New Order was easily one of the most talented, original, and musically gifted electronic bands ever. So good. Check out "Bizarre Love Triangle" next. Another classic.
Bizarre Love Triangle always filled up the dance floor when I was in college and going to New Wave Night at the local nightclub in the mid-80s. This song, True Faith, had me moving around my living room just now, pulling out those old dance moves!
BUT... It must be the Extended Dance Mix of Bizarre Love Triangle which is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than the single : ruclips.net/video/PDCeGZ3n8jY/видео.html
YES!! Some more New Order at last! They are such a talented group, and one of the original UK bands to pioneer synth music. "Bizarre Love Triangle" is another one of their biggest hits, but I also highly recommend "Vanishing Point", "Regret", "World in Motion" (a sports-related song), and "Fine Time". They have so many facets that you have yet to explore, and the combination of Bernard Sumner's voice and Peter Hook's instantly-recognizable bass is one of the best in music.
This song is special to me, not only being a huge New Order fan, but especially this song due it's lyrics. The line 'my morning sun is the drug that brings me near to the child I lost replaced by fear' really hits me hard...
@@Joachim2012 is feel a reference to a passage and train of thought that is brought up in a book by Joseph Chilton Pearce “The Crack In The Cosmic Egg” where he describes a moment at a certain age when you are a child and the world is alive and there is a presence and the knowing that something amazing and magical is about to happen but you don’t know what but you are destined for it.
Me and you both!! I spiralled into a 30 year heroin addiction,after after being told my exgirlfriend had aborted our child a week after we had parted.but hey Fukin ho. We live and learn,apparently,I don’t blame her for any of it now.my habit is just that,my habit.she didn’t get the foil out,or the pins,they were/are my choices,and boy oh boy,didn’t I do well.👍👍👍 Bwfc
True Faith is maybe one of the most honest songs about drug or alcohol addiction. I’m an alcoholic and I can tell you I completely understand this song from beginning to end. I listen to it a lot. It’s a mantra. And it’s inspirational for me.
Ceremony is by far my favorite New Order song. It was originally a Joy Division song but the band re-recorded it when they reformed as New Order. It’s worth a listen.
Loed the early New Order so much the first 3 albums and early singles like Ceremony, Everything's Gone Green, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, Confusion, Thieves Like Us and Sub Culture were all so good.
Ceremony is the perfect transition between Joy Division and New Order, but where New Order found it's identity was through the release of EEG, Temptation, and Blue Monday. I love that they experimented with hip hop and worked with Arthur Baker on several hits, including the original release of Confusion. Power, Corruption, and Lies demonstrated that New Order had found it's place in alternative rock. Low Life just took it to another level and they have never looked back.
The lead singer was in a supergroup with the Pet Shop Boys and Johnny Marr from the Smiths. They called themselves Electronic, and had a bunch of hits (and 3 great albums)
thank you guys for bringing back New Order they were one of the best of the New Wave 80S invasion with so many remarkable iconic hits like Bizarre Love Triangle , Age Of Consent , Love Vigilantes , Dreams Never End amount many more
You have to remember that the '80s was the start of MTV and every band would put out a video to their new song that would stand out from the others, so gradually the videos got more and more bizarre than the last one.
The lyrics are about the singer realizing he is addicted to drugs and the sadness that brings upon him BUT the way Bernard Sumner wrote lyrics was.....interesting? offhand? thowaway? New order basically would focus on the composition of their songs and just MAKE lyrics fit in (so lots of time their lyrics actually are a little mumbo jumbo) as well as the fact that Sumner was never a drug user himself
Correct. And I remember years ago reading an interview where Sumner claimed to always finish lyrics the day he started them - which would explain why brilliant lines are often followed by equally silly or nonsensical wordplay.
They do take the lyrics a little too literal instead of as poetry. Sometimes, you have to accept you don't know the meaning of lyrics and FEEL the song.
So very accurate 703elee. Sumner was more interested in how the lyrics fit the flow of the song and New Order's electronic beats. The meaning is there but it is secondary to the vibe.
This sound reminds me of Fine Young Cannibals. Drives Me Crazy, worth a listen. Funny I don't remember this video. Bizarre Love Triangle, cool song. Thanks again for this smile.
I think what you are picking up on is that this was very much played in the alternative 80’s club scene aka the goth scene. Along with The Cure, The Smiths, The Pet Shop Boys etc.. The pet shop boys and new order are currently touring and I am sooo excited about that!!
@Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT I saw the Violent Femmes on a triple bill with some other Milwaukee band and Da Bodeans at Milwaukee Summerfest in 1986. The huge crowd was jamming’ out so hard! Such a great show.
The alternative 80s club scene wasn't also known as the "goth scene" at all. There may have been a 'goth night' in an alternative club once a week in the mid80s, but the alternative scene was extremely varied. Plus, how on earth you can use the words goth and alternative and claim the Pet Shop Boys is bizarre. They were an out and out pop band.
