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Posted by bas on Mar-01-2009 20:35:

Hot Chip covers Joy Division

Hot Chip's cover of Joy Division's Transmission. I fucking love Joy Division and I think this cover is awesome. Hot Chip has really "grown up" over their past few releases. Thoughts?

Posted by adi_hanson on Mar-01-2009 20:59:

never liked hot chip , and live there absolutly awfull.But treading on joy division's toes needs something special.But overall not impressed really.

Posted by denys envy on Mar-01-2009 22:18:

hot chip are hit and miss. this is decent - as far as covers go.

Posted by winston on Mar-01-2009 22:23:

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Originally posted by denys envy
hot chip are hit and miss.

yeah, i feel the same way

Posted by creon444 on Mar-01-2009 23:39:

quote:
Originally posted by denys envy
hot chip are hit and miss. this is decent - as far as covers go.

So... is it a hit or a miss then?

Posted by SMC on Mar-01-2009 23:46:

Reminds me of Talking Heads more than Joy Division, which i guess is good because the pure energy of the original Transmission can't be matched (Transmission is probably my favorite Joy Division song). Still, this fails to excite me.

Posted by winston on Mar-02-2009 00:04:

i don't like it.

Posted by denys envy on Mar-02-2009 00:29:

quote:
Originally posted by creon444
So... is it a hit or a miss then?

i think it was a good interpretation.

Posted by winston on Mar-02-2009 00:30:

we agree to disagree

Posted by denys envy on Mar-02-2009 00:31:

it's not a tune to cover in the first place. but one is going to pull something out of their ass and do that. then i say this is pretty fair.

Posted by winston on Mar-02-2009 00:47:

hot chip is the epitome of hipsterdom.

Posted by PETRAN on Mar-02-2009 00:54:

This is an okish "playful" cover but it takes all the brooding energy of the original away, resulting in a terrible outcome, at least from a comparison-point of view. Meh.

It reminds me of those senior coconut Kraftwerk covers lol

This actually is good because it has a latin passionate twist!

Posted by winston on Mar-02-2009 00:59:

i like senor coconut, but it's entirely different.

Posted by Rebel Brown on Mar-03-2009 15:18:

I reckon this cover is pants.

The original has so much energy, to me this is just really slow and boring.

Posted by thechronic on Mar-05-2009 10:11:

Not feeling this.Blasphemy.

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Mar-05-2009 15:16:

I rather like it. In fact, I reckon it's better than anything on their album, and I rather liked that too.

Posted by denys envy on Mar-05-2009 15:55:

this has grown on me quite a bit.

Posted by bobonoho on Mar-05-2009 18:48:

im a pretty big hot chip fan and have to disagree with whoever said they are terrible live. I saw them in DC at the 930 club last fall and they put on a great show.

Their new EP with Robert Wyatt and Geese doing remixes of tracks off Made in the Dark is pretty awesome too. Check out the One Pure Thought remix after you've listened to the original.

Posted by winston on Mar-05-2009 18:51:

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
In fact, I reckon

but do you rekids?