Having recently seen Wagner's Rheingold at the opera, I was struck by the similarity between the synth line in All Day Long beginning at around 3'10" and the Rhine leitmotif emerging in the Rheingold's prelude at ca. 2 minutes into the piece.
For comparison:
https://youtu.be/MuHNXoZvlgg?t=189
https://youtu.be/gH4947fQcgo
― jvc, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 13:54 (four years ago) link
Isn't the Reinghold the walk on music for New Order typically?
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
Thanks! Haven't really kept up with NO after Technique, so that's news to me. Checking recent setlists and concert clips, the Rheingold prelude indeed is their walk on music, so the ADL string synth part is definitely a conscious borrowing.
― jvc, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
The walk-on music last Saturday was "Times Change."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I watched a very long video compiled from the Miami shows and that instrumental version of Times Change was the best thing they 'played' in 4 days. Mostly due to Bernard not singing on it. Although Dream Attack sounded great.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
The Saturday show was solid. The show last January was superb.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
It's so much better in person than it is watching a hand held youtube stream.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 22:53 (four years ago) link
Despite squishing together several superior NO singles, "Angel Dust" is perfect orientalist goth.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 02:41 (two years ago) link