Low-Life (Definitive Edition)
WARNER MUSIC
“Pretending not to see his gun/I said, ‘Let’s go out and have some fun’”
FEBRUARY 2023 TAKE 309
1 GONG (P42)
2 LIGHTSHIPS (P45)
3 GIRLSCHOOL (P46)
4 THE METERS (P48)
5 MEREDITH MONK (P50)
REISSUE OF THE MONTH 9/10
IT is May 14, 1984, and as the UK Margaret Thatcher would like to see remoulded in her image tears itself apart, New Order are doing their bit on the angels’ side, playing a benefit at London’s Royal Festival Hall in support of the nation’s striking miners. At the climax, they unveil a song no-one has ever heard before, one they’re still writing there on stage, jamming with their sequencers. In time, this track will grow exponentially, to become the launchpad for the next chapter of their eternally unlikely career; a track that exploits and expands the possibilities of the 12” single even more than “Blue Monday”; a track so
