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  • Mientras esté Hooky no hay problema

  • I think the expression is different.This is a homage ,perhaps before they played a wonderfull gifted technical role,but the conception artistry was the departed singer.The times are different,back then Britain was still a manufacturing country with poor wages conditions,but also craft.That is what was witnessed the craft of playing with a very important literary figure who didnt always no doubt have the best performances,its not a brittle thing music it changes.Im sure a lot more can be said.

  • Of course most of us miss Ian in this one but we must not forget that only these three guys can lay down that eary Joy Division vibe which other bands can only dream of. Great rendition nonetheless !

  • Peter Hook: the coolest and awesomest douche to ever walk this earth

  • I've fucking had it with checking out vids of New Order performing Joy Division songs and finding this litany of comments bitching about how it's not the same without Ian and viciously slagging Barney off for singing in Ian's place. Of course it's not gonna be the fucking the same without fucking Ian, but New Order's performances of these classic tunes are to be savored. They're amazing and anyone that disagrees is a right shit-brained tosser that can blow it out sticks stuck up their arses!!!

  • three men on this stage helped write this song and singer/songwriter ian curtis bailed. the negative comments are awfully childlike , please take your little tantrums back to mummy, and stop polluting the internet.

  • WTF is this?? what happened to their true style? why is hook moving like that and those screams from bernard make me wanna puke...

    That song means too much to sing it like that

  • The band members from Joy Division killed Ian Curtis by changing the bands name to New Order and having that fat fuck singing his songs!

    i hope their soul's never rest in peace:(

  • Someone kick the drummer awake. VERY VERY cool to see this, but it lacking, sadly.

    

  • NO has never covered JD, because they are JD.

  • @thekiddlesmum correct. no way to cover yourself, i don't understand the posters understanding...

  • OMG - not heard NO cover their JD song - this is incredible. Curtis could never be replaced. But this does it complete justice.

  • OMG - not heard NO cover their JD song - this is incredile. Curtis could never be replaced. But this does it complete justice.

  • Powerful , even without Ian.

    V.O.I.D.MK20(MA)

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  • @docfraktal Hmm let me see, Steve's drums, Barney's guitar, Hooky's bass, Ian's lyrics, I'd say that means 75% of it is New Order's and they have as much a right to play it as anyone. The band were Ian's best mates and I'm sure he'd have wanted them to play it instead of listening to some whining commenter underneath a youtube video. Besides, they didn't play this for 22 years after he died, is that deferential enough for you?

  • @gmtx12

    you're right!! I was not in great shape when i wrote this !!

  • @docfraktal - There was a band called Joy Division. The singer killed himself. The rest of the band changed the name of their band to New Order and continued. They have every right to play this song. Why don't you see it as a tribute to Ian Curtis instead?

  • @BayviewFinch

    you're right!! I was not in great shape when i wrote this !!

  • @docfraktal

    still ther are a few band members knowing him from the earlier days, they decided in earlier days to continue if anybody would leave the band(any reason)just would change the band name,

    so why shouldn't they play a song of them.........

  • @docfraktal haha are you kidding me? NO are Joy Division minus Ian, if THEY don't have the right to cover one of their song i don't know the hell might have it...

  • Nice to bring JP into this. Simple bassline... frenzied chorus..Curtis would have been trance dancing..

  • i love Bernard's dance lol

  • I dont know why people are complaining of Barny playing this song since he and Hooky wrote the song!!

    Barny and Hooky wrote the music and Ian put his poems/lyrics over the music.

    How can they cover a song that they wrote themselves?

    Fair enough the original song is miles better with Ian' vocals but nothing should stop these guys playing their own songs...

  • Not even 50 million light years close to the original. Watered down shitty cover of a legendary song.

  • @bloodySunday77 Cock

    

  • @bloodySunday77 Cock

  • it is totally rubbish without ian

  • I think I would sell my soul to be at that concert......

  • of course its not the same without Ian, stupid comment....i still respect this though, would you rather not hear the original band play these tunes? i dont think so.....

  • Muito bom !!! Brasil Division !!!

  • Muito bom !!! Brasil Division !!!

  • she's lost control

  • Imagine Joy Division playing this song in the little hole in the wall pubs.... that would be the show id wanna see.

  • @thelurker25 Ian Curtis didn't have the best voice in the world, not by a long shot, The guy you are talking about will not have a fraction of the impact Ian had and... still has on world music... 

  • @thelurker25 justin bieber is a little wanker

  • please Ian comme back !!!!!!! HELP!!!!!

  • R.I.P Ian Curtis <3

  • Good to see people moving around a bit. Do you see that u.s. kids? People are dancing, not lying on the floor.

