Joy Division Shadow Play 1979

[tubethe2be]

Mate, thanks very much for uploading this. Fucking good!

[daCODglitcher]

@rolocopoand i wouldnt exactly say they have made the song "poppy". i would say they have modernised it. you should appriciate whats left of this kind of music cause the killers are probably one of the closest bands to it.

[newfuckingwave]

i love seeing this grainy old film

[yackoftheyear]

thank you so much for posting!!!

[MaitreChong]

y dechire trop curtis, on dirait un débile



[NYYMGMG]

Thanks for the upload! Does anybody know why Peter Hook has his back facing the crowd?

[weaselidiotu]

singing and dancing like a retard was never as cool ! thank you ian curtis !

[bankaininjav2]

why is everyone talking about the killers like they were trying to be better than joy division? that's not why people make covers its because they were INSPIRED by the bands they are covering. if anything you guys should see it as the killers having good taste in music cause they like joy division.

[Boric78]

sure he did

[Polyfusia]

I wonder if Kurt Cobain liked Joy Division. He never mentioned them to my knowledge. He liked a lot of good bands. You'd think Unknown Pleasures would have made his best album list.

[seerymseery]

killers are a shit band, saw them live and never again, what fake pieces of shit they were....

[TVGeleia]

I think the Killers made a happy version, a true crime imho

[nullwii]

I wouldn't say the killers Ruined a song, You can still listen to this version right? guess what, it is not dead.

[opmofmind]

Look at Ian go man the killers will never match up to what Ian brings to the table RIP Ian!!!

[suspectoftheft]

with this type of music he could have just stood there stolidly. that would have been fine, but instead he dances like that and it takes away all of my insecurities.

makes me proud to be from salford.

[cjzoom]

@zaniac1000 I never said they did? just wonderin why everyones slating a band that was simply honouring their joy division, makes absolutely no sense

[mickeybaumann]

yeah- altricham - great performance !° rarest (video) stuff..

[ALMEMLA]

yhea , the killers, fuckin emos assholes. . . ..

[Campbz]

thats not funny....... Ian is my favorite artist.... and my best friend also has seizures...... I would love for you to wake up on the floor some day not knowing what happened, then someone tells you you had a seizure, then when you go to talk you realize you bit ur tongue, i'd love for you to fucking make a joke like that afterwards, you fucking cunt rag, go to fucking hell

[ftwelve12]

@Campbz Oh, lighten up, your seriousness makes me want to roll my eyes...into the back of my head, while I collapse backward in convulsions, losing control of all of my motor functions, snared in a frightening, nightmarish jolt of utter terror, desperately trying to keep myself from choking on my own tongue...i've...i've lost control again

[XXXXNanoXXXxxx]

Ian will give the killers a seizure

LOL

[francast404]

to the center of the city ............rock motherfuckers¡

[birdandthe]

its altrincham

[birdandthe]

where was this gig?

[Saerliam]

JD Forever.

Great video.

[Saerliam]

JD forever.

Great video.

[heavydutydudes]

JOY DIVISION IS THE MOST,f#ck the killers

[damobrfc1875]

Fucking Mesmerizing to watch! Pure genius!

[GPS1971]

JD Forever!!!!

[whittysaurus]

the killers are shit. straigt up

[cjzoom]

why do you say this when Joy Division are one of the killers most favoured bands, and always speak incredibly highly of them, the killers did a cover to honour this great song, theres no harm in that! tard...

[Reegatron]

Yeah but the point is the killers SUCK

[AttractedADA]

@cjzoom haha that's very true but they could have done a way better job!

[SpamAccount009]

The Killers is probably the most overrated band ever.

Joy Division, the best band of the late 70's. Ian Curtis was a genius. Poor guy.

[Transmissionwould]

Coldplay is far more overrated.

[Mattfletch001]

definatley

[turboloiz]

Joy Divsion the best band of all time, Ian Curtis the best singer.

[rolocopoand]

the killers made this shit too poppy...

the new version of this song sucks..

long live ian!!!!

[karziflora]

Barney Sumenr ur a guitar god.

JD's music is brilliant n fucking brilliant that no other band can recrate, ever.

[LunaticEntrails]

I love it, absolutely fantastic.

[gnational87]

new order rocks

[TheJokerIsDead]

This look like hell!! If he were playing there with all these dead souls!!!

[NMLP1]

meh. killers didnt ruin it. they did a modern interpretation of it. personally i love it, but i gotta give credit to joy division for being the original creators of this epic song lol

[djchangsta21]

no they did ruin it

[lobsterjohnson88]

killers are dancers...u put ur faith in the hands of a group of hopeless sell outs....i put my faith in JD. By the way thats a v intelligent comment. Starting with blow me and failing to spell credit...i no its hard...maybe u should leave discussion to people with the ability to discuss.

[NMLP1]

lol lobster stay outta this, dont try to sound smart by making fun of other peoples typos.

[icecreamforcrowhurst]

Love the footage but this is too fast. The song loses its ominous brooding quality at this clip. The television performance of this song is mesmerizing.

[Chaossspirit]

I liked this specific live performance of Shadowplay--liked the extra speed they gave it.Ian Curtis does his epileptic dance too...

[pathammond]

Version on les bains douches is VERY good too if you've not heard it!

[pathammond]

Are ye sure it isn't just called shadowplay, because of eh...the expression? Shadowplay? shadows dancing.

there's probably multiple interpretations anyway and meanings.

Main thing is Killers ruined this song.

[giorgossssss]

the thing with the killers cover is that it is lightyears away from the original's mood - not even close...

[pathammond]

Exactly, it's like they just didn't GET joy division, despite being fans. Really disconcerting...

[mkary03]

I decide to listen to both versions before i commented again. While i have listened to joy division i will admit i was one of those stupid people that didnt know shadowplay was a cover. I think that both bands did a great job on the song. They both put their own talent into it and came out with completely different sounding songs.

[freddiezgay]

This song was named after Cliff Richard's Shadows and BBC's "Play For To-day"

[tsanph]

Close mate , but it was actually BBC's alternative youth programme "Playaway" , sorry to be such a train-spotter

[freddiezgay]

Sorry - I thought I was being (post) ironic

[polyisrocking]

the audio is great !! well... the b and was great..ian was great...

[Shivambush]

Nice, before Ian cut his hair short!

[grazianeddu]

great video,shadowplay it's the song that made me fall in love with Joy Division music

[Lovesunnydays]

awesome!

[Paddymcwhoop]

God i wish i were there!

[theinck]

the bass doesnt seem tuned

[jimmeripper]

so what????

[theinck]

so lets dance to joy division.

[jimmeripper]

That's the spirit!!!

[Chaseyboeyy]

Dude most covers from this long ago sound like they arent tuned.

[derekwilliams1982]

Thanks for posting.

[SonOfLiberty80]

Thanks for posting.

[jjj7477]

superb....