Joy Division – Shadowplay Song Review
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Shadowplay is by my admittance an O.K song but nothing more. It’s a throwaway schmaltzy rock effort that is barely worthy of a Black Sabbath outtake.
The pressing question here is – why the hell does Ian Curtis have to sound so constipated in this song? If he’s trying to sound ‘moody’ then he fails miserably. He sounds like he needs a shit urgently, that’s all.
The cheesy guitar break ruins the whole song. Honest to God. It’s like something you’d hear in a 70’s porno. I can hear testicles bouncing off foreheads every time I listen to it.
The video to it is comedy gold. We’re introduced for the first time to Ian’s Robot dance that his fans love so much. What Joy Division fans don’t realize is that Ian does not dance like a robot. He looks like a lost old man on a treadmill in the midst of a dementia-induced panic attack.