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duga · 05-26-2010, 11:21 AM

This is one of those threads where I can't honestly compare them. I love both bands and listen to both when I am in completely different moods.

But, I'll still bite. Joy Division only because Curtis paved the way for even the Smiths to be so emotionally honest in their lyrics. Joy Division was largely ignored by the mainstream because of their "depressing" lyrics, but that is what got them the recognition they deserve. Before them, no one was so painfully true in what they were singing, and after them the floodgates were opened. You have to take it with the good and bad, obviously, since this is the origin of teen angst bands. But I can deal with the crap for the amount of good music that resulted. The first band that pops in my head thinking of this is the Jesus and Mary Chain. And yes, the Smiths as well.

05-26-2010, 11:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	This is one of those threads where I can't honestly compare them. I love both bands and listen to both when I am in completely different moods. But, I'll still bite. Joy Division only because Curtis paved the way for even the Smiths to be so emotionally honest in their lyrics. Joy Division was largely ignored by the mainstream because of their "depressing" lyrics, but that is what got them the recognition they deserve. Before them, no one was so painfully true in what they were singing, and after them the floodgates were opened. You have to take it with the good and bad, obviously, since this is the origin of teen angst bands. But I can deal with the crap for the amount of good music that resulted. The first band that pops in my head thinking of this is the Jesus and Mary Chain. And yes, the Smiths as well. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...