Ceremony |
This page contains the following information about this Joy Division song:
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Track history |
No studio recording by Joy Division, but later recorded twice by New Order |
Live performance on May 2nd 1980 at Birmingham University released on Still
(the recording starts in the middle of the song; only the final verse is clearly audible) |
A salvaged rehearsal performance was released on Heart and Soul |
Lyrics |
The first two verses are taken from a New Order recording |
This is why events un-nerve me
They find it all a different story Notice whom for wheels are turning Turn again and turn towards this time All she asks is the strength to hold me Then again the same old story Word will travel - oh so quickly Travel first and lean towards this time I'll break them down, no mercy shown Heaven knows, it's got to be this time Watching her, these things she said The times she cried, too frail to wake this time The final verse is taken from Still |
I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time Avenues all lined with trees Picture me and then you start watching Watching forever - watching forever Watching love grow - forever Letting me know - forever |
Other information | |
Cover versions by: | Released on: |
Allison Run | Something About Joy Division (Vox Pop VP3 1989) |
Almanso | Community EP: A NewOrderOnline Tribute (Retroforward 02 2004) |
Applied Communications | Moon Colony Razorblade (own release 2006) |
Atlantic Popes | True Faith: A Tribute to New Order (Synthphony SYN027 2001) |
Pascal Babare | Thunderclap Spring (Black Maps BM003 2009) |
Babbling April | Dreams Never End: A Tribute to New Order (TBTCI Records 2015) |
Bernie Bandicoot | Reaction (afmusic afm125 2011) |
Child | Ceremonial (Mere Mortal MMP-1 1995) |
Chromatics | Black And White (own release 2012) |
Diaframma | 8183 (Contempo CONTE 128 1989) |
Downtown Struts | Nothington/Downtown Struts (Asian Man AM-264 2013)
(bonus track available for downloading with split 7") |
Echoing Green | Music from the Ocean Picture (Different Drum 1047 2001)
The Evergreen Annex (Different Drum 1072 2002) |
Eventide | Revolving World: A Tribute to New Order (Popswirl PWL13 2005) |
Excès Nocturne | 30 years with(out) Ian Curtis: Transmission (Infrastition Fin056 2010) |
The Eye | The Joy of Diving (Miltona MR 8978 2000) |
Fall To November Sky | Rain In Desert (own release 2011) |
Feliz Dia | Transmitiendo Desde América Del Sur (Licor de Mono 2007) |
The Fiction | I Told Her That I Like Living in a Box (Level Plane LP54 2004) |
Galaxie 500 | Blue Thunder (Rough Trade T246CD 1990)
Galaxie 500 (Ryko 10355 1996 - boxed set) On Fire (Ryko 10357 1997 - bonus track on re-issue) Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (Plexifilm 015 2004 - DVD) |
Peter Hook and The Light | Unknown Pleasures / Closer: Live in Macclesfield (Play Concert 2013)
So This Is Permanence: Live in Macclesfield (Play Concert 2015) Substance: Live in Manchester (Live Here Now 2016) Unknown Pleasures: Live in Leeds (Westworld 104 2017) Movement: Live in Dublin (Westworld 107 2017) Unknown Pleasures / Closer: Live in Camden (Live Here Now 2017) Also available on albums of live performances of New Order songs |
Ikon | Ceremony (Nile Records 2003)
The Burden of History (Equinoxe/Nile Records 2007) |
Kolar | Love's Shattered Pride (Failure To Communicate 2005) |
Joe Ladyboy | 2003-2014 (Valentine 087 2015) |
Ian McCulloch | Solitude (bootleg - performed live with New Order) |
Mercromina | Warsaw (El Colectivo Karma 011 1998) |
New Order | Ceremony (Factory FAC 33 1981)
Taras Shevchenko (Factory FACT 77 / IKON 4 1983 - video) (recorded live at Ukrainian National Home, New York in 1981) Substance (Factory FACD 200 1987) Tears In Their Eyes (Factory FACD 314 1991) New Order Story (London 087-134-3 1993 - video) 3 16 (Warner 84802 2001 - DVD) (recorded live at Ukrainian National Home, New York in 1981) Retro (London 49499 2002 - boxed set) 5 11 (Warner 49366 2002 - DVD/video) (recorded live at Finsbury Park, London in June 2002) International: The Best Of New Order (Warner 49226 2002) New Order: A Collection (Warner 70484 2005 - DVD) New Order Story (Warner 70485 2005 - DVD) Singles (Warner 62690 2005) Total: from Joy Division to New Order (Rhino 5249864795 2011) Live At The London Troxy (Abbey Road Live Here Now 2011) NOMC15 (Mute CDSTUMM420 2017) (recorded live at Brixton Academy, London in 2015) Also available on other compilation albums and on bootlegs |
New York Crasnals | Warszawa: Tribute To Joy Division (Kuka KR001CD 2007) |
Planet Bee | Balance (Ego Development 001 1997) |
Popundret | West Side United (West Side WeCD 143 1997) |
Pure | Bobby Stokes Salutes The Fall Of Manchester (Ambition 1991) |
Radiohead | Performed live in a webcast in November 2007 |
Salt Lake / Waka | ReMovement: Tribute to New Order (SAL SALD-0002 2001) |
Sell System | 3.5 Decades: A Joy Division Italian Tribute (Darkitalia dar001 2014) |
The Sheaks | Ceremony: A New Order Tribute (24 Hour Service Station 40 2010)
Twelve Versions of Ceremony (24 Hour Service Station 52 2010) |
Stereoboy | Ceremony (Música Pop Desempregada MPD028 2011) |
Unwoman | Uncovered (Unmediated Productions 2011) |
Various Artists | Twelve Versions of Ceremony (24 Hour Service Station 52 2010)
(recordings of the same song by several different artists) |
Xiu Xiu | Chapel of the Chimes (Absolutely Kosher AK023 2002)
Remixed and Covered (5 Rue Christine 77 2007) |
Yes But No | Ceremony: A New Order Tribute (24 Hour Service Station 40 2010)
Ceremony EP (24 Hour Service Station 50 2010) Twelve Versions of Ceremony (24 Hour Service Station 52 2010) |
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