New Order live, 1981, 'Procession'

[moogy675]

Quality tune but fukk me Bernard is and always has been abysmal at singing.

[asdras1]

Peter Hook is GOD!

[mapleavenue77]

Hook's bass is just overwhelming in this song. I love it!

[lowlockunknown]

My favorite New Order song. Actually hurts my heart to hear it, I must be getting Joy Division flashbacks......

[psiconauta21]

Once upon a time a word called AVANT GARDE was real and true. This is an example

[MOONST0MP]

I never realised in the early days he tried to imitate Ian. And please nobdy try to tell me I am wrong. You can clearly see here he is copyin Ian Curtis.

[mmback]

@MOONST0MP Well Probably you are right. But it is also true that such style was very popular at the time. Bauhaus and Sister of Mercy frontmans acted in a similar way.

[ChelseaElizabeth7]

I love this song! New order are just amazing.

[bernardsumnerfan]

@ChelseaElizabeth7 I LOVE New Order and I have to say that this probably is one of my favorites, it has a frantic energy to it

[zpoyly]

oh men this is the music that along with Rohypnol made my life so hypnotic

[jads21]

I see this video has been up for a long time but it's first I'm seeing it. I wasn't aware NO played at Ukrainian House 1981. I went to see them at Paradise Garage and thought that was their first NYC show. How did I miss this? Thanks for putting this up. NO the band of 80's.

[hypemike]

awesome song but horrible live

[TheGhostDreams]

@twentyarms "God save the Queen" by Sex Pistols, "Lust for Life" by, Iggy Pop and "Twenty Four Hours" by Joy Division......Check the history and you find all the connections. ,,,

while drinking 2 packs of beer to get sober and see the light.

[twentyarms]

@TheGhostDreams I was just curious, how do you know my correct age?

[twentyarms]

I have literally no idea what comment I posted that you're referring to. Can you give me the gist?

[mysocalledknife07]

My favorite New Order song of all time! Pure genius! :-)

[jock19]

God obviously doesn't like me, this is a pish version of a great song!

[SimMaster]

Steve is a hi-hat god

[CK2890]

this is the most shitty out of tune shit ever made it sounds like theyre all playing a completely different song from each other

[Salfordbluemoon]

@CK2890 you're right....but i still love it. 'In tune''s boring!! haha

[kpyng]

Incredible clips of New Order in their young and early days picking up the pieces from Joy Division, not knowing just what lay in store for them.

P.S. Gillian definitely had some big hair back then...

[abagail4me]

Totally fantastic track.Every band member is performing with max energy and emotion,especially Bernard.The forgotten New Order single.

[stealthgear]

sounds like crap. i'm glad the 80s are over

[goonchistaw]

killer,.,.,.,.

[ColumRogers]

Probably the best thing to come out of Manchester. As well as The Smiths of course. No one can ever compare to New Order or be as close they are just brilliant.

[weta2000nz]

This was 18 November 1981 in New York. Everybody looks so damn young !

Lovely layering of sound in this song...brilliant composition.

Steven bashing the daylights out of the drums as per usual.

[weta2000nz]

Absolutely classic....I loved this VHS tape when I bought it around 1984

[goonchistaw]

manchester band rumble ,,,,,

brilliant,,,,

[boardy777777]

fuckin manchester forever !!! new order !! fuck true !! c..ts !!lol

[9IIFCS]

I adore it

[RuudLang]

Finally they got yo the US...

[jdhooverful]

Movement did change the 80's

we can tell that Ian Curtis wasnt Joy Division.

All four (New Order) made really something in those years.

[TheGhostDreams]

I´m blessed by God that he showed the way to discover the Warsaw which in turn became Joy Division and then New Order. I never saw Warsaw live but I did saw Joy Division live in Berlin in winter of 1980 and soon after wards I moved to US to NYC. and God blessed me again to see New Order live in the East Greenwich Village. The Very same gig as You see on this Video.

They changed my live forever. The way i think and do things everyday is the result of the influence which I got from them... Peace

[UltimateVenom]

and stiff kittens before warsaw

[cuculainn7]

@TheGhostDreams

[cuculainn7]

@TheGhostDreams what was Ian like?

[twentyarms]

@TheGhostDreams god did that?

[TheGhostDreams]

@twentyarms I see that you are a loosie goosie observer, quoting some word from my old comment (the God thing) that has nothing to do with NO nor JD,

I'm spiritual atheist actually. The more I watch Pat Condell the more I enjoy my freedom in life. Old habits die hard, so let me say again, I'm blessed, to be one of very few who saw Ian performing life gig and also this one here by NO up above.

Who are you anyway?  2pac fan?

God save the Queen and Warsaw/JD/NO.

[twentyarms]

@TheGhostDreams Oh, I see. You're reading way too much into it. I just find it amusing when people invoke divine providence. I didn't intend to insult you.

