Love all things Joy Division and New Order and I agree that "Transmission" is better than "Love Will Tear Us Apart." I appreciate the latter and really do love it, but there's so much more to explore and the combined catalog is too deep to stick to one song. Dang, now I need to go watch '24 Hour Party People' again!
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is one of my favorites from this band as well as "Dreams Never End" and of course "Blue Monday". I'm no 80s expert but through video essays on YouTube I've learned to identify their sound by ear as 80s instead of just synthwave type music lol
Such a fan of Joy Division. The song that 1st sucked me in was Warsaw, but I'd struggle to pick a favorite. I tend to fall into periodic phases when I only want to listen to them, whenever the air is crisp, the sky is gray and the crows cackle endlessly as I walk my dog. I love that feeling they bring.
21st October 1979, Joy Division supporting Buzzcocks, at the Top Rank, Sheffield. This remains the best £2 I've ever spent.
Got there late (due to a tardy friend - never let him forget it) and missed JD's first song - how cool/relaxed was I at 18, missing the start of JD!
On any other night my lasting memory would have been Pete Shelley at the end of the Buzzcocks set, remaining on stage after the band had left, repeatedly (dementedly) singing/screaming a Capela, "there is no love in this world anymore," for what seemed like an eternity, but ...
... it doesn't stand a chance against my still vivid recollection of Ian Curtis's intense vocal and weird dancing to, yes, you've guessed it, 'Transmission'. "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio"!
No, not really. Pretty much just Twitter.
This band meant so much to me back in the 80's and they recur through my thoughts more often than I can say.
They pop up at the oddest moments, no?
JD and New Order have been a through line in my life for probably longer than any other band(s).
Love all things Joy Division and New Order and I agree that "Transmission" is better than "Love Will Tear Us Apart." I appreciate the latter and really do love it, but there's so much more to explore and the combined catalog is too deep to stick to one song. Dang, now I need to go watch '24 Hour Party People' again!
Ha! It's pouring here, so maybe that's what I should do too!
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is one of my favorites from this band as well as "Dreams Never End" and of course "Blue Monday". I'm no 80s expert but through video essays on YouTube I've learned to identify their sound by ear as 80s instead of just synthwave type music lol
I love "Dreams Never End." One of the few times Peter Hook gets to sing!
Such a fan of Joy Division. The song that 1st sucked me in was Warsaw, but I'd struggle to pick a favorite. I tend to fall into periodic phases when I only want to listen to them, whenever the air is crisp, the sky is gray and the crows cackle endlessly as I walk my dog. I love that feeling they bring.
That is a fantastic picture you've painted, and one that's totally relatable!
21st October 1979, Joy Division supporting Buzzcocks, at the Top Rank, Sheffield. This remains the best £2 I've ever spent.
Got there late (due to a tardy friend - never let him forget it) and missed JD's first song - how cool/relaxed was I at 18, missing the start of JD!
On any other night my lasting memory would have been Pete Shelley at the end of the Buzzcocks set, remaining on stage after the band had left, repeatedly (dementedly) singing/screaming a Capela, "there is no love in this world anymore," for what seemed like an eternity, but ...
... it doesn't stand a chance against my still vivid recollection of Ian Curtis's intense vocal and weird dancing to, yes, you've guessed it, 'Transmission'. "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio"!
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What a show! I'd love to read/hear more about it at some point.
Good thinking Kevin, might turn this into a full C69 post at some point.