Songs that Changed Music: New Order - Blue Monday
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On March 7, 1983, New Order released the single “Blue Monday.” In addition to its massive commercial success, charting in the top 10 in several different countries, the single established New Order’s reimagined voice, distinct from the raw emotions and haunting melodies of Joy Division, and launching the world of dance music into a whole new era. As John Bush declared: “‘Blue Monday’ cemented New Order’s transition from post-punk to alternative dance with vivid sequencers and a set of distant, chilling lyrics by Bernard Sumner”
At first, in the time between Curtis’ death, and “Blue Monday”, New Order struggled to find their identity as a band. Their first single” (“Ceremony” with “In a Lonely Place”) were tracks they had written with Curtis before his passing, and their first album (Movement, 1981) followed in the same vein of dark, haunting ytacks, as their work in Joy Division. What “Blue Monday” offered, instead, was a startling break away from that emotionality and into the mechanized sound of drum machines and synthesizers. As Sumner reflected in 2015: “I think ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ connects with people because of the emotional content within the song, and I think ‘Blue Monday’ connects with people because of the startling lack of emotional content within the song. It’s kind of contradictory, really.”
While the sonic shift seemed to be a drastic change, there are several lines of influence that can be drawn between the track and the band’s earlier work. The impact of a band like Kraftwerk on New Order should come as no surprise; however, it was actually Ian Curtis who introduced the electronic music pioneers to his bandmates. As Hook explained:
“My earliest memory of Kraftwerk was being given an LP by Ian Curtis. He gave me ‘Autobahn’ and then later ‘Trans Europe Express’. I was absolutely mesmerised by both. Ian suggested that every time Joy Division go on stage, we should do so to ‘Trans Europe Express’. We did that from our first show, until nearly our last […] Joy Division were very tied to Kraftwerk, but it wasn’t until we got to New Order and were able to afford the toys that our primary source of inspiration became, ‘Let’s rip off Kraftwerk’. Their music was beguilingly simple, but impossible to replicate.”
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Which other songs would you like us to cover in this series?
The Cure’s Fascination Street. It’s got 2 minute plus intro. Great musical layers, awesome lyrics. Would be great examine it.
David Bowie's Let's Dance or maybe something from the Sex Pistols. love this series idea Warren!
Could you try “La La Love you” by the pixies?
Or “doing the cockroach “ by modest mouse
i remeber : when it came out, it shook all the trees in the german clubs !!!!
I don't think Blue Monday will ever sound dated which is truly extraordinary.
Agreed 100%!
It sounds good but if definitely IS dated af.
80s music NEVER is dated. Until nowadays songs like New Order’s Blue Monday sounds like they were produced a couple of weeks ago, although it was released more than 30 years ago.
@@jaedu860212 No, it sounds dated af. But you can admit it sounds good.
You don't use that much synth and reverb in tbis day and age. You can definitely tell it was made over 30 years ago.
Timeless beauty.
I was stationed in Austin Texas in 1984, and while at a record store, I heard them playing "Blue Monday"...I asked who this was...they told me it was New Order, and that they would be playing in Austin in about six weeks...I bought the album, and listened to it intensively...I saw them at the Coliseum Austin (the same venue I saw Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and I was mesmerized...I became a New Order fan...BTW...Trivia: The Coliseum Austin is featured the Clash's "Rock the Casbah" video...there are no seats, just a crowd on a floor...
Yup. In 1984 I was 15 and living in Austin. Was the record store the Tower Records on the drag? I used to spend hours there overwhelmed by the amount of cool and interesting music that would never be played on the radio.
Thank you for sharing this memorie! 🤘🏼❤️🙏🏼🙌🏼 just Wow!
How awesome!
Wow! Thanks ever so much for sharing
@@kiheirc3195yes! Amazing
So far ahead of its time.
Still slaying dancefloors as it nears 40 years on.
Thanks ever so much Alan!
40 years after this...must be your childs wedding night then! Mum and Dad doing their stuff
Every time New Order songs came on in the 80's the dance floor would immediately become packed!
It's crazy that Love Will Tear Us Apart and Blue Monday never sound dated. Cementing the fact that this is the pinnacle of songwriting. Timeless.
masterpieces are timeless ;)
Hearing those separated tracks, makes me appreciate the song even more, than I did as a teenager back then.
Absolutely! Agreed 100%!
