Just so everyone knows this is not a NIN cover!!! NIN covered it for the Crow. This movie was about JOY DIVISION the original artist. and maybe we should just be grateful that they are recongized at all!! Joy Divoson brought us to our culture as we know it today (musically)and many would just like to hate them.
@laurag333 He didn't die then, but his epilepsy and seizures became uncontrolable over time. While on tour, lack of sleep and long hours worsend his condition and that's why curtis would have seizures during shows. Depression must have let him to suicide because he hung himself in the kitchen of his home.
@Demonmustang68 Sam Riley isn't dead; he was the actor who played Ian Curtis in the biopic Control. Ian Curtis is dead. This isn't Joy Division, this is the fim Control's actors playing a Joy Division song, acting as Joy Division.
It's not Joy Division. It's not Ian Curtis. The description needs to reflect this.
Actor does a good job visually but he doesn't sound anything like Curtis. He doesn't articulate his t's, he pronounces them like d's, so he doesn't even sound British at all. I would have dubbed a track of the real band over this for the movie.
@ExiledStars you have a point but their not going to make it accurately, nothing can be done perfectly, dont have so much pride for the band. They did a good job recreating it!
@ExiledStars Dubs are terrible. I'd rather have a good/more accurate visual film than a good sounding one. He doesn't sound like Curtis, but that's not the point. They don't make the music.
@ExiledStars It says it the description...relax psycho. If you were SUCH a rabid fan, you probably would have taken the time to see the film, Control.
Of course it's not Joy Division, but in my opinion he does a very good job sounding like Curtis. The tone of his voice at moments is very similar, and as for the pronunciation, Curtis was well known (not unusual for many Brit singers) to sing with more American rather than British accent. That was why his style was often compared to Frank Sinatra.
@TheMuzfly I think the fact the actor is also a singer and performer is a big factor in why he is convincing playing Curtis. If he was a non-singing actor it wouldn't be as good. They were just lucky to get an actor that not only looked like Curtis but sounded somewhat like him too.
@TheMuzfly Maybe it was financial reasons or legal reasons or even technical. I imagine it would be harder to get the actor perfectly in sync with original music as this is not your average performance is it. It might not look as effective as having the actor doing the whole performance and singing. I think he does an incredible job and when I first saw this I thought it was Curtis!
MrUncreated hace 4 semanas Actually, I´ve taken the liberty of writing to Faber and Faber to ask what the fuck T S Eliot thinks he is playing at by being so down and stuff. I´m still waiting for a reply but when they do I´ll forward it on to Narnia for you to read as you eat your tea with the beavers.
@Commiteee Yeah it's originally a Joy Division song. Released sometime before their second album I think. Late 70's-early 80's.
Yeah, definitely sometime in the late 20th century between the birth of the recording medium and the death of vinyl. Thanks for that.
I wonder why someone would write such lyrics.
MrUncreated hace 4 semanas
Perhaps they put the telly on and found it was off cos of the 3 day week. I can´t understand why everybody isn´t happy all the time but there you go. Amazing
Is it true the actors playing Barney, Hooky, and Stephen learned to actually play their instruments for the concert scenes? I mean, are they miming in this scene or wot?
Most people say he looks nothing like Ian Curtis. But I think he looks a hell a lot like him. I think they got a pretty good performing/character actor to do his part.
I only recently discovered 'Control' but OMG i watch it at least once a week, and you'll notice its not just Sam looking like Ian, they all look like their counterparts, scarily so in fact. I liked this version better than the NIN version, but the NIN version was good for the era.
Trent Reznor is one of the best damn things to happen to music. his cover was excellent, the music was amazing, but i really would've preferred Ians voice instead.
@PurpleTragedy13 And you are aware that this is a scene from a biographic movie about the real lead singer that hung himself back in 1980? The actor's name is Sam Riley.
