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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:04 pmfrom NewOrderOnLine.com:
TW: On your last tour four years ago, you actually – for the first time since Ian died – resurrected some Joy Division tracks. They sounded incredible.
BS: Well, for a long time it was just taboo for us to play Joy Division songs. Two reasons for that: One is that we wanted to stand up on our own two feet, and not on the back of Joy Division. We wanted to make it under our own steam as a group. Once we’d done that – made New Order an entity in its own right – we finally felt comfortable playing Joy Division songs again. Another reason is, this May it’s been 25 years since Ian committed suicide, and I think playing the Joy Division songs is a wonderful way of keeping his memory alive. And the thing about Joy Division songs is, they don’t date. They’re so timeless. Especially “Atmosphere” – “Atmosphere” is my favorite Joy Division song, and “Temptation” is my favorite New Order song. And those two songs have both got this timeless quality to ’em.
TW: On your last tour four years ago, you actually – for the first time since Ian died – resurrected some Joy Division tracks. They sounded incredible.
BS: Well, for a long time it was just taboo for us to play Joy Division songs. Two reasons for that: One is that we wanted to stand up on our own two feet, and not on the back of Joy Division. We wanted to make it under our own steam as a group. Once we’d done that – made New Order an entity in its own right – we finally felt comfortable playing Joy Division songs again. Another reason is, this May it’s been 25 years since Ian committed suicide, and I think playing the Joy Division songs is a wonderful way of keeping his memory alive. And the thing about Joy Division songs is, they don’t date. They’re so timeless. Especially “Atmosphere” – “Atmosphere” is my favorite Joy Division song, and “Temptation” is my favorite New Order song. And those two songs have both got this timeless quality to ’em.