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Joy Division New Order Blue Monday Albums Now

LOVE WILL TEAR US APART

When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low And resentment rides high, but emotions won't grow And we're changing our ways, taking different roads

Then love, love will tear us apart again

Why is the bedroom so cold? You've turned away on your side

Is my timing that flawed - our respect run so dry? Yet there's still this appeal that we've kept through our lives

Love, love will tear us apart again

You cry out in your sleep - all my failings expose There's a taste in my mouth, as desperation takes hold

Just that something so good just can't function no more When love, love will tear us apart again.

The rise of a New OrderWhen Joy Division's Ian Curtis committed suicide in May 1980 the three remaining members, Bernard Sumner (guitar, vocals), Peter

Hook ( bass) and Stephen Morris (drums) continued under the name New Order. Sumner took over vocal duties and the trio embarked on a low-key tour of the USA, intent on continuing as an entity independent

of the massive reputation Joy Division had achieved shortly before their demise.

Later that same year they recruited Morris's girlfriend, Gillian Gilbert (keyboards, guitar) and wrote and rehearsed their debut, Movement,

which was released the following year.

The first single, 'Ceremony', written by Joy Division, was a UK Top 40 hit in the spring of 1981, and extended the legacy of their previous

band.

Joy Division New Order Blue Monday Albums Now

Blue Monday

The biggest selling 12 inch single ever

Released as a 12 inch single only, the track was destined for club DJ's and not the general record buying public. Despite no radio air-play or

promotion the track sold in amazing quantities for such a format. Even more surprising since the band only had a small underground, indie

following.

The track is widely regarded as a crucial link between Seventies disco and the Dance/House boom that took off at the end of the Eighties. Kick-starting the UK dance scene it also opened the door of dance

music to a new audience.

Joy Division New Order Blue Monday Albums Now

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Joy Division New Order Blue Monday Albums Now

In 2007, Peter Hook claimed that he and Sumner had no further plans to work together, effectively spelling the breakup of the band. Conflicting reports about the fate of the band has since emerged.

The breakup of the band

In 2007, Peter Hook claimed that he and Sumner had no further plans to work together, effectively spelling the breakup of the

band. Conflicting reports about the fate of the band have since emerged.

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