I accidentally “suicided” the entry. I post it again.
It’s my favourite song of Joy Division. It’s called “Shadowplay”.
What do I like about Ian and Joy Division? I only really like 5-6 songs of the band. And I feel deep sorrow for a talented guy who kills himself at 23. But I admire the consistency from the beginning to the end of the narrative of the story of the band.
I may compare it with the consistency of the story of The Beatles. Both are perfect (From Latin "perfectum": complete, finished) stories. That’s the beauty of them.
I’ll explain myself. The Beatles’ is a story about love, theme of most of their songs, that ended like a fairy tale, with a song called “The End” (“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make”).
Joy Division’s is its tragic reverse. Their (his, Ian’s) songs talked about despair, frustration and inner death. And their (his) story ended with an album called “Closer” — Closer to what? Closer to death, as suggested by the picture on the cover, chosen by the band, (by Curtis?): the photograph of a tomb, where you see a man lying dead, and four women crying, holding his wake; and a story that ends with Ian’s suicide.
Victory of love vs. Failure of love.
But same authenticity ‘til the end to perform their stories. Same perfection, form and content together. Same beauty.
