New Order: Live in Finsbury Park (2002)
3.9 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 32min
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- Synopsis:
"Finsbury Park, 9th June 02" is what it says on the cover: an unadorned video record of New Order's outdoor concert in London on that date. As such, it suffers slightly from the same incongruity as any manifestation of New Order live. One tends to picture the creators of such sonic miracles as "Bizarre Love Triangle" and "Regret" wearing star-spangled robes and pointy hats; the prosaic reality of a bunch of blokes wearing jeans and T-shirts is inevitably somewhat disappointing. There are other, more fundamental, problems with this performance. Granted that the sound is better than the sound at open-air concerts usually is ("Love Will Tear Us Apart" is especially tremendous), but whatever ambience may have been generated in the mud on the day has not translated to the small screen; there is an unintentionally poignant moment during the exhumation of Joy Division's "Atmosphere" when one shot over Barney Sumner's shoulder lingers on a distant burger van. Nor does it help that Sumner frequently, and off-puttingly obviously, refers to an auto-cue at his feet. Given that anyone who has taken a serious interest in British pop over the last 20 years knows all the words to "True Faith" and "Temptation", it is extraordinary that the man who wrote them doesn't.
Tracklisting:
- Earlier in the Day
- Crystal
- Transmission
- Regret
- Ceremony
- 60 Mph
- Atmosphere
- Brutal
- Close Range
- She's Lost Control
- Bizarre Love Triangle
- True Faith
- Temptation
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Digital
- Blue Monday
- Your Silent Face
.- Actors:
- Billy Corgan, Phil Cunningham, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, New Order, Bernard Sumner, Alan Wise, Dawn Zee
- Directors:
- Geoff Foulkes
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
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