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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Clever, but might be too niche of a reference for people to understand.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Man....

People really don't know it from the band anymore?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No

That piano coming in is fucking iconic, but I guess by now even if people had heard of the band they don't remeber where the name came from

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I was a teen in the '80s and I never heard the origin of "Joy Division", just knew the band. DJs on the radio (or on MTV) back then never discussed bands' names or what they meant, so it wasn't easy to know about that stuff. I also never knew what "Dead Kennedys" meant although that's pretty obvious if you just think about it. Hell, I never knew Freddie Mercury was gay despite the band name "Queen".

I also thought Boy George was a woman, but everybody did.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, please don’t tarnish Joy Division by associating them with Vance.