Ladytron - He took her to a movie - @ La Route Du Rock 2001

[davidfaster]

im obsessed too!!!

[IWannabeJew]

Just noticed how badly the sun was in their eyes.

Personally, I dunno why this one gets played more than "The Way That I Found You".

[Ginevive]

Is anyone else obsessed with these old ladytron videos? I am!

[IWannabeJew]

Any video where I can see Helen and Mira is fine by me.

[scottjhnsn]

i don't think any of those bands have a whole lot to do with this particular sound. unlike those mentioned the sounds they created on 604 and light & magic were much more analogue-y and closer to the experimental sounds you heard by bands of the 60's and early 70's . and you know if you're going to praise pioneers you really need to take a look at joe meek,the united states of america and suicide. these bands and artists were already revolutionising synths before any of those mentioned.

[kpaul79]

I would have loved to see this....

[triniazn]

2:20-2:55 - pure bliss

[jasmine547]

I love this version and video!!! It is so raw and innocent! I am so glad that their music career has been such a success.

[kablamo9999]

This is just too cool

[jroutzohn]

must have been roasting in them jackets..or is it cold in france in the month of August?

[keyfish]

Ladytron, the band, has almost single-handedly brought the synthesizer (keysynth) back to center stage. Thank you, mates! Looking forward to Velocifero!

[PinothyJ]

um, keyfish, New Order already did this in the eighties...

[IWannabeJew]

Synthesizers were still "in" during the 80's.

[PinothyJ]

Because of Joy Division/New Order.

[IWannabeJew]

Lots more than that! The whole "New Wave" was marked by synthesized music. And not just the New Wave.

You're only 21. What do you know about it?

I was a teenager in that decade.

And what about early-mid 90's dance music? All synthesizer.

[PinothyJ]

But it's all about where it came from. New wave, as a genre, was merely just marketable punk. It was from the post punk roots that synthesisers came into the picture. Being a swear word in punk prior to then.

[IWannabeJew]

Joy Division and New Order don't get credit for making synthesizers acceptable.

Everybody was using synthesizers in the 80's.

If anything, DEVO should get the credit. They were in business in the late 70's.

[PinothyJ]

No, if you're going to play the DEVO card then Brian Eno should get the credit, as without Eno there would be none of the awesome synth work that we heard on their Q/A album. It was only until 1979, and a month after Joy Division's debut did DEVO take the keys by the horns and embrace them on their own terms.

So while I respect what you say, it doesn't make my point any less valid.

If it weren't for Brian Eno, there, we'll meet halfway :)

[IWannabeJew]

I'll accept Eno, but now we're back in the 70's and not talking about the 80's.

[PinothyJ]

But you're forgetting that if we are talking about the eighties, than my comment on New Order still stands. One just needs to note the Blue Monday success to see just how much of an influential source they really were. It's said that any dancefloor can be filled in seconds as soon as those semi-quavered bass drum is heard.

[IWannabeJew]

The same could be said of Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round". Like I said, if you're talking about the 80's, everybody was using synthesizers. If you're talking about the 70's, you're not really talking about a band that has *brought back* synthesizer.

If anything, New Order kept synthesizer going when bands began to look to other things.

Probably no way to win this debate. Too bad you weren't a teenager in the 80's. A really great variety of music during that decade.

[Cashane]

Apparently he knows enough... I'm from the 80ies and I would also definitely say that the most influential group for modern electronic music (except EBM maybe) was New Order, by far. There were a lot of innovative electronic bands, like Minimal Compact, Front 242 etc.. but N O is by far the most famous and most played in clubs, with some big hits, etc..). (And the influence of experimentating bands like Aphex Twin is absolutely nothing to be compared with the influence of New Order).

[IWannabeJew]

Yeah, I got into New Order in '88.

[fatazn2099]

im in love. man i wish i was there. they look so young there. i wish i was able to see them live when they first started out. when all the magic started. this is as close as i can get to that cause im 16 and from the Caribbean. maybe oneday i'll see'm live.