Watching Control, in fact, was a key point in my journey into Joy Division.
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It’s one of the most powerful movie moments I can recall.
Hook himself said he felt like he was going to throw up when the song’s glorious gloom wafted into the scene. When it comes in at the end of the film biopic Control, just after a desperate Curtis commits suicide, it’s like a punch in the stomach. It was dear old John Peel’s top song of the last millennium (“The Peelenium”) and there hasn’t been much in the first 10 years of this one to top it, I don’t think. The song has been used to soundtrack documentaries, dramas and England being knocked out of the World Cup. I don’t know whether it offers hope or desperation, although the lines “Your confusion/My illusion/Worn like a mask of self-hate” make me fear the latter. You might recognise it simply from Stephen Morris’s signature beat or Peter Hook’s restless bassline let alone tragic singer Ian Curtis’s less-is-more, heartbreaking, yet oddly uplifting lyric and haunted vocal. It’s perfectly titled it seems to have an atmosphere all of its own. The more I discovered Atmosphere (the Joy Division version) the less I chortled about beaches and bronzed lifeguards and the more I realised it was a work of genius: a slow-burning, dark piece of mood music that somehow glistens and soars. 10 Historic farm buildings to be converted to homes in iconic village.9 Is snow on the cards for Suffolk? Forecasters give their verdict.8 A14 slip road reopens after collision between two lorries.7 Revealed: The neighbourhoods with the highest Covid rates in Suffolk.6 North Stander: Time to shake things up - here's what Cook should do.5 Sudbury Indian restaurant crowned best in Suffolk.4 New homes set for approval - despite 500-plus objections.3 Village leaders' strong objections over café and store plans.2 Police and air ambulance respond to sudden death in Hadleigh.1 GP service 'very close to collapse', Suffolk doctor warns.
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