Galaxie 500 - Ceremony (Live at Club Lingerie, 1990)

[@_benjimouse_]

I think for a brief period, 89-90 these guys might have been the coolest band in the world.

[@peterjonas4971]

Agreed! And then "grudge" came and ruined everything.

[@bensmith6834]

Still the best fucking band in the world

[@ajones-lu9xy]

I've been listening to music for decades. This is, in my opinion, the best version of the best song ever written.

[@commodoreredlight]

When a song is this 'cryingly good' ...it matters not who might have done it better or first. There are lucky lucky people who will for the first time, learn of great great bands like Joy Division, New Order, Galaxie 500, Radiohead, et al. as a result of this video/post/discussion. Ian could have asked for no greater homage i would think. Top 5 tracks i ever heard.

[@soulminer]

I don't think anybody could have said it better.

[@michaelchevalier9777]

I think Dylan said something about 'Watchtower' becoming Jimi's song after he covered it. I wonder if Ian would've felt the same way after hearing this interpretation. Seems to get at the emotional core in a really profound way -- to me, anyway.

[@davidanchovies3340]

@@michaelchevalier9777 new orders early, brave versions are so great...its their song and this version is its equal. Too bad Galaxie500 was so short lived...none of its spawn could match them

[@AsAmsterdam]

Honestly, I’ve only heard like 3 Galaxie 500 songs, including this cover, & every time, I’m like ‘where have you been all my life & can I come?’

[@Hottiedonkey]

@@AsAmsterdam ‘Where have you been all my life & can I come?’ doesn't make any sense because the first half of the sentence implies that you are in the same place now.

[@linoportelli8240]

I think Ian travels from vocalist to vocalist and occasionally inhabits their soul for the particular performance of a particular song. This is one of those performances.

[@aslandelyon1313]

I went to this show after buying the cassette from Tower Records because I thought the name of the band sounded cool. I was blown away, and yes I was also a Spacemen 3 fan and had their cassette too! Lot's of great indie bands played at Club Lingerie back in those days. My best friend's brother was a bartender there, and we use to get in free and get drunk as skunks. Great times growing up back then, so much subculture and experimental music going on.

[@gary6754]

i just discovered this band and "dreampop" yesterday. for a long time I have been so sick of classic rock, hard rock, prog rock.... everything I used to listen to. This stuff is a breath of fresh air to me. this is one of the best songs ive ever heard

[@Scubadevils]

Oh how I wish I knew Galaxie 500 back then and to have seen them perform this live... I can't help but well up when I hear this song, spectacular cover.

[@tjancijr]

Their whole catalog is perfect.

[@aslandelyon1313]

I was at this show and became a lifelong fan because of it!

[@alhunter7069]

This song just is legendary. I always thought this the best version. Wish I had my blue thunder vinyl ...x

[@alexrose9487]

fucking awesome, the best joy division cover ever

[@PrOBOY251]

Radiohead covered better.

[@sergeybatura9174]

@@PrOBOY251 no

[@HaotianXu]

Perfect rendition of the song. I'm practically stoned just listening to this.

[@alanpavlak5657]

What a truly magnificent rendition of such a beautiful song by the greatest band in the world Joy Division. The guitar work and the rhythm of which it is performed I can do see Curtis up there singing this. Incredible!!

[@jaipur1401]

j'ai vu énormément de concerts dans ma vie mais celui de Galaxie 500 à Rennes en Bretagne reste pour moi, comme l'un des meilleurs concerts auxquels j'ai assisté. C'était il y a maintenant très longtemps et ce que j'aime bien avec Galaxie 500, c'est que l'on retrouve cette même magie dans leurs disques et spécialement dans This is our music. La batterie est incroyable comme tout le reste d'ailleurs. Quelle claque !!

[@lolah3838]

oooh One of my fave songs by one of the best bands I've seen live. I bet this sounded fabulously loud and hypnotic in person.

[@poetcomic1]

This is quintessential, definitive dreampop at its best. It creates what ancient Hindu aesthetics call Rasa Ananda which roughly means 'Mood Bliss'.

[@scottsherwood966]

I consider this mind indulgence music. I put on headphones, and my mind just floats.

[@davidwilliams2086]

one of my favourite bands of all time - apart from Damon who knew what he was doing on drums, the other two were new to their instruments but learned real fast. Inspirational

[@erikjleiken]

It's a totally different song the way they do it, and I like it.

[@VentraleStar]

they add space and slow it down...this is how you do a cover: in your signature style

[@jlbrpt]

Ditto. Most remakes suck. This wasn't one of them. And this song is a very hard one to pull of that feat. It's a signature New Order song all the way. But G500 pulled it off.

[@sunshaped]

jlbrpt joy division, not New Order. (unless by signature, you’re referring to their remake, and I misunderstood.)

