a certain ratio- forced laugh

[9IIFCS]

still possesses this on video tape for obvious reasons.

[Preliminimal]

great song!! someone please post a clear version, thanks =)

[MrBraindump99]

if Michael Winner took had taken acid & made Death Wish in Manchester this could have been the soundtrack....

[TheMightyHartley]

@MrBraindump99 Brilliantly put! Ha ha.

[alienCascais]

UPS i made a mistake :)  I just love all their stuff but this is MAGNIFICENT

[alienCascais]

I just love all they're stuff but this is ... Magnificent

[1965ses]

this was allways my favourite.

[britdude1961]

tripy

[simonguitarman]

did martin hannett produce this?

[chass110]

yes

[DonnaKae]

This is from the hard to find Factory Video I believe. Thanks for Posting. I was soo into JD in the day and still am but, I never appreciated the talent and genius of ACR. Yes they are more talented than JD but JD has that X-Factor that makes them special. This video kills me as it did 25+ yrs when I first saw it. I had to wait 12 yrs before I would hear it again. I was so impressed with the song. I search hard for anything ACR in hopes of finding this song.

[borgorusky]

this stuff is still damned cool...phuckthepigs is right...early ACR records sound like they are in a strange space all their own even now

[babyspangle]

Saw this lot many times in Manchester, way ahead of their time. In retrospect they were the best Factory band in my opinion with their mixture of Industrial Funk. I just love the 7" version of Knife Slits Water

[PhuckThePigs]

they knew what they were doing

[TheGeekCoolGuy]

My Uncle's In this band!!

[kristiannnnnnnnnnnns]

Woahhhhhhh your kewl

[chrisb4nu]

Good song and vid...too bad sound quality is so poor.

[matowana]

Better than JD

[siouxsiezque]

I want the house in the video!! I need a spooky lookin house on a hill...

[iancurtis51880]

It seems like ACR had two distinct sides to their music-the JD-style post-punk stuff like this, and the more funk-influenced stuff. I prefer the former, it catches my attention and holds it better.

[pdochpdoch]

still and always one of the best bands ever.. brillant and WAY ahead of their time.. loved them since "to each".. an incredible album that changed my life!

[deepaintpish]

Can (bands like them "krautrock") is the influence of ACR & radiohead.

[LuxX63]

This version sound a little different from the album TO EACH...

[billyshitcheese]

indeed. i bought TO EACH expecting this version, which i prefer. h'ever, the dub tracks at the end of said album are fantastic.

[MCBenjyness]

Yes indeed Radiohead as many others these days owe alot to the Factory days...I think ACR were way ahead of their time. No small wonder that Mike Pickering and Simon Topping ended up developing the Hacienda club , bringing real house music from Chicago, NY. Simon himself went to NY for a while to study Latin American purcussion. The album that this tune comes from is awesome..its the pinacle of thier 'sound'.

[saxroma1]

Agreed! But have Quando Quango been officially erased from history?

[diskochimp]

@saxroma1 Nah, everybody knows "Love Tempo" don't they?

[rekvelt2007]

The Factory label in the time (1979)

was a whole (new)wave in itself.

[rekvelt2007]

Wow, thanks a lot for this post!!

[SIHELL]

damn right..

[rycal1]

Christ, Radiohead must have spent some time listening to ACR. Good idea. A very under-appreciated band in the States.

[mccail9]

mushrooms

[androidmarshmellow]

There's something mildly disturbing about this video.

[Devito46]

Nice build up tension here...

Could all ACR songs be more like this.

[miketb42]

donald johnson is the fucking man!!!

[aylastarsaphire]

Speechless. Thanks

[JannerManner]

Btw I went to a show with them in "Saltlageret" in Copenhagen. It was shortly after they released the fantastic album "Sextet". But they didn't bring the girl singer, Martha Tilson. Wasn't there a story about this (for them unknown) girl spontaneously entered the stage at one of their earlier shows and started the singing? Or was that something I've dreamt?

[JannerManner]

Wow! ACR sure was way ahead of their time with this kind of music. Glad I still got the vinyl. Will go listen to it now, for the sound is awful here. Still, cool video.

[fishnose1]

Fantastic. Looked for this one for many years!

[NewWaver80014]

Fantastic.

Was this filmed shortly after Ian Curtis's death?

Simon looks absolutely devastated here - almost as if he's playing "Taps" for a fallen comrade.

(and before anyone says it - yes, I know Ian was never in ACR) :-)

[mattah111]

Fucking awesome song - great bass and atmosphere. Let's pray there will be a DVD soon of all their great music

[Devito46]

Could well be, NW80014.

I helped organizing a gig once for a youth center in Holland and OMD came around. They were devestated too that time, after the death of Curtis. They hardly could talk about anything else. Hardly affiliated with Joy Division in music style. Big event by then indeed.

[maciejoooooooooooooo]

them good.force.

[harryshand]

Hey, where have you been all my life? Like it!

[machieaveli]

One of those bands that not many have heard of, and you just can't understand why. Proud to be a fan.

[ExMachine]

This is stunningly great

[gackstacker]

drvan - maybe disco heritage, northern soul values,and ny wave- but probably cos the north(west)is a funky town

[echorich]

Amazing...alway were and always will be the best thing to come out of Factory Records...

[Drvanbreak]

i just can't believe it!those records were so hard to find back in the days,now i have the video!

anyone to tell me why Northern England was so funky back then?

[monganni]

Dr' it still is.Check out "Fila Brazillia" they have two videos here on youtube.Also check out their albums, i think there are 10 or 11 to choose from. For me it's "Mess" "power clown" "A touch of cloth" they all have touches of genuis.

[sieurduroue]

i organized them in Kortrijk, Belgium, twice in the early eighties. awsome group

[Zardoze1]

This is a Band I've only Read About,As Far as I Know I've Not heard Them Before (Perhaps in a Mix at a Club, Back in The Day?).They Are Great,I can not Wait to Score some of their Recordings & Rack Em! Real Loud! Stands the Test of Time With Style & Grace!

[dem66]

excellent, but has anyone got the amazing film for 'Back To The Start' from a video called 'A Factory Complication'?

[Viktorcz]

where the hell did you get these from?? great.dream topping was a visionary.all those azimuth records he listened too warped into manc sub funk.thanks for sharing

[SauloMansur]

Excelente!

[orkenbjorken]

so odd but so good

[eLbutor]

Awesome, I love them so much.

[seedless0scopes]

Fantastic, thanks a lot!

[gigi46]

Dark,strange,what a curious video!!!

I love that!