New Order: Ceremony @ NYC 1981

Gnu Odour playing Ceremony live at the Ukrainian National Home in New York on November 19th 1981.

This is why events unnerve me
They find it all a different story
Notice whom for wheels are turning
Turn around and turn towards this time
All she ask's the strength to hold me
Then again the same old story
World will travel oh so quickly
Travel first and lean towards this time

Oh I'll bring them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows it's got to be this time
Watching her the times she cried
The times she cried
Too frail to wake/walk this time

Oh I'll bring them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows it's got to be this time
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then we'll start watching
Watching forever
Forever, watching love grow
Forever, letting me know
Forever.

This is actually New Order's 11th concert in the United States, almost a year and a half after Ian Curtis' death...

...and yes, Gnu Odour. Huzzah for being random.

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[thirtythree303]

I was at this show. Fuck.

[jagwarma]

True Story: I once stayed in this crappy hotel and there was a selection of crappy videos in the cupboard... there was one video without a label, we gambled on that one, we put it in the video player and it was a VHS recording of this concert... Amazement!

[MarianaVideos]

go to hell who says bernard can`t sing, BTW: DO IT BETTER, until there just shit the f... up ! Great music and band, I was on the last show with the original formed in Brasil and peter hook gave me his "palet" I love joy division and new order.

[mcn625]

Fuck. Barney looks so nervous. This had to be one of new order's 1st gigs , you can tell Barney isn't completely comfortable singing

[Yan Zhu]

so how about his new book?

[mcn625]

I always liked early new order better, when they still sounded joy division-ish and not as synthy. Peter Hook's book, unknown pleasures is a must. But it's really about joy division not new order, although I heard him in an interview say he wants to do a new order book. I know some people may think they won't learn anything new, but it's so insightful and a great look at how the band came to be, and him talking about Ian is just heart wrenching

[h1gashi]

its so sad thinkinng about him omg

[Christopher Lopez]

This Bass Player wrote a book called "unknown pleasures" and "the hacienda:how not to run a nightclub"

[PeruoscuroTV]

un clasico de los clasicos

[mimesis6mime]

This drummer wrote an autobiography. It was titled "Suck it, drummers who aren't me"

[LilRedRasta]

crap i listen to your music! I just heard about you a few days ago.The band warpaint tweeted about you.

[LNBlack29]

Ian should be there... :'(