This was now over 20 years ago. I still don't think a better song has been written since then. I could listen to this song over and over like no other.
I think New Order was at its best when they were new and raw. As they began to specify their sound they narrowed their range, I guess that is forgivable as all artists do to some extent. I'm only saying I felt New Order chose a less interesting path, and as we look back can say almost unanimously it was Joy Division that was the true originality, and offered the most to contemporary music.
This is really great old footage from this transitional period for the band as they moved on after Ian's death. Kudos to whoever taped all this material and preserved it for everyone to see all these years later.
I love new order but alot of their old performances especially from 81 sound like they are still getting joy divsion out of their system. Great band I just think it took them alittle to come into their own.
This track as well as Everything's Gone Green from the same show showed a glimpse of what New Order would be and how they would leave the shadows of JD behind. Their evolution is facinating! Not just their pesonal change, but their sound.
One of the first performances of "Tempation", as the final lyrics had clearly not yet been written. This was the last song of the gig and really stuck out like a sore thumb among the Movement songs & "Ceremony", "Procession", etc. This song showed the way they were headed. Ian had loved electronic music such as Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder and when New Order made this song, it was like they realized they were "allowed" to do something that didn't sound like JD. They were on their way.
Spinetingling..., from disorder to it coming together. Can feel the adrenealine coming off the screen as the creative process and confidence finds their sound.
It's so fucking cool and great that Bernard sing this wierd version of the lyrics. It came out years later(correct me if I'm not right) so I think when they played this live in NY 81 it was still in progress
Wonderful performance from probably my favourite live show ever, wish I was there. Good on you for having a go at the lyrics. I thought the first line might have been...
"People need people like you"
Later on I hear... "Tonight we're gonna be alright, tonight we're gonna get uptight"
"Three ways, four ways,anyway you hit the floor"
Finally I hear... "and it's going away round the bend"
Of course everyone has their own interpretation. Typically idiosyncratic Sumner lyrics!
Definitely the best live performance of this track I've seen.Last time they played my town I was one year under age damn it. Anyhow this was recorded months before the single was released so I guess this was prototype stuff before they began to modify it to a commercially acceptable sound (yes I'm talking the Substance version) .This would still be in my top 10 singles of the 80's though!
this entire concert is unbefuckinglievably fanfuckingtastic. this is when new order were so goddamn amazing. their early singles are greater than sex and Movement and Power Corruption and Lies are GREAAAAAAAAAAT records. everything after that was....ok... good but nothing in comparison to this....
I think this performance really shows New Order's first realization that they could in fact break away from the dark sound that embodied Joy Division. "Oh it's the first time".
I love this. Steve is covered in sweat. Frustration, fear, and uncertainty are all apparent in Barney's face. Hooky and Gillian seem to still be in shocked disbelief. The tension is incredible and the music brilliant, plodding along in unsure improvisation yet foreshadowing the great things to come. The entire gig, and particuarly this track, is absolutely raw. This footage is more intense, gritty, and moving than any film or performance I have ever seen.
@ajpajpajpajp I read in an interview, Barney said , of this concert especially, and this period, he hated it, it was the most painfull, unstable, and difficult time in his career. He was terrified, unsure of what they had created, because he was new to the roll of singer. Not in any way a melodic voice, raw, and shaky. This became the swan song, they proved to themselves and their fans to carry on. The chaos in the sound, not being totally in synch was what made this so magical, they were ALIVE!
@guyphawkes I think you mean that it was their 'phoenix song' (since phoenixes rise from the flames to be born again) or something - 'swan song" means something like 'one last final gasp before dying'
@acoutts No, I did mean swan song, they supposedly began to pen this one and compose as the last effort with Ian. It was in process, as basic as it was at the time, it holds that spirit,
I love this. It reminds me when NO would always experiment with a half finished track live. Usually Bernard had not finished the lyrics and the results were very funny. Check out "Ive got a cock like the M1" from the Festival Hall which later became Perfect Kiss...great band
It seems that Bernard is completely pissed at the crowd. He changed the lyrics to mock them. Bolts from above hurt people down below? People hate people like you? lol!
