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Originally Posted by jackhammer
I'm underwhelmed by that song. I'm a big fan of both Joy Division and New Order but this lacked serious spark for me and was non descript. I may give the album a listen out of curiosity but if that's an indicator 
I think the last few years of New Order was Sumner and Hooky constantly at odds with the sound they wanted with Hooky favouring a more aggressive guitar based sound and Sumner sticking to his Pop sensibilities, that's why I like New Order so much. Albums were always balanced between these sounds. |
You make a good point but still Bad Lieutenant's bad music is better than 90% of music out there these days. I have no objection to to a pop sensibility, per se. There is a big difference between the pop music of Elvis Costello than say, John Mayer for instance, but both performers write music that firmly rooted in the popular music tradition.