Curtis sounds better here than on the studio version, which is rare and quite a feat. Not happy about the guitar cutting short the introduction, though. What a song.
Brill song - such meaning- had the honour 2c JD at UCL just before Ian's departure. He so so talented and yet so brave to go thru with his decision to finish!!! such a waste in so many ways but also to a degree understandable x I will go out 2 this song!!!!! (with pride) thank you Ian x
I doubt this song could be any more immaculately created and performed. Every minute detail leaves a crater of an impact on the music in its entirety. The brief guitar break at 1:55-1:56 mark, for example, makes this song closer to perfection than if it were changed or omitted.
"im only 15 and all music suxx now, i listen to the doors i listen to guns n rose i listen to joy div i listen to jimi i listen to fuken rod stewart." fuck you. justin beiber is my nigger.
one day 20 years from now, kids will be all idiots listening to shitty music. then one day one will go down to basement and find dirty old lps, they will like some covers, they will ask their grandparents to put the records on... and then lights will be covering over this dark land, explosions will shake the earth... and shitty music will no longer be
@badsign1980 Kids are listening to shitty music right now... Once upon a time music was an art form, now it's just something packaged and sold. Once upon a time we had the Doors, the Velvet Underground, Joy Division. What do we have now? Fagboy Justin Bieber and the Xfactor. :( My friends laugh at me for listening to vinyl.
@finnan0333 be a kid enjoy being 15 this music is meant for the benre im sorry to tell all you kids out there that just because you listen to this doesnt make you any cooler or stupider it just makes you look like you wanna be your parents- enjoy the biebes and gaga cause soon your kids will be saying how great they are trust me enjor your youth this music is depressing as all hell and your parents dont want to hear you playing this trust me
@leapordonmyright it doesn't matter what age you are you have your own individual taste i'm sixteen and like this we're not sheep we'll listen to what we want
@leapordonmyright so, uh, did it ever occur to you that people might enjoy this kind of thing instead of, y'know, being hyper-self-conscious tools about it?
@leapordonmyright enlighten me with your good music then. tell me who are the greats. btw i dont know joy division that much heard about them today from other band. just found your comment ridiculous. even in one listen i found depth in this, i cant find the shit you are pointing out to.
this was on may 2nd,1980 only 16 days later and Ian would be gone,it's always sad to listen to this song and how he sings it...it's so intense...my fav Joy Division song.
It must have been incredible to see and hear this live in the day.The sound in that hollow hall, was the most perfect compliment to this performance. Thanks Sean.
This master piece works for me as an anti-depresiva. If you feel depressed, after listening you certainly feel better. Things get just can't get worse.
This is definitely the best version of New Dawn Fades - despite the fact that not all the live Still tracks are up to this standard, this version is near perfect. The whole band sounded tighter than ever here, and Ian's vocals were spot on too. Sadly, this was to be the last time they ever performed live, as 16 days later Ian Curtis was dead.
I've noticed many different ways Ian sang this from the different live recordings and album recordings posted. I wish I had came across these guys back then, Ian was one year younger, I am sure I would have dug Joy Division back then. I am posting my cover I just made of this tune. I don't do that much but I was really inspired by the melody and all the sound that comes from this as well as the feeling he trys to express.
this is a stunning performance...but why do people get so angry at the black sabbath comparison? it's obvious they're fans trying to express that same feeling of hopelessness and despair and doing a pretty good job of it.
I only got your message now my friend, you should have used reply! And thanks so much for the St Patricks day wish! Did you hear the version by the french band, I think they're called DBMB or something. Check it out.
Is this from Still - yes, it is, I recognise it... what a stunning crescendo - the greatest live recording ever by anyone. Jesus, that sounds so plastic a statement. Says so much about the world we live in.
Ian's voice on this version has a quality which is both dramatic and desperate making it a very disturbing vocal over an instrumental that by being so confident and strong offers incredible contrast.
