[Maurice R. Kelly]

On Feb 4, Mathias Hermansson wrote:

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> >
> >"New Order, darlings of the British New Wave,
> > a band so boring you've got to commit suicide
> > if you listen to them."
> >  
> I don't know if that was funny. Once New Order was a depressive,
> psychedelic rock band called "Joy Division" (and they were great, made
> songs like "Love will tear us apart again" and "She's lost control"), but
> they were a bit too depressive so their singer (whos name has slipped my
> mind again) committed suicide at the age of 23. Thereafter the other band
> members decided to change their name to New Order and play
> super-suck-music...

Alternatively... Once New Order was a band called Joy Division, who made
occasional gems amongst what, for the most part, was simply OK music.
Their singer committed suicide, and from the ashes of the loss, came New
Order, who have produced some of the greatest music of the last two
decades. I refer people to Blue Monday - probably the greatest club tune
ever (which, upon hearing it in a bar last Friday night, caused me to fall
over with happiness (with some assistance from alcohol.))

All a matter of opinion :-)

-- 
Maurice R. Kelly
mkelly@deadheart.org.uk