@@Derry_Aire The pet shop boys constantly get played at goth clubs where I live. I never said they were considered anything goth. They aren’t but their music gets treated that way too. Sheesh some people are so sensitive.
New Order and The Smiths were the two top New Wave acts of the 80's. Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order, and How Soon is Now by The Smiths are a MUST listen.
Just saw New Order last night in Philly after sitting on the tickets for two years due to the pandemic. They did this song as well as Blue Monday. The place was jumping!
This band, or we should say these two bands, because the story is really of Joy Division/New Order, were a seminal point in the story of music. They will be referenced deep into history as a cultural moment of importance. The band that gave the world Goth music, went onto make culture smashing dance music. Their journey from a deep darkness to the light of dance music is extraordinary. Probably one of the top ten most influential bands of all time, but they never seem to get the credit they deserve. Sadly, they are at loggerheads these days, with three of them on one side and the bass player on the other. Anyone who loves their music just want them to make up and make more great music, because they are the sum of their parts. Take one of them out and it no longer sounds like New Order.
This song brings back so many memories, it was 1987 and I was 17 and in my first year in the Army and out drinking when I first heard this, the pub had a video juke box which was quite rare and I have always remembered the video. A good night!!! :-)
I was in college when this song was released. I loved this and I LOVED the video. It was really weird - just the way I like videos. Thanks for reacting to this one!
I truly, truly loved the look on the face of both of you before you started the the video and just saw the start of the video. Jay looked so unsure what he was about to get into and Amber looked so excited. :D
New Order and Pet Shop Boys are still putting out great music to this day. Going to see them together at the Hollywood Bowl in October... such important bands in the history of synth pop 🤎
My absolutely fantastic favorite New Order song. I can see myself at the "Palace" dance club in Nova Scotia Canada just bobbing to this song. Every one with their arms out wide turning around and singing out loud the words. It was such a fun time for us. Just a celebration of our freedom and life. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
I find this song meaning to be finally finding happiness & freedom in your own uniqueness & to be free to be who you are and do your own thing "in a world so demanding", while the friends he grew up with and the ppl around him are stuck living in a cookie cutter day to day routine that society and even life in general sometimes makes you feel forced to live out. They haven't found the true faith in themselves and in what each new day can bring with each new morning sun. Basically, to me it's saying be who and what you wanna be and enjoy life at your own pace in your own style and that you don't have to be like everyone else or the world says you should be, do what you love and are passionate about & once you realize that and can find "true faith" then you can feel liberated and happy, and set apart from those who can't enjoy life bc they're caught in a daily routine or molded into what society says they have to do or become or even what ppl says you can't become, you can prove them wrong & be happy. The video to me is mostly art but contains a lot of artistic expression to the song with some meaning symbolisms like showing the college grad tied up in measuring tape, I assume bc now with a degree he's expected to be bound to the business life or a job with little time to enjoy his own life & maybe that's not what he would've chose for himself but it's whats expected of him, the man in the slapping fight is stuck in the same action over and over while continuously taking hits in the face, possibly expecting or hoping to win but takes no other approach to cause another outcome, but maybe it's like he doesn't know to do anything else to break the cycle. The colorful ppl I can see two ways, either they have found new faith in life and themselves and that's why they seem happy and also bright & colorful, or either they too are caught up but don't realize it or care and are more like naive "puppets", altho I kind of lean towards them being liberated to be themselves. This all is just my opinions however, but that's my interpretations of the song and video and how it inspires me, I could be so far from the writers and artists actual intentions tho but this is what I got from it.
New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday, True Faith, and Age of Consent were all _very_ frequently played on the "alternative" radio stations back in the day, and that's just the tip of what New Order (and Joy Division before them) put out there.
The same guy who directed the She Drives Me Crazy video made this one. Very much the same style. As for the lyrics, if I'm not mistaken he's saying now that he's clean he feels lucky drugs didn't kill him.
Back in the early 80's we had a TV station called MTV and they actually played music videos ALL DAY.😂🤣 Yeah, it was a big thing and everyone had to compete to get air time and awards. We had so many crazy and cutting edge videos but it was new and a lot of fun.
I remember being in a night club in 1989 in N.Y.C. called the palladium. At 6 in the morning on the Bolivian marching powder and this song came on and everyone went nuts for it. Good Times!
I'm sooo happy you did this song. Classic 80's. I completely forgot about this video lol. Need to add Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys to the list for future videos.
