Video of the Day | New Order - Singularity

The Berlin Wall is one of those tricky landmarks. Its construction divided a city, and caused immeasurable heartache for people on either side of the wall. Having said that, the wall also exists as a symbol. Perversely, it brought people together in as it gave East and West Germans something to hate. That much is clear based on the graffiti that is still visible on the wall itself. You can't distill that odd essence into one music video, but with their video for "Singularity," New Order gives their best shot. It's a frenetic and confusing video, but it seems like this is by design-- that the true nature of living in Berlin while the wall was up was frenetic and confusing, where you would look to the left and see somebody practicing tennis against the wall, then look to the right to see riot police beating down a 23 year old wearing a denim jacket.

Photo credit: Nick Wilson