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Wonderful music from a far too short lived band
Though the group achieved only modest success during their career, and released only just two official albums, they have since been acclaimed as one of the most inventive and influential bands of their era. Thom Jurek writes, "They left just a small bit of music and an echo that still rings."Jurek, Thom. "Heart and Soul". "All Music". Retrieved on 05 July, 2007. (read more)
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and ambitions are low.
And resentment rides high
but emotions won't grow.
And we're changing our ways
taking different roads.
Love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.
Why is the bedroom so cold
turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed
our respect run so dry?
Yet there's still this appeal
that we've kept through our lives.
Love Will Tear Us Apart Lyrics
Joy Division Love will tear us apart BBC version
New widescreen version available at www.youtube.com A video by Jonathan Beamish for the earliest recorded version of the song produced as a John Peel Session for the BBC in 1979. The original band footage is a mixture of a performance video shot by the band for the single release (minus the damaged shots) and live concert excerpts from Plank, Brussels and the Apollo, Manchester. . We needed to do some tricky retiming and editing to sync it up with the footage which is from completely ...
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Links
- Joy Division at Wikipedia
- Encyclopedia article including the history of the band, brief biographies of members and a discography.
- Joy Division Central Fan site
- A comprehensive Joy Division site with a biography, discography, history, bootlegs, gigography, lyrics and much more information about the band.
- Remember Ian Curtis - Joy Divisio
- A site about the rockband Joy Division. After the death of Ian Curtis the band goes on as New Order.
Blog Posts
- My Daily Song: Joy Division - Transmission (1979)
- Joy Division - Transmission (1979). From a single in 1979. Radio, live transmission. Radio, live transmission. Listen to the silence, let it ring on. Eyes, dark grey lenses frightened of the sun. We would have a fine time living in the ...
- everythingonmyipod: Joy Division - An Ideal For Living (1978)
- Joy Division - An Ideal For Living (1978). The first release from Joy Division. At the time of the recording they were known as Warsaw but changed their name to Joy Division prior to its release. ...
- everythingonmyipod: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasure (Collector's ...
- In keeping with the darker slant, Joy Division seems to fit. It wasn't until later that I "got" Joy Division. The more I listen, the more I "get" the appeal. There is something raw and appealing about their music as they drove their ...
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- Ben Hewitt Ben Hewitt Jul 9, 2009 @ 8:43 am
- ello,
My name is Ben Hewitt and I'm the news editor of a small but well-respected UK music website called The Quietus.
One of our writers, Jude Rogers, has just written a brilliant article on the band for the site, which I think would be of real interest to your readers.
http://thequietus.com/articles/02105-jude-rogers-on-the-right-way-to-remember-joy-division
Anyway you could put a link up for us? And don't hesitate to let us know if we can help you out in return.
Cheers
Ben
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- Desmond Canon Desmond Canon Mar 6, 2008 @ 7:55 pm
- I just Stumbled this cool site on www.stumbleupon.com
The least I could do seeing as one of pics is there...the sepia statues one...(Procession).
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