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Originally posted by Ian Harris
Quote: Originally posted by Gizmo
Or Ian Curtis with Joy Division, he was responsible for their best work yet after him they moved on into areas they'ed probably never have gotten into. Few bands are brave enough to try different things and it can take one member leaving for them to do so. |
Cor, Ian Curtis...talk about the dark side...but where did that voice come from? Can't have been from the spotty kid with the nylon shirts and the Farah's. And, as for those dance moves, what an earth was going on inside his head? 
Great parallel with Syd Barrett / Pink Floyd BTW, Closer is one of my all-time favourite albums and, while New Order knocked out some pretty decent tunes over the years, I don't rate them as being in the same league as Joy Division,but ...some like the early stuff, some like the late stuff, some like all of it...you pays your money and you takes your choice . I think I'll go and cheer myself up with a quick blast of Twenty Four Hours ...music to cut your throat to par excellence! |
i can stil recall when they first played on JP, wonderful. Curtis was a very deepressed guy, got to meet them once, they supported the Buzzcocks and i only went to see Joy Divission so was in bar afterwads whilst Buzzcocks played, they all wandered in and just stood at bar chatting to the 2 or 3 of us who were there to see them. Curtis was on a different planet, probably fuelled by speed but who knows. Unknown Pleasures is probably my favourite album but as i don't listen to old music much it rarely gets played. Compare that to what PF were doing at the same time......
New Order eneded up going the way of PF etc, same formula sound but at least they did diversify and were responsible for the introduction of dance music along with bands like A Certain Ratio. Still buy all their albums and quite like Waiting for the Sirens Call even though its just another New Order album. Add Factory records to my list of musical influences as well please
08-Sep-2005, 09:43 
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