My uncle got me into New Order…..I heavily got into this song when I was watching Headbangers Ball & when that show ended, 120 Minutes(the “Alternative” music show)came on & this video blew my mind….try reacting to their other cool song, “The Perfect Kiss”…that’s a banger too 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
dark, mysterious, and weird summed up much of alt rock and synth pop from the 80s. it just spoke to many of us Gen Xers who were teenagers at the time. we didn't want sweet, saccharine teenybop songs. looking back, the 80s were the golden age of alt rock. ❤
This is Gen-Xer alternative music from the '80s, '90s. We danced and partied to this kind of music. It's new wave, post-punk.... a mixture of dance, punk rock, synthesizers, guitars, etc. Think of it as watered down punk rock with pop, dance fusion, influences and good bass guitars, drum beats. Its a fusion. Groups like Duran Duran, Modern English, INXS, Joy Division, Devo, U2, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, No Doubt, B-52s, Siouxsee and the Banshees, U2, Love and Rockets, Talking Heads, The Cars, Blondie, Falco, A-Ha, Simple Minds, Thompson Twins, The Knack, Human League, Elastica, and many more! New wave. A lot of music back then had a melancholy feeling (happy, sad) . Fun sound, deeper meaning. Cold War era, uncertainty, etc. Lot of fear and trying to stay happy. Hard to explain lol
This song is almost a part of my life, and death. It tells a story I so closely mirror. It was also a song I listened to intensely at a time I was preparing to end my life, and somehow failed repeatedly, and the realisation was the morning sun. It is a song that triggers good memories and bad, the good being my decision to live and take responsibility for the behavior that hurt so many dear to me.
When i was a teenager, i used to walk my dog in undeveloped areas by my house. I had a walkman, and i used to sing along with New Order: my favorite band. I always thought i was by myself. One day, much to my surprise i saw carved into the snow the lyrics: "I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun". It made me realize, sometimes, even when we think no one is listening, someone is. ❤ i just wish i had a better singing voice. 😂
One of my all-time favorite bands, New Order makes dance music cool. Dissecting their songs is a joy. Any song they have. Pick one and try to separate the tracks and identify the sound or instrument. They layer tracks together amazingly. Melodic and chaotic.
You did "True faith"! GREAT! To me the video is one of the best ever made! And the music? Hey, just look how quick you both were into the rythm. The song is pure 80s!
This is a great tune. Gives me great memories of the 80s, when I was in my late teens/early 20s and having the time of my life. I feel blessed to have been brought up in the era. 🇬🇧🎵❤
" I used to think that the day would never come... that my live would depend on he morning sun" what kind fo dark lyrics wrapped in one of the best 80s dance songs... that is why the 80s music is sometimes so great... deep, open minded and dark... but in a genious music-package that gives you energy and power... that helps you to overcome what moves you so much through the lyrics... so great!
Wanna say you guys are sooo freaking phenomenal and love watching the music you put out on your channel. This video of new order in case you haven’t found out was in regards to drug use as started just experimental that ended up becoming an addiction. Once again you guys are great and keep up the great work. Btw, most of new orders stuff up to mid to late 80s were gothic in lyrics but somehow mixed with dance beats. Their stuff right after joy division expressed in their lyrics was the mixed feelings of losing their friend and bandmate Ian Curtis.
This song is about drug dependency, written/sung from the perspective of the drug user him/herself. As for New Order, they continue to put out great dance/synth music up to this day. I was so happy to see you guys reacted to another great New Order song (of so many), as New Order was my first concert in 1986 at the Hollywood Palladium!! I so am excited that 36 years later I am going to the New Order concert next month at the Hollywood Bowl!!! Keep reacting to New Order, please!!
They was originally Joy division before they became New order. Ian Curtis was the lead singer of the original band Joy Division until he took his own life at the young age of 26
The first time i saw/herd this video/song it was a new release and i was tripping hard on some really good acid! It blew me away and I've loved this song ever since.
I thought the line "I never thought that the day would ever come when my life would depend on the morning sun" was him saying he was awaiting imminent execution, traditionally performed at dawn.
"Bizarre Love Triangle" is one of their classics, and the !2" Shep Pettibone remix is iconic (with the only criticism being it strips out the bass guitar by Peter Hook). Another interesting one is "Round & Round". One thing to note about New Order's songs is that in many cases the song title is not mentioned in the lyrics. If you like Bernard Sumner's vocals in New Order you might enjoy another project he was in called Electronic, which also featured Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys and The Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr, the song "Getting Away With It".
New Order holds and odd place in my heart. (and I love old Joy Division. Do that) after years away, they came out with “Crystal” Heard it the night before my wedding in Sweden. We got married on THE 9/11… and New Order will always remind me of that fateful day.
That's what the Americans called it in terms of radio format play, but that's not what this type of music is, especially with New Order. The music is a movement instead of a genre. It's the post-punk movement. Another way to describe it is where they came from, the Madchester scene. As for the music, it's Kraftwerk-inspired electronica.
I can highly recommend their double CD compilation "Substance 1987", which has 12" versions on the first CD and surprisingly good B-sides on the second CD. My favourite of all of them is "Shame of the Nation" on the second CD - I've played that a lot on auto-repeat.
I had forgotten about the sign language part too! I don't think I ever fully understood the real meaning of the song, but used to just let my feelings wash over me while I danced to this in college on a dark frat dance floor.