[@NOWtheband]

@@jlbrpt - Well put. :-)

[@ForARide]

@@jlbrpt well then you haven't heard many covers then. What about Johnny Cash covering Hurt, Nick Cave covering Hey Joe, The Stranglers covering Walk On By, John Cale covering Heartbreak Hotel, The Residents covering It's A Man's World, Nirvana covering Where Did You Sleep Last Night etc? There are so many out there who have taken a song and made it 'their own'. I've got a playlist with alternative bands covering songs, and have added this cover to it: kzbin.info/aero/PLNINWcxxj9hHhXhw5IaBHnwXtEx02zNRU

[@richardminter9462]

Best cover ever

[@davidtaylor6663]

Club Lingerie had every great band. Miss that place. Was a staple for many decades

[@michaelkamensky6230]

I was at this show, standing right in front slightly to Naomi's side! The back of my head is somewhere in the shot starting at 4:57. :D

[@poetcomic1]

I THOUGHT it was Michael Kamensky.

[@yungfruitcake6288]

ever buy shirts from this gig or others?

[@fishbird1111]

Spacemen 3 shirt very cool

[@brodyarmbar]

Quietly crying in prison while listening to this song underneath my sheet on my cot so I don't get caught by the corrections officer 😢

[@WrongholeReagan]

what prison are you in that has WiFi or cell sevice

[@NOWtheband]

@Brody ArmBar - I hope things get better for you.

[@AvaPxiaO]

@@WrongholeReagan Attica state

[@hafnadullhafnadul4200]

Heavenly good!

[@weird_rita8450]

I need more of this

[@mbasen5341]

Thank you to eternity whoever posted this It made my life I luv Naomi!!!!!!!

[@rampos83]

Well, this song is just PERFECT. All times I am listening it is like a trip to nowhere in my mind.

[@davidtaylor6663]

same

[@poetcomic1]

Dean's face is hauntingly beautiful in this.

[@patrickpower3750]

Ian curtis will nod his approval to this in heaven

[@SnadyLand]

Beautiful

[@kraig1256]

I absolutely LOVE the500!! WOW!

[@tommartinez4989]

Such a great tune!

[@nadasadhana]

🔥 scorching shining brilliance

[@Enevan1968]

Oh, how I wish time travel was a possibility.

[@lehliladevandria5712]

Same. I'm maybe 16 years younger than Dean now so it's legal. In 1990 I was 12 think. Him and Graham Coxon were my crushes.

[@AvaPxiaO]

it is, but you can only travel forward

[@Noizedas]

Meet you there

[@HobbsTheNatural]

Cellar door

[@AvaPxiaO]

@@Noizedas I am afraid, if we don't go together we may never meet, it might be infinitely forking itself

[@jaipur1401]

Magnifique, sublime...

[@michaellindsay5620]

This is the best version.

[@AndrewBonnington-w5s]

playing in London in April next year. They must be the best band that no one has ever heard of (no one meaning no one that "knows")

[@npc-dq4zl]

Nice Spacemen 3 shirt! Dude can play too! Ian would be proud.

[@rampos83]

Happy New Year to All of you

[@Noizedas]

You rarely see them with two guitarists. I love it, sounds so much more full like the albums. They shoulda kept touring with two guitarists

[@matthewdavison8358]

Foreeeeeever, Forever

[@matitsarichie111]

Nobody plays Ceremony better than JD/New Order.Galaxie 500"Hold my drink"!

[@thomaszonkowski2115]

HAHAHAHAHA! yes

[@SHAILESH506]

They have done it in a different fashion with obscured vocals and distorted sounds.

[@vonvon289]

très bonne reprise de mon morceau préféré .......

[@blkshprd]

This live cover is better than their studio cover and that is better than the Joy Division / New Order original. It's as if Curtis left something slightly unfinished about the song that these guys brought to completion. Transcendent and full of pathos.

[@jaipur1401]

Ce qui est hallucinant, c'est que ce morceau est bien meilleur que l'original. C'est juste brillant !

[@kowbowski954]

This is the only ceremony cover I like out of every single one possible I heard

[@PrOBOY251]

Radiohead cover is better.

[@Filthylittleangels]

Day wave did it best

[@erjosel]

increible

[@johnellis6028]

their version makes me cry

[@emmanueldartigues1341]

I love the Velvet touch

[@isalegal]

tá tão bonito q me arrepia tudo

[@dnadaltiva69]

so fuckin beautiful

[@christopherbrookfield4785]

Radio head do a really great rendition of it, too. Plus, The Headmaster Ritual. A Smiths song, from Meat Is Murder, for those who do not know. Still think New Order's version is the best. It is difficult to improve on greatness! One of my all time favourite songs. That and Temptation. 😉

[@leighmcilvenny4359]

How good!

