Joy Division - Shadowplay (40th Anniversary Remaster) 1978 Granada TV, Live

40th Anniversary Remaster!
Full remastered, color-corrected and upscaled to 1080p / 50fps
Joy Division live at "Granada Reports", Granada TV
20th of September 1978
Their first TV appearance!
Introduced by Bob Greaves and Anthony "Tony" Wilson
We planned to post it on the 20th of September but didn't have time due to the complexity of some works.
We hope you'll enjoy unseen previously videos and the best possible quality.
Credits:
Reamstering of video & audio, mixing & synced by Fage
Colour-correction, opening & titles by Fadedge (aka Sin Nerv)

[@vladyslavanufriiev1224]

"They were called Warsaw, but Joy Division has a nicer ring to it" If only he knew what it means

[@quetepasaclarin11]

What it meant then?

[@jesseperera8735]

@@quetepasaclarin11 joy division was a nazi camp that would rape their victims but none of the musicians were nazi's it was just part of the OI! Scene in that time

[@AwesometownUSA]

@@quetepasaclarin11 Nope. Historically, a not-uncommon military practice was the provision of prostitutes for troops, as it was seen as a way to increase morale / vitality. And plus, up until the 1960s, women were technically just Objects, incapable of having their own thoughts or feelings, until they were sexually liberated by JFK and LBJ (who heroically took it upon themselves to bang out every single lady real good), and then they figured out how to burn bras, which were actually mind-control devices. Uhh, my memory is a bit shaky; some of this might not be completely true. But the prostitutes provided to soldiers was a real thing. The Nazis were one of the most recent examples of this practice, and the military camp brothels were referred to as “Joy Divisions”... It’s not one specific place where they raped victims. The Nazis were no angels, to be sure, but this was legitimate sex work..: and I’m sure the sex workers had total autonomy in their career choice, and were self-empowered, etc. etc. The band was using the moniker sardonically/ ironically. They weren’t associated with Oi/skinhead bullshit, besides the incidental overlapping timeframe. But seriously tho, fuck Nazis. And the commenter above spouting conspiracy theories about “Jewish propaganda” is just a fucking ding-dong, who’s got a floppy sack of unsweetened applesauce packed into his skull. No thoughts. ... Just the applesauce.

[@amberf3044]

@@RZPPAA no we learnt about it at school, it’s not as though they wanted to go into prostitution but some women were so poor that really they had no other option - i suppose technically it was a choice tho

[@johndoeiii6103]

@@jesseperera8735 wtf you talkin about oi and joy division?!

[@HarmonicHewell]

This song is literally 45 years old, it came out 25 years before I was even born. It still sounds brand new. Insane.

[@bencegabor648]

I’m 22 and lately I’ve been infatuated with punk and post punk. This album has quickly become my fav. It’s so personal but so universal at the same time, it’s beautiful.

[@deborahpaley21]

I was 23 when this dropped. Good music is eternal.

[@layditms2]

it sounds very the era

[@gothicgorey]

It’s because it’s true

[@meadish]

​@@layditms2 Their sound became so influentiual. How many other bands sounded like this in the mid-seventies, though? Not talking about 1979 onwards.

[@ernestolombardo5811]

You know why this music hasn't aged a single day? Because it's the blueprint for everything that came after itself.

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

Right on. Way ahead of it's time

[@MrBamcito]

Talking Heads was before.

[@softhell]

@@MrBamcito Talking Heads are the enemy.

[@billdavis6978]

Even the shat to come after, but nothing will match Joy Division!

[@michaelatias7021]

Very much in the same vain as Iggy pop who inspired Ian heavily. Velvets/fugs set the path with protopunk in the mid 60’s then the Stooges inventing straight up punk in raw power but technically tv eye or 1970 work just as well, later Bowie and Iggy invented post punk with The Idiot when everyone else was figuring out wtf punk even was.

[@yoitsdan]

Can you imagine this coming on the telly in 1978? Wow.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Oh even the fukn Cure shocked people back then!! Killing an Arab!! Not all was a joy to be a teenager back then, but bits of it were immaculate.. like this!! Why it's called post punk or whatever these days is beyond me. Fukn Maclaren had used the new wave pigeonhole... at the time we saw it as all one thing.

