November 11, 2024

New Order’s Technique was the soundtrack of my life driving across that fucking sand-drenched wasteland during Desert Storm

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A US vet recently recounted the most unlikely story about how New Order’s Technique became the soundtrack to his personal experience of Desert Storm, the US invasion of Kuwait and Iraq:

I purchased a pirated copy ( i feel bad now) of this album on the streets of Bahrain back in 1990.  This album was the soundtrack of my life driving across that fucking sand-drenched wasteland during Desert Storm.

And, quite incredibly, he wasn’t the only one:

I was out there with you my friend.  This album was a godsend, also New Order Substance.  I wore the hell out of my Sony walkmen.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZC55MlV8xE

 

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