About 10 years ago I was fortunate enough to be commissioned to photograph Peter Hook at his home.
Having heard lots of stories about how prickly he could be I was relieved to arrive and have him open the gate and welcome us in all whilst he was munching on a sausage on a fork! Proper sound guy.
He shows us to an outbuilding which turns out to be his home office and rehearsal room. Whilst setting up I'm having a look around at this room filled with all sorts of music equipment, I mean bins filled with pedals, heads, cables, guitars you name it! Anyway, I was stood looking an rack full of amp heads and synths etc when Peter Hook comes and stands next to me, we chat briefly about amps and guitars then he points at one and says "recorded Blue Monday on that"....my jaw hit the floor just to even know that was what was used was enough, nevermind that one the guys who made it was chatting to me about it!
We finished the photoshoot and then Peter showed us through his personal collection of Hacienda, Joy Division and New Order memorabilia - like the two rails of bootleg Joy Division t-shirts he's collected!
Childhood dream come true that day and he was a proper nice guy too.
Fascinating story and experience. Thanks for sharing!
"recorded Blue Monday on that" what a mic drop
I don't care where you are in the world or the age of the people there: if you want to fill a dance floor you play "Blue Monday".
Agreed 100%!
It never fails. Put Blue Monday on and a church becomes a club (at least the back few rows 😉)
@@masontiger most church buildings are clubs these days anyway.
Absolutly!!
its also a good chance for the dj to hit the loo
blue monday will forever be one of the greatest musical masterpieces ever created. doesn’t matter how many times I listen to it, it shakes me to the core each time
As Bernard said:
"It's not a song. It's a machine that makes you dance."
The sheer amount of kids asking me what the song from the COD trailer was. My answer was the greatest electronic music you'll ever hear
It´s March the 7th 2023 ... Happy Birthday Blue Monday 40 years
If this series was limited to just songs from the 80’s I would be perfectly fine with it.
Haha thanks Erik!
This was brilliant thank you!
Peter Hook is one of those players that I know anywhere. His unique high tone just stands out. If you are not careful,you might think it was a six string guitar!
Agreed 100%!
Absolutely. The first time I heard Monaco's 'What Do You Want From Me' way back and had zero idea who they were but the minute Hook's bass comes in, I knew it was Hooky!
IIRC, Hooky played a Shergold bass for this song (certainly live), and the Shergold does actually have six strings!
If you listen to a lot of New Order's lyrics you can cry and dance at the same time.
True Faith. Every time. Every goddamn time.
Dancing with tears in your eyes
Regret. Yup.
Well said Curtis! Happy New Year!
@@Producelikeapro A Happy & Musical New Year to you too
Blue Monday changed my life from a kid to a teenager. This song along with People are People by Depeche Mode remind me so vividly of my early teen years. You got a new follower! Great channel!
Wow! Thanks ever so much
Same here
Brian Blick, those were the two songs that changed everything for me, too. I will add in West End Girls as well.
Me, too. I can’t think of a house party in late ‘80s Brampton, Ontario without this song blasting our drunken teen eardrums.
Good man...!! As it happens, People are People and Blue Monday were my first 7"" & 12" bought respectively...!
I remember in the mid-80's there was a low-power pirate TV station (Channel 8) broadcasting music videos (a poor man's MTV) that my home tv could receive decently. In the interludes between program blocks, it would play a computer-generated kaliedoscope with an infinite loop of Blue Monday. The computer was an Amiga of some sort, popular for its video generation and processing abilities in that era, which I know because occasionally the system would crash and display the classic Amiga flashing "Guru Meditation" error.
Refreshing to see something else than the basic queen/floyd/zeppelin axis..
Thanks ever so much!
Maybe but I still want to commit suicide on this noise
Joy Division /New order 💚💜💖
Huge fan of Moricone's spaghetti western music and I never notice the obvious similarity until you stamped it in my face 😳
Haha I’m a huge fan as well!
"The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen,
"Melt With You" by Modern English,
"Magic" by The Cars
"Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads,
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bahaus,
" Rock the Casbah" by the Clash,
"Cars" by Gary Numan,
"Rockit" by Herbie Hancock
All amazing ideas!
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Talking Heads.....that's one I wanna see.
bauhaus! yes!
This is a great list!