This is way beyond Nine inch Nails. I am not sorry if I hurt anyone's ego. This Soul speaks for the those who are isolated by the media because of their daimon. Ian Curtis is truly the William Blake of Alternative Music.
the picture with ian curtis smoking? it was a pretty available poster in the 80's. i think it was taken by kevin cummings who took a lot of their publicity photos.
Very good track and some excellent pictures. Thanks for the upload. My favourite JD song. Where did you get that picture that is shown at the end? Brill !!!!!!
Quite simply my favourite version of my favourite track of all time, of all time : No 1
SIRRUBADUBDUB 5 months ago
Curtis sounds better here than on the studio version, which is rare and quite a feat. Not happy about the guitar cutting short the introduction, though. What a song.
ThisIsAdo 7 months ago
:D IAN CURTIS
YesterdaysBlur 9 months ago
Best band ever. Period. No other comments are necessary
chikito72 9 months ago 6
his voice cuts into my soul like a knife...
JoyDivisiongirl 10 months ago 6
joy division bleak but awesome
1964chrissie 11 months ago
Very beautiful song.
ViveLerockandRoll 11 months ago 2
There will be never a band like them... They are so... thrilling...
e6e2e3e1 11 months ago 3
Brill song - such meaning- had the honour 2c JD at UCL just before Ian's departure. He so so talented and yet so brave to go thru with his decision to finish!!! such a waste in so many ways but also to a degree understandable x I will go out 2 this song!!!!! (with pride) thank you Ian x
claire30061 1 year ago 4
This is my favourite Joy Division song.
Booshtastic96 1 year ago 4
2:13-2:30 <3
Kusinjean 1 year ago
I doubt this song could be any more immaculately created and performed. Every minute detail leaves a crater of an impact on the music in its entirety. The brief guitar break at 1:55-1:56 mark, for example, makes this song closer to perfection than if it were changed or omitted.
freelancehero 1 year ago
@freelancehero in my opinion part of ending riff 2:59 ->3:01 destroying all emotions, sumner added something bad
S4M3L 1 year ago
"im only 15 and all music suxx now, i listen to the doors i listen to guns n rose i listen to joy div i listen to jimi i listen to fuken rod stewart." fuck you. justin beiber is my nigger.
parallaxengine 1 year ago
Back then he was loved, and now he is loved. RIP Ian Curtis.
I can totally understand why he did it. Depression is powerful and consuming...
BonesAndBones 1 year ago
@BonesAndBones I am sure he knows it! Our beloved Ian!
TheRoseanne58 1 year ago
the thing love about this is the sorta sabbath guitar part but with out the song being too long
dukowski1965 1 year ago
i like joy division, but i think that still is their best album, sounds very dark
RATTTHEPUNK 1 year ago
one day 20 years from now, kids will be all idiots listening to shitty music. then one day one will go down to basement and find dirty old lps, they will like some covers, they will ask their grandparents to put the records on... and then lights will be covering over this dark land, explosions will shake the earth... and shitty music will no longer be
badsign1980 1 year ago 5
@badsign1980
this time is now, unfortunately
pooholesmeller 1 year ago
@badsign1980 Kids are listening to shitty music right now... Once upon a time music was an art form, now it's just something packaged and sold. Once upon a time we had the Doors, the Velvet Underground, Joy Division. What do we have now? Fagboy Justin Bieber and the Xfactor. :( My friends laugh at me for listening to vinyl.
finnan0333 1 year ago 7
@finnan0333 be a kid enjoy being 15 this music is meant for the benre im sorry to tell all you kids out there that just because you listen to this doesnt make you any cooler or stupider it just makes you look like you wanna be your parents- enjoy the biebes and gaga cause soon your kids will be saying how great they are trust me enjor your youth this music is depressing as all hell and your parents dont want to hear you playing this trust me
leapordonmyright 1 year ago
@leapordonmyright it doesn't matter what age you are you have your own individual taste i'm sixteen and like this we're not sheep we'll listen to what we want
Krunge333 1 year ago
@leapordonmyright so, uh, did it ever occur to you that people might enjoy this kind of thing instead of, y'know, being hyper-self-conscious tools about it?
