I’m b) but I’m not going to be a bell tonight, promise!
I fucking love the old and early TV slots that Joy Division played, I genuinely rewatch them wondering if my mum was into it when I was a baby haha. Can’t ask though. How does it feel live is well funny (edit - Blue Monday has always been ‘how does it feel’ in my head), same complete shambles. Love them.
Stephen Morris is an absolute machine. I always find live versions of this song hilarious because Stephen is going off yet it always sounds like Bernard has never picked up a guitar before
If CorpseHands were still on here, he’d have a bunch to add. He’s got a ton of full live shows and has pulled out some cracking stuff from their sets for me, before.
I love how a lot of their live versions have different tempos. Like the Shadow play you posted is faster than the Granada TV shadow play. Great stuff.
I remember New Order as a kid (I’m born late 1977) on the TV but only really listened to Joy Division in the last 10 years or so. Something in the way by Nirvana is so good - my mates were into rock, hip hop myself, freaks as everyone else was into rave/dance at the time haha
According to the YouTube comments, this performance is mentioned in the book. Something about being hungover and getting stuck in traffic on the way to the BBC studios. Hence the anger