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Rest in peace. Watched 24 Hour Party People yesterday. Definitely giving Unknown Pleasures and Closer a spin even if the weather here is great. Just seems odd to play JD on such a sunny day.
Listened to UP on the way to work... Closer seemed a bit weighty for such a sunny day... The rush I get from the opening of Disorder never diminishes... Substance for the way home and just maybe Closer if I feel up to it this evening... That one is getting more difficult to listen to in full... Whatever the truth abut Ian, he was a stunning writer and performer... Thoughts as always on this day to his family and friends... How I wish you were here with us now...
SHEDi xxx
Gave a presentation about you today, you nutter. Hope you liked at least some of it. (ahem)
And thank you for everything.
is the LWTUA stone freely viewable at Macc crematorian?
I used to drive past fairly regularly but never ventured in as I was unsure how I'd be met.
If its easy to have a nosey it might just say hello next time I pass.
No more f'ing saudade wrote: Gave a presentation about you today, you nutter. Hope you liked at least some of it. (ahem)
And thank you for everything.
You'd better got a good grade on that one, then.
Will play my fave JD tracks tonight.
- RIP -
Bono only wishes he could be as cool as you, and he's had twenty-six years to try and catc up. He never will, of course 
RIP, laziest member of the band 
Barney Army wrote: is the LWTUA stone freely viewable at Macc crematorian?
I used to drive past fairly regularly but never ventured in as I was unsure how I'd be met.
If its easy to have a nosey it might just say hello next time I pass.
Thanks for leaving so many funny memories for everyone to write stories about so all the mallgoths who buy an LWTUA shirt get the shock of their lives when I tell them you weren't such a miserable nut after all.
With the weather as it is, I think the Peel Sessions and Les Bains Douches will get priority play today. "And we can DANCE"...
I read something today that made me think of Ian. Not in an obvious connection way but in a "pah - some will beg to differ" kind of way.
(Can't remember where I got it from as I cut 'n' pasted into Notepad hours ago). Apologies for the repeated off topic football references but it is the complete text.
"Today is the happiest day of the year (unless you are an Arsenal fan). May 18 is the day people feel most cheery and happy with their lot, according to scientists. Researchers looked at where the day sits in the year and how it reflects on our mood. A combination of spring, the days being longer and sunnier and a Bank Holiday approaching generally make people feel happier. And there's the added bonus this year for men with the World Cup just around the corner. But the day may not feel so great if you reside in north London. Arsenal's 2-1 defeat in the Champions League final against Barcelona will have wiped the smile off its fans faces. Earlier this year January 3 was dubbed the most miserable day. Scientists said the end of the Christmas holidays, short, dark days and festive-related debt were a recipe of misery."
Make of that what you will.
Ian's legacy seems stronger than ever before. Bizarrely I saw some Heroes poll on Soccer AM last week which I think was lifted from NME readers votes. #1 was obviously Cobain, but #10 was Ian which I find phenomenal given the passing of time and all the more usual rock icons not even on the list. I guess some things just take decades.
RIP Mr I.C.
I was at Macclesfield and Manchester last year. Went to the grave, met his mum, sister, aunt and cousin. T'was bizarre. Then Manchester for the Radio 1 screening of Transmission.
26 years on, his voice and words remain as powerful as ever. I hope the upcoming film does his memory justice.
RIP
Why should a 'man' who took the easy way out of life, abandoning a baby daughter, and screwing over his friends and family, be celebrated in death?
"Rest in Peace" etc is so easily typed.
You can love the music, but also understand the tragedy is not something to be 'appreciated'.....
(and, yes, as anyone with depression knows, suicide IS the easy way out... so spare me the 'he couldn't help it, you don't understand his pain' comments.... he turned his back on everyone, except himself.... )
You should all be celebrating his BIRTHDAY if you truly feel as you do.
One of the questions that my voice instructor will send me asks, "Who are your role models in giving your voice?". I'll definitely put you on the list. RIP.
