Every time I hear this song I always think of the Moors Murders. Given the fact that both Brady and Hindley were fuelled with an obsession with Nazisim and sex, and that the bandname Joy Division comes from a brothel at Auschwitz, and that both Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner were young enough to have been selected by both Brady and Hindley, I think this is deliberate.
I always prefer the studio version of ANY song in the world I've ever liked because in the studio it's been properly perfected and MASTERED and that's why it sounds so good. This is why I even get disappointed with live stuff sometimes no matter who's doing it, and I've only ever met one other person who agrees with me on this point. LOL
@jrmetmoi now you've met two. I usually will not listen to any live music on youtube. Sometimes if it is the only version available and i really need to hear it.
@jrmetmoi overproduced is false, true beauty is not perfection, joy division's style was that they were a raw band with imperfections and thats why so many people love them
@lawrence096 But false things can look great and/or sound great sometimes. Like a woman with a 'beat' face. :) I love the music playing even more that Ian's singing but Martin Hamnett did a good job with the producing. The studio 'clean up' makes the artist(s) sound larger than life and that's where the beauty is, but that doesn't mean that the artist(s) have no real talent or substance at all.
@Neonman78 Interpol's songs, while good melodically, are poorly written in terms of lyrical content. Paul Banks tries too hard to be unique. And when that becomes obvious in the music, it's sad. I still like Interpol, but the bass player who left should be bitch slapped for leaving in the first place. After all, he exited the band like a primedonna bitch. As for the Editors, they try to hard to matter musically. I'll tune into White Noise and assess that band. Thanx.
@HMG5588 Fair enough. White Noise aren't that similar to Joy Division, but I mentioned them because they are least sound similar to the opening of this song.
@Neonman78 Actually, my favorite band right now is The Walkmen. The music is retro early 60s and delivered with great lyrics, story lines, innocence, and intensity. Very few bands reach that level of creative genius.
@HMG5588 They're very good, but not hugely similar to Joy Division. I think that though no bands sound exactly like them, the bands that I mentioned (Editors, Interpol) have certainly been influenced by Joy Division -- you can tell just from listening to their music.
@Neonman78 The Walkmen are more of a tragic love story or lost individual band in the vein of great song writers like Roy Orbison or Neil Diamond. Just listen to "Blue As Your Blood", "The Blue Route", "I Lost You", "Lisbon", or "Donde Esta La Playa". These songs are GENIUS... and on the same level of genius as those songs by Joy Division... in my humble opinion at least.
@HMG5588 I've heard some of them and I agree, but they sound like an exploding version of JD because of their intensity. One other band influenced by JD is Former Ghosts, who are like a goth-electronic version of them, in some ways. This is why JD, although hugely original, are also hugely influential so it's no wonder there's music out there that sounds so similar (of course not the exact same, but some bands certainly wear their influences on their sleeves).
@Neonman78 Another aspect of JD that accounts for their dark mystique is Ian Curtis himself. Here's a guy who wrote a tragic song about a girl who died of an epileptic seizure. Ian later is diagnosed with having the same ailment. He dances on stage like a person wrestling with the disease. And just before the band is about to make it big, Ian kills himself out of guilt for destroying his marriage coupled with the fear of looking like a freak on stage. This is Greek level tragedy.
A magnificently menacing and moody tune.... Damn I wish I could play bass like Peter Hook!
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Every time I hear this song I always think of the Moors Murders. Given the fact that both Brady and Hindley were fuelled with an obsession with Nazisim and sex, and that the bandname Joy Division comes from a brothel at Auschwitz, and that both Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner were young enough to have been selected by both Brady and Hindley, I think this is deliberate.
jes79a 8 months ago
Classic Ian! RIP!
jjamo5 8 months ago
The best version.
ianoreilly 8 months ago 2
Such a piece of music- no words to describe! Thanks a lot to majerlet for sharing:) Dear Ian's voice is always dreamlike!!
