If you read the title of this piece and said "Who?" then you need educating. Ian Curtis was the lead singer and prime lyricist of the post punk band Joy Divison, a group that I loved in the late 1970s and love even more now. If you only know one track then I am willing to bet that it is "Love Will Tear Us Apart", here's that track
And here's a link to the official video - here
And here's a link to a post I made of lots of cover versions of that song. And here's what I wrote last year on the 30th anniversary of Ian Curtis's death.
Meanwhile here's some more Joy Division to get your teeth into:
"She's Lost Control"
"Atmosphere"
if you don't know much about Ian Curtis or Joy Division then I recommend watching Anton Corbijn's film "Control". It's absolutely brilliant and I cry at the end every time I watch it. Here's the trailer...
And here's a link to the official video - here
And here's a link to a post I made of lots of cover versions of that song. And here's what I wrote last year on the 30th anniversary of Ian Curtis's death.
Meanwhile here's some more Joy Division to get your teeth into:
"She's Lost Control"
"Atmosphere"
if you don't know much about Ian Curtis or Joy Division then I recommend watching Anton Corbijn's film "Control". It's absolutely brilliant and I cry at the end every time I watch it. Here's the trailer...
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