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@RKMarooned And from that place of repose you can look back and say, "They really got it. They really understood what I was feeling" and that makes talent like theirs so rare. That they have such staying power and such universality this many years later.
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I probably would have hated these guys in the 80's but I have grown a huge respect for them.
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when i was a young bloke Joy Div took my highs and lows and put them onto plastic. So now, 30 years later, i can think the same and remember .But from my arm chair..
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Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuune!!!!!
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Weirdly, the intro always reminds me of the Shadows 'Apache'. Refracted, twisted & warped through 20 odd years & Curtis' imagination into this strange dream. Why do I like it so much? It's like a doorway into some other place, scary & exhilarating, nothing safe. It connects past present & future together. A minor masterpiece.
Needs to be louder though.
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Anybody else read the book by Gogol just because Ian wrote this song after it?
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Fucking brilliant
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temazo <3.
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a great band they were. This song just aches...
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So classy.
They were inspired to form the band by the Sex Pistols concert at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, but they are miles away from the Sex Pistols in terms of brilliance, creativity, and fucking awesomeness. The music speaks, it's genius!!! They put the Sex Pistols to shame; the student has become the master.
janus2059 4 months ago 41
JLWing: What? Are you kidding me? What's wrong with Ian Curtis' singing? It's not the most technically proficient, but it's expressive and honest, and the lyrics are always great.
svagana: I don't think Martin Hannet quite "owes his existance" to Ian Curtis. He was born without any help from Ian. I think you mean that he owes his recognition as a producer to Ian Curtis, by producting his band's albums.
janus2059 3 months ago 7