P.S. I couldn't help but wonder, what would happen if you would have gone on the U.S. Tour. I'm pretty sure there would be more people who would appreciate Joy Division.
"Looked beyond the day in hand/there's nothing there at all"
Was reading his lyrics and unpublished writings in Touching From A Distance recently.So much of it rings true and written in such a brilliant way that anyone can read into it what relates to them for different reasons.
Rip Ian
Tarbox23 wrote: Why should a 'man' who took the easy way out of life, abandoning a baby daughter, and screwing over his friends and family, be celebrated in death?
"Rest in Peace" etc is so easily typed.
You can love the music, but also understand the tragedy is not something to be 'appreciated'.....
(and, yes, as anyone with depression knows, suicide IS the easy way out... so spare me the 'he couldn't help it, you don't understand his pain' comments.... he turned his back on everyone, except himself.... )
You should all be celebrating his BIRTHDAY if you truly feel as you do.
Frankly, I haven't seen a single post that says that his suicide is something to be appreciated, or that his abandonment of his family (which predated his suicide, by the way) was something to be revered. The real tragedy of his death had nothing to do with music--rather, it was that a beautiful baby girl would grow up without a father.
I agree, by the way, that suicide is inherently a selfish act--but it is also something that is not easily understood or explained, especially by those on the outside looking in. I don't to this day know why one of my best friends killed himself at 22, but I don't blame him for it -- let alone condemn him for abandoning his family and friends.
In any case, you misinterpret this thread if you see it as a "celebration" of Ian's death. Ian's memory is revered not because he died (let alone the manner in which he died), but because of what he accomplished (as a performer and lyricist, certainly not as a family man) while he lived. Its not as if we are having ICB death day parties around the world today, but what's wrong with toasting his memory on the day he died? I expect the same will happen on his birthday.
Matt
Matt wrote:
Tarbox23 wrote: Why should a 'man' who took the easy way out of life, abandoning a baby daughter, and screwing over his friends and family, be celebrated in death?
"Rest in Peace" etc is so easily typed.
You can love the music, but also understand the tragedy is not something to be 'appreciated'.....
(and, yes, as anyone with depression knows, suicide IS the easy way out... so spare me the 'he couldn't help it, you don't understand his pain' comments.... he turned his back on everyone, except himself.... )
You should all be celebrating his BIRTHDAY if you truly feel as you do.
Frankly, I haven't seen a single post that says that his suicide is something to be appreciated, or that his abandonment of his family (which predated his suicide, by the way) was something to be revered. The real tragedy of his death had nothing to do with music--rather, it was that a beautiful baby girl would grow up without a father.
I agree, by the way, that suicide is inherently a selfish act--but it is also something that is not easily understood or explained, especially by those on the outside looking in. I don't to this day know why one of my best friends killed himself at 22, but I don't blame him for it -- let alone condemn him for abandoning his family and friends.
In any case, you misinterpret this thread if you see it as a "celebration" of Ian's death. Ian's memory is revered not because he died (let alone the manner in which he died), but because of what he accomplished (as a performer and lyricist, certainly not as a family man) while he lived. Its not as if we are having ICB death day parties around the world today, but what's wrong with toasting his memory on the day he died? I expect the same will happen on his birthday.
Matt
Well said, Matt... As I said when I posted this morning, my thoughts, as always, go to his family and friends for whom this day must still be a difficult time... The tradegy lies in the fact that anyone should feel driven to end their life at such a young age, when they have, what would seem to an outsider, to have so much going for them... The most stated sentiment on this thread has been Rest In Peace... No glorification, just reflection and a touch of sadness at the events of 26 years ago...
SHEDi xxx
Tarbox23 wrote: Why should a 'man' who took the easy way out of life, abandoning a baby daughter, and screwing over his friends and family, be celebrated in death?
"Rest in Peace" etc is so easily typed.
