The Durutti Column - No Communication

Originally relesed as part of A Factory Sample released Dec. 1978 (with material from Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire and John Dowie), the song No Communication was recorded by the earliest line up of The Durutti Column (consisting of drummer Chris Joyce, guitarist Dave Rowbotham, Vini Reilly, guitarist for Manchester punk rock band Ed Banger and The Nosebleeds, vocalist Phil Rainford, keyboardist Stephen Hopkins and bassist Tony Bowers) and it was one of the only two recorded during this lineup.

After the recording of these two songs the band broke up after a dispute with Tony Wilson making The Durutti Column a solo project of guitarrist Vini Reilly.

The song is a chilling prediction of things to come...

Lyrics:
Dance... to the disco radio
Sit... at my television technicolour show
Wait... for the numbers to begin
Don't know
Self... addressed envelopes
Tape loop... on my videophone, videophone
No, it's a joke
No communication, the human race
No communication, not face to face
Face to face with the human race
Face to face with the human humans
A warning to those who build ruins
Keep the traffic moving
Travel for pleasure alone
Liquid stockings repairable but stolen
A warning to those who build ruins
No communication, the human race
No communication, not face to face
Dance.

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[cwibb]

I don't think this is the Durutti Column

[samuraiinCfede]

This is the Durutti Column, read the video details please!

[NJD1967]

Similar in sound to GangOfFour&Wire-bloody good stuff!!

Thx for posting-much appreciated!!!

[Volanne]

And even more to some early Magazine material ; the way the guy sings really remind me of the way Howard Devoto sings.

[MrGutley]

I can't helping thinking that all these other tracks on "A Factory Sample" were only included to make Joy Division sound better by comparison. Joy Division didn't need any help in that regard. I certainly wouldn't have been tempted to buy more Factory records as a result of hearing it.

[Papillonsouriant]

On dirait Howard Devoto (!)

[richiboy5632]

@glitchesandglitter according the book 'who killed martin hannett'... colin also sang on this song. but i'm unsure unless someone can tell me otherwise...

[slicknicknirvana]

Its like this song is describing people using the internet today.No communication.face to face with the human race.

[glitchesandglitter]

so this is rainford on vocals and not Colin Sharp??

[brianartillery]

Love this. Haven't heard this since I was in sixth form in school [when dinosaurs still trod this earth]... Great to hear it again, brings back happy memories of when I was young [sigh]. 8-)

[FrancoDamn]

Sadly this this line-up didn't seem happy at the time of the release of that EP. What a loss, but it was probably one of the reasons of the discovering of the styles of Vini Reilly.

[scifitim]

Yes, the is DC...very early DC when they were a 'band' rather than just Vini and Bruce, etc..

[FrancoDamn]

Colin Sharp also sang this song, he was the lead vocalist of Durutti Column at the time. Sadly he passed away in September 2009 and he was forgotten and wasn't included in an in Memoriam 2009 or a list of 2009 dead celebrities. RIP Colin

[pocketspeaking]

colin sharp, vocalist here, was quite fond on hannet. even going on to write a biography on him titled "Who Killed Martin Hannet". maybe the others disliked said partys.