She's Lost Control
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
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“She’s Lost Control” is a song by British post-punk band Joy Division. It first was introduced in a concert in June 1978. Two separate recordings have been released: a guitar-dominated version appearing on the band’s 1979 debut album Unknown Pleasures, and a heavier and more electronic version first released in 1980 on a 12” single, coupled with “Atmosphere”. This version also sports an additional verse, not present in the earlier one.
The song centers on Peter Hook’s cool, droning, minimalist bassline formed over a methodical and mechanistic drum beat courtesy of Stephen Morris. In dramatic contrast, Bernard Sumner’s guitar work is sharp and clipped, and bears a striking resemblance to Dave Davies’ work on early Kinks singles such as “You Really Got Me” and “All Day and All Night”. Ian Curtis’ lyrics concern a girl having an epileptic seizure (i.e. “losing control”), a condition which Curtis himself suffered from, and Curtis’ delivery is nervy and paranoid, reflecting the ominous music. Many indie bands have covered it, as well as Siobhan Fahey and Grace Jones.
The name of the song is referenced in the title of Control, a biopic of Ian Curtis, which includes the incident inspiring the song, and also the recording of the song, showing Morris using an aerosol can sprayed into a microphone as percussion.
The song centers on Peter Hook’s cool, droning, minimalist bassline formed over a methodical and mechanistic drum beat courtesy of Stephen Morris. In dramatic contrast, Bernard Sumner’s guitar work is sharp and clipped, and bears a striking resemblance to Dave Davies’ work on early Kinks singles such as “You Really Got Me” and “All Day and All Night”. Ian Curtis’ lyrics concern a girl having an epileptic seizure (i.e. “losing control”), a condition which Curtis himself suffered from, and Curtis’ delivery is nervy and paranoid, reflecting the ominous music. Many indie bands have covered it, as well as Siobhan Fahey and Grace Jones.
The name of the song is referenced in the title of Control, a biopic of Ian Curtis, which includes the incident inspiring the song, and also the recording of the song, showing Morris using an aerosol can sprayed into a microphone as percussion.
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villmd wrote:
крутейшая песня, хорошие слова
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Tommmh wrote:
Ruffnes. I still like it somehow. It's energetic.
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deanster321 wrote:
NO
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dfdeltoro wrote:
HORRIBLE
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thinkrevolucion wrote:
why does this say "oops error connecting!" is this happening to everyone with this song? it's not my internet connection...
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livia84 wrote:
is there anyone who knows how the streaming version of a song is chosen?!
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commonred1 wrote:
What would we have done without this band?
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Human-Man wrote:
well, it's rather birth of post-punk as we know it
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frusciantefan69 wrote:
woah could she lost control be the birth of industrial as we know it?
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stop_jackin_it wrote:
Well, what did you expected from Last?
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pgjesper wrote:
fucked up live bootleg version
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omarbarat wrote:
bad version
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spacefaceinfurs wrote:
my theme song <3
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uvox wrote:
great song, bad version....
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Slit_Your_Guts wrote:
I don't know which version I like more, Unknown Pleasures or Substance. The album one has a lot of ambiance, or atmosphere or whatever, but the Substance one has those lovely icy keyboards at the end. Oh and that live version up there is well sick, you can imagine them all being off their tits on speed while playing that...which they most likely were.
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Anulec wrote:
love :)
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harrostockdale wrote:
worst version of this song. upload a better one. this is putting disgrace to the band when they are amazing.
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Gohel wrote:
Awesome guitar riff
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Ageren wrote:
Is this from the grave? Ouch, maybe that one's over the line. Brilliant song though.
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FutureStatic wrote:
More Noise ... www.FutureStatic.com
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