I won't fawn over you though, as you seem to expect with some pretty shameless and self important attempts to brag about seeing Ian Curtis live, as if he is some sort of deity. And god save the queen? Mayhaps you just have a flair for the divine.

Where did you get 2pac from?

[TheGhostDreams]

@twentyarms Look I'm beyond the point in my life to be bragging about anything.and especially arguing about music. Back then when you weren't even on a drawing board (you are 29) we were into this music for the sake of music and art (yes the lyrics of Ian are art). We were outsiders. Nobody knew them. They were on the back pages of Melody Maker. Now all of a sudden everybody are fans of JD/NO. What I wrote in my first comment came from my emmontional heart listening to the Procession......Deity?

[TheRATTLEHEAD75]

@TheGhostDreams tout le monde commence à connaitre tout sur n'importe quel sujet a CAUSE d'internet......je connais jd/no/chameleons/scars/killing joke/bauhaus/virgin prunes.........depuis 20 ans et cela m'irrite aussi que des fans de tokio hotel et j bieber connaissent de tels groupes ! si créatifs paaar rapport au groupes formatés actuels! comme p.ex.:ces merdes de killers qui tuent l'atmosphèrrre du film control!

[TheRATTLEHEAD75]

@twentyarms hahahaha! cqfd mon ami!!

[TheRATTLEHEAD75]

@TheGhostDreams luky man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skaterausberlin94]

@TheGhostDreams You lucky bastard

[yoyohomey]

@TheGhostDreams 2ND STREET BETWEEN C AND D IT WASTHE BEST PLACE TO SEE SHOWS

[lowlockunknown]

The farther New Order got a way from Joy Division the worse they got. The early stuff was quite good, the last few c.d.'s strait-up crap. Yea I know, spoken like a true JD fan. I am what I am....

[yeahDOBS]

so true, their style in sound, lyric, and dress all transformed........do you think they forgot their roots?

[gmtx12]

That's crap, New Order were amazing. Granted the last record released in 2005 wasn't great but some of their other later stuff was superb. Technique IMO is one of the best albums of all time, and how you can say classics like Run, Vanishing Point, Regret, Crystal, Here to Stay are 'straight up crap' I don't know.

[ord1711]

Love, love this song so much. I want Hooky's shirt.

Interesting he's gone to the six-string here.

[robert140602]

I don't know what Barney was stoned on there,but he fucked right up lmao.Arsed?I love these guys,Manchester/Salfords finest.Barney,my mam,Val, looked after yours,it would be nice if you stopped by to say hello,she's still in Irlam.

[RuudLang]

Of course, they were fucked, their frontman died a few month's earlier...

[robert140602]

What are you on about you retard?

Don't try to tell me anything about these guys you dickhead !

[turntablecafe]

This performance actually sounds great on the original tape, which is now on DVD. As some have called this performance poor, that may be partly due to youtube refining down the specs. But it was a raw and unpretentious performance, which I love. This music was/is mind blowing when you consider the state of popular music in 1981.

[nebevets]

spoken like a true fan.

[zurbarab]

and your heart meets you. . . late at night

[robert140602]

@zurbarab '...........heart beats you...'

[seivad9]

the synth intro promises so much, the band begin to spoil it by playing their instuments then sumner, who sings like a man with the worst hangover completely buries it.

[kusraback]

This song reminds me of Joy Division music. It has a JD sound, love it. Amazing music

[dan7546]

gee i wonder why lol;)-

[verasforzza]

@kusraback You do know that New Order is Joy Division after IC left the world...

[mtmessmer]

@kusraback its virtually the same band minus the lead singer.

[eublepharis]

this song is so freakin' great!

[joss885]

apart from ceremony this was probably the first record that really moved me. wonderbar

[lylymad]

This is my favorite New Order song and one of my favorite songs ever

[robert140602]

@lylymad,me too mate !!!

[davidtrz]

Sublime version ! La série de concert de 1981 est vraiment excellente.

[calvindufraisne]

is there any studio verison where the lyrics are like this

"emotion, destruction -- its all the same to me no matter where you are -- its all the same to me"???

[Procopius1980]

I only know of the version on Substance, so I'd say no.

[metfan34]

This is fucking awesome

[tedriding]

if anyone listenrd to that and is true new order fan we have a lot in common,....contact me ...prefrably female/slim/gud sense of humour ....you`ll know what i`me on about ....fukin love neworder but that was crap.....only gud cause of who it is

[bakezale]

This is THE version of this song!Better than the studio version, me's thinks!

[nicck]

No...it's really not as good as the studio version. Their live version of 'Hurt' is, but not this.

[fsousa73]

song is amazing

[davidtrz]

Sublime concert ! Sublime album ! Sublime Chanson ! Merci à Joy Division et à New Order pour ce bonheur qui a résisté à deux décénies cyniques et qui résistera aux siècles !

[lowerDG1]

Life is strange,life keeps getting stranger every day....

