NO: 17 MAY 1985 The Powerhouse - Melbourne, Australia
Setlist
Your Silent Face, Subculture, Face Up, Leave Me Alone, Let's Go, This Time Of Night, Thieves Like Us, Denial, Sunrise, Ceremony, The Perfect Kiss, Blue Monday, Love Will Tear Us ApartOriginal copy was from an Nth generation audience tape. Bad enough to make listening to this one a PITA. GaoBest lent me a copy off the UKBT master (actually two, but that's a story to tell later) so I should be better able to describe the proceedings. These may be from different sources.
There's a little bit of the opening pre-gig backing tape here.
Your Silent Face
BS: "Turn the lights down, and let us have a bit of atmosphere tonight."
Bernard then gives directions to the soundman through the opening arpeggiator bit.
BS: "Sequencers over there, Ed...the drum machine is dead, just a bit.... Drum machine." [wording my not be exactly correct]
(song plays)
Barney sings "Buzz off!" instead of the usual.
BS: "Thanks a lot...thank you very much. A bit more [amps in the pit]? Ed."
Subculture
lyric: "When you're all alone, you'll realize that your heart is made out of stone."
He also sings, "I always try, I always piss."
Ending "Let's Go" chords.
BS: "Oh, thank you very much, thank you. Bit more sequencer, Ed, please. Both top and both bottom."
Face Up
lyric: "Your eyes was blue, your hair was long, guess what you're gonna do with my big dong!"
Leave Me Alone follows.
Let's Go
Hooky does a "1, 2, 3, 4" countup.
(at the end)
BS: "Who said we'd fucking play it?...(to a roadie) Slim, Slim, my guitar..."
There's an edit here, probably on the master. It may be the mic getting bumped instead.
This Time Of Night is played.
Somebody can be heard crying out for Thieves Like Us...and amazingly enough New Order play it. It sounds like they're having problems with their mixing, the drums are way up...though on my nicer 1st gen copy, this doesn't sound too bad.
Denial
Can't make out what Mr. Sumner is talking about, I assume it regarding the equipment problems that seem to have flared up.
BS: "Eddie, you know, ehm, turn the vocals up inside for the wedgies, the wedgies sound, eh, spaced out. Shit, you fucking gubbins will have to lock him in the dressing room."
[I think I managed to work it out, but the drum clangor of the Denial intro obscured the last bit, so I'm not entirely certain this is accurate]
There appears to be another small edit between these tracks.
Sunrise
(at the end)
BS: "Ah, we're getting into it it, it's hard for me to say... thank you very much."
Ceremony is next. Here's a different recording than the others from Howiefive O.
You can hear folks shout out for Blue Monday.
The Perfect Kiss
BS: "Thank you very much...bit of drum machine through the wedges, Ed."
The original tape I have cuts out between the set and the encore, truncating the opening of Blue Monday. The one from GaoBest preserves the interstital.
Blue Monday
The Order take the stage again, after almost a five minute break. Barney tells the crowd, "Thank you very much". Quite a few chant for Blue Monday, and like Thieves Like Us Before, those wishes are fufilled.
BS: "Thank you very much. This song is all about anal sex." (after a few seconds) "Or is it poppers?"
Love Will Tear Us Apart
BS: (clearly making fun of the shouters) "Anybody know what time it is? What is it? What is it? Someone shout out."
Expectedly, the crowd recognizes the tune and goes gaga.
Bernard flubs a few of the lyrics, and the keyboards are dire, just like in Birmingham back in '83.
In case you missed Fractured/Image's here's his version:
If you're wondering all but the Howiefive 0 version of "Ceremony" are sourced from AUD #1. I believe that is taken from AUD #3, which I don't seem to have.
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