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Radiohead Covers Joy Division’s Ceremony
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Radiohead Covers Joy Division’s Ceremony

kottke.org·Jason Kottke·about 1 month ago
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From a livestream recorded many years ago, this is Radiohead covering Joy Division’s Ceremony. The song was originally written by Joy Division but the version most people know is New Order’s — it was their first single. From Wikipedia:

“Ceremony” was one of the last Joy Division songs to be composed, with lyrics written by Ian Curtis. According to guitarist Bernard Sumner, the group wrote the song a few weeks before Ian Curtis died “to try and heal him through music” and keep him “involved in the band and involved in music and remind him of what … a great future he had”. Sumner concluded, “Unfortunately, it didn’t work”.

Just three versions of Joy Division performing the song exist, including one on the group’s compilation album Still.

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