the perfect kiss has many versions, that are basically
1) the 12 inch and edits
- the 12 inch mix
- dub, kiss of death
- substance CD edit
2) the 7 inch version
- dub, kiss of death edit [unfortunately in the US, called 'instrumental']
3) the 7 inch promo version
- dub, kiss of death re-edit
4) the album version
5) the live video versions
- original
- alternate (retro)
- edit
new order, started with blue monday, having the a-side version,
and a variation on the b-side, which was more of a dub. so they
did that for confusion, but had beats, a capella, and an instrumental also.
thieves like us had the a-side, but on a different single, they did have
an instrumental also. so when the perfect kiss came out, they also put
a more dub like kiss of death on the b-side, but also a very short
instrumental called the perfect pit.
there actually weren't any instrumentals of it, until the writing session one came out.
but, it would have been interesting to hear an actual instrumental
version of the song. the problem is a lot of so called instrumentals
actually have vocals, or backgrounds going on, and aren't pure instrumentals either.
which is why the term dub is used.
however, new order doesn't even do that at times. which is what makes it confusing,
like in the case of the US market, which at times does not keep the names of the songs
the same as the UK. blue monday was ok, and same with confusion, but shellshock had
some renaming, and bizarre love triangle, got bizarre dub triangle in the UK, but in the
US, was called i don't care. so, when the 7 inch version came out, they mistakenly called
it the perfect kiss (instrumental), so i thought it would be, but it wasn't, it was
the kiss of death (edit).
anyways, just another typical day with new order.
so i did attempt to make some instrumentals, although at first some portions were
getting left out, but i did go back and correct that.
the first one is the main 12 inch version - the instrumental lets you hear
the guitar and bass parts a lot more clearly. the remix is one of my all time
favorites, and there are a lot of great segments and solos, especially the great
ending.
new order - the perfect kiss (instrumental v2) 8:50
the kiss of death is the same bpm, and so is the perfect pit,
as parts of both can be overlaid onto this version.
later
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