Goupe anglais formé en 1977 à Manchester, Joy Division est issu de la génération post-punk. Groupe visionnaire et précurseur, il se dissout en mai 1980 après le suicide de son chanteur, Ian Curtis. Le premier nom du groupe était Warsaw (transcription anglaise de Varsovie, en référence au titre Warszawa de David Bowie, sur l'album Low).
Les troupes allemandes d'occupation, en avril 1943, accomplissaient le massacre du ghetto de Varsovie causant la mort de 60 000 personnes, hommes et femmes de tous les âges, les survivants furent internés dans des camps de concentration.
Joy Division devient en moins de trois ans le groupe phare de la new wave, en influensant en suite U2, Echo et The Cure.Ian Curtis est né à Manchester le 15 juillet 1956 et mort le 18 mai 1980 à Macclesfield (suicide par pendaison). Les trois membres restants du groupe ont formé New Order quelques mois plus tard.
Les membres de Joy Division :Ian Curtis - voix, guitare
Stephen Morris - batterie
Peter Hook - guitare basse
Bernard Sumner - guitare et synthétiseur
She's Lost Control (1979/1980)
Confusion in her eyes that says it all.She's lost control.And she's clinging to the nearest passer by,She's lost control.And she gave away the secrets of her past,And said I've lost control again,And of a voice that told her when and where to act,She said I've lost control again.
And she turned around and took me by the handAnd said I've lost control again.And how I'll never know just why or understandShe said I've lost control again.And she screamed out kicking on her sideAnd said I've lost control again.And seized up on the floor, I thought she'd die.She said I've lost control.She's lost control again.She's lost control.She's lost control again.She's lost control.
Well I had to phone her friend to state my case,And say she's lost control again.And she showed up all the errors and mistakes,And said I've lost control again.But she expressed herself in many different ways,Until she lost control again.And walked upon the edge of no escape,And laughed I've lost control.She's lost control again.She's lost control.She's lost control again.She's lost control.I could live a little better with the myths and the lies,When the darkness broke in, I just broke down and cried.I could live a little in a wider line,When the change is gone, when the urge is gone,To lose control. When here we come
Voir la vidéo: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=NZFEU8c3StE
Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980)
When routine bites hard,And ambitions are low,And resentment rides high,But emotions won't grow,And we're changing our ways,Taking different roads.
Then love, love will tear us apart again.Love, love will tear us apart again.
Why is the bedroom so cold?You've turned away on your side.Is my timing that flawed?Our respect runs so dry.Yet there's still this appealThat we've kept through our lives.
But love, love will tear us apart again.Love, love will tear us apart again.
You cry out in your sleep,All my failings exposed.And there's a taste in my mouth,As desperation takes hold.Just that something so goodJust can't function no more.
But love, love will tear us apart again.Love, love will tear us apart again.Love, love will tear us apart again.Love, love will tear us apart again.
Voir la vidéo: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=BNMbuygEju8
Ian Kevin Curtis (1956 - 1980)