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From PA News:

"Joy Division's melancholic anthem Love Will Tear Us Apart has been named the
greatest single of all time in a new poll.
The song topped the list compiled by the NME to mark the 50th anniversary of
the singles chart.
It was released in January 1980, a month after the suicide of lead singer Ian
Curtis, and reached number 13 in the charts - the Manchester band's only top 20
hit.
Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit is in second place, followed by Anarchy In
The UK by the Sex Pistols.
The Rolling Stones make number four with Paint It Black, the first of three
entries for them in the top 100, while David Bowie is at number five with
Heroes."

...Blah, blah, blah...

Thus prompting the obvious question...and, yes, clearly it is nearly the end of the year, do you agree with these fantastic findings??? Or should the original version of Body Electric actually top the charts as SOME might argue???

Just a thought...

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a great song, no doubt but I still see no sense of all this top-bla-bla-bla-fabrication...
I'm absolutely agree with the journalist from "Sounds" (Oct. 13, 1984) who told about Sisters that they have released "series of feverishly good singles, climaxing with the Indie-Chart topper, "Temple Of Love" - a classic and nothing less".
But still... what is the sense of any kind of top-lists... I don't understand.



<font size=1>[ This Message was edited by: pikkrong on Nov 12, 2002 11:25pm ]</font>

Hmmm...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... e_queen_dc

:yawn:

On Nov 12, 2002 6:03pm, Lars Svensson wrote:

SOME might argue???

...tis my raison d'etre hunn!

Debaser

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<font size=1>[ This Message was edited by: Debaser on Nov 13, 2002 8:31am ]</font>

I think they deserve being hit No. 1
Although I think that they have tons of songs that are as good or even better than LWTUA, but people seem to know them only because of this track.....

I agree, but i s'pose - sadly - that it's the most commercial of their songs...

I like it in a way, but it's just so overplayed (in a you'd-never-hear-it-on-the-radio-these-days sort of way...)

On Dec 10, 2002 12:39am, NoLoveLost wrote:
I think they deserve being hit No. 1

This song deserves very much
But I don't think songs (even great ones) must have numbers.

Love will tear us apart is crap...............New Dawn Fades is their finest song (I've walked on water run through fire can't seem to feel it anymore) ..................just catching up on old posts

EmeraldSignal wrote:Love will tear us apart is crap..........

And fist place for this years "Talk Pish Post" goes to..............

One of the finest songs ever.

scotty wrote:

EmeraldSignal wrote:Love will tear us apart is crap..........

And fist place for this years "Talk Pish Post" goes to..............

One of the finest songs ever.

What he said.

A great song but number #1

Maybe for the year 1980 but not all time. Plus as mentioned they have sackloads of other ones I prefer over that one, unless we're talking about the fast version .

pish post most probably but lets go through the significant others
Isolation, Decades, Dead Souls, These Days,Digital, She's Lost Control, Transmission, Ceremony............(in no particular order)...but hey if you like LWTA then aint nobody gonna change that........I'm bored.

Nic wrote:

scotty wrote:

EmeraldSignal wrote:Love will tear us apart is crap..........

And fist place for this years "Talk Pish Post" goes to..............

One of the finest songs ever.

What he said.

What he said what he said.


Take those 3 (4?) whatever minutes in total isolation, no history or context.

You'll struggle to find better and, much as I love the Sissies, don't bother looking there.

Greatest single of all time? Not likely.

ATMOSPHERE

Having said that, there are very few Joy Division songs that aren't so f**king genius it's scary to listen to them.

I like their album Disintegration

Oh wait a minute.....

"Warsaw" or nothing.

Anyway, we all know The Grip Of Love was a better song.

'They walked in line' to which the chorus goes 'they walked in line, they walked in line, they walked in line, they walked in line,they walked in line they walked in line, WALKED IN LINE, they walked in line..................inspirational stuff really!

EmeraldSignal wrote:'They walked in line' to which the chorus goes 'they walked in line, they walked in line, they walked in line, they walked in line,they walked in line they walked in line, WALKED IN LINE, they walked in line..................inspirational stuff really!

Still a great song, rather than mumble,mumble, URGH, mumble, mumble

heh heh heh! I'm not gonna be drawn into that controversy I've learnt my lesson from the 'what happened to the old days' thread in the Sisters Chat

boudicca wrote:ATMOSPHERE

Having said that, there are very few Joy Division songs that aren't so f**king genius it's scary to listen to them.

seconded. one of my all time faves.

SomeKindOfStranger wrote:

boudicca wrote:ATMOSPHERE

Having said that, there are very few Joy Division songs that aren't so f**king genius it's scary to listen to them.

seconded. one of my all time faves.

Aye, that's my funeral song.

scotty wrote:

SomeKindOfStranger wrote:

boudicca wrote:ATMOSPHERE

Having said that, there are very few Joy Division songs that aren't so f**king genius it's scary to listen to them.

seconded. one of my all time faves.

Aye, that's my funeral song.

I like it even more now

boudicca wrote:

scotty wrote:

SomeKindOfStranger wrote: seconded. one of my all time faves.

Aye, that's my funeral song.

I like it even more now

As much as Joy Division were a very influential band I don't think Atmosphere is a patch on AFTERHOURS.
As for 'Love Will Tear Us Apart', it is beautiful song.

Arch Deviant wrote:
As much as Joy Division were a very influential band I don't think Atmosphere is a patch on AFTERHOURS.

Really, Afterhours?
Can you imagine if The Cure built their career on that instead?