Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Sisters of Mercy, & Joy Division Message-ID: <1118@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 19:18:03 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1118 Posted: Sun Jun 23 19:18:03 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Jun-85 03:46:38 EDT References: <4496@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1118@peora.UUCP> Distribution: net.music Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 20 Keywords: Dirge Dance > 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... > [PS - No flames, please. I mean, I'm not commenting on the moral aspects > of their music or anything like that... only that it's the kind of stuff > some people might find uncomfortable.] Which is why it should be required listening for people living in the 20th century, especially those who spend their time listening to refrigerator music on magic radio stations. > 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. I recall joy division was a term referring to the sections of Nazi concentration camps in which the prostitutes were kept. -- Like a sturgeon (GLURG!), caught for the very first time... Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr