Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor - Atmosphere (Joy Division cover)

[Batman081164]

Peter Murphy on his very own registry - not worse than the original by Ian Curtis but so much different and so good aswell ...

[Patson43]

is this the 1st Jawa sighting ever?

[noveltyme]

Its a great tune..Im a fan of Peter Murphy but its funny hearing his tendition of atmosphere.......Hookey was working the door at the Hacienda once and turned Peter away....Peter responded "do you know who I am, Im the singer for Bauhaus!" Hookey replied "and Im the bassist for New Order"....just a funny tid bit, at least to me. He and Johnny Rotten have both been quoted as saying New Order are money grubbing swine.....or something close to that anyway. Whatever...I dont care.

[pawnsacrifice1]

Pete Murphy sound like Iggy Pop on this

[dbayao]

this song seems to come from so far away doesn't it?

It has a very 'spacial" feeling, do you agree?

there's a band from the 80s, very big in Brazil, that has a few songs like JD, even the singing... one of those is "Tempo Perdido" , also one of their greates hits (the band is "Legião urbana", "Urban Legion").

[MisAnnThorpe]

Let's not get too precious. Ian Curtis was by no stretch of the imagination a great singer; great lyricist without doubt but not a great vocalist. The studio version of this was probably his very best vocal performance. When Murphy cuts out the silliness (rarely) he is actually a good singer. Trent Reznor; well, the less said about him the better!

[emile235]

@MisAnnThorpe it doesn't matter that Curtis was more of a croaker and not a singer like the Blues singers it's anti-pop anti-entertainment

[MisAnnThorpe]

@emile235 I disagree! What was anti popular music about "Love will tear us apart"? As for being anti entertainment, I don't know what you mean, perhaps you can elaborate! I do however agree that the fact that Curtis couldn't really sing wasn't important. On certain tracks he used his voice to very good effect and that is all that matters. I was not criticising him as a "singer", merely pointing out what should be obvious to any objectively minded person.

[appafonso]

Brutal!

[MrMpvincent69]

sad but beautiful at the same time. life is to short to waste it and cut it short... Ian you had so much more to give!

[jeffindenver2002]

Love Trent Reznor & Peter Murphy & Joy Division ... this is so awesome

[robotG1990]

this song reminds me of driving to Manchester with my dad. He told me that when he was younger he missed out on the chance of seeing Ian Curtis and Sid Vicious play the same show, He would never get to see any of them alive ever again. When he heard Nine Inch Nails were playing for the last time he brought me tickets for 3 of the shows: Manchester, London and Sonisphere. This song is a reminder to me that we shouldn;t miss out on oppurtunities

[sketchmeister]

Fuck, it's working for me! You naysayers are too old, grey and cunty to count!!

[johnnystarrysky]

ponderous. boring. adds nothing. just takes away the magic....turns a beautiful mysterious song into a pretentious piece of deep meaninglessness....if you are going to cover a song...then bring something of your self to it.....other wise why bother?

[parksy010101]

@johnnystarrysky Clownish remark but understandable. Perhaps it was the Vogue to jump on JD covers?

[parksy010101]

It's only an 'h.' Who cares? Love both people, sincerely, and wasn't going to listen to this. Covers, most times, peeve one off - Placebo do enough and yet, are a splenid band - however, an empathetic and lovely cover. Why the video of 'Atmosphere?'

[JulietsMan]

LEARN TO SPELL YOU MORON!!!! it is A-T-M-O-S-P-H-E-R-E

[fikarcX]

@JulietsMan learn to read moron! and btw grow up :)

"ps: i misspelled the title, but MTV did it too (atomosphere)

(check out another cover: corpus delicti - atmosphere )"

[Rebldoomer]

@JulietsMan Chill out nigga, you'll give yourself a heart attack. faggot

[robotG1990]

This sogn will always remind me of my dad letting me go to see Nine Inch Nails- he said 'never miss anything. When I was 15 I decided to study for my term exam, a pointless exam. I missed seeign Sid Vicious and Ian Curtis on the same stage- don't miss Trent Reznor'

[JCennamo1]

Thanks.  Trent just keeps getting better and better.

[Livyathan2007]

Excellent cover :D

[drbrit67]

Good cover, this unique pairing of talent does this song justice.

[alainiala]

Trent has always done Ian right, but Peter Murphy sounds fantastic here as well. WIsh I had found this cover sooner.

[Trgr66]

makes me weep... faen faen faen

[ambianimaton]

with Reznor being the name of Syrian royalty and Murphy being originally from Turkey, it would seem this song would be the great Arabic music gig, especially given the theme of the song

[braveharty]

good cover of a classic song.

[ingl0rius]

The only decent cover of this song that i've ever heard.

[keepitacrime]

im peter murphys son

[opensourcethong]

nothing could be as good as the original, but this is still a nice cover

[drogino]

ya adoro esta cancion con peter murphi ah.

