New Order's Love Vigilantes has been interpreted in so many different ways - Is it an anti war song, Is the protagonist dead, Was the telegram a mistake. Ultimately each person can take whatever meaning they want from Barney's lyrics but the one thing every New Order fan will take is what a bloody good track it is...Love Vigilantes is simply one of the finest melodies that the band ever produced....the track almost plays as a modern day folk/country song....
Which makes it almost the perfect song to cover for Laura Cantrell...she first came to public attention in 2000 with her debut album Not The Tremblin' Kind which gained her the immediate respect of none other than John Peel who wrote "[It is] my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life"....a huge compliment to Laura Cantrell from the great man....
She recorded her version of Love Vigilantes for the Body Of War soundtrack in 2007 and manages to makes the song her own and justifies all the praise heaped on her by Peel...her greatest vocal quality is her absolute restraint and almost conversational style of singing which perfectly suits the song...
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