Wanna say you guys are sooo freaking phenomenal and love watching the music you put out on your channel. This video of new order in case you haven’t found out was in regards to drug use as started as just experimental that ended up becoming an addiction. Once again you guys are great and keep up the great work.
Such a great 80s hit, video is so quirky and fun. A lot of 80s videos kinda made ya think what did I just watch even when the music was fire, lol...Hes describing the feeling of a heroin high and the video supposedly depicts good vs evil...Thanx so much, Be well, Be safe, Blessings
This is a great song and a great video.The band gave free reign to an artsy dance outfit to make this video and they done a sterling job. A true classic.
Another great video! And one of my favourite New Order songs. You guys should definitely check out the whole Madchester scene - I think you will find it interesting to see the family tree of all these bands.
Bizarre Love Triangle was New Order's biggest hit - it brings me back to my high school and college days - dancing in the clubs! I'd love it if you reacted to it!
New Order is, was, very unusual, they were very good conventional band, instruments, but their ability to go " electronic" was a huge left turn, considering they came from the post punk Joy Division, arguably the most influential 2 record band of that time( '79-'80). Their '80's catalogue is magnificent, check out, Power Corruption and Lies , and Technique.
Yes!!! About time you guys go and listen to them!! Wish you guys would listen to Joy Division, that was when New Order was before they changed their name to N.O. That's when the lead singer Ian Curtis was it!
I have known this song since it was first released, and this is the first time I have ever seen the video. I mean, videos can be interesting, but they are often nothing more than an afterthought. The real experience is the music.
This and "Bizarre Love Triangle" [along with "Blue Monday" were my favourite songs from New Order. "World in Motion" was good too. Such a great group from the 80's.
New Order was easily one of the most talented, original, and musically gifted electronic bands ever. So good. Check out "Bizarre Love Triangle" next. Another classic.
Bizarre Love Triangle always filled up the dance floor when I was in college and going to New Wave Night at the local nightclub in the mid-80s. This song, True Faith, had me moving around my living room just now, pulling out those old dance moves!
Don’t forget about the band Electronic he was in!
Banger
BUT... It must be the Extended Dance Mix of Bizarre Love Triangle which is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than the single : ruclips.net/video/PDCeGZ3n8jY/видео.html
You are not lying.👍🏼
YES!! Some more New Order at last! They are such a talented group, and one of the original UK bands to pioneer synth music. "Bizarre Love Triangle" is another one of their biggest hits, but I also highly recommend "Vanishing Point", "Regret", "World in Motion" (a sports-related song), and "Fine Time". They have so many facets that you have yet to explore, and the combination of Bernard Sumner's voice and Peter Hook's instantly-recognizable bass is one of the best in music.
... The Perfect Kiss.
@@jollyrodgers7272 It's funny I'm a huge NO fan and for some reason this song doesn't appeal to me. But it's a deep rabbit hole.
Dream Attack, Ruined in a Day and Young Offender a few more great tracks.
Age of Consent
Fine Time and Round and Round off of Technique. Ok, Regret, too. And World in Motion lol
This song is special to me, not only being a huge New Order fan, but especially this song due it's lyrics. The line 'my morning sun is the drug that brings me near to the child I lost replaced by fear' really hits me hard...
I think it's "childhood", but I feel you so much...
@@Joachim2012 is feel a reference to a passage and train of thought that is brought up in a book by Joseph Chilton Pearce “The Crack In The Cosmic Egg” where he describes a moment at a certain age when you are a child and the world is alive and there is a presence and the knowing that something amazing and magical is about to happen but you don’t know what but you are destined for it.
Me and you both!!
I spiralled into a 30 year heroin addiction,after after being told my exgirlfriend had aborted our child a week after we had parted.but hey Fukin ho.
We live and learn,apparently,I don’t blame her for any of it now.my habit is just that,my habit.she didn’t get the foil out,or the pins,they were/are my choices,and boy oh boy,didn’t I do well.👍👍👍
Bwfc
@@Joachim2012 Yes it is "childhood"
Yes!!!! I was 15. Bought the album and played on my mom’s record player. Now I’m 52 and the meanings become clearer…thanks!
True Faith is maybe one of the most honest songs about drug or alcohol addiction. I’m an alcoholic and I can tell you I completely understand this song from beginning to end. I listen to it a lot. It’s a mantra. And it’s inspirational for me.
I would add Never let me down again by Depeche Mode, that hits.
Ditto man. Just not drink. But I had 25 of all my time and money being taken
Lost my brother to alcoholism, hope you doing well & kicking its arse
Bizarre Love Triangle is another great song by New Order
Must be the Extended Dance Mix though : ruclips.net/video/PDCeGZ3n8jY/видео.html
Ceremony is by far my favorite New Order song. It was originally a Joy Division song but the band re-recorded it when they reformed as New Order. It’s worth a listen.
