gutted we're not in the UK for this, but grateful we got the Sydney Opera House gigs in last year

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Agreed - we got our fill, but that IS an excellent leftfield setlist. MCR enjoy...

DR

Edited by user 30 June 2017 03:36:33(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

playing oldies now?

whos joe? really?

what in the heck?

and yes, i know it's not a typical gig. but the first half of those choices
is particularly weak.

the second half is pretty typical.

wonder if they'll just repeat these for the rest of the show.

later
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Lol Dream Attack, Ultraviolence, Disorder 'particularly weak'? Shellshock, Subculture, Vanishing Point 'pretty typical'? What planet are you living on mate?

I know I've said it already, but fuck me, there really is no pleasing some people is there...

Fantastic set.

I can't wait to witness it tomorrow.

(I must have listened to BCD about 20 times today. I forgot how much I liked that song!)

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Taste is subjective.

I believe many fans rate Vanishing Point, Dream Attack and All Day Long as among their best tracks

The only quibbles I have with the set would be agreeing with you about Who's Joe, and them opting to lean towards the 12" version of Sub-Culture rather than the LP.

The only other critique I have is that they don't really need a "synth orchestra" to realize those tracks live, it's just a bit of theatre. But if that's what was required for them to get off their asses and spice up the sets, then so be it.

i know i had a little whinge at a few of the songs they played but to moan at all day long,dream attack and vanishing point is taking it a bit far

all 3 of them are superb choices in my opinion and all day long was nailed on due to the wagner strings they've been using to come onstage to on the MC tour

i do agree on dropping joy division though and all the interviews leading up to the gigs talked about listening to the entire new order back catologue and i actually thought at long last we wouldn't get any

Yep.


I had an idea in my head that the whole band would be stood behind synths like Kraftwerk or something, doing completely synthy reworks of the tracks. There's footage on twitter of one of the synth players dancing like an aerobics instructor. Perhaps she was dancing 'cause she didn't have much else to do (?).


Oh there's footage on youtube. Why has no one posted this here yet?? I actually like the 12" (well, the Substance edit) of Subculture. Crazy huh?
(the uploader's phone seems a bit glitchy, which is a shame)


and there's more:






All Day Long. The "Wagner break" at 3.33 should sound BIG for me, but it sounds kinda small.






^At around 4.51 you can hear Vanishing Point's melody being segued in, followed by the "proper" intro for VP. Below is a clip of the intro with the dancing synth girl, thanks to a (former?) forumite:

I'm not sure this expression works outside the UK. In fact, since when do rabbits talk at all? Unless it's some Alice in Wonderland shizzle?

It looked as though each of the synth players in their cube had a seat.So they could take a breather when they don't have a part to play for a little while?

I did have a watch of a few bits of the YouTube clips .It all looked great but to be brutally honest i struggle to enjoy Bernard's live vocals from a phone recorded clip nowadays.I mean, if or when i'm at a New Order gig his vocals aren't a problem for me as i'm enjoying being at and loving the gig but i just struggle more these days than i did at one time long ago to enjoy his live vocals on bootlegs and such.Maybe i'm going soft in my old age or maybe there's a lot more singers around these days who can really sing well live. For example , i watched The XX's set from Glastonbury on tv last week and Romy's live vocals are simply heaven to listen to.


Anyway, apart from that, i thought the actual music from what i heard in the YouTube clips of Thursday night's gig sounded amazing; Subculture (it leant towards the 12" remix i know, but) and Shellshock in particular.Maybe the synth orchestra in the cubes was, as Andy said, a little theatric but it makes a great show i think, from what i can see of the clips and pics.And i'd certainly love to see that girl in one of the cubes do all that dancing.

What do i think of the setlist? I think it's 75 per cent maginificent in the fact they played so many songs they hadn't done for years or ever but small quibble to the fact they still did a few regulars like BLT and YSF and even Decades is becoming a regular now.I'd like to see the Joy Division songs dropped completely and maybe BLT dropped (though even that sounded a little reworked form what i saw on YouTube so maybe i shouldn't grumble).


Will be very interested to see how the setlits pans out for the remaining 4 gigs of this.Will they change it every show? I hope so.

There was a feature on Radcliffe & Maconie's show on BBC 6Music yesterday (Friday 30th June) about the gig and people who had been inside were asked for their thoughts and opinion on it as they exited - go to around 56 minutes in here


Also, at 20.00 tonight BBC2 has a half hour programme about the Manchester International Festival and the programme info promises "unique access to rehearsals by New Order".

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