TRUE FAITH and SPOOKY

For the next two weeks i will be away from this board, locked in a small room with a bass guitar and 17 fray bentos pies for company.

Therefore i have chosen two songs to keep you occupied while i am gone....

They are....

TRUE FAITH AND SPOOKY

mmmm sounds nice.. what bass do ya play? r u in a band? i play bass meself..see more importantly tell me about the pies... what variety are they? my faves steak and ale best accompanied by a tin of marrowfats and oven chips

Originally posted by joe public mmmm sounds nice.. what bass do ya play? r u in a band? i play bass meself..see more importantly tell me about the pies...what variety are they? my faves steak and alebest accompanied by a tin of marrowfats and oven chips

My Bass: An emerald green one Band: The Candidate (although i do the rhythm programming 'cos i've not quite got the hang of bass yet) The Pies: 9 Steak and ale, 5 Cheese and onion and 3 Badger and Alsation.

sounds nice.. mind you if youre owt like me with the bass i think it would make more sense to eat the bass and play with the pies....

True Faith first:

1. Best bit - not a lot
2. Worst bit - it exists
3. Like/dislike - can't really stand it to be honest
4. 40%

Spooky:

1. Best bit - Magimix remix
2. Worst bit - it's not right
3. Like/dislike - picked 'em this week aintcha Major ?:)
4. 41%

True Faith

1. Best bit - probably the lyric structure, hearing it live, the artwork and of course the video!

2. Worst bit - overexposure :sleep2:

3. Like/dislike - always had a soft spot for this, however although undoubtedly a classic part of their history, it does tire quite a lot after all these years, and "morning sun" chorus is a bit cheesy

4. 70%

Spooky

1. Best bit - The brave techno approach interlaced with some fine hooky bass and some extra fragile delivery Sumner magic :)

2. Worst bit - quite forgettable, that dodgy stadium instrumental mix!! features some quite shallow lyrics

3. Like/Dislike - its not "special" ;) like the artwork though :)

4. 65%

Oy vey, two I can actually remember without having to listen to again for the first time in months....

True Faith (TF)

1. The opening part (full length intro on Substance, savagely cut for the single and video version)

2. Said cut in single version

3. The first appearance of the chorus, and also the line about "now that we've grown up together, they're afraid of what they see"

4. 99 %

Spooky (S)

1. After the intro stops and the song starts

2. The intro

3. It's one of my favorites off Republic, and really makes me love that album in spite of the insistance that it's sh*t

4. 85 %

with True Faith...its one of my top three favorities, so it gets a 100% with no reasons attached

Spooky

the title is great, even sounds a little spooky not much no not like about it another song where everything just seems to flow really nice, no strained vocal, instrument overload...just everything blends really well

90%

Right. I hope you're referring to the ORIGINAL versions here, (Fac 173/Republic LP cut) yeah?

TRUE FILTH

1. Intro. The song on the flip.
2. The video.
3. New Order's most blatant POP single - and boy did it sell!
4. 65%

SPACKY

1. The fade-out
2. The rest of the song.
3. Piss poor song really. Complete red herring of an intro too.
4. 20%

Ok, I will also have and attempt at this one. 1st TRUE FAITH

1 Best Bit - Most of it. I particularly enjoy the fade out at the end for some reason 2 Worst Bit - I listen to the b-Side more now 3 Like It - This was the first NO song i heard on Vinyl, The 12" with 1963 on the flip side 4 Rating - 80% 5 Favorite Pie(Savoury) - Chicken & Leek

Now SPOOKY 1 Best Bit - How the Intro slides into the first verse(synth it baby), and the pleading/longing/yearning (do you yearn? yes i yearn) quality to the sound of Barneys Lyrics 2 Worst Bit - Sounds a little like young offender? The video clip pisses me off a bit 3 Like It - I do, I quite enjoy most songs of Republic, and although not near the quality of Regret i do enjoy this song. Sound a bit like what the PSB does though. 4 Rating - 65% 5 Favourite Pie(Sweet)- Apple and Loganberry

the drum sounds on both TF and 1963 are fantastic, in my opinion.

True Faith

1. Love the whole song and the fact that it was a sizable hit here stateside.

2. worst part is that I've been asked if that was the Pet Shop Boys after playing it (twice).

3. have never tired of hearing this. Of course, I don't listen to it everyday, but I always turn up the volume when it comes on.

4. Rating 90%

5. Don't know anything about those pies, how bout some nice blood pudding? One of the restaurants we sell to bought a 15 pound bucket of blood; I didn't ask what they were gonna do with it either

SPOOKY

1. Best bit is the intro and the title.

2. Worst bit is that it really doesn't offend in any way, just sort of floats by me in a nondescript way.

3. Largely indifferent to it and its charms

4. Rating 60%

5. Think I'll make a chicken curry tomorrow, at least I'll know what is in my food.

TRUE FAITH

1 BEST BIT: The beginning, I must have heard this song hundreds of times but the intro still moves me, specially when they played it on the radio.

