You can take the girl out of Stockport but โฆ well you know the rest. Mum & music obsessive ๐ถ ๐๐ป Give it to me dark & synthy with loads of bass โบ๏ธ
Massive Attack, Bristol - absolutely brilliant night! Immense sound and wonderful to have Young Fathers join for a few songs. Mind blowing visuals, thought-provoking. Rain did nothing to dampen the vibe ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ป
๐ I can't find my peace of mind
Because I need you with me all of the time
I used to think about you night and day
I used to feel what language cannot say ๐
#30GreatWomenMusicians
Kicking off โฝ๏ธ with
#SynthQueen
Gillian Gilbert who not only contributed to decades of my favourite
#NewOrder
tunes but also had to put up with the boyโs egos and working every day with her hubby. Legend! ๐๐ป
For
#MyFavoriteBands
Iโm sharing 15 slightly unloved, possibly uncool
#NewOrder
tracks - no singles. None in the top 30 songs listed on ๐ In fact only 2 are in the top 50 and rarely feature on NO set lists these days.
But I love them all dearly ๐ฅฐ๐ถ
Iโve been meaning to treat myself to this for ages. I never had it on vinyl as originally had the cassette and then CD. I donโt like the newer black version, always thought orange was better ๐ฅฐ
Calm before the
#Puressence
storm๐ค๐ป๐ถ๐๐ป
A few Music Twitterati going tonight, hope I get to say hi ๐๐ป Iโll be the sparkly one โบ๏ธโจ
Stephen & Gillian talking on BBC R6 about re-issuing Substance ๐ฅฐ look forward to that! I donโt have a physical copy that plays well theyโre all scratched & well loved
Two from last nightโs
#NewOrder
Substance
@peterhook
& the light
Thieves Like Us โค๏ธ State of The Nation.
Have a great time in Liverpool tonight!! ๐ถ๐ธ๐๐ป
#1993Top20
2๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ As Iโm seeing
@Johnny_Marr
tonight Iโve gone for this brilliant track from Dusk. Adored this song and saw them at Reading Festival โ93
The The - Dogs Of Lust
#Top10FaveSongs
Weโre still in 1989. I come home from town clutching a double cassette of Substance which I will go on to play until it disintegrates โบ๏ธ
The epic bass ๐ธdrop and fragile vocals just get me everytime. Itโs called love โค๏ธ
Thieves Like Us - New Order
@peterhook
I donโt understand how 27% people polled think itโs ok to have a known liar, cheat & incompetent narcissist as a leader ๐ณ and 18% โnot sureโ โฆ after having endured Trussโฆ WTAF?! ๐ก
#AlbumQuestJan
First album I bought with own money. Canโt remember exactly but quite likely to have been Substance on tape. Sadly long lost but probably played to death anyway!
Iโm very proud to have played this one live & first time standing up!! Bit nervous & so hot ๐ฅตโ๏ธ hereโs my open mic True Faith - New Order
#MurderedSongOfTheDay
Full song
Hereโs my thread of
#20ThingsILoveAboutNewOrder
๐
1๏ธโฃ Chaotic live performances - I wish Iโd been able to see them in the โ80s at the height of their gig lottery โบ๏ธ
Glastonbury 81 when Bernard falls over drunk and just carries on playing on his back ๐คฃ
Johnny Marr is my ๐ธ hero and the reason I started playing. Today is the birthday of one of my favourite intros ๐ถGet The Message
#Electronic
lovingly ruined ๐คฃ๐ฅณ๐
#MurderedSongOfTheDay
#TheSmithsAnthology
Back in the days of spotty sad student I loved these boys. Now Iโm just here for the guitars ๐ Hereโs my favourite Smiths songs, contributing to
@tansleyjames
Anthology
Day 1 - debut album The Smiths (1984)
โOh Manchester, so much to answer forโ
In August we get a new podcast series of Transmissions & 2
#NewOrder
gigs in the UK. To celebrate Iโd like to host a
#20ThingsILoveAboutNewOrder
challenge. Can be as random & quirky as you like - songs, lyrics, artwork, photos, videos, quotes, gigs etc.
Start 3 Aug. Whoโs in?
I could pick
#JoyDivision
and
#NewOrder
favourites day in, day out, day in, day out ๐
So for my
#NewOrderEvolution
thread Iโve tried to pick tracks that for me mark the pioneering path these boys & gal took, and been the soundtrack to my life for decades โบ๏ธ
Thx
@tansleyjames
#Top10FaveSongs
Is there a moment in time that you never really grew out of?
4 Dec 1989. Thatโs mine.
Whenever I hear this Iโm that 13 year old with a massive crush ๐ Whoโd have thought after all these years it would still be my most treasured record ๐ซถ๐ป
@ElectronicBand
#SynthPopSeptember24
Iโd forgotten about this until I heard Being Boiled on Radio6 music this morning, so starting with that classic!
In no particular order
1/30
Human League - Being Boiled
What a night! ๐๐ป Fantastic to hear โฆ
@SeaFeverBand
โฉ new tracks in the beautiful church setting of Stockport St Maryโs. Brilliant atmosphere in the crowd, we need more of this!! ๐๐ธ๐ถ
#Top10FaveSongs
Oct 1985 - Iโd already been into Nik Kershaw from age 7 but the ๐ก moment for me was hearing this for the first time. I was 9 when it came out, deep into Smash Hits and dreaming of ponies ๐คฃ
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
(TOTP)
I love this song. Probably the worst place to post it amongst so many JD fans ๐ฌ but I hope Iโve not mauled it too much!!
#MurderedSongOfTheDay
#SungwithLove
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