NO: 08 DEC 1985 Pavilion - Hemel Hempstead
Setlist
Soundcheck (10 minutes): Bizarre Love Triangle
An important event in the historical development of New Order, as this is the live debut of Bizarre Love Triangle...during the performance, it was performed as an instrumental.
Bizarre Love Triangle (soundcheck)
The sequencing is significantly different than any recorded version I've heard. They don't perform this song again until the beginning of 1986.
Stephen Smith has provided me a transcription of his version.
"Sound quality is very poor on my cassette, which is a real shame as it sounds like a pretty good gig. Also, it runs about a semitone+ too high with Barney's vocals sounding Pinky and Perkyish. I've done as much as I can to remedy this without turning it into a flange infested nightmare (bit of noise reduction and appropriate pitch adjustment - it might still be a tad too fast).
The Beloved were the support.
Age Of Consent
There seems to have been quite a few people present at the soundcheck, as the cheers go up for this one. Ah, this is actually the first song of the performance...as it was tacked on the soundcheck version of BLT. A fairly impassioned performance; good stuff.
BS: "Thank you very much."
BS: "But the top is hurt..."
PH: "Stop following(?) us, you. Hear hear. Can't hear you, your mouth's full of shit."
Dreams Never End
Full on again. Big echo when Hooky screams "On your soul" and "scream" at the end.
Procession
BS: "This is an old song, but the shirt I'm wearing is new."
Thieves Like Us
BS: "We're gonna play something that's a bit more quiet now... if you don't mind." He then has a brief utterance I can't make out.
Solid rendition of a great tune.
We All Stand
(at end)
BS: "This is the more sensitive part of our set. Hope its not falling on deaf ears."
Your Silent Face
Bernard laughs a bit through this one, leaves the crowd to finish off the "why don't you" with a hearty "fuck off".
BS: "Andy, why do you keep putting the lights on when I go near the microphone."
Broken Promise
Hooky coughs, and starts this with a "one, two a one, two three, four".
Some good old profanity from Bernard with different lyrics than the final ones, different chords in the chorus, different all round really.
Confusion
A squall of feedback then plucked bass before the whole thing kicks off.
Hooky plays more melodic lines than normal, over the top of Bernard's bass plucking.
BS: "Dead fucking professional. That's us!"
Face Up
Huge feedback squall during the intro.
Some really brutal lyrics from Bernard.
[Tape cut here]
Sunrise
BS: "Eh, thanks very much. This next song's called.
The Perfect Kiss
BS: "Thank you very much, goodnight."
Tape has a cut, some audience chatter. Somebody shouts, "Kill the hippie!"
BS: "Thank you very much, motherfuckers. This is a new song, there's no lyrics for it yet, it's called Bizarre Love Triangle (somebody must shout something derogatory about the title here)...yeah, but the songs good."
Heavy rhythm guitar from Bernard, sounds great, screeching sequence lines. Fantastic. Chorus has some temp lyrics, " Every time I see you...". All the ingredients are there, just needed that last bit of finessing to get it to the classic it became.
Weirdo
BS: "A few weeks and that'll sound really good I believe. The next song is a new one, eh, but the next one has got lyrics to it. Shit lyrics, but it has got lyrics to it. Stop touching them them fucking mikes then you little cunt. See, I notice the world around me.
(at the end)
BS: "Thank you very much, and you all thought I was drunk."
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