@PurpleTragedy13 You're very welcome! :) You should really see this movie "Control" about Ian :o I've heard about Joy Division before but when I saw the movie I became so much more interested!
you people disgust me, i love Joy Division and i love NIN cant someone like both of them cause it seems to me that you are being musical snobs and there the only people i hate besides fascists, and before u say Joy Division was a nazi band, they were trying to be sarcastic, it was Mancunian irony
NiN. Even their name is revolting & ["sex"-] SICK!! One of the best ever 'Light Show' seen in my Century v.05... 'coz, closing the night at the1st Sasquatch Fest there was No-Thing left after BAUHAUS further rip'd The Gorge wide & deep. I'm actually "happy" for that bloke T.R., to have seen him "before 'n after" [??] hearthy health, and Right There take a pause to honor Natural Beauty, and Natural Joy. Good Bless America!!
This is probably why I don't like the film ... it makes Sumner, Hook & Morris look like idiots, this event is based on a live performance around when they were supporting the stranglers and the rainbows, but in that case the other 3 actually stopped the song and carried Ian backstage, not like this where they keep playing and only after the song is finished and other people carry Ian backstage
@0mgwtfbbq21 Thank you. [THANKYOU-THANKYOU-THANKYOU!!!] I've been every time, and that for decades, discovering different dimensions in The Space known as Ian Curtis & JoyDiv but, Why?, What Is it?, No way! Synchronicity?!, or (unmentionable) Epilepsy?!? I've also been Blessed w/Partial-Complex Seizure Disorder... it has been the job of Our Collective Ignorance Agency Int'l to "curse" Us: w/drugs, w/demands, w/the "Program", w/thy ways, w/thine good & perfect "Health" B.S. Even Mum runs off.
@XXXXNanoXXXxxx I don't delete comments because I strongly believe in freedom of speech. Also, to the other guy, there's no reason why youtube can't offer real footage and film :)
@AntiMusick While I agree , it s also the curse that comes with a band of this stature that has been bio' ed and kids today will hear of the movie first , but if they like the music they will seek out the real artists' performance. I hate that kids think this is a nine inch nails song. But what can ya do , except hope kids will seek out JD's work and love it as much as us who own Factory Recordings:]
I'm an old Joy Division fan but seriously, Control sucks and the surviving members of Joy Division think the same. The movie doesn't show Ian's humor and is 95% about the "Unknown Pleasures"-period, which is the directors' favorite album. "Closer" was recorded 6 weeks before Ians death... As a director, I would pay more attention to that album because it's full of Ian's pain. And Reilly looks like Ian, but his dancemoves suck, too military, too theatrical... That's NOT Ian Curtis at all.
@Berlinerschnitzel might be true but Control was more accurate than that 'happy people' docudrama which everyone involved with Factory said was rubbish.
@Berlinerschnitzel The rest of the band didnt say it sucked. They said his life didnt have that much drama. It was all for the film. And of course the dancing is different because it isn't Ian Curtis, no one saying it is. His interpretation of the movements is not that bad. i think you refuse to take it for what it. simply a film loosely based on the life of Ian Curtis and Joy Division.
I liked 'Control' but you're right that the film didn't reflect Ian and the band's humour. Ian was always pissing about and joking. That's why his suicide attaempt and later suicide came as so much of a shock to the guys.
Sam riley captures ian curtis so well, i didnt actually know that they performed all the songs apart from love will tear us apart and atmosphere R.I.P Ian
@3azabb take cobain off that list. his lyrics were shit beyond shit i mean for one of their songs the lyric is "And I don't care. I'm so horny. But that's ok." i mean really? That isn't poetry like Curtis and Morrison did, thats just basically writing what you think and putting a good beat behind it. hell anyone can do that
@xDeadMisfitsx I mentioned musicians and song writers...the song writing is The Doors dept...mind you they have some funny weird stuff.... Dead cats, dead rats Cant see what they were at, all right Dead cat in a top hat, wow Sucking on the young mans blood Wishing he could come, yeah Sucking on the soldiers brain Wishing it would be the same Dead cat, dead rat Cant you see what they were at? Fat cat in a top hat Thinks hes an aristocrat
@xDeadMisfitsx You are right that some of Cobains lyrics were purely raw angst without much poetry and could definitely be considered crappy, but I do believe that he had some good lyrics as well in there. You have to admit that the guy struck a nerve with a lot of people, whether it be good or bad. Maybe he was at the right place right time but they were pure energy on stage as well.