[@rampos83]

THE PERFECTION

[@patrickpower3750]

Brilliant Great cover Of course no one did it better than new order As they had not the long departed ian in their hearts and soul

[@woodhd]

naomi yang total fox !

[@soulminer]

Yes!!!

[@control665]

a spacemen 3 t-shirt! Galaxie 500 has great taste

[@ruthyd123]

bury me to this please

[@jaipur1401]

Je les ai vu en Bretagne il y a 30 ans pratiquement, cela reste à mes yeux, comme un de mes concerts préférés et pourtant j'en ai vu des centaines et des centaines de concerts.

[@luceatluxvestra1]

Naomi - such a badass 💥

[@isabellaoliveira2028]

favorita

[@rachelnbrien]

JD/NO forever

[@sulaiyasulai1367]

Superb

[@drstevie]

FAB :)

[@JamesNaked]

Great...........

[@marrast11]

best cover

[@downallyourstreets]

My new favorite Galaxie song ... is that Kramer on the guitar in the shadows? ... those fucking harmonics during the lead!

[@matthewcollier7714]

They make it their own.

[@danschast]

Dean was sick during this show, yet it made him sound even better during the "foreeeeeever" climax. Amazing.

[@diegogarrido2335]

Nice!

[@sleepflower__]

thank you!

[@susyelio]

Is there a word to describe the bad feeling of not being able to see a band live ever?

[@manganese333]

Regret. I’m feeling it right now. 😢

[@24pschmidt]

Love the Spacemen shirt

[@evan8793-sc]

sweet spacemen 3 shirt. I can see that they were influenced by them

[@miguellara157]

En algún punto de la historia el mismo Peter Hook le enseñó a Naomi cómo interpretar correctamente esta gran canción.

[@tbwatch88]

yeah I was there. wareham's is the most chafing voice in indie rock.

[@Aarushi0222]

Fortunate are those who've heard this.

[@Raymantico]

was lucky to see them play San Francisco so long long ago

[@FranciscoL90]

I'm 16 years old (90's kid) and only listen to cool bands like guns and roses, nirvana, and galxie 500. I wish my friends who listen to nicky minaj and lil wayne were like me

[@louistozer8322]

+CAVEMAN guns and roses are not cool

[@обеденныйярославль]

Louis Tozer nirvana too)

[@c_monster429]

💎💎💎

[@DrunkDalek]

nice Spacemen 3 tshirt on Dean there

[@jorgschulze5735]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🥳

[@carbonunit9314]

never seen it played live, damn this is shrekin shreking

[@blueeyeddevil1]

Playbook speed 1.25 = Joy Divisionish

[@lainew2062]

Amazing. Much better than the original.

[@jumofi]

Good cover only

[@DjWellDressedMan]

making a great song even bettah

[@matthewsproul9614]

Damon Krukowski, Dean Wareham and Naomi Wang. Can't say a Harvard education doesn't pay.

[@Daniearp]

indeed

[@nerdbrained]

and... Kramer?

[@michaelkamensky6230]

@@nerdbrained Yes, Kramer. I was there in the front row!

[@downallyourstreets]

I don't know...Harvard business school has so much to offer the world too, lol!

[@MrKikev75]

Naomi YANG fucking ignorant

[@cesarrodriguez7583]

This cover song is so obscure and is better than the original version.

[@beneaththesound]

hell no is it better than the original!

[@isabellaoliveira2028]

@@beneaththesound yes it is

[@brun0id]

Ainda penso muito em você

[@sperlst]

With the Spacemen3 t-shirt covering Joy Division. It is like buy one get 2 for free ;-)

[@goodcorn]

Satin Flame Wrap Drums +2 Sharp / +1 Cool

[@sleepchamberorchestra5795]

is that Kramer lurking on 2nd guitar?

[@jackpowrie3]

Yup

[@leonardosouza8279]

Foda.

[@420dopethrone]

god damn son, and these kids today with their Office Chair Armrest or whatever it is

[@stephenhanrahan7638]

lmao

[@myradioon]

@primitiveheart2988 Car Seat Headrest - and the O.P is right...music is even whimpier than this these days!

[@versioncity1]

I saw them play at The International in Manchester around 1990 (I think) - they played this and another couple of Joy Division tunes at the end of the set. pretty good gig from what i remember but felt very nostalgic even way back then. the sound seemed reminiscent of early 80s british stuff - whilst manchester was exploding with "Baggy: and acid house.

[@briank.8925]

Is it this show in full I have on a VHS tape in a white case? None of the editing multiple cameras but the high-angle looks familiar. And Dean's shirt.

[@michaeldyer5978]

I was at this show.

[@jefftube99]

Would love to hear this version with and without Kramer. Is he superfluous on stage, or does he make this the transcendental track it is?

[@charlessale409]

he's just playing rhythm guitar so it's more akin to the studio version.

[@jaycie586]

i miss Ian