[@mattshaw4061]

There was plenty of music that would do that at the time. Velvet underground predates this by over a decade

[@cjsilvestremusic]

Ian has the coolest awkward dance moves of all time! Plus, his haunting voice and eyes. What a difference he has made in the 2 albums he has contributed to. Imagine if he were still alive today. The music scene would have been so much better. Truly an icon.

[@DaveAnchovies]

he would be destroyed for his right leaning politics, which takes aim at art, music, journalists, educators and anyone...flirting with nazi imagery, even as a collector or historian, is more ammo that is usually need. his wife wrote he voted for thatcher! lydon doesnt mind, i dont think they would have conquered the us market with the strange curtis up front.

[@districtbruh5742]

@@DaveAnchovies good, fucking fascist especially since he voted for thacter absolute piece of shit. still love his music tho lmao

[@districtbruh5742]

@@DaveAnchovies also wouldnt right-leaning politics that take aim at art, music, journalist, and educators just be calling them all Jewish elites. are his lyrics actually right-wing? genuinely want to know

[@babkeebabkus8177]

here's the thing...isn't it mind blowing to know that Ian being that he was so humble and naturally withdrawn was not yet aware of his own greatness?

[@cristalido3640]

@@districtbruh5742 Nah, his songs don't refer to any sort of politics, Ian used music as a way to express himself since he was quite silent and introverted in everyday life... I assume that politics must've been the least of his worries when he had epilepsy, a daughter, a wife and a music career to take care of, all of which overwhelmed him in the end and lead to his tragic end.

[@cosmogman]

As a young 20-something ex-GI, tired of war, rebellious, and pissed at the world, this was the music we were looking for. Long live Joy Division.

[@pennywise5095]

Why did you join the army?

[@cosmogman]

@@pennywise5095 Air Force. Early 70s.

[@1888gp]

@@cosmogmanair force 😂

[@Oxicnarf1]

@@1888gp cmon kid, have some respect

[@TweedSuit]

They impressed the host so much that he created a record label just to release their debut album.

[@tonysproule3408]

That guitar hook is absolute legend

[@Youtube_deleted_my_favourites]

i look back and I still don't understand it. this was a time of prog rock, disco, new wave was just appearing, new romantics started strutting their stuff and along comes this music, fucking game changer.

[@bigcheese2128]

Joy division is what happens when the first wave of British punk meets Martin hannet lol

[@DaveAnchovies]

@@bigcheese2128 they, mostly, met from attending a Pistols show. so if you dont think the Pistols mattered...think harder.

[@bigcheese2128]

@@DaveAnchovies do people think the pistols didn’t matter? I mean I personally think they sound like shit (I say this as someone who’s been into punk for years) but it’s impossible to deny how influential they were

[@Hlektr0n]

The quality of both image and sound is phenomenal. Thank you ever so much for posting this wonderful, monumental performance in such quality

[@Nominay]

Definitely an improvement, but the color is also definitely oversaturated now.

[@DaveAnchovies]

sounds like a lip synched version, mainly because bernie isnt missing notes...

[@MusicloverKeepItLiveTHEMUSICMA]

No band that has come before or after JOY Division has touched the pit of my soul or sent shivers down my spine the way this band has. 45 yrs later and they are still doing it. For me the greatest band that has ever existed.

[@nclsrfn]

The initial speech, the zoom-out, Ian pose, iconic.

[@chrisdarling5004]

Very few bands have musicians and singers who really are on point, the Smiths and Joy Division were on it.

[@georgejpg]

Morrissey is the worst part of the Smiths, though

[@chrisdarling5004]

@@georgejpg not everybody’s choice, a proper Marmite man. But added to the rest of the band it just worked brilliantly.

[@thechazziestdudetoeverchaz1764]

Yes Morrissey is an absolute genius

[@user-jb7px3li7c]

Throw The Cure in there and you’ve got the trifecta 👌🏼

[@mod6462]

The jam aswel

[@tonysproule3408]

The T.V. introducer obviously didn't know the meaning of "Joy Division" when he proclaimed it had a nicer ring to it....