He also looks completely angry and gives a half-assed performance.
Either that or this is because of their transition from Joy Division to New Order.
I was shocked when I heard this version for the first time tonight! This is my second favorite New Order song to Ceremony. What is interseting is how they have made many altercations to it. In 1984 they speeded it up a bit...and on Substance in 1987 they added my favorite line later in the song...oh you got green eyes, oh you got Blue eyes, oh you got grey eyes.....there is even a later version where they start the song off with those lines.
The version that starts with the "Green eyes/blue eyes" line is actually the first recorded version off of their EP 1981-Factus-1982 produced by Martin Hannett. If you haven't heard of it, you should check it out. It's my favorite NO release.
Emory0, Good to get a first hand account from an audience member. What struck me about this video was how restrained the audience was. Must have been they hadn't heard the song before either.
I remember this concert pretty clearly, and this song in particular. I don't think the single had come out yet, so this was my first time hearing this tune, but a lot of people afterward remembered that "last, long meandering tune".
I was in the front row right in front of B.A., but I haven't spotted myself yet...
You could have had the FBI CIA blasting this number 5-6-7 hours a day at me at guantanamo bay, and id have came out and within 5 - 6 - 7 minutes listened to it again
This is some version of this song and maybe the best. I notice in later live versions they go back to the same synth version as used on this one. I always liked New Order, but they just keep growing on me. They also have an amazing history and they had creative freedom because they stayed clear of big record companies. They are simply brilliant!!
Top work as always VanishInFright. This is easily my favourite version of this song. My contribution to the great Bernard-lyrics debate, however: "People, need people, like you; People, need people like me; People, need people, like you", second verse, "People, need people, like you; People, hurt people, like me". And at the end, "Oh it's the first time, and it's gonna end; It's going round the bend". Well, that's what I've always heard!
nah, I was there during this period (Firehouse 81 - Hacienda 84-87) Bernie was trying to come to terms with Ian's death by trying all kinds of vocal inflections until he had the strength to just be himself - he's painfully shy. When he found his own voice, the band became a band - and ultimately a better one than Joy division. If that makes me a heretic, then so be it. It's true.
I just LOOVE the beginning! lock at them(: it wasnt long ago Ian died, but they just moved on and still they sound and look the same:D ride on new order
Way ahead of their time at this point, as was Joy Division. Look at what was on the charts back in 1981 compared to this. A few clean-up items on the lyrics: People need people like you, people need people like me. Faults from above..; Up down, turnaround, please don't let me hit..; Three ways, four ways, anyways,..Thanks for posting this video. Cheers
I was brought up to this music, it's in my veins, it's not music, it's a way of thinking and a way of life and i'm proud to be like that inspite these ugly times!
This is from their first North American tour, the same one they would have done with Joy Division earlier on in the year. You can tell by the way Bernard sings and handles the microphone that they're still in the Joy Division mindset. It's a pretty awful rendition, but this is history.
I disagree.. it was a different time and there is a certain amount of emotions in his performance, albeit more serious, but nevertheless really strong..
This was now over 20 years ago. I still don't think a better song has been written since then. I could listen to this song over and over like no other.
jwaterburysnout 2 weeks ago
I personnally dont give a shit about people who dislikes.
New order still in my heart , as JD. Thanx for all the music they made, this is the soundtrack of my life !
HeartandSoul59 1 month ago
its people hate x2, then last one is need
CINEbrae 1 month ago
there is something infatuating about this entire show
CINEbrae 1 month ago
I think New Order was at its best when they were new and raw. As they began to specify their sound they narrowed their range, I guess that is forgivable as all artists do to some extent. I'm only saying I felt New Order chose a less interesting path, and as we look back can say almost unanimously it was Joy Division that was the true originality, and offered the most to contemporary music.
melissacarterTS 2 months ago
Such a damn shame Ian couldn't make the voyage across the Atlantic...
melissacarterTS 2 months ago
This is really great old footage from this transitional period for the band as they moved on after Ian's death. Kudos to whoever taped all this material and preserved it for everyone to see all these years later.
jrbgeog 2 months ago
Light years ahead of the disponsible bands of the time.
