Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site linus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!linus!cv From: cv@linus.UUCP (Chris J. Valas) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Sisters of Mercy, & Joy Division Message-ID: <440@linus.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 13:56:59 EDT Article-I.D.: linus.440 Posted: Wed Jun 26 13:56:59 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 02:44:49 EDT References: <4496@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1118@peora.UUCP> Reply-To: cv@linus.UUCP (Chris J. Valas) Distribution: net.music Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA Lines: 23 Keywords: Dirge Dance -=- >(J. Eric Roskos) writes: > >Joy Division is one of those groups who ought to have a warning label on >the cover of their albums. I innocently bought one of their albums because >it had a nice looking family of curves plotted on it... > >I guess the term "joy division" probably means something to those in the >right subculture that gives them a clue, but I had no idea until I read the >lyrics. Ugh. Kind of hard to relate to. > The band chose the name to suit the music: "Joy Division" was the term applied by German troops to the prostitute's wing of concentration camps during WWII. Their name was "Warsaw" previous to that, and there is a good import album of early raw material available by that title. -=- Chris J. Valas {decvax,utzoo,philabs,security,allegra,genrad}!linus!cv -=- "To the depths of the ocean where our hope sank, waiting for you...."