Investigations of another kind…
Which is worse?
There’s is place in this forest haunted by ghosts and regret. Myrkr and madness linger at the centre. Here be monsters. Some are framed in mirrors.
This is the way, step inside.
I have been frequently listening to Atrocity Exhibition lately 😊
I should have known I couldn’t slip that one by everyone. 😉
It seems as time goes on that I keep coming back to their first two albums. Even with their flaws, both albums are near perfection. It’s the flaws make the songs more real.
I’m a big fan of both of them. I think it’s the epilepsy connection. Before I knew Ian Curtis had epilepsy I used to tell people Joy Division was my “seizure music”. I couldn’t explain it well back then other than “I just feel like it gets me, especially in that aura state”. Now I feel it’s very obvious both lyrically & musically, but I don’t know. Maybe it’s just my brain synching with something. Anyway, I’m pondering the question in your post. I’m not sure which is better. Lately I haven’t been remembering many dreams, but the scenes from them that I do hang on to have been absurdly funny. It’s nice to wake up laughing.
Ian was one of those “rock n’ roll shaman” personalities, similar in the way that early Jim Morrison was. I’m less convinced they consciously knew that they were tapping into those elements — I think it just came natural to them. Perhaps Ian’s epilepsy was part of that somehow. I’ve always “vibed” with Joy Division since I first started listening to them when I was twelve or thirteen. It was an instant connection, even more than when I first got into the Cure’s earlier music (“Head on the Door” and earlier sounds). They were one of the reasons I wanted to play bass guitar when I got over the idea of being a singer.
I think it’s great you’re playing again
Thank you. 💙
And… yes… I too am glad that you can wake up laughing. You deserve to be able to <3
Not longer having dreams. That’s terrifying.
That’s definitely a scary thought.
Or to be troubled like Ian Curtis clearly was.
I’ll take anything because the dark always gives inspiration.
I am most comfortable in the shadows as well.
Comfortable is a good way to describe things.
“Enjoy being in the shadows” is a little too celebratory.
😂Apologies for my over enthusiasm. In my defence I would ask whether you would prefer to be ‘in the light’?
Oh it wasn’t a criticism! It was pointing out that we must be subdued about such things and not get too carried away. 🌧️
Not much chance of that 😉
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