Ian Curtis rides a rollercoaster
September 7, 2016 3:05 PM Subscribe
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posted by a lungful of dragon at 3:11 PM on September 7, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by a lungful of dragon at 3:11 PM on September 7, 2016 [6 favorites]
I laughed.
posted by carter at 3:14 PM on September 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by carter at 3:14 PM on September 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
Hah. This didn't turn out to be anything like what I was expecting before or even halfway through watching it.
posted by aubilenon at 3:16 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by aubilenon at 3:16 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
(crying with laughter emoticon x 10 then skellington skull because I have laughed myself dead)
posted by turbid dahlia at 3:17 PM on September 7, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by turbid dahlia at 3:17 PM on September 7, 2016 [8 favorites]
It just gets better on every viewing.
posted by SansPoint at 3:49 PM on September 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by SansPoint at 3:49 PM on September 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
That is the dumbest thing I've seen all week. Thank you. Thank you.
posted by edheil at 3:59 PM on September 7, 2016 [13 favorites]
posted by edheil at 3:59 PM on September 7, 2016 [13 favorites]
The coaster is The Beast, if anyone was wondering.
posted by cashman at 4:03 PM on September 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by cashman at 4:03 PM on September 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
FAC 51
The Haçienda
YOU MUST BE THIS TALL TO RIDE
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:15 PM on September 7, 2016 [11 favorites]
The Haçienda
YOU MUST BE THIS TALL TO RIDE
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:15 PM on September 7, 2016 [11 favorites]
The coaster is The Beast, if anyone was wondering.
Yep. I'd recognise the view from that first lift anywhere. Good memories on that one.
posted by Thorzdad at 4:20 PM on September 7, 2016
Yep. I'd recognise the view from that first lift anywhere. Good memories on that one.
posted by Thorzdad at 4:20 PM on September 7, 2016
Unknown Pleasure Park
posted by Artw at 4:23 PM on September 7, 2016 [20 favorites]
posted by Artw at 4:23 PM on September 7, 2016 [20 favorites]
Not paying attention to the video length I was kind of hoping someone gave in the
treatment.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 4:27 PM on September 7, 2016
treatment.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 4:27 PM on September 7, 2016
Closer to the front of the line.
posted by turbid dahlia at 4:28 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by turbid dahlia at 4:28 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
"Atrocity Exhibition" would actually be a great name for one of those rides that shoots you up into the air really fast on a big pole.
posted by turbid dahlia at 4:29 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by turbid dahlia at 4:29 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
Thank you, that's the hardest I've laughed in ages.
posted by borsboom at 4:33 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by borsboom at 4:33 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
Love, love will go to the park, again.
posted by tclark at 4:38 PM on September 7, 2016 [11 favorites]
posted by tclark at 4:38 PM on September 7, 2016 [11 favorites]
And now I'm just on a Joy Division listening binge, because that is some great stuff.
posted by Artw at 4:46 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 4:46 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
Much like the rest of Curtis' life, I'm left wanting more.
posted by GuyZero at 5:15 PM on September 7, 2016 [11 favorites]
posted by GuyZero at 5:15 PM on September 7, 2016 [11 favorites]
Such a shitty day until right this second. Thank you.
posted by photoslob at 5:20 PM on September 7, 2016
posted by photoslob at 5:20 PM on September 7, 2016
This can't be the only song that opens up with a drawn-out weeeeeee. I want, no, DEMAND a whole ecosystem of singers riding rollercoasters.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:33 PM on September 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:33 PM on September 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
I get it.
(The Beast is pretty far up on my "to ride" list. Here's the (best, IMO) full POV video, if you're interested.)
posted by clorox at 6:21 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
(The Beast is pretty far up on my "to ride" list. Here's the (best, IMO) full POV video, if you're interested.)
posted by clorox at 6:21 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
Poetry
posted by deadbilly at 6:24 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by deadbilly at 6:24 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
Someone show this to Tim Kaine.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 7:27 PM on September 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 7:27 PM on September 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
I had no idea how much I needed this -- exactly this -- in my life.
