when non singers sing i listen. following sumner as he sang from the beginning in a lonely place, ceremony, procession, cries and whispers, temptation , age of consent, and on and on to bad lieutenant, i never questioned his singing talent . he has always been a fabulous singer .i like danny kirwan's voice , too.

My feet won't stop moving listening to this.

This is mind-blowing.

neworder where always about dodgy singing Vs that machine polish, made it all so human. mr curtis voice belongs in the realm of iggy cave and cohen. happy i got the chance to enjoy both ::: :

Song for Today - Isolation, isolation, isolation.

I like both versions on this, the original and the one by new order

man, i found it really cool. Well done new order

Takes me back....great upload :-)

that song make's me happy is so awesome

Love this version..kinda wish they could keep the music and dub Ian in as the vocalist but heck..I'll take it.

Well done!

FEROCIOUS...

Bakan, tienen muchos temas buenos. Pulgar arriba.

Love the synthesisers. Movement... ahh

All in all this was a good cover of the song musically especially , i wont criticize the singing, because the vocals are good, but he just doesn't have the dark creepy croon Ian had that made , and gave Joy Division their unique feel that we are all accustomed to, but in the same sense we must remember this is a tribute, not a replacement.

@escobesco This is right around when they got back together and decided to start doing Joy Division songs again. They do a version of "Atmosphere" that I don't particularly like, but I might end up posting it along with the rest of the session.

actually this song was made essentially by Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner

@NintendoSegaSonyGuy And New Order were and still are Joy Division.

liked their live version of this.. I knew they covered Love will tear us apart live but I didn't expect Isolation

Fair comment, and I do enjoy the cold industrial sound that Martin Hannett created with New Order and Joy Division so that's probably why I find this a bit...umm....warm. I still think it's a great version all the same. I'll listen to it again now and report back.

Barneys voice always spoke to me more personally than Ian Curtis. Don't get me wrong , JD were the blueprint but New Orders creativity and musical impact far eclipsed that of a band that with Curtis at the helm was unfortunately doomed from the start. Fortunately, the talent they held was so strong that JD produced an amazing body of work before his death ultimately could have derailed them permanently. The focus of direction they found when Gillian joined provided the balance and stability their restless natures required to channel their blueprint for life changing and affirming music. And this version nails it to the wall.

I think it's largely unfair to compare NO to JD because we only have the small amount that JD got to do and NO's music was very different except for maybe Movement which comparable to JD's music

i'm just finding the new order peel sessions right now ......and i don;t know how i haven't found this b4........so kids this is why you experiment with drugs ........1) they help you find GOOOOOD MUSIC ...but i'm not admitting to doing anything illegal and absolutely nothing morally wrong.....................

there is a video of this but i cant rember where i saw it??

The only N O doing Joy Division that I like? Might be as good as the original can't decide?

I love this so much. Could easily be a New Order. Great cover.

Ian loved Kraftwerk and would of dug this.The Reading 98 version is even better

what a job they have done yes its not the original.............................. who cares nobody could replace ians voice

You'd swear it's a New Order original.

the credits are for ian and hooky...

That's rather odd considering Peel Sessions were essentially live demos. Not to mention that detractors of Martin Hannett felt that he over-produced. If anything, this only sounds cleaner because it was done 20 years after the original.

I really like this but It's much too studio polished methinks. The JD versions sounds really gritty and underproduced and is all the better for it. I'd love to hear a New Order version recorded in the studio before they commited it to the God of Remix.

I really don't think Ian was much of a singer either, especially live...i know I will catch hell from JD devotees but the band took it to another level after Ian...we'll never know how it would have been w/him but NO made much better albums thabn JD

It's alright but certainly a tad too perky and peppy for my taste, and for this particular song that's so despairing at its core...maybe Shadowplay or Wilderness would've fit better for such a nineties-y reworking

Joy division has a better version ut this is good

I dont know if this is really cool or horrible...

this would be awesome with curtis' original vocals on it, they are genius musicians the singing is weak to say the least and pales in comparisson to curtis'

Brilliant musically, awesome lyrics, crap singing.... I'd never heard this version before, thanks for posting

This probably another reason for Hooky quitting. I think he wanted NO to do what the Light is doing but Bernard's voice is to high pitched for most JD tunes. NO does Transmission quite well but BS could not do an entire JD lp

i agree it was a band effort, even if jd were extraordinary and new order weren't

T B better without the vocals.

This is a good cover, but it just can't touch Joy Division's.

I miss Ian Curtis... the vocals here, they just can't match the original. The music is cool though

I am a big fan of JD and NO. but I guess Bernie is just a pass grade in this cover. Can not touch Ian's version. Sorry.

*RETCH* Nowhere near as good as the original.

terrible :(