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Did New Order play in Puerto Rico in 1989?Jonathan Scott: "The San Juan gig at the start of the April leg of the tour did NOT go ahead though the band were there and attempts were made to play - Rob Gretton told me in Miami that the weather conditions were so bad in P.R. that there was little chance of the gig going ahead. "
Do the numbers on the cover of Thieves Likes Us mean anything?No - they were taken from a board-game on a painted table in Blair Castle. Peter Saville found the picture from a magazine called Country Life. There is no number seven, and TLU was the 7th single - this was accidental.
Does the numbers 5-8-6 have any meaning?It's to do with the structure of the song Ecstacy. Five bars followed by eight bars followed by six bars.
On Confusion, what is WRL?Vanishing Point was selected by a public relation firm as the first single off Technique, but the band fired them and decided to release Fine Time instead.
What are those lyrics on Don't Do It?Don't put your finger on the button' is an excerpt taken from a small British film made in the late 80's. It was a made-for-tv film a bit like 'Pennies from Heaven' or 'The Singing Detective'. It was not unlike a play made for tv. It was mostly some couples on a canal boat on holiday, you know, the BBC2 style films that are shown every now and then. In one of the scenes th...
What does 'Get Ready' mean?Peter Hook: "The title of the album is 'Get Ready' so it could mean anything or nothing. I thought it was just nice, New Order, 'Get Ready', 'cos we are, we're getting ready for the next phase of our musical lives both physically and mentally so it's quite a simple thing but it's very pertinent."
What happened in 1963?is the year John F. Kennedy was murdered. The song is about a theory that the shot was directed to Mrs. Kennedy so JFK can live with Marilyn Monroe.
What is "Best & Marsh" ?Best & Marsh' was a football programme on Granada TV, hosted by Tony Wilson. It used to appear on a Sunday night about 11pm in the late 80s if memory serves. The show was centred around the memories & views of 2 ex-pros from the 60s/70s Rodney Marsh & George Best who played together at Fulham in the twilight of their careers. Both still appear on UK TV providing controvers...
What is Bernard Sumner's real name?Bernard Dicken. Sumner is his mother's maiden name. Sometimes he's credited as Bernad Albrecht, because it was the manufacturer of a copying machine he used when he worked at Cosgrove Hall Animation!
What is the Hacienda and Dry 201?The Hacienda is a nightclub in Manchester (11-13 Whitworth Street West) that was set up with funds by Factory Records and New Order. The Factory number for the night-club is FAC 51 (The complete name for the club is FAC 51 THE HACIENDA). The Hacienda was set up originally to be like the old club The Factory where local bands would play live gigs. However, for the first 7-8...
What is the link between Oasis and New Order?Except being both from Manchester, on April 20th 1992, Oasis was the support for Revenge (Peter Hook's side project) at the Hippodrome Middleton, Oldham, UK. There is also the fact that Bernard Sumner and Noel Galagher both sing on the Chemical Brothers' Surrender album.
What is the song The Happy One?The song was originally recorded during the sessions in Ibiza for Technique. Although Tony Wilson and Rob Gretton, liked the song, the band didn't like it, so it was never put on Technique, although it appears in segments on the Substance video. However, after Technique was released, Peter Hook appeared on a late night TV programme called The Other Side Of Midnight (presen...
What names has Bernard Sumner gone under?Bernard was born Bernard Dicken, but has used several surnames. Here is a list of names he has appeared under: Bernard never knew who his father was, so he grew up with his mother and grandparents in Salford. He originally used his mothers surname Sumner, but when she married, he changed it with her to Dicken. Later on, he changed it to Albrecht, and then changed it back t...
Where does the name Joy Division come from?They chose Joy Division, the name coming from a lurid novel of sado-masochism in German concentration camps entitled The House of Dolls. The book also contributed a (somewhat censored) verse for the song "No Love Lost". The "joy divisions" were those which housed prostitutes and women kept alive for the pleasure of the officers of the camps. The irony, if not the political...
Where does the name New Order come from?the band's official story is that Rob Gretton had spotted a news article in the daily paper which spoke of the "The people's New Order of Kampuchea", taken from from a piece in the UK paper, The Guardian (according to Select 9/93), and the phrase "new order" caught his attention. The reality may be a mixture of this and the following (from NME, 28 Feb 81). The name New Ord...
Which famous movie directors directed some New Order videos?The video of Touched by the Hand of God has been directed by Kathryn Bigelow who did the movies Point Break, Strange Days and K-19 The Widowmaker. The Perfect Kiss was directed by Jonathan Demme, who also directed the Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia.
Which song does Gillian Gilbert sing?Avalanche, obviously not so much lyrics. Many people reports she's doing the backup vocals on Someone Like You and True Faith, there is no confirmation about that.
Who is the girl in the Nineteen63 video?The girl in the 1963 video is Jane Horrocks, well respected English actress. She's been in many films, but I guess she'd probably be known in America for playing Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous. "
Why does all New Order's releases end with 3?According to Tony Wilson it was something that just happened. "Transmission", the first Joy Division single, was FAC 13. The second one was "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and it was FAC 23. They went something like "this is cool, all Joy Division/New Order singles could be ended by a number 3". So "Ceremony" was FAC 33, "Processsion" was FAC 53 (not FAC 43, nothing is so perfec...
Why does New Order appear so often in Jonathan Demme's motion pictures?Jonathan Demme directed the video for The Perfect Kiss. This was before he was famous for directing movies like Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia.
Why is a song named Touched by the Hand of God?The song was titled this way after Diego Armando Maradona's goal against England in 1986 FIFA World Cup. Diego Maradona is nicknamed the Hand of God.
Why is Kim Wilde credited on "The Other Two And You"?Because she did all the lead vocals for the album, the band did however re-recorded all tracks with Gillian Gilbert on vocals.
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