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Joy Division — Atmosphere
Album: Substance
Avg rating:
6.8

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Total ratings: 166









Released: 1980
Length: 4:06
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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Walk in silence
Don't walk away, in silence
See the danger
Always danger
Endless talking
Life rebuilding
Don't walk away

Walk in silence
Don't turn away, in silence
Your confusion
My illusion
Worn like a mask of self-hate
Confronts and then dies
Don't walk away

People like you find it easy
Aching to see
Walking on air
Hunting by the rivers
Through the streets
Every corner abandoned too soon
Set down with due care
Don't walk away, in silence
Don't walk away
Comments (27)add comment
Amazing the reverse bell curve if you look at the ratings for this song, 8,9,10 or 1,2,3 not much in between. 10 for me, reminds me of a time growing up in the late 70s. Was a favourite song of my crazy best mate who died tragically in a car crash at 17 yrs old, cannot listen to this without thinking of him.
Posted 4 years ago by gbt    [ Reply ]
Please play.
Posted 7 years ago by quigui    [ Reply ]
some serious philistinism here
Posted 9 years ago by salice    [ Reply ]
This poor bloke always sounds like singing causes him physical pain.
Posted 11 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]
Elvis fat and on drugs??
Posted 11 years ago by Tizmself    [ Reply ]
 Spliff wrote:
A very drunk Bono

 
And without a voice too... :)
Posted 11 years ago by ciolca    [ Reply ]
Most Excellent... the ratings show that folks either love Joy Division or hate them.  At the time, I thought it really stood out from the top hits of its day, and equally from those of 1983, when I first heard it.  The ur-band of goth-rock, IMO.

Great segue from "Breathe Me," too. 
Posted 11 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

marvelous...  love it...
 

 
A real treat to hear this. Thanks RP.
Posted 11 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
A very drunk Bono
Posted 11 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the singer just had a root canal and his mouth is stuffed with gauze. (The freezing hasn't worn off either.) 
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
Heard the opening chords and was all set for David Bowie. 

Disappointing. 
Posted 11 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
This song is truly horrible. {#Eek}
Posted 11 years ago by Sine_Nomine    [ Reply ]

Is this song a joke?


Posted 11 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
I thought it was Nick Cave
Posted 11 years ago by philinnz    [ Reply ]
Love the band's name.  Very nice song here as well
Posted 11 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
Wow, awful.
Posted 11 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]

I didn't know a whole lot of Joy Division but watched the documentary and the more I hear the more I like. Very haunting sound to it.


Posted 11 years ago by danoodles    [ Reply ]
 dionysius wrote:
My upload. One of the saddest, and yet most beautiful, things ever to emerge from rock music. Complete, utter desolation without a hint of hope, except in that redemptive sweep of synth washing the tune along like the tide leaving a drowned corpse on the beach. Still can't quite wrap my brain around it. It's just fucking brilliant, it is.
 
Well done...  where are you these days, dude?

Love this brilliant song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
please dont play this again. ever.
Posted 11 years ago by sziggle    [ Reply ]
What were they thinking? The singer is so off key it hurts.
Posted 11 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
ot quoett wrote:
play it. please.
 

why not.
Posted 12 years ago by dreveck    [ Reply ]
play it. please.
Posted 12 years ago by quoett    [ Reply ]

Joy Division's Ian Curtis by ~JoniGodoy
Jonathan Godoy N.  ©2007-2010 ~JoniGodoy

Ilustration for SWITCH Magazine, about the sad and melancolic life of the young english vocalist Ian Curtis (1956-1980), who was the lyricist and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, which he helped form in 1977 in Manchester, England.
His passion for music led him to work in a record shop for a short time.


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Please play this. It most certainly has a place here.
Posted 17 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Anybody seen the video? Fits perfectly
Posted 17 years ago by andrello    [ Reply ]
My upload. One of the saddest, and yet most beautiful, things ever to emerge from rock music. Complete, utter desolation without a hint of hope, except in that redemptive sweep of synth washing the tune along like the tide leaving a drowned corpse on the beach. Still can't quite wrap my brain around it. It's just fucking brilliant, it is.
Posted 17 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]