The song starts you off really high, and it manages to let you go at such a low.

It’s interesting how Curtis wrote about the intricacies of life that are unique to so many. Curtis sings about a girl that suffers epilepsy, a condition that he suffered as well. But then again, it’s hard to not identify the lyrics as dark. The phrasing and progression on the song are totally distinctive. She’s Lost ControlĪnother song from the Unknown Pleasures album, She’s Lost Control is a good example of how Joy Division was ahead of its time. There’s just a song doing what it’s supposed to do-make us feel. There’s just good solid riffs that don’t try too hard. There isn’t anything extremely flashy here. Joy Division is nothing without its wicked and haunting instrumentals, and Shadowplay is just the track to admire for its guitar work. Both Bernard Summer and Peter Hook interchanged on the bass, and to have gone this far and not highlight the bass is a crime. Sumner and Hook formed the band after attending a June 1976 Sex Pistols concert. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. Curtis sings, “Mother I’ve tried please believe me I’m doing the best that I can I’m ashamed of the things I’ve been put through I’m ashamed of the person I am isolation, isolation.” That burden is heavy, and the music could only carry it so much. Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. Isolation is one of the songs in that album, and it’s as dark as you can imagine. Exactly two months after the suicide of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, the two remaining members of the band decide to release their last album. IsolationĪlthough less haunting sonically compared to the previous song, Isolation is just as heavy lyrically. It’s an immsersive tribute to life that only the talent of Curtis and the band could fulfill. There’s so much sadness related to this album given that it’s the band’s final studio album for several reasons. The song talks about the kind of suffering soldiers go through after service-what we now know as PTSD. It’s almost haunting, and the lyrics show proof. The robotic melody and thick synthesizer make Decades an unforgettable song.

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