMA deserves long study. I think we have said before that NO songs can be good despite mediocre lyrics, but when the lyrics are good as well, that definitely increases the quality level. I think that is true with LMA, which probably would have been superb with any lyrics, but with the actual lyrics, becomes something that is utterly transcendent.

Anyone else think that the production of PC&L is way ahead of any of their other albums ? It seems to have a timeless sound whereas the others are all pretty grounded in the time of recording.

Now this is going to be difficult. I love your "Your Silent Face" and "Leave Me Alone" but I'm going to have to go with "Age of Consent". Love the bass and synths in that song!

Hey, at least I didn't get predictable and pick "Blue Monday" right?

Originally posted by Some Distant Memory Now this is going to be difficult. I love your "Your Silent Face" and "Leave Me Alone" but I'm going to have to go with "Age of Consent". Love the bass and synths in that song!Hey, at least I didn't get predictable and pick "Blue Monday" right?

Our UK friends are likely to remind us that BM isn't really on PCL.

586 very danceable, peel sessions version kicks a*!

5 8 6 on the Peels sessions is incredible, the PCL version is ruined by that anemic 90 second crap intro. Leave Me Alone is a titanic recording as well. Just incredible, from the drum track, to the bass playing and guitar playing, to the simple, yet complex lyrics....I used to wonder if there were hidden references to the Falklands in the lyrics even if Barney wasn't political:

"On a thousand islands in the sea I see a thousand people just like me A hundred unions in the snow I watch them walking, falling in a row We live always underground It's going to be so quiet in here tonight A thousand islands in the sea It's the same

And a hundred years ago a sailor trot this ground I stood upon Take me away everyone But, it hurts thou"

I kept trying to figure out what this might mean, and I wondered if it vaguely referred to British Colonialism and the Falklands wore, and then I figured I was just trippin'. That being said, It's an incredible song, regardless of what the actual meaning is, if there is any special meaning, to the lyrics. However, my favorite song on the album, and in actuality, my all time favorite New Order song, is Age of Consent, with its wonderfully aggressive guitar and bass playing, its stunningly beautiful synths, and its melancholic lyrics. PCL gets a lot of its rep from those two songs, and the third masterpiece of beauty and humor, "Your Silent Face."

5 8 6 is an interesting track, along with prime 586 (video 586)..

the peel sessions version is very cool too..

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Leave Me Alone all the way.

Originally posted by Ben Aspinall Leave Me Alone all the way.

Yes!

THE VILLAGE!!!!!

Shug knows as we had this on full blast on the way to the pub in Corby like !!!!

Age of Consent without a doubt : a live fave during the mid 80s that just got everyone going. YSF is an undoubted classic. I must be one of the very few NO fans around who never really related Leave Me Alone (shoot me now... ;))

Age Of Consent - Classic My all time favourite.

Leave Me Alone is possibly the single best album ending song ever. The whole of PCL makes "best song" a tough call. I'd put the Village, Your Silent Face, Age of Consent, 586, and Ultraviolence close seconds. I leave Blue Monday and the Beach as singles since they weren't on the original album release.

Your Silent Face. The outstanding centrepiece to an otherwise average album (By NO standards).

1- Your Silent Face 2- Leave Me Alone 3- The Village 4- the rest The difference between 1-3 is minimal though; Tomorrow The Village may be on top for some reason.