On The Cover – JOY DIVISION
NME
1980
VIVE LE ROCK
2010
LOUDER THAN WAR
2017
NME
1979
MOJO
2007
Joy Division
BERNARD SUMNER About JOY DIVISION
29 October 2023
BS about JD.
Greatest Rock Song Ever According To COURTNEY LOVE
26 October 2023
Great choice!
(Image CL: cover of her so far only solo album ‘America’s Sweetheart‘)
THE MIRACULOUS LOVE KIDS And BETH GIBBONS (Portishead) Cover DAVID BOWIE And JOY DIVISION
18 August 2023
THE MIRACULOUS LOVE KIDS are a musical group of Afghan
girls who along with their families, escaped Kabul, Afghanistan
and fled to Islamabad, Pakistan when the Taliban took over the
country again.
The group was founded by American
musician and activist Lanny Cordola.
To mark the second anniversary of the tragic turnaround, they recorded
covers of two songs with Beth Gibson, the arresting vocalist/lyricist of
British trip-hop act.
To gain much-needed attention they decided to cover two classics.
Atmosphere (1980) by Joy Division and Heroes (1977) by David Bowie.
The collaborative performances are heart-warming.
Listen/watch
THE MIRACULOUS LOVE KIDS: Website
Photos: stills from the video
Happy B. To IAN CURTIS
15 July 2023
Singer-songwriter IAN CURTIS was born in Stretford, Greater Manchester, UK
on 15 July 1956. Happy 67 to the voice/face of iconic post-punk band JOY DIVISION
who influenced countless other musicians and still do.
Curtis took his own life 18 May 1980.
Rest in peace, troubled soul.
(Ian Curtis photo: from the cover of his widow’s book ‘Touching From A Distance‘)
JOY DIVISION – Ground And Soundbreaking Debut Album ‘UNKNOWN PLEASURES’ Released 44 Years Ago Today
Back in time
15 June 2023
Manchester’s post-punk heroes JOY DIVISION released their ground-and-sound
breaking debut LP UNKNOWN PLEASURES 44 years ago today, on 15 June 1979.
A landmark achievement. Along with the Sex Pistols‘s Never Mind The Bollocks and
The Stone Roses‘ self-titled one of the best-ever debut longplayers in my book.
An at times pitch black experience that sounded like nothing else before. Mind-blowing, masterly music that appealed to doubtful hearts and confused souls, and still does after
all these years. The astonishing record, despite the fact that not all members were happy with the final result due to producer Martin Hannett‘s excessive drug use and imposing views, became a classic tour de force for many generations.
To my and countless other ears this record still has a blood-curdling impact with every single member of the band delivering essential contributions to this incredibly gripping and wholehearted raw diamond. A full track-by-track accomplishment. Each piece is on-target and terrifically rousing.
R.I.P. Ian Curtis
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JOY DIVISION: Instagram Bio – Discography
NOEL GALLAGHER Covers JOY DIVISION
4 June 2023
(BBC)
NOEL GALLAGHER was the new guest to perform with the BBC Concert Orchestra as part of their Radio 2 Piano Room sessions. Among new material he played a cover of Joy Division classic Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Why that one?
NG: “You can’t get out the BBC without doing a cover. When they asked me to do this I was like ‘I’m afraid I’m all Bob Dylan-ed out… I don’t know what to do. I would play this song, this version of it, at home down the years. When they asked me to do it, I was like ‘How can I get away with that?’ Because it’s such an iconic [song] and, being from Manchester… well, this is going to be tricky. But now I’ve got my own studio, I went and did a little demo of it and I was like ‘You know what? I think I might be able to pull this off.’ So we’re going to do ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ by the Divs.”
NOEL
ORIGINAL
(Unbeatable)
JOY DIVISION: Bio – Discography
Remembering IAN CURTIS Who Passed Away This Day In 1980 – Here’s The Iconic Clip For JOY DIVISION Classic ‘ATMOSPHERE’
18 May 2023
Band: JOY DIVISION (1976-1980)
Song: ATMOSPHERE
Released: 1980
The gripping pîece was originally released on 18 March 1980 by French
label Sordide Sentimental as a 7″ single, only available in France and named
“Licht und Blindheit” (German for Light and Blindness). Only 1578 copies were
pressed.
Frontman/lyricist IAN CURTIS – mentally and psychically suffering from epilepsy
and depression – committed suicide on 18 May 1980. Shortly after Atmosphere
came out as a 12″ single (artwork below) It was #1 on the UK Indie Chart.
Still goosebumps after all these years.
Here’s the iconic, Anton Corbijn directed video.
JOY DIVISION: Bio – Discography
Artwork 12″ single
Quote Of The Day – Legendary Bassist PETER HOOK About The Band That Influenced IAN CURTIS And JOY DIVISION Heavily
Peter Hook about the influence of Kraftwerk on Joy Division.
TRANSMISSION – JOY DIVSION
8 April 2023
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 night
Left to blind destruction, waiting for our sight
And we would go on as though nothing was wrong
And hide from these days we remained all alone
Staying in the same place, just staying out the time
Touching from a distance, further all the time
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio
Well I could call out when the going gets tough
The things that we’ve learnt are no longer enough
No language, just sound, that’s all we need know
To synchronise love to the beat of the show
And we could dance
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio
1979