New Order: Leave Me Alone @ Cork 1983

[@LittleBlueFlowers]

This song destroys my heart everytime I listent to it.

[@simonmooijman5928]

Ich ook nu again. REIFE

[@inthekingdom1996]

Destroys, rebuilds, refills

[@joaoc.romaoromao1274]

Me to

[@hunterdavis3003]

Every time I hear this song it makes me stop what I'm doing and just listen and reflect. Such a masterpiece

[@valfujim8918]

Hunter Davis that’s me here at 2 A.M. Just reflecting

[@jgr1809]

best song ever, memories when i was happy everyday, just hanging around with.. she knows, now tears in my eyes.

[@gabrielruiz557]

My Favourite New Order Song Ever.

[@scottlebrun6782]

Me too pal

[@Wisewoosy]

agree. such a powerful song: beauty melancholic intro and these intense lyrics. (one of) the best song to listen to after a sentimental break

[@mikemadden1443]

Best song ever from the best band ever.. best to be played when sad.. or when happy 😃

[@richardl8686]

It is the best song. Hope you are no longer sad.

[@veenree9871]

This is by far the greatest new order song ever. It has that joy division feel to it. Love it!

[@DaveAnchovies]

i feel this and other songs were more bernie becoming a frontman, this album in particular--New Order becomes New Order. i dont think they'd been as big with Ian, not in the states...still be a top legendary indie band, but no way he would be singing Bizarre Love Triangle or their bigger hits...though worlds apart, AC DC wasnt going to be mega stars in the US with Bon Scott...the industry and pop fans are kinda weird. Probably would have broken up a few years in. He was not looking to be a pop star. I'll agree this is my favorite song, Lonesome Tonight and Ceremony close.

[@stevepayne2670]

How do you know Dave? You are guessing...how do you know where they would have gone. You don't know....ridiculous to make big bold statements which are meaningless...they are what they are. It was meant to happen I guess but who knows? @@DaveAnchovies

[@pyrtwistPyrtwistWorldInMotion]

Love how Gillian ditched the guitar and was prepping for the next song before this one ended. Damn computers were slow back in 83

[@40ny]

I was a student in Cork in April 1983 and I can't believe I didn't go to see this.

[@dermot51]

.......Loveless, Ceremony .Dreams never end, Age of consent , Run wild ....

[@valerieharos6686]

dermot51 taste babe, all my fav new order songs

[@DaveAnchovies]

Lonesome Tonight, a b-side (shame its hidden as a bside), Ceremony, Original Temptation, Love Vigilantes...Promise.

[@sirjellybeans1st19]

I was there just in front of Sumner. Still have the ticket Stubb

[@ultanc2006]

This song is perfect. One of the best songs EVER written. At one point in my live I would have died for this sont.

[@paulovalderramas5830]

This song is a masterpiece. Awesome.

[@legomationdotcom]

I was at this gig. I remember they left the stage early because people were spitting at them. .. I covered this song with my band a few years later. Memories.. way back when we were young.!

[@i_am_the_void]

why did they spit at them?

[@jamie2051]

@@i_am_the_void probably because barney kept changing the lyrics to be about his knob

[@Jonathanmcc]

@@i_am_the_void I was at the gig too. It was a punk thing to spit at bands which had died out by 1983 but Cork was a bit behind the times. They were spat at as they walked onstage and Peter Hook went to the mike and said in a very menacing voice "Someone in here is spitting!". It stopped after that. I don't think they left early - it was just a shortish set with no encore". It was also the first time I heard Blue Monday i.e. before I heard it on the radio. I know The Smiths walked off stage in Cork after 20 mins due to spitting a few years later (I wasn't at that one). Maybe that's the one you mean Brick?

[@DaveAnchovies]

@@Jonathanmcc spitting? they're not exactly "punk rock" at this point...i wonder what came first? the spitting or the lyric changing?

[@Jonathanmcc]

@@DaveAnchovies the problem was certain sections of the crowd spat at every act - didn't matter whether they were punk or not. The spitting originated in the UK punk scene in the 70s and it took a while to die out in Cork.

[@brozangi]

i was at this gig!! still sounds wicked! thanks for posting this gem.......ah...the good ol' days!!!

[@bryankinney1]

what venue was this at?

