Power, Corruption & Lies' worst song

Ahh yes, I would have to agree with the 4 great song comment...but what 4 great songs they are! Out of the xperimental stuff that fills out the album, "Ectasy" stands out as the one track that offers almost nothing of interest to me.

Now please excuse me as I listen to "Leave Me Alone" one more time before I go to bed...

"We All Stand" has all the elements of the old school NO sound, but it just doesn't come together well at all. Too lethargic, and Barney's voice sounds a wee bit too high for me. Well, this was during their *ahem* experimentation, I'm sure "high" was the word for lots of stuff...

Originally posted by Spotnick For me, there is only 4 good songs on this album, but well, I had to chose, so We All Stand.

Spot on Spot Nick! So many groups would kill to have churned out such great 4 songs in their whole careers!

"We all stand". ALL the rest is absolutely brilliant !!!

We All Stand - decent enough song, but ruined by shite production. It's far better live than on record !

Finally a poll outcome that I agree with! Not just the worst on PCL, but the worst ever!

Originally posted by Patrick Finally a poll outcome that I agree with! Not just the worst on PCL, but the worst ever!

Hi there Patty Cakes. I agree, We All Can't Wait For It To Finish is the worst ever!

I really like this album, but not We All Sit and Wait for the Next Song to Begin.

Originally posted by General Muffy (NOOL Militant Wing) > Originally posted by Patrick> Finally a poll outcome that I agree with! Not just the worst on PCL, but the worst ever!>

Hi there Patty Cakes. I agree, We All Can't Wait For It To Finish is the worst ever!

Hi Muffy!!

Now if I could only persuade everybody that Leave Mia Alone is the best!

Originally posted by Patrick > Originally posted by General Muffy (NOOL Militant Wing)> > > > Originally posted by Patrick> > Finally a poll outcome that I agree with! Not just the worst on PCL, but the worst ever!> > >

Hi there Patty Cakes. I agree, We All Can't Wait For It To Finish is the worst ever!

Hi Muffy!!

Now if I could only persuade everybody that Leave Mia Alone is the best!

It's definitely a contender, that's for sure!

Originally posted by General Muffy (NOOL Militant Wing) > Originally posted by Patrick> > > > Originally posted by General Muffy (NOOL Militant Wing)> > > > > > > Originally posted by Patrick> > > Finally a poll outcome that I agree with! Not just the worst on PCL, but the worst ever!> > > > > >

Hi there Patty Cakes. I agree, We All Can't Wait For It To Finish is the worst ever!

Hi Muffy!!

Now if I could only persuade everybody that Leave Mia Alone is the best!

It's definitely a contender, that's for sure!

Am I recalling correctly that Ceremony is your pick? That one has been sounding pretty good to me lately!

hmmm am i wrong or are blue monday and the beach missing? how come?

They weren't on the original LP from 1983

Originally posted by Substantial Republic of LowLifes They weren't on the original LP from 1983

ahhh thanks much man. thats a good trivia question for those of us who didnt start collecting until recently, and then on cd only....

I'm not a big collector either, just heard that tidbit of info from somewhere the past few months.

All I have are all their CDs (Qwest versions and some made from MP3s) and two CD singles....Here to Stay CD1 and....World

The rest of my collection resides in my MP3 shared folder :D

There are actually SEVEN good songs on this album, and a few genuinely great ones. The exception is, of course, We All Can't Stand This.

Agree with you Graeme, We All can't Stand this one.

Easy one, "We All Stand". I always skip this one but the rest are top notch.

Yeah, We All Stand. Neat song, but I like the Peel version alot better. The album version just sounds out of place with the rest of the tracks.

Really imposible to choose... I love every track in this song. I've choosen Ecstasy only because it has no lyrics. (I know it sounds stupid). I think you don't like "we all stand"... Well, it is my favourite track with 586...

there is just something about we all stand together that blows a big hole in pc&l, it just doesn't fit in this, or any other of their albums... :barf:

Originally posted by Benny's Cobweb Eyes We All Stand - decent enough song, but ruined by shite production. It's far better live than on record !

The Peel Sessions version is heaps better than on PCL I reckon.

I'll have to go for Ecstasy. We all stand has grown on me over the years.

Originally posted by Spotnick For me, there is only 4 good songs on this album, but well, I had to chose, so We All Stand.

Just interested thats all....do actually like a full 'N O' long players..?

my guess - under 20 and living in America

I will assume it was either a joke or a mistake.

Originally posted by Patrick I will assume it was either a joke or a mistake.

yeah, a mistake probably...they are located right next to a couple duffers! a slip of the mouse perhaps.

Im not a huge rap for PCL, all good emperimental sutff but many of the actual songs dont stand up. The top songs are Age of Consent, 586, Your Silent Face and of course Leave Me Alone.

We All Stand is the weakest, but absolutely brilliant live on the Pumped Full of Drugs video. But on the album its stunted. As The Village is ok, Ultraviolence, average, Ecstacy is good but overall it doesn't quite get there.

In my opinion, its inferior to all but Movement and perhaps Republic. And to think its the only New Order album to get NME album of the year.

Cheers ALEX

There are no weak spots on "PC&L"! I REALLY can't see the point in slagging "We all stand"! Is it just because it's so different a tune in the whole New Order-output or what? Bet you all don't like "Elegia" either, aren't ya?! The true weak spots of New Order remain all these lousy remixes!! The person who suggested them to do remixes of finished songs should be punished by life-long imprisonment!

Originally posted by Biznotic Love Trapezoid my guess - under 20 and living in America

alright, what's next: the worst secne in citizen kane? i went w/ 586 as live versions, peel session and prime 586 are much better. this is new order's most experimental and as such disjointed album and we all stand is just part of what makes it so. hell, listen to sm's drumming. where else in their catalogue is there a rim shot? here, 586 sounds like "which song can we make sound like blue monday?"

Atchally, it's "which song can we turn into Blue Monday?" :D

Now I'm wishing I'd voted for YSF just to see the reactions...

I think 'We All Stand' is actually their worst song full stop. I can't believe that somebody actually voted for leave me alone though!!??

I feel like falling down...not only did it make the album but it was bloody 2nd as well.... a true tragedy

Ecstasy is not very good, but is not bad at all.

I feel so vindicated by the results of this poll! We All Stand is one of the few New Order tracks that I immediately skip over. It's not even a case of "We All can't wait for the song to finish".. I don't even bother!

Cheers :)

Originally posted by GreenBlueGrey Eyes I feel so vindicated by the results of this poll! We All Stand is one of the few New Order tracks that I immediately skip over. It's not even a case of "We All can't wait for the song to finish".. I don't even bother!Cheers :)

I can only pity those who voted for We All Stand on the basis that they had only heard the weak recorded version. It was fookin' brilliant live (as evidenced by PFD) - it had an extra dimension that they never put on record. Same with Ultraviolence - totally mindblowing live, uninspiring on record.

PC&L is the first really New Order album in my opinion, when they definitely take a different direction and Bernard seems to feel more comfortable as vocalist, with his own style. If we consider this, PC&L is the most important NO album.