You can love the music, but also understand the tragedy is not something to be 'appreciated'.....
(and, yes, as anyone with depression knows, suicide IS the easy way out... so spare me the 'he couldn't help it, you don't understand his pain' comments.... he turned his back on everyone, except himself.... )
You should all be celebrating his BIRTHDAY if you truly feel as you do.
Every post annoying, why stop now, eh?
Sorry if that's disturbing in a remembrance. I don't much get into the Ian cult, but the previous post was just plain disrespectful today.
I have to agree, it was.
Anyhow, while it is sad that the leader of a seminal band felt the need to take his own life at a young age. I am grateful that the rest of the band was able to move on and produce some of my favorite music...
I've started so I'll finish... It is hard to imagine been so depressed that one would take ones life, particularly with a young daughter in the world, its not a celebration of death, just a shame what we missed
I will be 40 this October and Joy Divison and New Order represent the soundtrack of my life, for that I will be eternally grateful to the members of both bands. I was very young when I first listened to Joy Divison with a school friend in Sheffield. I was 13 when Ian Curtis took his life and I am pretty sure that John Peel was the one who broke the news. May 18 is not a day that I mark on the Calendar each year and dress in black for, it is a day that I always think of how much I have to live for and be thankfulo that I have never suffered from depression, althogh as a Sheffield Wednesday fan its been close.
Not many 13 year olds liked Joy Division at the time and they will always be my band, and I see no difference between Joy Division or New Order, just carrying on where they left off.
Tarbox23 wrote: Why should a 'man' who took the easy way out of life, abandoning a baby daughter, and screwing over his friends and family, be celebrated in death?
"Rest in Peace" etc is so easily typed.
You can love the music, but also understand the tragedy is not something to be 'appreciated'.....
(and, yes, as anyone with depression knows, suicide IS the easy way out... so spare me the 'he couldn't help it, you don't understand his pain' comments.... he turned his back on everyone, except himself.... )
You should all be celebrating his BIRTHDAY if you truly feel as you do.
Just read this post as I've been away most of today, funeral of 89-year old aunt plus family gathering after.
She desperately wanted help to end her suffering but it just wasn't possible. So, in my state of mind, to find this sanctimonious insult to people who loved Ian Curtis, including those he "turned his back on".....
Celebrate his birthday, of course. But remembering his death, regretting his death, is not a "celebration". As for the insensitive generalisation about depression.....
I'm not feeling any sort of personal hurt here I hasten to add. But the point has to be made that there are people who remember IC for reasons other than those suggested.
Actually, I'm sorry about about the "generalisation" remark. No reason for me to to make any sort of assumption about you or your family/friends.
why he committed suicide is something none of us on here will know. we didn't know him and we shouldn't assume to know what he was thinking or feeling at the time of his death, no matter how much we love the music he made.
so... thanks to ian for giving us joy division, and having such wonderful bandmates who didn't give up making music and as a result gave us the greatest band in the world; and i'm sure debbie thanks him for giving her a beautiful daughter.
Rest in Peace!!
Thanks for giving us JOY DIVISION and sucessfully NEW ORDER, because if Ian hadn´t commite the suicide, New Order should never existed!!!
well, again, why do we say this on the anniversary of his DEATH? yeah, I know we do it every year. but is it really appropriate? I think it has more to do with easy fandom than true respect for the man.
let his family and friends respect him on this sad day. what do you really know about it?
us fans who know little of his situation, let us spend his BIRTHDAY to celebrate him.
am i really a cunt for saying that, as one gifted poster has brilliantly claimed? I think your anger has more to do with your realization that your Goth Hero Worship is misguided, than at my simple request....
i make no dishonor to the man. in fact, he probably agrees with me wherever he is today, unable to hug his daughter....
leave him alone today.
Tarbox23 wrote: am i really a cunt for saying that, as one gifted poster has brilliantly claimed?
Yes.