[LORDAVICHO]

ni Barney ni Ian cantan entonados.......pero son genios, pueden cantar asi .....no pasa nada......k rolon

[jarizico]

like them verry much

[PUMF]

The best New Order song!

[pbh94515]

I would rather be in JD or NO than to be Robbie Williams. Seriously, keep the money, I would love to play this music every night.

[julz415]

tru tru robbie william=mokc version of every 80's group in one and not for good

[leamanc]

@pbh94515 Well if you were in New Order, you could have it both ways. They are quite rich, you know! They downplay it and are modest, but don't forget that Factory was the only label to ever give artists 50% of record sales. (Most labels give in the range of 2 to 5 percent). And they sold a hell of a lot of records on Factory, and tons more after moving to the Warner Bros. family with endless reissues, remix albums and "best of"/"greatest hits" comps. They even went platinum in the USA!

[sfa2]

@leamanc Have you read the history of Factory or Hooky's book on the Hacienda? They spent a helluva lot propping up both the label and the Hac. Not that they're paupers by any means.

[leamanc]

@sfa2 I haven't ready Hooky's book (dying too though!), but I do know that they basically carried Factory and of course the Hacienda throughout the 1980s. Ironically, they have made more money since leaving Factory and making less New Order product. :-) Warners' relentless re-issuing, re-mixing and re-packaging of their material have done them quite well. They were even well enough off in the Joy Division days to ignore a $1million signing offer from Warners in 1980.

[JODQ11]

i am so fkn jealous of hooky >=0 that bass is so special is a 30" six string bass with a harmonix chorus pedal *_* man

[LIL2511]

Is it just me or on the first verse, is bernard pretty off key?

[ninagi]

It's not just you. Still a pretty awesome song though.

[Procopius1980]

The whole song can be off key for me; I do not care.

[canuck21]

Barney off key?!? Impossible.

[cowboystitching]

Is he ever on key?

[Procopius1980]

I wonder how many lonely nights have been spent listening to this hauntingly beautiful song.

[julz415]

last nite for me :(

[fluXXXion]

One of my favourite NO songs, too.

Thank you very much for sharing this!

[pbh94515]

I love this song so much. It makes me happy and sad at the same time. Few can things do this.

[hdufort]

One of my favorite songs from NO.

[MicktheMarmaliser]

Great song but not a great version, but hey NO were never the best live.

[StyleSessions]

other songs are Confusion, Avalanche and possibly Someone Like You, although I think thats definately Dawn Zee

[StyleSessions]

amazing NO song, one of only 4 (possibly 5) that Gillian provided backing vocals for.

Interestingly Doubts Even Here was another, which is one of only 2 songs that Hooky had the main vocal.

I digress, amazing song, one of my top 3 NO tracks.

Chrz guys

[Procopius1980]

So is that Gillian singing, "Alone, alone, alone, alone?" I cannot think of another point in Substance version of the song with backing vocals? I too noticed her in Doubts Even Here. I cannot, however, think of any other tracks where she does backing vocals. What are the otherS? I agree, Procession is one of the best. I think my fav, odly enough, is The Him. Maybe next is Vanishing Point, but that is hard to say.

[ChrissMari]

she sings day and night.. or whatever that lyric is

[Procopius1980]

Ah, you mean "Your heart beats you, late at night."

[bernhl]

what's the other song in which he had the main vocal?

[StyleSessions]

Dreams Never End.

Great song :)

[bakezale]

This is one of the all time best songs by New Order in my opion.I would like to get my band to cover it.

[Procopius1980]

Positively one of the best songs ever. I like all New Order music, but songs like these make me wish they never went upbeat. They simply have so much of the Joy Division energy at this point.

[coolfax]

Pashion

[tibohibj]

Barney's off his face:)

[Rivertrancer]

What a cool song. The beginning is so "Kinder vom Bahnhofzoo" like - dark and beautiful.

[paperbackwriter]

has to be one of my top fave NO songs.

[blabbles]

stop moaning.. this song cannot be corrupted. it's dour to start with. excellent murkiness i say. easily one of the most precious NO songs.

[BeeRubble]

what a gem!!

[GunnerGraham]

is this the only version on the tube? fucking hell,post some more new order you twats lol

[ghdebruin]

"Poor sound and live performance here though." Ummm I don't think so! pure super soundbaord quality

[arclight2012]

Great song, and the performance is actually a bit better than usual for them. (I say this as a big fan, not to slag on them or anything.)

[steelers197386]

great song, vocals are a little raw music is genius

[asdras1]

I fucking love this song!!!

[bolingbroke01]

i just great the way that fades at the end so abrupt like a puff of smoke

[esdfg]

That's my top favorite song in whole New Order discography. Poor sound and live performance here though. Thanks anyway.

[falyson]

"...this band does not perform encores." Quote from a Belgian promoter attempting to avert a riot at a new order gig following the band's abrupt exit.

[bru1976]

cultissime !!!!