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13 Jan 2003, 02:18

Which Joy Division song has the most intense lyrics? Its such a difficult question...i think there are just so damn many...but Decades, the Eternal, heart and soul immediately pop to my mind. what does everybody else think.

13 Jan 2003, 03:00

24hours is DEEP! "Oh how I realized how I wanted time,Put into perspective, tried so hard to find,Just for one moment I thought I'd found my way.Destiny unfolded, I watched it slip away."

13 Jan 2003, 03:07

Atrocity Exhibition

Love Will Tear Us Apart

13 Jan 2003, 04:13

24 Hours is just the saddest, most desperate plea for something that I've ever heard.

13 Jan 2003, 04:42

As far as I'm concerned the most intense lyrics written by Ian were those written for In A Lonely Place, especially the third verse which Hooky has allegedly wiped from the surviving tape of the song.

Listening to Barney sing it is harrowing enough, but to hear Ian sing it would have been - could still be deeply saddening.

13 Jan 2003, 05:56

I have to go with Twenty Four Hours as the one I can never escape, in any sense.

13 Jan 2003, 06:14

New Dawn Fades

13 Jan 2003, 10:11

Another vote for 24 Hours. Relentless self-observation- what else is there to say.

13 Jan 2003, 10:48

24 Hours + Atmosphere = Best Ever

13 Jan 2003, 13:01

Decades and New Dawn Fades!

13 Jan 2003, 13:05

Twenty Four Hours great lyrics, great music my fav JD Song

13 Jan 2003, 13:23

New Dawn Fades.

DM

13 Jan 2003, 13:27

This is a difficult one, most intense lyrics? Well the lyrics to 24hrs and New Dawn Fades are both intense, but the music to NDF is more intense than 24hrs.....do you see what I'm getting at;) For me the song with the most intense lyrics would be Decades.

13 Jan 2003, 13:28

or I Remember Nothing:D

13 Jan 2003, 13:51

24 HOURS if one but there are plenty that are superb and intense so no real favourite.

13 Jan 2003, 17:40

Twenty Four Hours Love Will Tear Us Apart In A Lonely Place New Dawn Fades Decades Disorder

all pop into mind...but then again, every song Ian ever wrote was pretty damn intense.

but twenty four hours, LWTUA and In A Lonely Place are the most intense for me.

god, i love Ian' lyrics.

13 Jan 2003, 18:39

New Dawn Fades 24 Hours Day Of The Lords

13 Jan 2003, 19:18

24 hours is freezing...also LVTUA and Atmosphere have great Ian Curtis style.

13 Jan 2003, 19:46

Gutz has the best lyrics.

WAAZZZZZZZZZZUUUPPP!!!!!!!!!!!

13 Jan 2003, 21:44

She's Lost Control

not as obviously dramatic, but the detail and cold repetition work it in.

13 Jan 2003, 23:50

atrocity exhibition, heart and soul, 24hrs

14 Jan 2003, 03:31

He wrote so many great lyrics, its impossible to pick one in particular.

15 Mar 2003, 15:08

NEW DAWN FADES IS REALLY INTERSTINGLY WRITTEN

15 Mar 2003, 18:25

I can't decide. All I know is that when I got Heart & Soul I listened to it in one sitting at work and when it was finished I just sat there in my chair completely drained and overwhelmed.

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D anita...Joy Division...no place for wimps

16 Mar 2003, 10:29

Love Will Tear Us Apart "AGAIN" !!!

16 Mar 2003, 10:31

wow, it doesn't get much tougher than this. I'm gonna go with heart and soul, I guess. There have literally been times when this song ( and a number of others )from mr. Curtis' pen have reduced me to tears. may seem sad for a rock band to have such an effect on a grown man, but I suppose we're not talking about a typical rock band, are we?

18 Mar 2003, 12:10

In a Lonely Place it almost looks into the future and can be seen as a kind of premonition. Disorder is my No1 song by JD though