I can't decide if he's like a monotone Jackson Browne or an expressionless Neil Young. Ugh.

 Geecheeboy wrote: 

I've always thought the same thing. Has anyone seen the movie for that? Very creepy. I had a History Teacher in Junior High School who would always show it the last day of school to his class. I haven't seen it in years, but I remember it being extremely eerie and spooky...

This is a great song too....

 Ulises wrote:

 

As a NO and JD fan from the beginning I have to agree

Insipid!

WLS_AM890 wrote:

Damn shame too. Then AND now.

I've always wondered: did he actually die, or was the telegram a screw-up?

Love the song, regardless.

I just find this really annoying...

aquadonia wrote:

That's funny, it makes me happily odd.

softjeans wrote:

sorry about that thing you seem to have...

My earliest memories of New Order. Thanks!

joeheyming wrote:

The harmonica riff is blatantly ripped from the Beatles...isn't it? Correct me if I'm wrong.

thewiseking wrote:
same thought. I scrolled down to see if anyone else said it first before I posited the same notion. Very Owl Creeky.

joeheyming wrote:It's a generation thing. How old were you when this came on the radio?

moocray wrote:
Me too - Mr. Glaven gave me an A-, but I got the feeling he didn't really read our papers... I argued it was a classic WWI ballad ala Wilfred Owens' "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" - (it is sweet and right to die for your country) just set to mid-80's synth. Substitue a dulcimer, harmonica and violin and it's circa 1917. Sadly, this song and the poem are appropriate for our lads and lassies in Iraq.

I never loved New order... I guess I won't start with this empty one.

whudd i just say?

I think, taken in perspective, It's a great song.
Our boys/ girls in battle believe in what they are fighting for and I support them.

...

lame, lame, lame

...

Is this a "Ballad"?

I wrote a report on this song for my English class in my senior year of high school, and Mrs Aumiller thought it really wasn't a ballad....

She did give me an A-, by the way.

Any help here?

Wow... I rode my bike across the country in 1988. This song was on one of 6 cassettes I took with me. Somewhere in Iowa I got really tired of all of them! Have not heard it since. Nice to hear again, though...

tiggers wrote:

Dude wrote:

Sounds good to me, maybe it's your ears that are out of tune

Somehow seems appropriate?

Amazing at how relevant this song is. I always have liked it.

Regarding the comment a couple posts below, who the fuck said that music had to be perfect to be good?

Music can have power in many ways shapes or forms just like art, a Rembrandt, Picasso and Pollock painting will look completely different, but each can raise emotions.

Oysterband has a much better version.

(click here)

i agree the lyrics are rather weak on this one (which you could say about most operas), but I think its a great song-full of catchy hooks and riffs. Always perks me up.

eastcoast wrote:

He's an engineer; waddaya expect?

And this week - longer tours for the troops! Holey cripes, my heart goes out to those families. Bush needs to get on some skimpy government protection and fight next to those troops.

Thanks RP for the NO!

Whatever Dude...what standard are you talking, yours or RP's?


Dude wrote: