Divisions of Joy
Raw sounds of electrified emotion
Driving an arrow straight at the heart
Of those who listen and observe the motion of he with deep souled voice
A haunting yet so captivating a beat
Sets the tone again to dance hall feet
That try to emulate the quirky moves
Of a struggling genius in giants shoes
Bass lines throb with treble up high
With beats and rolls from skins on tins
As front man stalks around then sings
In mystic deep and dulcet tones
Gyrations continue to pulsating-rhythms
Serious banter escalates to deep schisms
Between opposing factions whose love of the music creates a cause and a mission
Strobe lights increasing with vivid intensity
He twists and turns almost provocatively
Towards the fans who now seem to expect
The cruel collapse that happens next
Too many times for one so young
Seemed the reason why his body hung
Shadows playing in the motorcade
The night has past as a new dawn fades
A tribute to Ian Curtis 1956-1980
Rick Varden
Fri 27th Oct 2017 16:39
Many thanks Suki and Wolfgar. I still listen to the music of Joy Division now and Peter Hook with The Light still performs all their songs on tour. Ian couldn’t take the epilepsy thing anymore, and with the medication and everything else I think maybe he just decided to bow out. I will get Debbie’s book thank you. Did you both see the movie ‘Control’ with Samantha Morton? Really good. Ian was a poet really some of the words to his songs were and still are beautiful. Fred