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Best Joy Division song

keith [Edit] [Delete] 75 replies 18:56 December 20th, 2012

I just heard Shadowplay on the radio and I think that's mine.

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disorder

cheers

alcxxk | 20 Dec '12, 19:05 | X | ^ This | Reply

mug_mug_mug, furio, kubrahhh, Antelope, JaguarPirate, Infinite_Jest, mac_daddy, 8stepstoperfection, and heartworms this'd this
- did you see this
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93pQRoBXqS8
  i think it's quite a good cover
  
  mug_mug_mug @alcxxk | 20 Dec '12, 19:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
  - the singer is just concentrated cringe
    
    furio @mug_mug_mug | 20 Dec '12, 19:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - good socks though
      
      mug_mug_mug @furio | 20 Dec '12, 19:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - no i have never
    
    thank you very much. favourite singer + favourite song + awesome backing band
    
    alcxxk @mug_mug_mug | 20 Dec '12, 20:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - genuinely had to turn that off after about 8 seconds.
    
    what the fuck's the guy doing, in his pop socks and with his passive-aggressive dance.
    
    very, very odd.
    
    forzaborza @mug_mug_mug | 20 Dec '12, 20:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    mug_mug_mug, Antelope, johnwiddop, and andyvine this'd this
    - Jesus
      
      I mean it sounds OK but the lead singer looks like what you'd get if they remade Are You Being Served & cast Henry Rollins as Mr Humphreys.
      
      ThirstyDog @forzaborza | 21 Dec '12, 02:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      moshymoshy this'd this
    - looks like a guy having fun singing a good song pretty well ...
      
      JaguarPirate @forzaborza | 21 Dec '12, 02:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Looks like the video clip you find
        
        If you look up 'complete cock' in the dictionary
        
        bornin69 @JaguarPirate | 21 Dec '12, 13:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - passive-aggressive dance
      
      What The Fuck Are You Talking About?
      
      thecrikster @forzaborza | 21 Dec '12, 21:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      mug_mug_mug and Antelope this'd this
- it still sounds so fresh
  
  could be released today and sound totally "now", except with better singing and lyrics than most
  
  JaguarPirate @alcxxk | 21 Dec '12, 02:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
The hit

Royter-Hatfood | 20 Dec '12, 19:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Love Will Tear Us Apart is obviously their best work.

Atmosphere isn't far behind.

Digital and Incubation are my favourites, though.

Weirdly, i've always considered them a songs band and not an albums band. They're literally one of my favourite bands, read pretty much everything ever written on them and listen to them more than most other bands, but i've just never felt much love fot either of their LPs.

forzaborza | 20 Dec '12, 19:22 | X | ^ This | Reply

Oissin_ and Donnie this'd this
The Sound Of Music

Icarus-Smicarus | 20 Dec '12, 19:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Stiff competition from:
  
  Atrocity Exhibition
  Isolation
  Ice Age
  Dead Souls
  Wilderness
  Interzone
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @Icarus-Smicarus | 20 Dec '12, 19:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - wut
    
    JaguarPirate @Icarus-Smicarus | 21 Dec '12, 02:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - THEY ARE MY FAVOURITES OK
      
      Icarus-Smicarus @JaguarPirate | 21 Dec '12, 03:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - u freek
        
        JaguarPirate @Icarus-Smicarus | 21 Dec '12, 19:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
Atmosphere

Obviously.

Transmission close behind.

outspaced | 20 Dec '12, 19:48 | X | ^ This | Reply

dcnuman, i_hate_rushy, moshymoshy, Infinite_Jest, TheGrudge, and pip_ this'd this
- These were the first 2 to pop into my mind as well
  
  dcnuman @outspaced | 20 Dec '12, 23:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- this, then Heart & Soul.
  
  That song has such a terrifying mood about it, completely hypnotic.
  
  yuggy @outspaced | 21 Dec '12, 00:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Atmosphere is absolutely incredible
  
  New Zealanders seem to really love it for some reason. It hit #1 when it was released and has charted here 3 times.
  
  Antelope @outspaced | 21 Dec '12, 00:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Atmosphere definitely
  
  Although I prefer Russ Abbott's cover version.
  
  moshymoshy @outspaced | 21 Dec '12, 09:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  sojourner, Royter-Hatfood, and friday55 this'd this
Isolation

wilykit | 20 Dec '12, 19:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

Infinite_Jest and didyousayhand this'd this
could be Disorder

or could be Heart & Soul depending on what day it is.

actually that live version of Ceremony off Still, that puts tingles up my spine.

no-class | 20 Dec '12, 20:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Rat

Jordan_229_2 | 20 Dec '12, 20:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- *Obstacle 1
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @Jordan_229_2 | 20 Dec '12, 21:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - *Munich
    
    yuggy @Icarus-Smicarus | 21 Dec '12, 00:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - *Death
      
      BarryShitpeas @yuggy | 22 Dec '12, 00:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Digital

Tiresias42 | 20 Dec '12, 20:10 | X | ^ This | Reply

friday55 and andyvine this'd this
- I seem to play this one first
  
  when having a Joy Division session.
  Not even the Barney and John "John!" Simm live version can spoil it for me.
  
  friday55 @Tiresias42 | 20 Dec '12, 22:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
No one mentioned Decades?

