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hirezIt looks like it's the day for people having objects shied at their heads.
As I was coming back from a two-wheeled potter I was accosted by a mob of feral children. "Punk rocker! Punk rocker!" they shouted, which was most gratifying. Then one of them lobbed something at me, which was less so. The wee shite missed, mind.
Otherwise I have been downloading (and watching other people take the piss - where I come from it's considered polite to bag the odd track and buy the album if you like it. These sods just bag the entire CD.) several versions of Love will tear us apart.
With the exception (thus far) of the New Order version (which I'm not sure counts as a cover anyway) and the previously mentioned Bis item, they're all dreadful to a greater or lesser extent. Though some are far funnier than others.
The one thing that stands out is that no bugger can get the phrasing right. Mind you, neither could Ian Curtis to begin with. Folklore has it that either Martin Hannett or Rob Gretton sent him off with a Sinatra record to listen to, which seemed to do the trick.
There also appears to be a 'Trouser enthusiasts' mix, which I need to own on general principles.
As I was coming back from a two-wheeled potter I was accosted by a mob of feral children. "Punk rocker! Punk rocker!" they shouted, which was most gratifying. Then one of them lobbed something at me, which was less so. The wee shite missed, mind.
Otherwise I have been downloading (and watching other people take the piss - where I come from it's considered polite to bag the odd track and buy the album if you like it. These sods just bag the entire CD.) several versions of Love will tear us apart.
With the exception (thus far) of the New Order version (which I'm not sure counts as a cover anyway) and the previously mentioned Bis item, they're all dreadful to a greater or lesser extent. Though some are far funnier than others.
The one thing that stands out is that no bugger can get the phrasing right. Mind you, neither could Ian Curtis to begin with. Folklore has it that either Martin Hannett or Rob Gretton sent him off with a Sinatra record to listen to, which seemed to do the trick.
There also appears to be a 'Trouser enthusiasts' mix, which I need to own on general principles.
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Date: 2004-08-19 04:09 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-08-19 04:17 pm (UTC)(In the past, I've made a point of avoiding JD covers)
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Date: 2004-08-19 04:58 pm (UTC)There's another version by the swans (actually black version -- I was wrong earlier) with female lead vox (jarboe) which I prefer, no idea whether you would or not. It's very different indeed.
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Date: 2004-08-20 02:34 am (UTC)I'm not sure. There's one I've got most of by someone named 'Kellee', which sounds young-person's-band-like, in that it's rubbish biscuit-tin D&B.
There's also a 'Huurgh!-MeTaL' version. I laughed a lot.
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Date: 2004-08-20 02:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-20 02:38 am (UTC)The NO live version sounds like bits of 'Brotherhood', which I think was the last good New Order album.
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Date: 2004-08-20 05:40 am (UTC)You know, this is the sort of job best done with the aid of a mob of angry drunk people.
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Date: 2004-08-22 01:51 pm (UTC)Oh dear...