It doesnt really sound like Joy Division. Awfully poppy for them at least. It's an ok song, though. I guess.
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Does anyone like the song Digital??
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Remember not especially liking it at irst, but it has grown on me a lot over the years... I think at the time I thought it was a bit boring compared to some of their other tracks, but with hindsight/time it's a wonderful example of how Hannett's production shapd the band's sound...
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MLANH- "My Life Ain't No Holiday" wrote: It doesnt really sound like Joy Division. Awfully poppy for them at least. It's an ok song, though. I guess.
J
cant see how you can call it 'poppy' - its classic joydivision to me, i love it.
mil wrote: I absolutley ADORE it - certainly in my top 3 JD songs. I can't express how much I love it.
Seconded.
MLANH- "My Life Ain't No Holiday" wrote: It doesnt really sound like Joy Division. Awfully poppy for them at least. It's an ok song, though. I guess.
First (and probably last) time I've heard Digital being referred to as poppy but more bafflingly as not sounding like Joy Division?! You couldn't get more JD than that song, all of their signature sounds are right there.
The 5 11 DVD version from 2002 is a nostalgia fuelled shambles but the original recorded version with Mr Hannett is a fantastic tune 
I love Digital too.
The bass line is easy to play and hypnotic. 
It can stay in my head all day long...
I find the 2002 Finsbury Park version excellent
For me it's the 2nd best JD song.The first being Heart And Soul.Joy Division at their very best.
Easily in my top 5!
The Hannett-produced recording is fine, but I quite enjoy it live as well.
Nearly pissed myself when I read this thread. It is archetypal Joy Division, Digital, probably the first song they recorded that combined the fury of the song itself with the advanced production techniques used by Hannett.
Day in Day out - Of course I like it.
By 'poppy' i presume you mean, fast & fairly simple - whats wrong with that.
Only gripe i would have is that the drum is pretty basic - i'm used to getting a lot more 'Steve' than that.
MLANH- "My Life Ain't No Holiday" wrote: It doesnt really sound like Joy Division. Awfully poppy for them at least. It's an ok song, though. I guess.
J
An OK song? A blinding Factory debut mate!
A massive progression from Warsaw's Ideal For Living.
'Lovely Stuff'
MLANH- "My Life Ain't No Holiday" wrote: It doesnt really sound like Joy Division. Awfully poppy for them at least. It's an ok song, though. I guess.
J
ummm HELLO!! Great song! Punks meets Hannett & fun-I made it the first cut on my personal Joy Divsion Mix!
Effnar Eindhoven...that was a great performance that night 
I also enjoyed the 2002 New Order version
It's one of my top 3... Along with COLONY and whatever else is popping through my head at the time; usually NOVELTY.
Wouldn't call it 'poppy'- Defo. more punk in spirit to me- but each to their own!
Sorry to say it...
...but it's rarely done anything for me. It always seemed to me a little too simple without much to catch my ear. My favorite JD song is "She's Lost Control," which is also very simple, but something about it catches me. I don't know why, but "Digital" doesn't do that for me. It's repetitive, which is not necessarily bad, but not in a way that repeats what I consider a catchy groove. Maybe to me it feels just too light and poppy compared with their other songs. I don't know whether that surprises anyone, but then I'm amazed at how some people don't like what I consider undislikable JD and NO songs.
M
it's a classic, definitive JD song - how could anyone not like it? To me, it's far better than the overplayed LWTUA...
oldmonkey wrote: Nearly pissed myself when I read this thread. It is archetypal Joy Division, Digital, probably the first song they recorded that combined the fury of the song itself with the advanced production techniques used by Hannett.
Me too - agreed. Digital is right up there with my favorite JD song, taking almost 2nd place after "Decades"
Love the energy, love how it got its name, play it at every single gig of mine, I still can't decide which live version I have is best, but the song gives me goosebumps still.
Sorry to follow the herd on this one, but yes, I love it too. Recorded and live, even when played by NO
Manny Grillo wrote: Loving it.
Poppy? It's hardly Glenn Medieros is it?!
woh...i haven't heard that name in years!!!
Digital was the first song i heard after hearing LWTUA. i guess i can see where the 'poppy' is coming in. the beginning now reminds me of the beach boys...thanks!
Shock and horror upon reading the thread title.
Let me try to explain it to you.
The first song on the first release on Factory and the last song they would perform live. Perfectly appropriate. It brought the label in with a loud brashness that refused to be ignored. And it ended Ian's career not with a whisper, but a scream. he wasn't going to go out any other way.
Yes it's simple. That's the point. There's no nuances of technique to get in the way. Just a loud pulsating beat that won't quit. Kinda like Blue Monday... digital.
And then there's Ian. He sings it alternating between quiet anxiety and loud pleading desperation... day in, day out... on and off. Something that's digital is either on or off. There's no in between. It doesn't fade. Ian is singing of a relationship that has to be on or off. The loneliness, nothingness, is closing in. I need you here today. Don't ever fade away.
The song doesn't fade. It's on and then it's off.
Or maybe it was just named after Martin's newfangled effects box. I like my explanation better, though.
How can anyone deny a song like that? If it doesn't send chills down your spine then you're not really listening.
