Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Reaction

In this video we're checking out Joy Division for the first time. Despite hearing of this band, a lot when we were teens, we never really listened to them. They influenced a number of our early favourites. We're interested to hear what helped push this genre. Enjoy!

[ronaldmilner]

Hanier Family, 'Love will tear us apart" is a post-punk masterpiece!! I know exactly where I was when I heard the sad news about lead singer, Ian Curtis.

[snuffcore]

Fun fact: Keanu Reeves was once asked during an interview if he was stuck on a desert island and only had one song to listen to for the rest of his existence what would it be. This is the song he chose.

[kristybob_toothpaste]

no hate at all but the man was in a very very dark place and i think his vocals represent that

[David-tenq]

The "vocalist" is what makes the song. He's a poet speaking from his heart. Absurd and heartfelt critique imo.

[nealwillis]

One of the greatest songs ever . Ian died through suicide so young but he left such a mark on the music scene 💔

[mradriankool]

So much is written about the band, this song and everything that followed. After his death the keyboard player stepped forward to front the band & they became new order. The tragedy of joy division’s legacy will always be with us. New order would eventually lay Ian’s ghost to rest and find their own sound, reimagining their early sound lifting the to nee levels. Curtis’s place in the pantheon of music will always be there & 45 years later people are still unpicking his work & analysing it. That’s worth something. I love you guys in your honesty ❤

[scottmaria]

This is number 1 song I have heard in my 69th year. A masterpiece. I always thought it was Mr. Curtis' suicide note

[TZ]

With Joy Division's music, the urgency either grabbed you by the neck, and didn't let go, or it left you cold, I suppose. I haven't known many people who were M.O.R. with them. For me, songs like "Transmission", "She's Lost Control", "Isolation", to name a few, hit me at a visceral level. With regard to Ian Curtis and the history of the band, there are biopics, docs., what have you.

[Nimno]

This song (and band) birthed decades of music. This is formative, personally, and generationally.

[pablozee]

It’s amusing to see people react to this and not get what makes it special. Those of us who are old enough to remember when Joy Division’s first album was released and being stunned by something we’d never heard heard before. I bought it without hearing a note based on the recommendation of a cool and cute girl who worked at the record store. Between my records and my parents, I had already been exposed to a wildly diverse array of music, but Joy Division was unlike anything. I guess a lot people these days are prepared to hear all kinds of sounds, but Joy Division was the revelation we didn’t know we needed. My god those songs still hit hard.

[myriaddsystems]

I'm hearing things that I've NEVER heard before in this mix

[richardlouistownson]

Great song. Still sung at football stadiums throughout the UK when referring to a team that is falling apart due to losing a string of games: 'Leeds, Leeds are falling apart again.'

[mongooz]

This band became NEW ORDER after death if this singer. Oh man so many people love this guy even today, probably shuddering about his dinging style they love ever so. He took his life shortly after and became a cult leader in the way of Kurt Kobain. I see teenagers wearing new Joy Division tshirts even today. As aforementioned, the band became led by Sumner and became New Order.

[philipwalls]

It wasn't as if he was singing into an SM-58. It was 1978 after all. Keanu Reeves said if he was on a deserted island and could only hear one song. This was his choice. The lyrics complete the journey.

[myriaddsystems]

This is somehow different to all the other versions I've previously heard. Guitar chords much more upfront in the mix

[gregmychalczuk]

The misses wants Ian. Appreciate that she is respectful of her husband.

[johntaxidriver]

he wrote this song of him cheating on his wife! he couldnt decide between them both, wife he tried get back but he was set on ending life sadly as in great guilt sad before all inspired goth scene sound n depeche mode even rammstein, the cure n on!!!! he loved the doors n bowie legend.

[simoncoley]

80s classic wasn't a fan but still takes me back.

[myriaddsystems]

Very good review but the Haniers really are missing the point regarding the intimacy of Ian's vocals

[coolerking]

He was prone to seizures. That is why he did it. Great band..