The refinement work lasted until late at night, to the point where the band members themselves, exhausted, began to leave the studio and go to sleep. He saw in that song huge potential, and he had every intention of getting the best out of it. At the time of recording, in March 1980, Hannett entered a whirlwind of unprecedented perfectionism. That strange pop song might not fully convince Joy Division, but it sent Martin Hannett into a frenzy. Or perhaps because you don’t care anymore. It is a taste of guilt, of an awareness that, if things didn’t work, it’s perhaps because you’re not trying hard enough. And, for a sensitive spirit, this easily led to despair: the kind that bites with sharp teeth, the kind that grabs you and leaves you with that ugly taste in your mouth. The love that would tear them apart was probably inspired by Ian Curtis’ problematic marriage and his way of conceiving relationships, which irremediably ended up losing passion and devolving into resentment, accusations, tears and detachment. Of course, the lyrics were anything but sunny. The apotheosis of dark wave, but now here it was, a “pop” song…
No doubt, but … where did that pop-like mood come from, with that growingĬhorus and that melody with clear nuances of optimism? Joy Division were Less coherent form, Joy Division were a bit perplexed. Heard it and immediately started to lead the others, suggesting ideas for drumsĪnd guitars and then adding the lyrics. Us Apart: the first melodic intuition came from Peter Hook, Ian Curtis That was how it happened for Love Will Tear And it wouldn’t even have been recorded it would still exist Of suitable lyrics and adapting them to fit the song. Reach for his diaries, grumbling about this or that phrase, selecting a couple When the melody was mature enough, he would While the band members tried this or that tune, approaching them as soon as heįelt that something good was coming out, then helping them to evolve this In Joy Division, Ian Curtis wasn’t responsibleįor writing the songs: he was the one that perceived music before the others, Whenever he felt inspired, filling his notebooks with thoughts and sentences as Was not the kind of artist who prepared in the studio with hours of work and a For the record, Ian Curtis was just 23 and, as the bassist Peter Hook explained more recently, a passion for Frank Sinatra doesn’t come at that stage in life. Within the band, nobody in their right mind was thinking of writing Frank Sinatra-like songs. Both Wilson and the producer Martin Hannett were of the opinion that Ian could draw inspiration from Sinatra, but they were also aware of the situation: Joy Division were one of the brightest rising stars in the English post-punk scene, their first album Unknown Pleasures having been a huge success, and their dark and depressed mood finding its way into the hearts of a generation of teenagers. When Tony Wilson gave Ian Curtis a collection of Frank Sinatra records in 1980, he probably had no great expectations about the result, and he certainly felt that neither Ian nor the other band members would understand.
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