![]() ![]() They are poetry but I want to claim them for rock.” (Nicky Wire, Manic Street Preachers) “The words are untouchable, unreachable, perfect, unsettling, unique, beautiful. He read widely from Holocaust fiction to Oscar Wilde. In my opinion, his lyrics presented here don’t just reflect his personal struggles with depression, epilepsy and stage-fright, but are also proof of how influenced he was by literature. All the product of the scribbled on office paper he used to carry around in a plastic bag. His songs were groundbreaking and his band became the iconic sound of that time. During this time, Ian Curtis isolated himself with his books and his writing. In the late 1970s, Manchester was an industrial city in decline. As a huge Joy Division fan and an admirer of great lyricists, I could not wait to get my hands on it. So this is permanence is a collection put together by Jon Savage and Deborah Curtis from Ian’s surviving lyrics, notes, fan mail, fanzines and book covers from his personal library. This is a superbly presented book containing the personal writings of one of the most influential songwriters and performers of the late 20th Century – Joy Division’s Ian Curtis. ![]()
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