JOY DIVISION - COLONY (Play Loud!)

One of my fave JD tracks; dark, industrial, troubled, intense and insistent. Ians' angst about his relationships, and the pressure of being in a very upcoming band are to the fore here!
It's grim up North!
Sing along with it!

A cry for help, a hint of anaesthesia
The sound from broken homes,
we used to meet always here
As he lays asleep she takes him in her arms
Some things I have to do
but I don't mean you harm

I wore a careless glance
and kissed her last goodbye
Hands in the bag she packed a tear
she tries to hide
Cruel wind that howls down
to our lunacy
And leaves him standing cold
here in this colony

I can't see why
all these confrontations
I can't see why
all these dislocations
No, family life just makes me feel
uneasy
Stood alone here in this colony
In this colony (4)
Yeah, God in his wisdom
took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand (4)
In this colony (4)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• JOY
• DIVISION
• COLONY
• FACTORY
• MANCHESTER

[TheRoseanne58]

I am glad you've shared this great song with us- timeless music and an immortal Ian !

[door2yourheart]

@TheRoseanne58 Thank you Anne, it was a pleasure to do it.! I had more time then, but less time now. Having an evening of Joy Division tonight myself! Best wishes! Alan

[PostcardKittenMeow]

based on Kafka's 'In The Penal Colony', where a machine - hence the machinelike quality of the music here - is used to carve the sentence given to each prisoner on their body ... grim. Great tune, especially Barney's guitar bit when it slides back and squeals ...

[Chris323B]

a hint of anaesthesia... we used to always meet here..

[aeandyevans9]

great noise keep up lads capeesh.

[deejayalemus]

@WolfgangVonPoserkila no offense, cause I like metal music and all, but electronic music has more diversity than any other music. metal might have 20+ subgenres, "techno" has over 90 (that have been identified). you don't have to agree with me, naturally, but I'm just putting it out there.

[chikito72]

Never saw a drummer playing like Stephen Morris, never saw a bass guitar sounding like Peter Hook, never heard such an incendiary guitar like Bernard Sumner's and never felt how I feel when I listen to Ian's voice. And never saw a voice, bass guitar, leading guitar and drum sounding the way this band used to sound. They changed my life for good

[WolfgangVonPoserkila]

@friendenemy2001 and for the record Barney out of this band was a big metal fan before he started the band. You can hear that in the riffs of the albums.

I don't trust anyone that doesn't at least like one metal band. It's a genre that has more diversity than any other music.

[WolfgangVonPoserkila]

@friendenemy2001 Moron. Metal is good and so is this.

[johnoXdamage]

ian curtis looks like my old manager

[MILKA27372]

THE BEST GROUP I EVER KNOW

[grahamlaur]

Thank you for the instructions, door2yourheart. I followed them and the results were nothing short of smashing.

[sunsetsasarparilla]

I've never heard such tight, structured, disciplined drumming as that of Stephen Morris - each song's heartbeat.