Love Will Tear Us Apart (M. Gira Version) by Swans

Track 17 from the 2003 compilation album Forever Burned. This is also known as the "Red Version".

[@NoisyMaff]

The only acceptable cover version. Just perfect.

[@ciaranwright4361]

The cure has an awesome cover too

[@TheKwadrath]

Disagree - do me a favour and check this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXfCdaeiiLF8bpY

[@noxisvibrant]

The best version after Ian..Thanks Swans...really good...

[@hiybbprqag]

this is actually really wonderful, I have no idea why M. Gira seems to loathe it so much

[@chef.ramesses]

anyone would loathe their cover of a song that was originally penned by joy division.

[@marktinker21]

I do. After this he may as well have covered Rhinestone Cowboy or the theme from Cheers.

[@urrrccckostan]

He also says the entire Angels of Light project was “a failure,” so you can’t really go by what he says always, haha. He is accurate, though, when he says he used a tad bit too much reverb in the early 90s!

[@MrGrizzzlik]

Can't FLEX MUSCLES to it I guess.

[@mrspare4460]

@@marktinker21 Now I'd personally love to hear Gira cover either of those...

[@beckysharp5015]

This dropped soon after I discovered Joy Division and while you'd think no one should cover an iconic band's signature song, Swans did a great job. I love this cover and I think Ian would've too.

[@rallewarmbier7607]

But Paul Young did it great too 😄

[@sonemmenos2685]

Eu conheci essa música no Front 575 em Santo André e continuo curtindo-a em Dezembro de 2023!

[@smashgods1746]

Black version is amazing on vinyl, I bought it 30 years ago, they played it in Toronto 1988

[@asenath7766]

I've always thought this was such an appropriate cover for them to do. Beautiful.

[@alexander.m96]

i love Joy Division but for some reason i much prefer this version of the song. really love this era of Swans

[@arthurbludgeon]

Jarboe version is the most original AND the most beautiful!

[@auradjinns]

I love this very goth version...

[@kittenkittenmiau]

auradjinns Not goth at all.

[@wahbwahbwahb]

+auradjinns Now when the fuck is this considered goth?...you need to listen to The Cure for that, mate.

[@danieloconnorellis9636]

naw its goth

[@Taffy84]

Yea, Goth isn't any one specific sound and The Cure do not call themselves Goth. Seen Robert Smith say he hates that label applied to The Cure. This is darker sounding than the original - fact.

[@Garentei]

It's post-punk. Most post-punk sounds like goth, because that is the genre they adopted with their culture.

[@jonasniederson5172]

I had the original version on red vinyl so - this was a great cover. When I already loved Joy Division. I will never forget that because I believe this was the best cover ever. And it was so brutal to this blood red thing turning and depressing me.

[@joepollock8455]

RIP Annik Honoré

[@therulerofsquids531]

its funny, i think i listened to this before a looooong time ago and just thought it was the original and without knowing it was swans. now, swans is one of my favorite bands. funny how that happens

[@Neel-ff4mn]

When I found the music video on KZbin, I thought it was an original song, but when I found out that it was a Joy Division cover, it blew my fucking mind! I knew about both bands before then, but love this version better!

[@jamesguillorytheirascibleh585]

Only Swans could cover this song and make it sound better than the original.

[@jennydeath420]

this slaps

[@ofmonadsandnomads9500]

I actually wasn’t aware of this “forever burned” compilation. Now I’ll have to! Various failures and public castration were better than some of the actual albums

[@eldorado8888]

pure&beauty soooo sweeet

[@Miss.Tea.2024]

ah memories! saw THE SWANS at Irving Plaza NYC in the 1980s. Her version is gorgeous too

[@moonroxxx]

Great Covers By Swans

[@skatoad]

Don't know which version I like better this version or the one with Jarboe on vocals.

[@spleen8834]

This one

[@austintexas9848]

perfect

[@krystalxinxal4398]

Kudos hacker 🙌

[@cmacdhon]

I remember when this song came out. It broke my heart. I can totally understand why Gira hates it.

[@acidfz1031]

Indeed the best cover version

[@esesenordenegro2064]

Almost perfect.

[@andrewlangenbacher2602]

Das ist so eine wunderbare Coverversion ! Ich kann sie aber offiziell nirgends finden. Was ist mit diesem Song passiert, dass ich es nicht offiziell beziehen kann ?

[@jbee5382]

Kept going ....

[@wolfthrone1746]

a papà concedo tutto

[@vannineri4911]

Only Michael Gira can...

[@brankaostojic369]

[@dariusstrolia9701]

turning back from an angry thought to the sunset redder I eat combMmmWhy you don’t get tasty comb?UghI fight, I kill this combYou get new one

[@casi850]

Godmachine dreammachine

[@Timme808]

better than joy division

[@Microfoot]

Like this more than Joy Division...

[@MarkWilliams-hj6hn]

I remember hearing this once back in the day and not liking it, feeling the band had sold out somewhat by releasing this, and that it smacked of record company interference but, listening again today, I think it is far better than the original.

[@Timme808]

Love joy division but the swans cover is better

[@cielosordo]

Better than joy division

[@chef.ramesses]

lol nice one

[@vinyldiary6664]

No, but is a great fucking cover!

[@RiverOfBlacklights]

It's a cool and different version but let's not go overboard. Nothing will ever top the original....

[@callumfrancis8581]

I love Swans and I love Joy Division but I'm not feeling this.

[@captainhardon]

Neither does Gira, I still like it though.

[@grahampirie69]

Jarboes version is better

[@danterosales6985]

Nah.

[@angelariley4296]

No no no no no, don't touch Ian Curtis version of this coz it will always be second best,ok fair enough if it's just a jam and put your own spin in it but the original will always be the best in this case.

[@elmo67yt]

Nope. His (Gira ) voice does so much more to the lyrics

[@formerlyskidsinmyute]

You mad