Loed the early New Order so much the first 3 albums and early singles like Ceremony, Everything's Gone Green, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, Confusion, Thieves Like Us and Sub Culture were all so good.
Ceremony forever....
That’s their best song imo
Ceremony is the perfect transition between Joy Division and New Order, but where New Order found it's identity was through the release of EEG, Temptation, and Blue Monday. I love that they experimented with hip hop and worked with Arthur Baker on several hits, including the original release of Confusion. Power, Corruption, and Lies demonstrated that New Order had found it's place in alternative rock. Low Life just took it to another level and they have never looked back.
Ceremony is my favourite too, then Temptation
My sister was in college and introduced me to their compilation called 'Substance' 😳 such great music 🎶!!
Substance is Briiliant
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Yes!!
I can't think of one song that I don't like
We listened to that album on repeat for years when it came out
That album was also my introduction to the band. I was in a record store in KCMO and it was playing. I bought it and have loved it ever since.
The best compilation ever IMO.
The instrospection turn into dance...... It feels melancholy on the dancefloor
The lead singer was in a supergroup with the Pet Shop Boys and Johnny Marr from the Smiths. They called themselves Electronic, and had a bunch of hits (and 3 great albums)
There was definitely a period between like 92-94 where this song absolutely ruled the club dancefloors.
One of my favorite songs and videos from the 80's! Love New Order
thank you guys for bringing back New Order they were one of the best of the New Wave 80S invasion with so many remarkable iconic hits like Bizarre Love Triangle , Age Of Consent , Love Vigilantes , Dreams Never End amount many more
You have to remember that the '80s was the start of MTV and every band would put out a video to their new song that would stand out from the others, so gradually the videos got more and more bizarre than the last one.
The lyrics are about the singer realizing he is addicted to drugs and the sadness that brings upon him BUT the way Bernard Sumner wrote lyrics was.....interesting? offhand? thowaway? New order basically would focus on the composition of their songs and just MAKE lyrics fit in (so lots of time their lyrics actually are a little mumbo jumbo) as well as the fact that Sumner was never a drug user himself
Correct. And I remember years ago reading an interview where Sumner claimed to always finish lyrics the day he started them - which would explain why brilliant lines are often followed by equally silly or nonsensical wordplay.
They do take the lyrics a little too literal instead of as poetry. Sometimes, you have to accept you don't know the meaning of lyrics and FEEL the song.
So very accurate 703elee. Sumner was more interested in how the lyrics fit the flow of the song and New Order's electronic beats. The meaning is there but it is secondary to the vibe.
This sound reminds me of Fine Young Cannibals. Drives Me Crazy, worth a listen. Funny I don't remember this video. Bizarre Love Triangle, cool song. Thanks again for this smile.
In 1989 (9th grade) I saw New Order with the Sugarcubes (Bjork) and Public Image Limited. Super cool show.
I know all this music from my sister playing it all the time in the late eighties!
I think what you are picking up on is that this was very much played in the alternative 80’s club scene aka the goth scene. Along with The Cure, The Smiths, The Pet Shop Boys etc.. The pet shop boys and new order are currently touring and I am sooo excited about that!!
And the Pet Shop Boys have a new song out called "Purple Zone" where they team up with Soft Cell ("Tainted Love"). It's awesome.
@Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT I saw the Violent Femmes on a triple bill with some other Milwaukee band and Da Bodeans at Milwaukee Summerfest in 1986. The huge crowd was jamming’ out so hard! Such a great show.
Seeing them Wednesday in NYC!
The alternative 80s club scene wasn't also known as the "goth scene" at all. There may have been a 'goth night' in an alternative club once a week in the mid80s, but the alternative scene was extremely varied. Plus, how on earth you can use the words goth and alternative and claim the Pet Shop Boys is bizarre. They were an out and out pop band.
@@Derry_Aire The pet shop boys constantly get played at goth clubs where I live. I never said they were considered anything goth. They aren’t but their music gets treated that way too. Sheesh some people are so sensitive.
New Order and The Smiths were the two top New Wave acts of the 80's. Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order, and How Soon is Now by The Smiths are a MUST listen.
Video reminds me of all the fantastic warehouse parties I went to in 1992. Great music, club kids, crazy fun times.
The impact this band had on Manchester was amazing.
This is simply the best song of the 80s. My personal favorite of all time. The melody and instrumentation are pure beauty.
It’s probably my favourite it also. You just never get tired of it, so much depth.
Damn straight.
Just saw New Order last night in Philly after sitting on the tickets for two years due to the pandemic. They did this song as well as Blue Monday. The place was jumping!
True Faith and Temptation are dope! New Order is my all time fave.
This band, or we should say these two bands, because the story is really of Joy Division/New Order, were a seminal point in the story of music. They will be referenced deep into history as a cultural moment of importance. The band that gave the world Goth music, went onto make culture smashing dance music. Their journey from a deep darkness to the light of dance music is extraordinary. Probably one of the top ten most influential bands of all time, but they never seem to get the credit they deserve. Sadly, they are at loggerheads these days, with three of them on one side and the bass player on the other. Anyone who loves their music just want them to make up and make more great music, because they are the sum of their parts. Take one of them out and it no longer sounds like New Order.
