Happy Birthday Ian
60(!) years ago today, Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis was born. An essential punk band with one of the most unique vocalists and songwriters of his time... Not very sure what else to say that hasn't been said before. RIP and happy birthday, Ian Curtis |
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Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979
Underrated live performance by these guys that is often overlooked. The one on Spotify isn't the proper version of this album (neither is the playlist on Youtube). Use Soulseek or I'll see to hitting you up with a link for streaming/download in your shoutbox |
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Preston 28 February 1980
Probably the most aggressive and passionate concert you'll hear by these guys. Hell, a portion of the concert here is dedicated to figuring out how fix some major technical difficulties caused by how intense their playing was |
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Unknown Pleasures
Having gotten used to listening to the band's live material for a time, it was a shock to listen to Ian so... young. Just compare his vocals on Disorder to any of the two renditions of it on the two live albums I previously listed. Their punk influences are more obvious on this than Closer |
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Closer
Is it Closer like proximity? or is it Closer (like the ending of a show or album)? That's up for every listener to decide. Easily best Joy Division imo |
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Substance
Not so much a "greatest hits" much less a collection of their singles and EP which hadn't had a solid, physical release prior to this. The band really could write some MEAN hooks when they felt like it |
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Still
Solid collection of demos and live stuff |
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