NME Letters - True Faith

ORDER NOT ORDURE

So, the New Order backlash starts here does it? How sadly predictable! Reynolds thinks 'True Faith' is the ”final nail in New Order's coffin". Dear oh dear, everyone's favourite indie group go Top Five - quick, find another hero,jump on another bandwagon.

‘True Faith’ is a bloody good record, almost the perfect pop song but not quite, that was ‘Blue Monday'. Good music is good music no matter who it’s by - New Order, Terence Trent D'Arby, Pet Shop Boys, Prince. The latter is probably the most perfect example of an artist who is massively successful yet manages to retain artistic integrity.

New Order, if one ignores the trite remix of ’True Faith' and the gimmicky repackaging of 'Brotherhood' last Christmas, fall into the same category. Playing live on TOTP and The Roxy may not stand for much but it surely stands for something. Besides Mr Reynolds, New Order don’t take themselves seriously so why should you?

Dave Ellcock, Laudham, Nottingham.