💯agreed!
Right on.
Brilliant synopsis
This song brings back so many memories, it was 1987 and I was 17 and in my first year in the Army and out drinking when I first heard this, the pub had a video juke box which was quite rare and I have always remembered the video. A good night!!! :-)
A lot of the 80's had danceable upbeat music with deep emotional, often dark, lyrics.
I was in college when this song was released. I loved this and I LOVED the video. It was really weird - just the way I like videos. Thanks for reacting to this one!
I truly, truly loved the look on the face of both of you before you started the the video and just saw the start of the video. Jay looked so unsure what he was about to get into and Amber looked so excited. :D
New Order and Pet Shop Boys are still putting out great music to this day. Going to see them together at the Hollywood Bowl in October... such important bands in the history of synth pop 🤎
Awww lucky!!!
You'll love it. I just saw them kick off their tour in Toronto. Amazing show!
It is very hard to overstate how important New Order (and their predecessor Joy Division) are in the history of music.
Incredibly important! Fantastic love for them!
AGREED.
My absolutely fantastic favorite New Order song. I can see myself at the "Palace" dance club in Nova Scotia Canada just bobbing to this song. Every one with their arms out wide turning around and singing out loud the words. It was such a fun time for us. Just a celebration of our freedom and life. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
I find this song meaning to be finally finding happiness & freedom in your own uniqueness & to be free to be who you are and do your own thing "in a world so demanding", while the friends he grew up with and the ppl around him are stuck living in a cookie cutter day to day routine that society and even life in general sometimes makes you feel forced to live out. They haven't found the true faith in themselves and in what each new day can bring with each new morning sun. Basically, to me it's saying be who and what you wanna be and enjoy life at your own pace in your own style and that you don't have to be like everyone else or the world says you should be, do what you love and are passionate about & once you realize that and can find "true faith" then you can feel liberated and happy, and set apart from those who can't enjoy life bc they're caught in a daily routine or molded into what society says they have to do or become or even what ppl says you can't become, you can prove them wrong & be happy.
The video to me is mostly art but contains a lot of artistic expression to the song with some meaning symbolisms like showing the college grad tied up in measuring tape, I assume bc now with a degree he's expected to be bound to the business life or a job with little time to enjoy his own life & maybe that's not what he would've chose for himself but it's whats expected of him, the man in the slapping fight is stuck in the same action over and over while continuously taking hits in the face, possibly expecting or hoping to win but takes no other approach to cause another outcome, but maybe it's like he doesn't know to do anything else to break the cycle. The colorful ppl I can see two ways, either they have found new faith in life and themselves and that's why they seem happy and also bright & colorful, or either they too are caught up but don't realize it or care and are more like naive "puppets", altho I kind of lean towards them being liberated to be themselves. This all is just my opinions however, but that's my interpretations of the song and video and how it inspires me, I could be so far from the writers and artists actual intentions tho but this is what I got from it.
I like that analogy
New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday, True Faith, and Age of Consent were all _very_ frequently played on the "alternative" radio stations back in the day, and that's just the tip of what New Order (and Joy Division before them) put out there.
The same guy who directed the She Drives Me Crazy video made this one. Very much the same style. As for the lyrics, if I'm not mistaken he's saying now that he's clean he feels lucky drugs didn't kill him.
As an old, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing you listening to and enjoying some of my favotite music.
I'm and old with the same sentiment!
Back in the early 80's we had a TV station called MTV and they actually played music videos ALL DAY.😂🤣 Yeah, it was a big thing and everyone had to compete to get air time and awards. We had so many crazy and cutting edge videos but it was new and a lot of fun.
Finally I love this song❤ And this video
I remember being in a night club in 1989 in N.Y.C. called the palladium. At 6 in the morning on the Bolivian marching powder and this song came on and everyone went nuts for it. Good Times!
You really need to check out New Order "The Perfect Kiss". I think you would love to see the actual synths in action.
Agreed that is an excellent video. New Order did not lip sync, they always sung live if they were doing a performance.
We definitely ALL ran to the dance floor when True Faith come on :-D
My favorite by them..powerful song..especially the 12.inch remix.
You should try out The Information Society "Tell Me What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)", I also think you'd like Yazoo "Situation".
YES! Definitely on Information Society!
Information Society definitively YESS!!
What's on your Mind please in the much more better 12inch Mix'!!
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Oh I get so happy seeing new wave reactions:)
Edit: it’s not “synth pop” lol. Some people call it “post punk”.
We called it “new wave” back in the day
I'm sooo happy you did this song. Classic 80's. I completely forgot about this video lol. Need to add Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys to the list for future videos.
