Like a lot of people I thought with the death of Ian Curtis that the idea of Joy Division going on as New Order wouldn't work. So wrong!
I first heard this at a small house in South Yarra where the girl I was seeing at the time lived. The first time I went over to her place this was the song she played to me. You could see the shades of Joy Division but it was something totally new at the same time. I'd never kissed her before but I kissed her then.
It was a groovy little house with people popping in and out constantly. And they always had Saturday lunch after going to Prahran Market. And there was always music but all I can remember is New Order and stuff like Pachebel's Canon. The classicical and the new proved a perfect balance.
A long song, this was the first raw version I heard as compared to the many remixes that came along.
It was one of those records I'd take to friends house's and put it on their turntable to just play the song to them. Sometimes it's hard when people don't feel the same way about songs as you do. And the people who did have the song had all these different versions.
I never got sick of this song. I played it a minute ago and it still moved me. It popped up on my Ipod so I danced around the kitchen.
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