"Oddest" place you saw a mention of JD or NO

As I couldn't put the picture, I'll just say that the place is a videogame called "Fatal Fury 3", where there was a "saloon" called...Joy Division...

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In my epic novel about Dutch shoe-makers, "Horst and the Horny Amsterdam Twins" :D

Nah, actually the oddest mention of Joy Division was in P.J. O'Rouke's "Holidays in Hell" book. He just used it to describe a Polish DJ who had an extensive knowledge of Western rock ("from Johnny Ace to Joy Division..."). Not really odd so much as unexpected

I'm gonna say the old MTV, especially now that they hardly ever show music videos.

Originally posted by Green I'm gonna say the old MTV, especially now that they hardly ever show music videos.

That's true enough, I think they've been taken over by repeat episodes of "Driven: Some Shithead No One will Remember 10 Years from Now" :D

2 Surprise obscure British comedy TV moments spring to mind because Joy Division weren't exactly going through any rejuvenating media interest at the time.

1. I can remember David Baddiel and Rob Newman's TV series in the early 90's where they have this sketch where they're trying to write a song for the show on the piano. Baddiel keeps coming up with little piano riffs and Newman keeps rejecting them because of this and that. Then Baddiel plays the piano riff from JD's "The Eternal" and Newman says "Naaaah, bit too..pub-by". How many people got that from their mainly teenage fanbase?

2. Similar time frame - The Day Today, Chris Morris excellent news parody did a sick MTV promo pisstake with a skeleton hanging up swinging saying "Hi I'm Ian Curtis and I watch MTV" or something like that. Bizarre that Morris should pick on him as opposed to Cobain who would have been more instantly recognisable at the time.

morris had already covered cobain with the parody of smells like teen spirit advertising tampons

They played elegia in the hotel restaurant last night.. sounded quite eerie, still it is in Manchester so its home turf i guess :D

guess the oddest place is in the book reading at the moment about the bloke who took up minigolf - see thread on main board headed new order spotting in print for the quote

other weird places include hearing them on "what not to wear", the amex advert, & the orbit advert with the squashed jelly babies

Toilet wall in Hemingways, St.Johns, Antigua. 10p to the first person who guesses who had the pen in his pocket !

The answer is surely on Coronation Street. In about 1981 - certainly no later than '82. Tracie Bennett played Rita Fairclough's foster daughter. When the social worker came round to speak to her, he asked what band whe was listening to. Her answer was "Joy Division". He asked if they were still going and she said "No, but the music's still good."

Anyone else remember this one ?

Oddest place i saw JD mentioned was when i was on a train and saw some graffiti that said "JOY DIVISION" (obviously),took me a year to find out what that meant.

Anywhere "Joy Division" appears in the same sentence as "goth."

Originally posted by Spotnick Wayne's World II :pThat was truly unexpected...

Nick, how do I put a picture from my hard disk here?

Speaking of MTV, I saw the "Confusion" video this morning on VH1 Classics. That was a great way to start my day

Originally posted by Gnu Odor Anywhere "Joy Division" appears in the same sentence as "goth."

The words "Goth" and "Joy Division" do not go together. The words "Goth" and "Bauhaus" do (they were the first goth band after all, check 'em out, great stuff).

Originally posted by Neil Woodvine The answer is surely on Coronation Street. In about 1981 - certainly no later than '82. Tracie Bennett played Rita Fairclough's foster daughter. When the social worker came round to speak to her, he asked what band whe was listening to. Her answer was "Joy Division". He asked if they were still going and she said "No, but the music's still good."Anyone else remember this one ?

That was the story I wanted to tell but could not remember the charactor names. I want a video of this to complete my collection!

Mmmm...Bauhaus.

I love Bauhaus. The "Mask" video...that's goth.

There's a public access cable show here in Cleveland where some twenty-something goth chick walks around a cemetery and introduces a bunch of Eastern European "goth" videos. Yawn.

My high school girlfriend stuck about a million safety pins into a denim jacket to recreate the Bauhaus "logo."

Just checked Amazon.com...customers who bought Bauhaus - Singles: 1979-1983, Volume 1 also purchased Closer by Joy Division.

What's this thread about again?

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i heard mention of JD on the crap show "gilmore girls." the name was dropped in order to give credit to the idea that one character on the show is a music-buff.

on the subject of bauhaus: a bass player that i used to jam with ralphed on David J's shoes at a party (Mr. J was living in San Diego, and maybe still does. I haven't seen him around since last halloween.)

The strangest place I saw a mentioning of New Order was in my college's newspaper. Usually, in the entertainment section, all the reviews are about emo or hipster-sounding bands. But someone did a review of Johnny Marr and the Healers' concert at the Paradise Rock club (I actually lived a block away from there, but most of the bands playing there were bad), and mentioned Electronic as the fusion of Marr and Bernard Sumner of New Order but the band, according to this person, didn't utilize Johnny Marr's guitar-playing skills enough. I agree to a degree, especially with tracks like "Soviet." But, then again, there are some tracks like "Feel every beat" and "Forbidden City."

BBC sport deserves a mention. The wierdest instance I can remember is Ceremony introducing the indoor bowls.

Then there was the very short-lived First Direct bank Atmosphere advert.

Well, there have been a few. The first time my country music-only aunt played Bizarre Love Triangle in her car. That's the most shocking to me, but maybe not to you. I played The Perfect Kiss in a church on the organ once. Close Range in that video game was weird. I've heard someone mention Blue Monday behind the cooking area at Burger King. Oh, and my girlfriend once called mr Barney in the bedroom.

