Living In The Ice Age - Warsaw (Joy Division)

[MrDeviousPixie]

Nothing will hold, nothing will fit.

[allesvorbei1]

sehr gut und total aktuell

[exeuroweenie]

This song always gives you those cold chills and pinpricks that make you feel alive.I always wondered if it had anything to do with Margaret Drabble's novel of the same title.

[BassPr0digy]

I MET PETER HOOK AND IT WAS AWESOME!!!! (he's the bass player) He was really friendly and I enjoyed meeting him. (He had a signing gig at Amoeba Records)

[tetrahydroscope]

nice recording!

[JVialpando]

Hahahahah so sick! as raw as it gets

[cro44magnum]

I invented the Ice Age. I then survived it.

[Kiroy18]

É isso ai

[Kiroy18]

esta mùsica foi um esboço para a Ice Age (Still)?

[NinetiesYouth]

nice! never heard this version.

[Funzlustig]

Warsaw IS Joy Division before they started!

[superspocko]

I am confused. I have an Italian release on El Topo entitled "A Darkness in my Soul". I read a whatever book that JD recorded what was supposed to be their 1st album in May '78. That's the record I have. The songs on my record are recorded live in studio and more raw sounding.. JD dropped the Warsaw name earlier in that year before the Warsaw record even came out. Enlighten me!!

[D1G1T4LDOGMUCK]

Havent heard this tune before, the little drum solo souds abit like Disorder. till it kicks in!

[treyzure]

I'm looking for facts on how early humans lived in the ice age....and it gave me this -.-

[tertommy]

thought it was "Teenage Lobotomy" begining of song

[potchoker]

warsaw and joy division are different completely diferrent.. please fuck off and re-educate one self. PUNK

[Indidenor]

This is real music - harsh and raw. Don't expect it to sound nice, don't expect it to sound positive. It's poetry and art but not as you might like it. In its time it was unique.

[StogieSmalls]

Why are people comparing Joy division and Warsaw? They are the same frickin band....?

[locondro]

@StogieSmalls Erm, YEAH!? Warsaw were the first incarnation of JD

[gilcredt]

My bands called JoyVision's >.< But I named it way before I knew of Joy Division.. But oh well.. I love the lost sounds cover of this(: It's better lol

[Vermillonne]

for sure you put them away :o



[bdmru1980]

This is punk make no mistake about it, and some damn fine punk at that!

[gombie]

Does anybody know if there's any recording of the pre-version of this song (waiting for the ice age) ??

[Tuxedomoon100]

Just a great track, isn't it?

[smallpawwly44]

i love there early stuff as well, but there two totally different things...but i dont know why people wont give this material the respect it deserves. it's a very important mile stone in JD's evolution. even the band shit on this stuff like their ashamed of it...

[luis12w]

every song on this album sounds so much more punk than their older verisons!!! I love it!

[PlateauEast]

really reminds me of Bauhaus. The production on the JD recordings is quite different and makes their music more distinctive. While this Warsaw stuff is good to hear, and good on its own merit, it still doesn't much resemble their later sound. Just shows how important the production element is when developing a band and their sound.

[fubuxjenk]

well considering it was all demos no fucking shit sherlock, this was when they were still a punk band, so all the songs are mixed and recorded with a more punk ideology as opposed to their later use of distort and effects, this is intended to be more raw and in my opinion this ver of ice age is waaay better then their later ver they did as joy division.

[PlateauEast]

no shit sherlock?

[Arax1966]

Bauhaus were formed in 1978. This single was released in 1976...

[PlateauEast]

i don't understand you point

[harfarhs]

@Arax1966 - released? By whom?

[Arax1966]

@harfarhs

OK

it was in June 1978.

[jdury]

Well said, agreed. To paraphrase a quote by Peter Saville (from Grant Gee's doc), "This is possibly heresy, but Martin Hannett presented a way to understand Joy Division. He heard something. He saw something. He felt something from them. He was able to project from his mind what it could be."

[BizRATM2]

i am huge fan of JD but this song is quite rubbish...they clearly hadn't found the songwriting skills that made them great at this point

[BeneathTheSand]

This one is quite tame compared to JD's version "Ice Age". Trust me, it sounds tons better.

[paolorossifan2006]

@BeneathTheSand the JD version is darker and creepier. the warsaw recordings were punkier

most of the warsaw versions sound better in my opinion but the production on the JD versions made their sound more unique and original.

[Sesquipedaliantique]

I prefer the way they did the chorus on this version, but overall JD wins out.

Nothing will hold, nothing will fit...

[paolorossifan2006]

@Sesquipedaliantique the chorus does sound better here. the JD version has much creepier vocals

[fubuxjenk]

im going to fucking stab you u dumb hipster fag

[heathshoegaze]

this song is r8... and it reminds me of batman for some reason i dont no

[KomackinoA]

This is as good as the original (well the sequel).

[Popdivision]

Ian sounds a little like Joe Strummer i think

[DareScandalo]

The RCA sessions. Arrow Studios, Manchester. May 3rd and 4th 1978. Producers: John Anderson, Bob Auger, Richard Searling THE DRAWBACK LEADERS OF MEN WALKED IN LINE FAILURES NOVELTY NO LOVE LOST TRANSMISSION ICE AGE INTERZONE WARSAW SHADOWPLAY Most of this song are in "Warsaw" the bootleg you posted here. Thanks

[DareScandalo]

in January 1978 the band became Joy Division.

INSIDE THE LINE

GUTZ

AT A LATER DATE

THE KILL"

YOU'RE NO GOOD FOR ME

Only these demos were recorded when JD were still called "Warsaw :)

[WarsawRevision]

I believe this was recorded at Arrow Studios, Manchester, England, May 1978.

[daviddelarge]

Wow...one of my all-time favourite songs, I had no idea such a version existed. I'm not sure what I think of it, it sounds a bit ridiculous when they all join in on the chorus, the bass isn't so prominent as later JD songs, and Ian clearly hasn't found his voice yet. Everything is in place though. What year would this have been recorded? Cheers for posting, fascinating.

[marakas0]

OMG!

[locuraromantica]

Well,sure that Ian Curttis used music as a way to take out his frustation,a way to try taking out his feelings...Who ever knows.

[Kento617]

@locuraromantica I think many people do that as well, Kurt Cobain did.

[locuraromantica]

This song is fucking amazing!They are poets,nobody will take their place in the greatest musicians of our modern music.

[RottenAndVicious]

Just awesome <3

[fernandacito]

Perfect..!!!