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In A Lonely Place by Joy Division: sepulchral synth washes like the stagnant air in a Lovecraftian crypt; marmoreal, abstract lyrics that amount to a sculptural Pieta; a song written but never performed by a man so distant from life that he spoke like he was already dead, a statement of intent...

I've just watched it performed on T4 and felt the need to register to a forum just to voice my disgust. Every iota of wit, venom and self-pity has been sucked out and replaced with the buffoonish superficial sincerity of a blowhard. The "R'n'B" of 2007 has nothing to do with Motown, just as this...