@xDeadMisfitsx , In my opinion, Cobain had an intellect that can't be measured. By the way you're missing the most important part of that line you wrote. "And I don't care. I'm so horny. But that's ok," after that he says "my will is good". I find that quite hilarious.. hes making a statement about sexuality.. Take a good look at alot of his lyrics and you will find that there is a web of connections that seemingly dont exist. That being said,don't get immersed in the nuances of his words.
@Stalinsurfstheweb would you apply the same argument to Bob Marley, Hendrix, and so many others who have died young. A great musician is for all times.
its a good film-hey he did a good job-now you know joy division-so dont slag it-do it yrself-master has spoken
hegemoni66 7 hours ago
if you think this is ian curtis I have some swamp land you might want to buy
witchever99 20 hours ago
Had the look just at first. Then it all went to hell.
1SuperKawaii 2 days ago
Ian has a bit of a Joe Cocker thing going on
TheJth626 3 days ago
this is a song from "the Crow" but it was done by nine inch nailes.
0bong0bunny0 4 days ago
another shallow attempt to capture something that cannot be captured. the audience is the worst part. SHALLOW
shcocky 5 days ago
He looks just like him.
SuzLa1 1 week ago
3 oscars for Corbijn.
ronaldvanderkleij 1 week ago
Rik Mayall
waveoflight 1 week ago
Sam Riley did a great good for this movie but i would have had original artist do the music thou
duko1965 2 weeks ago
@duko1965 talk sense boy
kieron63 1 week ago
foda\o/
26271892 2 weeks ago
@26271892
u lot talk shite, ok nobody in particular but you know who u are. Cocks weren't there!
kieron63 1 week ago
it's a movie!!!!! get over it
Donnero22 2 weeks ago
Just so everyone knows this is not a NIN cover!!! NIN covered it for the Crow. This movie was about JOY DIVISION the original artist. and maybe we should just be grateful that they are recongized at all!! Joy Divoson brought us to our culture as we know it today (musically)and many would just like to hate them.
Donnero22 2 weeks ago 3
This is the worst NIN cover I have ever heard. The voice is horrible and the musicians just miss the mark.
starrmegeddon 2 weeks ago
@starrmegeddon Idiot.
VashDraven 2 weeks ago
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mass23ify 4 weeks ago
He doesn't even sound British at all? I'm confused. Sam Riley is the actor here and he is from England, so how does he not sound English?
Hegeldom 4 weeks ago
That is the voice of Sam!?
Or Ian's voice?
JonasVanRetro 1 month ago
@JonasVanRetro They sounds pretty similar, but it's Sam's voice :)
3alratseixip 1 month ago 2
The Telemarketer Song...They keep calling me
N8trone 1 month ago 10
@N8trone - Lol! m/
Frash68 1 month ago
I always thought Sam Riley looked like Stuart Sutcliffe (one of the original mmembers of the Beatles).
polishgrl87 1 month ago
seen them at the paradiso,remembering,souvenirs,souvenirs
dominique6259 1 month ago
lol nice biopic dude
BOKNOWSCOMPUTERS 1 month ago
He is not Ian!
SIrvarez 1 month ago
This is better than Trent Reznor's version.
moparmonster1965 2 months ago 2
This movie moved me like none other my generation ( i'm 11 so i mean kids) need to see stuff like this than playing freaking call of duty
Formypeople68 2 months ago 5
@Formypeople68 You have an old soul,you are probably a very deep thinker. !
