The picture above is antithetical to the song featured in this post. However, when I was searching for an image to share, I could not resist this one as someone obviously named a shop after Joy Division's "She's Lost Control."
Click through the link above if curious. The shop is cool in and of itself with great aesthetics and mission, but it's hardly aligned with the origin of the Joy Division song. That's okay. It doesn't have to be.
My own Joy Division journey started with discovering the album Closer. By the time, I discovered the band (1981-82), Ian Curtis was already dead (May 18, 1980). "Love Will Tear Us Apart" had also been released already, posthumously (June 1980).
I did not discover the album Unknown Pleasures and thus "She's Lost Control" a few more years later.
As I was discussing recently in regards to my favorite albums list (From T-Shirt #97 - Kraftwerk), I have not written an official list of favorite bands, though I did a partial, unranked list here:
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Of course, both Joy Division and New Order are on that list. Though neither would make a top five, as much as I love them. Maybe top ten, but I'd have to give this some thought. When I wrote the blog entry above (the band list is copied from the t-shirts blog), I tried to do a top ten, and it ended up a top thirteen. Neither Joy Division nor New Order made that list. But now, twelve years after making that list, I need to rethink it. Joy Division had a profound effect on me, a huge influence, and a frequent soundtrack of anthems and music of solace.
Though "She's Lost Control" is far from my favorite Joy Division song ("Isolation"), I regard it highly, as I do all the band's music.
"She's Lost Control" is about a woman Curtis met through his work, who like him, had epilepsy. Hers was so severe that she would have seizures when visiting the centre where Curtis worked looking for employment.
FROM WIKI: Curtis would later inform his wife he had been informed this woman had choked to death in her sleep as a result of an epileptic seizure. Consequently, one of Ian Curtis' greatest fears was dying in his sleep as a result of an epileptic seizure. Due to this fear, he and his wife would establish a ritual whereby, upon evenings following a Joy Division gig in which Curtis did not experience an epileptic seizure, Ian would either sit in a chair and wait for an epileptic seizure to occur in his wife's presence, or lie in bed with his wife as both listened in silence, to await a change in his breathing rhythm (which would signal an impending seizure), in order that his wife could help him, before he would sleep.[17]
This song like much of Joy Division's music didn't sound like anything else I had ever heard up to that point.
I decided to make this post attracted by an Instagram post, included here. But first the text just in case some day both the link and embed to the post fails.
Three versions of the song (one live, one reimagined) below with lyrics.
Thanks for tuning in!
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“Confusion in her eyes that says it all…”
Joy Division’s She Lost Control isn’t just a song — it’s a descent into emotional collapse, isolation, and the brutal weight of modern life. Ian Curtis’s haunting delivery, paired with that cold, mechanical beat, still hits like a panic attack in slow motion.
Written after learning about a young woman with epilepsy who passed away suddenly, this track carries pain, detachment, and raw human fragility — themes that defined Curtis’s life and art.
Put it on. Feel the pulse. Lose control.
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LYRICS
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Confusion in her eyes that says it all
She's lost control
And she's clinging to the nearest passerby
She's lost control
And she gave away the secrets of her past
And said, "I've lost control again"
And to the voice that told her when and where to act
She said, "I've lost control again"
And she turned around and took me by the hand
And said, "I've lost control again"
And how I'll never know just why or understand
She said, "I've lost control again"
And she screamed out, kicking on her side, and said
"I've lost control again"
And seized up on the floor, I thought she'd die
She said, "I've lost control"
She's lost control again
She's lost control
She's lost control again
She's lost control
That I had to phone her friend to state my case
And say she's lost control again
And she showed up all the errors and mistakes
And said, "I've lost control again"
And she expressed herself in many different ways
Until she lost control again
And walked upon the edge of no escape
And laughed, "I've lost control"
She's lost control again
She's lost control
She's lost control again
She's lost control
Agustín Casas Solaro
Feb 9, 2013
Joy Division Live At Something Else Show In September 1979
Source: BBC Four
Song: She's Lost Control
From The Album: Unknown Pleasures
She's Lost Control (2010 Remaster) · Joy Division
Substance
℗ 1978, 2010 Warner Music UK Ltd
Guitar: Bernard Sumner
Engineer: Chris Nagle
Lead Vocals: Ian Curtis
Mastering Engineer: Jon Davis
Producer: Martin Hannett
Bass Guitar: Peter Hook
Background Vocals: Peter Hook
Drums: Stephen Morris
Writer: Bernard Sumner
Writer: Ian Curtis
Writer: Peter Hook
Writer: Stephen Morris
Premiered Jan 10, 2020
Reimagined video for She's Lost Control by Joy Division. Part of the 'Unknown Pleasures: Reimagined' series to celebrate the album's 40th anniversary.
Joy Division : Unknown Pleasures : re-imagined
Series Creator and Executive Producer (UK): Warren Jackson
Executive Producer (USA): Orian Williams
Director - Lorraine Nicholson
Producer - Jed DeMoss
Starring - AnnaSophia Robb and Moises Arias
Director of Photography - Stefan Weinberger
Editor - Alex Russek
Production Designer - Margaux Rust
Costume Designer - Turner
Hair - Chanel Croker
Makeup - Erin Walters
SFX Makeup - Emily Schubert
Assistant Director - Kelsie Adams
Camera Crew - Mary Brown, Gemma Doll-Grossman and Erique DuBoise
Art Department - Devynne Lauchner, Taylor Robinson and Danielle Armstrong
Production Assistants - Wendy Hernandez and Uma Von Wittkamp
Grade - Andrew Geary @ Company 3
Lab Services Provided By - Spectra Film and Video
Special Thanks - Chapman Leonard, Company 3 and Kodak
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2511.10 - 10:10
- Days ago: MOM = 3784 days ago & DAD = 438 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
- Days ago: MOM = 3784 days ago & DAD = 438 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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