posted by .kobayashi. at 7:31 PM on September 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by .kobayashi. at 7:31 PM on September 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
Unknown Pleasures Amusement Park- featuring:
Transmission- go-cart race course
The Atrocity Exhibit- hair-raising roller-coaster
Dead Souls- Haunted House
Colony- a Jungle river cruise
Love Will Tear Us Apart- combination Tilt-a-Whirl and Tunnel of Love
Passover- hi-altitude cable car
Atmosphere- hi-rise drop tower
Shadowplay- enclosed roller coaster
She's Lost Control- bumper cars
Wilderness- standard roller coaster
I Remember Nothing- Full Service Bar
Interzone- Lazer Tag/ Paintball arena
posted by LeRoienJaune at 8:01 PM on September 7, 2016 [14 favorites]
Transmission- go-cart race course
The Atrocity Exhibit- hair-raising roller-coaster
Dead Souls- Haunted House
Colony- a Jungle river cruise
Love Will Tear Us Apart- combination Tilt-a-Whirl and Tunnel of Love
Passover- hi-altitude cable car
Atmosphere- hi-rise drop tower
Shadowplay- enclosed roller coaster
She's Lost Control- bumper cars
Wilderness- standard roller coaster
I Remember Nothing- Full Service Bar
Interzone- Lazer Tag/ Paintball arena
posted by LeRoienJaune at 8:01 PM on September 7, 2016 [14 favorites]
Is there any purpose in explaining this to someone who has no clue why anyone is laughing? Or if I don't get it should I just do some comforting middle aged things and accept my lot in life?
posted by eggkeeper at 8:31 PM on September 7, 2016
posted by eggkeeper at 8:31 PM on September 7, 2016
Is there any purpose in explaining this to someone who has no clue why anyone is laughing?
After all the election thread titles and riffs on Hamilton, now I feel like I get an inside joke. I can only say you'd probably get it if you're a fan or otherwise fairly familiar with Joy Division.
Also, rather than Hamilton riffing titles, if we switched to Joy Division titles for the election threads, I'd be all for that.
posted by tclark at 8:36 PM on September 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
After all the election thread titles and riffs on Hamilton, now I feel like I get an inside joke. I can only say you'd probably get it if you're a fan or otherwise fairly familiar with Joy Division.
Also, rather than Hamilton riffing titles, if we switched to Joy Division titles for the election threads, I'd be all for that.
posted by tclark at 8:36 PM on September 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
Now I really wanna go back in time and convince Ian Curtis to ride a coaster with me.
posted by not_on_display at 8:52 PM on September 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display at 8:52 PM on September 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
Is there any purpose in explaining this to someone who has no clue why anyone is laughing?
I'll give it a shot. It's basically funny because of the juxtaposition of Joy Division's music, which is famously dark and depressing, with the notion of its singer Ian Curtis saying "wheee!" as he rides a roller-coaster. Probably a lot of people also hear the first few notes of this track and, as I do, instantly hear the entire track in their heads, so the fact that it ends after 14 seconds is also surprising and funny and recontextualizes the song in a funny way.
posted by whir at 9:15 PM on September 7, 2016 [15 favorites]
I'll give it a shot. It's basically funny because of the juxtaposition of Joy Division's music, which is famously dark and depressing, with the notion of its singer Ian Curtis saying "wheee!" as he rides a roller-coaster. Probably a lot of people also hear the first few notes of this track and, as I do, instantly hear the entire track in their heads, so the fact that it ends after 14 seconds is also surprising and funny and recontextualizes the song in a funny way.
posted by whir at 9:15 PM on September 7, 2016 [15 favorites]
I literally laughed out loud. So, so good!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 9:46 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 9:46 PM on September 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
I started playing this while I was talking about how serious something was, and it sort of undermined my message when I burst out laughing and couldn't stop myself from smiling.
posted by teponaztli at 10:41 PM on September 7, 2016
posted by teponaztli at 10:41 PM on September 7, 2016
I LOL and my neighbor started banging on the wall. Screw him
posted by james33 at 1:34 AM on September 8, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by james33 at 1:34 AM on September 8, 2016 [4 favorites]
Whee. 😐
posted by brokkr at 1:37 AM on September 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by brokkr at 1:37 AM on September 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
Both clever and stupid. I like it.
