NO: 15 JUL 2001 The Olympia - Liverpool
Atmosphere, Slow Jam, Crystal, Regret, Love Vigilantes, Isolation,
Your Silent Face, Turn My Way, Close Range, Touched By The Hand Of God,
Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Temptation, Love Will Tear Us Apart,
(encore) Ruined In A Day, 60 Miles An Hour, Blue Monday
This transcription is new for 2026. I'm using Turboscribe to help with these, at considerable expense, but anything it picks up gets human-checked, as it does not capture some things and others, while accurate in terms of garnering meaning, aren't fully accurate.
Alan Wise: "I know the band's been away, they've been away a long time...I took notes for that one. Let's face it, they've been surpassed by better talent like the Spice Girls. Yes, I took a look around, I thought, when I get rid of all the blokes in the band, an all-girl band, it's a bit better, isn't it. By the way, hello to Mr. Smith and his team. John Smith, Harry Smith and the wankers from Hollywood or something. Right, I want you to welcome now the new all-girl band from Manchester. (0:29) The ladies of the Joy Division."
Fervent terrace-style chants of "New Order, New order.."
AtmosphereBS: "Hello, It feels like we've never been away. Please welcome Billy Corgan. And Phil Cunningham, our new guitarists for tonight. Hope you're going to enjoy what we're going to do, because we certainly are. Let's have a great time. Here we go."
PH: "It's a sober moment. This is for all the people that can't be here. (1:19) This is for Becky, Rob Gretton and my mother. God bless them all.
(at end)
BS: "Thank you! Thanks a lot."
Slow JamBS: "Okay, This is a song off our new album. This is get ready. The song's called Slow Jam. Hope you like it."
A bloke near the taper yells out, "You bloody are!" Ha ha.
BS: "So listen carefully."
Crystal
BS: "Okay, this is another new one. But you have to be patient because I'm gonna play a lot of songs for you tonight. We're going to play for a whole hour (stumbling on his words) hour and a half. which by our standards is a very long time. By the end of the set, by your standards, it'll be a very long time as well. This is Crystal, our new single. You've not heard it yet?"They play the 6+ minute extended version rather than the more abbreviated version played at the West Coast gigs.
Song finishes...
BS: "Thank you! That wasn't band, was it" It was all right."
BS: "All right. Now that we're...after we've bored you with those new songs, we're going to play something that you (don't) know. Let's hope we know it as well.". He clearly meant to say 'something you all' know, but maybe he was making a sardonic point about not having this song recognized.
Then he calls for his guitar tech.
BS: "Jerry Mitchell, come up here really quick, please."
Probably a better performance of this than at Fuji, but the guitar sounds a bit flat.
BS: "Thank you."
More terrace chants for the band's name.
Love Vigilantes
PH: This one's for your dad, Ken. God bless him".
You can hear a guitar being plugged in right after.
BS: "Excuse my rather large embarrassing melodica. I have got a smaller one, but it's not the size that counts, is it? Okay, this is Love Vigilantes."
A big whoop at the end.
BS: "I didn't realize my voice was so high."
BS: "Spit on him". Probably referring to Hooky.
Isolation
A loud yell for Hooky.
PH: "Yes? What the fuck..." A bit hard to make out as Bernard then talks over him.
(at end)
BS: "'ank You". Which to me always sounds like he's swearing at the crowd.
Someone then cries for Age Of Consent.Your Silent Face
(labelled KW1, naturally, on the setlist)
BS: "This is another one that features my instrument of choice, the melodica. I learnt it when I was at school. A very interesting fact. (addressing Billy) Okay."BS: "We're playing all the old favorites tonight. Jump up and down for it."
Turn My Way
BS: "Okay, I'm afraid we've got some time to play you some of our new songs. This is called 'Turn My Way',...Oh oh oh-oh-oh, hang on boys, hang on...featuring Billy on vocals, well done."
PH: "He's very shy."
BC: "Hi, guys."
live off Retro 4
(at end)
BS: "'k you."
Close Range
(the tape flip on my source may have not captured the intro)
BS: "Thank you. Reminds me of when I used to be a punk."
BS: "Oh my, it's hot. Especially down here"
Touched By The Hand Of God
BS: "Touched By The Hand Of God."
Scrawny-sounding wah-wah, and Hooky on backing vox.
Lyrical variation- "I bloody knew it, but I've killed someone"
(at end)
BS: "'ank you!"
Bizarre Love Triangle
PH: "This one's for all you hopeless romantics."
BS: (talking over Hooky) "Do you know how..do you know how fucking hot it is up here?"
punter: "How hot?"
BS: I'll tell you, it's hotter up here than it is down there, I bet you. You'll find out because you're going to be on this fucking stage at the end of this show. Okay, here we go."
Between verses, Hooky gets in on the whooping, exclaiming "ha ha ha".
BS: (at end) "Thank you! Woo!"
Yet more terrace chanting.
True Faith
BS: "Thank you, having a good time? Not supposed to laugh at our gigs, you're out of order."
At the end:
BS: "'k you. Plenty more where that came from. See that you're all getting into it now."
BC: "Um.."
Someone screams.
PH: "You'll have to scream a little louder. Oooh."
Temptation
BS: "This is Temptation."
(at end)
BS: "Hooky, can we have a standing ovation for the stage as well?"
PH: "Hey, I get told off for enjoying meself. Still a miserable twat, innit he?"
BS: "I think we all know who the star is tonight...Bern."
Love Will Tear Us Apart
It's actually quite remarkable how often this sort of exchange would occur in this era, and while they played it off as "joking"...it really wasn't, and epitomizes the deep divisions between the two central figures behind the band. Quite the appropriate song then for them to go into, then.
BS: "'ank you! Oh. That's the end. Thanks a lot, you've been a great audience."
Encore
Ruined In A Day
BS: "Sorry we took quite a while but Hooky had to put some saddle-on in his ass."BS: "Only joking! We enjoyed it so much we're going to play the whole set again for you."
PH: "But you've got to pay again for us to come on."
BS: " One, two, one, two, one, two"
PH: "No, it's about 120 at the moment. How's yours?
This song benefits from having both Corgan and Cunningham around.
BS: "'ank you."
60 Miles An Hour
PH: "This one's for my daughter Heather. First day at work today, she did very well."
BS: "That is 60 Miles an Hour."
Initial ascending guitar riff before the sweeping synths preface the track.
BS: "All right, 'hank you."
Blue Monday
BS: "Okay, this is really our last song. I want you to guess what we're gonna play. Someone said 'Blue Monday. Yes, you're right. See me after, I'll give you a prize."
BS: "Actually, it's called Fucking Blue Monday now, because I'm fucking sick of it. Only joking!"
During the instrumental break, Hooky exclaims "Must be me!" Very neat psychedelic guitar playing during the last couple of minutes which I have to assume is Corgan's.
(at end)
PH: "Good night, everybody!"
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