New Order

This music video, by Jonathan Beamish, is for the earliest recorded version of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart, produced as a John Peel Session for the BBC in 1979.

via jonathanbeamish:

The original band footage is a mixture of a performance video shot by the band for the single release (minus the damaged shots) and live concert excerpts from Plank, Brussels and the Apollo, Manchester. We needed to do some tricky retiming and editing to sync it up with the footage which is from completely different versions of the song.Odd to discover that much of the original performance video done for the single release wasn’t edited properly with much of the shots of the band playing not cut accurately to the audio

This video captures New Order live, back in 1984, doing Blue Monday at BBC Radio 1 studios. 

Dig the short shorts. 

Seeing this, who’d have thought Blue Monday would go on to be such a classic track?

Rhino has announced new editions of classic New Order releases from the 80’s – “collector’s editions” of Movement, Power, Corruption & Lies, Low-Life, Brotherhood and Technique.

Each will feature a bonus disc that contains a host of material that the group released around the time of each album’s release that never made it on to the full-length proper. 

The release is notable because, while it may not satisfy completists, it brings together many releases that never made it to albums, including the full Blue Monday. 

The albums will be released Sept 28. Details below. Read more…

OT: Australian dance Diva Kylie Minogue became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Thursday, receiving the award from heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles at a ceremony in London.

“It is an incredible honour for me to receive this award,” said Kylie. “It makes me feel both humble and proud to be recognized for doing a job that I love so much.”

Speaking after the ceremony to the waiting press Kylie admitted to feeling a little nervous but added “I was very excited and to have my family here was magical… I do feel very proud. I think my job, aside from making music, is about communication and this symbolizes my communication with my audience around the world.”

Of her medal, Kylie said: “I’ll admire it for a while, and then keep it safe in its box!”

I’m not sure why Kylie was singled out for honor by Prince Charles, but I’m guessing it’s because he’s a fan of this great Kylie/New Order mashup – Can’t Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head:

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