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Mac67 -> RE: What music are you listening to now? (5/21/2008 12:45:18 AM)
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ORIGINAL: willy
- Joy Division - Love will tear us apart.
I've always thought this was a spooky song ... apparently the lead singer killed himself shortly after writing it [X(]
Sadly true. Ian Curtis hung himself a month after Love Will Tear Us Apart was released as a single. He was 23 years old. The song is about the problems he was having in his marriage after his wife found out he was having an affair. He was also being treated for epilepsy and suffering from nerves about the band's upcoming first USA tour. His wife had the words Love Will Tear Us Apart inscribed on his tombstone.
There were a lot of clues about his mental state in his songs, but the people around him didn't seem to pick up on them. Factory Records boss Tony Wilson said afterwards - "I'd been warned on a train to London two weeks earlier by Annik [Honoré, Curtis' lover]. I asked her, 'What do you think of the new album.' She goes, 'I'm terrified.' I said, 'What are you terrified of?' She replies, 'Don't you understand? He means it.' And I go, 'No, he doesn't mean it - it's art.' And guess what? He f***ing meant it."
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