tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post2235923338811428112..comments2024-01-19T21:33:09.716+00:00Comments on E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK: Curtis Is As Kurt DoesEYEWEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01900801847916951522noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-15950612790101144312007-05-18T21:55:00.000+01:002007-05-18T21:55:00.000+01:00This California upper-middle class kid, raised in ...This California upper-middle class kid, raised in sunshine and optimism (if we discount six years in Toledo, Ohio), had hardly heard anything like Joy Division when I first came across them in the early eighties. As you put it, the lyrics (and the music, too) powerfullly communicated the hopelessness of IC and JD's "post-industrial wasteland."<BR/><BR/>And playing "New Dawn Fades" in long jams with various friends definitely made the point hit home hard. "A loaded gun won't set you free."Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.com