New Order, A Few Notes

Seeing New Order live was a bucket list show last night. Here's a quick few notes.

- The Palladium was the perfect place to see them. The old industrial feel was straight up Madchester style. Their music belongs in such a space.

- Bernard is great, but a true charismatic front man he isn't. You can tell that Ian Curtis while they were Joy Division and Peter Hook in New Order up until this tour were the true rock stars. But his guitar parts are amazing, and the songs themselves are undeniable.

- The encore of 4 Joy Division tracks was fantastic. The juxtaposition of the New Order gloss and Joy Division grime was a treat. Hearing them rip through Transmission gave me the chills. Just how big could they have been if Ian could have held it together?

- The light show was fantastic. Thin colorful beams vibrating with the bass was a great trick to draw the music into your optics.

- Temptation is now my favorite New Order track. Going into the show it was True Faith, and even though that song was amazing live, Temptation was epic. Sing alongs, clapping breaks, and people just going ape shit to the beat. Just a classic moment.