That Band Joy Division
 

Ever heard of them before?

I never really was a fan.I heard "love will tear us apart" a bunch of times but felt nothing for it. Then sometime over the last month i stumbled upon some live version of "she lost control" and really enjoyed it. I got Unknown Pleasures and thought it was just okay, but I Loved the live disc that came with it. It had way more energy and excitement than the studio album.

Anyone else have this strange predicament with the band or any other band for that matter?

God praise Joy Division. The live material does have alot more excitement on it and is way more emotional. Great, great, great album still blows my mind every time I listen to it.

Yeah, they sort of have that Interpol thing going on.

lol

It helps to hear them on vinyl, I've noticed.

I have a 2 LP limited edition set of Martin Hannett's mixes. Good stuff, if not drastically different from the orginals.

fucking flash in the pan...

is this serious?

Yeah, this a joke thread.

Anyway, Unknown Pleasures rules. That's about it.

well, everything joy division did ruled. even their warsaw shit.

"this is the way, step inside"

3 5 0 1 2 5 Go!

Ever hear the Peel Sessions? Although I'm a fan of the band generally, its like they had some massive energy drain before recording them. Sounds a lot like Cure's PONO to me (which might just be your thing). Then again, because I didn't like them (The P sessions) I haven't listened to them in years and my memory might be fucking with me.

the live half of still is fantastic, their final gig i think! great band, just read the debbie curtis book, i have to say i wasnt impressed. she seems a tad..... bitter about her deal!

favourite jd album... closer, its hauntingly poignant.

The band hated Hannett's production.

Closer is a record that's way beyond my comprehension. I mean, each time I listen to it, I just keep holding my breath until the last song's over.

I love all the Joy Division

but a sweet spot is reserved in my heart of hearts for SUBSTANCE

holy fuck what a collection of songs to get into when I was 18 and found a dubbed cassette of it, having heard just one or two Joy division songs beforehand. FUCK

I love it so much.

THEY KEEP CALLING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes! Digital, Transmission and She's Lost Control ... it's all there.

dead souls.... fucking amazing song.... so good im gonna put it on right now........

they are quite possibly the only bands'artists ever who made two ten star perfect ablums in a row. only other bands that did that were the velvets (white light/whiteheat, vu and nico), arguably the youth (first five full lengths).

Add The Stooges & (arguably) Neil Young [On The Beach / Tonight's The Night], Patti Smith [Horses / Radio Ethiopia] & David Bowie [Hunky Dory / Ziggy] to the list and I might agree.

i disagree with the stooges, i love all their ablums and theyre my favorite band, but fun house stands far above their other two records. actually i dont agree with any of those. on the beach is far superior to tonights the night, horses is superior to radio ethiopia, and i dont like either of those bowie ablums (if you had said berlin trilogy id give you that)