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Posted: **Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:26 am**

Obviously we'd all probably wish Curtis to still be alive, but are you satisfied with the way the music scene turned out without him or would you have liked to see what he would have been capable of?

Without him, New Order found their own style and became the biggest electro-dance-pop group of all time and greatly influenced club music and culture even to today. With him, what would have happened? Continued great and amazing music or an inability to sustain the intensity and a gradual, disappointing fadeout?

Your thoughts and preferences?

Posted: **Sun Nov 28, 2004 7:19 am**

Wow. This is a good one to think about. As I read the post I started wondering if Dave Grohl would have ever released all the music he's done as FooFighters etc. if Cobain had lived....

I love both groups, and something like 'She's Lost Control' cert

Posted: **Sun Nov 28, 2004 9:00 am**

Wow, damned good question. I seriously doubt Ian Curtis & Joy Division would have gone the way of obscurity had he lived. I view Ian Curtis as the greatest songwriter between Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain. Deeply intense, poetic, symbolic lyrics and person

Posted: **Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:58 pm**

Thoughtful responses. They made me think it'd be a cool subject for a "Butterfly Effect" type of movie...a new wave "what if" film where one of us travels back in time to try to change music history. I wonder what the unintended consequences would be?

Posted: **Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:50 am**

I don't know, comparing Grohl, Curtis, Morrison and Cobain is like comparing apples to oranges. Curtis was onto something for sure. A visionary? I don't know, maybe. What has launched in the wake of Joy Division has been impressive.

I love Nirvana and

Posted: **Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:20 am**

Ian Curtis, without a doubt. The power of Joy Division resulting in New Order (Power, Lies, Corruption is an all-time great album). The X-15 CD "Bombs and Insurance" carries a track (not on the www.cdbaby/X-15 samples. Got to buy the thing. Very worth

Posted: **Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:47 am**

I prefer New Order, but do enjoy Joy Division as well.
So... if he lived, my favorite group might not exist...yikes!

Posted: **Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:41 am**

I prefer the way it turned out with NewOrder. Joy Division takes some getting used to. It doesn't reach as many music fans as NewOrder did. Albrecht's voice is more timbrally pleasing, the riffs and the hooks are catchier, the lyrics are uplifting and dow

Posted: **Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:48 am**

Yikes!!! I'm a huge New Order fan so it may sound a wee bit morbid, but I am happy with the series of events...

Posted: **Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:14 am**

I have been giving this question way too much thought and haven't been able to come up with an answer one way or another. What I finally asked myself was the old "If I had a gun to my head?" question. And my answer would be to have Ian still around and se

Posted: **Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:52 am**

[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]
<br>I have been giving this question way too much thought and haven't been able to

Posted: **Sat Dec 04, 2004 12:40 pm**

Yes good point, myirwin. I have to say though, were Johnny pointing that gun at my head, I'd have to go with just leaving things be the way they turned out. I admire Joy Division and Ian Curtis is moving and has my total artisic respect but can I just say

Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:49 am**

Joy Division was moving toward electronics near Ian's demise. "Isolation" was a synth song and "Love will tear us apart" gave a good segue into New Order. I think had Ian lived, they would've moved into the same direction that they did as New Order. It wo

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With or Without Ian Curtis?

With or Without Ian Curtis?