Joy Division : Transmission
On October 7 , 1979 Joy Division released the single "Transmission". Regarding this song Peter Hook once said "We were doing a soundcheck at the Mayflower, in May, and we played 'Transmission': people had been moving around, and they all stopped to listen. I realized that was our first great song."
"Transmission” is not a celebration so much as a warning: all the people who “dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio” are powerless followers led by whatever they’re fed. That Curtis and his bandmates delivered such a bleak message through such heart-quickening sound—the kind that, ironically enough, is impossible not to move your body too—shows just how much power Joy Division could generate
The single is ranked the second best of 1979 by Rate Your Music, just behind "London Calling. One contributor writes :
Imagine turning on your favourite TV pop show in 1979 and seeing this! I’d actually vote Ian here for one of the ten bests screams in rock. “…and we could daaaaaaaance…”
The B-side is "Novelty":
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