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Joy Division — Transmission
Album: Substance
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Released: 1980
Length: 3:27
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Radio, live transmission
Radio, live transmission

Listen to the silence, let it ring on
Eyes, dark grey lenses, frightened of the Sun
We would have a fine time living in the night
Left to blind destruction, waiting for our sight

We would go on as though nothing was wrong
Hide from these days, we remained all alone
Staying in the same place, just staying out the time
Touching from a distance, further all the time

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio

Well, I could call out when the going gets tough
The things that we've learnt are no longer enough
No language, just sound, that's all we need know
To synchronise love to the beat of the show

And we could dance
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
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 maxvonevil wrote:

Music is fine 80's vintage, yet this guy sings like an amputee: Can't hold a note nor carry a tune...


Asshat says what?
Posted 2 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
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An interesting (to me, anyway) movie about Ian Curtis. I thought it was very well done.


Completely agree.  Actor was riveting.
Posted 3 years ago by OkieRich    [ Reply ]
 salice wrote:

one of the top 10 songs of all time
FACT


It really, really isn't.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 maxvonevil wrote:

Music is fine 80's vintage, yet this guy sings like an amputee: Can't hold a note nor carry a tune...



i'm i just cant see how losing a limb affect the vocal chords?

never heard this tune before, everyone just plays "love will tear us apart again"
but  i knew it was Curtis singing straight away
Posted 3 years ago by Stetsonman    [ Reply ]
Apparently they wanted to be opposite of disco.. (Except for the ‘dance’ part and ‘radio’ part.)
Posted 3 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
 maxvonevil wrote:

Music is fine 80's vintage, yet this guy sings like an amputee: Can't hold a note nor carry a tune...



Sometimes usernames can be telling.
Posted 3 years ago by whaleboneman    [ Reply ]
"The longevity of Elder Goths" is the subject of this article: https://www.washingtonpost.com...
Posted 3 years ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
My wife is an ex-Hacienda girl, being a Salford lass she always got free admission. Will love Joy Division 'til her dying day. TBH though, she prefers New Order 😍.
Posted 4 years ago by Spud_M    [ Reply ]
one of the top 10 songs of all time
FACT
Posted 4 years ago by salice    [ Reply ]
"Touching from a distance - further all the time " 

Ding Ding ?
Posted 4 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
 pilgrim wrote:
Love this, but the Weather Station does a completely rockin' cover (with banjo!)

 

Indeed. So with i could have seen them live. 
Posted 5 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
 maxvonevil wrote:
Music is fine 80's vintage, yet this guy sings like an amputee: Can't hold a note nor carry a tune...
 

Decries the autotune generation
Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Love this, but the Weather Station does a completely rockin' cover (with banjo!)

Posted 5 years ago by pilgrim    [ Reply ]
Just more awesome than words can convey.
Posted 5 years ago by stevevejcik    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by pvcnote    [ Reply ]
He was a trip to see live.
Posted 5 years ago by danoodles    [ Reply ]
 maxvonevil wrote:
Music is fine 80's vintage, yet this guy sings like an amputee: Can't hold a note nor carry a tune...
 
That's not the point.
Posted 5 years ago by Thin_Air    [ Reply ]
Uptempo, dark, gothic... how can you not like?

Would say more comparable to Tool/Perfect Circle than to Devo

Posted 6 years ago by moocray    [ Reply ]
Music is fine 80's vintage, yet this guy sings like an amputee: Can't hold a note nor carry a tune...
Posted 6 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
So totally Devo, so radically radio, so incredibly early 80s and I love love love it, Thanks!

 
Yeah man!


Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
{#Cool}
Posted 9 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
 szasz wrote:
Nice set - Donna Summers to Joy Division.... perfect!

 
Agreed. How can you like one and hate the other?
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
Nice set - Donna Summers to Joy Division.... perfect!
Posted 9 years ago by szasz    [ Reply ]
Dance, dance, dance to the radio!!!!!!
Posted 9 years ago by radiocabeza    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
So totally Devo, so radically radio, so incredibly early 80s and I love love love it, Thanks!

 
Devo started out in the mid-1970s, but I get what you're saying.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Great retro mix go'n down this morning!
Posted 9 years ago by beinder    [ Reply ]
The purists will wanna kill me for saying this but New Order was an improvement. Temptation, Everything's Gone Green, Blue Monday, Your Silent Face were all a step up.
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
https://regretfulmorning.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Frankenstein_2.jpg
Me sing.
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
wow, some hate for this crazy good song.  go figure...
Posted 9 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
Radio, live transmission
Radio, live transmission
Listen to the silence, let it ring on
Eyes, dark grey lenses, frightened of the Sun
We would have a fine time living in the night
Left to blind destruction, waiting for our sight
We would go on as though nothing was wrong
Hide from these days, we remained all alone
Staying in the same place, just staying out the time
Touching from a distance, further all the time
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Well, I could call out when the going gets tough
The things that we've learnt are no longer enough
No language, just sound, that's all we need know
To synchronise love to the beat of the show
And we could dance
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Posted 10 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
 tiggers wrote:
Still love this some nearly 35 years on. Went to university in Manchester because of this band..... been there ever since. Saw them twice before Ian Curtis committed suicide and then saw New Order many times after that, but as good as New Order were they lost something special when they lost Ian. Their influence is still there today... not many bands can say that!

 
Never took infatuation to quite such an extent... but can understand your reasoning!
Posted 10 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
Joy Division  -  Exceptional!  (new U2, meh)
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Still love this some nearly 35 years on. Went to university in Manchester because of this band..... been there ever since. Saw them twice before Ian Curtis committed suicide and then saw New Order many times after that, but as good as New Order were they lost something special when they lost Ian. Their influence is still there today... not many bands can say that!
Posted 10 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
For sure.  You nailed it.

 luv4music wrote:
This band influenced almost every post punk/new wave band.  You can hear the influence of their sound in so many other bands' sounds.