HeReigns33 2 months ago
Caaaaaaaaalling me. Caaaaaaaalling me. THEY KEEP CALLING ME!
cindynunyun 2 months ago
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cindynunyun 2 months ago
everytime i see this is wanna watch the movie again;.. great movie!!
long live joy division!!!!!!! long live ian curtis!!!
simionTheOne 2 months ago
WHOA He had a siezure
Megapooper1067 2 months ago
Id kill myself too if I did that every gig
Megapooper1067 2 months ago
now i see where Ross Farrar gets it
quinnofearth 2 months ago
Excellent film. What a loss to music. Wish we could get Ian and Jeff Buckley back.
Prystauk 2 months ago
this isnt joy division change the description and heading
crazyfeh12 2 months ago
Nice dance. Ian looked better, but he's great.
svagana 2 months ago
looks like a young Jim Bruer
doppelganger2012 2 months ago
HE DIED? :( fuck
laurag333 2 months ago
@laurag333 no, he's alive. google???????
zenmonkey666 2 months ago
@laurag333 He didn't die then, but his epilepsy and seizures became uncontrolable over time. While on tour, lack of sleep and long hours worsend his condition and that's why curtis would have seizures during shows. Depression must have let him to suicide because he hung himself in the kitchen of his home.
talkin79 2 months ago
@talkin79 i understand that poor soul of Ian... I would probably hung myself too if i wouldnt get the medicine so fast. I have 'normal' life again.
Hj4rr4n0sA7t 1 month ago
awesome!
<3
TheDorita19 2 months ago
it's good to see that you don't have to dance good to be a total badass. :) RIP Sam Riley The world misses you...
Demonmustang68 3 months ago
@Demonmustang68 Sam Riley isn't dead; he was the actor who played Ian Curtis in the biopic Control. Ian Curtis is dead. This isn't Joy Division, this is the fim Control's actors playing a Joy Division song, acting as Joy Division.
xDeadMisfitsx 2 months ago
@xDeadMisfitsx I know...I was having a bad day when I posted that. I realized it a few days later but just said screw it.
Demonmustang68 2 months ago
Timeless.
n3kas 3 months ago
6 years ago you could have watched the REAL thing but THANKS to JEWTUBE and VEVO all you can watch is some actor from a movie.
when we come to chop off your corporate heads don't ask us WHY
enolapayback 3 months ago 3
It's not Joy Division. It's not Ian Curtis. The description needs to reflect this.
Actor does a good job visually but he doesn't sound anything like Curtis. He doesn't articulate his t's, he pronounces them like d's, so he doesn't even sound British at all. I would have dubbed a track of the real band over this for the movie.
ExiledStars 3 months ago 27
@ExiledStars Exactly; & you CANNOT imitate epilepsy....
Tamora17 3 months ago
@ExiledStars you have a point but their not going to make it accurately, nothing can be done perfectly, dont have so much pride for the band. They did a good job recreating it!
Perromojadop 3 months ago
@ExiledStars Dubs are terrible. I'd rather have a good/more accurate visual film than a good sounding one. He doesn't sound like Curtis, but that's not the point. They don't make the music.
metalgearsolidrulez 3 weeks ago
@ExiledStars It says it the description...relax psycho. If you were SUCH a rabid fan, you probably would have taken the time to see the film, Control.
amatoanima 3 weeks ago
@amatoanima You read that 'discription" for us than...smartass.ExiledStars rightfully ignored your stupidity...I don't.
PAULLONDEN 2 weeks ago
@ExiledStars Thanks..I was almost fooled.Knew about 'm,but not that good. Hate those fake video headings.
PAULLONDEN 2 weeks ago
Of course it's not Joy Division, but in my opinion he does a very good job sounding like Curtis. The tone of his voice at moments is very similar, and as for the pronunciation, Curtis was well known (not unusual for many Brit singers) to sing with more American rather than British accent. That was why his style was often compared to Frank Sinatra.
TheMuzfly 2 weeks ago
@TheMuzfly I think the fact the actor is also a singer and performer is a big factor in why he is convincing playing Curtis. If he was a non-singing actor it wouldn't be as good. They were just lucky to get an actor that not only looked like Curtis but sounded somewhat like him too.
BritainDivided 6 days ago
Nevertheless, I agree and do not understand why they did not put the original track on.
