NO: 16 NOV 2001 Palladium - Cologne, Germany
From webcast of this concert (224k RealVideo)
100 minutes!
A fan says that despite the official reports, the Order's performance was, after the first few songs, sloppy and error-ridden. I tend to agree with this assessment. In other words, this is a classic performance. If I wanted pitch perfect renditions, I'd just stick to the records.
I also have a CD, that may have been taken from a lossy source (maybe from the webcast stream). This version cuts out much of Bernards between-song dialogue, which is a shame.
The encore features a slight change, with Ruined In a Day appearing -after- Blue Monday, as the last song.
Transcription
Crystal
BS: "Sorry to keep you waiting, but we're only 20 minutes late. We played in Berlin last night, and we made the unfortunate mistake of going to a nightclub. So we're a bit tired and a bit emotional, but we'll do our best for you. This is Crystal."
Bernard waves and kisses to somebody out in the audience before going into the opening riff. I guess he's replaced his woo's with yelled "whaoas" and "heys". Hooky gets into it as well, too...one of the more emotional and energetic performances of this soon-to-be-classic that I've heard. A whistle near the end, too.
BS: "Thank you! Thank you very much."
TransmissionBernard almost makes it through the opening riff without a mistake. ;-) Hooky's vocals are very prominent during the chorus. And Stephen Morris is still the hardest-working drummer in rock.
BS: "Danke schun. Of course, that was about Radio Angst live. My favorite radio station, Radio Angst...and uh, my favorite trainers, Adidas trainers, they're gone at the moment... not that we're sponsored by anyone, but eh, I just really like 'em. (guitar strum) Okay, we're gonna bring, erm, that was a Joy Division song. (turns to backstage, says 'feedback')
All but 'danke schun' are missing from the CD version I have.
Regret
BS: (continues): "That was a Joy Division song called Transmission, I'm getting a lot of feedback up here...but this is a New Order song called Regret."
NO play Regret.
BS: "Thank you. (guitar strum) You having a good time? Surprisingly, we've having a good time. We've been on tour for a whole week now, and I'll tell you it's taking it out of us. (turns to his right and says "hasn't it?") Even Phil."
(by 'it' does he mean "a lot"...I suppose so)
Ceremony
The camera pays an unusual amount of attention to Phil C. Hooky vocals pretty loud during the chorus here as well. Bernard flubs the first couple of notes during the solo. Otherwise, very good version....
BS: "Thank you! Jerry, can you set...ehm, give me more sound? Danke schun."
60 Miles_An_Hour
BS: (continues): "Okay, this is a track off our new album, it's called "60 -Kilometers- Per Hour. (drums...few seconds pause) 1 2."
Hooky rolls up his sleeves as Bernard starts singing.
After he finishes out the tune with some guitar F/X, Barney pumps his fist up in the air and screams "Yeah!"
Your_Silent_Face
BS: "'ank you. All right, we're gonna kill it down a little bit not, a bit less time...a lower octane of song, ehm, we're gonna play a song off eh...Power, Corruption, and Lies...eh, think it's that's right, Steve?...Power, Corruption, and Lies...called Your Silent Face."
Of course, Phil handles the keyboard part for that one, quite admirably. Bernard's melodica is ok too. ;-) I think Hooky almost was going to play his part a bit early... During this song, you can clearly see that Bernard is wearing earplugs, which I first saw at around the time of the Jools Holland performance. I think they don't detract at all, I mean, Sinead O'Connor got away with them. Barney start's doing a silly guitar-in-hand dance near the end of the tune.
BS: "Thank you! (strum) I just got to tune notes, so bear with us. (spends a few seconds tuning his guitar) Shit, does anyone else tune a guitar up? I've done it."
Atmosphere
BS: (continues) "Okay, we're gonna play a song that we've...I don't, to my knowledge, I don't think we've ever played in Cologne before... we have, we actually played it once as Joy Division. This is a Joy Division song, and it's called Atmosphere."
Camera for the first time cuts to the audience, who are all waving their hands. No lighters, though. A bit of a cut-out in terms of the audio, right at the end of the the second verse, before the "People like you..." part. One "hey" after the "abandoned too soon" line.
After the song ends, Barney whispers something in Hooky's ear.
Close_Range
BS: "Okay, now we've chilled you out a little bit, we're gonna tee you off a little bit. Erm, and we're gonna play eh, a fairly uptempo song off our new album, and it's called Close Range."
The webcast breaks up a bit right when Bernard is about to sing. Speaking of which, Bernard ends up yelling quite a few lyrics, I don't know if they were having monitor problems. New drum pattern, or technical glitch...by the end of the song, they pull themselves together again...taking the advice of the lyrics, heh...except right at the end, Bernard is left hanging to dry, as everybody else stops playing when he continues to sing...he makes a face, goes "ha ha", and says:
BS: "Thought there was another chorus! Jerry, can you just.. I think it just might be compressing a little bit much, that could be the problem... [I think he's talking about his mic]. We should put another chorus on the end of that. Thank you, thank you."
