wilson sounds the times

todays times has a 3 page spread on tony with quotes from barney etc. go to timesonline.co.uk/music

live transmission.

Respectful.

I know that there's been some disquiet about Bernard's silence on Wilson's passing. I guess it's in keeping that he'd make his views known to those that are important to him and to Tony.

Thanks for the link mate!

MH wrote: Respectful.

I know that there's been some disquiet about Bernard's silence on Wilson's passing. I guess it's in keeping that he'd make his views known to those that are important to him and to Tony.

From today's Times:

Bernard Sumner – Joy Division/New Order

“Tony was into anarchy on a conceptual level. He was a Cambridge-educated graduate on a higher plane than us, this luvvy-darling plane. But that was an interesting collaboration. We were working-class scumbags and he was from Cambridge, but it was a wonderful collaboration. He saw himself not as a record company owner or businessman but as a patron of the arts, darling. He was wonderful at encouraging you.

“It had a bit of anarchy about it all, which was the great thing about being on Factory Records, because nobody had a plan. The plan was to have no plan. It probably cost us some success, but it was a hell of a lot of fun. And that was partly down to Tony and [Joy Division and New Order manager] Rob Gretton.”

El Jarvo wrote: What's this "performance at the Manchester International Festival of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear us Apart."?

Literally, just a playing of the vid, or summat more detailed?

Possibly this?

"Douglas Gordon offered a wonderful folk singer who interpreted Joy Division's 'Love will Tear Us Apart' on a blacked out stage; presumably running with the concept that you can't go wrong if you feed a Manchester audience its favourite lines."

It was June Tabor.