New Order = New Wave
My uncle got me into New Order…..I heavily got into this song when I was watching Headbangers Ball & when that show ended, 120 Minutes(the “Alternative” music show)came on & this video blew my mind….try reacting to their other cool song, “The Perfect Kiss”…that’s a banger too 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
dark, mysterious, and weird summed up much of alt rock and synth pop from the 80s. it just spoke to many of us Gen Xers who were teenagers at the time. we didn't want sweet, saccharine teenybop songs. looking back, the 80s were the golden age of alt rock. ❤
New Order constantly evolved and refined their sound. Y’all would love “Regret” from 199-? can’t recall
1993.
This is Gen-Xer alternative music from the '80s, '90s. We danced and partied to this kind of music. It's new wave, post-punk.... a mixture of dance, punk rock, synthesizers, guitars, etc. Think of it as watered down punk rock with pop, dance fusion, influences and good bass guitars, drum beats. Its a fusion.
Groups like Duran Duran, Modern English, INXS, Joy Division, Devo, U2, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, No Doubt, B-52s, Siouxsee and the Banshees, U2, Love and Rockets, Talking Heads, The Cars, Blondie, Falco, A-Ha, Simple Minds, Thompson Twins, The Knack, Human League, Elastica, and many more! New wave.
A lot of music back then had a melancholy feeling (happy, sad) . Fun sound, deeper meaning. Cold War era, uncertainty, etc. Lot of fear and trying to stay happy. Hard to explain lol
This song is almost a part of my life, and death. It tells a story I so closely mirror. It was also a song I listened to intensely at a time I was preparing to end my life, and somehow failed repeatedly, and the realisation was the morning sun. It is a song that triggers good memories and bad, the good being my decision to live and take responsibility for the behavior that hurt so many dear to me.
Yay, one of my faves ❤
36 years later and this song is still solid. I am a relic listening to relic music. Thank You.
When i was a teenager, i used to walk my dog in undeveloped areas by my house. I had a walkman, and i used to sing along with New Order: my favorite band. I always thought i was by myself. One day, much to my surprise i saw carved into the snow the lyrics: "I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun". It made me realize, sometimes, even when we think no one is listening, someone is. ❤ i just wish i had a better singing voice. 😂
Great Band. Always love seeing people react to them. My wife and I got to see them along with the Pet Shop Boys last Wednesday,
I was there! Lol
Such a great show.
I am seeing them in a couple weeks!
Are they still touring with the PSBs? It must be 8 or 10 years ago I saw them with PSB at Manchester Arena.
Going this Wed. in NY!!!!!
New Order was/is their own genre. I’m seeing them with the Pet Shop Boys in a couple of weeks. Can’t wait! 🙌🏽😀
Yep, there’s simply no other band like them. Never will be. Not many groups can say that.
One of my all-time favorite bands, New Order makes dance music cool. Dissecting their songs is a joy. Any song they have. Pick one and try to separate the tracks and identify the sound or instrument. They layer tracks together amazingly. Melodic and chaotic.
You did "True faith"! GREAT! To me the video is one of the best ever made! And the music? Hey, just look how quick you both were into the rythm. The song is pure 80s!
You’re are bringing me back to the happiest times of my life. Recordar es vivir. Amazing! I am smiling from my heart. Glad you like it.
The 80’s was the greatest time for music
This is a great tune. Gives me great memories of the 80s, when I was in my late teens/early 20s and having the time of my life. I feel blessed to have been brought up in the era. 🇬🇧🎵❤
" I used to think that the day would never come... that my live would depend on he morning sun" what kind fo dark lyrics wrapped in one of the best 80s dance songs... that is why the 80s music is sometimes so great... deep, open minded and dark... but in a genious music-package that gives you energy and power... that helps you to overcome what moves you so much through the lyrics... so great!
Wanna say you guys are sooo freaking phenomenal and love watching the music you put out on your channel. This video of new order in case you haven’t found out was in regards to drug use as started just experimental that ended up becoming an addiction. Once again you guys are great and keep up the great work. Btw, most of new orders stuff up to mid to late 80s were gothic in lyrics but somehow mixed with dance beats. Their stuff right after joy division expressed in their lyrics was the mixed feelings of losing their friend and bandmate Ian Curtis.
This song is about drug dependency, written/sung from the perspective of the drug user him/herself. As for New Order, they continue to put out great dance/synth music up to this day. I was so happy to see you guys reacted to another great New Order song (of so many), as New Order was my first concert in 1986 at the Hollywood Palladium!! I so am excited that 36 years later I am going to the New Order concert next month at the Hollywood Bowl!!! Keep reacting to New Order, please!!
New Order was popular in dance clubs.. Good memories
This song is a masterpiece. It's as simple as that.
I remember this song being used in the movie, “Bright Lights, Big City” with Michael J. Fox and Kiefer Sutherland.
They was originally Joy division before they became New order. Ian Curtis was the lead singer of the original band Joy Division until he took his own life at the young age of 26
The first time i saw/herd this video/song it was a new release and i was tripping hard on some really good acid! It blew me away and I've loved this song ever since.
