Zombie Zombie – The Beach Single Review

‘The Beach’ is perhaps best described as a zombified cover of the New Order classic as sung by a husky voiced Russian seductress in English. The song was recorded by the little known French indie-electronic duo Zombie Zombie as part of a celebration of New Order’s seminal classic Power, Corruption and Lies (which was released 29 years ago and will likely be remastered or re-released for its 30th birthday next year) for Mojo Music Magazine.

It may be bewildering to those who have only ever heard ‘Blue Monday’ as to why it has been labelled as ‘The Beach’, given that both lyrically and musically, that appears to be exactly what it is. The title ‘The Beach’ comes from the B-side to the original single version (which is basically an extended instrumental), and a song that also appeared on the aforementioned Power, Corruption and Lies. Musically, as you might expect, it is not a patch on either of the original songs, or indeed, many of the other remixes (of which the ’88 remix remains the best).

Nevertheless, ‘The Beach’ or ‘Blue Monday’ (or whatever you want to bloody call it) is such a classic song with a foot tapping melody and surprisingly hummable chorus (given its sombre subject matter of rejection) that is possible to enjoy almost all the versions of the song that have been made of it, including this one.

An interesting experiment, but not one that will make much of an impact outside of New Order fanatics or fans of the duo.

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