The Ultimate Worst Song Poll
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What's the worst ever New Order song?
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Angel Dust 2 (2%)
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Broken Promise 1 (1%)
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Chemical 10 (10%)
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Doubts Even Here 1 (1%)
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Ecstasy 0 (0%)
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Elegia 2 (2%)
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Fine Time 3 (3%)
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Rock The Shack 16 (16%)
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Run Wild 3 (3%)
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Slow Jam 1 (1%)
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Salvation Theme 2 (2%)
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Sooner Than You Think 0 (0%)
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State of the Nation 17 (17%)
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Subculture 1 (1%)
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Such A Good Thing 8 (8%)
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Shellshock 11 (11%)
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Ultraviolence 1 (1%)
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The Him 2 (2%)
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We All Stand 13 (13%)
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World In Motion 9 (9%)
103 votes · voting closed
I've just noticed that Sooner Than You Think is included in this list 
suffice to say im shocked to the core...
Any song that starts off with the line "Hello everyone its nice to be here" surely must be applauded 
I cant believe it... 
its one of LowLife's best tracks imo.
Subculture, Sooner than you think and Fine Time on this poll? Never!
I would have to for for Shellshock i suppose, closesly followed by State of the Nation. They are barely acceptable B-sides and should never have been released as singles.
State of the Nation worse the shitshack, get to fook, as they say oop north. It may not have great lyrics but it has fantastic classic New Order feel to it. I think he gets away with the bollocks lyrics a lot more than at present.
"At the end of road... there´s a soldier waiting for me?"
What´s that, sexual fantasy with military men??? C'mon Barney, U can do better than this.
Originally posted by DoN I've just noticed that Sooner Than You Think is included in this list
100% agreed. And I rest my case. 
I can't believe there's only one track off Republic! Where's Liar, Times Change, Avalanche and Young Offender? 
Personally, I would have to go with Liar. Doesn't seem to be anything here I detest a tenth as much as I do that track.
I've come out of lurking for this poll!
Had to vote for "The Him". But only 'cos "Murder" isn't in the list :)
Originally posted by depthcharge I refuse to vote on account of Liar not being there. It makes at least half of those songs shine like diamonds. :\pimp3:
Hum, funny, I didn't even notice, and that surprises me... actually, the "problem" was, the votes for Republic were balanced through the whole album, there was no standout track, Chemical had the more votes...
But IMHO, Liar is not a bad song, it only has the Someone Like You syndrom.. good song with horrible chorus and annoying backing vocals...
I couldn't vote for one of the older songs, if only for the fond memories of younger days. So Rock the Shack.
Originally posted by Hydrapelican
My girlfriend recently mentioned that she noticed that he rarely sings (ok so she likes Tom Jones and Chris Isaak ok!?) but instead kinda shouts or speaks the lyrics...
He invented rap? Is there no end to the man's talents?
Ive skiped shellshock and state of the nation so many times on substance that I think they've realised how bad they are and ran off together and joined the circus, leaving my lovely subsatnce just perfect without them.
i voted for "elegia" coz i find it to samey
although my worst song would have to be "confusion" i just find it iritating!
Originally posted by Alexandre Travassos > Originally posted by DoN> I've just noticed that Sooner Than You Think is included in this list
100% agreed. And I rest my case.
yeah! mini protest on this thread! sooner than you think should have never have been on the list.
Originally posted by Benny's Cobweb Eyes One question - how the fook is Sooner Than You Think on here as a worst song contender ?
Exactly! Thrash that person about the head. Sooner is sweet. Get Ecstasy and Elegia off this list this instant!
Originally posted by Steven Farren i voted for "elegia" coz i find it to sameyalthough my worst song would have to be "confusion" i just find it iritating!
wow
Originally posted by Wolfmann > Originally posted by Steven Farren> i voted for "elegia" coz i find it to samey> > although my worst song would have to be "confusion" i just find it iritating!
wow
word.