Even for '80s videos, this was a very trippy example of the form. It's one of my all-time favorites, though.
'Age of Consent' 'Temptation' 'Bizarre Love Triangle' or 'Regret' would all make a great choice for your next New Order visit.
I thought the line "I never thought that the day would ever come when my life would depend on the morning sun" was him saying he was awaiting imminent execution, traditionally performed at dawn.
I've always thought that the start of this and Depeche Modes Enjoy the Silence are nearly the same.
"Bizarre Love Triangle" is one of their classics, and the !2" Shep Pettibone remix is iconic (with the only criticism being it strips out the bass guitar by Peter Hook).
Another interesting one is "Round & Round".
One thing to note about New Order's songs is that in many cases the song title is not mentioned in the lyrics.
If you like Bernard Sumner's vocals in New Order you might enjoy another project he was in called Electronic, which also featured Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys and The Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr, the song "Getting Away With It".
New Order holds and odd place in my heart. (and I love old Joy Division. Do that) after years away, they came out with “Crystal” Heard it the night before my wedding in Sweden. We got married on THE 9/11… and New Order will always remind me of that fateful day.
This song is about addiction. It touches very deeply.
Back in the 80's this type of music was called Modern rock. PetShop Boys,New,Order,Depeche Mode and others were all under that category of music.
That's what the Americans called it in terms of radio format play, but that's not what this type of music is, especially with New Order. The music is a movement instead of a genre. It's the post-punk movement. Another way to describe it is where they came from, the Madchester scene. As for the music, it's Kraftwerk-inspired electronica.
I can highly recommend their double CD compilation "Substance 1987", which has 12" versions on the first CD and surprisingly good B-sides on the second CD. My favourite of all of them is "Shame of the Nation" on the second CD - I've played that a lot on auto-repeat.
Touched by the Hand of God is also a hidden gem by New Order!
True dat.
I had forgotten about the sign language part too! I don't think I ever fully understood the real meaning of the song, but used to just let my feelings wash over me while I danced to this in college on a dark frat dance floor.
Love this song like food! Great melody. Deep lyrics. Unique video. If God has a playlist...this is on it!💖💖💖💖
Wanna say you guys are sooo freaking phenomenal and love watching the music you put out on your channel. This video of new order in case you haven’t found out was in regards to drug use as started as just experimental that ended up becoming an addiction. Once again you guys are great and keep up the great work.
When Ian Curtis from Joy Division killed himself the rest of the band formed New Ordered
Such a great 80s hit, video is so quirky and fun. A lot of 80s videos kinda made ya think what did I just watch even when the music was fire, lol...Hes describing the feeling of a heroin high and the video supposedly depicts good vs evil...Thanx so much, Be well, Be safe, Blessings
This is a great song and a great video.The band gave free reign to an artsy dance outfit to make this video and they done a sterling job. A true classic.
This song, a handful of molly and some glow sticks made for one hell of a party back in the day.
Another great video! And one of my favourite New Order songs. You guys should definitely check out the whole Madchester scene - I think you will find it interesting to see the family tree of all these bands.
Never saw this video in the 80s just remember going to dances and this getting played dance favorite
Bizarre Love Triangle was New Order's biggest hit - it brings me back to my high school and college days - dancing in the clubs! I'd love it if you reacted to it!
New Order is, was, very unusual, they were very good conventional band, instruments, but their ability to go " electronic" was a huge left turn, considering they came from the post punk Joy Division, arguably the most influential 2 record band of that time( '79-'80). Their '80's catalogue is magnificent, check out, Power Corruption and Lies , and Technique.
Great reaction. Shell shock is another must listen from the New Order. BTW, 80's was a great time to be a teen. MTV with real music videos .
Love Shellshock!
Yes!!! About time you guys go and listen to them!!
Wish you guys would listen to Joy Division, that was when New Order was before they changed their name to N.O.
That's when the lead singer Ian Curtis was it!
“New Wave” is the word/phrase you are looking for. ;) These guys were the masters back in the day. Just totally full-on musical heroes. ;D
This is the song and video that got me into New Order back in 1988. Love them.
I have known this song since it was first released, and this is the first time I have ever seen the video. I mean, videos can be interesting, but they are often nothing more than an afterthought. The real experience is the music.
They are part of a genre called Post-Punk. This particular song was influenced by early House music.
This and "Bizarre Love Triangle" [along with "Blue Monday" were my favourite songs from New Order.
"World in Motion" was good too. Such a great group from the 80's.
I loved the Synthpop movement, maybe that is the reason a love EDM Trance today ... yes, I am 52 and I love today EDM.
When the DJ would put a New Order on, you couldn't get on the dance floor if you weren't already on it, cause people would not get off.
I loved this song back in the 80's. Been a while since I last heard it. Never saw the video before; I liked the sign language in it. :)