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a murky character, Mars 15 2001
This book is billed as the insider's account that I had been looking for on the life of Ian Curtis. But it didn't really paint a clear picture of this influential musical genius for me. It didn't reveal who Ian Curtis really was. For the most part the book seemed to consist of chronological facts ("Ian did this...then we did this...and then such and such...") listed in a detached style as opposed to written, almost like the style of a simple diary. So I never got the inside confession of where the lyrics for "Dead Souls" came from, or if Ian's epilepsy had started before he wrote and recorded "She's Lost Control." What I concluded at the end was that this book was a disappointment because the author, Ian's own wife, never got to know him. Then it hit me, that this book conveys something very sad in crystal clear fashion about the music industry's idol- he never let his own wife get to know who he was, nor anyone else. Never in 10+ years. And that tells us very indelibly who Ian Curtis was. So now my disappointment lays with the truth of Ian's coldness and selfishness, and not with the book which turns out to be pretty succesful in its biographical portrait after all. Don't expect the world, but read it all the same. You won't learn the inside thoughts and motivations of this great singer and songwriter, but you will be able to feel the choking emotional isolation with which he imprisoned those who loved him most.
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Good, great for JD fans, interesting look at music industry/psychology, Nov. 14 2008
This book is interesting in a number of ways, but I think mostly for the die-hard JD fan. It's interesting in terms of the history of Joy Division, an inside look at the music industry and the psychological sketch of a man about to kill himself.
To begin, I think I should warn interested parties that Deborah Curtis is not exactly Hemingway, which let's this book down a bit in terms of conveying the feeling of being there. However, she is a pretty good journalist. She seems to hit all of the important bits and does a good job of pulling in stories from the other Joy Division band members and stakeholders.
I think that interest in the book from a historical perspective goes without saying, so I won't really talk about it. However, more interesting was the look at the music industry. Joy Division today is an internationally known band and has spawn many products, cover songs and inspired a lot of people to start making music. Although, the success of Joy Division was never shared by the heart of the group, Ian Curtis. He reportedly made no more than 2500 UK pounds from making music over the course of about two years. Deborah Curtis puts this into words for us. She talks about nearly having her phone cut off because they couldn't afford the bill, barely being able to afford food and just generally having to live pay-check to pay-check and gig to gig. It certainly does not romanticize the rock band.
Another element is the pressure that was brought to bare on both Ian and the other members of the band. Although Deborah Curtis makes sure to not indict anyone for Ian's decision to kill himself, she certainly paints record company management and JD's manager as being self-serving at the cost of Ian's health.
The other members of JD come off as very innocent, both in their reaction to Ian's obvious problems and the music industry. Peter Hook, their bass player, puts it best when he says, "They [bars/club owners/record companies] still think musicians are stupid. In fact, I'd agree with them on that; most of them are pretty stupid." Although JD dealt poorly with the business of music, they come across as warm people. Bernard Sumner befriends Ian and tries to shock him into thinking different after his first suicide attempt, Stephen Morris's cautious relationship to Gillian Gilbert and Peter Hook's condolences after Ian's funeral are just some examples that stay in my mind.
Lastly, there is the psychological element of the book. Deborah Curtis is not a doctor, and she plainly explains that we will never know exactly what caused Ian to commit suicide. However, she supposes that Ian tormented himself, internalizing all the perceived pain that he felt he had caused. This might be shown best when he tries to defend his affair by meekly saying that it was too cruel to tell his mistress that he didn't want to see her again.
Overall, I would only recommend this book to those into Joy Division in particular and the business of music in general. Good book!
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remystifying, Nov. 8 2001
this isnt a work of literature by any means, but its the better for it. what comes up through the stylistic cracks is the bitterness of a pragmatic and sensible widow who was abandoned both in life and death by a rather unpleasant, egotistical, drug-riddled, pretentious young man who seems never to have lost an adolescent death-wish, which was finally triggered by the late onset of epilepsy, or a taste for fascist imagery and ideals. thats not to say you come away with the idea she didnt love the poor guy either. its not so much demystifying as changing the mystique behind joy divisions brief life: how did these ordinary kids playing in pubs with their girlfriends in the audience and eating bags of chips on the way home come up with music of such depth and staying power?
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A wife who never nkew his husband, Avril 30 2001
I bought this book with great expectations, hoping to find the answers for the suicide and self distructive personality of Ian Curtis... yes he was a brilliant songwriter, and I agree with Bono when he says that Ian's voice was holy, I knew all that, but my main questions remain unanswered... she barely knew the man she was married to. Maybe he never did let anybody know who he really was, but you would have expected to find something else about him, the reasons (besides the epilepsy) for his behaviour. The book it's not bad at all, there some beautiful pictures inside, also unpublished and unfinished lyrics, that are trully jewels for Joy Division fans (like me)... one more thing that was very disappointing to me, was to find out that strange fetish Ian Curtis had with the Nazi period... I knew what Joy Division was (some escort service for the third reich members) but I thought it was some sarcastic joke, or some stupid way of rebellion... but no, the man seemed to be obsessed with Nazism, to me that was a disgusting thing to discover...
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