Joy Division or New Order?

It all comes down to Ian Curtis. The music world has given us a lot of different tragic stories, early deaths, etc. but Ian is a whole different folder.

First because he didn't die @ 27 – he was 23 when he committed suicide.

And second, because he was a depressed, fucked-up-genius with epilepsy. That's got to be rare. His feelings of solitude, emptiness and total disconnection of the reality made Joy Division’s lyrics absolutely unique. It is a sea of desperation narrated by a young-brilliant-disturbed-mind.

However, credit needs to be given to New Order – for the ones who are lost in this story, New Order was the band started by the remaining members of Joy Division after Ian’s dead. They’ve accomplished the (commercial) success Joy Division didn’t stay long enough to achieve. Summer’s vocals were actually quite good and their music was a lot more joyful when compared to Ian’s orchestra of melancholic/depressed moments.  

WSG consumes both, in one way or another, Ian’s stamp and heritage follows down the history of Joy Division and New Order. That somehow guarantees the stamp of – at least – lyrical wisdom and originality.

In the most remarkable and recommended Joy Division songs you may find Disorder, She’s Lost Control, Shadowplay, Transmission, Isolation, Love Will Tear Us Apart and Ceremony.

All of them are unique and special, but Ceremony is just epic – also suggest you to listen to the Radiohead version of this music, it’s amazing.

Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown,
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time,
Watching her, these things she said,
The times she cried,
Too frail to wake this time

And I couldn’t bear the thought of leaving a Joy Division post with only one song, so here is Disorder:

What means to you, what means to me, and we will meet again,
I'm watching you, I'm watching her, I'll take no pity from your friends,
Who is right, who can tell, and who gives a damn right now,
Until the spirit new sensation takes hold, then you know