“ Love Will Tear Us Apart .” And she told me she had no idea about the sacred turf she was walking onto initially and just how seriously fans took Joy Division ’ s songs . But everyone seems to love her version . PH : Oh , wow ! I ’ ll have to listen ! And you know , it ’ s quite funny , though , because versions like that — and you hear them a lot in films now —
were the inspiration for me to do the Joy Division Classical , to sort of find a different dynamic and take away a lot of the rock elements . IE : Because for years , it was only Paul Young who dared to attempt a cover . PH : Yeah , I know ! And now there are so many fantastic ones . So to do the Classical is wonderful — I ’ m doing that in October in England — but to do the Classical versions of the Joy Division songs with the different vocalists , you can really bring out the melancholic aspect , and also you can use much more of Ian ’ s melodies , which were very delicate , and also get the message across in the vocal because there ’ s nothing hiding it . Everything complements the vocal , whereas , in Joy Division , Ian was actually fighting the rock side of it all the time . Which worked
— don ’ t say it didn ’ t work . But it ’ s just nice to have something different . So hearing some cover versions , I must admit that it was Malcolm McLaren ’ s cover version of “ Love Will Tear Us Apart ” mashed up with “ Love Will Keep Us Together ” that was the big inspiration for doing the Classical , as well . And considering that Malcolm McLaren sold me my 50-pence
ticket to go and see The Sex Pistols in Manchester , it ’ s nice that it came right ‘ round for him to do a cover version that inspired me to the orchestral production . He worked with a group called Nova Nova on his version of “ Love Will Tear Us Apart ,” with Ian ’ s vocal that they took off the internet . I ’ m not allowed to use Ian ’ s vocal , so I have a friend who sings it . But yeah , it ’ s good . And those cover versions — even though when I was young , I used to hate them , like , “ How dare Paul Young do a cover version ?” Until my manager told me that it was the first real money we ’ d ever earned — all thanks to Paul Young ! It was quite interesting !
IE : What ’ s the weirdest cover you ever heard ? Where you had to send a letter telling them to Cease and Desist ?
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