Joy Division - Transmission, Interview, She's Lost Control. BBC Complete. [480p]

Joy Division live at BBC "Something Else" 09/15/1979
Transmission, Interview (cut), She's Lost Control.
Complete BBC footage.
480p now! Best quality.

[@TheEljay]

The three guys watching at the front in the middle are The Jam, who played on the show just before Joy Division came on

[@chemac4950]

Wow

[@daveknight1887]

All four members have completely different playing styles...erratic, technical, controlled, confident... Watching them, they don't seem to mesh together...but they make the most unique music. It's almost like 4 bands that have never played together and are jamming for the first time and the result is amazing!

[@kyuseok98]

Agreed :)

[@Diggarci]

Yes man you are right, Ian is so intense, Bernard so correct, Peter so relax and serious and Stephen a complex machine, but they are so talented in their own ways, this band is too much for its time.

[@andrewridge2824]

It wasn’t too much for us in 1979. I was mesmerised by this performance of “She’s Lost Control” at the time. I still am. I also made a line recording off the TV onto cassette. It’s on a CD now of course, and all over the internet. It still makes my blood course faster. I still play guitar and bass for this reason. Looking at that year now, I realise what a potent year 1979 was for music. I couldn’t afford to buy “Unknown Pleasures” straight away. I had bought “London Calling” and had to get “Metal Box” in a metal box. “Setting Sons” wasn’t the very best Jam, but their singles that year were powerhouses. The Banshees hit their stride. The Slits single. Even The Swell Maps. The Only Ones. Some of the old farts were still pretty powerful performers as well. I nearly forgot The Fall. Buzzcocks were starting to feel the pinch, but what singles. You could go and see these acts for a relative pittance in halls or theatres. I’m rarely nostalgic. I enjoy now. I make more music now than I did then. However I have come to realise that we were able to browse so much of music relatively easily even without an internet. John Peel and an FM radio gave you a lot to chew on, especially with a cassette deck to hand. I am indebted to the people who post stuff like this video.

[@andrewridge2824]

Diggarci. An astute remark. Just now I was admiring the precision of Barney’s rhythm playing on “She’s Lost Control”. Tight rhythm guitar was my only musical skill at the time. I could relate. Of course Barney was about much more than just chords. Wonderfully sparse playing. After that “Metal Box” changed my world. Rhythm guitar suddenly seemed boring. The redundancy of rhythm guitar made me crave playing bass instead. These days I play in a band in which the bassist and I swap instruments sometimes. Go figure.

[@ermogene6985]

@@andrewridge2824 What a lucky man you are, you lived those golden years for rock music !!! I wasn't even born in '79..

[@royalnass1029]

the way curtis combines the epilepsy moves with the rhythm is priceless in this video. one of the all time best underground songs. yes underground cause most people dont know nor do they appreciate art such as this

[@samvandam1766]

The pain Ian holding inside is so palpable...it makes me cry. The emotion is so pure & beautiful.

[@dprague]

Never before, never again, ever an Ian Cutis

[@Scott1433]

This live version of She's lost control is one the finest things on youtube. Everything about it is top draw, I love the bass guitar especially. What a display by Curtis, so unique and what a great frontman he was. Imagine being able to go back in time and witness this performance.

[@andrewridge2824]

Scott1433 I only witnessed this performance on TV, I’m afraid. I did see them supporting Buzzcocks shortly after this broadcast. Sadly it was one of those nights on which Curtis was carried off the stage in seizure. Not the kind of history you ever wish to see being made. I remember the TV show with great fondness. The Bournemouth concert less so.

[@jonez110]

i am stunned every time i see his crazy performance! i am rly in love with mr curtis, he had something beautiful!

[@mediamonster4936]

Big time Joy Division fan from the start! Every one wants to claim them, Punks, Goths, but truth be told, they were neither. They were simply original Rock and Roll! And they were Great at it too.

[@peter7able]

I don't think I've ever seen desperation portrayed in dance before

[@simonandrewx]

I read a comment maybe in This is Permanence but it was along the lines that Ian danced that way to offer a third second of third layer to the music. What you heard what you thought And what you saw. The dance was almost sign language expressing the song visually.

[@kleenextoiletrolls]

This performance is incredible.

[@bull829]

Stephen Morris held this band up more than anyone.

[@Metalkitty33]

that would be the shadowplay video , but it's cut at the beginning , you just see a second of it

[@onafetssss]

incredible

[@europhiler]

Excellent...thank you for sharing!

[@Metalkitty33]

Amazing...

[@garypainter9251]

Curtis best he gets it he did RIP Ian i loved you

[@UcaughtWinVirus]

thank you!

[@softcane2388]

excellent ty

[@GabeTheGuide]

They need more shots of Ian's legendary dance!

[@MichelleBab-gy2yx]

He dances like a trapped butterfly. It's beautiful, mesmerizing and I'm here for it. I do hope he is finally at peace 🦋 🖤💙🖤💙

[@zzkeek]

absolutely fantastic

[@pgus-zv3cd]

Man, if the interview was with Ian instead of Stephan, this would be a moment in HISTORY!

[@andrewridge2824]

Ian Curtis was already struggling to balance work and life by this time. Wilson did right to leave him on the bench for the interview. Curtis was by then starting to have seizures on stage. Shortly after this broadcast I witnessed one of them. I wish I hadn’t. History is sometimes better, observed from a distance. It is so sad. By the mid-eighties there were anti-epileptics that did not make you feel you were depressed all the time.

