sean -
i think the lens we interpret art though has a major impact on our
impression of it.
i'm not sure how old you are, whether you heard JD before or after you were
exposed to electronic music or other forms of music.
IF a listener were weaned on aphex, autechre, musik aus strom and morr, and
then finally heard some joy division, i imagine it could sound rough and
uninspired.
(no comment intended about you, just a general statement)
for those of us crusties who were coming off a steady diet of pink floyd,
RUSH, greatful dead et al back in the glorious 70's, hearing unknown
pleasures for the first time in 1979 was earth shattering. "love will tear
us apart" is STILL one of the most powerful tunes i've ever heard, 20 years
later.
in 2024, one of our kids or grandkids will find a copy of confield and
bitch that it's not complex or abstract enough.
it's all about context.
respect,
Jeff Davis fon: 216.266.6969
phlow@earthlink.net
cel: 216.533.6303
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Padilla [mailto:cockerspaniels@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 7:00 PM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: [idm] i don't like joy division.
Hello f(r)iends,
quoted 5 lines One of the beautiful things about JD's
>One of the beautiful things about JD's
>music, in my opinion, was that it was always open to human rhythmic
>sloppiness...that Stephen Morris wasn't always *right* on with each >drum
>tap, that Ian rarely sang a single note in-tune or precisely on the >beat,
>that Bernard would sometimes rush his strumming.
Unfortunately, this is why I consider what little I've heard of Joy
Division's music to be HORRIBLE. I'm probably committing treason by saying
this, though...
Yr. f(r)iend Sean P.
np: Greg Davis "Arbor"
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