You know, maybe folks thought the Ramones should call it a day when they did their farewell in 1996...they had been around forever, through thick and thin. Then one day, 3 of them were gone. Never to be seen in concert again, no hope of reunion. ANd to me it's really unsettling because they would be HUGE if they were still around and reunited. Absolutely huge. I think with New Order it's just always been a fact that they've been in the background, but now they're done. Get Ready was a fantastic LP, very underrated. The last one sucked donkeys and was an unfortunate conclusion. In any case, I still think it's kind of appropriate to reflect on their contributions and remember just how great they were. You never know, they might go the way of Talking Heads or Husker Du, and then we'll really never see or hear from them anymore.
