Really?
I've got to say as a pretty much almost lifelong fan now, they aren't anything like as good (or influential) as they used to be and seem to bicker like blokes less than half their age. That tune Sumner did with Hot Chip this year was awful too. But 'musical shit list' material?

EDIT : Now feel like a real fanboy. Still, stand by it.
( DeadEyeDick, Fri 31 Dec 2010, 19:29, 1 reply)

hmm
I liked a lot of their stuff, there was a personal resonance with their lyrics, which you just don't get with dance music, as a rule. I normally like dance music with little or no singing, but "True Faith" or "Blue Monday" can get me bouncing about like a.. well... Middle aged white housewife now you mention it...

Alternatively, normally dance music with lyrics is all lush, plush and celebratory, really, whereas New Order get your feet moving in a bleak, English semi-depressed way..
*Fangirl gets coat and wanders off
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Sat 1 Jan 2011, 5:04, closed)