TheMuzfly 1 week ago
@TheMuzfly Maybe it was financial reasons or legal reasons or even technical. I imagine it would be harder to get the actor perfectly in sync with original music as this is not your average performance is it. It might not look as effective as having the actor doing the whole performance and singing. I think he does an incredible job and when I first saw this I thought it was Curtis!
BritainDivided 6 days ago
Sam Riley looks more like Ian Curtis than Ian curtis does
jtgjak 3 months ago 3
i love joy division so much, fuck, if ian curtis was alive now.
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I wonder why someone would write such lyrics.
MrUncreated hace 4 semanas Actually, I´ve taken the liberty of writing to Faber and Faber to ask what the fuck T S Eliot thinks he is playing at by being so down and stuff. I´m still waiting for a reply but when they do I´ll forward it on to Narnia for you to read as you eat your tea with the beavers.
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what if he was channeling and it wasnt epalepsy?
MrFalconford hace 1 semana
No. He defanaterly had epalepsy and wasnt´ chanaling.
NormanArches 4 months ago
@Commiteee Yeah it's originally a Joy Division song. Released sometime before their second album I think. Late 70's-early 80's.
Yeah, definitely sometime in the late 20th century between the birth of the recording medium and the death of vinyl. Thanks for that.
I wonder why someone would write such lyrics.
MrUncreated hace 4 semanas
Perhaps they put the telly on and found it was off cos of the 3 day week. I can´t understand why everybody isn´t happy all the time but there you go. Amazing
NormanArches 4 months ago
what if he was channeling and it wasnt epalepsy?
MrFalconford 4 months ago
@MrFalconford it was epilepsy.
xeokym 3 months ago
something about him swaying to the bass thats makes all my hairs stand up at the back of my neck..
SonnyJmSonnyJm 4 months ago
@JacobMPereira I do to, the album version was good to but this is better.
TheSellarDoor 4 months ago
@JacobMPereira I do to, the album version was good to but this is better.
TheSellarDoor 4 months ago
I wonder why someone would write such lyrics.
MrUncreated 5 months ago
25 Jahre habe ich die Musik nicht gehört ......einfach genial... muss ich mir immer wieder anhören ..
MsMarko2301 5 months ago
I assume NIN cover this song and not the other way around, right? Ian killed himself before NIN was formed....?
Commiteee 6 months ago
@Commiteee Yeah it's originally a Joy Division song. Released sometime before their second album I think. Late 70's-early 80's.
7hink 6 months ago
this is not Joy Division. This is some band covering Joy Division. That is all.
TheSchmuck2 6 months ago
@TheSchmuck2 its for a film called 'control' wich is a biopic of ian's life
cgalla0307 6 months ago
@cgalla0307 *nonplussed*
oh i am well aware of that. Well, as long as it gets people listening to the REAL music of Joy Division... trust me, it's on a whole nother level. :D
TheSchmuck2 6 months ago
having a fit thumbs up.
garlandfornow 6 months ago
This isn't Joy Division...It's Sam Division...Which is just as cool but don't get people mixed up.
Gamer606 7 months ago
8 people are gingers... get it?
07foxmulder 7 months ago 75
@07foxmulder LMAO!!!
sicknessguitar87 7 months ago
@07foxmulder I don't get it.
spoilsdaclown 2 months ago
Are u insane Hell yes Cobain was a musician, as well as a lyricist rolled all in one. RIP Kurt.
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jimcamel666 8 months ago
Is it true the actors playing Barney, Hooky, and Stephen learned to actually play their instruments for the concert scenes? I mean, are they miming in this scene or wot?
DaftSwank 8 months ago
@DaftSwank Yup, they're actually playing the instruments.
PandaBamda 8 months ago
wow, it was like an Goth James Brown at the end!
cheyanqui 9 months ago
Sam Riley would play and excellent James Bond....Any comments?
dprague 10 months ago
@dprague I couldn't agree more.
3azabb 9 months ago
My greatest respect for Sam Riley for this amazing performance.
