The more I see this clip, the more I enjoy it. I like it because it was recorded at Jamestown (NY) Community College where the band, pre-Natalie Merchant, is said to have started and it’s an unusually upbeat, coffeehouse pop, version of Love Will Tear Us Apart:
Mashed Up… Joy Division and Captain and Tennille “Love Will Tear Us Together” (Malcom McLaren Remix)
It’s actually quite beautiful, even understated. Listen for yourself: Go here. Or for Vodpod, go here. .
Do the kids today realize that Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was heard upon release in 1980 as a beautifully nihilistic burlesque of this ubiquitous mid 70s entertainment phenomena? (Also, do the kids know, does anyone know, that Toni Tennille sang backing vocals on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall?” – Wikipedia entry here.)