Touched_By_The_Hand_Of_God
(doesn't appear on the CD I have)
BS: "Okay, this is a song called Touched By The Hand Of God, and we've gonna get our resident DJ, Mr. Arthur Baker, who produced this song, to do a bit of on-llne DJ'ing for us."
Camera cuts to Arthur Baker in front of a pair of turntables, scratching, of all things, which you can barely hear. The webcast cuts off a bit in a couple places, pity. Bernard does a "1 2 3 4" before the last round of chorus.
BS: "Thank you, Arthur. And numero uno DJ, uh, Mr. International"
AB: "What's that, what did you say? Thank you folks!"
BS: "All the way from New York City...Boston....right."
BS: (taking a towel) "Ohahh, it's fucking hot here...we had a bit of a wild night last night so we're all a bit fucked. Anyway... (Hooky guffaws...feedback screeches) here's a guitar...(more feedback)"
Bizarre_Love_Triangle
BS: "Here's a song that doesn't contain any guitars whatsoever, for those of you of the dance music fraternity. This is Bizarre Love Triangle."
Webcast starts cutting off a bit. Barney actually jumps at one point, and starts dancing later. Scary.
At the end of the song, Hooky goes up to Barney and whispers something back to him, grabbing onto him
BS: "We've got a wheelchair...or a stretcher. Thank you, danke schun. (piano notes)" Barney takes a sip of something.
True_Faith
(left off of the CD version I have)
BS: "This is True Faith."
Hooky comes in a bit early, and his bass has an amazing amount of chorus on it. Sumner's guitar sounds especially funky. Too bad the stream breaks up a bit again, so I can't make out what Hooky blurts out..."W6N...". Nice touch, yelling out "of the things that cost you too much!" Of course, this has the "taking drugs with me" line. Hooky starts freeranging. Barney screams out "so demanding" as well.
BS: "Merci beaucoup, danke schur."
Temptation
Crowd starts yelling for Temptation.
BS: "Temptation it is then, you've got it!".
Neat...when Barney starts singing "oh you've got green eyes, oh you've got blue eyes, oh you've got grey eyes" the lights change colors to match. The latter guitar solos actually have a bit of wah-wah on them.
BS: "Yeah!!"
BS: (points off in the direction of the audience)
"I've like to apologize to all the people stuck behind the pillars over there. If you all come and see me after, hello...sorry about that, that's disgusting, I'll give you your money back, if you come and see me after the show, I'll give you your money back. If you can find me."
Barney swaps guitars...for the next tune, instead of his Gibson SG, he has a Rickenbacker, with a capo on the second fret."
Love_Will_Tear_Us_Apart
BS: "Okay, we're gonna finish with a very special song."
Barney yells out "C'mon" a couple of times during one one of the choruses, with Hooky screaming "Here we go, Cologne!" The webcast desyncs a bit again, bad enough for the audio to completely cut out. What's strange is that Hooky's bass starts slowing down, almost like it's prerecorded (but it's not!)
BS: "Thank you. You've been a fucking great audience. I enjoyed it much more than the Robbie Williams concert. Is there any Robbie Williams fans here? Thank you very much, you've been great. Good night!" Hooky keeps playing bass throughout, and ends with a solo of the LWTUA melody, before waving and walking off.
Encore
(CD I have includes none of these)
Roadies come out and adjust stuff, as the fans clap and yell. New Order don't come on for a few minutes, but of course come back on.
Rock_The_Shack
BS: "My breath smells like your penis. Okay, hi, may name's Bernard, and I'm a Capricorn. This is Rock The Shack, off our new album."
I'm of the minority of NO fans who seems to like this tune, and they do it justice here. Song ends with Barney tuning down his low E string and strumming on that.
BS: {strums chord} "Thank you!". Meanwhile, Hooky pounds on his symdrums.
Blue_Monday
BS: (continues): "Okay, okay, that was a song full of guitars, now we're going to play for you a song full of synthesizers, it's called Blauer Montag, or Blauer Montag, or something like that, anyway."
Heh, they should just do the Hardfloor mix in the same fashion that they play the Perfecto remix of True Faith. Cunningham plays 'Crystal' style guitar...echo on the "waiting" part of "I stand her waiting...".
Ruined_In_A_Day
BS: "Thank you, we're gonna play one very last song for you. It's called Ruined In A Day."
The song is performed in an eerie, alluring green light.
BS: "Thank you, c'mon you've been fucking great. Thanks for being a great audience and we'll see you sometime again in the future, bye!"
The roadies come up and start taking things down...somebody got handed the setlist.
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