Peter Hook’s bass line in this song is brilliant, I love it!! ✌️☺️
Agreed 100%!
@@Producelikeapro It’s better than the synth bass line to be fair, as there’s not much of it in the song. ✌️☺️
@@danielpalmersofficial Not really 😂 Hook’s bass part is a melodic hook, purposely not meant to be part of the rhythm section. If you’ve never danced to that bassline loud on a huge sound system with a bunch of people, you might not understand how good the synth bassline really is. How well it works for its desired purpose: shaking butts in a club! I play bass guitar but also make electronic music, and gotta give it up for the synth bass sound on Blue Monday. If every part of this track weren’t perfect for its intended effect, it wouldn’t be widely considered one of the most classic tracks of the entire 1980s.
@@sub-jec-tiv Yeah, but once I heard it I couldn’t mishear it again. 👌😙
Blue Monday is a masterpiece
Agreed 100%!!
YES ABSOLUTELY!
What an achievement to have changed music history twice. As Joy Division and New Order, they made the difference. Great artists for sure.
Thanks for sharing so rich information. This channel is spectacular. Congrats to all staff. Cheers!
Agreed! Absolutely amazing!
Verdade...
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@Rising star That's hilarious
They also started The Hacienda nightclub in Manchester which in its early years was peerless. AFAIK no bands at the time had done anything like that.
I love these videos and it just so happens that I have a personal little story for Blue Monday.
Somewhere around 1985 I went into Lyle's Place (a used record store in Victoria, B.C.), with some money burning a whole in my pocket. I was familiar with New Order but not the song Blue Monday. I picked up the 12" on a whim and took it home.
Back then I only used my Dad's turntable to record albums on to cassette tapes and then put them away. So I did that, as always.
The thing is, I didn't realize that I was playing the record on the wrong speed, as it was a 12", not an LP.
The end result was that I had a song that I had no idea wasn't being heard correctly. It was a super-melodic dirge-like track that I just loved! I played it a lot and was shocked when I first found out that it wasn't meant to be played that way.
I haven't heard it slowed down in a long time, but give it a try... it is great that way!
Thanks ever so much for sharing! I appreciate it! Have a marvellous holiday season!
Hilarious. Reminds me of my brother in law's 'wrong speed' story.
He had an annoying school friend who kept going on about his favourite band, Deep Purple. Particularly their drummer, Ian Paice and his amazing solo on The Mule from the Fireball album. Great solo btw.
My BiL boasted he had a record with an even more spectacular drum solo at home. After school, he sat his annoying friend down in the living room, put a record on the turntable and dropped the needle right in the middle of the most diabolically elaborate drum solo known to man.
His annoying pal's socks were blown clean off.
Of course, he was playing Fireball at 45, but it shut his mate up.
Can't get up to those sorts of shenanigans with Spotify or Deezer!
I love watching how the music of that generation was created by very talented musicians. It still amazes me how much the human mind can create such incredible music out of so many different elements with truly amazing style that's totally unique from another.
Very well said! Thanks
The quality of this video is ASTONISHING.
Wow! Thanks ever so much! That really means a lot
Before I found my own music, I listened and "borrowed" a lot from my older sister. I first heard "Blue Monday" when I took my sister's tape of "Substance." I was 15. The first synth lines were spare and attention getting. The first bass line is the highlight of the song and blew my mind.
I was "hooked."
"Blue Monday" can be played anywhere, at any time, and it will fill any floor. Timeless.
Thanks for the memories. You just reminded me that I once "permanently borrowed" a roommate's copy of Substance as well. One of the first (if not THE first) CDs I'd ever listened to. I must have worn out Disc 1. Bizarre Love Triangle was the track that blew my mind...
Most people say blue monday sounds like the 80s but actually blue monday sounds like every generation ever and it will never grow old🔥
The entire track is epic, but wouldn't have been anything like it was if not for that vocal and the creative way it was sang. The original recording of this track still fills the dance floor in clubs to this day. Truly a once in a lifetime song.
Yes, indeed amazing vocal! Thanks ever so much
Changed my life from the moment I heard it 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I was obsessed with this song when it was on the radio in 1983. I was only 4 years old but I could tell it was an exceptionally good song even at that age.