deathbydough 1 year ago
@leapordonmyright enlighten me with your good music then. tell me who are the greats. btw i dont know joy division that much heard about them today from other band. just found your comment ridiculous. even in one listen i found depth in this, i cant find the shit you are pointing out to.
srrdmalak 1 year ago
@leapordonmyright your comment makes absolutely no sense. never say anything again.
supercowheadface 1 year ago
@leapordonmyright Joy Division isn't depressing, it is the definition of beautiful ...
bumbumbum43 6 months ago
@badsign1980 and the whole world will dance to the radio
Carbonmonoxyde 1 year ago
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MrSweatyPants 2 years ago
one of the best songs ever...
lokdi 2 years ago 10
i agree
CumbysFresh 2 years ago
So intense, so poetic. There will never be another Joy Division. RIP Ian.
leem6453 2 years ago 8
yes, intense...
MachinaEYE 2 years ago
this was on may 2nd,1980 only 16 days later and Ian would be gone,it's always sad to listen to this song and how he sings it...it's so intense...my fav Joy Division song.
kylabotting 2 years ago 4
so if ian die 17 days before this song was publish no one will ever know about this song sad!
This song was Recorded May 2,1980
May 18 he Die
XXXXNanoXXXxxx 2 years ago
@XXXXNanoXXXxxx I suppose it's the day they recorded the live version, we at least could have the studio version.
Kersijus 1 year ago
@XXXXNanoXXXxxx brilliant deduction holmes !!!!!!
birdandthe 1 year ago
Rest In Power IAN. will always remember the musik of Joy DIVISION. raw, tearful and beautiful.
VoodooUprising 2 years ago 5
The raw/powerful music compliments Ian's emotive Voice so perfectly...like hand in glove!
GENIUS!!!
karziflora 2 years ago 7
last
lmacorp 2 years ago
Ian really lets the song have it at the end. Amazing.
ballzsantana 2 years ago 2
From 1.49 onwards is up there with The Gods really.
seanreillyireland 2 years ago 6
It must have been incredible to see and hear this live in the day.The sound in that hollow hall, was the most perfect compliment to this performance. Thanks Sean.
vintagezigg 2 years ago 2
merci, très bon morceau.....
carlotta8 2 years ago
This master piece works for me as an anti-depresiva. If you feel depressed, after listening you certainly feel better. Things get just can't get worse.
liftdrag 2 years ago 7
This is definitely the best version of New Dawn Fades - despite the fact that not all the live Still tracks are up to this standard, this version is near perfect. The whole band sounded tighter than ever here, and Ian's vocals were spot on too. Sadly, this was to be the last time they ever performed live, as 16 days later Ian Curtis was dead.
Paulph04 2 years ago 5
when was this recorded? and where was this version recorded at?
malleymyster 2 years ago
It was recorded at Birmingham University on 2nd May 1980.
Paulph04 2 years ago
@Paulph04 Brilliant deduction holmes !!!!!!!!
birdandthe 1 year ago
I've noticed many different ways Ian sang this from the different live recordings and album recordings posted. I wish I had came across these guys back then, Ian was one year younger, I am sure I would have dug Joy Division back then. I am posting my cover I just made of this tune. I don't do that much but I was really inspired by the melody and all the sound that comes from this as well as the feeling he trys to express.
scflyer55 2 years ago
this is a stunning performance...but why do people get so angry at the black sabbath comparison? it's obvious they're fans trying to express that same feeling of hopelessness and despair and doing a pretty good job of it.
ajdicks 3 years ago
JOY DIVISION's MUSIC IS MY OXYGEN.