Orgsgrym 10 months ago 111
@Orgsgrym definitely agreed
angeldestroy1 1 month ago
Most people say he looks nothing like Ian Curtis. But I think he looks a hell a lot like him. I think they got a pretty good performing/character actor to do his part.
coptersoisoi 10 months ago 3
meh... not real Ian = fail.
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Operator1026 11 months ago
The Annika girl in this movie was so gorgeous
plateofshrimp 11 months ago
@ArthurWar4you for sure!!
dominique6259 1 year ago
der geht aber ab x'D
TKRabe 1 year ago
niezle tancuje, jak paralityk na amfie
pmqpmq 1 year ago
7 persons are totally stupid, or retarded!
siewert69 1 year ago
@siewert69 stupid,so stupid!!
dominique6259 1 year ago
@siewert69 *people
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BronyOhYehh 11 months ago
I only recently discovered 'Control' but OMG i watch it at least once a week, and you'll notice its not just Sam looking like Ian, they all look like their counterparts, scarily so in fact. I liked this version better than the NIN version, but the NIN version was good for the era.
soon2bmrsk 1 year ago 2
omg I love this movie!
Born2Rock1987 1 year ago
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A nerd on drugs
alexmejia26 1 year ago
the guy that plays Ian is CUTE!!!!!!
dustpan83 1 year ago
OMG I love the way he dances!
heart2jam 1 year ago 3
Trent Reznor is one of the best damn things to happen to music. his cover was excellent, the music was amazing, but i really would've preferred Ians voice instead.
lostabyss 1 year ago
First time i listen to this band, and i love it!
Yup, my friend was right one of the greatest bands of all time!
The lead singer is gorgeous btw(:
PurpleTragedy13 1 year ago 2
@PurpleTragedy13 And you are aware that this is a scene from a biographic movie about the real lead singer that hung himself back in 1980? The actor's name is Sam Riley.
phantomlord91 1 year ago
@phantomlord91 No But Now I Know... Thankss (;
PurpleTragedy13 1 year ago
@PurpleTragedy13 You're very welcome! :) You should really see this movie "Control" about Ian :o I've heard about Joy Division before but when I saw the movie I became so much more interested!
phantomlord91 1 year ago
@phantomlord91 Yeahh IVe Seen It Before.. Its amazing.. Btw The Guy Who Plays Ian, Look Very Much Like Himm... Or atleast Thats What I Think Lol...
PurpleTragedy13 1 year ago
@PurpleTragedy13 I got to agree to that! And yes, Sam Riley looks a lot like the real Ian...If Ian had a son it'd be Sam :P
phantomlord91 1 year ago
you people disgust me, i love Joy Division and i love NIN cant someone like both of them cause it seems to me that you are being musical snobs and there the only people i hate besides fascists, and before u say Joy Division was a nazi band, they were trying to be sarcastic, it was Mancunian irony
IanCurtisisagod 1 year ago
@IanCurtisisagod OI Fascists aren't Nazis. >:l Ignorant slob.
LiveJoyDivision 6 months ago
NIN sucks
ushersan 1 year ago 2
NIN sucks! Joy Division the best!
Ilharess84 1 year ago
The best! Liked the movie. Ian was at least 25 years ahead of time.
nebcej 1 year ago
'I'm a believer of Joy Division fucking Halleluja!'
TheWoud 1 year ago
I like the NIN version better
SuperAk01 1 year ago
these lads did a great job with this... a great tribute to the late Ian Curtis. Also love this movie.
tumbipanther 1 year ago
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nine inch nails version better :)
eycrow 1 year ago
@eycrow Your opinion is as poor as your grammar.
mobjack 1 year ago 3
@eycrow WTF ¡¡¡¡¡
skatafario 1 year ago
ian burn in hell you fuckin enneagram 5w4 prick!!