[@nickmason1469]

@@bryankinney1 the Savoy theatre.

[@bryankinney1]

@@nickmason1469 cheers! and holy shit, looks like it still exists (or at least existed up until the pandemic). are you currently living in the area?

[@sirjellybeans1st19]

So was I just in front of Sumner. I still have the Ticket Stubb

[@sirjellybeans1st19]

@@bryankinney1 Savoy center Cork City when they used to hold gigs

[@SmokeBen586]

I want to marry a girl that thinks LMA is there fav NO song. 'Nuf said.

[@jujubees5855]

NewOrder586 yup

[@elliea8807]

that would be me

[@marcelocm07]

I’d love to find someone as big of a fan as me of NO and for this to be “our” wedding song.

[@bryankinney1]

she would be wrong. LMA is fantastic but you can't say it's their best when you've heard their entire catalogue...tunes like Ceremony, Elegia, Truth, Paradise, Turn, Singularity just to name a few.

[@richardl8686]

NewOrder586 that sounds exactly like something I would think but perhaps never say.

[@benallen12]

I was at work earlier. and put "the national" station on pandora......then this song came on. Went to wikipedia. Realized this was written right around when I was born. Beautiful.

[@DaveAnchovies]

the National have none of the raw balls these guys had in these days continuing without their frontman...Bernie's guitar is just raw noodling a lot, while the rhythm section holds things in place...remember, they really were a punk band a few years prior. Having Gillian to back him up didnt hurt. Ive seen the National and ill never understand how they fill arenas, at least Arcade Fire brought something unique...and covered the ill-fated Jay Reatard (with opening bad Spoon, another band who plays it safe but nods to the underground by covering Reatard, Eddy Current--another underground trasure from Australia). Bernie and New Order saved Factory Records in the same way Mudhoney stuck around just to see SubPop survive. Both bands took a hit to see the right thing thru. For SubPop, just long enough for the Nirvana explosion and Factory continued the bad business but New Order stuck around way longer than they had to.

[@hughjears1708]

I was there in fact I can pick myself out in front of Sumner for Everything's gone Green I still have the Ticket stubb. I remember it well it's like a living time capsule you can look back on if you were at the Gig! Great Footage

[@Chungskingi]

For me this song is the beginning and the end, it's cyclical in a beautiful way, applicable to so many emotions, imperfectly performed by a group of extremely talented individuals who were often at each others throats in the writing,recording and performing of their music, this is what happens when 4 geniuses bring their absolute best to a song, you can even hear ians influence in this one, this is by far my favourite NO song and my favourite song ever, if there was ever a song to be played at my burial it would be this, I hope I still love this song 30,40,50 years in the future.

[@stevepayne2670]

How do you know all this? You are guessing....

[@walonsubi]

Songs like this amaze me... how 4 ordinary people can make such music...

[@bryankinney1]

they weren't ordinary. they were special.

[@nubisesleepin]

They are Genius

[@i_am_the_void]

holy crap, it makes me cry.

[@ebw343]

Such an under-rated New Order song. I've seen them twice in concert, but they didn't play it either time. Bummer.

[@PhillyPhoton]

@LastPlayboy Sad, maybe it's that all of us New Order fans are turning middle-aged, but I was thinking earlier today that my heaven would include New Order songs. BTW: I really like the layered guitars in the last third of this song...

[@memoryfield]

Thanks so much for sharing this and keeping New Order music alive.

[@No-to4id]

From my head to my toes to my eyes to my balls. Love you Barney!

[@bryankinney1]

oh yes. wish he was still that bold.

[@nehiyaw1010]

Everything about this song rings true! NO fan from day one👍

[@ebw343]

Did you ever notice Morris' drumming -- I'm not a drummer,but in the recorded version, he starts with one "tap" per beat, but as the song progresses, he does two and three taps per beat. I love the way that builds up during the song. He didn't do that in the live version in this video.

[@Lambskin]

Bernard changes the lyrics a bit on this live version notably in the beginning. Head to my ballz or something. haha My favorite song from them and the standout track from PCL.

[@karziflora]

This is 1 of my favorite NO songs, the bass and guitar, wow, amazing. Goes straight into my soul like a charm, love it!!!