[@hawkboy451]

Superb work uploader 11 /10

[@redcoat4ever]

Kickin’!!!!!

[@karstenryder-gm6tt]

Four lads from the Manc suburbs stretching to Cheshire...Although,at the time,what they played was totally misunderstood to the majority....it meant a lot to those who understood.....and still does. Reign on Curtis,Sumner,Hook,Morris and Gilbert

[@valentina58448]

MUY BUENO

[@librosparanada282]

Genio!

[@WubWithMyDub]

Those moves!

[@andyb1037]

Best, simples.

[@joydivision2079]

He's my god

[@AllanOstermann]

"It seems a shame." You're so right, Tony. But we found them, anyway. :)

[@jonnycomelatelyable]

No disrespects but they were not simply original rock and roll. They were----Quite simply------------Joy Division and they were unique.

[@jondirienzo9687]

lightning in a bottle. wont ever happen like this again...enjoy the relics

[@paulfog]

i like it when ian curtis does "shes lost contrOOOOOLL again".

[@synysterjazmyngates]

he was really beautiful

[@awordabout...3061]

Poor Ian looks absolutely strung out here. Brilliant performance, but sad to see someone having to work through the effects of the drugs he had to take. At least he seemed to be having fun!

[@rockingchairsofpiss1404]

He wasnt

[@kubiksahara3801]

2:41 fast and pure

[@SeanRupertKent]

They aren't Rock and Roll either! Hooky actually says they are alternative, (many different genres), so categorizing them like that isn't very fare. Just listen to how they pioneered electronic music!

[@millennialanimal]

"Interview" Tony Wilson talking over everyone

[@ianmarshall4009]

TIME UK101 It's because he didn't want the band giving interviews. Thought they were loud mouthed cunts.

[@millennialanimal]

But he was the loud mouth hah

[@krezzykrezz]

I'd love to see the whole interview instead of that tiny clip.

[@guilherme-uk3gn]

Stephen morris was possessed this night

[@liammoylan9774]

absolute classic best band of the last 50 years, second only to the smiths

[@ronnie3257]

You know in "Control" Tony Wilson introduces them at the start, I presume that actually happened? If so, do you have the bit where he introduces them? It's right before they launch into Transmission. Cheers

[@leonardocarneiro9520]

Ronnie check out the live video of shadowplay

[@sasbow4393]

[@jacktv6363]

what is the song in the beggining of the video?

[@joearms4621]

jacktv6363 its the sex pistols cover of eddie cochran's "something else"

[@sobechuk]

ЦОЙ ЖИВ ... ВЕЧНО...

[@jackdanielsdaggers6149]

Anybody notice he said I seized up on the floor I thought she died at 5:10 damn that was all about his epilepsy poor Ian never said that on the album version

[@TheSerG41]

What song at beginning?

[@kubiksahara3801]

sid vicious

[@hsard]

Transmission

[@veetikokko8220]

Sid Vicious - Something Else

[@jurgens.8019]

Wo wär Ian heute?In der Nähe von Nick Cave?Wahrscheinlich

[@krezzykrezz]

Could be. Love Nick Cave!

[@FageOner]

hmm...you can!

[@martyna1004]

Sid Vicious at the begging

[@iharturyn1822]

ЯНУ КЕРТИСУ ВЕЧНАЯ ВЕСНА...

[@pingoJK]

I wonder what the other band members thought of Ians dancing...

[@kylabotting]

Their "lack of musicality" Oh? Why say that? You do not think JD had any talent?

[@kylabotting]

Okay, well to each their own i guess....But i think Hooky(Peter) is an amazing bassist.Not just in Joy Division but in New Order and his new band Peter Hook and The Light...I think if you ask any bassist they will agree that Peter Hook is one of the best bass players around...Just my opinion...maybe you might like to do your research before you make such comments.

[@kylabotting]

I was not speaking on behalf of ALL bass players, just Peter Hook. And he is a talented musician. Um, where did the spanking research come into this?

[@kylabotting]

I am going to see him play live tomorrow,really looking forward to it...See, now i am free but before,my Master wouldn't let me out of the batcave to socialize. P.S. Is there a time limit on your offer?

[@epicvideosSIKE]

I'm a bassist and I enjoy Peter Hook's bass playing.

[@trimphoner]

she,s lost control again;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;; ;;

[@k1m0rec]

Wtf? They are clearly a post-punk band.

[@2468hap]

CAROLINA PANTHERS FUCKING RULE!!!! and gwar of course

[@nunofonseca5195]

It seems that Ian at a certain point is singing like a rapper with his hand

[@AlexNarchNurch]

So funny dance XD He is crazy i guess but i like any of his songs.

[@everyoneisaracist6607]

Tavistock MKUltra

[@nazielonymszlaku]

do you really think so ?

[@FrenkOFrenk]

6 people here are Justin Bieber fanz.

[@OFFICIALmattdarby]

+Francesco Paglione (Frenk) This is a masterpiece yet i like Justin Bieber as well. Don't presume that the six people who disliked this video enjoy listening to Justin Bieber.

[@AllanOstermann]

Ian looks just like comedian Jim Breuer, the guy who did Goatboy on SNL. Swear to whatever!

[@juanchitooo123]