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AdoreYouInAshXI 1 year ago
Eerily similar to Ian wow!
kayla4blak 1 year ago
- Wonderful...
hagiurashima 1 year ago
NiN. Even their name is revolting & ["sex"-] SICK!! One of the best ever 'Light Show' seen in my Century v.05... 'coz, closing the night at the1st Sasquatch Fest there was No-Thing left after BAUHAUS further rip'd The Gorge wide & deep. I'm actually "happy" for that bloke T.R., to have seen him "before 'n after" [??] hearthy health, and Right There take a pause to honor Natural Beauty, and Natural Joy. Good Bless America!!
emf4D 1 year ago
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eddym78 1 year ago
this vid is totally punk rock
Hacks98 1 year ago
@Hacks98 are you american?
MrMUGS94 1 year ago
@MrMUGS94 Why would you even ask that?
AdoreYouInAshXI 1 year ago
is that a blooper where he has his shirt tucked in, then he doesnt?
jenlikeshorses 1 year ago
joy division<3<3<3
starlima787 1 year ago
1:24 - 1:27, looked like he was on rollerblades,,,,,
obunkystaind 1 year ago
lol dance ian was in more trance
wancarlo06 1 year ago
He portrayed Ian very well..RIP...IAN
JennaP46 1 year ago
HAHA! Love his dancing :] I should try that when I go out :P
Joy Division never die :D
TheCrescentHearted 1 year ago
Sam Riley did a fabulous job x x Doesn't mean that mr curtis isn't missed xx
scroffage 1 year ago
This is probably why I don't like the film ... it makes Sumner, Hook & Morris look like idiots, this event is based on a live performance around when they were supporting the stranglers and the rainbows, but in that case the other 3 actually stopped the song and carried Ian backstage, not like this where they keep playing and only after the song is finished and other people carry Ian backstage
Gahan1985 1 year ago 2
Very David Byrne-esque, I can dig it.
AphroMagic 1 year ago
NIN covered this song.
Staphylin 1 year ago
the most old school of old school goth.
vikingninja72 1 year ago
@vikingninja72 yeah but unlike the goth this is actually good
0mgwtfbbq21 1 year ago
I cant help but laugh at the dancing. Anyone that says different is being over serious.
Dragnim 1 year ago
@Dragnim not over serious but respectful i mean that dance is not a laughing matter it came from a serious disease known as epilepsy :P
0mgwtfbbq21 1 year ago
@0mgwtfbbq21 Thank you. [THANKYOU-THANKYOU-THANKYOU!!!] I've been every time, and that for decades, discovering different dimensions in The Space known as Ian Curtis & JoyDiv but, Why?, What Is it?, No way! Synchronicity?!, or (unmentionable) Epilepsy?!? I've also been Blessed w/Partial-Complex Seizure Disorder... it has been the job of Our Collective Ignorance Agency Int'l to "curse" Us: w/drugs, w/demands, w/the "Program", w/thy ways, w/thine good & perfect "Health" B.S. Even Mum runs off.
emf4D 1 year ago
Fair play to Sam Riley, it must've been very hard to capture the intensity of an Ian Curtis performance and he passed with flying colours, well done
jwood36 1 year ago 5
control was a sweet film
karatebankrobber 1 year ago 2
it's sad that the faked movie footage has more views that the real footage from Hear are the Young Men.
AntiMusick 1 year ago 3
@AntiMusick r u crazy the real video to this song has 600,000 hits check it out dont ever say that the host should should delete ur comment
XXXXNanoXXXxxx 1 year ago 3
nope you are crazy because there are more than a few copys of the orginal live video on youtube.
AntiMusick 1 year ago
@XXXXNanoXXXxxx I don't delete comments because I strongly believe in freedom of speech. Also, to the other guy, there's no reason why youtube can't offer real footage and film :)
KingLeon1daz 1 year ago 19
@AntiMusick While I agree , it s also the curse that comes with a band of this stature that has been bio' ed and kids today will hear of the movie first , but if they like the music they will seek out the real artists' performance. I hate that kids think this is a nine inch nails song. But what can ya do , except hope kids will seek out JD's work and love it as much as us who own Factory Recordings:]
pattycat100567 1 year ago 4
A great performance as Ian ....I always get astonished when it gets to the end.
nuke97 1 year ago 6
I'm an old Joy Division fan but seriously, Control sucks and the surviving members of Joy Division think the same. The movie doesn't show Ian's humor and is 95% about the "Unknown Pleasures"-period, which is the directors' favorite album. "Closer" was recorded 6 weeks before Ians death... As a director, I would pay more attention to that album because it's full of Ian's pain. And Reilly looks like Ian, but his dancemoves suck, too military, too theatrical... That's NOT Ian Curtis at all.