[@the_hate_inside1085]

Lots of people enjoy prostitution. Mostly men dough...

[@axelbauron155]

"Joy Division has a nicer ring" Absolutely! It's a very cute and charming name especially when you know the story behind it.

[@gloinpeace]

still has a nicer ring to it nonetheless

[@Mikehibbett]

Such a powerful performance. So sad he left us.

[@ok2760]

We're very lucky that this even exists. Buzzcocks' first ever TV appearance, on Granada Reports in April 1977 performing Boredom (which Tony Wilson references in this clip) no longer exists. I can easily imagine this performance being a long-lost legendary clip. nb Public Image Ltd's performance on Granada Reports from June 1979 of Death Disco is also missing.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Unfortunately a tonne of television history is missing from Britain’s archives

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

They used to tape over old tapes, anything seen as not historic or culturally influential was scrubbed unfortunately. Wdve loved to have seen Buzzcocks or PiL.

[@nellytorossian4301]

This is Perfection, Reflection, Deception, Infliction, Self-Perception. And Haunting

[@crose7412]

I love how Barney didn't want to be upstaged by the singer and so did his own little dance too from 3:25-3:38 - it looks like he wanted to be a member of The Shadows!

[@Archiv3sofpa1n]

Bernard is so precious

[@colonisedtartan9539]

Barney ....its there to see ....his agenda worked .... cunt

[@okkcomputer]

"the singer"

[@crose7412]

@@okkcomputer Yes, the singer - his mate!

[@Destructionfilms.]

The singer and guitarist

[@Esz420]

I used to think Ian danced so crazy but the more I listen and watch I honestly think he’s not trying to dance at all. It’s like he can’t help it, it just happens to him because of the music.

[@wugod3675]

He just feel music another then us...

[@brucegilchrist5336]

Just damn. Dark as hell, intense as ever.

[@karawigley6231]

Ian Curtis was one of those rare people who just has something special about them. He was so charismatic & captivating without even having to try. It’s hard to put it into words how you feel when listening & watching him he simply draws you in & is mesmerizing.

[@user-lz5bm7wu4s]

Нереальная тоска, глубочайшая тоска от его поэзии и вокала, но вместе с этим дикое желание танцевать. Чертова гениальность!!!!

[@neon_tcps741]

goddamn 40 years...

[@plasticZarathustra]

nazi punk, fuck off

[@woriguela6360]

@@user-qs7ip6we5m based

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

45 mate!!!!!

[@vicho5960]

​@@woriguela6360aguante bocanada

[@blackmagusnefarious2076]

Love how at the end of the clip, the MC even knew that they were on some shit.

[@bigsmoke1887]

I’m sick today so I decided to wake n’ bake. Watching this hits different stoned 🧉

[@coconoir9015]

What a beautiful man who made beautiful music... Thanks Ian and Joy Division, you are missed.. 2024

[@strawsonian]

One of their greatest songs. Literate, timeless, ultimately uncategorisable. And I love the way the footage is overlaid. Vehicles look more American than Mancunian but it doesn’t matter.

[@megamanmuppet]

Footage is from a Granada World in Action report into the CIA I believe.

[@nicholass.kaczmar2536]

Yes the footage is of Washington DC

[@madsm3833]

This world misses you Ian

[@sidvicious7452]

To the center of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you, To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank, searching for you, I was moving through the silence without motion, waiting for you, In a room with a window in the corner I found truth. In the shadowplay, acting out your own death, knowing no more, As the assassins all grouped in four lines, dancing on the floor, And with cold steel, odor on their bodies mad a move to connect, But I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left. I did everything, everything I wanted to, I let them use you for their own ends, To the center of the city in the night, waiting for you. To the center of the city in the night, waiting for you.

[@cosmogman]

Wonder what he meant? We were always searching for the hidden meaning of his lyrics.

[@ivybelgove]

Is he describing playing with Death?

[@ambassador8524]

One of the best bands ever

[@Pau_Aventurer]

First thing I'm going to do whenever I die, it's talk to the genius behind this, Curtis.

