Live It Up 115: Love Will Tear Us Apart
Posted in 1980s, Live It Up, Music at 15:00 on 5 April 2024
Just creeping into the 1980s this was the short-lived band’s first substantial hit.
Pity about the connotations of the band name they eventually chose.
Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart
Janusz
6 April 2024 at 01:54
My knowledge of the punk + post-punk era is abyssmal. I didn’t recognize the band in the video clip, nor the song, until they got to the refrain.
I should have recognized the song. June Tabor and Oysterband recorded a slow and moody cover on their Ragged Kingdom album, which I have in my collection.
I should also have recognized at least one of the band members. I got to interview a couple of them when they metamorphosed into New Order.
jackdeighton
6 April 2024 at 20:24
Janusz,
Both Joy Division and New Order came well after my time but I still tried to keep up. That more or less stopped, though, when both my sons had left home.