What's the deal with the New Order "Crystal" video?

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Did they hire a bunch of kids to make fun of the Strokes, Pulp, and the Dandy Warhols all in one swoop and lip-sync the song in question? Fucking hilarious.

"Get Ready" is a completely ace record, by the way. Loudest, most guitar heavy New Order album to date. Take that, Flying Nun bands!

― Brian MacDonald, Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Is it meant as parody though? I've only seen it a couple of times but it just seemed like they decided they were too old and ugly to get on MTV, so got some younger more videogenic people to do it.

Oh and it's rubbish.

― Graham, Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Rubbish? YOU ARE TO BE SLAIN. Sorry, it's just that I'm such a New Order obsessive that I think I'm the only person around who actually has time for _Republic_ -- well, at least two or three songs. ;-)

Anyway, Brian has it right -- and hi there, good sir, when did you start hanging around here? ;-) For those who don't know, Brian is my Bestest Friend from UCI daze since 1992, and now lives in Seattle and is still his wonderful and great self. He even lived with me for a few years, and no doubt can tell you all some disturbing stories. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Did they hire a bunch of kids to make fun of the Strokes, Pulp, and the Dandy Warhols all in one swoop and lip-sync the song in question?

The lead singer is meant to be Bobbie Gillespie, surely?

― Madchen, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oi Ned, I think Republic is the bollocks too. The new single however lacks - erm - a chorus. Don't bore us, etc etc.

― Pete, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The new single sounds like Monaco with Bernard doing a guest vocal. Oh good.

I haven't seen the video and am content with this situation.

― Tim, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think the end of the video is quite good - where loads of people rush onto the stage and try to steal the band's instruments while they're still playing them. But for some reason noone tries to steal the microphones of the lead singer and backing female singer, and for some reason this annoys me.

― Croooooow, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

seven months pass...

the singer in the video sings in the band Ben's Pens. who are aspiring stephin merrit types. the auditions were done at st martins college, as presumably this is where the beautiful people are. My ex's boyfriend comes in at the end- he's the ugly bloke with the fro trying to nick a guitar

― owen hatherley, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ben's Penis? Band name of the year!

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

four months pass...

is bens pens really a band, because they have nothing on the internet or anything like that. i am newly interested in the subject, so i wanna find out about these fake new order peoples.

― Emerald Richardson, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

yes bens pens is a real band and i am bens pens and i am real and yes i think its dangerous having a name that someone can insert the narrowest letter and turn it into a band about my nob and yes this reply is 4 years out of date o and matt is alive and well and living in east london doing print making

ben

― bens pens, Monday, 24 April 2006 23:15 (twenty years ago)

bens pens is a real band and i am bens pens

Well, which one is it, bens? You can't be a band on your own.

As a lifetime new order fan, I'm ashamed to admit that I totally fell for the crystal video the first time I saw it. I sat through it thinking "good grief, who's this new band? They're great! They sound like New Order and U2 at the same time!" (yeah, U2...I distictly remember thinking exactly that, though can't for the life of me work out why). Then their name came up at the end and I felt stupid (cos I'd been FOOLED) and happy (cos the song was great) at the same time.

― JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 00:42 (twenty years ago)

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