@@phantommagnolia This is useful even if it isn't to you. If one wanted to sample this is a good guide where to find the bit you wanted very easily for example.
@@robertnortan87 waiting for the sirens call is a fluke for the most part but I'll be damned if I don't love the title track. Jetstream is indeed not good lol
As a club dj in the eighties, my fondest memory was the moment I could drop this masterpiece into my set. People would freak the fuck out, nearly tearing their clothes in an effort to get to the dance floor. I have never before and rarely since seen dancers experiencing such moments of total kinetic bliss. The word "floorgasm" was coined just to describe that scene. One of the highpoints of my 25+ years working as a DJ. P.s. It's a year since I wrote this. Just wanted to thank all those who have shared their experiences and memories of this legendary track. The stories that you've told me are as varied as they are amazing. In clubs, on the radio, in the car. It still amazes me to this day that one track could change so many lives and fill people with such joy. So thanks again.
@@FloodlightGamingReal Not really. That was before the whole superstar dj Keoki sort of thing. People appreciated what I did, but few really cared what my name was. I just used my last name, which was Summers. A few clubs, a lot of private house parties, and a ton of Sci fi and fantasy conventions. Thanks for asking. I have some great memories. A little hazy, to be sure. It was a crazy sexy decade. Lots of blow, the introduction of E, and every person under 30 partying like we weren't going to survive the millennium. But I wouldn't change anything.
@@FloodlightGamingReal On a personal note. My right eardrum was damaged at NO's Lowlife tour in '86. I lost about 12% of my hearing during their performance of Perfect Kiss. I was way too close to the stage speaker stacks. To this day I get a weird rattle whenever I play that track. In hindsight, totally worth it. New Order was one of the principle reasons I became a DJ to begin with. In not sure if you know, but the 12' vinyl copy of Blue Monday is the greatest selling club cut of all time. That band changed lives, just like Joy Division before Ian's suicide.
My favourite single of all time, never gets old ,bought it as a 13 year old back in 1983 and must be my most played piece of vinyl in my collection, Records as timeless as this are rare.
I’m 50, laying in bed at 11:53 pm listening to Blue Monday same as I did as a teen in the 80s. I can’t imagine this song ever getting old. More of a journey than a song really.
So you know, this video is based off of how the original single was sold. It was sold in a sleeve designed to look like a floppy disc, with the band and song's name printed on one edge with a colored block code. Due to the way the paper sleeves had to be made, how many colors were in the code, and the total lack of faith in this song selling any copies, it was actually sold for less than it cost to print. So, of course, it got so popular that it nearly bankrupted the printing company. EDIT: In case you were wondering if the code is exactly the same in this video as it is on the album, the answer is YES. The code was used by the artist Peter Saville, who used it on four albums: Power, Corruption and Lies; by New Order: FACT75 (also comes with decoder ring seen on this video's opening shot) Blue Monday; by New Order: FAC 73 BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH NEW ORDER Confusion; by New Order: FAC 93 It was also used on the cover of From the Hip by Section 25, unfortunately, the only picture I can find of the cover is so blurry I can't actually make out the code. Also worth mentioning; they initially wrote this song because the band never did encores (which might explain the lyrics), and they wanted a song that they could just push a button on the synth machine and leave the audience to it. But they started having too much fun getting this weird, experimental (for the time) song to work, so they packaged it as a single, and have since become known to play this song as an encore.
yeah i remember it now. Was there not heaps of different versions released at the same time or something.in any case ,brings me back to quifs, suits, larger, and some great nights and an overlooked era.
Born in ‘72 here and was lucky my much older brother introduced me to tons of awesome music between ‘81-‘84 and this being one of them. This song has the most beautiful outro ever! The final 1.5 minutes is f***ing sublime!
Still here . I still remember the lighting bolt hitting me , the first time I heard this in Metro's nightclub , Newport Gwent in the boiling hot summer of '83 .
Из множества были забыты огромные количества( Не заслуженно забыты, просто по ходу жизни. Нас, какие бы мы не были забудут. И это великий дар и проклятье одновременно. Это и есть ирония судьбы))) ЗАБЫВАТЬ ВСЕ
@@Butterratbee No it's in other movies...😁 It was a joke. Atomic Blond has a great 80s soundtrack, though. Found 2 songs I couldn't remember from that movie.
I don't think this song will ever get old. I was born after it came out so I heard it when I was very young. My dad absolutely loved this song and would play it loud in the car quite often. I'm 31 now and still love this song!
52 and I think the 80s were the high point for American Culture and Unity post WW2. All was hopeful, exciting, and looking so bright we all had to wear shades! I never would of even conceptualized the dystopian hellhole we are letting happen today.
@@ArkanceloAutore Well, maybe there is some Austrian art college dropout with moustache who is veteran of war in 4chan. His side lost that war and now he is making provocative videos on TH-cam, about internet purity or mason conspiracy for which he would serve sentence in prison. Or maybe not
"One of the greatest songs?" I suppose the variety of music you listen to is limited. It's a good beat and arrangement but certainly not the greatest song ever produced. Listen to "
@@michaelhuerta7194 music is subjective, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.. I love this song and it’s definitely one of my favourites along with take on me and tainted love
Bloody Hell! I was 18 and living in the UK when this work of art was released! What a privilege. It was on the radio all day long, so fantabulous!!! Actually, Blue Monday 88.