Amazing song

Binary_Star | 20 Dec '12, 20:55 | X | ^ This | Reply

Infinite_Jest this'd this
- Yas, that too.
  
  They have a lot of good songs....
  
  yuggy @Binary_Star | 21 Dec '12, 00:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Days of the Lords

shakerwors | 20 Dec '12, 20:55 | X | ^ This | Reply

ThirstyDog and oldfamenewfame this'd this
- One my favourite intros to a song ever
  
  it sounds absolutely immense
  
  Antelope @shakerwors | 22 Dec '12, 00:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Oissin_ this'd this
  - My favourite part is
    
    WHERE WILL IT END?!?!
    
    shakerwors @Antelope | 22 Dec '12, 15:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
New dawn fades

mikefarky | 20 Dec '12, 21:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

Blanket_Warm and Infinite_Jest this'd this
Atmosphere - it can still bring me to tears after all this years

Shadowplay, Day of the Lords, Transmission, Decades and Love Will Tear Us all run it very very close.

kostenurky | 20 Dec '12, 23:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

subjective this'd this
Dead Souls still sounds as heavy and as exciting now

as it did the first time I heard it.

Antelope | 21 Dec '12, 00:19 | X | ^ This | Reply

Gorkys_Forever and film_maker this'd this
Does Ceremony count?

if so that

Wasted_Opportunity | 21 Dec '12, 00:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- how masterful a studio version of that with Curtis on vocals would have been
  
  perhaps the greatest song ever
  
  kostenurky @Wasted_Opportunity | 21 Dec '12, 03:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - The Galaxie 500 version is better.
    
    wilykit @kostenurky | 21 Dec '12, 08:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    BlckGngElmnt this'd this
- i consider Ceremony a Joy Division song, aye.
  
  even the New Order vesion.
  
  Curtis wrote it, and they peformed it live quite often.
  
  forzaborza @Wasted_Opportunity | 21 Dec '12, 09:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4422255#r7231250
    
    wilykit @forzaborza | 21 Dec '12, 09:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
Transmission

Followed closely by Wilderness.

FWBTS | 21 Dec '12, 06:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The "AND WE CAN DAAAAAAAANCE" bit from Transmission...
  
  ...is one of my favourite ever moments in music. The fucking momentum and energy in that particular moment is astonishing!
  
  geordiedave1981 @FWBTS | 21 Dec '12, 10:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Antelope and kostenurky this'd this
  - tony wilson wrote a great paragraph or two about that part of the song.
    
    it was in the sleevenotes for the 24hour party people soundtrack. agreed, it's a thrilling moment
    
    no-class @geordiedave1981 | 22 Dec '12, 00:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Glad to see more love for Wilderness
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @FWBTS | 22 Dec '12, 13:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
Twenty Four Hours

midnightpunk | 21 Dec '12, 07:35 | X | ^ This | Reply

johnwiddop, ronbiggles, bowiecokemirror, noise_annoys, lukowski, and Oissin_ this'd this
It really is Isolation.

Probably my favourite lyric ever.

wilykit | 21 Dec '12, 08:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
The problem with Love Will Tear Us Apart

is twofold.

1) it sounds like Vic Reeves doing the club singer thing. Whenever I hear it, I have to do that bagpipe action with my right arm.
2) every little emo turd in the world claims to like it, rendering it completely detestable.

moshymoshy | 21 Dec '12, 08:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah...
  
  a song being popular or not is much more important than whether it's lyrically or musically brilliant.
  
  forzaborza @moshymoshy | 21 Dec '12, 09:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  andyvine this'd this
  - Butthurt Will Tear You Apart
    
    seriously though it's a mediocre song both lyrically and musically that has mysteriously been elevated to near mythical 'best song of all time' status. It's the goth Hey Jude.
    
    moshymoshy @forzaborza | 21 Dec '12, 09:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - You're clearly on the wind up or a simpleton.
      
      wilykit @moshymoshy | 21 Dec '12, 09:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dead Souls

as above...

its easily Dead Souls, a beautiful and powerful song.

Gorkys_Forever | 21 Dec '12, 09:00 | X | ^ This | Reply

film_maker and Infinite_Jest this'd this
The Eternal

Oh my, my, my, my...The Eternal.

