The iconic bassist talks about the shocking suicide of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis and that tragedy's aftermath. Peter Hook's full interview: yhoo.it/2p2PJUu
I think it's sad the animosity between Hooky and Barney now. I don't know if they realise the impact they had on people's lives. Even after Ian died, they become something greater. Legends. Ian Curtis. Stephen Morris. Bernard Sumner. Peter Hook. I salute you.
I met Hooky at a book signing and he’s the real deal. Very grounded, humble and so engaging. My favorite member of both JD & NO. One of the most influential bassists ever.
Seeing/hearing Hooky sing Closer two years ago was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. And it was topped off by me getting to meet Hooky after the show. He's a lovely man.
Hooky is a legend. Are saw Peter Hook and the light play. It wasn’t as good as I thought it was gonna be unfortunately, because they didn’t do enough Joy Division songs, they mostly did New Order but I’m still very grateful to have seen what’s left of one of the greatest bands ever, in the flesh.
Peter is not only one of the most distinctive bass players of all time but also a pleasure to listen to. His analysis are always clear, well structured and meaningful. Hats off
househansa No, in my opinion, Bernard’s voice is better for that one, but Ian’s voice might have worked better on Low Life and definitely would’ve worked great on Movement
@@michaelenglish1992 That's your opinion and that's cool. To me it sounds cheesy, and Ian Curtis would never write something like 'Love is found in the east and the west, but when love is at home it's the best' which in my mind is cheesy as hell.
@@Greggorious123 the only song I've listened to by New order is true faith so I've got zero context reading this thread of comments, but not gonna lie, that line does sound cheesy...
C Anderson I recommend his book for that honestly. He wrote a book about their entire history from his perspective, Warsaw to Ian’s death. Funny, intriguing and most importantly honest
This made me quite sad because I am a Joy Division and New Order fan. I knew about Ian Curtis and his struggle with epilepsy but to hear Peter talk about it so frankly was quite enlightening!
40 years of Closer!!!! The album is literally somebody's whole SOUL just WEEPING & POURING OUT. One of the most beautiful pieces of music in modern history. They really had a once in a lifetime dream team- TWICE!!! Legendary, everyone! Rest easy, Ian. I hope you realize HOW MANY PEOPLE hold onto hope now BECAUSE of the music you helped create✨
@@Pazuzu82 Yeah they aren't bad. It's just those damn glasses he wears! But I had a few of their albums in the early 90s thanks to Columbia House. Somebody always at least had a U2 cassette somewhere before that. All I Want is You is my favorite song. I just didn't get into them anymore after Zooropa. I had to look it up because I didn't even remember the title of that album. I have to go back and listen to that when I get a chance because what I remember sounds good in my head right now
Such a beautiful album. I love every song. I listen to it when I'm sad, and it lifts me up, somehow. I listen to it when I'm happy, and it fills me up. It's one of those records I will never grow tired of. I just hate that Ian suffered so, and his loved ones suffered after his suicide. Pain drives creativity, but it can also make life unbearable. I'm grateful for what Ian gave us through his music and expression.
His book on JD is great: honest,candid,poignant and even funny. It's fairly recent. Another interesting read on JD and early NO is called AN IDEAL FOR LIVING. I bought it back in 1985.
Snuggles: I agree. There isn't the slightest bit of guile in him. I think he admitted to losing as many fights as he won while taking on unruly crowds threatening the band. Nice chap.
Beautiful interview. A classic example of the wisdom age and experience bring. Closer is just about the only soulful pop record I have ever heard, in fact, deeper than your soul...
@@satiricalhaz-homeofbanter4371 it's still an odd comment from Hooky, indeed Colony and Atrocity were played from around the time UP came out mid 79. Or maybe they were planning on performing the LP as a set in the US, with some older songs as encores
I met New Order in a pub on Dorset Street in Dublin just before their gig.Great bunch of lads and they told me the riff for Love will tear us apart came about when Ian heard his father playing it on a church organ!!!
Great interview. Peter Hook seems like a nice guy, I always thought he was a prick, cashing in with JD and NO "covers", but he wrote the songs, and Barney the nice guy, but it seems I was wrong. JD and NO rule.
Saw Hooky last weekend at The Shine On Weekender at Minehead with his band The Light! Absolutely fantastic! Gave me chills hearing him do Joy Division songs
Very English the way they handled Ian 's suicide--pushing it down, as he says, and basically living in denial. Perhaps that was the right thing to do. But I agree with his main point that the band was going to go on and develop in the direction that they did with New Order.
I lost a friend to suicide and I totally get what you're saying at five and a half minutes. There's always that frustration and disappointment in what they decided to do. If only they would have asked. It really sucks at all the things you realized in hindsight
Some of the best music ever as in original and Martin Hannett's engineering was mind blowing at the time and still holds its own today. Had the honour of seeing them 2nd to last gig before Ian's Passover.
JD to me is directly connected to the Eighties when British ( mainly New Wave Bands ) conquered the world and made some of the best music we can still enjoy today because they ( Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Simple Minds, Talk Talk, Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Sisters of Mercy, New Model Army, The Mission etc. etc. ) were amazingly good. At that period JD was my favorite and only afterwards when I got older I realized why...It had a certain emotion 💓 in the Music I could relate to.
Really frustrates and saddens me to hear him talk about what might have been with Joy Division, that they would have stayed together. Such a shame about Ian.
Love the Ian dancing with myself dance. Love is a suicidal tendency. Co dependency, the that 'Witch' made you breaks you creative edge that many artists become victims of.
Closer remains a towering achievement and an album I struggle to listen to because of its stark, agonising beauty. New Order where very good, but had Joy Division continued? Had Curtis lived? What might they have done?
