Joy Division: Classic Or Dud?

thanks ZZ! & AS

ILX
a gateway
our hope

I was listening recently to a NO playlist I put together, and what struck me was that while Ian was miles away the better lyricist (nothing Bernard Sumner has ever written comes close to the lyrics of "Ceremony"), I have a much stronger emotional connection to Sumner.

nothing Bernard Sumner has ever written comes close to the lyrics of "Ceremony"

Though, almost certainly, quite a lot of Ceremony is Sumner's lyrics, or at least his adaptation of what he could make out from the recordings that existed.

"Then again, who is close to Morris?"

there is/was a bay area based JD cover band called Dead Souls and their last drummer killed it. she's now the drummer in my band, I'm happy to say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYMxmtrfbmU

I saw a fantastic jd cover band in sf on NYE in like 2003, wonder if it was them…

Someone has turned my dream of seeing The Fonz dance to “Disorder” by Joy Division into a reality.

(IG Credit: soyouthinkyoucangoth) pic.twitter.com/II27pinEbo

— Disastro (@DeadAstroman) July 1, 2022

i. it has terrific rhythmic poise, and.
ii. is pitch-perfect in its invocation of mockable faux innocence, as a mask for actual genuinely (silly but knowingly silly) belief
i like mark s, but like a lot of his posts his reading is--how you say in UK?--too clever by half.

― amateur!!st, Thursday, 16 September 2004 18:38 (seventeen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

i too like mark s and his reading is exactly the right amount of clever (by half)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7IpgFIz9ng

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxY3FtlLc-M

That Fonz video is amazing

such passion Fonzzie

this was posted in the 77 albs, very well done!

https://www.reverbnation.com/djrudec/song/19246485-joy-division-vs-doors-break-on

depressing crap

https://pouria.dev/unknown-pleasures

neat but...should've picked a song on the album!

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