Fantastic! Thanks ever so much for sharing
I remember hearing it in 83 at a friends house, I was just 12 at the time, his older brother was playing it on vinyl, to us in a bedroom on a council estate in Manchester, it was the sound of the future from some far off exotic land, little did we understand it was created just a few miles down the road from where we were. I still love Blue Monday and play it often, imprinted on my youth and yet still sounds fresh to me even now. Timeless!
I was 7 years old when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. They instantly became my favorite band. Then in the 70's it was Led Zeppelin. Soon after I discovered "punk" music, and in the early 80's discovered New Order. It took a long time, but eventually I accepted that New Order became my favorite band. They have remained my favorite ever since. I love many New Order songs, but Blue Monday always remains at the top. In my mind it is a classic. I'm now 64 years old, and still listening to New Order while dancing in my chair.
Wow! Thanks ever so much for sharing! Amazing musical journey!
Best video of its type I've ever seen. As a dj in the 80s, I caned Blue Monday to death. Loved it. Love watching people run over each other to get to the dance floor. Talk about a floorgasm!
Thanks ever so much Charles!
I was 14 when this came out, and had just gone through my New Wave phase. I'd always loved Disco and still did. But this, when I first heard it on the radio..... it was like a revelation to me. I had to save up to get the LP as, at the time, it was still import for me and cost more than a regular LP. It's one of those songs, that never gets old to me and always feels fresh.
When I was in Year 8 (about 12-13), I once spent a whole half-term day on that old PlayStation game Music, reprogramming all the sample bits and recreating Blue Monday bit by bit. I think it taught me a lot about how to structure music and layers. I couldn’t even play anything at the time.
Mum was impressed though.
Thanks ever so much for sharing Edgar!
Same here! Music was a great game/ tool on the PlayStation, I tried energy flash, almost did it
Haha i remember that "game". I say game, it was a DAW that was shitty even for its time. Im pretty sure it was a good intro to using a DAW. But i seemed to use all the ibiza trance samples when was about 10 yrs old, making something probably truly awful. And you could sample CDs from the drive?
Those 70s German bands had an enormous influence on 80s British music. Great song! Thanks Warren!
They also had a huge influence on hip hop. I saw a documentary about Dr Dre and he was heavily influenced by Kraftwerk when he was a kid. He said people would be surprised at how many rappers were influenced by them.
@@dreamweaver1603 Yup! No way they came to NY in the late 70s, early 80s and not get influenced by what hiphop DJs were doing with sampling. The Kraftwerk album was being cut everywhere. No self respecting hiphop DJ walked around without Kraftwerk. HipHop is what drew me to New Order and subsequently Joy Division and later Depeche Mode....and further more into the Smiths and Cure.
@@yal100 That's awesome! There was a lot of good music from that era, though some would say it wasn't because they didn't use instruments. But they did something really new and it was good.
Whenever this played, you'd see me on the dance floor!! My ultimate dance song💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃
That’s wonderful to hear
I was volunteering as a DJ at a university radio station when this came out. It blew everyone away. So good.
Wow! Thanks ever so much for sharing
This is the episode I’ve beeen waiting for since I started watching this channel!
Thanks ever so much Trevor!!
I remember very clear when I heard this song first time in a big “Disco” in Essen.
No one at the dancefloor - everybody wondered what this sound should be !
It was right the beginning of another new music era of the 80s - and, by the way, also the ending of my life as a teenager ;-)
Thanks for this brillant clip !
Killer episode, Warren!
Aw shucks!! Thanks ever so much Glenn! You Rock my friend!
@Luke Yeah, it'all just a façade hehe. I bet he came here to bash the bass player :)))))
killer episode warren! 4 people died watching this video. literally
@@Producelikeapro Warren, when will you feature the other Warren? I'd love to see desperados under the eaves
@@DarkSideofSynth one of the main reason I stopped watching Glenn’s videos. Narrow scope and the constant bashing of the bass player wasn’t funny anymore - like get creative dude
I am here before this video has 10,000,000 views. These videos always blow me away and you provide such insightful analysis of the production and context of the songs. Keep up the incredible work Warren and Team!
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate my friend!!
Thank you for bringing this band to light. To me, they defined the eighties and everything that came after. They were the go to band when you wanted to feel alive.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
@@Producelikeapro Thanks for replying. The only channel that has ever said thank you for a comment.
May I suggest Jim Croce.
