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RE: (TV) Joy Division



Well...you can make that argument, but I disagree. 
I think credit is rarely given to an artist for good sequencing, which
is often the difference between a good record and a great record. 
Larry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of
Henry
> Biedenkapp
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 10:43 AM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: (TV) Joy Division
> 
> >From: Scott Simpson <SSimpson@nyc.rr.com>
> 
> >Since we're still in the middle of a Beatle'spleasekillmecirclejerk,
I
> >thought I would tell my own trax story about Unknown Pleasures.
> Borrowing
> >the album from my music mentor and recording it to a cassette, little
Ivy
> >League snot that I was got the album fresh from the factory and saw
sides
> >lable inside and outside.  Figuring that we had to start at the
outside
> to
> >get to the inside, Unknown Pleasures as I unknow and love it begins
with
> >She's Lost Control and ends with New Dawn Fades.  Most of you think
it
> >begins with Disorder and ends with I Remember Nothing.
> >
> >Unknow what?  It's the way the album belongs.  I can't listen to it
any
> >other way.  It's like flipping the order of Wish You Were Here, it is
> just
> >wrong if you play the inside first.
> >
> >So for those of you who don't unknow Joy Division yet.  Unknow this,
> figure
> >out a way to listen to it outside and then inside.  It will remain an
> >amazing experience even 20 years later.
> 
> Very interesting Scott, I'll have to try and unlearn the "sheep" way
and
> try
> this.
> It's a classic album no matter where you start and I can't see how
anyone
> can prefer either of the first two albums over the other. They are
both
> masterpieces - equal to each other and on par with MM and Adventure.
> 
> Has anybody ever noticed that if you run the three title together it
says:
> "Unknown Pleasures Closer Still" Hmm.....
> 
> Henry
> 
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