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| No Love Lost | |
This page contains the following information about this Joy Division song:
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| Track history |
| Recorded in December 1977 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham
Released on An Ideal For Living, on Substance and on Heart and Soul |
| Recorded on May 3rd/4th 1978 at Arrow Studios, Manchester; released on Warsaw |
| Lyrics |
| So long sitting here - didn't hear the warning
Waiting for the tape to run We've been moving round in different situations Knowing that the time would come Just to see you torn apart Witness to your empty heart I need it - I need it - I need it -- The original version contains a spoken extract from the book House of Dolls: |
| Through the wire screen, the eyes of those standing outside looked in at her as into the cage of some rare creature in a zoo. In the hand of one of the assistants she saw the same instrument which they had that morning inserted deep into her body. She shuddered instinctively. No life at all in the house of dolls. No love lost. No love lost.
The following verse is in the later (Warsaw) version only: |
| Two-way mirror in the hall
They like to watch everything you do Transmitters hidden in the wall So they know everything you say is true Turn it on - don't turn it on - turn it on Both versions then converge again: |
| You've been seeing things in darkness, not in learning
Hoping that the truth will pass No life underground - wasting, never changing Wishing that this day won't last To never see you show your age To watch until the beauty fades I need it - I need it - I need it -- |
| Other information | |
| The spoken text is taken from the book The House of Dolls by Karol Cetinsky | |
| Cover versions by: | Released on: |
| Anklebiter | Anklebiter (No Idea NIR 057) |
| The Distillers | Recorded live in 2004 but not released commercially |
| The Effigies | Fly On A Wire (Enigma 72051 1985) |
| The Flow | Warsaw (El Colectivo Karma 011 1998) |
| Gotico | A Means To An End (own release 2007) |
| The Horrors | Available on various bootlegs of live performances |
| Jack O'Fire | Bring Me the Head of Jon Spencer (Undone UR-002)
Destruction of Squaresville (Estrus ESD 1213 1994) |
| LCD Soundsystem | Recorded live in 2007 but not released commercially |
| Pegasi51 | Space Riot (Morbid Bros 1999) |
| Serotonin T O | Community 2: A NewOrderOnline Tribute (Retroforward 03 2006) |
| The Seymores | 1000 lb Grr'lla (Pitch A Tent 3 1998) |
| Vension | Workman's Comp (Big Money/Earmark 1995) |
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