  • Wish I was there!

  • fucking great! sat here thinking about Ian on the 30th aniversary of his demise,and this just cheered me the fuck up.reminded me to grab life by the scruff,kick the shit out of it,and enjoy myself...

  • all of you guys are retarded. who cares? they have the rights to THEIR music, so guess what? they can play them if they want to. boo hoo. weep and moan. cry about it all day, but in the end they are their songs. ian was amazing, but life does go on, fellas.

  • Actually I'm surprised. He does a good job of using an Ian Curtis-like voice.

  • Yeah, like you have ever listen Ian live...

  • I love this song and New Order had every right to play it, but Ian's and Bernard's singing styles are so radically different, it hurts. New Order's music isn't the cheeriest thing, but compared to Joy Division's it is. So hearing Barney go "Woo!" in the middle of the song almost kills the mood it sets. This is about a woman having a seizure and dying, and Barney goes "Woo!" Seriously? Rant over.

  • That is an out of control bass guitar rig.

  • who are cunts you know fuck all

  • it's very simple people, check out the labels on the vinyl, every joy division song, words and music by joy division.. they all have equal rghts and can do what they want . i understand why for 2 decades they didn't do JD songs, t i'm glad they finaly did..ps. i'vee been a JD fanatic since i first saw them doing transmission and she's lost control back in 1979 on something else on the bbc.. it gave me goosebumps then and this version just did the same and surely, that is the ultimate test.

  • course they should play Joy Division songs, everyone else does and they are their songs. DUH

  • It's a tribute to John Peel you cunts! They wrote the fucking song, Ian only wrote the lyrics, so they can fucking play it all the times they want! Assholes!

  • Are you a complete brick-head?!,what IS there to 'disagree' about?...Joy Division MINUS Ian Curtis IS New Order,New Order PLUS Ian Curtis IS Joy Division...Wrap your brains around it...LOL

  • Instrumentally, this was perfect!

    The singing wasnt bad either, but nothing topped Ian. All in all, New Order is still a great band.

  • Peter Hook is the Best Bass player.

  • New Order? no thanks prefer the old Order.

  • not bad for almost 40 years older

  • Listen to me carefully! This is really not bad version from - let's say - instrumental side but Bernis vocal is sad surprise. You can't sing this song like that! It's sacrum! You can't make show with this song!

  • Before you post, I sugest you lean how to speak English!

    You twat.

  • thanks for advice asshole, but sincerely, I have no idea what does it mean to LEAN how to speak English? I suppose it means you are an idiot.

  • instrumentally it is excellent but from what i've notice from bernie's vocals on the joy division songs, he is trying to make them more upbeat and less depressing. unfortunately, it doesn't work on joy division songs.

    shout "woo" out during the new order songs but the joy division ones need to stay gloomy and depressing. there's no point in making joy division songs sound like new order ones. both groups had different sounds

  • Why not? it's a song after all...

  • New Odor

  • it's not the same without Ian

  • Yes.

    It is like Doors songs without Jim Morrison.

  • a spellbinding version of the song

  • @morealternative Of course it's not the same since he's plain dead. It's about time to stop whining about how cool it was back then when Ian was all alive, get over it already ! New Order is a great group no matter what and this performance is f***** amazing.

  • @morealternative it doesn't have to, it's a different band :) the problem is that some folks tend to compare everything they do with Joy Division. Take is as a Joy Division's cover, as in fact it really is, no matter if the musicians involved are the same ones.

  • they need to play the states.

  • they dont like to play in the states, there first expericence in the US was that they're old JD stuff was stolen, including Ian's guitar

  • @BMGStammer omfg their JD stuff was stolen? even Ians guitar? did the police at least catch the thief?

  • @0mgwtfbbq21 i dont think they did

  • this is rather good. i was expecting a shit version like there verison of ceremony

  • JOY DIVISION 4 ETERNITY!!!

  • i disagree.... they cant sing this song like that! NOO!!!

  • this is real music, not that prefabricated pop shit

  • This is fucking rad so shut the fuck up you bedwanker.

  • I was brought up to this music, it's in my veins, it's not music, it's a way of thinking and a way of life and i'm proud to be like that inspite these ugly times!

  • sign! ;)

  • id love to see them live playin their joy division stuff

  • Me too! after nearly 30 years, not bad.

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  • 2 right! so underrated, and his voice is actually quite impressive, not many people agree though, but screw them, if ur a true JD fan u will know the difference

  • Hell yeah.

    His voice has improved within the years no doubt.

