New Order
Ceremony
Substance
(1987)

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:+:_DL
May 15, 2013 - 13:07
I hate this band not so much for their mediocre noise, but for opening the doors for so many untalented whiners who shamelessly mimic them.
I don't care what anybody says, New Order sucks. IMHO {#Angel}


Ag3nt0rang3
May 15, 2013 - 13:06
DaMoGan wrote:

Do you feel old? Wait, before you answer...



Now, do you feel old?



You bastard.


kingart
Apr 19, 2013 - 13:02
rdo wrote:

IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THIS THEN PLEASE JUSTIFY YOUR EXISTENCE




TO YOU?


Giselle62
Apr 19, 2013 - 13:01
it sounds good mixing a little of this kind of stuff in with the other stuff----


jt1
Apr 10, 2013 - 03:04
rdo wrote:

IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THIS THEN PLEASE JUSTIFY YOUR EXISTENCE





To give you someone to feel superior to?

Lazarus
Mar 13, 2013 - 20:04
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Better than an enema.


I would run with an enigma... love this song...


rdo
Feb 15, 2013 - 16:40

IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THIS THEN PLEASE JUSTIFY YOUR EXISTENCE




cal_tyke
Feb 10, 2013 - 11:30
One of my favourite tracks ever.
It's up there with "Teenage Kicks" (Undertones) and "Say What You Want" (Texas) as 'perfectly' constructed songs. I'm not a musician, so I can't really explain what I mean, other than I could listen to them again and again. While I'm list building, there's also "Tempted" (Squeeze) and "Don't Stop Believin'" (Journey) to go on the perfect songs list.

Any other fans of Ceremony might be interested to know that Radiohead did a very listenable cover of the song (and I hate covers). You can find it on YouTube.

Lastly, there's plenty of discussion elsewhere on whether this track was officially a Joy Division track or a New Order track. I think it's a Joy Division song first released on a New Order album, but written and first performed by Joy Division. The lyrics are Ian Curtis' and a live version can be found on Joy Divisions' "Still" album with Ian on vocal of course.

I grew up in the north of England in the '70s and regret never having seen Joy Division live during those days.
Did see plenty of other good bands though... :-)
Pink Floyd and Hawkwind played my school hall. Who else can say that?


DaMoGan
Feb 10, 2013 - 11:13

Do you feel old? Wait, before you answer...

New Order, circa 2007

Now, do you feel old?



ambrebalte
Jan 15, 2013 - 09:12
Adds substance to the day -




ziakut
Jan 15, 2013 - 09:10
Very supremely mediocre.


amanzanom
Jan 10, 2013 - 03:01
freakin good song would definetely like to listen to it more often


cShaggy
Dec 15, 2012 - 00:21
Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:

Thanks for this; I've been meaning to dredge up the lyrics to this song for a long time now.




 peacockangel wrote:
This is why events unnerve me,
They find it all, a different story,
Notice whom for wheels are turning,
Turn again and turn towards this time,
All she ask's the strength to hold me,
Then again the same old story,
World will travel, oh so quickly,
Travel first and lean towards this time. Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown,
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time,
Watching her, these things she said,
The times she cried,
Too frail to wake this time. Oh I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time,
Avenues all lined with trees,
Picture me and then you start watching,
Watching forever, forever,
Watching love grow, forever,
Letting me know, forever.
 

..thx indeed!..first NO single, released in 1981..reflects more of the darkness of their Joy Division origins..
misterbearbaby
Nov 08, 2012 - 09:12
Pretty insubstantial.... 1.


Bobert_ParkCity
Aug 01, 2012 - 21:09
hayduke2 wrote:
Quality vibes and abit of New Order removes gray hairs!
Hoka hey Bobert, you have more spectacular nights in your canyons than you'll find in alphabet town these recent years, a weakened pulse

Never the same after Giuliani - I much preferred the edge of the 70's and 80's. Damn.

( btw - I met Seldom Seen. Unfortunately Hayduke (the Abbey Hayduke) is no longer with us. HD2 roams the east end, it seems. )


(former member)
Jul 10, 2012 - 19:08
Cynaera wrote:
I think what caught me first about this song was the drums - very Mick Fleetwood-ish. Heavy-handed, but in a good way; they offset the bass quite effectively. I like this music.

Miss you so much, Ann...

rest in peace...


hayduke2
Jul 01, 2012 - 13:39
Quality vibes and abit of New Order removes gray hairs!
Hoka hey Bobert, you have more spectacular nights in your canyons than you'll find in alphabet town these recent years, a weakened pulse


Bobert_ParkCity
Jun 03, 2012 - 17:29
hayduke2 wrote:
memories of being skinny, my hair sheared off by my nubile teen lover, pulsing drums, throbbing lights, just moving to this like a bopping tribe, the sound and the action of young life, for the whole dark night, a dark pulsing room of us

Seemed like a dark pulsing city, back then...


Bobert_ParkCity
Jun 03, 2012 - 17:22
Still have my 12 inch single from Tower Records on Broadway. God I am feeling old!


drsteevo
May 30, 2012 - 13:06
Wow, that brought back some memories. I am going to have to dig out that CD when I get home and play the whole thing.


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