NO or JD?

Big Black wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

I'm not sure that NO would have been NO if Ian didn't commit suicide. I just don't see it, so I guess I don't think it is the natural progression for them.

Ian was the one who introduced them to Kraftwerk. And his favourite album was Bowie's Low. He would have been flinging himself around to D.I.S.C.O in no time.

octant wrote: See isolation and atmosphere.

I could possibly hear it musically.....however, I just can't see Ian's voice becoming chiper and naive sounding, like Bernard's. The voice creates the mood, and I don't see Ian in a band with dance music like NO.

First inclination, as one who was aware of JD when they were existence, would be JD. The effect of their two studio albums on me was complete once I heard them, though it was hard to explain the appeal of them to others in Oregon at the time, I'll bet there weren't more than 50 people in the entire state who knew about them then.

EdelBrock wrote:

I could possibly hear it musically.....however, I just can't see Ian's voice becoming chiper and naive sounding, like Bernard's. The voice creates the mood, and I don't see Ian in a band with dance music like NO.

Listen to early A Certain Ratio. It fits well there.

EdelBrock wrote:

I could possibly hear it musically.....however, I just can't see Ian's voice becoming chiper and naive sounding, like Bernard's. The voice creates the mood, and I don't see Ian in a band with dance music like NO.

Simple, all they needed to do was change the varispeed settings, and they'd have had a chipmunk on speed in no time!

One of Alvin and the chipmucks huh?

Again, I stand corrected.:D

i like jd more than no. but listen to both..

Joy Division. I like most of new order's songs but i like everything made by joy division.

The only Joy Division item I own is Heart and soul, but I'd still be scooping up the NO collection first.

Joy Division

From a purely materialistic viewpoint I would save my Joy Division vinly which I could later flog on ebay and buy a tent in which to live.

As great as Joy Division is, the dancefloor songs of New Order are more my style