  • ian curtis made them big band was good but ian was god on the mic

  • months ago i said new order should do a uk tour playing mainly jd songs and that they owe us as we made them financelly secure,i may have been a tad unfair,but there are musicians who once they are a success stop playing live but still make recods,i think thats a tad selfish also ian did have an influence on jd's sound,like telling hooky to play high and on occasions played guitar

  • Good to see them but no Ian = No J.D..

  • As sad as it may be you're right. NO is an epic freaking band, but with Ian it was THE most epic band.

  • excellent! if anybody is entitled to perform JD stuff live - its only NO. remember that song was not only Ian's voice back before - it was also the bass, the drums, and the guitar. its all here, with Barney doing a very good job on the mic. plus nice keys at the end.

  • just missing the voice of Ian...

  • damn wish they had the original clap the drummer used b4 i loved that

  • that wasn't a clap. In the recording they used a deodorant can to make that sound. Lol.

  • no shit? thats halarious either way i love that sound

  • Check out the Joy Division documentary for more on the infamous "bg spray" they used ... also seen in Control (the movie)

  • i have seen a couple documentaries on them but i must have missed it or didnt see the right one and i havent seen control yet either so thanks for the info

  • The JD doc was released in early Fall 2008 ... It has great detail, rare footage, and interviews with all members, manager Rob Gretton, media types, etc. Very well done and well worth buying it!

  • Do a searh on Youtube for Joy Division documentary and you'll find the trailer for it

  • No, it's New Order playing Joy Division. Which is very good.

  • it's just not the same without ian curtis.  even if everyone else from joy division is playing.

  • Ian...he is now in a lonely place...

  • They're not the same, Curtis was joy division

  • Yeah, youve got Right!!!

  • Is Phil Cunningham playing the keyboard riff at the end?

  • God I love New Order... really don't get why joy division fans dislike them, they're THE SAME BAND.

    New Order I love you

  • they are the same band with different sounds...the thing is joy division was a genere and a type of amm sound and New Order is like the black of the white joy division was...I love both of them but I think thats why they dislike N.O But I find that cool because they made their way to their own music without dependig of Joy Division´s Legacy

  • Oh yes!

  • it's not a cover stevenwilson88

  • Hell Yeeeaaaaah!!!!!!Thiss Kicks Ass!!!

  • the singer sounds like ian

  • Wow, this is great - they've really remembered how to be 3/4s of Joy Division. They'd lost that for years, so this is really something to behold. Sorry NO fans, but to me 3/4s of JD is worth a 1000 New Orders.

  • Wow, is that actually Bernard singing?

  • this song (and many other JD/NO songs) just absolutely kicks ass!!! these guys are just phenomenal -- and who the fuck cares if they are old now. bands these days are not as influential.

  • "bands these days are not as influential." That is a true lie. Look at bands like : The Horrors, Dandi Wind, O.Children, Neils Children, Hatcham Social. There is a new Wave coming up and i call it Post Garage. New Goth, New Rock...

    You just have to read about them.. Because believe me.. When JD was playing in manchester .. people didnt think that they would be influential....

  • hundred times great!!!.....

  • Kick ass!!!

  • If we arn't allowed to play dead people's music, what would a lot of blues musicians do? And how about classical musicians? Ian is not sacred. Jimi Hendrix is not sacred. And I am about to do my own version of this song that will kick butt!

  • These songs are alive and should be performed both as a tribute to Ian and because they are living vital art.

  • Killer song.....just aint the same without Ian though!

  • SHE LOSt CONTROLLLL !!

  • you sad asses this is awesome........these songs should be heard...

  • Thats so cool. im glad they keep the tunes alive, let the new fans(like me) hear them now. why shouldnt they play them

  • "Still, I agree, they shouldn't play joy Division songs."

    Oh yeah, definitely.  They shouldn't play ANY JD songs. I mean, they just wrote the music, and all those JD fans who weren't born yet should NEVER have the chance to see a JD song live by 3/4ths of the band.

  • firstly i find jd music uplifting and inspiring roger waters being about the only lyric and music composer still alive that really moves me secondly new order have split up unfortunetly lets pursuede them to reform and tour uk playing mainly jd songs they owe us we made them financially secure

  • I hate the attitude that musicians owe us anything. They are the ones with the talent. If we want good music, we owe them.

  • Why can't New order play Joy division songs?Curtis wrote the lyrics.The guys wrote the music and martin hannet gave the band their bleak song.

  • sorry meant bleak sound

  • I think that's excellent myself....

  • so dark even on such a bright stage *__*

  • too slow

  • those who say NO shouldn't play JD songs are simply stupid!from the first to the last note, these songs were written by these 3 guys.Without the atmosphere they created behind Curtis' lyrics, Ian's words couldn't have been so effective. Just imagine Curtis's singing with a music like Mariah Carey...

