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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Dr. Emmanuel Wu)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re:Dirge Music (The Cure etc..)
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Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 12:32:31 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 28 12:32:31 1985
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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.  [MARK BRYANT]

Factory Records used to be a repository for dirge music bands, Section 25
and Stockholm Monsters among them.  The one man responsible for producing
most of these records is Martin Hannett.  Hannett has produced Joy
Division, Section 25, Stockholm Monsters, as well as early Psychedelic
Furs (I think Sister Europe and other songs from that first record), and
(under the name Martin Zero) OMD's classic ditty "Electricity".

> 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.

There's something about the Smiths.  Though Morrissey's lyrics are oftimes
quite openly gay-oriented, he often comes through with statements that are
universally poignant ("I am human and I need to be loved, just like
everybody else does" from How Soon is Now?).  And the ever popular...
-- 
"Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body?  I dunno."
				Rich Rosen 	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr