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New Order: Krafty
by Anthony Gibbons
New Order are gods. FACT. Their influence extends from acid house to art school rock, from 808 State to The Killers and beyond. To dismiss New Order is pure folly, not even adding a former member of 90s no marks Marion to their present day line up can stop them.
Nor even can the naff lyrics which run through new single 'Krafty': 'Some people get up at the break of day / Gotta go to work before it gets too late' Bernard Sumner supposes (because let's face it how the fuck would he know?), across a bass line so low slung it must have put Peter 'Hooky' Hook in traction for a week. 'Sitting in a car driving down the road / It ain't the way it has to be' sings Sumner.
Yeah, like, CHEERS_ Bernard. If one was indeed up at the break of day, trying to get to work before it got too late, and driving down a more-than-likely crowded road, this is NOT the sort of thing one would wish to hear on a freezing Monday morning in Farnborough. Plus, when someone offers up a sentiment like "It doesn't have to be this way you know" they rarely can come up with an answer as to what 'another way' might be. Perhaps an adult gap year, an evening course in interior design or maybe running away with the next door neighbour's teenage daughter might do the trick (fuck knows it didn't work for me).
WHATEVER! 'Krafty' says everything and nothing all at the same time. No matter. It is quite simply latter day New Order doing what they do best, namely writing nice, radio friendly pop songs which make the world seem, temporarily at least, a better place. God bless 'em.
From the archive
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krafty is as addictive as heroin and fags...
i love it. -
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it's good.
considering how good crystal was, its a disappointment, but when a song like this disappoints... well, what can you say. new order are fab -
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I mean, I don't listen to much radio but I plonk myself in front of the various music channels now and then so I never have any idea how songs like this manage to fly under my radar. Until today I didn't even know New Order were back. I mean, I saw their name on the front of something and that NME award must've been tied to some release or other but still. It beggars belief.
I have no idea if this review is accurate or row z but hey, I enjoyed it as a thing to read. Excellent. -
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I'm not sure Bernie's lyrics will ever get as bad as these [taken from 'Slow Jam' off their last album]:
The afternoon was very clear
The sun was beating down on me
I got thirsty for a beer
That I had to go to sea
The sea was very rough
It made me feel sick
But I like that kind of stuff
It beats arithmetic -
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Quality lyrics!! -
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Ah, I love New Order! -
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deffo. i like new order but does anyone here like electronic? -
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yep. sumner and marr did make a few good tunes. -
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cat mat hat rat that -
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AHAHAHAA.
i reckon amy winehouse got her lyric writing classes from him. -
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am a massive massive new order fan but the chorus reminds me of the theme to Quantum Leap and I havent ever got over the time they were on TOTP live from the set of Baywatch and for some reason this song reinforces what is bad about men near 50 making music!
I still watch em live but I can cope with heroes making bad choices of singles - 60 Miles an Hour and Crystal were good but that were 3 year ago - oh dear I'm wittering -
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emphasis on "a few".
what about monaco...
tell it to your sistuuur.... etc, hooky has a beautiful voice. -
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arn't New Order playing Glastonbury? I've heard they are....... -
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i want to hear the story about the reviewer running of with his neighbour' s teenage daughter, there' clearly a douglas coupland novel there -
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this is quite a great and catchy song from new order..
has anyone seen the video? makes you really want to runaway with the neighbours teenage daughter or son, in my case. it's pretty "krafty" yeah.
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