Jose Gonzalez is a Swedish folkie that all the kids are raving about these days as he stopped by NYC for a few performances. He hasn't clicked me for me yet but I am digging his acoustic cover of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart".
My freshman roommate was a big Joy Division fan and used to play the song regularly. However, I never appreciated it until hearing Nouvelle Vague's bossanova version earlier this year on their fantastic self-titled debut. Now hearing an even more stripped down version of the song from Jose Gonzalez has increased that appreciation. When a song can be performed so many different ways and be enjoyable each way, it has to be a well-built tune.
You can stream Nouvelle Vague's cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" here.
Jose Gonzalez - Love Will Tear Us Apart (courtesy songs:illinois)
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Jose Gonzalez | Love Will Tear Us Apart
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I'm not much into Joy Division, but it is a great tune. Some friends of mine wound up on a JD tribute CD doing this tune. I've even heard a Tuvan rock band do it.
I actually tried to add the Tuvan throat singing version to my post except the link on Stereogum was dead. The link for the Calexico version was dead too, unfortunately.
I didn't know Calexico had done a version.
Calexico has done a version of it live but not on an album. Apparently 10,000 Maniacs has cover it too.
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