1000formation 2 months ago 2
waooo,, genial,, thank you very much friend
NewWaveJoel 3 months ago
Potential lost to pretention
neocant1 3 months ago
Hmm, I wonder what caused the change from first time to last time. Poor Barney.
walonsubi 3 months ago
CMON peeps we need 1million views on this! Spread the love! O_O
syderwarp 3 months ago
love the rawness of this
bababooey7576 4 months ago in playlist New Order
Oh and barney isn't playing a double cut away les paul I forget the technical name for it but its a gibson hollow body like king or clapton used
jth112 5 months ago
I love new order but alot of their old performances especially from 81 sound like they are still getting joy divsion out of their system. Great band I just think it took them alittle to come into their own.
jth112 5 months ago
This track as well as Everything's Gone Green from the same show showed a glimpse of what New Order would be and how they would leave the shadows of JD behind. Their evolution is facinating! Not just their pesonal change, but their sound.
piedrada 5 months ago
I love this because Barney looks SOOOO nervous. hes finding himself as a singer. Like picking up where Ian left off, but in a whole new way.
jesuscat29 5 months ago
One of the first performances of "Tempation", as the final lyrics had clearly not yet been written. This was the last song of the gig and really stuck out like a sore thumb among the Movement songs & "Ceremony", "Procession", etc. This song showed the way they were headed. Ian had loved electronic music such as Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder and when New Order made this song, it was like they realized they were "allowed" to do something that didn't sound like JD. They were on their way.
CaptainOpprobrium 5 months ago
@CaptainOpprobrium Well said ... I love seeing the transition to their new sound.
piedrada 5 months ago
"Bolts from above hurt the people down below" - Obama and his drone attacks
TheObimara 6 months ago
best version.....
herrdoktormengele 6 months ago
Brilliant!
skouf007 6 months ago
When Obi Wan said May the Force be with you, did he really mean Darth Vader should drop by and visit his son more often?
Lieu3C4 6 months ago
this is a marvelous video
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..i must have 50 plus boots of live temptation and this is still my fav......
guinness413 7 months ago
..i must have 50 plus boots of live temptation and this is still my fav...
guinness413 7 months ago 4
How could 8 people dislike this?
depravedlunatic 7 months ago
8 people will never truly know what happiness feels like.
radted411 7 months ago
I wonder if he makes love like a SAW??? IAN TOO!!!!
poshlily 7 months ago
I hope you guys realise his name is actually Bernard, and Barney is just a nickname....?
brontejaneevans 7 months ago
That guitarist is THE SAW!
poshlily 7 months ago
Barney is playing Ian's guitar. "Tonight we're gonna get home tight." perfect!
sfsoma 7 months ago
just brilliant!
BabylonAGoGo 8 months ago
Leaving the stage, drum machine & sequencer still running. Roadie has to turn it off.
EPIC FUCKING WIN.
AdamG1983 8 months ago 2
BTW it's "false proverb hit the people down below"
charlie123abc360 8 months ago
@charlie123abc360 no its not
ABEEZY9 8 months ago
Awesome! And no cell phones in the air....just pure absorption of the song.
moz85214 9 months ago 3
The riff that begins at 4:54 says it all
Unreal
ABEEZY9 10 months ago
anyone know what guitar barney uses in this performance? i love the tone.
unit731christ 10 months ago
@unit731christ Looks like a GIbson Les Paul Double Cutaway
360Freakoutkid 6 months ago
I watch this at least once a month. Great version. Cant get enough of it.
CorkyLifeGoesOn 10 months ago
does anyone know the setlist of this gig
012greenej 11 months ago
this is the best song.
ahnmahree 11 months ago
front row. blonde hair, white shirt at 1:09.
hurrah80 1 year ago
@hurrah80 Who is that? It's not you is it? Or ians gf?
charlie123abc360 8 months ago
so fuckin brilliant!
nihilius32 1 year ago
"tonight we're gonna be alright"
mfwilkens 1 year ago
Was it coke or was he tripping?
