So This is Permanence: Joy Division Lyrics and Notebooks

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The next section contains alternative lyrics, some unrecorded songs, and a bit of prose. And the final section of the book contains artwork, photo's of some of the books in Ian's library that were important to him and also some fan letters to him. Those were the days: when artistic, intense young men and women (although it tended to be men) could see not only what was great about Rimbaud or Kafka, but also what was great about the Sex Pistols – and then form a band. It’s a pleasure to find in this book the cover of Curtis’s copy of Rimbaud’s poems, and also the bookplate in the copy of The Art of Coarse Acting that he was awarded for the history prize at the King’s school, Macclesfield (it’s rather touching that Curtis kept it; it doesn’t sound like his cup of tea). Lccn 2015563614 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.6337 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-0000161 Openlibrary_edition Some of the most famous songs of the band include "Love Will Tear Us Apart" , "She's Lost Control", “Transmission” , and "Dead Souls". So This Is Permanence presents the lyrics and personal notebooks of one of the most enigmatic and influential music artists of the late twentieth century, Joy Division’s Ian Curtis.

Deborah met Ian when she was a teenager in Macclesfield. He was an awkward, lanky figure who wore skinny jeans and eyeliner. By then, he was already a cult figure locally: a poet and a writer who carried his work around in a plastic bag, even after his band found success.Although this particular book is nothing near a biography of Ian Curtis or the band, there is a brief history of Ian in the forward written by his widowed wife Deborah, also a bit of band history in the introduction by Jon Savage. However, in the case of Ian Curtis – the last point is a moot one; the overwhelming majority of everything said and written about Curtis since his death has (for the most part) not been media fuelled ghoulish sanctification or hyperbole. Ian Curtis really was as gifted and talented a writer and performer as is written. Well, here you can see the lines surrounding the couplet, and Curtis’s crossing-through of an alternative line from earlier in the song: “to see what went wrong”. Turn to “She’s Lost Control” and there’s another line that didn’t make it to the record: “and in horror that one day I’d learn the truth ...” You needn’t read too much into such omissions, but you can spend a fruitful few minutes speculating on why the lines were dropped. All of which brings me to “So This is Permanence: Joy Division Lyrics and Notebooks.” As a Joy Division release, it is exactly what one would expect: beautifully designed, bound in gray cloth and printed in white ink, an homage to their posthumous album “Still.” It’s a luscious look behind the curtain of a musician who took his craft as a writer, and his role as a singer, incredibly seriously. Though his words are presented without music, they never come across as poetry. That’s partly because, I think, it’s impossible to read the words without hearing the atmospheric austerity or driving motorik laid down by Barney, Hooky, and Stephen. But it’s also because, by having the scans from Ian Curtis’s notebooks, you can see — and feel — the urgency of his writing, and can imagine him pacing in his Macclesfield flat searching for the right word, or weaving disparate phrases together to fit a song taking shape during rehearsals. An appendix of fragments, early drafts, and lyrics for songs never composed, offers even more insight into Curtis’s process. A second appendix — a hodgepodge of fanzines, show bills, fan letters, and the covers of books from which Curtis drew inspiration — rounds out a book that is both lovely and lovingly assembled. This is the limited edition of Jon Savage's "So This Is Permanence" which was limited to 200 copies only. This is number 84 / 200. Reluctant sale, but need the money.

Inside front of case to have paper envelope attached, containing exclusive high-quality print reproduction of ‘She’s Lost Control’ lyrics as per notebooks, also to be signed and numbered It is fascinating to read Curtis’ song lyrics in their original hand written versions with visible deletions, corrections, changes and additions – it gives us at least a little insight into the mind of Ian Curtis and the process of his song writing. Clear also is the development and progression in Curtis’ song writing abilities over the short course of time they were written (1977-80).To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Ian Curtis' premature passing, Peter Hook gathered his acclaimed The Light, plus occasional extra Rowetta, for an epic three-hour concert featuring every Joy Division song. If you think performing nearly four-dozen songs continuously is a piece of piss, kindly shit off and read about the new Will Young single instead. If you care about live music and, most importantly here, the legacy of an enigmatic, talented but ultimately normal working-class lad with extreme epilepsy (hence the chosen charity), Macclesfield's unassuming Christ Church sets the scene for what sounds like quite a show. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-05-05 15:14:33 Associated-names Savage, Jon, editor, writer of introduction; Curtis, Deborah, editor, writer of preface Autocrop_version 0.0.12_books-20220331-0.2 Boxid IA40466021 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier The songs of Joy Division, infused with the energy of punk but steeped in a resigned longing, were born of Manchester in the late seventies - a once flourishing industrial city in decline. They were the songs too of Ian Curtis's inner tragedies, as he battled depression, epilepsy and debilitating stage fright. Ian Curtis committed suicide in 1980, on the eve of the band's first American tour. Does she still play Joy Division’s music? “I don’t,” she says softly. “I can hear it if I want to. It’s there in my head.” Faber Social is proud to announce the publication of this stunning book in a limited edition of 200 copies, signed by Deborah Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Jon Savage and Bernard Sumner.

Of course, many of these lyrics have been published before in Touching From A Distance and the Heart and Soul box set and they are certainly worth revisiting it is, however, This Is Permanence’s appendices that are the true revelations. In them we get to see lyrics in their alternative and early forms plus prose, artwork, fanzines, letters, and books that Ian was drawn to. It is in this section where we truly get to see Curtis’ work ethic. Lyrics are altered, titles are swapped (for example Shadowplay is originally entitled Interzone) and we see a writer who is obviously conflicted about revealing his true feelings. This is none more explicit than in his reworking of Love Will Tear Us Apart which sees him alternating from first person to observer, from “this” to “your”.

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She says she does, occasionally, take out the lyrics and read through them. “Having the whole thing together as a body of work, the music and now the lyrics, is wonderful,” she says. “I wish he was here. He’d be so proud.” urn:lcp:sothisispermanen0000curt:epub:e5420d77-6b4b-44d4-8a47-a919fb586774 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier sothisispermanen0000curt Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s26gcv3f8sr Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781452138459 So This Is Permanence, edited by Jon Savage with a foreword by Deborah Curtis, presents the intensely personal writings of one of the most enigmatic and influential songwriters and performers of the late twentieth century, Joy Division’s Ian Curtis.

The media amplification, deification and santification of a lost artist as something far greater than they ever were, or ever could be An early version of Love Will Tear Us Apart. Curtis played with variations of ‘your’, ‘this ’, and ‘the bedroom’ in earlier drafts Photograph: PR

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