soul music

[bluegreen17]

no one else sounds like new order.
i always thought it odd that i liked them,but then i figured i just liked the best of the 'electronic' stuff from the eighties,and to me,the best were new order and howard jones.

i haven't had luck with someone saying 'oh,you'll like them,they sound like r.e.m/the beatles/u2.'

no,i dont' want to listen to bands that allegedly 'sound like' another band i like.i like bands because they are true to their soul*...whatever they happen to sound like.

*and to my mind,bands are synergetic entities themselves...which is why it can never be repeated in exactly the same way. which is why i still miss bill being in r.e.m.

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on the Bill comparison front...

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

New Order was a great band, but they always were so much less for me than was Joy Division.

joy division and new order

[bluegreen17]

i like new order better than joy division myself. jd was sadness through and through. i like new order because it's a combination of upbeat (most of the tunes) and downbeat (most of the lyrics).joy division was like no other though,and as far as i'm concerned,a classic band.

[eowyn797.livejournal.com]

howdy, i just randomly wandered by (by which i mean it wasn't random at all because i saw your post in the geeks_unite community about office supplies and i am crrrrrraaaaazy about office supplies, it's realy quite sad because just being in an office supply store relaxes me and puts a smile on my face) aaaaaaaanyway, there was that, and then here you are with your post about liking New Order and i love them too :) i was just listening to Crystal the other day and remembering how the first time i heard it on the radio, i thought to myself, "new order just sounds like nobody else..."

right. that was long. my appologies. just wanted to say hi :)

hi.