New Order best opening bars — Forum Archive

2 Apr 2003, 04:54

Nope im not talking about Dry ;)

Name the song with your favourite opening NewOrder opening bars.

Often this has more impact when hearing the song live. For example who remembers the harmonica sounding off LV at MOVE for example? magic :)

But without a doubt the opening bars to Regret win hands down for me over any other NewOrder song!!!

2 Apr 2003, 05:03

The best opening bar is dr... oh wait, you've already done that joke.

2 Apr 2003, 05:33

If it's any consolation Major - I was just about to do that gag as well;)

It's gotta be Hooky's Bass on Age Of Consent.....closely followed by Ceremony.

2 Apr 2003, 05:48

True faith. That drum intro's ace! By the way, a question for the technologically-accented NOOL'ers: the drums on TF are real or is it a drum machine? That question's been puzzling me ever since I heard it..

2 Apr 2003, 05:48

True faith. That drum intro's ace! By the way, a question for the technologically-accented NOOL'ers: the drums on TF are real or is it a drum machine? That question's been puzzling me ever since I heard it..

2 Apr 2003, 05:48

Double posting... sorry!

2 Apr 2003, 05:55

that dry gag was soooooooooo obvious i had to nip it in the bud :D

yup ceremony is a goodun, as is aoc, im really talking about the first couple of seconds of a track, the quicker the goosebumps appear the more powerful the intro :lol:

2 Apr 2003, 06:06

Definitely Regret.

Close runners-up for me are:

Dreams Never End
Primitive Notion (cos it sounds just like 24 Hours)
Temptation (oooh ooh oooh oooooh oooh)

2 Apr 2003, 06:16

Best opening bars are "spooky" :nod:

Just for the "neaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh" bit. :lol:

2 Apr 2003, 06:54

Originally posted by Major Tarantino Best opening bars are "spooky" Just for the "neaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh" bit.

Good call - is it just me or does there seem to be words in there??? Sounds something like "bass mechanic" to me.

2 Apr 2003, 06:56

We had a debate about this in a thread once. I STILL think it says "Dislocated me arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm" :lol:

2 Apr 2003, 07:14

This Time of Night, because you can strain to hear that sample of "I've always lived what has been called a low life" if you turn it up real loud, then the DMX machine kicks in. Brilliant way to start a brilliant track.

2 Apr 2003, 08:17

Shit! I forgot Subculture (Low Life version)

2 Apr 2003, 09:00

True Faith definitely--the classic dance/pop hook: punchy drums followed by gillian's synths...

2 Apr 2003, 09:49

Ceremony & Age of Consent, hands down.

2 Apr 2003, 10:04

Ceremony definately, it reminds me of being a lad and going out on my bike with my Substance in my walkman and about halfway down my road (after the blank bit at the start) Ceremony would start and it sounded fucking fantastic everytime

2 Apr 2003, 10:54

regret, regret, regret.

and enjoy the silence. :D

2 Apr 2003, 11:25

Something that would kick it off after just one single second - the likes of Ceremony, Age of Consent or Love Vigilantes.

2 Apr 2003, 12:38

AOC

2 Apr 2003, 13:19

The squidgy bass synth on Bizarre Love Triangle, Hooky's moaning bass on As It Is..., the twinkly synth at the beginning of Crystal, the opening bars of Temptationlive when it used to be segued in with Everything's Gone Green and, my personal favourite, Barney's cough at the outset of Loveless :)

2 Apr 2003, 13:31

lonesome tonight

the most beautifully simple intro to a beatiful song

even sounds beautiful on the "more than despair" live version when hooky's bass is louder than loud and sounds like a fuckin train comin!

just magic pure and simple

2 Apr 2003, 15:06

Good thread - there are so many great intros but I've always loved the way Dreams Never End builds up.

2 Apr 2003, 15:30

Dreams Never End, Perefect Kiss, Ceremony, 1963

2 Apr 2003, 17:43

sunrise...calmness,hooky, then an explosion of noise..very painful live but so much fun..

2 Apr 2003, 21:40

i like the opening to liar and sooner than you think.

2 Apr 2003, 22:45

I'm going to cheat, and say 'Transmission'. That bass... dododododododododoooo dododododododododoooo alwalys gets stuck in my head.

3 Apr 2003, 01:14

many. ceremony, regret, blue monday.... but age of consent just explodes!

3 Apr 2003, 12:10

Originally posted by KW1 I'm going to cheat, and say 'Transmission'. That bass... dododododododododoooo dododododododododoooo alwalys gets stuck in my head.

Sorry for being so anal, but that should be :bass: dododododododododododododododo-dodoooo dododododododododododododo-dodooo :bass:

3 Apr 2003, 13:26

And where's the whining keyboard sound that precedes Hooky's bassline ?

3 Apr 2003, 14:21

Originally posted by clayts And where's the whining keyboard sound that precedes Hooky's bassline ?

Well, I was thinking of the live performances.

3 Apr 2003, 14:56

time change - the intro is really fresh

3 Apr 2003, 15:31

I always imagine sun rays shooting through the clouds when I hear the start of "Your Silent Face". Spacey.

3 Apr 2003, 15:31

Originally posted by little boy lost > Originally posted by clayts> And where's the whining keyboard sound that precedes Hooky's bassline ?

Well, I was thinking of the live performances.

Ya, I guess they never use(d) it in live performances, but why?:\ohwell:

3 Apr 2003, 16:51

Soooo many...

Run2 12" Age of Consent Dreams Never End True Faith Crystal Regret EGG Primitive Notion Subculture

I could go on, and on and on but you get the picture ;)

3 Apr 2003, 17:39

"Ya, I guess they never use(d) it in live performances, but why?"

It's a studio enhancement, probably thanks to Hannett (enhanettment ?), nobody would have had a free hand to play it live back then except Ian and he wasn't doing anything like that, it would have been a lot of trouble for a pretty small payback. It is cool though, those sounds that run through the track, fairly subtle but they do a lot to flesh out a very sparse arrangement.