I think your anger has more to do with your realization that your Goth Hero Worship is misguided, than at my simple request....
Nice theory. Too bad it doesn't fit with the facts, which are that I'm into the Ian cult at all. You're a cunt because you show no respect for him or his loved ones on this day, not because I have some sort of Goth Hero Worship going on.
Goth Hero Worship?
I'm sorry, nothing more constructive to say, the Goth Card Defense has been dealt and my brain is summarily FUBARed in the absence of Earth logic.
(One shouldn't need to add disclaimers to a thread because someone might come along and think that each post is some dour and petulant mourning fest put on as so many shirts are in a year. I think no one here is living in some rose colored world where they think Ian deserved a Man of the Year award for his suicide. Some do think, however, that his MUSIC and his WRITING was inspired and worthy of some praise. I think this is what this thread is/was accomplishing.)
today, listen to the demo early version of "Atmosphere(Chance)" from Heart and Soul... very sad, very raw, Ian more unfiltered
"don't walk away... face the danger...i'm just crossing the line ... to get back" ...
Well, I hope the man rests in peace...
but as I've said before, I reckon it's a good thing he offed himself, because who knows if we would have gotten the stuff from New Order that I so adore if he had stayed around...
yes, I'm a twat...maybe even a cunt...but would Ian have done Rock the Shack or Guilt Is A Useless Emotion???
and Tarbox is not a very nice person either...so that makes two of us!
Tarbox23 wrote: Why should a 'man' who took the easy way out of life, abandoning a baby daughter, and screwing over his friends and family, be celebrated in death?
"Rest in Peace" etc is so easily typed.
You can love the music, but also understand the tragedy is not something to be 'appreciated'.....
(and, yes, as anyone with depression knows, suicide IS the easy way out... so spare me the 'he couldn't help it, you don't understand his pain' comments.... he turned his back on everyone, except himself.... )
You should all be celebrating his BIRTHDAY if you truly feel as you do.
we remember this date, because we think of what could have been.
Gotta tell you something now - I picked May 17th for my wedding day because I knew I would never forget my anniversary, and because I wanted the day to have happy connotations after such a long time as being a day of silent remembrance. That says something about how much of an impact Ian Curtis has made on my life. Sure he died in the early hours of May 18th, but May 17th was his last day on this planet.
You'll be glad to know that Digital will be celebrating what would have been Ian's 50th birthday with a special show at the Cartoon, in Croydon, in July.
Marc wrote: I was at Macclesfield and Manchester last year. Went to the grave, met his mum, sister, aunt and cousin. T'was bizarre. Then Manchester for the Radio 1 screening of Transmission.
I remember the post you did last year about seeing his family at his grave (although it's actually a memorial stone, so i don't think his remains or ashes are there, not sure on that one). My overall impression was that you were very touched by the experience and, i think you felt a little awkward meeting Ian's family, but who wouldn't, i mean, what do you say? I can only guess that it left you with the impression that apart from being in a band he was a normal guy with a normal family who loved him and who still pay their respects to the son, brother, nephew and cousin they lost.
Tarbox23 wrote: well, again, why do we say this on the anniversary of his DEATH? yeah, I know we do it every year. but is it really appropriate? I think it has more to do with easy fandom than true respect for the man.
let his family and friends respect him on this sad day. what do you really know about it?
us fans who know little of his situation, let us spend his BIRTHDAY to celebrate him.
am i really a cunt for saying that, as one gifted poster has brilliantly claimed? I think your anger has more to do with your realization that your Goth Hero Worship is misguided, than at my simple request....
i make no dishonor to the man. in fact, he probably agrees with me wherever he is today, unable to hug his daughter....
leave him alone today.
anyone who thinks the slightest outside the box here is a cunt don't worry :D
I love the album "Still"....I hope New Order does Exercise One, or at least....Something Must Break....for that upcoming film....
As for Ian, I'm not sure what to say...really.... I wasn't even born yet when he passed on....
