#BARNEY SUMNER

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

I was tagged (a very long time ago) by @empiregrotesk to name check my Top 9 Favourite Musicians. A very difficult task but here we go with the memories of my past…

Paul Weller (The Jam/The Style Council), Mick Jones (The Clash/BAD), Jerry Dammers (The Specials), Richard H. Kirk (Cabaret Voltaire), Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), Barney Sumner (Joy Division/New Order), Björk (The Sugarcubes/Solo), PJ Harvey, Autechre (Rob Brown + Sean Booth).

As always, feel free to join in (or pass a comment)…

[cosmonautroger]

Barney Sumner, New Order

[puppethalo]

A god awful Barney doodle because Damn I wasn't expecting him to be That hard to draw (the purple lead is very pretty though 💜)

[saramencken]

Image: Anton Corbjin

[sk8rambler]

happy (late) birthday bernard sumner!! <3

[some-greatreward]

I hate Electronic so much for going with that band name. What am I supposed to search up? “Electronic band”??? “Electronic group”??????

[lonesometonight]

was going through my screenshots and found these gems

[beatlestime]

this is my comfort video

[visible-disappointment]

new order for the music asks!

OMG THANKS

favourite song: ceremony but SPECIFICALLY the version 2 on substance

least favourite song: all the way

have i ever seen them live: yes!!!

favourite band member: barney sumner <3

least favourite band member: peter hook -_-

how many of their albums i have: i think i have them all on cd actually apart from movement and ive got a couple of 12"s

favourite album: power corruption and lies

favourite lyrics: ill break them down no mercy shown, heaven knows its got to be this time

favourite music video: touched by the hand of god is so funny but i think here to stay just because i love 24 hour party people

ever met any members: no :(

[stardustpomegranate]

“You never knew Kraftwerk individually. I know that they’ve had their problems as a group, in the way that all of us have, but I like the way they always seemed to this one tight, closed unit. Ian always modelled what he wanted Joy Division like from an attitude point of view on Kraftwerk, without a shadow of a doubt. When everyone was trying to turn us into ‘Ian Curtis And Joy Division’, he would say, ‘No no, we need to be like Kraftwerk – it’s all of us, together’. That was the image that I bought into. I still don’t know which of them did what. I think there’s a strength, an honesty and a respect in that.

[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

Born January 4, 1956

[unknownpleasantdetective]

In Bernard Sumner’s memoir, he writes about Electronic, your band together. He says you were completely obsessive in the way you talked about music, that it was hard to get you to talk about anything else. He mentioned something about trying to broaden your horizons.

Well, Bernard, he’s someone who doesn’t like to hear about music when he’s sailing in his boat! He would put an embargo on me whenever we went pretty much anywhere. The poor thing, trying to put up with me being inspired.

He also wrote a funny anecdote from when you guys were on a press tour together: that you went running and you accidentally ran into a pole while you were checking yourself out in the reflection of a store window.

That is such a crock, by the way.

It’s in the book.

Bernard Sumner got off very, very lightly in my book. I’ve got so many more anecdotes about him than he does about me. If you ever interview Seal, ask him about the time that we took a ride into Harlem on the back of a pickup truck at 4:30 a.m., and we had no idea who was driving it. That’s an interesting story. I guarantee the Pet Shop Boys have some pretty hot stuff on Bernard Sumner. Bernard better watch out. If I ever write a sequel, I might not be so kind to him next time.

There’s another bit of folklore about your time in Electronic I wanted to ask about. Is it true that you almost fell into a volcano while shooting the “Get the Message” video in the Maldives?

That’s absolutely true, yeah. The helicopter would shoot down so low when it was shooting us, it took a whole load of stone and dust and rock. So I got it in my eyes and just ran in the wrong direction towards the volcano. Bernard actually chased me and grabbed me, and pulled me down, and he’s never let me forget that. He saved my life.

https://www.spin.com/2018/09/johnny-marr-solo-album-the-smiths-interview/

[saramencken]

Photo @KCMANC

[mercipourlevenim]

[some-greatreward]

why do people comment on newer new order videos like peter hook is personally going to come into the youtube comments section to shake their hand for calling barney sumner a bad singer

[chaos-croissant]

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