1. Joy Division – Atmosphere
Peter Hook despairs whenever anyone refers to Joy Division as a goth band, but what else were they? Desolate atmospherics, icily reverberating synths, Ian Curtis’ portentous baritone. All those qualities found their ultimate expression in ‘Atmosphere’, a song whose shattering emotive power is intensified by Anton Corbijn’s monochrome video (shot eight years after the song’s original release), featuring mysterious hooded figures swarming slowly over a bleached landscape.
Most gothic moment: The vast, echoing guitar chords that enter at 3.23.
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Walk in silence
Don’t walk away, in silence
See the danger
Always danger
Endless talking
Life rebuilding
Don’t walk away
Walk in silence
Don’t turn away, in silence
Your confusion
My illusion
Worn like a mask of self-hate
Confronts and then dies
Don’t walk away
People like you find it easy
Naked to see
Walking on air
Hunting by the rivers through the streets, every corner
Abandoned too soon
Set down with due care
Don’t walk away, in silence
Don’t walk away
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