1984 05 24 - 06 06 New Order, Smash Hits
"WE'VE GOT THIS FAR AND WE CAN"T EVEN PLAY!" So says New Order's Bernard Sumner. Dave Rimmer isn't saying anything. "Uuuugh! Who did that ?” bellows New Order's Bernard Sumner, nipping swiftly to another table in the pub. "Who farted?" He giggles, then accuses. "It was you, Rob. wasn't it?" "No," hurls back Rob. their manager, "it was you !" "We're feeling very accessible this year," Peter Hook is telling me meanwhile. "Accessibility. That's our catch-phrase." New Order? Accessible? Well, why not? Today is the morning after they recorded that TOTP , playing "Thieves Like Us" live. How did it go? "It's really weird," shrugs Hooky, "but the other groups come up and apologise for not playing live. They're alright at Top Of The Pops . Nice people." "We re a bit of a pain in the arse for them, I suppose," mumbles Bernard, almost apologet...