[MrCrimson1969]

could you email me the album too? Love murphy,s voice, works so good with nin and reznor

[anomaly05]

So awesome.

Does anyone have this as an mp3 they could email me?

[HawK047]

I dont want to call people personal icons, but this is definatly a compilation of people that had a big influence on me.

And what can be better than to play a Joy Division song together?

[lazirusien]

wow how did I not know this cover existed..

[ultimaesperanza04]

beatiful version, that`s a great kind to make a "cover", superb!

[IDKSOMTHIN]

Murphy does an amazing job.

Sounds somewhat like Curtis.

[malaivona24]

This is Peter Murphy...Perfect <3

[mzmzg]

I'm confused now by all these different posts. Is it Bowie or Peter Murphy? Sounds more like Peter Murphy to me.

[UnholyPanda13]

@mzmzg It's murphy.

[MrPhilipE3]

(Maybe the poor confused soul Neph is thinking of The Hunger? Only tie I could think of with Bauhaus and Bowie).

[DubyaDubyaE]

This gave me goosebumps. I love Joy Division, this has to be one of the greatest cover songs I have ever heard in my life.

[m33lover]

Perfect........

[jonafone]

i really do appreciate this and the dead souls covers there fantastic, I think trent is one of the onyl guys who really knows the music of ian well enough to cover it well enough

[NephilimNexus]

Indeed. Reznor & Bowie demonstrate both respect & understanding in the way that they *didn't* change anything in the cover.

[NINFREAK13]

This is a very appropriate tribute to Ian Curtis. Very classy.

.......and Ghosts was hardly emo pop.

[superzapper]

Trent Reznor is overated The last 3 NIN albums have been shit. Ok if you like emo pop.

[rgbfilter]

Peter Murphy does a great job on the vocals, and I like this take. The original will always be there, and those complaining about the 'cash grab', well it's not as if Joy Division covers a sure fire way to fame and fortune.

Besides... if Trent's involvement exposes younger listeners to some great music like Joy Division and Bauhaus, more power to 'em.

[GodGiftMaggot]

brilliant, two of the best artists on the planet paying homage to the greatest artist to walk the planet (Ian Curtis).

[fullydrooped]

Great Tribute to Ian Curtis...

[1979mystiq]

is there a problem with the sound !!!!!!!?

[lowlockunknown]

I never thought I would like ANY cover of this song, man was I wrong ! JD is my favorite band,and Trent and PM did a wonderful job. Atmosphere is so beautiful. Thank you boys, you made my day.........

[cdlm1412]

great cover, great song

[Connor796]

really dig this cover, not gonna lie the bass in this cover sounds more like The cure then Joy Division imo.

[changeismydesign]

Yes, but the point is not to sound like Joy Division. The point is to take the song and to make it their own.

[Connor796]

ye thats fine I completely understand what covers are, Im just saying the bass sounds more cure esq then JD. I think the cover is fantastic.

[jgwillia]

The point is that what makes Joy Division so unique and special (to some of us, anyway), is that they were so ephemeral and short-lived that they didn't have a chance to get ruined by crass commercialism. They were broke, and incredibly real.

Listening to Trent Reznor, talented as he is, making more money out of their music than they ever did is pretty freaking awful.

[NephilimNexus]

Maybe, but I doubt either Reznor or Bowie were hurting for cash when they did this. They've made their fourtunes already. Whatever music either of them does anymore is out of their love of music itself.

[tykho]

peter murphy is not david bowie.

[caraboscope]

I don't get why 2 people disliked this comment... Peter Murphy truely isn't David bowie (even though they're both so good!)

[jgwillia]

I'm confused - Bowie? Am I missing something?

[misanthropicjenn]

i love both versions. in my book, there are no greater voices than ian and peter. but of course, i'm a twisted bitch. ah well.

[CriffaD]

not bad, good cover, but of it aint broke, dont fix it

[zachamazing]

that phrase doesn't go with music.

[wadestylee]

i think its great

[hypercatjohn]

not a patch on the original, wonder why people feel the need to cover things that really need leaving alone.

[XxzippoxX]

Don't walk away

[Raokenx]

Thank God for joy division, they've managed to cure my blues several times.

[walonsubi]

Well they managed the impossible. They made Joy Division even more depressing. Odd consaidering Atmosphere was one of the happier JD songs

[turpin77777777]

Funny. 100% agreed.

[Edthestrange]

Actually I thought Atmosphere was one of the more depressing ones. Depressing in a cathartic way, however.

[Chad0980]

cool.

[funkshiat]

love these Murphy + Reznor covers

[andrepulse]

In the classical like this, the original is ever better than covers, but...! This is Peter Murphy!!! So, its very very special version. ;-)

[DangerousKJL]

This was one of those things that looked good on paper but failed in execution.

[ColeMoyers]

ians voice was better in this song...but i liked his dead souls cover

[fikarcX]

of course Ian voice was better :D

[sidbambi]

of course!anyway great job!thanks very much:)