So, being a 19 yo in 1983 when “Blue Monday” came out, this was just the most amazing song ever. I did stints as a DJ on the Victoria University radio station, and we played this frequently. But, many of used to go out to the two local nightclubs, and we danced to this endlessly. Back then, this was the most wonderful music ever, ever, ever.
Hooky’s ever “hooky” bass line, partly lifted from Morricone’s epic riff from ‘For A Few Dollars More’, (albeit cunningly both simplified and expanded enough to have escaped my notice ‘til seeing your excellent video), reminds me that when I saw Peter Hook And The Light a few years ago, just before getting on stage part of the awesome horn-led title theme for the ‘58 epic ‘The Vikings’ by another Italian film composer Mario Nascimbene, was volubly played like a fanfare. Makes me wonder whether New Order song titles which reference classic films like ‘In A Lonely Place’ & ‘Thieves Like Us’ also reflect Hooky’s influence, but whatever the case, it all adds to their evocative resonance in my view. Thanks again for all your brilliant work Warren!
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Another fun fact regarding Blue Monday, the sleeve was so expensive to produce, they actually lost 5p every copy they sold in that sleeve. BUT!!!....the floppy disc was a wicked cool sleeve! Gotta love Tony Wilson!
Thanks ever so much for sharing Devin!
True that
What made it worse for them, was it went on to become the biggest selling 12" single in UK history. The more it sold, the more money they lost.
Stephen Morris debunks that in his recent memoir.
@@markbrown7913 Yeah maybe that was just a ploy.. They didn't make a lot of money through Factory Records though.. Tony Wilson was a terrible businessman.. ;)
I don't remember exactly when I first heard Blue Monday, but I do remember that whatever I was doing, I stopped dead and listened, totally focused on the tune. I had to have that tune. It grabbed me and wouldn't let go. I came across Orkestra Obsolete's version played on obsolete instruments, and that brought me here, to this site. Thanks for the breakdown of all the elements. It explains some of the hold this song has on me; Influences from Kraftwerk, Morriconi, Donna Summer, Joy Division, Dance music. I still stop whatever I am doing if I hear this tune, no matter when or where.
This song is so seamless from beginning to end. A masterpiece of audio recording.
1983, ah yes, out every night on the pull. Fade to Gray by Visage also comes to mind. Thanks, Warren.
I love that song! Thanks ever so much!
There's an interesting video on TH-cam about how Fade to Grey came about. The musicians who created it talk about how it evolved.
Oh this song...absolutely exploded my mind when I fist heard it. I was so punk rock that I didn’t think I was supposed to like music made by robots but I just couldn’t help getting sucked into the commanding richness of it, and that brutally cold vocal. The contrast chills me to this day! Once again an INCREDIBLY interesting dissection of how it made. So cool!!
Mine too! Thanks ever so much
Fun fact: the Orgy cover of this amazing song was the first song I learned on drums. That was about 20 years ago - what a cool memory. Great video and history!
Wow - truly amazing - to think all these influences inspired one of the best songs of the century. I was a DJ in the 80's and once Blue Monday was played, the dance floor was packed.
Joy Division and New Order. EDM, New wave and haunting sounds. Started a totally new genre of music. After disco, funk, acid rock, heavy metal and pop music of the 70s. It was infectious in the new massive big city dance clubs of the early 80s. And in the tiny dirty dark punk rock bars of the early 80s
Indeed! Wonderful time for music!
Great vid recognizing the most underated music group of all time. 30-40 years later and these guys are still kicking ass in the club and rave scene.
Thanks! I’m a huge fan!!
I studied audio engineering at Salford Uni so I have a real closeness to New Order in spirit. Blue Monday is the epitome of the term "timeless classic". I doubt ther are many dance songs that can do this, as they tend to date quickly, so it's doubly impressive.
Thank you as ever, Warren, you tap into my musical tastes so very well.
Love this video, especially the reveal of Ennio Morricone's influence. RIP Maestro.
Talked about For a Few Dollars More; showed clip from The Good The Bad and The Ugly which was on tv last night
Huge New Order Fan - had no idea it was so complicated for them to create a track I love so much!
For some reason I can hear the song so clearly in my head with Ian singing it, my brain wants it.