THE AIR THAT I BREATH
THANK U IAN, BARNEY, HOOKY & STEVE.
karziflora 3 years ago 16
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Britannia53 3 years ago
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Britannia53 3 years ago
Thats a big call Sean - but God yes , what a build up - I think the way it sounds kinda wonky along the way makes it all the better.
They dont make them like that anymore -
and a wee ps . . Happy St Patricks Day!
FeeWayble 3 years ago
I only got your message now my friend, you should have used reply! And thanks so much for the St Patricks day wish! Did you hear the version by the french band, I think they're called DBMB or something. Check it out.
seanreillyireland 2 years ago
Is this from Still - yes, it is, I recognise it... what a stunning crescendo - the greatest live recording ever by anyone. Jesus, that sounds so plastic a statement. Says so much about the world we live in.
seanreillyireland 3 years ago 3
Definitely best version of NDF. Everything is right in place. Ian singing here is...
SOMOGYI8230 3 years ago 4
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1964go 3 years ago
Stepehn Morris on drums is absolutely divine,as is Hooky and Sumner and Curtis lmao....fucking sublime band.
robert140602 3 years ago 7
Stephen*
robert140602 3 years ago
Ian's voice on this version has a quality which is both dramatic and desperate making it a very disturbing vocal over an instrumental that by being so confident and strong offers incredible contrast.
LTmumph 3 years ago 9
i've been in love with t his song ever since i heard the cover of it in HEAT
malleymyster 3 years ago 2
In my opinion, the best song of Joy Division. Catches heart, smashes soul... that's real music. I'm claping lead guitar...
Sannjasin 3 years ago
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This is so deep -- it could be a black sabbath song.
sonicbuzzard 3 years ago
retard
proljevnik 3 years ago
What the...?
Made me laugh....
NEMESiS110923 3 years ago
Powerfull and dark, amazing. Gets into My soul so deeply, Ian's voice is like a knife cutting my soul..
kusraback 3 years ago 74
@kusraback i couldn't agree more a voice to fill listeners with mixed emotions, for me happy Anxiety, energy fueled tragedy & emotional anger
killforfiend 1 year ago
vaya tela la guitarra...parece que llora....acojonante
chikito72 3 years ago
Los pelos como escarpias
chikito72 3 years ago
love it
veokras 3 years ago
love this song, this band and..well..I've been playing JD since 1980...still sounds fresh and involving music to my ears which nr no one can touch.
cresshead 3 years ago 2
lo maximo
miamduca 3 years ago
the best, la mejor version la del Still album.
ubriacone88 3 years ago
absolutamente de acuerdo, pocas canciones con tanta rabia y pasión como esta versión...Me pone los pelos de punta
chikito72 3 years ago
:'(
iamdenialx 3 years ago 3
thanks
lokdi 3 years ago
I think this is the version on the cd "still".
so deep... one of the best songs ever...
Thx for uploading!
lokdi 3 years ago 5
This is way beyond Nine inch Nails. I am not sorry if I hurt anyone's ego. This Soul speaks for the those who are isolated by the media because of their daimon. Ian Curtis is truly the William Blake of Alternative Music.
filmnoir67 3 years ago 4
the picture with ian curtis smoking? it was a pretty available poster in the 80's. i think it was taken by kevin cummings who took a lot of their publicity photos.
aj141070 3 years ago
joy division: a band for only 3 years and look at the effect they had on other bands,most influencial band and best band of all time
hideroad 4 years ago 83
Totally agree. Thanks for comment!!!
lydonandcurtis 4 years ago 4
@hideroad Yeah everyones ripping off there sound now, or trying to. Ian Curtis is a very important man in terms of lyrics and passion.
Muskateering 11 months ago 3
Very good track and some excellent pictures. Thanks for the upload. My favourite JD song. Where did you get that picture that is shown at the end? Brill !!!!!!
jools3172 4 years ago 2