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Every time I think of you
I get a shot right through into a bolt of blue
It's no problem with mind, but it's a problem I find
Living a life that I can't leave behind
There's no sense in telling me
The wisdom of a fool won't set you free
But that's the way that it goes, and it's what nobody knows
And every day my confusion grows
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
I feel fine and I feel good
I feel like I never should
Whenever I get this way, I just don't know what to say
Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday
I'm not sure what this could mean
I don't think you're what you seem
I do admit to myself, that if I hurt someone else
Then I'll never see, just what we're meant to be
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
Every time I see you falling
I'll, get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for the final moment
You, say the words that I can't say
| errantpenny | Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 07:20 This gets a 3 from me, which I admit may be totally unfair. The original is precious to me, and I can't judge it impartially. New Order was a huge part of the soundtrack of my mid-20's. It was a time when I overcame chronic shyness and started to enjoy my youth and learned the sweet pleasure of sowing some wild oats. The club scene in the 80's also made it incredibly easy. I learned that all I had to do was tease my hair, throw on a short skirt and a band t-shirt, and I could go to a club by myself and dance for hours—by myself, with a guy, in a circle of people, didn't matter. I could let the beat take control and forget myself. "Bizarre Love Triangle" was my favorite dance song in those years, but even then, it wasn't a popular opinion. I often had to fight my way through the crowd to the DJ booth to request it. There was something about those opening beats that just made my heart explode with joy. So, no, can't enjoy this subdued take on the song at all. |
| lexica (Oaktown, 510) | Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 18:18 Wow, this version just drains allllll the vigor from the song.  |
| lshinkawa (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 18:18 A completely unnecessary remake. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 02:15 Sweet voice and an improvement on the original, and I write that as someone who was a New Order fan. At least she can sing, which is more than can be said for Bernard Sumner. 7 from the Nottingham jury. |
| gandalfbmg (3 mi from Paradise (Missouri)) | Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 12:52 7 for the song, +1 more for Angie Hart being a part of the Mutant Enemy crew... |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 07:07 After 10 seconds of this I had to switch briefly to Illinois Street Lounge for a palate cleanser, then to Groove Salad for the duration. It worked.  |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 07:03  |
| warderblu | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 07:02 Beautiful! A great album too! Sure do miss Frente.... |
| dwhayslett (Pawleys Island, SC) | Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 15:00 beelzebubba wrote: This is why artists like this are always in coffee shops....you need a lot of coffee to get through this..... For me, it's more like Pepto Bismol. This cover makes me think of those TV commercials (for Pepto) that are in such exceptionally bad taste (really saying something for american TV commercials). The "!" in the band's name simply seals the 1. |
| beelzebubba (Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?) | Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 14:50 This is why artists like this are always in coffee shops....you need a lot of coffee to get through this..... |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: May 08, 2010 - 08:03 Arf.  |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: May 08, 2010 - 07:59 I can't stand the New Oder version but I do like this...  |
| poser | Posted: Apr 06, 2010 - 15:11 pretty |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Apr 06, 2010 - 15:09 blech! |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 14:45 I actually like this! For once, I like listening to this song! I could never understand the hype around New Order...never liked their work and didn't like them when they were Joy Division either. I know, I know, a lot of people like them and it's just a matter of taste. Unlike the original where the singer always sounded like he was on novocaine, this version to me sounds like it comes from the heart. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 12:37 Shimmer wrote: Why on earth did he write lyrics, then? Was someone blackmailing him into it? Was he just doing it for the paycheck? This is like a baseball player saying he doesn't like to throw a ball. It's supposed to be fun, for f*ck's sake! I've always thought that the title of this song promised something much more interesting than the song actually delivered. Now I know why. And this isn't the only New Order song I detest. Note to other bands: Please do not waste my time singing songs that you don't even enjoy yourselves. It's silly to reply to a years old comment like this one, but it's not like writing lyrics was the only thing he did, or that he didn't enjoy singing even if writing the lyrics was a chore. It's the reason why he's remembered as a vocalist and not necessarily a poet (although there's room for debate there). For a lot of musicians, their songs start out as a melody, often made up of nonsense words, and they then have to go back and find words to fit their song. If you cannot appreciate the merits of the melodic component of a truly good song that suffers from suboptimal lyrics, you've just thrown out most of pop music and a LOT of good tunes.  |
| annie_fannie (Iowa) | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 12:24 Awww, why all the hate? I like this version just fine...and I'm a New Order/Joy Division fan too! |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 12:23 I have always like this version, but I don't really know why.  |
| ScottishWillie (The Scottish Lowlands) | Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 09:02 Sorry Existentialista I agree with DaveInVA on this one. |
