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New Order - Hamburg 12 April 1984

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NME - UBERMENSCH LIKE US NEW ORDER Hamburg Trinity LIKE SO much that has inspired, charmed or annoyed us ever since 'Rock Around The Clock' 30 years ago. the success of New Order's music remains an emotional puzzle. So many words have been spilled in trying to unravel that hopelessly complex set of processes which constitutes our response to music that it would seem a sweet, easy surrender just to listen, to forget explanation. But is immediate sensation the only basis for appreciation ? We owe it to ourselves to try to understand why New Order — four pleasant, unremarkable people — can hold such sway over so many of us. In Hamburg New Order didn't play a wrong note all evening: it was the first date on this tour that had happened. New Order, you see, are fallible. Only the deafest fan would not concede that they have made some disappointing records. And yet from the very first bars of 'Age Of Consent' it is impossible not to be entranced by the spell