posted by Paul Slade at 2:27 AM on September 8, 2016
posted by Paul Slade at 2:27 AM on September 8, 2016
It's basically funny because of the juxtaposition of Joy Division's music, which is famously dark and depressing, with the notion of its singer Ian Curtis saying "wheee!" as he rides a roller-coaster.Yeah, and I suspect it's also (possibly) riffing on those pictures of Ian Curtis having an awesome time at an office party in 1977 that surfaced a couple of years back.
posted by Sonny Jim at 2:46 AM on September 8, 2016 [4 favorites]
Almost scrolled past. So so glad I didn't. I think I've watched it about 15 times now.
posted by threetwentytwo at 5:43 AM on September 8, 2016
posted by threetwentytwo at 5:43 AM on September 8, 2016
It's basically funny because of the juxtaposition of Joy Division's music, which is famously dark and depressing, with the notion of its singer Ian Curtis saying "wheee!" as he rides a roller-coaster.The full sentence which Ian Curtis sings is "we were strangers for way too long". When you change it into "wheee! were strangers for way too long" it almost becomes scary - it's as if the sentence has multiple personalities.
posted by WalkingAround at 6:33 AM on September 8, 2016
After reading the first dozen comments I had to ask my Millennial daughter to explain it to me. I was too busy listening to the "spiritual jazz" curated three posts above to listen to Joy Division, I guess.
posted by kozad at 7:16 AM on September 8, 2016
posted by kozad at 7:16 AM on September 8, 2016
Still not at the front of the queue.
posted by marienbad at 7:50 AM on September 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by marienbad at 7:50 AM on September 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
This thread is raising all kinds of questions for me about what age group is most likely to know Joy Division. I mean, the song in the video came out in 1979. But obviously most of Ian Curtis' popularity came after he died.
I wonder how many people who were like "I'm too old for this" would recognize New Order?
posted by a mirror and an encyclopedia at 8:27 AM on September 8, 2016 [4 favorites]
I wonder how many people who were like "I'm too old for this" would recognize New Order?
posted by a mirror and an encyclopedia at 8:27 AM on September 8, 2016 [4 favorites]
I am too lazy to look at what MeFi demographic breakdowns have been done, but I thought GenX is pretty solidly in the middle of the normal curve for MeFi users' ages? Is that off?
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 9:17 AM on September 8, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 9:17 AM on September 8, 2016 [3 favorites]
Also this made me laugh loud enough that Spousal Person had to come into the kitchen to see what was going on.
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 9:18 AM on September 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 9:18 AM on September 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
Oh dear God that's funny. Literally in tears from laughing.
posted by sarcasticah at 3:13 PM on September 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by sarcasticah at 3:13 PM on September 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
If you don't find this funny because you don't have context for it I can thoroughly recommend the Anyon Corbjin movie "Control", which is basically an Ian Curtis biopic.
posted by Artw at 11:05 PM on September 8, 2016
posted by Artw at 11:05 PM on September 8, 2016
weeeeeeeee
posted by zippy at 10:16 AM on September 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by zippy at 10:16 AM on September 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
I've watched this a few times a day, every day, since this thread began. If there's a point when it gets old, well, I've not yet found it.
posted by .kobayashi. at 3:37 PM on September 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by .kobayashi. at 3:37 PM on September 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
"A" for effort, zippy.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 11:25 AM on September 11, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 11:25 AM on September 11, 2016 [1 favorite]
This is the very first link I clicked since joining five minutes ago. So worth 5 bucks, dying over here thanks for that
posted by Dulcinea78 at 6:22 PM on September 23, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Dulcinea78 at 6:22 PM on September 23, 2016 [3 favorites]
Welcome to MeFi, and enjoy the ride.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:30 PM on September 23, 2016
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:30 PM on September 23, 2016
This, for the record, is still completely hilarious.
posted by .kobayashi. at 7:34 AM on September 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by .kobayashi. at 7:34 AM on September 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
Hang on, let me check.
Yes.
Nobody I've show this in RL understands why it is hilarious AT ALL. :-(
posted by Artw at 7:46 AM on September 25, 2016
Yes.
Nobody I've show this in RL understands why it is hilarious AT ALL. :-(
posted by Artw at 7:46 AM on September 25, 2016
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