[@luistrochecriado8636]

La mejor banda-grupo de la historia. Gracias New Order . Un saludo desde-from La Coruña (Spain)

[@daysineuropa27]

Great song great band they just played and wrote great lyrics they just spoke to me and were on the edge in the early days thanks guys

[@KawaiiPooBeth]

Beautiful

[@DaveAnchovies]

these early New Order shows are unreal...i have an 81 bootleg that is amazing, but watching them play back then...and this song

[@alvaroverasdasilvajunio4447]

That's why we love New Order since 80

[@lilyloveslife2737]

I'm going to learn how to play this on my guitar today!

[@richardsmith4960]

Fantastico how time passes so quickly! Πολύ ωραία!

[@luizrodrigues5116]

Maravilhoso está música tudo de bom

[@philippemarcel6324]

So much memories

[@TheBoro73]

Never saw this live. One of my favourite NO songs. No matter what meaning you take from the lyrics and melody, so emotional. NO here in Sydney in a couple of weeks yeah!!!!!!

[@ebw343]

One of my all-time favorite songs -- just beautiful.

[@T289c]

1983...Probably the Best year these guys had, and their best work came at this time.

[@stevepayne2670]

..you are talking nonsense

[@Enigmaticland]

Terrific performance! Brilliant! Thanks for sharing!

[@walonsubi]

This video has a ridiculously low number of views... this song is perfect.

[@pyrtwistPyrtwistWorldInMotion]

Yeah he sang "balls." Cannae let everyone get too serious.

[@SmokeBen586]

Yeah around this time Barney was always singing about his genitalia! Get with it

[@No-to4id]

NewOrder586 I've got a cock, it looks like the M1!

[@jamie2051]

@@SmokeBen586 my personal favourite is 'I like fucking in the park, when it gets late at night'

[@bryankinney1]

@@jamie2051 love that one, was so hot...as if the "can't shaft without someone else" bit wasn't enough.

[@carlos1308]

We always take new order (especially early new order) as such serious and tragic characters, that sometimes it’s easy to forget how young they were. Man they had a sense of humor hahah

[@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa]

I love this record! Power Corruption and Lies. Not to mention the cover!

[@t0nes0nTales]

just like the way it was before : 80]s! long live the wave..

[@Loopjump]

Felt it in my toes at Vredenburg

[@thedude64]

Du très Haut Niveau !!!! Merci !! Pour ces émotions !!!

[@Duke_Togo_G13]

I can hear Ian Curtis singing this... RIP

[@Linear500]

I'm happy to hear mate!

[@MATTA74]

This song is EPIC!

[@ebw343]

Hard to believe this was 26 years ago. Still sounds better than 99% of the crap on the radio.

[@KarlHamilton]

35 years ago :'(

[@dermot51]

39 years ago timeless masterpiece, where the fuck does the time go?

[@108grog]

A taste of time travel. I WISH I could be back at one of these early gigs. When a sound really "moves" you, your soul is transported. Transcendent. We'll all be dead when someone in the future listens to these songs and feels "the same". Isolation is an illusion.

[@rukiyathalikova]

Unreal romantic ♡

[@kevinbouchard3906]

Jiliian on guitar...awesome!!

[@rburlee]

Music to my ears!

[@ButterflyRoseX]

One of my favourite New Order songs ♥

[@ApriliaRacer14]

Soundtrack of my youth

[@walonsubi]

I like the sort of... shabbier side of New Order. It adds to their charm.

[@stephandharley99]

This song is a masterpiece!!!

[@PGG81]

mille grazie per questo video :-)

[@MrMondrian1]

Hallo liebe New-Order"ists!Ja.......es ist wohl die "Einfachheit"die direkt in das Herz eines puristischen Musik-Liebhabers hineinstößt!!!!!!Ich spreche wohl für viele Deutsche Fans........denn:Seltsam sind doch ihre Deutschland-Konzerte immer ein großes Highlight....für beide Parteien....gewesen...!!!!Oder??? Wir werden sie immer lieben.....!! Große Lieben sterben nie..........!!!!!!

[@christinopessoadossantosfi9866]

Linda e clássica essa bela canção!!

[@Celinho64]

Maravilhosa essa música!!!!

