Get Ready -- 20 months later

Originally posted by Spotnick I seriously think that if you remove the chorus in Someone Like You, this song would have made my top 3.. cheesy, CHEESY...... and someone must ask them to stop using female backing vocals.. it does work sometimes (Crystal is the good example), but not on many ones!!

Backing vocals are all good as long as their sung by Astrid Williamson :p

Albums (best to worst):

Technique Low-life P,C & L Brotherhood Get Ready Movement Republic

Get Ready rate: 7/10

Songs (best to worst):

Close Range Crystal Slow Jam Primitive Notion 60MPH Run Wild Turn my way Someone like you Rock the shack Vicious Streak

Albums (best to worst)

Lowlife Technique Power Courruption and Lies Get Ready Brotherhood Movement Republic

Get Ready tracks (best to worst)

Someone Like You Primitive Notion Crystal Vicious Streak Run Wild 60 Miles An Hour Rock the Shack Close Range Slow Jam Turn My Way

"Get Ready" is the 3rd best album after "Technique" and "P,C&L".

Songs from best to worst (without the b-sides).

• Crystal
• Primitive Notion
• 60 mph
• Vicious Streak
• Run Wild
• Turn My Way
• Someone Like You
• Close Range
• Rock The Shack
• Slow Jam

I'd rate it 7/10, my fourth favourite after Technique, PC&L and Brotherhood

Songs from favourite to rubbish (IMHO): Someone like you Crystal Vicious Streak Primitive Notion 60 Miles an hour Turn my way Slow Jam Run Wild Rock the shack Close Range

Run Wild would have been up there with the favourites if it wasn't for that annoying last line ....

I think I understand why Turm my way was not a single. Everyone outside of N. America put it near the bottom. It should have been a N. America release only.

Run Wild would have been better if it didn't have all the Jesus lyrics in it. Lets leave Jesus for the Sunday Church goers.

The Barney mix of Close Range is much better then the Steve Osborne mix. If they put the Barney mix on the cd, it would have been much better.

I think I'm the only fan of Rock the shack. I think it's a great song.

And I'm just not a fan of Slow Jam.

Crystal Close Range Turn My Way 60 Miles An Hour Rock The Shack Someone Like You Primitive Notion Vicious Streak Slow Jam Run Wild

Best to worst LPs

PC&L Low Life Technique Brotherhood Movement Get Ready Republic

Get Ready songs in Benny's order of preference

Crystal Primitive Notion Vicious Streak 60 mph Someone Like You Close Range Rock The Shack Run Wild Turd My Way Slow Jam

I actually had to get the CD to check which tracks were on it - gives you some idea of how often it gets played.

I've been getting bored with Technique, and have been listening to PCL much more as I've been cleaning up a lot of my old 1982 live tapes.

I´m the laziest member of this forum so I´ll sum up for you.

best album : technique best song in get ready : turn my way

your not the only lazy one Julio! :D

best album - Brotherhood

best song - Special (that one's for you Jarvo! ;) )

Albums (best to worst): Technique PCL/Low-life (tied..sorry, I know that's being a coward) Movement Get Ready Brotherhood Republic

Get Ready rankings (best to worst): Crystal Primitive Notion Vicious Streak Someone Like You (on strength of intro) 60 Miles An Hour Run Wild Turn My Way Close Range Rock The Shack (could be higher but for Rock the shack rock the shack rock the shack rock the shaaaack, and Bobby G) Slow Jam

Or thereabouts.

Get Ready is third best for me. I really love it.

Best to worst: Technique Power, Corruption and Lies Get Ready Brotherhood Republic Low-life Movement

As for the songs...ugh, it's nearly 1am, I can't be bothered! :)

Get Ready - Right after Low-Life.

Order of songs, best to worst: Crystal (one of the first songs I actually heard by new order. Beautiful bassline. Good lyrics and vocals, and the backing vocals actually make the song sound better, especially if you hear that dastardly club mix). Primitive Notion 60 Mi/Hr (Simple, but catchy. Video is kind of lame, though). Close Range (I've found myself singing this a lot, but its kind of cliche). Someone Like you (like the above, but weaker). Turn My Way (The Pumpkins are my favorite band, but Corgan's vocals have been getting more whinier since adore, and this just shows that. Should've played guitar on this, since, 12 years ago, he actually pulled some good solos on the records, or created his own guitar line, but that didn't happen.) Rotten Shag (weakest link: bobby gillespie[sp?]) Slow Jam (bad, bad lyrics) Vicious Streak (one word: boring) Run Wild (bad lyrics, boring instrumental lines, bad ending to a good album).

