Every Televised Joy Division Performance
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Published 2024-04-30
00:00 - Shadowplay, Granada Reports, 20th September 1978
Only broadcast in the Northwest, and my personal favourite. Peter Hook was peeved here as he also came from Salford, not just Bernard. Credits to FageOner for remastering the footage to such a beautiful quality. Original video can be found here: • Joy Division - Shadowplay (40th Anniv...
4:41 - She's Lost Control, What's On (Granada TV), 20th of July 1979
Only broadcast in the Northwest, this episode was lost from its original broadcast to around October 2020, 41 years. The full footage is still lost, with only around half of it recovered. Notably, the Granada archives show a different broadcast date for this episode, showing the 19th of July rather than the 20th. Once again, credits to FageOner for remastering the footage, even if their remaster's quality is completely ruined by my reupload. Original video: • Joy Division - She's Lost Control, li...
7:18 - Transmission, Something Else (BBC2), 15th September 1979
Broadcast nationwide. This is by far the most well-preserved and well-known of all of JD's live performances. Recorded on the 1st of September along with She's Lost Control. Original video on the Joy Division channel: • Joy Division - Transmission [OFFICIAL...
10:30 - She's Lost Control, Something Else (BBC2), 15th September 1979
Broadcast nationwide. She's Lost Control was recorded before Transmission and shown before it on the original broadcast, I just have it last on this video because I don't like the song as much as Transmission. This video is one of the best showcases of Ian Curtis' unique flailing dancing style. Original video: • Joy Division - She's Lost Control (Li...
All Comments (21)
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Soon, I will likely compile all videos of Joy Division performances in general that I can find. I had a compilation for all audio recordings of Joy Division that were ever made (including the infamous and mysterious Band on the Wall tape) in the works, but it got all the way up to 17 hours long, and it would have been hell to render and upload, so I scrapped it. Update: It's out. https://youtu.be/MxW4SSGB-kc?si=bP4Enn-ENkIm1zSg
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"All televised performances" - 14 minutes. This hit me in an unexpected way. Should have been so much more.
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I love it that they all look like temp employees at an office.
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the fact they were this young playing this tight/accurate with zero holes in their sound AND their sound was like nothing else at the time shows how big Joy Division could’ve been.
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Im 62 now with Parkinson's disease but its music like this that keeps me going...so glad i lived thru the 70s and 80s...real fantastic sounds
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Steve Morris doesn’t get enough credit. Just awesome.
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Ian curtis is my hero lyricaly but Stephen morris' drumming is so tight on every one of these videos. Its a work of art
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"I think Joy Division has a nicer ring to it."
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One of a number of cruel twists of fate behind the brilliant Joy Division: The band were booked to perform "Ceremony" & "Heart & Soul" live at BBC studios in May 1980. They arrived at the studio, but the sound engineers never arrived. Back then, UK had lots of workers out on a general strike. So Joy Division were asked to reschedule the date & return soon after. Sadly, by then Ian had departed.
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Just my favorite band EVER. When I found them and especially Ian, can't really explain it but I felt like I was home.
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—- The more time passes, the more I wonder if any of this ever happened. It seems so amazing and so fantastical, to be true. Rest in peace Ian, hard to believe it’s been 44 years. 💔
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Was lucky enough to see them 6 weeks after the shadow play performance as a support act in London
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I'm going to see Peter Hook and The Light in September. Knowing it's the closest I'll get to seeing a Joy Division show, I'm buzzing for the occasion!
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They were young & they were absolute LEGENDS.
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I was a kid back then, and I ran to the tv when I heard this band play and watched them mesmerised
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Enjoyed this very much... i arrived London in June 1980 and Joy Division was no more ... but their music is still here!!
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RIP Ian Curtis 😢
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Ian Curtis was an ancient soul trapped in the body of a young man suffering from epilepsy.
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The videos display the ultimate charisma of Ian very well.
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The most surprising and perhaps unrepeatable thing is the perfect alchemy arisen from these 4 guys, each unique and unrepetable in their domain, but able together to go beyond the limits of everything that had existed musically before.