Sitting in the departure lounge of Bodrum airport in Turkey last year, they played "The Best Of" through from start to finish over the airport PA system. It was ever so slightly bizarre (no pun), but for sure my most enjoyable wait for a flight ever! Beat listening to some of the local music.

Actually, there was also that recent episode of The Bill on ITV where Transmission was playing in the background while the coppers were operating undercover in a house being used for rent-boys.

The word "komakino" was quite legible after pissing it on a schoolyard wall.

Originally posted by David Church The word "komakino" was quite legible after pissing it on a schoolyard wall.

you're friggin mad

Baylor University, Waco, Texas USA. This is a Christian school. While walking across campus, 1986, I noticed that every fooking square was covered with "bible study" and "prayer meeting" times and locations. No suprise. Then I see "leave me alone" followed by "ultraviolence" and the rest of the tracks from PC&Ls. Someone at that school was into NO. I just smiled and then we smoked a left handed cigarette by the bear, their mascot.

Hello magazine (el Tone interview last year).

The oddest place to have seen them was surely Reading University 1987. It was the student annual Rag Ball, part of the audience were in ball gowns/tuxedos, part were in baggy shorts and good haircuts.

Beverly Hills 9034455755889orwhatever

On one of the first episodes (I'm talking 1990 or 1991 here!) one of the guys is wearing a NO shirt. Can't tell wich one, mind! Duh, I know... but it made me watch the damn thing for weeks, until I realized how lame it was!

Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round Beverly Hills 9034455755889orwhateverOn one of the first episodes (I'm talking 1990 or 1991 here!) one of the guys is wearing a NO shirt.Can't tell wich one, mind!Duh, I know... but it made me watch the damn thing for weeks, until I realized how lame it was!

It had birds with big tits in it though didnt it?? :D still that could be any american trashcom!! ;)

Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round Beverly Hills 9034455755889orwhateverOn one of the first episodes (I'm talking 1990 or 1991 here!) one of the guys is wearing a NO shirt.Can't tell wich one, mind!Duh, I know... but it made me watch the damn thing for weeks, until I realized how lame it was!

I remember that as well, it was a kid that was supposed to be "into music", he went on to become the school DJ before my friends stopped watching it. It was an awful moment, my mates were teasing me for months, "you said it was a great alternative band and look it's on Beverly Hills"...disgusting. I could never understand why NO were connected to the teenage film/ series culture in the US.

Originally posted by Julijana Zitnjak > Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round Beverly Hills 9034455755889orwhateverOn one of the first episodes (I'm talking 1990 or 1991 here!) one of the guys is wearing a NO shirt.Can't tell wich one, mind!Duh, I know... but it made me watch the damn thing for weeks, until I realized how lame it was!

I remember that as well, it was a kid that was supposed to be "into music", he went on to become the school DJ before my friends stopped watching it. It was an awful moment, my mates were teasing me for months, "you said it was a great alternative band and look it's on Beverly Hills"...disgusting. I could never understand why NO were connected to the teenage film/ series culture in the US.

that would be david silver, played by the extraordinarily talented brian austin green. his character became a methhead when he realized he could not study and maintain his nighttime college radio show at the same time. fortunately he recovered and married the lollipop-head donna (tori spelling) in the last season.

not that i watched the show for 8 years or anything.

weirdest place i've ever seen a new order reference was last year in the 'young adult' (i.e. teen) section of burdine's department store. they played the BLT video, and followed it up with 'she bangs the drums.' very, very NOT teen america circa 2002.

At a soundcheck for an OMD/Thompson Twins concert in San Bernardino (wow there's bernard in there :) The singer/bassplayer for OMD started playing and singing transmission during the soundcheck....I almost fell over!

Oddest place..well on a cover of their early singles!:D

Just watching Seinfeld, when his "woman friend" asks him "what movie are you gonna watch", and he answers "means to an end". Then he asks back, and she answers "Blame it on the Rain" (Milli Vanilli?).

The strangest place I've seen JD and NO be mentioned is in my own posts, which rarely happens

Originally posted by Tristan Jayol The strangest place I've seen JD and NO be mentioned is in my own posts, which rarely happens

True dat, as the kids like to say :D

I had a dream last night in which the face of a parasitic twin on the back of someone's head was singing 'Sooner Than You Think' and could see the present after death due to having drank two drops of blood, although the parasitic twin shared the same esophagus as the host person. Now if that weren't the weirdest damn place I've seen New Order pop up, I just don't know.

well ive spotted jd in particular quite a few times whilst playing online games,unreal tournament and c n g generals in particular but ive spotted others too. theres a guy on there calls himself "JoY dIvIsIoN"unreal tournament, and another "JD warsaw" c&c generals,"shes lost control"unreal tournament and "new order" counter strike. not odd maybe but that when they chose the names they did theyd have never guessed that people would be nicking em for their online tags. i think its quite cool myself

University of Iowa main library study room on the periodicals level. Circa 1982 someone wrote the lyrics to LWTUA on the wall of a study carol. This was how I first heard of JD/NO.

then the summer of 1983 when my friends returned my ghetto blaster (boom box) with a tape still inside. On the tape was a recording of The Beach recorded off KUNI radio program "Progression." DJ Bob Dorr of Bobby's Blue Band was gratious enough to mention the title and artist of the track after the song. My first aureal experience of NO.