Joy Division
A stark, clinical account of watching someone lose command of their own body and mind, built around a mechanical repeated…
loss of control epilepsy/illness powerlessness of the observer
The Kinks
The Kinks revive Lola from their earlier hit only to trap her in a nervous, self-lacerating anthem about anxiety and…
paranoia and mental illness self-sabotage fame and surveillance anxiety
Warren Zevon
A cover of Dylan's outlaw death-ballad, recorded by Zevon while he was terminally ill, so the song's fictional frame collapses…
mortality surrender acceptance