ChrissMari wrote:
Tarbox23 wrote: well, again, why do we say this on the anniversary of his DEATH? yeah, I know we do it every year. but is it really appropriate? I think it has more to do with easy fandom than true respect for the man.
let his family and friends respect him on this sad day. what do you really know about it?
us fans who know little of his situation, let us spend his BIRTHDAY to celebrate him.
am i really a cunt for saying that, as one gifted poster has brilliantly claimed? I think your anger has more to do with your realization that your Goth Hero Worship is misguided, than at my simple request....
i make no dishonor to the man. in fact, he probably agrees with me wherever he is today, unable to hug his daughter....
leave him alone today.
anyone who thinks the slightest outside the box here is a cunt don't worry :D
Anyone who says, for the benefit of a man's friends and family, on the anniversary of his passing....
Tarbox23 wrote: Why should a 'man' who took the easy way out of life, abandoning a baby daughter, and screwing over his friends and family, be celebrated in death?
and...
he turned his back on everyone, except himself....
is a cunt.
Celebrating his birthday is a great idea. Denigrating him to his friends and family on the anniversary of his passing is a piss-poor idea. As is, apparently, taking acid before having crotch fruit.
Comrade Shampanyov, Gentleman wrote: Denigrating him to his friends and family on the anniversary of his passing is a piss-poor idea.
ah, your bravery to come to the family's aid!
I think you would be surprised what they think.
Ever read Deborah's book?
Look, anyone associated with Joy Division wants only one thing, the truth. And, yeah, sometimes the truth hurts.
Isn't that what Joy Division was about to some degree?
I am pretty sure anyone who knew Curtis is not going to be offended by my post. They could care less. And if they do care, I would bet they'd rather read one honest post here than 100 of these cheesy gothic He Died For Our Sins posts....
And I would bet Ian is laughing at these Tributes.... and at your silly defense of his Honor..... (or is it some sort of Blasphemy for me to put words in the mouth of the Holy Prophet Who Died for Your Sins?)
Get a grip.
(note as well, YOU have ruined this thread several times with your 'c*nt' ejaculations, and I have cursed not once.... so just who is REALLY crapping all over this 'reverent' thread? you think his family wants to be hearing that in the midst of this? hypocrite! )
Don't we all have better things to do than exchange unpleasantries? "Get a life" says it all.
Tarbox23 wrote:
Comrade Shampanyov, Gentleman wrote: Denigrating him to his friends and family on the anniversary of his passing is a piss-poor idea.
ah, your bravery to come to the family's aid!
I think you would be surprised what they think.
Ever read Deborah's book?
Look, anyone associated with Joy Division wants only one thing, the truth. And, yeah, sometimes the truth hurts.
Isn't that what Joy Division was about to some degree?
I am pretty sure anyone who knew Curtis is not going to be offended by my post. They could care less. And if they do care, I would bet they'd rather read one honest post here than 100 of these cheesy gothic He Died For Our Sins posts....
And I would bet Ian is laughing at these Tributes.... and at your silly defense of his Honor..... (or is it some sort of Blasphemy for me to put words in the mouth of the Holy Prophet Who Died for Your Sins?)
Get a grip.
(note as well, YOU have ruined this thread several times with your 'c*nt' ejaculations, and I have cursed not once.... so just who is REALLY crapping all over this 'reverent' thread? you think his family wants to be hearing that in the midst of this? hypocrite! )
God you're a fucktard.
226 posts, and every one that I've seen has been an attack on Ian or on other NOOLers. I'm surprised you haven't pulled out your classic "If you knew who I was" line yet. That one is really impressive. Yawn.
But you did use your "Holy Prophet Who Died For Your Sins" line, so that must be worth something, eh? So try this on and see how your fucktard theory works: No, I haven't read Deborah's book, because I can't be arsed to care that much about Joy Division. Come to think of it, I don't have any Joy Division CDs in the apartment; had to sell them for bus fare. Still have my New Order CDs, though. Wouldn't sell those for bus fare.
