Love will tear me apart ... again

[hiddenmuse]

I've noticed something while listening to Yahoo! LaunchCast at work - specifically, listening to the "Cover Art" station; which is all cover tunes:

I'm amazed at how many covers there are of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart". From the mediocre (can't remember) to the horrendous (Paul Young). Come on, we're talking about a song where Ian Curtis sounds like Ben Stein singing at an RNC Karaoke Night. How hard is it to improve upon *that*?


For serious, people ... how about a decent cover of the damn song? Besides the Fall Out Boy cover, mind you.

Comments

[bruiseblue.livejournal.com]

Can't help you there, but I do adore the Nine Inch Nails version of Dead Souls (from the first Crow soundtrack).

[gardengnomegeek.livejournal.com]

That is an AMAZING cover!!

[gardengnomegeek.livejournal.com]

Oooh.....a cover station! I have got to go check that out. I LOVE covers :-)

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Aside from the 500+ dreadful covers of "Love Will Tear Us Apart", there are some really good songs (especially 7 Seconds' cover of "99 Red Balloons")

[gardengnomegeek.livejournal.com]

Some covers make me want to lose the ability to hear. But some of them just kick ass!

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Agreed. There have been some covers that seriously one-up the originals! And some that could make the Baby Jesus cry.

[gardengnomegeek.livejournal.com]

I must say, one of my very favourite covers is "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" as done by The Barenaked Ladies. You are a fan of theirs...yes?

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed! And that is a really good cover (even if Steven Page has said that he sounds like Kermit the Frog on that song)!

{I seem to have this weird thing for bands with "chubby" lead singers ... coughpatrickstumpcough}

[gardengnomegeek.livejournal.com]

Chubby lead singer make the world go round!

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Exactly!