In keeping with JAZ’s pool party mix, here’s one of the more surreal pairings of the last 20 years. New Order chose to stage their Top Of The Pops performance of “Regret” – one of my favorite songs of theirs – on the set of Baywatch. Hasselhoff himself makes an appearance, just before Peter Hook’s incredible bass solo:
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DZ, I'm a New Order fan myself.
My favorite of theirs is Bizarrre Love Triangle. I've always loved the lyrics:
Every time I think of you
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
It's no problem of mine
But it's a problem I find
Living a life that I can't leave behind
But there's no sense in telling me
The wisdom of the fool won't set you free
But that's the way that it goes
And it's what nobody knows
well every day my confusion grows
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
I feel fine and I feel good
I'm feeling like I never should
Whenever I get this way
I just don't know what to say
Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday
I'm not sure what this could mean
I don't think you're what you seem
I do admit to myself
That if I hurt someone else
Then I'll never see just what we're meant to be
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
I love this song, and used to have it in heavy rotation. But I can't remember where or when… Sigh.
Anyways, also makes me think of one of their musical offspring, the Hershey, PA, based The Ocean Blue. Worthy of a post on mbird!
I often wonder if Bernard had any regrets playing on the set of Baywatch, and I always laugh when I see the almst bare bottom of a girl, right next to Gillian. Ironic…