cafe67 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) Shows in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney this year not sure about this, new order orchestrated yeah poppy synth tunes, but more spikey punky joy division, but this video seems cool ? Edited April 15, 2019 by cafe67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SETfan Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 (edited) Playing Adelaide too, looking forward to an orchestrated Joy Division set! Edited April 29, 2019 by SETfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal beat Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 No thanks I saw Hooky play JD live a while back and he was awesome. ,can't think of much worse than JD being orchestrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdDrawerDown Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 I can feel a backlash starting already, from somewhere near the base of my spine. Look, this might be rather well done, and I have plenty of covers versions, remake/remodels, reconstructions and deconstructions in the music collection. It's plain I'm generally in favour of this sort of thing. But there were two Joy Divisions: the studio band of wonderful arrangements, of which Martin Hannett's layers and patient pasting of multi-tracks and studio craftwork gets cruelly exposed by high end stereos. And the live band, which kicked arse. Any live Joy Division should have edge. I do not associate Orchestras with the concept of "edge". Indeed, quite the opposite. I saw the Peter Hook & Light touring the Unknown Pleasures album a few years back. Bought the T-shirt. But the concert wasn't enthralling. Weirdly, it's one of the few cases where the bootleg of the show sounds better than the experience of actually being at the show. Hooky's running out of ways of flogging a dead horse, and I'm guessing this was the last item written at the very bottom of the whiteboard when they finished the brainstorming about how to get a few more dollars out of their audience. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafe67 Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Must admitt I was a bit dubious, but the again not much ever comes to Perth that I like or feel inclined to pay for. So I've decided to give it ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafe67 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 Off to the concert hall tonight, still wondering how it will go, but looking forward to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SETfan Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 59 minutes ago, cafe67 said: Off to the concert hall tonight, still wondering how it will go, but looking forward to it Well, for your sake I hope it's absolutely brilliant! If it is, I will try and avoid hearing about it as I am still getting over the disappointment of his Adelaide show being cancelled.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrology Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Heading there meself with the missus, will keep an eye out for you @cafe67! His gig recently in Perth was excellent - he does Joy Division better than the remaining members of New Order do, IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafe67 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 1 hour ago, SETfan said: Well, for your sake I hope it's absolutely brilliant! If it is, I will try and avoid hearing about it as I am still getting over the disappointment of his Adelaide show being cancelled.... Oh bugger did not know that , sorry for you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafe67 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Hydrology said: Heading there meself with the missus, will keep an eye out for you @cafe67! His gig recently in Perth was excellent - he does Joy Division better than the remaining members of New Order do, IMO. Yes I saw him for the low life tour , but missed the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafe67 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 (edited) Well.so far (intermission) its really quite good. Not just JD with strings, seems there has been alot of thought gone into the arrangements . The conductor is working hard. Hooky is sharing vocals duties with a femsle singers who has quite a voice and a young fella (not sure Who or if son) doing a good ian curtis impression. Sound here at the concert hall is good and the sydney symphony orchestra is spot on. Hookys singing in better too. So far, colour me very imrpessed Tracks so far include love will tear us apart stripped down voice and piano) , shadow play, heart and soul, isolation, a instrumental with ian curtis talking over the top which turned into rocking song “higher love”. , also did 24 hours. Edited August 10, 2019 by cafe67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafe67 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 (edited) The second half started off oddly (in a good way) with the female singer and orchestra doing one of the songs from blade runner, have to check which one. - Rachel’s songs they also did a mashup of love will keep us together versus love will tear us apart, apparently Malcolm mclaren was working on it ,just before he died??? This was their tribute to him. Odd but it worked. Shadowplay was introduced with the classic voice over from JD first tv appearance on Granada tv , I think. The second half was longer than the first and I can’t remember all the tracks , but they did amongst other she’s lost control, there was a very good version of decades from closer with the young fella singing it. The female singer did a also a good version of another track from the second half of closer - the enteral. Isolation and the atrocity exhibition were also played. For those concerned about edgy , amongst other tracks - the encore brought the house down with rocking versions of ceremony, transmission and another version of love will tear us apart. A great concert, better than I expected, but I’m glad I went - if you are still fence sitting, highly recommended. Edited August 11, 2019 by cafe67 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdDrawerDown Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Thank you for the surprising news that this wasn't a travesty. Excellent real-time reporting and review. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hydrology Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 (edited) I was as skeptical about this as most and was expecting a bland interpretation of the music, but then it’s impossible to mess up JD songs right? I was AMAZED at how much thought and effort went into the arrangements. The songs were given an amazing sense of scale and room to breathe. As a lifelong fan it made me appreciate just how good JD were. I hope a release of this finds it way out at some point (it’s Hooky so most likely!) Edited August 11, 2019 by Hydrology 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders3 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Excellent concert and concur with all above. Even had a bloke thrown off stage when Ceremony played just before finishing with the third and most full on version of Love Will tear us apart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SETfan Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Thanks all for the reviews and clips. Am still getting over his Adelaide cancellation so am envious of you all - hopefully his orchestrated tour is successful enough to warrant a repeat Oz visit one day (and next time I will be heading straight to Melbourne or Sydney so I dont miss out!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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