Aedilfrid 1 year ago
sexykatie90 HAPPY NEW YEARS
sexykatie90 1 year ago
Great gig. I was an SVA student at the time.
Kristin Hersh in the audience at 1:05-1:10 pre Throwing Muses.
hurrah80 1 year ago
@hurrah80 Is that right? Which one?
ARMINIUS44 1 year ago
in-fkn-credible.
teversole 1 year ago
Absolutely fucking brilliant
patandkeith03 1 year ago
Check out Eugene Merinov - he took pictures at the gig, they are amazing. Great pic of hookys 6 string.
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fidelarei 1 year ago
Is that Chuck Norris guest appearing on bass?
Aedilfrid 1 year ago
@Aedilfrid That is Chuck's cousin...
theonlytruepunk 1 year ago
Amazing...The coke was good back then!
357982 1 year ago 3
Great song!
1973MJK 1 year ago
Give this thumbs up if you prefer this classic over any Lady Gaga song...
gold95 1 year ago 15
@gold95 thats like asking to thumb up if you dont like eating human feces
whammersbach 1 year ago
@gold95 Why mention Lady Gaga? It has nothing to do with this music.
davidsanchezvasquez 3 months ago
Noones mentioned how good Barney's guitar work is on this. Quite outstanding and emotional.
smoothkelly 1 year ago 5
@smoothkelly I know, and the improvised solo never seemed to make it into a live performance again (that I've seen)...
kluncau 1 year ago
what an astonishing performance !!!!!
MaximilianoGreenleaf 1 year ago
Yes yes ,quite true, past the experimental stage, not knowing that this raw sound will be enjoyable to listen 29 years later untouched.
saintandrews84 1 year ago
Flawed perfection as is New Order's wont.
BrokenHalo5 1 year ago
Spinetingling..., from disorder to it coming together. Can feel the adrenealine coming off the screen as the creative process and confidence finds their sound.
FANTASTIC.....
axelusul 1 year ago 2
@axelusul
Thought you were going to have a long JD NO pun session...
bobby58585 1 year ago
hooky is god.
MrSpringburn 1 year ago
Looks to me like he just forgot the words. Yet this is the greatest version of this song I have ever heard.
davsanthony 1 year ago
It's so fucking cool and great that Bernard sing this wierd version of the lyrics. It came out years later(correct me if I'm not right) so I think when they played this live in NY 81 it was still in progress
temptationbase 1 year ago
@temptationbase
Correction, temptation was one of their first songs and as a single was released in may 82.
But they did have a version (a bit better imo) come out in 87 for the substance compliation and rerecorded it one final time in 98.
But yes. This is incredibly fucking cool
bobby58585 1 year ago
young people were beautiful back then
1980MF1980 1 year ago 5
DOES ANYBODY KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THE AUDIENCE
lamfrocks 1 year ago
watching this clip as a kid in the 80's turned me on to electronic music. never looked back
AdyHerts 1 year ago 2
unbelievable you have to watch this!
tzacharis 1 year ago
What an incredible footage I wish I had been there.
coldrockdaspot 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this. I have the original Factory video release, but it's on beta tape (talk about dated) so I can't watch it anymore.
sinfanti 1 year ago
I love this song, every time they play it its like a new version.
lookingandlistening1 1 year ago
Wonderful performance from probably my favourite live show ever, wish I was there. Good on you for having a go at the lyrics. I thought the first line might have been...
"People need people like you"
Later on I hear... "Tonight we're gonna be alright, tonight we're gonna get uptight"
"Three ways, four ways,anyway you hit the floor"
Finally I hear... "and it's going away round the bend"
Of course everyone has their own interpretation. Typically idiosyncratic Sumner lyrics!
chrisnoaro1 1 year ago
@chrisnoaro1 I think the last line is "and it's goin' to end, goin' to end round the bend"!?
mikegerrish 1 year ago
@mikegerrish i think your right and its fooking brilliant
ARMINIUS44 1 year ago
@ARMINIUS44 No problem!!
mikegerrish 1 year ago
The best version of the song, live or recorded. Who cares if Barney didn't know the lyrics, he still doesn't today.
