Post by wierdweird on May 5, 2008 12:25:06 GMT 8
I was reading an email from ebay.com about auctioning for some custom Les Paul guitar. They were promoting this movie called 'Control'. Curious, I clicked around and found out more.
This movie is a biopic (biographical movie) of the frontman of a 70s band, Joy Division. Here's what wiki has to say about Joy Division - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division .
So because this movie is about the vocalist Ian Curtis and the trailer looks interesting, here's what I've picked out about him.
1. "During a Joy Division set, outside of the songs, you'll be lucky to hear more than two or three words. Hello and goodbye. No introductions, no promotion."
2. While singing, Curtis would often perform what was referred to as his "'dead fly' dance", where the singer's arms would "start flying in a semicircular, hypnotic curve". Simon Reynolds (a critic) noted that Curtis's dancing style was reminiscent of an epileptic fit, and that he was dancing in that manner for some months before he was diagnosed with epilepsy.
3. Ian Curtis was the group's sole lyricist. Curtis would write frantically when the mood took him; he would then listen to the band's music (which was often arranged by Sumner, the guitarist) and would choose the lyrics that seemed appropriate.
4. The band refused to explain their lyrics to the press or print the words on lyrics sheets. Curtis told the fanzine Printed Noise, "We haven't got a message really; the lyrics are open to interpretation. They're multidimensional. You can read into them what you like."
Curtis was writing about himself. The surviving members live with regret because they did not pay attention to his lyrics, and only realised it was about himself after his death.
5. "We didn't have flashing lights, but sometimes a particular drum beat would do something to him (Ian Curtis). He'd go off in a trance for a bit, then he'd lose it and have an epileptic fit. We'd have to stop the show and carry him off to the dressing-room where he'd cry his eyes out because this appalling thing had just happened to him."
6. Lack of sleep and long hours destabilised Curtis's epilepsy and his seizures became almost uncontrollable. Curtis would often have seizures during shows, which left him feeling ashamed and depressed. While the band was concerned about their singer, audience members on occasion thought his behaviour was part of the show.
[glow=red,2,300]Trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c2_B_cWK_M[/glow]
Joy Division has influenced bands ranging from contemporaries U2 and The Cure to post-punk revival artists such as Interpol and Bloc Party. U2 frontman Bono said in the band's 2006 autobiography U2 by U2, "It would be harder to find a darker place in music than Joy Division. Their name, their lyrics and their singer were as big a black cloud as you could find in the sky. And yet I sensed the pursuit of God, or light, or reason...a reason to be. With Joy Division, you felt from this singer, beauty was truth and truth was beauty, and theirs was a search for both." Artists including electronica performer Moby and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante have described their appreciation for Joy Division's music and the influence it has had on their own material.
You guys probably already know the song Love Will Tear Us Apart, covered by many. Love Will Tear Us Apart was by Joy Division.
And here's their video for it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0dfd_L4tDk
and I like this song from them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0We9d5J3BLQ
This movie is a biopic (biographical movie) of the frontman of a 70s band, Joy Division. Here's what wiki has to say about Joy Division - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division .
So because this movie is about the vocalist Ian Curtis and the trailer looks interesting, here's what I've picked out about him.
1. "During a Joy Division set, outside of the songs, you'll be lucky to hear more than two or three words. Hello and goodbye. No introductions, no promotion."
2. While singing, Curtis would often perform what was referred to as his "'dead fly' dance", where the singer's arms would "start flying in a semicircular, hypnotic curve". Simon Reynolds (a critic) noted that Curtis's dancing style was reminiscent of an epileptic fit, and that he was dancing in that manner for some months before he was diagnosed with epilepsy.
3. Ian Curtis was the group's sole lyricist. Curtis would write frantically when the mood took him; he would then listen to the band's music (which was often arranged by Sumner, the guitarist) and would choose the lyrics that seemed appropriate.
4. The band refused to explain their lyrics to the press or print the words on lyrics sheets. Curtis told the fanzine Printed Noise, "We haven't got a message really; the lyrics are open to interpretation. They're multidimensional. You can read into them what you like."
Curtis was writing about himself. The surviving members live with regret because they did not pay attention to his lyrics, and only realised it was about himself after his death.
5. "We didn't have flashing lights, but sometimes a particular drum beat would do something to him (Ian Curtis). He'd go off in a trance for a bit, then he'd lose it and have an epileptic fit. We'd have to stop the show and carry him off to the dressing-room where he'd cry his eyes out because this appalling thing had just happened to him."
6. Lack of sleep and long hours destabilised Curtis's epilepsy and his seizures became almost uncontrollable. Curtis would often have seizures during shows, which left him feeling ashamed and depressed. While the band was concerned about their singer, audience members on occasion thought his behaviour was part of the show.
[glow=red,2,300]Trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c2_B_cWK_M[/glow]
Joy Division has influenced bands ranging from contemporaries U2 and The Cure to post-punk revival artists such as Interpol and Bloc Party. U2 frontman Bono said in the band's 2006 autobiography U2 by U2, "It would be harder to find a darker place in music than Joy Division. Their name, their lyrics and their singer were as big a black cloud as you could find in the sky. And yet I sensed the pursuit of God, or light, or reason...a reason to be. With Joy Division, you felt from this singer, beauty was truth and truth was beauty, and theirs was a search for both." Artists including electronica performer Moby and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante have described their appreciation for Joy Division's music and the influence it has had on their own material.
You guys probably already know the song Love Will Tear Us Apart, covered by many. Love Will Tear Us Apart was by Joy Division.
And here's their video for it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0dfd_L4tDk
and I like this song from them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0We9d5J3BLQ