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From: markb@druri.UUCP (BryantME)
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Subject: Re:Dirge Music (The Cure etc..)
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Date: Wed, 27-Mar-85 13:59:33 EST
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>  As far as other depressing bands go I've never heard them but a band
> called "Section 25" is supposed to sound like Joy Division. (They're on the
> same label). 

Yes, Section 25 is on Factory records (as are Joy Division).  Their sound,
however, is much more like later New Order material (which is the band that
Joy Division evolved into).  With female lead vocals.  It is good music,
but I would not consider it Dirge music.

Another band with this kind of sound is "A Popular History of Signs".
Their album "Comrades" (on Wax Trax records) sounds a lot like
New Order "Power, Corruption and Lies".

I do find Echo and the Bunnymen and the Cure to be depressing at times,
but listening to The Smiths puts a smile on my face.  With lyrics like
"I'm not looking for a lover, I just want to be tied to the back of
your car" (from "You've Got Everything Now"), I can't help but smile.


Mark Bryant
AT&T Information Systems, Denver CO
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