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Thu Feb-19-04 05:18 PM
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Poll question: What is the most depressing Joy Division song? |
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Which Joy Division song is the most depressing?
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Thu Feb-19-04 05:20 PM
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1. The album "Closer" is just too damned freaky |
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Can you say suicide note?
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Thu Feb-19-04 05:21 PM
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2. I don't find any of those depressing |
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Edited on Thu Feb-19-04 05:27 PM by Fenris
"Atmosphere" is one of the saddest things ever written.
ON EDIT: I give you the lyrics
Walk in silence, Don't walk away, in silence. See the danger, Always danger, Endless talking, Life rebuilding, Don't walk away.
Walk in silence, Don't turn away, in silence. Your confusion, My illusion, Worn like a mask of self-hate, Confronts and then dies. Don't walk away.
People like you find it easy, Naked to see, Walking on air. Hunting by the rivers, Through the streets, Every corner abandoned too soon, Set down with due care. Don't walk away in silence, Don't walk away.
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Thu Feb-19-04 05:35 PM
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6. Yeah, I forgot that one |
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Edited on Thu Feb-19-04 05:36 PM by scottcsmith
Listening to it right now. Immediately sent chills down my spine.
Joy Division doesn't depress me, exactly, but when I was really into them back in the late 1980s I was very depressed, so I really identified with Ian Curtis' lyrics.
Now that I'm 35 and have had to struggle with mental illness, I came to realize that the album "Closer" is the musical equivalent of a psychotic episode. If someone ever asks me what it's like to have a psychotic episode, I'll say "Give 'Closer' a listen."
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Thu Feb-19-04 05:59 PM
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12. Yeah. Atmosphere, or maybe Decades |
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Thu Feb-19-04 05:24 PM
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3. Not depressing as such... |
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... but honest, a window to the soul.
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ixion
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Thu Feb-19-04 05:25 PM
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Digital Feel it closing in, feel it closing in A fear of whom I call, hearing someone call I feel it closing in, I feel it closing in Day in, day out (6)
I feel it closing in, As patterns seem to form I feel it cold and warm As shadows start to fall I feel it closing in, I feel it closing in Day in, day out (5)
I'd have the world to just see whatever happens to my decorum And then just fade away I see you fade away, don't ever fade away I need you here today Don't ever fade away (4) Fade away (7)
Joy Division is one of the greatest bands of all time.
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Thu Feb-19-04 05:28 PM
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5. We knocked on the doors of Hell's darker chambers. |
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Pushed to the limit, we bribed ourselves in. Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying. We saw ourselves now as we never have seen.
I picked "Decades." Though "Atrocity Exhibition" is pretty fucked-up, too.
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Thu Feb-19-04 05:42 PM
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Excercise One is some pretty raw horror distilled onto vinyl, but it's not really depressing as such, just royally messed up and creepy. A Means To An End would be a pretty strong contender, too.
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