Well it looks like you got two of us to watch it this week, beacause I watched it a few days ago too. Kinda forgot about it after the initial "hype" circa Singularity's video.


And the rat woman! Ugh! Sticking rats in her bra including the baby which must have been just born. I hope she wasn't breast feeding them!


I watched it on a film app called Black Panther (!) and it had subtitles for the German bits. I got an amazon Fire Stick on Black Friday last year (£25) and I have to say it has been amazing in terms of being able to find films - via the not-so-official film apps you can put on it (Showbox, Tea TV, Cyberflix, Cinema HD). Well worth the investment.


I shazamed that during the film. Wasn't expecting it to be the Psychedelic Furs frontman, although it does of course sound like him.


Yes, I was wondering how this film was going to work beforehand. Didn't realise he had so much footage of himself. Mr Reeder was different to how I imagined he would be. Very cheerful and apparently up for absolutely anything, from managing bands (Die Toten Hosen) to doing porn voiceovers and "video nasties".



Was that bit where the bird flew into the window for real? Also the stuff with him hanging upside down naked from a rope was...interesting! And it's actually in the Singularity video (briefly). That vid is definitely worth another watch once you've watched the film.



I had this exact thought.


I was going to post a tune from the film in the "What Are You Listening To" thread. A track that isn't on the soundtrack CD and was credited to Kris Needs on the film credits. Where Reeder puts the needle on the record and says, it's a great example of trance music (circa 1992). It sounds a bit dated now, but at the time I thought it was frickin' awesome.

Secret Knowledge - Sugar Daddy (Original Mix)

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Watched again but the subtitled version. Followed the story a bit more this time, what with obviously understanding the parts in German because of the subtitles and also getting my head round a bit more how Reeder made the film. It’s not so much that he filmed everything back then but more he put the story together with clips from B-Movies he starred in( so the clue was in plain sight in the film’s title all along?) music
videos, tv clips etc?

The film brings back memories of the 1980s even if you didn’t go to or live in Berlin in that era. Some of the characters remind me of certain people or groups of people that used to be around my town in the 80s. Of course, not to the extent of the more famous or infamous kind that lived in West Berlin but a number of people that lived, or tried as best they could, to live outside of society. An underground existence. Not the kind of people that worked a 9-5. Or worked at all. Their lives revolved around the next drug score and the next party. You could if you really tried get away with it in the 80s but a type of existence that is almost impossible to do today.

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POTHL is a great funky track.I play the remixes of it more though if anything these days.

Every time I listen to Stray Dog I can’t help but think of Mr Smith from The Matrix. On this song Iggy Pop’s spoken words are like a growlier version of the Matrix bad guy.

I was aware somehow of what “grimpen mire” meant.

Never did find that beer anywhere!

Academic + Nothing But A Fool reviews posted.



Am I stretching this out? Probably... Thanks for continuing to indulge my writings, and thanks for the >100,000 topic views here on NOOL.

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I have some plans with the New Order stuff which will keep me busy for a little while, and I fear things might get ugly with some of the Revenge output

You never know though...

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If Stray Dog was a 1983 Benelux only Factory 12", the fans'd be weak at the kness. But in the context of an LP, it slows the momentum.

Out Of Control.

Probably Singularity edges it over Here To Stay. Just.

Of course, it might be the other way around tomorrow.

Two of my five best post-Factory tracks (alongside Regret, Special and Crystal, in case anyone was interested).

Could not agree more...stunning, stunning track.

Such a shame the only live version I know of (Roskilde 93) has Barney totally butchering the best bit of the song by coming in a verse too early. Typical

According to setlist fm the only other time they played it was Montreux. Wow, that's news to me - has anyone heard or seen that? I don't remember it being part of the broadcast at all.

Special is great, but hot on the heels of Liar and Chemical, so is One Direction.
To my knowledge it was played live at the above and for Montreax but cut from the MTV broadcast.

PS Out of Cuntroll, Sasha mix.

Unlearn is the kind of thing I'd've liked when I first got into them cos it was via the Pets so I was more electro than rock. It just gives me a headache now.
The Game is okay. I can't comment on the mixes cos my obsession was over and just for once I don't think the trax needed 45798 variations.

Well done DR for getting to the end. Absolutely brilliant read each and every review. When you started this I had hoped we would have some new NO material so you would have to Change the tag line.

Maybe you could go back and review all the Joy Division songs as well (I presume you are a fan) then the side projects!

Wish I could have written something like this myself as I’m forever reviewing their songs / albums in my head, sometimes it’s good to get it down on paper / screen. Good for the mental health. I’ll have to Jon the site so I can go back and comment on all the songs in the comments...now that it’s over...it’s over

It might spur me on do do something similar with one of my other music obsessions such as The Jesus and Mary Chain or Detroit legends Underground Resistance.

Enjoy our heroes in their upcoming Australia shows. New order fans have done the band proud with their journalism what with your review page and Dec’s superb Heaven to Heaven book.