'control'
November 9, 2007
so last night i went to see 'control', the ian curtis movie directed by anton corbijn.
and it was great.
when i was growing up i had no bigger hero than ian curtis.
my high school yearbook quote was from 'love will tear us apart', my band(awol)covered 'new dawn fades' and 'insight', and in my high school yearbook picture i'm even wearing a joy division 'still' pin.
so going into seeing this movie i had no idea what to expect.
and, as i said, it was great.
beautifully shot, beautifully acted, beautifully edited, and the new versions of the joy division songs sounded remarkably faithful to the originals.
whoever the actor is who played ian curtis he:
a-did a wonderful job
and
b-really did his homework
and you know, a few years ago i was on tour with new order and we did a version of 'new dawn fades'.
it was the first time that they'd played it since ian was alive.
i'm still stunned that i was able to play a joy division song with, essentially, joy division.
it stands as probably the best moment in my career to date(especially rehearsing backstage with barney and hooky). if you had told me when i was 16 that at some point i would be standing on stage singing a joy division song with joy division i never in a million(or billion)years would've believed you.
but the movie is wonderful.
as a tribute of sorts here's me doing a cover of 'new dawn fades' from jools holland a few years ago.
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