If I like Television (the band) but don't like Joy Division,

[VintageSG]

X-Ray Spex & Poly Styrene - Germ Free Adolescents

^One of my all-time favourite albums^ When I first heard this song...



...It galvanised me. Frankly, it was the finest thing I'd ever heard at the time.

The Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers and Killing Joke are worth a listen to too.

 

[Engine Swap]

If you’re willing to take a few extra steps…

 

[Killing Floor]

It absolutely is not

I own the NO US radio promotional record. But there’s a lot of room between Passover and Blue Monday. I’m just saying it’s inappropriate to not like Joy Division.

 

[buster poser]

I own the NO US radio promotional record. But there’s a lot of room between Passover and Blue Monday. I’m just saying it’s inappropriate to not like Joy Division.
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Ian died when I was nine, so I backed into Joy Division after Blue Monday got hot in the mid 80s. You can hear it here and there (Peter Hook duh), but they are very different bands for sure.

 

[Killing Floor]

Ian died when I was nine, so I backed into Joy Division after Blue Monday got hot in the mid 80s. You can hear it here and there (Peter Hook duh), but they are very different bands for sure.

Pretty sure that was the same day Mt St Helens erupted. Coincidence?

 

[hemingway]

Ian died when I was nine, so I backed into Joy Division after Blue Monday got hot in the mid 80s. You can hear it here and there (Peter Hook duh), but they are very different bands for sure.

I went to the same school as Ian Curtis but he was about 8 years older, so I didn't know him.

JD/NO were a big deal where I grew up. I used to see the members of NO around the town. But although I loved JD I could never understand NO. Blue Monday is about the most tedious record ever to my ears.

 

[buster poser]

I went to the same school as Ian Curtis but he was about 8 years older, so I didn't know him.

JD/NO were a big deal where I grew up. I used to see the members of NO around the town. But although I loved JD I could never understand NO. Blue Monday is about the most tedious record ever to my ears.

I hear you, they are not for everyone for sure. I have an innate response to anything disco-adjacent from hearing lots of four-on-the-floor records from very small. Blue Monday's not nearly my favorite NO song*, but it was everywhere when I started clubbing in the late 80s. I love JD, but NO are "growing up" era songs for me, always tough to top.

*strong contender for the title, but I'm a fanboy

 

[Engine Swap]

 

[radiocaster]

Penetration - Moving Targets

maybe also:
The Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts

 

[jdgladw]

 

[effzee]

You guys know Tom Verlaine just died, right?

 

[Blrfl]

Totally forgot about this:

All of the playlists on my YouTube channel except "Mud Puppies Covers" are 1980s alt rock. WODU Volume 1-10 were reconstructed from logs of my shows at my college radio station minus whatever wasn't available on YouTube.

Enjoy!

 

[Engine Swap]

 

[David Barnett]

I downloaded Marquee Moon, and...I like it. It hasn't been revelatory for me, maybe because I came to it after hearing a bunch of stuff that came after, or maybe listening to it on shuffle in the car is just not the proper dosage, but anyway, yeah it's good. Other stuff I've checked out, like Joy Division, haven't resonated.
[/unessential backstory]

There's a big difference between Television and Joy Division. Television sound like they had all done years of woodshedding to hone their craft, Joy Division sound like beginners still learning their instruments and trying to figure out how music and chord changes work.

Have you tried the Pixies yet?

 

[David Barnett]

Don't limit your Television to Marquee Moon. The 2nd album was very good. "Glory" is one of my favorite cuts on that one, among others. Richard Hell played with an early lineup of Television. You may like Richard Hell and The Voidoids.

Don't forget the self-titled Television reunion album from the early 1990s, which is excellent.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Pretty sure that was the same day Mt St Helens erupted. Coincidence?

Never realized the dates coinciding. I really like JD.

 

[TokyoPortrait]

Hi.

You’re from the Oregon, yeah, so you’ve owned and driven cars in the US, right?

So, you must absolutely listen to Modest Mouse. It’s as simple as that.

Start with The Lonesome Crowded West.



Pax/
Dean

 

[middy]

But you should like JD. It’s ok if you’re not into New Order but get on the JD train.

It seems like it’s one of those had to be there bands. If it doesn’t remind you of goth girls who taste like clove cigarettes, you may never acquire the taste.

 

[gimmeatele]

Echo and the bunnymen

 

[David Barnett]

The Smiths





The lyrics are often hilarious, and the guitar playing is brilliant.