So This is Permanence: Joy Division Lyrics and Notebooks

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title So This is Permanence: Joy Division Lyrics and Notebooks
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ian Curtis
Edited by Jon Savage
Introduction by Deborah Curtis
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 280,Width 205
Category/GenreRock and Pop
Bands, groups and musicians
Musical scores and lyrics
ISBN/Barcode 9780571309573
ClassificationsDewey:782.42166092
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 20 August 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 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. Interspersed with the lyrics are previously unpublished facsimile pages of Ian's notebooks, which throw his highly emotive lyrics into fascinating relief and cast light on the creative process of this singularly poetic songwriter.

Author Biography

Ian Curtis was born in Stretford, Lancashire, and grew up in Macclesfield. Joy Division released two seminal post-punk albums: Unknown Pleasures (1979) and the posthumous Closer (1980). Jon Savage is the author of England's Dreaming, Teenage and The England's Dreaming Tapes.