Joy Division revisited

There's a weirdass Italian tribute album that came out in the late eighties that is mostly there, but there's a version of "Shadowplay" by Afterhours that's wonderful, just acoustic guitar, piano and vocals. Great take.

Human Drama's "Decades." Lycia's "In a Lonely Place" (beats the hell out of that miserable Bush version -- gah!). Even NIN's "Dead Souls." The Cure's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is bemusing.

Interpol from NYC, hopefully a full debut album next year.

Spiral of Silence from Belgium. Their much delayed album Decadent should be released shortly.

And I will totally stand up for Bush's JD cover, simply because of Tricky's involvement (when, you know, people thought Tricky was da bomb). And it's undoubtedly the highpoint of the Crow 2 soundtrack (though I'm still partial to the rote NIN-lite-moves of Filter's "Jurassitol").

Actually, it's not very good, but all my favourite JD covers have been mentioned. It is a curio though.

NIN cover of Dead Souls

Related: Get Up Kids cover of Regret

Steering clear of such horribleness, I thought of another cover that I don't think has been recorded -- the Bellows, an enjoyable if not stellar group from SF, did a very good version of "Disorder" to close their set last fall when opening for the Chameleons.

Honeymoon Stitch's cover of Day Of The Lords.

Knives Out's cover of Transmission.

Further's cover of Insight.

kREMLIN's cover of These Days.

---related---

Philip Obando`s cover of New Order`s Special.

there's some amusing covers on the Japanese indie-band tribute album Re:Movement as well. particularly the one of "World In Motion," because they greatly improved the song by removing every lyric but the chorus~~!

I picked up Les Bains Douches based on Ned's positive review on AMG and am currently rocking the hell out to Digital.

Are all the vinyls hot pink?!

Shadowplay fuggin destroys on les bains douches.

The Killers did an........interesting version of Shadowplay in their Glastonbury headline set last night.

ow fuckin christ

;_;

Hoos, I love you.

Doubtless no one cares about LCD Soundsystem's cover of No Love Lost. But that's okay. I don't mind really, as long as we blare Joy Division when we are drunk. That is the important thing.

The Killers did an........interesting version of Shadowplay in their Glastonbury headline set last night.

Yeah, they recorded it for the Ian Curtis movie. The stupid sick fucks. Anyway.

And glad my recommendation panned out for ya, Hoos.

Annie Christian did a killer version of "Transmission" as a b-side. Ramps up the energy level, I must say...

Hoos, bless you, for you were the only one who understood how brilliant the Warsaw CD was.

Annie Christian

jesus: someone else has even HEARD of annie christian?

:)

I just rewatched 24 Hour Party people, so I'm going through something of a personal JD revival.

Well aren't you lucky! I still don't own the DVD *weeps*

Grim - indeed! And while I can hear a JD influence they remind me much more of Wah!. No idea what became of them after their two outstanding mail-order only EPs.

i only listen to jah division

I really really need to hear Jah Division

Yes you do.

http://www.myspace.com/therealjahdivision

Grace Jones - She's Lost Control

in 20 years I'll be able to tell the kids I was at all the early Jah Division shows.

What, no mention of the virtually note for note cover of Isolation by the Norwegian Celery Farmers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njmrdhMp43Y&mode=related&search=

i really like calexico's version of love will tear us apart. it is playful and bright. i love covers which totally change the vibe of the original.

the nouvelle vague cover is my second favorite version after the original (of LWTUA)

Of course, how could we miss the legendary Norwegian Celery Farmers*???

(*Sounds a little too much like COCKFARMERS to me)

Day of the Lords - 16 Horsepower

Since it was first mentioned in the first post, I'll change that to:
Heart and Soul - 16 Horsepower
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kRE3lybkLZ0

Disorder - Bedhead

Galaxie 500's cover of "Ceremony" is m'fave.

No one should release covers of "Love Will Tear Us Apart."

i of course have that annie christian single. it's not a bad version, but i don't much like any joy division covers (other than the g500 one). the bedhead one ain't bad though, and the low one is ok at a pinch but just sounds like a wasted opportunity now.

every cover of LWTUA has been utterly wretched, and i don't particularly like the original.

i still want a jah division album

Technova's appearance on Fabric19 made me buy the double-A single it's pulled from. I think their version of "Atmosphere" is terrific. (the other side is A1 People's take on LWTUA, which is not bad).

Let's not mention Paul Young on this thread, shall we? Sorry... (I've actually got that 7" as well).

i still want a jah division album

http://www.thesocialregistry.com/releases/sr012.html

My favourite Joy Division cover:
http://www.rosaselvaggia.com/unknownbig.jpeg

I prefer the original.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Unknownpleasures.jpg/200px-Unknownpleasures.jpg

I see the 2 disc remasters of Unknown Pleasures, Closer and Still are on certain online thingies.

yeah, I saw some in FOPP!

hey look it's something about joy division!

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,2265756,00.html

by jon savage.

am up for this though. typical of the shorthand used for the band, over and over again, is that a film shot in march 1979 is a critique of 'thatcherism'.

Actually, I wish y'all could hear the cover of the entire album "Closer" I made with my Yamaha keyboard. I used the accompaniments. Some of the songs ecame like, polkas and such. Yet the lyrics are weird anough that it still sounds dark.
-- Pennysong Hanle y, Saturday, 8 September 2001 00:00 (6 years ago)

I am so excited about the documentary! (haven't even bothered to see Control)

^ this

has anyone else seen the documentary? i thought it was going to be boring as there have been so many retellings of the JD/Factory story in recent years, but was v. pleasantly surprised. the editing got a bit heavyhanded at times, but the archive footage & interviews more than made up - highlights were footage of JD rehearsing, playing "She's Lost Control" on Granada TV (i didn't even know this existed!), Annik being interviewed, and ... well theres a very odd bit towards the end with Barneys tape. brr!

There's a podcast of the Jah Division live show at CMJ 2006 posted in the last week at:

http://www.thesocialregistry.com/index2.html

Joy Division on the front cover of this week's NME

http://www.nme.com/magazine

In the new NME, which hits shops on Wednesday 17 June, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Joy Division's epochal debut 'Unknown Pleasures'.