2 WORST BIT: The very sad souls that when this song gets played at the clubs start mimicking the choreography of the video.

3 LOVE IT: I think it's the sunniest (no pun intended) of all the NO songs.

4 RATING: 99%

5 ON FRAY BENTOS PIES: Why anyone would want to eat them escapes me, even GLENDALE´s DONNER KEBABS are better.

OK, here goes:

TRUE FAITH

BEST BIT: All of it! My favourite song ever. Plus the fact that it always reminds me of summer. WORST BIT: The fact that it didn't get to #1 like it should've. LIKE/DISLIKE: I don't like the Perfecto remix - no need for it! RATING: 10/10

SPOOKY

BEST BIT: It's quite dark, which I like. WORST BIT: That robot voice at the start. LIKE/DISLIKE: Not sure. RATING: 8.5/10

im not too sure on these too true faith ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm overkill

spooky i like the begining bit

Both of these are good.

True Faith:

1. Best bit: The whole thing
2. Worst bit: When it ends!
3. Why I love it: It's a perfect song, possibly my favourite of all time, with good memories for me
4. Percentage: 100%

Spooky:

1. Best bit: The fact that it sounds like a storm whipping round the outside of your house
2. Worst bit: Can't think of any
3. Why I like it: It's a bit different
4. Percentage: 79%

TF:

1. All of it!!
2. none of it!
3. one of the top 3 new order songs for me.
4. 100%

Spooky:

1. a so-so techno-ish song, kinda pretty if I'm in the mood
2. too repetitive, not singleworthy (but NO's never been too good with judging that, have they? ahem, vanishing point). dumb video.
3. see above....just another very mediocre and scattershot track off their worst album by far
4. blah....10%

True Faith first

1. intro
2. ?
3. need a rest from it now
4. on the right day 90+

Spooky not arsed

True Faith

1. Drums, Barney's lyrics/singing/guitar (esp. live), bass sequencers, the video is fantastic
2. They had to change the "They're all taking drugs with me" line to be released
3. It NEVER gets old, EVER
4. 105%

Spooky

1. Meh
2. Very, very bland. Young Offender or Special should have been the single over this.
3. Skip it almost always.
4. 30%

True Faith

1. Best bit: great lyrics on that one. Top video too.
2. Worst bit: the current live arrangement (acid jazz fusion version or whatever) is shite.
3. Love it? It's a great pop song, one of the first NO records I heard.
4. 85%
5. Anything with musy peas and mint sauce.

Spooky

1. Best bit: some great remixes of this one (Out of Order Mix especially).
2. Worst bit: not much to get excited about.
3. See 2.
4. 73%

True Faith:

1. The original version.
2. The perfecto mix-utter shite.
3. Love it-Morning Sun mix in my top 10.
4. 95%
5. ?

Spooky:

1. Fluke radio edit.
2. Album mix.
3. Take it or leave it.
4. 50%
5. ??

:)

True Faith

1. Drum intro is great, so are the lyrics and the keyboard piece during the chorus
2. Not much to complain about
3. Everything mentioned in 1
4. 100%

Spooky

1. The vocal effects in the beginning are sweet, so's the rhythm section
2. Not much
3. Lyrics
4. 88%

Well I am young NO fan since Get Ready and when I heard Spooky for first time it sounds so nice and hard. I thing about Richie Hawtin – minusorange 1. These two tracs have something touch on. True Faith – great song, no words about it.

True Faith

1. drums, synths, video
2. not that much
3. it is actually the song that made me listen to New Order, and I later discovered that there are far more tracks better than TF
4. B+

Spooky

1. synths, synths, synths! I love the Stadium Mix
2. creepy/spooky video at first, but i learned to like it for i love the song. Surprisingly, they never played it live!
3. for me it is one of the most underrated singles. I didn't appreciate the song at first, but it slowly became one of my all-time favorite NO songs.
4. A/A- (depends on the version)

Indeed!

True Faith is one of the best songs I ever heard in my life ...

True Faith is one of my most favorite NO songs, if not the most favorite. So let's rate it:

1. all of it
2. can't think of any
3. it's the first NO song I heard, and I loved it from that very time. 4)100% Spooky... really nice son 1)"We could break every rule Anytime we wanted to Don't be afraid to live this way Lets defend the things we say" - quiet an optimistic approach to life 2)the robot voice in the beginning. 3)mostly like it, however it depends on my mood 4)65%