Maybe now that the film about Ian Curtis' life is in the cinemas worldwide, let's start a topic to discuss one of the most brilliant bands of the seventies. Despite their short existance, JD left a landmark on the music world and I would almost say they inspired and thus helped to create the whole goth movement and new-wave. Of all dead musicians, Ian Curtis is one of those I miss the most. He was pure genius and his tormented lyrics sounded so real, you could hear in his vocals that he meant all that depressed talk. Yeah we got New Order but the word "ersatz" best describes how they never got close to the brilliance of Joy Division.
Sound off about JD!
I will open the thread myself with a quote from a Dutch review:
"The seventies had the hopeful undertone of punk music, but the late seventies and eighties were dark as night: no hope. From Manchester we got the suiting band. Joy Division sounded like a rainsoaked city at night, like the soundtrack to a serious depression".
I think that reviewer is spot on.
My favourite JD song is "Disorder": "I've been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand. Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man?"