parksy010101 1 year ago 3
Oh come on we keep coming back to watch Barney get electrocuted at 2:13
indevelopment 1 year ago 4
Definitely the best live performance of this track I've seen.Last time they played my town I was one year under age damn it. Anyhow this was recorded months before the single was released so I guess this was prototype stuff before they began to modify it to a commercially acceptable sound (yes I'm talking the Substance version) .This would still be in my top 10 singles of the 80's though!
abagail4me 1 year ago
es increible como pudieron doblegar toda esa carga la cara de bernie lo dice todo. LOS AMO.
juanegoista 1 year ago
you know your band cant get any cooler when you have hans gruber rocking the bass
mo3ius1 1 year ago 2
@mo3ius1 "NOW I HAVE A BASS GUITAR. HO HO HO."
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Ir0nG14nt 1 year ago
Favorite version of my favorite New Order song. Would love to have seen this performance in person. kickass!!
CorkyLifeGoesOn 1 year ago
beautiful
Ponce1390 1 year ago
this entire concert is unbefuckinglievably fanfuckingtastic. this is when new order were so goddamn amazing. their early singles are greater than sex and Movement and Power Corruption and Lies are GREAAAAAAAAAAT records. everything after that was....ok... good but nothing in comparison to this....
crocodilewerewolf 1 year ago 8
FUCKING LOAD YOU CUNT
fuckamericanidiot 1 year ago
barneys whizzin i think,hes on summat anyhow !! can i have sum please !!!
boardy777777 1 year ago
I think this performance really shows New Order's first realization that they could in fact break away from the dark sound that embodied Joy Division. "Oh it's the first time".
brcampbe 1 year ago 2
I think its
"up down turn around, please don't let me hit the ground"
lextalionis2001 1 year ago
Exelente video,exelente cancion.
donru33 1 year ago
Thanks I was there 1981 Ukrainian National Home no it's not the last time I saw New Order but one of the best
revdesignbiz 1 year ago
Love this version. Sumners playing is a bit too sloppy, but that's not too important. It's somewhat darker and bitter, very nice
brajtnerinjo 1 year ago 2
soooo ahead of there time!!
BARCAMAN1 1 year ago
looks like bernard's gonna kill the sound guy.
withease9 1 year ago
I love this intro, love the music, but as usual I don't like Bernard's live singing! Just sing it normally dammit!
shonuffisthemaster 1 year ago
absout y 1st class ground breakin tune
the cure !!
collaciotach 1 year ago
this is new order, not joy division!!!
great! ian would love this!!!!!
casanegras33 1 year ago
This was magical
bellsbanger 1 year ago
I love this. Steve is covered in sweat. Frustration, fear, and uncertainty are all apparent in Barney's face. Hooky and Gillian seem to still be in shocked disbelief. The tension is incredible and the music brilliant, plodding along in unsure improvisation yet foreshadowing the great things to come. The entire gig, and particuarly this track, is absolutely raw. This footage is more intense, gritty, and moving than any film or performance I have ever seen.
ajpajpajpajp 2 years ago 77
@ajpajpajpajp so true, you nailed it... what i would have given to be there, disco dust and all...
hypemike 1 year ago
@ajpajpajpajp I read in an interview, Barney said , of this concert especially, and this period, he hated it, it was the most painfull, unstable, and difficult time in his career. He was terrified, unsure of what they had created, because he was new to the roll of singer. Not in any way a melodic voice, raw, and shaky. This became the swan song, they proved to themselves and their fans to carry on. The chaos in the sound, not being totally in synch was what made this so magical, they were ALIVE!
guyphawkes 1 year ago 23
@guyphawkes I think you mean that it was their 'phoenix song' (since phoenixes rise from the flames to be born again) or something - 'swan song" means something like 'one last final gasp before dying'
acoutts 2 months ago
@acoutts No, I did mean swan song, they supposedly began to pen this one and compose as the last effort with Ian. It was in process, as basic as it was at the time, it holds that spirit,
guyphawkes 2 months ago
@guyphawkes Oh. That's interesting - I did not know that. "Swan song" it is.
acoutts 2 months ago
@ajpajpajpajp Alright, pal calm down - its called cocaine.
