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| Atrocity Exhibition | |
This page contains the following information about this Joy Division song:
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| Track history |
| Recorded on June 4th 1979 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham
This version, recorded for Piccadilly Radio, was not released |
| Live performance on July 13th 1979 at The Factory released on Heart and Soul |
| Live performance released from January 11th 1980 at the Paradiso, Amsterdam |
| Recorded in March 1980 at Britannia Row Studios, Islington, London
This version was released on Closer and on Heart and Soul |
| Lyrics |
| Asylums with doors open wide
Where people could pay to see inside For entertainment they watch his body twist Behind his eyes he says: I still exist This is the way - step inside -- In arenas he kills for a prize Wins a minute to add to his life But the sickness is drowned by cries for more Pray to God, make it quick - watch him fall This is the way - step inside -- This is the way -- This is the way - step inside -- You'll see the horrors of a faraway place Meet the architects of war face to face See mass murder on a scale you've never seen And all the ones who try hard to succeed This is the way - step inside -- The studio version ends with the following: And I picked on the whims of a thousand or more Still pursuing the path that's been buried for years All the dead wood from jungles and cities on fire Can't replace or relate - can't release or repair Take my hand and I'll show you what was and will be This is replaced on the live versions by the following: This is the way -- This is the way - step inside -- Step inside - step inside Wanna see some more? step inside -- |
| Other information | |
| The title comes from the anthology of stories by science-fiction writer J G Ballard | |
| Cover versions by: | Released on: |
| Exhibicion Atroz | Exhibicion Atroz (Ultimate CD-1 1997) |
| Kung Fu Jesus | M (Satan-a-Go-Go 7697 1996) |
| Nobody | Gothic Grimoire 3 (Celtic Circle 1996) |
| Russ Pay | Closer Still (Dressed To Kill FUCT354 2000) |
| Subterranean Dining Room | Something About Joy Division (Vox Pop VP3 1989) |
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