New Order | Everything’s Gone Green | 1981

This video is a new edit of archive footage of New Order, recut and synced to “Everything’s Gone Green”, which was originally released late September 1981. • The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed - William Gibson In early 1981 New Order released their magnificent debut single, Ceremony. Ceremony, and its B-side In a Lonely Place, were re-recorded versions of songs written and recorded as Joy Division just prior to the death of the band’s singer Ian Curtis. The sound of that first single was very Joy Divisionesque, with guitarist Bernard Sumner doing a fine job of sounding Ian Curtisesque. My video for Ceremony: https://youtu.be/VXLTVvuAfso If New Order’s first single was a blast from the immediate past, their second one was a blueprint for the future. A-side Procession was upbeat melodic guitar and synth alternative pop and on the flip Everything’s Gone Green was the first of New Order’s more disco-orientated sequencer-driven tunes. Both songs were precursors to much that followed in the Eighties by New Order and indeed by many other artists. Back then, they certainly sounded like the future to my young ears. Subsequent generations of new artists are still sounding like early New Order to me. My video for Procession : https://youtu.be/T4Gjycc5ejc?si=lswZCeCigWe_76mL Stephen Morris: "The song's title arrived spontaneously as we were programming the rhythm track at Pinky's. After a few hours of button stabbing, synth-chattering and drum bashing, I sat down on a rickety chair, rolled a joint and inhaled deeply. The weak sunlight was reflected off the glazing of the swimming baths opposite and diffused through the grease-smeared window of our room. Momentarily, the light seemed to me to take on a crystalline glow, giving the room an aquamarine haze. 'Everything's gone Green,' I observed. 'That's good, let's call it that then,' said Bernard, who hadn't noticed my Condor moment." • Recording details of Everything’s Gone Green are not certain. However, it’s likely that it was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, part of the intermittent 7-months of recording sessions that formed the debut album Movement. Wiki: The producer (of the sessions) was once again Martin Hannett, who had worked with them as Joy Division; however, the rapport between producer and band had in the ensuing time eroded. Hannett was in a legal dispute with Factory Records and suffering from substance and alcohol abuse, and the band members—themselves still coming to terms with having to write and arrange songs without Curtis's ear and lyric-writing ability—found him uncooperative. It would be the last time they worked together. The band were unhappy with Hannett’s production of the album. However, it seems to me that both Procession and Everything’s Gone Green benefit hugely from Hannett’s production – including his trademark crisp snare sound and mastery of subtle electronic atmospheres. Bernard Sumner remarked retrospectively that "Martin's last track was 'Everything's Gone Green' – fact he walked out halfway through the mix because Hooky and me asked him to turn the drums up." • New Order didn’t make many promo videos in the Eighties, and none at all until the 1983 video for Confusion [in which the band barely appeared]. Three years ago, the official New Order YouTube channel uploaded the Everything’s Gone Green Live New York City 1981 video. The footage is so, err… GREEN, I said to myself, I wonder if that could be fashioned into a video for the studio version? After 3 years of dabbling, here’s my video for Everything’s Gone Green. I hope you dig it! • Credits Video Source: New Order | Live at the Ukraine Ballroom | NYC | 19 November 1981 Original: https://youtu.be/A_ggZTMi0Bs?si=cZTmCTJK2Jt5yuBA Audio Source: New Order | Everything’s Gone Green | Recorded in 1981 | Originally released 25th September 1981 | FAC53 Musicians: Bernard Sumner | Vocals, guitar Peter Hook | Bass Stephen Morris | Drums Gillian Gilbert | Keyboards Martin Hannett | Production © Universal Music Publishing Group • Always more videos to follow, so please keep your electric eye on me babe! I don't own the rights, and I'm not making any money out of this etc. Just a fan making videos for other fans. Please Share, Like, Comment, Subscribe NachosVideos.com Facebook.com/TheNachoVideos YouTube.com/NachoVideo ok.ru/nachovideo DailyMotion.com/NachosVideos Instagram.com/NachoVideo Twitter.com/NachosVideos Patreon.com/nachosvideos TheNachoVideos@gmail.com I edit, therefore I am #NewOrder #EverythingsGoneGreen #Factory53 #MartinHannett