Dr. C's old thread praising Movement and the new poll for this splendid debut album (their best until today if you ask me) which wasn't the first one for four of the band members let me rediscover this song. It was the B-side of 1982's Temptation and before I only knew it from the Substance compilation where it was basically a pale affair between synthesizer and drum computer. But live, especially at this festival in Barcelona in July 1984 it is a totally different beast. Very intense, pulling the listener in like a maelstrom. It must have been a hot day, Barney has dropped his shirt. The machines start this song with a heavy synthie staccato beat and some computer beats. But then the humans take over. First Peter Hook on bass, then Bernard Sumner adding the little exotic touch with his harmonica. Later on he sings through a special microphone which puts a lot of echo on his voice. And Stephen Morris shows who is the boss on drums. What a phantastic fusion of machines and men. Not to forget Gillian Gilbert on keyboards who is responsible for the special sound effects. This is how dance music should be. Delirious. New Wave at its apex.

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