From the jump, the driving propulsion of this song, is a dizzying realization and revelation. This is spiritual pop! "All the way" reflects a dazzling wonderfully mature grounding. The ethereal jangles supporting the chorus convey the wonder of self-acceptance and/or self-forgiveness ("to be apart from what you've done" can be taken that way as well). "To find the truth inside yourself/and not depend on anyone" (The emphasis "truth" and "inside your-seelf" !!). It takes years to find this "nerve", in fact, it can be a monumental reach.
New Order is always great at broadly painting the societal forces that bear on us so strongly in simple yet profound ways. One of their great lines is "lecture me with poetry/and tell me that I can" reflecting the bromides of smiling middle class culture patronizingly telling you 'you can do it'. "Parasites and litricites" only savaging because they can. This lecturing of the small-minded (and maayyybe the music press), academia and the hanger-ons who want to tear you down is all a blur here. It's a lot of noise as Sumner's voice brushes them off with the sardonic "it doesn't take a genius" and "it don't take no Houdini" lines. Sumner reflects on this low-level pettiness, realizes it's vacuity ("I don't give a damn about what all those people say"), and points to a new direction, a wonderful new order.
As I read it, the title "All the Way" is a commitment to go all the way with yourself. The lingering keyboard lines create a new world after this realization. And those guitar riffs after the second chorus are uplifting turbo-boosters into pop paradise. This is one of those pop songs that no matter what happens in life, I always got it in my backpocket. It's a life-saving song all the way.
From the jump, the driving propulsion of this song, is a dizzying realization and revelation. This is spiritual pop! "All the way" reflects a dazzling wonderfully mature grounding. The ethereal jangles supporting the chorus convey the wonder of self-acceptance and/or self-forgiveness ("to be apart from what you've done" can be taken that way as well). "To find the truth inside yourself/and not depend on anyone" (The emphasis "truth" and "inside your-seelf" !!). It takes years to find this "nerve", in fact, it can be a monumental reach.
New Order is always great at broadly painting the societal forces that bear on us so strongly in simple yet profound ways. One of their great lines is "lecture me with poetry/and tell me that I can" reflecting the bromides of smiling middle class culture patronizingly telling you 'you can do it'. "Parasites and litricites" only savaging because they can. This lecturing of the small-minded (and maayyybe the music press), academia and the hanger-ons who want to tear you down is all a blur here. It's a lot of noise as Sumner's voice brushes them off with the sardonic "it doesn't take a genius" and "it don't take no Houdini" lines. Sumner reflects on this low-level pettiness, realizes it's vacuity ("I don't give a damn about what all those people say"), and points to a new direction, a wonderful new order.
As I read it, the title "All the Way" is a commitment to go all the way with yourself. The lingering keyboard lines create a new world after this realization. And those guitar riffs after the second chorus are uplifting turbo-boosters into pop paradise. This is one of those pop songs that no matter what happens in life, I always got it in my backpocket. It's a life-saving song all the way.