Chosen Time

New Order

My God, this video just fires me up with emotion. What a band. After Ian Curtis took his own life, the rest of JOY DIVISION grieved in the studio and made the first NEW ORDER record MOVEMENT. What I love about this track, is that it feels like one foot’s still firmly planted in the past, but the other is already in the future. You can literally feel JOY DIVISION disappearing and NEW ORDER being born — it’s quite remarkable. What a perfect storm of great artists in this band — trading vocals now that Ian isn’t here to sing. 😟 But they’re already figuring out what the next chapter will be. The fact they could see the future and pen a song called DREAMS NEVER END shows their resilience. Even the album title MOVEMENT suggests the show must go on, but will be different now. This song and familiar rythyms (the incredible drumming?!) is the first bit of evidence of that unique NEW ORDER sound. Eventually those keyboards will be a bigger part of what they do — but you hear them lurking in these first sessions. And you can feel the music & lyrics moving towards the light and drifting away from the brand of darkness that defined the vocals and songs Ian wrote.

One day it's now or never
To stay at home
Sometimes the dreams are better
One thing you hold
Believe that all these changes
Keep me alone
What brought the last reaction
I'll never know
I'll never know
I'll never know

Believe me, all I said to you
Believe me, all I did for you
All I did for you
All the times it takes to complain
But live in doubt
Sometimes they keep you waiting
For a look around
I've got a friend in here somewhere
Who can help me out
Believe me, all I said to you
Believe me, all I did for you
All I did for you

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