ABEEZY9 8 months ago
best live music performance ever- this song!
ambianimaton 2 years ago 8
check out ,thieves like us at the hacienda in 83
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struantheruin 2 years ago
Steven Morris is just fuckin amazing.
Rinacu 2 years ago 15
Made-up on the spot lyrics, a bit of live danger! How it fuckin should be.
jaytotale 2 years ago 35
while watchin' i felt like its still death of Ian which affected him. dk why. just felt that way really. anyway 5 stars.
callmegene 2 years ago 3
Absolutely brilliant. Raw. Surreal.
FrightNight7387 2 years ago
4:25 is the best bit of this video, I absolutely adore this song
plezx29 2 years ago
Absolutely! 4:25 - 5:47 is unreal
Irishenglish83 2 years ago
pure fecking genius
thegazzamataz 2 years ago
I love this. It reminds me when NO would always experiment with a half finished track live. Usually Bernard had not finished the lyrics and the results were very funny. Check out "Ive got a cock like the M1" from the Festival Hall which later became Perfect Kiss...great band
tonyking4 2 years ago 5
you can see some of Ian coming out in this performance
scorber23 2 years ago 4
I have a totally different take on this video.
It seems that Bernard is completely pissed at the crowd. He changed the lyrics to mock them. Bolts from above hurt people down below? People hate people like you? lol!
He also looks completely angry and gives a half-assed performance.
Either that or this is because of their transition from Joy Division to New Order.
footfunk510 2 years ago 7
wonderful & great!
TheViewpoint23 2 years ago
this is so good to see love it thanks
peecogs 2 years ago
Its funny how a band this good had inspired so much bad music to come afterwards
conbonz666 2 years ago
Bernards so intense!
TheWeijiaofdeath 2 years ago
this was at the world on 2nd street
yoyohomey 2 years ago
I was shocked when I heard this version for the first time tonight! This is my second favorite New Order song to Ceremony. What is interseting is how they have made many altercations to it. In 1984 they speeded it up a bit...and on Substance in 1987 they added my favorite line later in the song...oh you got green eyes, oh you got Blue eyes, oh you got grey eyes.....there is even a later version where they start the song off with those lines.
MrCraigzee 2 years ago 2
absolutely love the 80s version
god their genius and i love v aults from above hurt the people down beloe
amf1973 2 years ago
The version that starts with the "Green eyes/blue eyes" line is actually the first recorded version off of their EP 1981-Factus-1982 produced by Martin Hannett. If you haven't heard of it, you should check it out. It's my favorite NO release.
repete86 2 years ago 3
Thank you, I hope I can find that someday. To me it's the way the song should be.
MrCraigzee 2 years ago
@MrCraigzee Omg, couldn't said it more correct
temptationbase 1 year ago
Emory0, Good to get a first hand account from an audience member. What struck me about this video was how restrained the audience was. Must have been they hadn't heard the song before either.
kennethwdc 2 years ago
I remember this concert pretty clearly, and this song in particular. I don't think the single had come out yet, so this was my first time hearing this tune, but a lot of people afterward remembered that "last, long meandering tune".
I was in the front row right in front of B.A., but I haven't spotted myself yet...
emory0 2 years ago 3
Came out 1982
plezx29 2 years ago
the start with the synth of this live version make me shit in my pants:D
temptationbase 2 years ago 3
Great song!
jms6959 2 years ago
Ian Would Be Proud (2).
For sure.
BetodBrasil 2 years ago 3
Ian Would Be Proud :)
slim710 2 years ago 7
wicked!
grooveydaddy 2 years ago
You could have had the FBI CIA blasting this number 5-6-7 hours a day at me at guantanamo bay, and id have came out and within 5 - 6 - 7 minutes listened to it again
thegazzamataz 2 years ago 5
This is some version of this song and maybe the best. I notice in later live versions they go back to the same synth version as used on this one. I always liked New Order, but they just keep growing on me. They also have an amazing history and they had creative freedom because they stayed clear of big record companies. They are simply brilliant!!
johnmcluskey 2 years ago 7
WOW.That wis fuckin awesome.
