some scary conicidence

just finished listening to the interpol live set that i downloaded from some extremely kind soul who posted it on some forum that truely deserves some form of applause and a huge pat on the back.

having said that, i would like to draw your attention towards paul's voice. its sounds almost like an errie?, fatatlly similar reincarnation of ian curtis. i'm saying this as i have this joy division live cd and they sound absolutely alike. From the way they strain their voices, to the breathing pauses and short puntuacted short burst gasps. its uncanny and terrifying at the same time, one hand their trying extremely hard to dispel any similarities with JD with the superb and melodic 2nd ablum which found banks actually ultising his voice to mesmerizing effect on all those songs, with mood swings, tonal nasal-ness. But once live, they seem to find it hard to exorcise the ghosts of yester-years, which is a real petty coz they are quite exceptional in front of an audience.

perhaps i'm over stretching things but i cant help picture Ian fronting interpol and paul standing alongside peter hook and bernand. its mind warping yet insanely possible. Lets say if you compared lyrics, their fractured sense of timing and seemingly non-chalance to tossing and mixing words aound share this similar ground. One which explores the often discuessed and mis-understood region of the unpredictable human behaviour towards this sickening thing called 'love'.

It apparently all boils down to this. Both of them are truely great lyricists, this much i believe and respect them....a hell lot.