TheRoseanne58 1 year ago 2
I always prefer the studio version of ANY song in the world I've ever liked because in the studio it's been properly perfected and MASTERED and that's why it sounds so good. This is why I even get disappointed with live stuff sometimes no matter who's doing it, and I've only ever met one other person who agrees with me on this point. LOL
jrmetmoi 1 year ago 8
@jrmetmoi now you've met two. I usually will not listen to any live music on youtube. Sometimes if it is the only version available and i really need to hear it.
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jrmetmoi 4 months ago
@jrmetmoi thats bullcrap, studio sounds fake and overproduced, you cant capure the energy of a live performance in a studio recording
lawrence096 1 month ago
@lawrence096 Overproduced is beauty, true beaty. Vive l'artifice.
jrmetmoi 1 month ago
@jrmetmoi overproduced is false, true beauty is not perfection, joy division's style was that they were a raw band with imperfections and thats why so many people love them
lawrence096 1 month ago
@lawrence096 But false things can look great and/or sound great sometimes. Like a woman with a 'beat' face. :) I love the music playing even more that Ian's singing but Martin Hamnett did a good job with the producing. The studio 'clean up' makes the artist(s) sound larger than life and that's where the beauty is, but that doesn't mean that the artist(s) have no real talent or substance at all.
jrmetmoi 1 month ago
Excellent! Genius! Who makes music like this these day? NO ONE!!!
HMG5588 1 year ago 16
@HMG5588 Interpol. Editors. White Noise.
Neonman78 1 month ago
@Neonman78 Interpol's songs, while good melodically, are poorly written in terms of lyrical content. Paul Banks tries too hard to be unique. And when that becomes obvious in the music, it's sad. I still like Interpol, but the bass player who left should be bitch slapped for leaving in the first place. After all, he exited the band like a primedonna bitch. As for the Editors, they try to hard to matter musically. I'll tune into White Noise and assess that band. Thanx.
HMG5588 1 month ago
@HMG5588 Fair enough. White Noise aren't that similar to Joy Division, but I mentioned them because they are least sound similar to the opening of this song.
Neonman78 1 month ago
@Neonman78 Actually, my favorite band right now is The Walkmen. The music is retro early 60s and delivered with great lyrics, story lines, innocence, and intensity. Very few bands reach that level of creative genius.
HMG5588 1 month ago
@HMG5588 They're very good, but not hugely similar to Joy Division. I think that though no bands sound exactly like them, the bands that I mentioned (Editors, Interpol) have certainly been influenced by Joy Division -- you can tell just from listening to their music.
Neonman78 1 month ago
@Neonman78 The Walkmen are more of a tragic love story or lost individual band in the vein of great song writers like Roy Orbison or Neil Diamond. Just listen to "Blue As Your Blood", "The Blue Route", "I Lost You", "Lisbon", or "Donde Esta La Playa". These songs are GENIUS... and on the same level of genius as those songs by Joy Division... in my humble opinion at least.
HMG5588 1 month ago
@HMG5588 I've heard some of them and I agree, but they sound like an exploding version of JD because of their intensity. One other band influenced by JD is Former Ghosts, who are like a goth-electronic version of them, in some ways. This is why JD, although hugely original, are also hugely influential so it's no wonder there's music out there that sounds so similar (of course not the exact same, but some bands certainly wear their influences on their sleeves).
Neonman78 1 month ago
@Neonman78 Another aspect of JD that accounts for their dark mystique is Ian Curtis himself. Here's a guy who wrote a tragic song about a girl who died of an epileptic seizure. Ian later is diagnosed with having the same ailment. He dances on stage like a person wrestling with the disease. And just before the band is about to make it big, Ian kills himself out of guilt for destroying his marriage coupled with the fear of looking like a freak on stage. This is Greek level tragedy.
HMG5588 1 month ago
Always a favourite.........love the pics too
christvswarhol 1 year ago
Hannett version still wins for me!
djh29971 1 year ago
yes, it's the original. i don't have "heart and soul" but this is the version off "still"
as much as i like this version, the bbc version is better because it's more raw
paolorossifan2006 2 years ago