DiamondDavy 2 years ago
barry as feck
thegazzamataz 2 years ago
Top work as always VanishInFright. This is easily my favourite version of this song. My contribution to the great Bernard-lyrics debate, however: "People, need people, like you; People, need people like me; People, need people, like you", second verse, "People, need people, like you; People, hurt people, like me". And at the end, "Oh it's the first time, and it's gonna end; It's going round the bend". Well, that's what I've always heard!
Irishenglish83 2 years ago
Brilliant. Totally brilliant.
ord1711 2 years ago
sounds like "three ways, four ways"
standardyarn 2 years ago
nah, I was there during this period (Firehouse 81 - Hacienda 84-87) Bernie was trying to come to terms with Ian's death by trying all kinds of vocal inflections until he had the strength to just be himself - he's painfully shy. When he found his own voice, the band became a band - and ultimately a better one than Joy division. If that makes me a heretic, then so be it. It's true.
grizzwoldian 2 years ago 5
Original and best! White Lies are bringing back memories of Joy Division and early New Order for me...
hotriot1 2 years ago
Ah, a classic before it was refined. Nice.
MARDLtransmit 2 years ago 2
I remember this one. It brings back a lot of memories.
notyoursavior78 2 years ago 2
Gillian Gilbert is so sexy!!....me encanta este tema de N_O
saytra123 2 years ago
i wish Barney would have kept on singing this way. at least Joy Division songs...
academiaarguello 2 years ago 5
I just LOOVE the beginning! lock at them(: it wasnt long ago Ian died, but they just moved on and still they sound and look the same:D ride on new order
temptationbase 2 years ago 2
Way ahead of their time at this point, as was Joy Division. Look at what was on the charts back in 1981 compared to this. A few clean-up items on the lyrics: People need people like you, people need people like me. Faults from above..; Up down, turnaround, please don't let me hit..; Three ways, four ways, anyways,..Thanks for posting this video. Cheers
turntablecafe 2 years ago
I was brought up to this music, it's in my veins, it's not music, it's a way of thinking and a way of life and i'm proud to be like that inspite these ugly times!
AORCrazy 2 years ago 6
Uh uh. This is classic electronica man. Beautiful.
justindr660 2 years ago 3
Was Bernard tripping???????
Aedilfrid 2 years ago 5
TOTALLY!
Luger911 2 years ago
Uh yeah he must have been
Qriztofer 2 years ago
What a completely unique sound.
ady10001 2 years ago 4
This is from their first North American tour, the same one they would have done with Joy Division earlier on in the year. You can tell by the way Bernard sings and handles the microphone that they're still in the Joy Division mindset. It's a pretty awful rendition, but this is history.
newdivisionjoyorder 2 years ago
I disagree.. it was a different time and there is a certain amount of emotions in his performance, albeit more serious, but nevertheless really strong..
gold95 2 years ago
Earlier on in the previous year, you mean?
FSchouten 2 years ago
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Original emo music but still a damn great song. Where did the years go. Look at who is mainstream now. Bling Bling
climbplummet 2 years ago
EMO?! This isn't emo! How could you come to THAT conclusion?!
FSchouten 2 years ago 2
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Yes, this is emo.
fluide000 2 years ago
the best song of NEW ORDER
rafitoloko 2 years ago
I feel blessed to know this music, literally forweep on non listeners.
see the world in this music
amf1973 2 years ago 2
Your know theres strange people out there who actually dislike this lol.
youwinoneinternets 2 years ago 6
The original 12" of this in 1982 packed dancefloors. When BM came out, it revolutionised new wave dance music.
leeraconteur 2 years ago
i just bought this video, and here i am watching it on youtube. this song is serisouly something else.
standardyarn 2 years ago
fabulously amateurish as always. Perhaps it what makes their songs so delicate.
FWFWFWF 2 years ago
Where did his great Voice go? This hurts!
moviegoofs 2 years ago