Berlinerschnitzel 1 year ago 2
@Berlinerschnitzel might be true but Control was more accurate than that 'happy people' docudrama which everyone involved with Factory said was rubbish.
FlabSlaboFab 1 year ago 2
are you refering to 24 hour party people, becuase that movie was awesome
malleymyster 1 year ago 2
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It was fucking shit.
Jamiethewookie 1 year ago
@Berlinerschnitzel The rest of the band didnt say it sucked. They said his life didnt have that much drama. It was all for the film. And of course the dancing is different because it isn't Ian Curtis, no one saying it is. His interpretation of the movements is not that bad. i think you refuse to take it for what it. simply a film loosely based on the life of Ian Curtis and Joy Division.
werm277 1 year ago 2
I liked 'Control' but you're right that the film didn't reflect Ian and the band's humour. Ian was always pissing about and joking. That's why his suicide attaempt and later suicide came as so much of a shock to the guys.
MrPokeefe 1 year ago
Sam riley captures ian curtis so well, i didnt actually know that they performed all the songs apart from love will tear us apart and atmosphere R.I.P Ian
Lukekicksyourass1 2 years ago 4
Ian, Cobain and Morrison amazing musicians and song writers.
Poor souls!
3azabb 2 years ago 54
@3azabb
+ Layne Staley
Hotdogdoperwtje2 1 year ago
@3azabb Hendrix too :)
LewisofEngland 11 months ago 3
@3azabb take cobain off that list. his lyrics were shit beyond shit i mean for one of their songs the lyric is "And I don't care. I'm so horny. But that's ok." i mean really? That isn't poetry like Curtis and Morrison did, thats just basically writing what you think and putting a good beat behind it. hell anyone can do that
xDeadMisfitsx 10 months ago
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@xDeadMisfitsx I mentioned musicians and song writers...the song writing is The Doors dept...mind you they have some funny weird stuff.... Dead cats, dead rats Cant see what they were at, all right Dead cat in a top hat, wow Sucking on the young mans blood Wishing he could come, yeah Sucking on the soldiers brain Wishing it would be the same Dead cat, dead rat Cant you see what they were at? Fat cat in a top hat Thinks hes an aristocrat
3azabb 10 months ago
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3azabb 10 months ago
@xDeadMisfitsx You are right that some of Cobains lyrics were purely raw angst without much poetry and could definitely be considered crappy, but I do believe that he had some good lyrics as well in there. You have to admit that the guy struck a nerve with a lot of people, whether it be good or bad. Maybe he was at the right place right time but they were pure energy on stage as well.
drunktastic 10 months ago
@xDeadMisfitsx , In my opinion, Cobain had an intellect that can't be measured. By the way you're missing the most important part of that line you wrote. "And I don't care. I'm so horny. But that's ok," after that he says "my will is good". I find that quite hilarious.. hes making a statement about sexuality.. Take a good look at alot of his lyrics and you will find that there is a web of connections that seemingly dont exist. That being said,don't get immersed in the nuances of his words.
jglobal22 9 months ago
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jglobal22 9 months ago
@3azabb Their deaths cut their careers short, thus their is less to criticize about them, thats why we see them as such great musicians.
Stalinsurfstheweb 9 months ago
@Stalinsurfstheweb would you apply the same argument to Bob Marley, Hendrix, and so many others who have died young. A great musician is for all times.
3azabb 9 months ago
@3azabb Neither of those were musicians, they were vocalists
SHRUDE 8 months ago