[@WRocker21]

Me encanta esta canción ... y en vivo suena excelente :3

[@flydude2009]

Sometimes I really do hate NO for forcing introspection. Stripped emotionally...closest thing one can experience on this earth to standing bare before the supreme being on judgement day.

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

Wow!

[@punkinmyvitamins1]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@rdrake316]

I love New Order and I love Joy Division!!!!

[@Jahnli]

Epic, thanks for sharing this!

[@ferdzrines954]

hellz yeah! the BEST New Order song for me.. period!

[@Dmitry_pred]

Amazing!!!

[@LightFromADeadStar]

my fav new order song ever

[@dermot51]

THE New Order song, timeless

[@JohnCinalli]

Love this song.... thought if this after a final break up with a gal I loved...thought if we cant be together...then leave me a alone. She probably never heard this song...Anyway.

[@carlosr.1134]

Muy buena!!

[@raincrowd]

Profound

[@BanditoRios]

Soothing

[@AeternumSacris]

AWESOME!...

[@o0Luki0o]

30 years!

[@ДанилаГавриков-д1ш]

I want to die when I listening this

[@AndrewWells]

The son (and daugher) of Age Of Consent...

[@sunsetman22]

Andrew Wells We like to say "offspring"

[@carrigadaashcroft]

thanx

[@nikberkouwer2987]

💗

[@topshot2787]

Awesome tune probably my favourite, not the greatest of performances though really, Barney unintentionally and intentionally messing words up. This song really needs to be performed seriously with your heart totally involved with no pissing about... Its just that kind of song. Just like Love Will Tear Us Apart, and Atmosphere, Digital and Ceremony and of course The Eternal. Yes iam aware that they are Joy Division also. All the best from lancashire U.K.

[@ricardoebir37]

very good.

[@marketdaycanele]

spectacular

[@CINTERPOL]

omg better live

[@mr.marcelli7607]

Which do you think the best version is?

[@TheFibtastic]

+Mr. Marcelli Album version. One of the most beautifully understated things they ever did.

[@mr.marcelli7607]

definitely. But I wish Ian had performed it.

[@neoisis9373]

Mr. Marcelli that would have required time travel since the song was written after his death. But yeah I would like to magically hear Ian sing it too.

[@zulphur]

Stephen Morris the human drum machine

[@walonsubi]

@PhillyPhoton Don't feel too bad, i'm 18 and i'll be in the same boat

[@tindaloot]

Barney does well here, everytime I saw 'em, he usually f-cked up ! (Early Eighties)

[@OneUnderground]

Stage fright?

[@jamesoloughlin8268]

@@OneUnderground yeah he always had horrible stage fright

[@DaveAnchovies]

he was always a messy guitarist, especially when he head to sing...live JD boots and this early era of New Order are "loose" on the guitar, having Gillian back him up was cool. I didnt see them until the later part of the 80s and they never touched these songs...very electronic sets. if he had stage fright, taking place of the longtime mate and frontman probably didnt help. Joy Division would screw off live, too...the fans took it serious, the band was more laid back. This song built for New Order, and imo, Ceremony was better as a New Order track. Good to hear loose live versions...if youve never heard Joy Division live...its gonna be loose. Bernie had big shoes to fill and ill take any live version of this, Lonesome Tonight...really not worried about it being note for note live

[@hughiedavies6069]

Bit too fast but good to see

[@oostenmusic]

From my head to my toes to my eyes to my balls Everytime I see the eehhhhhh

[@MikhailBarachashvili]

ooooooh:dd

[@kindofheaveneyes8600]

pleases ma ears uwu

[@skaterausberlin94]

@MrMondrian1 Ziemlich.

[@poptompainwonderland]

why this and that,,,it is punk girls and boys

[@DR-xt9ux]

I was always the biggest new order fan back in the 80s but man they actually suck live watching this 30 years later everything is off Key his voice is cracking like wtf lol … I use to idolize this band

[@vecer12]

The song is great, but this version is quite pathetic, that guitar outro is played terribly

[@KarlHamilton]

Beautiful

[@hughjears1708]

I was there in fact I can pick myself out in front of Sumner for Everything's gone Green I still have the Ticket stubb. I remember it well it's like a living time capsule you can look back on if you were at the Gig! Great Footage