Albums, best to worst: Low Life Technique Get Ready Power, Corruption and Lies Republic Brotherhood Movement

Best to worst GR tracks Primitive Notion Crystal 60 MPH Close Range Vicious Streak Turn My Way Someone Like You Run Wild Rock the Shack Slow Jam

albums:

low-life PC&L get ready brotherhood technique movement republic

get ready:

close range crystal slow jam primitive notion turn my way 60 MPH someone like you vicious streak rock the shack run wild

Originally posted by Spotnick It's been 20 months already that Get Ready was released, it's time to see if your opinion has changed with the time factor?Rate the album and put songs in the order you like them the most!-------Me? Get Ready is probably New Order's 3rd best album after Technique & Low-Life.

I agree!

Albums (best to worst):

Low-life Technique Brotherhood P,C & L Get Ready Republic Movement

Get Ready rate: 7/10

Songs (best to worst):

Primitive Notion 60MPH Crystal Turn my way Someone like you Close Range Vicious Streak Rock the shack Slow Jam Run Wild

1 Primitive Notion 2 Vicious Streak 3 Crystal 4 Turn My Way 5 Close Range 6 60 mph 7 Slow Jam 8 Someone Like You 9 Rock The Shack 10 Run Wild

Albums:

1. Brotherhood
2. Low-Life
3. Technique
4. Get Ready
5. PC&L
6. Republic
7. Movement

I rate Get Ready 8 out of 10. For me it's at the same level as Technique.

Songs of GR:

1. Primitive Notion
2. Crystal
3. Turn My Way
4. Close Range
5. Vicious Streak
6. Someone Like You
7. Run Wild
8. 60MPH

(Gap)

9. Slow Jam

(Even bigger gap)

10. Rock The Shack

Am I the only one who really enjoys Vicious Streak?

Originally posted by Ben Aspinall Am I the only one who really enjoys Vicious Streak?

Not quite. I am also rather partial to it - on first listen it was the standout track on the album, but subsequent listens to Crystal and a couple of others relegated it a bit in the Benny's Choice selection.

Originally posted by Ben Aspinall Am I the only one who really enjoys Vicious Streak?

No, I reckon it's one of the best 'post comeback' songs they've done.

Albums: Low-Life Technique (ask me tomorrow and I'll reverse those two) Brotherhood/Get Ready (another tossup) PC&L Movement Republic

Songs: Turn My Way Crystal Primitive Notion Vicious Streak Someone Like You ...something like that anyway, after which I have no idea anymore.

I think Get Ready is even better if you add in Here To Stay and the assorted B-sides...aren't CD burners grand?

Favourite Albums: Technique Low-Life Power, Corruption & Lies Brotherhood Get Ready Republic Movement

Favourite Get Ready Songs: Close Range Primitive Notion Vicious Streak 60 Miles an Hour Crystal Turn My Way Someone Like You Run Wild Slow Jam Rock the Shack

Albums Power, Corruption & Lies Low Life Technique Get Ready Republic Movement Brotherhood

Get Ready Crystal Vicious Streak Turn My Way Primitive Notion 60 Miles An Hour Close Range Someone Like You Run Wild Slow Jam Rock The Shack

Albums:

PC&L Low-Life Technique Get Ready Brotherhood Republic Movement

Currently in car CD player: PC&L

Get Ready:

Turn My Way (Hooky's bass is magnificent) Primitive Notion 60 Miles an Hour Crystal Someone Like You

Can't even remember the titles of the others.

Originally posted by Ricardo Get Ready tracks (best to worst)

Crystal Primitive Notion 60 Miles An Hour Close Range Turn My Way Someone Like You Vicious Streak Run Wild Rock the Shack Slow Jam

Albums (best to worst)

Low Life Technique Get Ready Power, Corruption & Lies Republic Brotherhood Movement

Get Ready above PC&L? Hmmm...........

Albums (best to worst)

Movement Republic Lowlife Get Ready Technique Power Courruption and Lies Brotherhood

Get Ready tracks (best to worst) - B-sides & Newest Releases included

Player In the League Crystal Here To Stay Sabotage Slow Jam Such A Good Thing Someone Like You Vicious Streak Brutal <---- They should have just put it on Get Ready for the Hell of it. Would make a good single. Close Range Behind Closed Doors 60 Miles An Hour Primitive Notion Rock the Shack Turn My Way Run Wild

Originally posted by Jim "The Him" I think I understand why Turm my way was not a single. Everyone outside of N. America put it near the bottom. It should have been a N. America release only.Run Wild would have been better if it didn't have all the Jesus lyrics in it. Lets leave Jesus for the Sunday Church goers.The Barney mix of Close Range is much better then the Steve Osborne mix. If they put the Barney mix on the cd, it would have been much better.I think I'm the only fan of Rock the shack. I think it's a great song.And I'm just not a fan of Slow Jam.

I'll have to second everything except the Slow jam bit. Where can you find the Barney mix of Close Range btw?

Originally posted by Razed In A New Division Of Agony I'll have to second everything except the Slow jam bit. Where can you find the Barney mix of Close Range btw?

I think he's referring to the GR advance promo version.

Originally posted by Old Blue > Originally posted by Razed In A New Division Of Agony> > > > I'll have to second everything except the Slow jam bit. Where can you find the Barney mix of Close Range btw?