[@thedragons8538]

Ian Curtis was a legend. R.I.P😭❤

[@chickenbiscuitbabyyewww9580]

Ian is the coolest man, holy shit

[@ragegage1221]

rest in peace Ian!

[@YellowSubCaptain]

Just read the story of the singer of this band. Very heartbreaking stuff. Their music is awesome. I’m a new fan

[@PRIS555]

Me too. Joy Division rock. The movie called "CONTROL" is worth checking out too. Sam Riley's portrayal of Ian Curtis is brilliant.

[@YellowSubCaptain]

@@PRIS555 thanks I’ll look into it !!

[@Decodingthemonster]

Fucking iconic

[@strychnyne3530]

Who's still jamming this in 2022?

[@alanknotts1844]

The late 70's was a great era for music for me personally.Possibly 1979 being the greatest year for albums too

[@user-yq4jh3wf7d]

Beatles и Buzzcocks просто нервно курят в сторонке, если видят всю мощь искренности Иэна. Поэт. На нашем языке так и не понял, как правильно называть его: толи Ян, толи Йен, толи Иэн, просто помолится за его душу хотелось. А душа у него искренняя - настоящая. Храни, Господи, этого мученика, пожалуйста

[@mmbb6339]

slavs have a special kind of love for Joy Division

[@paulf1157]

The start of the Goth Culture.. Greatness

[@TheNsk3000]

Paul F is give that more of thatccredit to siouxsie and the banshees and Bauhaus but they were all influenced by the pistols

[@ericrhodes5174]

@@TheNsk3000 I think he meant musically. The only gothic thing about the Banshees was Siouxsie's look and Bauhaus were directly influenced by Joy Division.

[@perspexorange]

Wow! This is great. I've never seen the Bob Greaves intro before. This is the best quality I've seen of this clip. Strangely, the recent 'New Order: Decades' documentary shown last weekend had this clip in fairly poor quality. Many thanks for the upload / upscale.

[@Mikehibbett]

All of them, so fantastic.

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

my favourite piece of music video. Summed up the bleakness of late 70s Manchester, little did they know how iconic this would become

[@Vox_Phantom_Mark-VI]

Beauty remaster. Tears on my eyes. The most iconic Band of all time.

[@yekayyeke9396]

DUDE this is absolutely fucking incredible ! The quality looks outstanding ! Joy divisions my favorite band and this just made my week ! All I gotta say is thanks for everything you've done on this channel 👍🏻 !

[@saralovecchio9034]

Tx Ian for my youth. I love you. R.I.P.

[@kevinhyland5524]

I was at over 30 Warsaw/ JD gigs and tomorrow its 41 years since we lost Ian.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Rub it in you bastard!! Ha! Jokin mate.. you lucky bastard!! I was chuffed getting the Warsaw ep for fukall in early 79!!!

[@thejohns-lv6ub]

Excellent perfomance

[@isaackov]

"A nicer ring to it"...nothing further from the truth.

[@reality8605]

4:15 "Avenues, all lined with trees Picture me and then you start watching Watching forever Watching forever"

[@SauciEwok]

I love Ian's shoes.

[@heiwatozenryosa]

Fantastic, what an anger riff! Yeahhhhhh

[@tumolucky17]

Still amazing and fresh now in 2024!! Ian Curtis is so special !! I’ve only heard realised how good he was .

[@elhombredelasmontanas3069]

Shadowplay My favorite

[@AngelMartinez-rx8yt]

Man Hooky looked so badass back in the day

[@Mike-san92]

Imagine being, at that time, a bored adolescent, doing zapping on the TV and then bump into this. Personally, it would have been a life change for sure.

[@pyrodoll2422]

Hunting, lost, sparce and perfect. Why did you have to deprive us of yourself Ian?

[@claudiocampos4357]

All the work that you are doing is absolutely amazing. Thank you for share!

[@tarasshevchenko3566]

Brilliant upload, thank you.

[@19mole76]

Superb quality and most complete version I've seen so far...without annoying overlays, too!

[@RolodexEnigma]

A real JOYride!