So what do you think, Tarbox? Does that bit of information confirm or ruin your favorite theory about me?
I said yer a cunt because you rarely post, and when you do, it's usually to denigrate Ian on the anniversary of his passing, and you do it where people who knew him and loved him will be sure to see it, so yeah, yer a cunt.
And Chrissie Marie, you flatter yourself with your "thinking outside the box" bollox.
How's that for some honesty, Tarbox?
[magenta]shedmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Comrade, how could you have sold your JD CDs like that?
Because he burned copies of 'em first! Don't be dense.
Starving student with no way to get to the library except by selling something;
If any CDs are guaranteed to sell in this town, it's Joy Division (sold my Chomsky books on the same theory);
I knew I'd buy them again one day.
Getting ready to sell a load of shite CDs to get through this month.
Hope the CD store will take 'em... 
His Holiness, The Pope wrote:
[magenta]shedmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Comrade, how could you have sold your JD CDs like that?
Because he burned copies of 'em first! Don't be dense.
If only he was that smart***... :(
But I'm currently burning the one or two songs I want off the load of shite CDs I'm going to sell today.
***Or was he? I think I should have a look through my MiniDiscs and see if I had the foresight...
Comrade Shampanyov, Gentleman wrote:
Starving student with no way to get to the library except by selling something;
If any CDs are guaranteed to sell in this town, it's Joy Division (sold my Chomsky books on the same theory);
I knew I'd buy them again one day.
Getting ready to sell a load of shite CDs to get through this month.
Hope the CD store will take 'em...
By the way, Mr. Blue Order, I need to get down your way sometime and give you a ring. I do enjoy Portland. Do you ever go to Voodoo Donuts?
His Holiness, The Pope wrote:
Comrade Shampanyov, Gentleman wrote:
Starving student with no way to get to the library except by selling something;
If any CDs are guaranteed to sell in this town, it's Joy Division (sold my Chomsky books on the same theory);
I knew I'd buy them again one day.
Getting ready to sell a load of shite CDs to get through this month.
Hope the CD store will take 'em...
By the way, Mr. Blue Order, I need to get down your way sometime and give you a ring. I do enjoy Portland. Do you ever go to Voodoo Donuts?
No, but I should, it's a legend. Defo give me a ring. 
Tarbox23 wrote: Why should a 'man' who took the easy way out of life, abandoning a baby daughter, and screwing over his friends and family, be celebrated in death?
"Rest in Peace" etc is so easily typed.
You can love the music, but also understand the tragedy is not something to be 'appreciated'.....
(and, yes, as anyone with depression knows, suicide IS the easy way out... so spare me the 'he couldn't help it, you don't understand his pain' comments.... he turned his back on everyone, except himself.... )
You should all be celebrating his BIRTHDAY if you truly feel as you do.
Tarbox23 wrote: well, again, why do we say this on the anniversary of his DEATH? yeah, I know we do it every year. but is it really appropriate? I think it has more to do with easy fandom than true respect for the man.
let his family and friends respect him on this sad day. what do you really know about it?
us fans who know little of his situation, let us spend his BIRTHDAY to celebrate him.
am i really a cunt for saying that, as one gifted poster has brilliantly claimed? I think your anger has more to do with your realization that your Goth Hero Worship is misguided, than at my simple request....
i make no dishonor to the man. in fact, he probably agrees with me wherever he is today, unable to hug his daughter....
leave him alone today.
So where was Tarbox on Ian's birthday? Nowhere to be found. No surprise there, he usually only shows up every May 18, bashing Ian and his fans, telling us we should be celebrating his life on his birthday instead of remembering him on May 18.
Remember this next May 18, when he shows up to bash Ian and his fans yet again. On July 15, when he could have made a post celebrating Ian's life, Tarbox was nowhere to be found.
Says it all.