  • Excellent - so much energy. Dont know why people are saying they shouldnt do the songs they wrote.....it used to be painful in the 80's when people used to shout out 'do 'disorder' ...'...now they're doing them...hey it's their history....we're privileged that they play them...

  • I think it is more like "do the songs that Ian Curtis wrote".

  • He only wrote the lyrics. They are playing their own music.

  • nothing to do with you its a manchester thing dont be offensive show respect nohinght to do with you

  • Don't get why they 'shouldn't' play JD songs. Those guys wrote those songs. It's like Paul McCartney playing Beatles songs.

  • ian brown playin roses songs

  • they play it with meaning like only they can

    ROUGH!!

  • why shouldnt they play joy division songs, if it werent for these 3 there would be no joy divsion, and ian curtis would just be the average bloke.

    class tribute (Y)

  • Not quite. He would have probably been a famous poet. Obviously you don't know much about Joy Division and the history.

  • This notion that Ian Curtis was the only member of JOY DIVISION makes me fucking laugh. First off I doubt that many of the posters here were even born when Unknown Pleasures was released. Second, there were OTHER members in Joy Division ! Yes Ian Curtis was an incredible lyricist / artist, but give it a fucking break already and stop worshiping the guy as a deity of post modernism. Bernard, Peter and Stephen were just as important to Joy Division's sound / aesthetic as Ian was.

  • true dat, it's almost like kurt cobain wasn't the only member of nirvana.

  • I don't think that comparison fits. Curtis joined up with Hook and Summer which ended up becoming Joy Division. Cobain on the other hand for all intents and purposes, was Nirvana. It was his brainchild, he wrote nearly all the songs and music and was very dictatorial. Thus, I don't think the comparison fits.

  • wtf?!

  • New order is amazing playing Blue Monday but sounds like shit playing this music. Bad performance, no virtuosim and less than one tenth of the original music energy. Ian sang with his soul and body, it's not supposed to be played like pop song.

  • they're 40-chill the fuck out!

  • They could be 90, it doesn't matter. Artistic talent is not measured by numbers/age. By the way, Ian comitted suicide a long time ago, so please learn a little bit about what you're talking about.

  • i think you're taking this too seriously! bernard isnt ian, and he is also not a young energetic man! these are their songs too and they want to play them in memory of the past not to recreate it exactly! also, for the record, im a musician and a fan of both bands so fuck ye!!

  • Ok, don't bother me.

  • you´re a fuck!

  • they shouldnt play joy division songs.

  • Agreed. There's an interesting movie about these bands' stories: 24 hour party people. They show how She's lost control was recorded, really cool. Thanks for you reply! Joy division 4ever!

  • Argh! I take back my comment. I was looking at Hooky play that bass... Man, it sure must be fucking great to get back to his roots with that song. FUCK!

  • I love both bands. Still, I agree, they shouldn't play joy Division songs.

  • the drums sounds shit.

  • Well unfortunately Ian checked out early, so it's only natural that the remaining members of Joy Division perform the songs. Barney and Hookey always fought, they'll kiss and make up though, once Hookey realizes what a prat he's being

  • These old f***ers still have it in them. Great performance. I have to disagree with some people here. If anyone has the right to play these songs it's these guys. Does anyone remember the Nine Inch Nails or the Moby version of JD now? Nope.  But this song makes you feel like you're back in 1980.

  • I atgree with you!!!

  • Might I remind you that the music for those "Ian Curtis" songs were written by Sumner, Hook and Morris.

  • ian wrote the songs

    read the book, watch control

  • Ian wrote the lyrics, but surely a song is more than just a poem eh? Not only have I read the book, but I've read multiple books and have seen Control. I think I have my fair share of Joy Division information thank you very much and I've come to the conclusion that Ian Curtis was not god.

  • c'est honnorable. Bonne version.

  • Dear Spotnick2

    Many thanks I didnt get to this gig and I havent seen this footage until now.

    Epic many thanks

    Hoff

  • Fantastic.Sumner putting on a deeper voice than normal? Sounds like it.

  • I'm so pissed at Hooky! he wants to leave his legendary band for sum piss-weak DJ project, Freebass! Not only that, he says he'll sue the rest of new order if they continue without him!

  • has he always had a tempestuous relationship with bernard?

  • poor old ian

  • I don't mind if they play the old songs, as long as they play it like this and ease off on the synthsizer electronica crap. Guitars, bass, drums. THAT'S ALL YOU NEED!

  • That's not to say I'm a complete fanatic about it. I just think that, like many other British bands of the time, New Order overdid the synths around 1984.

    That's about the time I lost interest in most British bands.