 



Posted 10 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 luv4music wrote:
This band influenced almost every post punk/new wave band.  You can hear the influence of their sound in so many other bands' sounds.

 
Absolutely! Love their unique sound; it still holds up well after all these decades without sounding dated.
Posted 10 years ago by Falcon    [ Reply ]
This band influenced almost every post punk/new wave band.  You can hear the influence of their sound in so many other bands' sounds.
Posted 10 years ago by luv4music    [ Reply ]
One of those bands that I could never understand the appeal of. Different strokes I guess.
Posted 10 years ago by BobLoblaw    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
So totally Devo, so radically radio, so incredibly early 80s and I love love love it, Thanks!

 
with a lil bit of Bauhaus mixed in.  {#Angel}
Posted 10 years ago by RasterPix    [ Reply ]
jim morrison?
Posted 10 years ago by ceicilbee    [ Reply ]
Is this from their spinoff group The Angst Division?
Posted 11 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
 joempie wrote:

Great movie, but this band is totally overrated I think. Or can someone explain to me what is so brilliant about this monotonous sound, except for maybe the attitude that it radiates? 

  

It's no great mystery. This band's music resonates with a lot of people, just not you.
Posted 11 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
blast from the past!
Posted 11 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:
You're kidding me, right?

 

 
Oh well if it has Adam Carolla it must be good. NOT. Your zinger lost all its snap when you put Adam in the picture. 

Just checked out Wikipedia's article on "The Gong Show with Dave Attell." Andy Dick was actually a judge. Jesus, I thought Hollywood had bound and gagged him into a steamer trunk and dropped him into the Mariana Trench. His last name truly suits him. 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
So totally Devo, so radically radio, so incredibly early 80s and I love love love it, Thanks!
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Read my mind last night. Thanks RP!
Posted 11 years ago by Meu_Sky_Drive    [ Reply ]
You're kidding me, right?

 
Posted 11 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 jkscoggin wrote:
Awesome song in every way. Dark, powerful, very real. Keep playing this! By the way this whole CD is essential listening.

 
I'll second that. 
Posted 11 years ago by milleronic    [ Reply ]
Ian Curtis here sounds a bit like the late singer for the Cramps, Lux Interior. 

The only Joy Division song I was familiar with before this was "Love Will Tear Us Apart" which I suspect is far better than anything else they did. This is interesting but it's a bit dated... 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  everybody in my church be dancing madly...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
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An interesting (to me, anyway) movie about Ian Curtis. I thought it was very well done.
 
Great movie, but this band is totally overrated I think. Or can someone explain to me what is so brilliant about this monotonous sound, except for maybe the attitude that it radiates? 
Posted 11 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
Daughter was dancing around..."this can only be joy division!" 
Posted 12 years ago by agd3    [ Reply ]
Control 

An interesting (to me, anyway) movie about Ian Curtis. I thought it was very well done.
Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
 
LOL
Posted 12 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]

Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Energy music.
Posted 12 years ago by garycha    [ Reply ]
wonderful......
Posted 12 years ago by tania300    [ Reply ]
I was just thinking about this song yesterday, along with the song 'Blue Monday'. I was thinking about the transition of Joy Division (with Ian Curtis) to New Order (the new wave dance group). I've not heard Transmission in years. Still very interesting material. As always, a great writeup of New Order on Wikipedia for those of you wanting to know more about the history of the band.
Posted 12 years ago by krysthal    [ Reply ]
Needs to be retired and stored away... never to be heard again..... 

DOES NOT age well

 
Posted 12 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
Hairs in the back of the neck stuff....
this is soooo appreciated music....
dance dance dance dance dance to the radio! 
Posted 12 years ago by Glencoe_JC    [ Reply ]
 jkscoggin wrote:
Awesome song in every way. Dark, powerful, very real. Keep playing this! By the way this whole CD is essential listening.
 
I couldn't agree more. These guys were fantastic.
Posted 12 years ago by rotten    [ Reply ]
Awesome song in every way. Dark, powerful, very real. Keep playing this! By the way this whole CD is essential listening.
Posted 12 years ago by jkscoggin    [ Reply ]
Every single Joy Division introduction causes an emotional, visceral reaction. Great stuff.
Posted 12 years ago by ericeobrien    [ Reply ]
Was initially surprised to see it wasn't in the playlist yet,
but it is now!
Thanks!
Posted 12 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
It's always great to ignore popularity for a moment to hear a band's early experimentations with their sound. I don't know how privy the RP audience is to Joy Division: the remaining members later became New Order after Joy Division's lead singer, Ian Curtis, committed suicide on the eve before their first American tour. They were a great band. Still love hearing their earlier work with Ian.
Posted 12 years ago by impediguy    [ Reply ]
hummmmm, glad y'all like it and it's always good to hear something new, can't say it did much for me on first listen.
Posted 12 years ago by GawgaBoy    [ Reply ]
YES!

i've always loved this song.
it'll be interesting to hear what everybody else thinks

great add to the playlist!
 
Posted 12 years ago by 80poundsOfFury    [ Reply ]
You can never have enough Joy Division
Posted 12 years ago by stf9    [ Reply ]
YES - BRING IT!!!!  LONG overdue here on RP!  Definitely need more Joy Division.  
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Groovy
Posted 12 years ago by Shmelo    [ Reply ]
Thank-you Bill!
 
Posted 12 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]