OK, I know that Joy Division had a bit of a nazi fixation going on, but to me the last verses (the ones with start off with "Full of a glory never seen") make this more about rebelliousness, about how normal, conformist people ("squares") have "walked in line" throughout human history, unlike Ian and his punky gang.
This is a general thread of lyricism that ran through Curtis' songs, especially the punkier ones (duh I guess), It also think that he sang a lot about the hardships and disillusionment that came from choosing the lesser trodden path ("Colony" and "Sound of Music" come to mind)...all this obviously from the point of view of a depressive, Ian was one of the greatest lyricist at portraying that disease...
Maybe he was also drawing a parallel between said "squares" and the nazi brigades he was obsessed with? A bit immature perhaps, but remember, Joy Division was post-PUNK, they were huge Sex Pistols fans and they were way punkier than most people think, a lot of the time sounding like a slowed down, sludgy punk band, playing to rowdy audiences full of skinheads and the like...
Maybe he was also drawing a parallel between said "squares" and the nazi brigades he was obsessed with? A bit immature perhaps, but remember, Joy Division was post-PUNK, they were huge Sex Pistols fans and they were way punkier than most people think, a lot of the time sounding like a slowed down, sludgy punk band, playing to rowdy audiences full of skinheads and the like...
OK, I know that Joy Division had a bit of a nazi fixation going on, but to me the last verses (the ones with start off with "Full of a glory never seen") make this more about rebelliousness, about how normal, conformist people ("squares") have "walked in line" throughout human history, unlike Ian and his punky gang.
This is a general thread of lyricism that ran through Curtis' songs, especially the punkier ones (duh I guess), It also think that he sang a lot about the hardships and disillusionment that came from choosing the lesser trodden path ("Colony" and "Sound of Music" come to mind)...all this obviously from the point of view of a depressive, Ian was one of the greatest lyricist at portraying that disease...
Maybe he was also drawing a parallel between said "squares" and the nazi brigades he was obsessed with? A bit immature perhaps, but remember, Joy Division was post-PUNK, they were huge Sex Pistols fans and they were way punkier than most people think, a lot of the time sounding like a slowed down, sludgy punk band, playing to rowdy audiences full of skinheads and the like...
Maybe he was also drawing a parallel between said "squares" and the nazi brigades he was obsessed with? A bit immature perhaps, but remember, Joy Division was post-PUNK, they were huge Sex Pistols fans and they were way punkier than most people think, a lot of the time sounding like a slowed down, sludgy punk band, playing to rowdy audiences full of skinheads and the like...