*So This Is Permanence is published on Thursday by Faber. Read the entire Interview at The Guardian here “Having the whole thing together as a body of work, the music and now the lyrics, is wonderful,” she says. However, having his lyrics compiled into a book of poetry is fantastic, Deborah goes on to explain: I think we can all agree that if Ian Curtis had written a novel, it would have most likely been a masterpiece. Jon Savage is the author of Englands Dreaming. When he got to 40 or 50, he probably could have written a terrific book.” Joy Division released two seminal post-punk albums: Unknown Pleasures (1979) and the posthumous Closer (1980). I think he would have continued to write even if he didn’t want to perform. I don’t think the fame and life on the road suited him very well. It seemed like a logical progression to put it to music. At the time, poetry was considered old-fashioned. That was part of the era – the rock-star aspect. “We grew up watching pop programmes on television. Deborah spoke to Jenny Stevens of The Guardian regarding the new book, called “ So This is Permanence: Joy Division Lyrics and Notebooks “, the title taken from the haunting Joy Division song “24 Hours” Handwritten Lyrics to Love Will Tear Us Apartĭeborah explains that Ian was more of a 60’s style poet more akin to Ballard, and Burroughs than his hero Bowie, and it was the writing that was more important to him than performing: Deborah Curtis, the widow to Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, has compiled a book of his original handwritten lyrics along with journalist Jon Savage.
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