[@sidfletcher4955]

This is brilliant quality... excellent work..

[@jtoneal3344]

JOY DIVISION FOREVER TY for posting this gem.

[@blinkbomb]

You can really hear the doors influence in this

[@LudwolfBeethozart1485]

Absolutely agree with you. I've always thought The Doors as a jazz version of Joy Division.

[@M1A4R8K8]

The best version of this song

[@johndolan7138]

Hooky literally looks about 40 here

[@diskonnektion5496]

And Barney looks 16

[@ill8485]

Hook*

[@mattpark746]

@@ill8485 hooky is his nickname......

[@plathandpinter]

Nobody sounds like Joy Division, there are many imitators

[@patbateman2]

wow those 6 people that disliked that song are really sad human being :(

[@koumkinvi7337]

Amazing - Thanks !

[@Destructionfilms.]

Almost 46 years! Wow time flies!!!

[@caveguy22]

Definitive and fecking awesome!

[@Diomodo]

The guitar sounds better here than on the record. On the recording you can hardly hear it. Here it sounds raw and direct without so much reverb.

[@paddington769]

I love this dark sound and jd is one of the best!

[@laurentboulogne481]

Thank a lot for this hight quality vidéo

[@ermvie]

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[@bharris3440]

Peter hooks bass playing is so simple yet so groundbreaking

[@AkosiLentengGala]

Unknown Pleasures Best Album Ever

[@Handel9000]

thank you!

[@adminabaton8246]

FANTASTIC

[@a5dr3]

It never resolves. It’s always like, what am I looking at? And then on most tunes every instrument is basically soloing all the time. It’s just so weird. The whole thing was just so unique and weird.

[@1969pista]

Superb bit of restoration work. Well done. But there's no way on earth it's 1080p. Even 480p is pushing it. Unless you found the missing 1.8million pixels down the back of the sofa or something.

[@rpemulis]

i did i just found them they are here with me come over

[@haywoodjblome4768]

These were recorded on film cameras. You could even Remaster it to 4k. Look at the Remastered Beatles videos for example, the quality is as good as you'll see on modern videos

[@Inconsiderales]

@@haywoodjblome4768 yeah, this is just vhs copy

[@georgejpg]

@@haywoodjblome4768 If it was recorded to film, then it's unlikely you're looking at a restoration from film, because then it would have been restored to 4K. This was probably re-recorded to tape and the original film lost (Assuming there ever even was a film copy). So no, you could not restore this footage to the fidelity of 4K. If it was recorded to VHS tape for example, then there's only 240 lines of information to use. Perhaps ITV's archival tape was higher resolution, I don't know.

[@brandongacer1850]

Made my day

[@SteveAFCLondon]

Just awesome.

[@fullm3tal90]

And just like that music changed

[@Stampistuta]

Reading Hooky’s book so had to come and seek out their first TV appearance. Ace.

[@adrianalvarez8163]

You can hear some of the doors influence

[@bennedictartclavecillas2756]

The drummer is amazing

[@ok2760]

I would presume this exists in broadcast (perfect?) quality in the ITV Archive? Anybody? The ITV Archive is based on Kirkstall Road in Leeds near me, so I could always pop in...

[@jamie2051]

Get yourself in lad

[@ronycarvalheiro8441]

RIP Ian 2024

[@jonasoskinis7464]

We were the kids in Soviet Union in 1989. We rehearsed in the Radio Factory. Joy Division were our BEATLES somehow.

[@meadish]

Their music really captures the essence of grey, of November, of brutalist and functionalist architecture, of the longing for something, anything else than the absence of hope.

[@mcnowski]

Thank you Ian sir.

[@drewolewnick7586]

Greatest. Ever. Rock band.

[@kevinblake7078]

ROCK AND ROLL!

[@estebanf.l.9831]

This was amazing... cheers from Argentina!

[@Darukalme]

Thaaaankkks

[@radecirkovic4820]

Masterpiece!

[@robmerwd]

Awesome.

[@PNL_King]

Ian did not dance the dance; The dance danced Ian.

[@guillermoortega4119]

AWESOME