How a NAKED Manager Saved New Order’s “The Perfect Kiss”
🎵 In 1985, New Order released ‘Low Life.’ It’s time to dive into the wild story behind “The Perfect Kiss” and discover how a naked manager, Rob Gretton, sparked a synth-pop classic with a desktop rant, and how Jonathan Demme’s iconic video sealed its legacy. From studio chaos to dancefloor glory, this is Low-Life’s craziest tale! 🔔
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 The Story of “The Perfect Kiss”
1:29 New Order’s Struggle to Create Their Next Hit
2:36 The Naked Manager & A Burst of Inspiration
4:45 The DNA of “The Perfect Kiss”
6:38 The Hannibal Lector Connection
7:43 The Legacy of New Order
REFERENCE CLIPS
“The Perfect Kiss” Official Music Video: https://youtu.be/x3XW6NLILqo?si=CmOQibGfHaxjgnmk
“The Perfect Kiss” (Live in Toronto – August 4, 1985): https://youtu.be/C9VUu6ear3M?si=QkwGB2TO7pFZwEoh
“The Perfect Kiss” (Live in Glasgow – 2006): https://youtu.be/X9tKIZliv7A?si=cURNcMx5TWpCMe1L
New Order Discusses “The Perfect Kiss”: https://youtu.be/gIzaEzzLqpY?si=pixyvNuX4h6vLkJY
New Order & Jonathan Demme Interview on MTV: https://youtu.be/XNhF9qe6H8c?si=NSbET3i661Q44dGp
NEW ORDER Age Of Consent ( BBC Radio 1 studios, 1984.) https://youtu.be/37cKAUDkQik?si=LoAHlPB_6NCpgSmn
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@AndyFenstermaker
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
Next dig into the story of New Order's Blue Monday: https://youtu.be/QGGgblDDKfM
@lovepulse
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
No mention of Porky Pig? Far more interesting anecdote than naked Gretton.
@thedelacruz
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
Morris:s " live drums "?
@LanceMunford
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
What about confusion?
@rootbeer4492
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
Yeah, saw them in 1987 at Irvine Meadows. Epic show. Opened with Ceremony.
@b52521
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
It's about AIDS
@AbdonCash
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
Hey Andy, another grreat historic video. Keep on truckin'. By the way, where's Waffles?
@ConspiracyBear
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
Without hooky. New order is refuse
@rwt8410
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
"Morris smashing drums"? Huh. I guess I missed that part of the music video LOL
@miketb1010
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
always heard it was about the aids epidemic..
@MrMalvolio29
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
I’ve always loved Face-Up on LOW-Life…..Bernard Sumner is a genius!
@JakeMcClake2
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
Well yeah, this is a terrific track from New Order. They never did anything better.
@michaelwilson2340
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
Low Life is my favorite New Order album. But all of the Factory era albums and singles were fantastic. To me it's like REM and their 80's I.R.S. era albums.
@cph2004
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
5:03 could mean that bernard seeing Rob stood there naked and saying he is strange. 🤷♂️
@pyrtwistPyrtwistWorldInMotion
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
May 14, 1984, Royal Festival Hall…
@n3r0n3
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
the idea it took months to write Perfect Kiss leaves me totally speechless… but it definitely says a lot about new order and the part engineers, managers and Factory played in both New Order and Joy Division.
@GizmoBeach
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
Low-life is my least favorite of NO’s five Factory albums.
Technique, Movement, Brotherhood, Power etc. and Low-life. I love its brevity but it’s a colorless album compared to the rest. Love Vigilantes, Sub-culture, and the rest sort of blend together.
As far as The Perfect Kiss goes, I don’t care if they spent nine years on it; sounds like something they knocked out in a hurry just to get to eight tracks or something.
@SkinnyEatWorld95
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
Man I hadn't thought of New Order in years. Can't believe I forgot about them…
@KS-yy2fu
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 am
A perfect song, perfectly drilled down.🎉 Heard it first at John Peel's BBC show at the time of itscrelease and never got that tune out of my head eversince. Cheers from Germany Klaus
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