| Existentialista | Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 18:14 Annoying, breathy female voice destroying a good song. |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Aug 29, 2009 - 06:11 I just love her voice in this song... |
| WayUpNorth (Down on the Farm) | Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 16:48 ick wrote: some things should just never be. this is one of them.  wake me when the next song beginzzzzzzz |
| Egrey (WASH, DC) | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 12:16 lovemydog wrote: Wow I havent heard this in years! Reminds me of giant latte mugs and folk music in the coffee house. Ahhh...memories...  My thoughts exactly...minus the mugs and coffee house. |
| jameyp (New York via Austin) | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 08:59 hahaha! exactly!! very 90's :) lovemydog wrote: Wow I havent heard this in years! Reminds me of giant latte mugs and folk music in the coffee house. Ahhh...memories... |
| ick (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 08:57 some things should just never be. this is one of them. |
| lovemydog | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 08:57 Wow I havent heard this in years! Reminds me of giant latte mugs and folk music in the coffee house. Ahhh...memories... |
| mfassett (Redwood City, CA) | Posted: Jan 19, 2009 - 15:45 There was a time when I really liked this CD, listened to it all the time. Alas, that time has passed... funny how it is with some CDs! |
| ercasul (New Zealand) | Posted: Jan 19, 2009 - 15:44 This is really sweet - makes it possible to actually listen to the words and realise they're rather cute, which was not possible in New Order's original. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Jan 19, 2009 - 15:42 jagdriver wrote: I totally concur.  |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 11:30 iggam wrote: Insipid! I totally concur. |
| Danny_G (Lima) | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 11:29 jpm9678 wrote: always liked this... Ditto  |
| brettmess | Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 17:48 iggam wrote: Insipid! Yes! Insipidly Beautiful  |
| Danimal174 (Upstate South Carolina) | Posted: Jun 12, 2008 - 14:13 rickhoran wrote: sorry, but the original is much better.
this is a 3. I may be in the minority, but I like this version better. I have an import CD of theirs with this song & others on it, and like it quite a bit overall. |
| iggam (Chicago) | Posted: Jun 12, 2008 - 14:10 Insipid! |
| Excelsior | Posted: Jun 12, 2008 - 14:10 This is horrid! |
| queenjill (banana stand) | Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 15:34 slickdh wrote: I am sooooo glad to see (below) that Im not the only person who owns this CD..... :) I have it too. Not in my top 20, or perhaps even top 50, but enjoyable nonetheless. |
| tiggers | Posted: Mar 10, 2008 - 04:13 newyorkone wrote: I remember hearing an interview once by Ian about how he hated writing lyrics. He quite readily admits that the lyrics are silly and ridiculous. IMHO these lyrics were never intended to be "acoustically" redone.
Ian who? This song was written by New Order who at the time consisted of Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert  |
| slickdh (Lost in the world) | Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 05:52 I am sooooo glad to see (below) that Im not the only person who owns this CD..... :) |
| Shimmer (Bethesda, MD) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 11:29 newyorkone wrote: I remember hearing an interview once by Ian about how he hated writing lyrics. He quite readily admits that the lyrics are silly and ridiculous. Why on earth did he write lyrics, then? Was someone blackmailing him into it? Was he just doing it for the paycheck? This is like a baseball player saying he doesn't like to throw a ball. It's supposed to be fun, for f*ck's sake! I've always thought that the title of this song promised something much more interesting than the song actually delivered. Now I know why. And this isn't the only New Order song I detest. Note to other bands: Please do not waste my time singing songs that you don't even enjoy yourselves. |
| wferrier (Johnson City, New York) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 11:23 Ah cute! I think she did a Flintstones cover and it was even cuter! |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 11:22 sorry, but the original is much better. this is a 3. |
| boelo (Groningen (the netherlands)) | Posted: Jul 02, 2007 - 15:28 arserocket wrote: There was no need to do this to this song - she should have kept it locked in a dark corner of her basement and sprung it on elderly aunts with heart trouble
Of course; there was no need, but it just sounds nice.  |
| arserocket (Way down South West Scotland near boredom) | Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 07:44 There was no need to do this to this song - she should have kept it locked in a dark corner of her basement and sprung it on elderly aunts with heart trouble |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 07:44 Very pretty. Next. |
| mrrmt (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 07:54 fjordless wrote: This is poop.
Why would anyone want to make those idiotic lyrics more comprehensible? coming from someone who uses "poop" to describe music.... cute. |
| stevo_b (Rock Ridge!) | Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 07:14 jpm9678 wrote: always liked this...
Same here. |
| jpm9678 | Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 07:12 always liked this... |
| electronicshaman (miskatonic) | Posted: Mar 14, 2007 - 18:04 whafrog wrote: does she sound like that during sex?
I'd be interested in finding out... New Order purists should GET A LIFE!! |
| JWU42 | Posted: Jan 13, 2007 - 06:57 joempie wrote: one of the most neglected bands of that time. this is definitly not the best song on the album. try the rest if you like her voice...
Couldn't agree more - this CD needs to be pulled out of the pack for a listen as it has been several years. |
| FilmSurgeon (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Dec 29, 2006 - 17:31 Whirlpool wrote: Why is this the only version that gets play here? I see the original in the library here. This version doesn't even come close to the power of the original.
Hear Here! To Frente I say Bah! |