Joy Division LIVE 15-9-1979 at BBC2
le premier show de ce groupe
Joy Division est un groupe new wave anglais de quatre membres, formé en 1977 à Manchester, inscrit dans la mouvance post-punk et initiateur de la cold wave. Groupe visionnaire et précurseur, ayant défriché de nouveaux territoires, il se dissout en mai 1980 après le suicide de son chanteur, Ian Curtis.
Les trois membres restants du groupe ont formé New Order quelques mois plus tard. Des dizaines d'années après sa disparition, Joy Division reste une comète majeure du rock anglais par la puissance souterraine de sa musique, qui semble inaltérable, bien qu'aride.
Le film "Control" retrace la vie (courte) du chanteur ian curtis et du groupe Joy Division
Transmission (1978)
Radio, live transmission.
Radio, live transmission.
Listen to the silence, let it ring on.
Eyes, dark grey lenses frightened of the sun.
We would have a fine time living in the night,
Left to blind destruction,
Waiting for our sight.
And we would go on as though nothing was wrong.
And hide from these days we remained all alone.
Staying in the same place, just staying out the time.
Touching from a distance,
Further all the time.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
Well I could call out when the going gets tough.
The things that we've learnt are no longer enough.
No language, just sound, that's all we need know, to synchronise
love to the beat of the show.
And we could dance.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
