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Topic	CasanovaZelos's Top 250 Songs Project
CasanovaZelos 08/23/21 7:29:59 PM #399:	20. Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980) non-album single https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No Key lyrics: Just that something so good just cant function no more Love Will Tear Us Apart is almost impossible to separate from the events surrounding its creation and release. Ian Curtis had committed suicide a month before this single dropped, and the title resonated enough that his wife added it to his gravestone. If Atmosphere played at a higher level, Love Will Tear Us Apart finds Curtis stewing over his personal mistakes. This is a raw portrait of two lovers clinging onto hopelessness, a song shrouded in overwhelming despair. But actually listening to the song, there seems to be something else at play. New Order did not come out of nowhere; Joy Division were already toying with synthesizers, and the glossy production here so perfectly captures a band in transition. In a way, it is tonally jarring Ian Curtiss deep voice does not pair well with this soft sound. But this dissonance is key to the enduring success. There is no sense of irony as would be found in plenty of synth-pop songs. Instead, the synthesizer on Love Will Tear Us Apart suggests a man trying to keep his head above water. Though we know Ian Curtis failed in this regard, it does a disservice to his art to paint it with a lens of inevitability. When we fixate on the tragedy, we miss why so many people care in the first place not many people got into Joy Division simply because they heard the lead singer killed himself. Songs like Love Will Tear Us Apart are a perfect showcase for music as a form of limitless self-expression. A man can write about his failing marriage and form it into a cold dance track pushing the boundaries of genre expectations. A lot of us have experienced heartbreak, and though few of us take such an extreme path, Love Will Tear Us Apart still embodies a universal sense of slowly crumbling relationships. --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/ <cite>CasanovaZelos posted [p:957373622] in CasanovaZe... [t:79452388]...</cite> <quote>20. Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980) non-album single https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No Key lyrics: Just that something so good just cant function no more Love Will Tear Us Apart is almost impossible to separate from the events surrounding its creation and release. Ian Curtis had committed suicide a month before this single dropped, and the title resonated enough that his wife added it to his gravestone. If Atmosphere played at a higher level, Love Will Tear Us Apart finds Curtis stewing over his personal mistakes. This is a raw portrait of two lovers clinging onto hopelessness, a song shrouded in overwhelming despair. But actually listening to the song, there seems to be something else at play. New Order did not come out of nowhere; Joy Division were already toying with synthesizers, and the glossy production here so perfectly captures a band in transition. In a way, it is tonally jarring Ian Curtiss deep voice does not pair well with this soft sound. But this dissonance is key to the enduring success. There is no sense of irony as would be found in plenty of synth-pop songs. Instead, the synthesizer on Love Will Tear Us Apart suggests a man trying to keep his head above water. Though we know Ian Curtis failed in this regard, it does a disservice to his art to paint it with a lens of inevitability. When we fixate on the tragedy, we miss why so many people care in the first place not many people got into Joy Division simply because they heard the lead singer killed himself. Songs like Love Will Tear Us Apart are a perfect showcase for music as a form of limitless self-expression. A man can write about his failing marriage and form it into a cold dance track pushing the boundaries of genre expectations. A lot of us have experienced heartbreak, and though few of us take such an extreme path, Love Will Tear Us Apart still embodies a universal sense of slowly crumbling relationships. --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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