touching from a distance by deborah curtis

Ian Curtis was a singer and lyric writer of rare, mediumistic power: his songs and performances for Joy Division conveyed desperate, raging emotions behind a dour, Mancunian façade. Special thanks to Peter Bossley for his guidance and encouragement, without which I would still be grinding my teeth in my sleep! Kisses to Wesley. © Anton Corbijn.Īll uncredited photographs © Deborah Curtis.Ī big thank you to all the people I interviewed: Iris Bates, Ernest Beard, Derek Brandwood, Kelvin Briggs, Oliver Cleaver, Steve Doggart, Franck Essner, Peter Hook, Michael Kelly, Terry Mason, Paul Morley, Stephen Morris, Tony Nuttall, Patrick O’Connor, Lindsay Reade, Peter Reid, Richard Searling, Bernard Sumner, Sue Sumner, John Talbot, Anthony Wilson and Helen Atkinson Wood. 17 Still from Anton Corbijn’s ‘Atmosphere’ video. 16 In the living-room at Barton Street with Natalie. 15 Ian and Natalie in South Park, Macclesfield, March 1980. 13 Ian in concert, The Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, 4 April 1980. 10 & 11 Liverpool and Manchester gig lists, 1979. 8 At the punk rock festival, Mont de Marsan, August 1976.

2 Ian with his friend Tony Nuttall in the garden at Hurdsfield, August 1966. Title Page List of Illustrations Ian Curtis’ original lyrics for ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ Dedication Acknowledgements Foreword by Jon Savage Introduction An Urban Soundtrack TWO Walk with Me, Take Hold and See THREE Face to Face FOUR Where Fantasy Ends FIVE Something Must Break SIX A Newsreel Clip SEVEN Walking on Air EIGHT On a Razor’s Edge NINE These Days TEN I Know My Life Is Getting Harder ELEVEN This Is My Crisis TWELVE Decide for Me THIRTEEN My Timing FOURTEEN Written There for All ONEĭiscography Lyrics Unseen Lyrics Gig List Index About the Authorįrontispiece, Ian Curtis’s original lyrics for ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’. Ian Curtis’s original lyrics for ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’.

Touching from a Distance Ian Curtis and Joy Division DEBORAH CURTIS

Touching from a distance by deborah curtis