Another instance of PF500 nailing it and including the right song.
PF500 notes how New Order didn't fret over mixing Rock guitars with the synthesizers, they just did it, and it really works for them, creating a "ramshackle" song per PF500. Ramshackle really is a great word for this song.
Bernard Sumner did well to know that he wasn't Ian Curtis, and maybe nowhere do you feel that more than on this song, with his regular guy singing, regular guy joy and the trancey "woo oo oo oo oo"-ing, which is always what kicked this song up a notch for me, with the "green eyes/blue eyes/grey eyes" boosting it another notch. I've listened to this song more than once after being up all night, walking around at the crack of dawn. There isn't a prettier 6:30 a.m. song out there.
Extra long intros and outros give you time to ease into it and out of it for maximum effect.
RATING: 89.
Bernard was already becoming a bit rock starry by this performance, in which he is sporting excellent short pants:
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I would have preferred Blue Monday. Any song about the Faulkland Islands war should make the list.
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