I think he's referring to the GR advance promo version.

The early version of Close Range can be found on the PS2 game World Rally Championship.

Here to Stay-close to a classic now (I know it's not on the album but nevertheless) Vicious Streak/ Primitive Notion-both very good Turn My Way-I like it a lot, but it would have been better withiot Billy 60 mph Close Range Crystal Someone Like You-a no-go because of the female backing vocals RTS-but you can't deny it has some sort of energy Slow Jam-sucks except for the mentioning of beer Run Wild-as an actually religious person I think it's superficial and not very meaningful

The B-sides: Sabotage is very good Behind Closed Doors is OK apart for the lyrics Player in the League is very good except it's about a football club (a friend of mine was very dissapointed when I pointed that fact to him. He thought it was a love song) Such a Good Thing would actually be GREAT except it's about the world cup and has such silly and lyrics, surely not written for real football supporters, they remind me of middle-aged women in my laboratory who were suddenly all folowing footbal at the world cup and giving the stupidest possible commentaries, 45th minute and the head of the Reservoir Fluids department says "and those wearing red socks, are they Ecuador ?". I think Barney has been having a problem with his attempts at writing football lyrics recently.

I loved Get Ready when it was released, but I've noticed that I play it less and less as the time goes by, and revert to the old favourites instead. It's at no 5 below Technique and PC&L and Low-life and Brotherhood now.Movement in my opinion was ruined by the production, and Republic was a terrible dissapointment. But it's so hard to overtake any of those albums now, especcially because I have an emotional connection to them from my youth that I can never have to a newer album (or who knows, maybe I'll speak differently at 40). So it's a good album, but it lacks that bit of extra special that NO have had at their prime.

Rating: 7/10

I loved Get Ready when it was released, but I've noticed that I play it less and less as the time goes by, and revert to the old favourites instead. It's at no 5 below Technique and PC&L and Low-life and Brotherhood now.Movement in my opinion was ruined by the production, and Republic was a terrible dissapointment. But it's so hard to overtake any of those albums now, especcially because I have an emotional connection to them from my youth that I can never have to a newer album (or who knows, maybe I'll speak differently at 40).

No, you'll still feel the same, trust me (although I DO like Movement as well).

Lacking a CD player in my Jag, I recently found a cassette with Get Reday on one side, Brutal, BCD and a Crystal remix plus some Rest of New Order. I left Chicago at midnight to make a 4 hour journey home and really was glad I had that tape, played at full volume, skipping the Rest Of NO tracks. Crystal is still a very powerful song, perhaps the epitome of a NO song. I luv GR even if SLY is on it (but I am getting used to it).

Crystal Primative Notion Turn My Way 60 mph Close Range Vicisous Streak Slow Jam Rock the Shack Run Wild

ALBUMs

Low-Life Get Ready Brotherhood Technique PCL Movement Republic

I think I listed them all in order of preference

"I'll have to second everything except the Slow jam bit. Where can you find the Barney mix of Close Range btw? "

I call the Barney Mix of Close Range, the version that was played on the BBC Sessons and all the concerts. It kinda sounds like he is on drugs. And since the song is about drugs, it works perfect.

The rumour is Barney and Steve Osborne got into a big yelling match over the song. And Peter said he had to break them up. But since they were paying Steve to produce the Cd, they went with his version of the song. it was even planned to be the 4th single of the cd, which never came about. But Barney still likes his vision of the song, so he plays it his way at the concerts. The pre-mix version is kinda like it, but not finished.

LowLife/Technique/Republic/Get Ready - fave NO albums in no particular order.

I consider BCD as part of the Get Ready album since I only have the album as a Jap issue and the song is on it. I really love all the songs on Get Ready!!!! You shoulda seen me bouncing around my cube at work every time I played it. SO...all of Get Ready and Here to Stay, because it's such a brilliant song.

Originally posted by Spotnick I too rate Get Ready over PC&L, simply because there are tracks I don't even remember on PC&L since I didn't quite enjoyed them.PC&L is an album with 3 gems (Age of Consent, Leave Me Alone and Your Silent Face), the rest, I seriously don't really like!As for Get Ready, I even managed to like (at a low level) Rock The Shack after a lot of listening.. I think it's quite enjoyable.PC&L would have been probably one of the best record ever if they didn't exclude all the singles from it.. just imagine 2 seconds this album with Temptation and Blue Monday on it (I know it's on the US version, but still)As for my favorite, Technique, it must be a real good album if the least favorite track is Fine Time, isn't it? :D

Interesting and good points, Nic. Glad to see we agree on Turn My Way, it seems almost to be a neglected track on GR, what with all the singles getting the attention, and stuff like Rock The Shack getting generally panned. It is IMHO a magnificent change of pace, with humour too.

i like it more now that when it came out as far as rock the shack i absolutley love it now go bobbie