REGRET

1. the intro...when the drums and bass kick in
2. nothing much
3. the lyrics are surprisingly good and in tune, damn catchy, what can i say. in my top 10.
4. 95%

A New Order classic from the start, when the band came back with this single after rumors of a possible break-up I knew that they would never break-up again ever!!!

Originally posted by Major Tarantino Hi there you lurvely new order fans. Here is the first of a new series of weekly song reviews. The great thing about this is that I don't have to do anything... its YOU, the people who get to do this. A song will be named and you must provide the following information:1. the best bit2. the worst bit3. why you love/hate it4. a percentage ratingThis week's song will be REGRET. ( Anyone found not to be participating will be removed from the hall of fame and have their new order listening licence revoked. You have been warned. )

intro baywatch totp appearance memories 100

Don't know where I was when it was released but heard it for the first time the other day and loved it from the start. Hadn't been a hardcore NO fan while admiring what I'd heard. Until now!

1. The intro, especially the guitars and the lyrics
2. I still haven't heard the remixes
3. 4.08 of pop perfection.
4. 100%

Actually, as I was filling in my registration thingy earlier and I thought for the first time about my favourite NO track and decided on the Fire Island mix. I just have to do a jig. I love the none New Order (more Winifred Atwell) piano that just fits perfectly. I understand some folk don't like the re mixes?

Obi wrote:

Originally posted by Major

Isn't the lyric ... ?

Yeah, just checked it out. I have been singing it wrong for a long time now! :o

Now i feel like a right fool!

I'm sure Barney has his autocue wrong. As far as I'm concerned the the recorded version does indeed at least once say "Look at me, I'm not you"

But howabout "tonight as I go home I'll find my soul as I don't know" That's my orignial singalong version of Temptation

Best bit: the intro - catches you every time.

Worst bit : the feeling that the guitar dosent quite fit in with the rest of the tune

Love it because it marked the stage where my non-NO 'friends' realised that I could have a point about them

%: 80 (not a great favourite of mine, but at least I'm allowed to play it in public)

1. Best bit - That fizzy, giddy intro. It still throws me a little.

2. Worst bit - The instrumental section in the middle has always felt like a bit of an afterthought. It sounds like they meant to add something extra on top, but they kept putting it off and then forgot about it entirely.

3. Love/hate - It's nice and thick, with a real rich bottom end and it sounds like nothing they'd done previously. Plus, it's just a great tune. Really sunny. The only drawback is the production. I mean, it sounds fine, but weirdly enough it's aged a lot less well than some of their older stuff.

4. Rating - A solid 90%.

Ronald Kirsch wrote:

Obi wrote:

Originally posted by Major

Isn't the lyric ... ?

Yeah, just checked it out. I have been singing it wrong for a long time now! :o

Now i feel like a right fool!

I'm sure Barney has his autocue wrong. As far as I'm concerned the the recorded version does indeed at least once say "Look at me, I'm not you"

But howabout "tonight as I go home I'll find my soul as I don't know" That's my orignial singalong version of Temptation

I'm sorry what I meant to say was he says "look at me, I love you" at least once on record, and that's what I sing.

killer song, one of the best songs in music history.

i love the song sooo much because it works for me when i'm happy as well as when i'm sad.

A jump up and down at the front classic - READING 98

1> Like everyone else, I love the intro, and you can really hear the contribution of each of the band members. Besides the great guitar work, the chords are amazing. And they’re actually part of the music video, which is always a plus.

2> I don’t really like how he says "tel-a-phone" in the lyrics, plus it’s part of Republic, which I’m automatically reminded of how they didn’t get along during that time.

3> At the time it was released, I was only familiar with their more dance-oriented music, and I thought it was a little too “guitary” for my tastes. But it seemed to work, and it was Regret that got me to buy Low Life and Brotherhood and introduced me to NO as a band and not a typical Euro-dance band.

4> 93% -- Deserves an "A"

Best song ever. Hands down.

That's good stuff you're smoking

1. I agree with the intro
2. nothing at all
3. It's a great song, nice video
4. 98%

Overrated.

The best song on "Republic".

By a country mile

Bere wrote: The best song on "Republic".

Here Here Hookys bass at the end when they play it live.....just after barney sings the line that devastates"Just wait till tommorrow,i guess thats what they all say,just before they fall apart"hookys Bass takes off and its heaven.Oh man,This is bitter/sweet in buckets.............surely 101%Rated

1. the best bit

I would like a place I could call my own, and have a conversation on the telephone.. Wake up every day, that would be a start, I would not complain of a wounded heart.

Now, really. Those are the kind of musings you think of when you're drunk. Especially if you affix them to a danceable beat. LOVE IT.

2. the worst bit

none.

3. why you love/hate it

Catchy tune that's never left the nog. Perfect melody.

4. a percentage rating

100%.

1. the best bit I guess that's what they all say; just before they fall apart...

2. the worst bit Hasselhoff.

3. why you love/hate it It's brilliant, but a bugger to sing along to.

4. a percentage rating 89%

Best bit? Clearly the intro, the way you're teased along for a few seconds before everything comes crashing in and neworder "are back!"

Worst bit? Being picky here but the song is very compact & may have benefitted from an extended mix at some stage.

Why the love? Not just a great song in its own right but a great set opener. I still have fond memories of the ex nearly being crushed in the surge at the Ally Pally.

Percentage? 90%

1. The entire song is awesome, the lyrics, guitar, synths, bass and drums
2. There is absolutely nothing bad about this song
3. The lyrics are pretty great
4. 100%

1 - Best bit: From the opener to the end. Good stuff. 2 - Worst bit: When it ends of course. Needs a good extended mix. 3 - Why I *heart* it: Loved listening to this song back in middle school and, at the time, not knowing who it was. I still look back on those days. 4 - Percentage rating: 98%.

1. Guitar, bass
2. Remixes not so good
3. same as # 1
4. A- / A

Indeed*!*

I don't like this song...

9/10

Complete classic. Memories flood back whenever I hear it.

1. It wasn't on Factory. Wilson knew 'Republic' wasn't up to scratch, though a thousand BP garages can't be wrong - can they???

2. I was mortified when I first heard this song. It sounded so regressive and like a poor man's 'Ceremony'(which was recorded in 1980). It suggested that the band had run out of ideas (which in most part was true). It was not a contemporary record and certainly proved the band were looking to the past for ideas, rather than inspiration...

3. The 'New Order' mix is infinitely better, though not perfect, shows maybe what the track should of sounded like. This confirms that 'production issues' were evident. Pascal Gabriel was originally down for duties I believe, and the final mix is far too conventional and sounds like a compromise. Barney's guitar sounds tedious and unnecessary and if I'd of mixed I'd of removed it completely and restructured the track. A song less than it's parts.

4. Still 6/10 - it isn't a bad record, but by their own high standards, average. Remember they were no longer an 'Indie' band and sound wise it shows.