I was fortunate enough to hear this live a few days ago in Dallas ❤️❤️❤️ legendary band
Some songs stands like a nostalgic flag in your memory landscape. This song is one of my such ”flags”. First time entering a unfamiliar club in the neighbouring town around easter 1983. If I put it on and close my eyes , I can see the people , feel a hint of the same exitement and mood in that room. Also , I , unfortunately clearly remember all the aweful clothes and hairstyles. Hahaha ! Music really is like some sort of a time machine.
Best club dance song EVAH! Head banging to it, rocking, popping you name it.. never gets old. Need to clean the house? Put this on, turn up the volume and off you go!
I remember the Smash Hits magazine single review saying that after the first five minutes it's causes tense, nervous headache ...my all-time favourite band.Salford Rules!
Thanks ever so much!!
This actually is an excellent video. I love the format and how you've broken all the parts down from both a musical and historical perspective. Keep it up, you are a quality content creator!
Thanks very much John! Happy New Year!
I’m not a musician but really enjoyed this breakdown. It didn’t go over my head too much and was fascinating. A great song.
This song played every evening at the underage club near my neighborhood-Jubilee. And then it played at the clubs when i turned 21. This and Bizarre Love Triangle were heard EVERYWHERE. Hook played melodic bass riffs so beautifully. I think every friend of mine had the Substance album.
Thanks ever so much for sharing!!
Blue Monday was everything back in the 80s. Southern California high school no less. it defined our school dances and set the tone. Great times.
Thanks ever so much for sharing BB!
What I really love about this song is that it reminds me so much of bipolar where the song starts off "kinda happy " then later on as the song progress , it thens starts sound more "melancholic " ; the song changes moods -- from glad to sadness . The lyrics tells a depressing story as well . I'm not saying this song is about depression , bipolar or anything like that but it whenever I hear it , I can't hear but think bipolar -- especially considering how Ian Curris suffer a lot from mental illness . Still beautiful song to listen to 😊
Such an important song. I always define it as a song (like a few others) as a song that split the music in half, ie. what came before and what came after.
I'm 55 and i never knew the inspiration to "New Monday". Then when you hear it, You recognise it straight away. :-)
Thanks for this revelation.....
One of the greatest pop songs of all times.
Thanks ever so much
Whenever this track comes on I have to listen to it, I can't skip it... something about those drums and bass sounds that just hypnotise me haha..
Fantastic piece of music
I saw them live in 1982 where during the whole gig they had problems with the sequencer and drum-machine. Gillian messed up the floppies for the sequencer and it created chaos on stage. Brilliant chaos, best gig I ever saw! These problems probably led to them buying a new sequencer and drum-machine.
Thank you very much, for put automatic subititles translation for portuguese! A big hug from Brazil. 😊
I didn't know there was so much sampling is the track, somehow it makes it even better for me! I had the pleasure of watching they play it live and it was one of the most memorable experiences I had ❤️
Playing a bass riff from a Clint Eastwood western on a Eastwood Bass…… I see whatcha did there, Sir!
Haha i didn’t even think about that! Genius
Lol I was seriously hoping no one had mentioned it before in the comments 🤣
You were first! Haha
Never forget first time I heard Blue Monday. 1984 -7th grade- our cheerleaders leaders danced to this at our pep rally with 12 in woofers cranked.
Very nice! Thanks ever so much for sharing
Excellent insights and history - thank you! I started my degree at Southampton in 1983, about six months after this was released. I remember the first Saturday before courses began was a huge event in the union building so we could mingle and join clubs etc. (called the "bunfight"). As I walked into the concourse, Blue Monday had just started playing on a huge Bose sound system a DJ had set up in the centre of the tiled floor. THAT was the moment I grasped fully that I'd left home and started my adult life - and I'll forever remember Blue Monday as being the soundtrack to that moment. Pretty much a lynchpin of my life, this song.
Blue Monday was my third most played song on TH-cam Music for this year it seems. Such a great song.
How do you chart that?
Got an e-mail from them with a summary of the year. I have YT Premium which includes YT Music.
That's very cool Alex! Thanks ever so much for sharing!
This episode is amazing! Thank you, Warren. I used to listen to Blue Monday over and over back in the days, and now I see a lot of details that I never even noticed in this song. Awesome.
Thanks ever so much my friend!!
I'm just grateful I grew up during these times. Music was amazing and take you to different worlds. I was just thirteen.
7 minutes 24 of pure bliss
Yes!!
Best-selling 12“ ever IIRC. Classic, I love it still
Yeah, amazingly bad business there!
