NO: 03 DEC 1985 The Hacienda, Manchester
As It Is When It Was, Sunrise, Face Up, The Perfect Kiss, Your Silent Face, Sooner Than You Think, This Time Of Night, Confusion, Temptation, Age Of Consent
Second set
As It Is When It Was, Everything's Gone Green, Subculture, Blue Monday, Lonesome Tonight, Love Vigilantes, 5-8-6, Face Up, Ceremony, State Of The Nation
First Set
The first two tracks were aired live on BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test. This performance (as well as the one after it later that night) are also archived on the Lars Nelleman Audio Anthologies (MP3) and I have these on cassette as well.
Writeup is based on the MP3s. The sound there is listenable, but suffers from high-frequency distortion and too-fast playback.
As It Is When It Was
Mistakenly titled "As It Is And When It Was" by the OGWT.
Bernard sports a white T-shirt and a haircut reminiscent of all people, Morrissey.
Gillian rocks out in a ankle-length print dress. Elite.
Sunrise
BS: "Thank you very much, thank you very much...happy birthday Gary, who's 19 today."
Bernard dumps his guitar as he gets into the first verse. Something on it needed to be repaired, as he retrieved it back from one of the roadies in time for the "solo". Annoyingly, credits roll over the latter portion of the song.
BS: "Thanks an awful lot, thank you very much."
The group then proceed right into Face Up. Afterwards, there's a long pause.
The Perfect Kiss
BS: "Well, this next song is called The Perfect Kiss. Thanks very much, thanks very much, we appreciate it."
Afterwards,
BS: "Thank you very much, thank you very much indeed. Pissed me off."
Then the group perform Your Silent Face. "Fuck off" substituted for "Piss off". This is actually a fairly rare replacement, in fact I haven't heard this elsewhere.
This is followed by Sooner Than You Think.
BS: "You know if they got Sade's audience in tonight? Hahaha." (cries for 'Lets Go', 'We All Stand' and 'Happy Birthday Kid')
Barney Says
Then the group fire up This Time Of Night.
Confusion
BS: "I know some of the audience can count. How many songs have we done tonight? A lot...I say we've done a lot, too many, in fact. (sarcastically) It's good we're not playing a second show."
Hooky yells out "Eddie". Bernard starts yelling out lyrics, probably through the feedback. This version is colossal, New Order sound right pissed off at the audience, as evidenced throughout. Ends in a huge feedback squall.
The intro to Temptation has this somewhat extraordinary and confusing statement, since I can't quite suss it out:
Someone cries for "We All Stand".
BS: "You are a bunch of cunts. Yeah. And I've had better fun pissing in urinals than playing in front of you lot. (someone cries "Fuck off, Barney") But I want you to know I love you all, and I feel like I know you personally."
Barney Says
Harrowing scream by Barney right before the guitar thrash starts.
Bass false start before the Order finish up with Age Of Consent. The guitar solo is a bit off, to say the least. It all ends in feedback.
BS: "Thank you very much, you're all bastards!" (I think)
Second Set
The crowd are really raucous here.
As It Is When It Was
PH: "Hi Andrew, please, little bit of a light...that(?) is a need to go on here."
Everything's Gone Green
Some punter calls out for a 'Janet' a few times.
Fans sing along to Subculture, whether it be the lyrics or the melody. After the song concludes, a punter yells for "Ceremony" as a couple of girls scream.
PH: "The guy here screaming he says tell 'em to move back. But will they take any notice? No."
(thanks to Dave Mings for the correction above)
Hook Line
Hooky then says something I can't make out, which is punctuated with copious use of the F-word.
Blue Monday
PH: "Fuck off, twatface. You [can't make out]...my fucking guitar."
Hook Line
Voice sounds come into the mix really loudly, and there's a drum sequence near the end that I haven't heard used before in BM.
Punter calls out for Temptation.
Lonesome Tonight
Barney varies his lyrics a bit. (instead of 'truth' it's 'lies')
"Do you believe in lies
A hope that never dies
A home that i call my own
A life i'd like to own"
New Order than play Love Vigilantes.
SQ changes a bit (either taken from a different source or the taper moved away from the crowd noise) as NO perform 5-8-6. Afterwards, Hooky seems pleased with himself.
PH: "...must have been, I though that was pretty good meself..."
Hook Line
Then the group perform Face Up, as the audience sing along to the chorus. Bernard substitues the usual with "your eyes are blue, your hair was gray..."
Ceremony follows.
State Of The Nation
Some female punter starts to jabber about something which I can't quite make out, and her mate shusshes her. Barney humourous sings about the state of the nation causing our starvation. Unless he was always singing this, I always assumed he was referring to 'our salvation'. Bass melody is different in this rendition.
BS: "Thank you very much". This is the only extraneous comment Barney makes during the second performance.
One last burst of sequencer and guitar before the proceedings close out.
Versions
There's four complete ones but others from Nch and 'Love Of Carnage' (mono and not great-sounding) that may have existed.
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