In the absence of LIAR and BEHIND CLOSED DOORS it has to be ROCK THE SHACK. I almost feel ashamed to admit it but i like SOTN!! Nice funky guitar riff despite the awful lyrics.
my least favorite is the perfect kiss...and i only say that to piss people off., but i dont really like it anyway.
Only good thing about Shellshock was the Ltd. Edition they released in NZ with Thieves Like Us instrumental on it. Now that is a great track!
- Didn't like Rock the Shack first few times. Very un-New Ordery. Love it now.
- If you don't like The Him, listen to New Order live in Australia 1985 - awesome Hooky bass sound.
- Don't like Angel Dust - never did. Nor the remix Evil Dust.
- Doubts Even Here is a great song off Movement along with pretty much every somg except but Truth.
- Ecstacy should not be on the list. If you listended to this in 84 when it came out - you would have been blown away like I was.
- We All Stand should not be on the list - listen to the Peel Sessions!
Originally posted by Matthew Smyth Only good thing about Shellshock was the Ltd. Edition they released in NZ with Thieves Like Us instrumental on it. Now that is a great track!- Didn't like Rock the Shack first few times. Very un-New Ordery. Love it now.- If you don't like The Him, listen to New Order live in Australia 1985 - awesome Hooky bass sound.- Don't like Angel Dust - never did. Nor the remix Evil Dust.- Doubts Even Here is a great song off Movement along with pretty much every somg except but Truth.- Ecstacy should not be on the list. If you listended to this in 84 when it came out - you would have been blown away like I was.- We All Stand should not be on the list - listen to the Peel Sessions!
Rock The Shack is growing on me too - chorus SUCKS, but sound and verse are cool.
Wow, I guess we all have differing opinions. I don't find SOTN too bad, I kinda like it. Shellshock is "OKAY", never really did move me. The original version of Subculture on "Low-Life" is better than the remixed-version of it on Substance, I kinda like Bernard's raw vocals on Low-Life.
Now, I hate to say it (since it seems like a lot of people like this song), but "Rock the Shack" just inverts my balls inside-out! Granted, Bernard doesn't always sing with true vocal perfection, but Bobby Gillespie's vocals are irritating to my ears...in my own opinion, he does this slightly-twangy, Bob Dylan-esque shouting with his vocals, and it never really comes close to singing in my book. It sounds awfully close to John Travolta's character Vinny Barbarino from "Welcome Back Kotter"! At least Bernard tries to SING. The music of the song is great, it's just that Bobby's attempt at vocals sour the whole mix for me.
Just my two cents... :)
there are some songs I love on this list, like Sooner Than You Think, The Him, Elegia and Ecstacy.
In saying all that there is some utter rank rubbish, like Shellshock, Run Wild and We All Stand.
We All stand live on Pumped Full of Drugs, kicks ass though as its more up-tempo, if that version had been on PCL people would view it very differently me thinks.
My vote goes to STATE OF THE NATION. Its complete rubbish, its been ignored by the band since, and deservedly so. Crap lyrics, they tried to make it into something. But it just isnt there.
Cheers ALEX
Originally posted by Alex Jacks My vote goes to STATE OF THE NATION. Its complete rubbish, its been ignored by the band since, and deservedly so. Crap lyrics, they tried to make it into something. But it just isnt there.CheersALEX
They played it to death between mid 85 and late 86 - if the lyrics were better it wouldn't be that bad a song.
shellshock pretty much blows. it gets my vote. and i agree with the person that said Peter Saville reflected its sub-par nature on the cover.
Notice that Sooner Than You Think has no vote.. then how come it was voted as the 3rd worst track on Low-Life? 
And I was sure We All Stand was going to win this easily, it was the stand out track of the first round !!
a head to head between SOTN and RTS? i was sure SOTN was gonna be up against shellshocked...since i considered these two songs to be the worst of the worst.:\puke:
Although I confess I usually skip SOTN on Substance, it is nowhere near We All Stand or Slow Jam in badness. Also Chemical is not bad; I actually rather like it.
I voted for state of the nation because I don't want Rock the shack to be the worst NO song...
