JOY DIVISION/Disorder

Just saw the JOY DIVISION documentary made in 2007 I think...very affecting I can't sleep now. Wow talk about HSP!

Anyway yeah there is just something really...about the story of Ian Curtis that really gets me on some deep level...and there is just something so...hypnotizing about the music...

so anyway too bad about the lame visual clip but the sound quality is good at least. Here's a song I like and I feel that that's the effect I feel on my emotions after watching the documentary.

JOY DIVISION/Disorder

This is my new favourite for the moment, possibly cos I have been in such a state of hectic chaos myself! LOL

I'm an 80s child after all.

The only regret I have about being born in 1980 is that I missed being able to enjoy my favourite music era in its currency...

I received 2 CDs in the mail today...best of Depeche Mode and best of Joy Division.

*sigh....I looooooove it.

I think for me, perhaps MUSIC was the one biggest factor in my conditioning...perhaps that is why I have never been able to relate to people my own age...and why they completely do not know how to appreciate my music :p

Anyway I leave you with some Joy Division and some Depeche Mode...Enjoy!!! :)

LOVE WILL TEAR US APART (Joy Division)


SHAKE THE DISEASE (Depeche Mode)


SHE'S LOST CONTROL (Joy Division)

CUT COPY/kidz at the disco

Does anybody know the CUT COPY song that goes...

It's not the music that I'm into.

It's just an attitude.

Kids at the disco, act so cool

But I can see right through.

lol, everytime I hear this only one thing comes to mind...hence with the utmost sincerity(smell the irony), I dedicate this post to all the pretentious tryhards that frequent this city...en masse!

Hear some of CUT COPY's current music here...unfortunately I can't find the kidz at the disco song anywhere to share :(

I think this band sounds a little like new order/bloc party/joy division- what do you think?

Joy Division/Love will Tear us Apart

this song has got one of the catchiest melodies ever...



this is an interesting version(John Peel session for BBC-1979)- I still prefer the usual version, but this new video by Jonathan Beamish is kinda cool.

Train of Thought: Yo La Tengo, Calexico, Anton Corbijn

So my one fellow music aficionado friend who doesn't even live in Australia anymore but I happened to see on the weekend happened to mention seeing the band Yo La Tengo before...a band I often hear mentioned but had no idea what their music is like...I was checking out Wayne-the-good-music-reviewer's flickr site, when I saw the same band name pop up and decided that I needed to hear what they were all about!

First impression? Catchy! I don't know how long they'd last on repeat but I quite like this song- a refreshing change from what I usually listen to- might actually like them...but gotta hear more of their stuff to decide...

YO LA TENGO/Mr Tough


Also, I saw Calexico, a name I had long forgotten but had been recommended to me years and years ago in the days when dial-up 56kbps internet was all the rage and youtube didn't even exist yet(!!) ...so decided to give them a listen but found myself immediately more drawn to their visually interesting video clips than their music...

CALEXICO/the black light


CALEXICO/Cruel


Finally while on the subject of music video clips...this is still my all time favourite by the great Anton Corbijn: wow I feel like such an ignoramus for not realising just how famous he is and how much he has done besides this clip! ie: taken the photos of so many famous musicians and album covers! :-o!

JOY DIVISION/atmosphere

Joy Division - Atmosphere

WoW! I know these days this band belongs exclusively to the Goths but...Great song esp the mesmerising low-tech clip!

For at least an ENTIRE YEAR of my childhood, I was subjected to listening to "Love will tear us apart" EVERY SINGLE DAY...which is probably I never bothered giving any of their other songs a listen...I love this one!!