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Control just thought i'd give this a bump as it was on last night. I quite liked the film but did get the impression there wasn't enough emphasises on his mental condition. if someone didn't know about who he was from watching the film they might say the marriage and affair was what killed him?
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Control Moi was only a little person when Joy Division was around, I think. I still know the name I will most definitely check out those books above, cheers.
Control Hehe I'm getting such an old fart before long the only thing I can say "before my time" to will be the Titanic
Control Sorry before my time(not)
Control You should add a embarrassed smiley for not being able to remember Joy Division.
Control Okay could'nt remember orginal band name
Control Their original sound has to be credited to Martin Hannet. He totally transformed their sound when they went in the studio. At the time they thought he'd ruined their sound, but now give him the credit he deserves. Guy was a genius.
Control i thought it was an excellent film,i had a passing interest in joy division around 1979 and up to the mid 80s. Since watching the film twice i've listened to every song they released,and they are not as depressing as i used to think they were in 1980. Some of their songs were full of originality,the very early punk stuff by Warsaw was fairly poor though,and they were just copying in those first few songs what was popular at the time,other banRAB,including the buzzcocks,x ray spex,penetration,the adverts,the damned,the ruts etc..,were making a better job of it,basically joy division weren't really cut out to be an ordinary punk band.
Control I'd be happy to. "An Ideal For Living" by Mark Johnson is excellent, as is "Torn Apart" by Mick Middles. If you like this era of music I'd also recommend "From Joy To Division To New Order - The Factory Story" also by Mick Middles. Here's a website with all the books written on JD & Ian (there's blooming loaRAB!). http://www.enkiri.com/joy/books/books.html
Control I'm a fan of Joy Division, and I enjoyed the film, beautifully shot. Can you recommend a good book on him outside of his wife's book?
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