Yes, Michael, the biggest feeling 12 inch ever and deservedly so!
@@Nick-vu9yu absolutely!
That song defined the 80's. Quincy Jones even eventually signed them. That's amazing.
Dance club staple, always got EVERYONE on the floor, and everyone had several versions of the single in their record collection. I loved dancing to this song, and would always freeze for several seconds when the lyric "Now I stand here waiting" would play - until he started singing again. Now that I think about it, I think I always grooved to the offbeat (the syncopation?) rather than the downbeat. I still do that! I think everyone secretly loved this song, even if they didn't openly love it.
I've probably commented on this before, but I can't resist an opportunity to hear Blue Monday. I listen to it every day and I never tire of it. But nothing beats dancing to it on MDA with the friends I loved best when it was new.
This song..., if someone had gone through my record collection in the early 80s they would have found Blue Monday hidden amongst my Kiss, Van halen, sabbath and Motley Crüe albums. I loved this song, and the b side, the beach. I used to go out to a night club in the mid 80s in Brisbane, Australia called the court jester. I hated the music, but I had to go somewhere to fail with the ladies... but when this song came on I went off.
Haha thanks ever so much for sharing!! Yes, it was a guilty pleasure for many people
We’re you around when the wickem first opened in the early 90’s? Otherwise it was options, the terminus or the beat
Absolutely a fantastic song, still influencing music today- certainly mine.
Thanks ever so much!!
Can you produce 5 or at least 3 specific tracks as examples of being directly influenced by New Order? I doubt it -- and you say "music today", i.e. you should be able to name hundreds.
i´m born in 82 and blue monday is my favorite track. thank you so much for this video and info about the track
Thanks ever so much
Blue Monday and Confusion were big hits on the NYC radio and at clubs like Area, Danceteria, Mudd Club, Club 57, Bonds, Limelight, and the Roxy and The Fun House two break dancing clubs in the Chelsea area. This was also when the whole world would come to NYC and be inspired by the Post Disco, No Wave and Hi-NRG dance music. Loved it all
Marvellous! Thanks ever so much Jett!
Sounds glorious.
4:42 That infamous chorus sound was even sampled later by Westbam in the second version of "Disco Deutschland". The original sound that Kraftwerk used came from an "melotron" like instrument called Orchestron that used optical foil discs for its sound loops, instead of magnetic tape. Principle was basically almost like the optical sound used on 35mm filmprints since the dawn of soundfilm. It had various Sound discs and when Ralf Hütter saw that thing being demonstrated during a show, he instantly bought it. It was used intensively on the albums "Radioaktivität" and "Trans Europa Express".
Hull Fair, September 1983.. my first term at university... every single ride played this tune... utterly timeless, such an amazing choon!
Thanks ever so much for sharing Matt!
Brilliant. It's amazing how you can think you know a record and then still find out so much more. Thanks Warren.
One of my favorite songs of all time - thank you for featuring this song
You’re very welcome!
This was a big tune for me back in the day, I still find myself singing it from time to time. Didn't know about the connection with Joy Division, this series is so good for learning stuff about bands and artists I have appreciated. Nice one Warren.
Me too!!
Watch the movie "24 hour party People"
It tells the story of this music scene in Manchester from late 70's to late 90's
It is one of my favorite movies, with a great score (obviously) and overall great acting.
Wow, a piece of my youth right there! This song still gives me goose bumps when it's cranked up. I started sneaking into disco's and music performances at 15. Saw Donna Summer in 79. Thank you for the great details on the magic and perfect chemistry that went into making this song.
Fantastic video - thanks for sharing that analysis of this amazing song!
This was incredible Warren! Thank you so much for doing this!
Thanks ever so much Jas!
For the synth people who got brushed over with the gear talk, they used a Moog Source for bass, a Prophet~5 for the lead, an E-mu Emulator for the choir, and finally the Overheim DMX for drums.
Amazing!!!! So many night, morning and days dancing *blue monday*....
There are people that claim knowing the 'how' behind movies, songs, technology removes the magic - they couldn't be more incorrect. It increases the magic by orders of magnitude, knowing how many things were involved and had to work to make it happen. Fantastic video - thank you very much
Thanks ever so much Donald! Great comment!
Thanks for breaking it down. One of my all time favorite songs.
You’re very welcome