The music sounds like someone sobbing. As bleak and beautiful as music gets

geordiedave1981 | 21 Dec '12, 09:02 | X | ^ This | Reply

Infinite_Jest this'd this
Colony

I think

hungover | 21 Dec '12, 10:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
It's all about

Exercise One. New Dawn Fades & that longer version of She's Lost Control closer behind.

lovelessrapture | 21 Dec '12, 10:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Exercise One has one of my favourite intros ever
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @lovelessrapture | 22 Dec '12, 13:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
So hard

Atmosphere probably shades it. But then there's Transmission, Disorder, She's Lost Control, New Dawn Fades, Insight, 24 Hours, The Eternal, Decades, Ceremony, In a Lonely Place....

Infinite_Jest | 21 Dec '12, 10:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors

hip_young_gunslinger | 21 Dec '12, 11:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
not much love here for she's lost control

surprising

cat_race | 21 Dec '12, 11:46 | X | ^ This | Reply

JohnEW and JaguarPirate this'd this
- 2nd fave
  
  Gorkys_Forever @cat_race | 21 Dec '12, 12:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
No Love Lost

shy_retirer | 21 Dec '12, 12:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
Atmosphere

Dead Souls
New Dawn Fades
Decades
Shadowplay
She's Lost Control
24 Hours
Isolation
Heart and Soul
The Eternal
Disorder

bornin69 | 21 Dec '12, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Joy Division have such a high proportion of great songs

That 'least favourite' is possibly a more interesting question.

'I Remember Nothing' for me.

bornin69 | 21 Dec '12, 20:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Novelty
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @bornin69 | 21 Dec '12, 20:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I don't understand the hate Novelty seems to get on here
    
    I can understand it not being someones favourite Joy Division song, and considering their strong library it might not be up there with the best (I honestly think it is) but it's still a cracking tune. It doesn't sound overly dark compared with a lot of other JD (the guitar sounds more like what I guess they'd turn to with New Order) buuut the lyrics are fine, although might sound a bit silly now that bands like Interpol have made the whole cringe-upfront-lyrics thing a bit of a joke.
    
    I would agree that Novelty has dated quite badly compared to other Joy Division songs, but if you were to strip the vocals you'd have a pretty sweet guitar track there.
    
    Antelope @Icarus-Smicarus | 22 Dec '12, 00:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Does it get hate on here?
      
      I never realised. But I just really don't like it for some reason.
      
      Icarus-Smicarus @Antelope | 22 Dec '12, 03:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
It's got to be digital

As mentioned above it's the one that still sounds like it's from the future. A lot of their others seem a bit dated (though still amazing). Disorder is also now eternally linked to 2001:A Space Odyssey on my brain thanks to this great vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrzGpVOPcTI

ajb123 | 21 Dec '12, 22:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm going to make an outrageous claim here

But. I think Joy Division might be the greatest band of all time. Or at least the most consistently brilliant. I know that might not sound like much because they weren't exactly around for yonks, but they have a large library of singles and b-sides along with their perfect albums that kind of justify's this. I also can't think of a single other band that can pull of the sound that they get down so well. This must be down to their producer as well of course, but it's amazing how unique they've stayed after all these years, even after all the bands they've influenced.

Antelope | 22 Dec '12, 00:51 | X | ^ This | Reply

PenguinPants this'd this
- yeah
  
  they owe a lot to Martin Hannett. I think they initially wanted so sound more raw and punky like the earlier Warsaw stuff but he put his stamp on it
  
  shy_retirer @Antelope | 22 Dec '12, 13:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Warsaw is such a good song too though
    
    Would have loved to have them do more straight-up punk stuff, since they clearly knew what they were doing with that genre
    
    JaguarPirate @shy_retirer | 22 Dec '12, 15:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- nothing outrageous about that
  
  if you count joy division and new order as essentially the same band, they are easily the greatest of all time.
  
  blicky @Antelope | 22 Dec '12, 20:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Echoing JaguarPirate,

Every time I listen to Joy Division I fond myself marveling at how fresh and advanced it all sounds, futuristic even, remarkable considering the songs are 30 years old or whatever.

Transmission is my fave. Gives me chills every time. I love the post-apocalyptic dance party racket of it all. It sounds like vehicles descending on sweaty rebellious kids in a black city. The way Curtis delivers 'synchronize love to the beat of the show' is just perfect.

The guitar in Shadowplay is excellent, especially on some of the noisier live versions. Also really like Love Will Tear Us Apart, Digital, Disorder, Atmosphere, Isolation... on and on. Really their hits to misses ratio is amazing.

thundervulture | 22 Dec '12, 03:26 | X | ^ This | Reply

Antelope and JaguarPirate this'd this

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