Randomly, heard this playing in my car yesterday!!!!!! My kid goes to change the radio station and I had to arm wrestle his fingers off the dial. The nerve! Absolutely love this song.🎶❤️🎶❤️
1:37: Based on the letter codes in the rest of the video, the text on the side of the floppy reads "FAC? BLUE MONDAY AND". The question mark is the fourth character from the top, which doesn't appear anywhere in the song. It should be noted that between the first space and the letter "B" there appears to be a letter that is black on the left and gray on the right, but that isn't a letter at all. It is the orientation notch of the floppy disk itself. So no letter was placed there at all. Throughout the song, all letters are represented except X and Z. When putting the codes next to the letters in order, a very obvious pattern emerges. The letters are encoded in base 10. A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on. The colors are: 0=White 1=Green 2=Yellow 3=Pink 4=Orange 5=Cyan 6=Pink 7=Navy Blue 8=Magenta 9=Blue For the first nine letters (A through I), they are simply solid blocks with their number's color. All subsequent letters are two rectangles, the left being the tens digit and the right being the ones digit. Example: U is the 21st letter of the alphabet, so its icon is Yellow on the left, green on the right. From this pattern we can deduce that, although never shown, the letter X (24th letter of the alphabet) would be yellow on the left, orange on the right. And Z (26th letter) would be yellow on the left and pink on the right. The mystery character is Navy Blue on the left and purple on the right, which would correspond to letter number 73 - far outside the range of possible letters. So this is either a mistake or a simple artistic choice. While the center portion of the message "BLUE MONDAY" makes perfect sense, the words before and after, "FAC?" and "AND" don't seem to make sense, even though the latter is a word. A final note: There is a typo in the video. At 3:06 in the line "Just how I should feel today", the "T" in "just" is represented by a solid green square (which is "A"). In all other cases, T is correctly represented as Yellow on the left, White on the right. And finally, the codes at the very beginning of the video read, unsurprisingly, "NEW ORDER BLUE MONDAY" I have a lot of free time. UPDATE: The record label that produced "Blue Monday" was named "Factory 73". This explains the "FAC" followed by the 73 character. The "AND" at the end is explained because the full name of the single was "BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH". Because it was released as a 45rpm record and the B-side was the New Order song "The Beach".
There's actually a way to confirm you theorizing about letter X and Y. The colourful circle that's spinning along the beat basically offers all the tools you need. Starting from the big green segment and going clockwise, all 26 outer colours represent the alphabet in the correct order.
The fact that NO managed to put out an EDM-inspired song with a gothic spin to it while also becoming the best selling 12 inch single of all time is such a defining moment for the band & something i would consider as a crowning achievement in music history
@@OMNI-Infinityt’s a very 80s song tbh, Im 19 and have been obsessed with this song for the past month or so, like a 100 listens or something . It’s just friggen amazing and even though I haven’t experienced it around the time it came out it still somehow manages to make me nostalgic of that time. Even though I was never apart of it yk? It was similar on my first listen, it’s such an 80s tune that I can’t help but envision that time and how it must’ve felt to dance in clubs to it
I'm old enough to remember when this song was new. It was played at summer camp dances I went to in the 80's. I played this on my Sony walkman and Boom box. It reminds me of my youth in the 80's. This song is apart of the soundtrack to the best decade in music ever. Thank you.
I'm here in May 2024. Back in the day, there were "after-hours" clubs that would open when the regular (alcohol serving) bars would close at 2 am. The DJs would play dance music (disco, etc) because people were not done dancing! New Order was on the playlist nightly! It was so much fun with such good music! Grab a chorizo or a hot dog from the one-manned cart in front before you went inside. Then, we were ready to dance until 4 or 5 am. Nice memories!
its cool seeing all the 45-60 year olds commenting how much they loved this song when they were 16. Im 16 right now and this song is badass, I love it.
Don't know if it transcends time, it's very much stuck in the 80s. Great tune, but very of it's time. The only reason it still gets regular play is because it's easily accessible, so in that way I guess a lot of songs have transcended time, right? No, not really.
@@carsonhough2386 I got one word for you: Synths. (Ok I have a few more words to go along with that) It's pretty much just post-punk/new wave mixed with a tad of industrial. I love the song, but it without a doubt sounds like the 80s and nothing else
EXACTLY, THIS SONG SO MYSTERIOUS SO BEAUTIFUL SUPER. SUPER POWERFUL AND SOOOO PUNK, I FUCKKKKEN LOVE IT, AN AND LIVING IT TODAY!!THE EIGHTIES WAS IS AND WILL FOREVER BE THEE BEST OF THE BEST AND BEST OF ALL TIMES!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸!!!
Happy 40th birthday Blue Monday! I was 16 when this came out, I remember when I first heard it and even what I was wearing. It's hard to describe how rad and groundbreaking this was in 1983, how hypnotic and mesmerising. It perfectly sums up that summer and still gives me chills. I thought I'd missed my chance to ever hear it live, and then, one night in 2002, as we were packing up to be ready to leave Finsbury Park, New order came on and played this, and some. It felt like healing, like reaching back in time and saying, *there you go* Magical 💙
I was also 16 and I got a copy of this from my brother in law who worked at the college radio station KSJS. He maintained the transmitter so I got to go with him and borrow records they had that were not yet available at Tower Records.
1983 I was 18 and I was in Monsena Croatia on summer holiday ..every night this was play in a club endlessly, over and over..and over, it.. was ... soooo adictive...
On a day like today, March 7, 41 years ago, the single with this legendary song was published, a milestone for electronic and alternative music... INMORTAL!
I feel nostalgic as if i was clubbing in the 80's even though i found this banger a couple of years ago. It's magical it takes you back man i can imagine it so well jamming to this banger back in the day. God damn 80's kids had it fucking amazing (in terms of music and vibes). Fucking amazing.
The fist time I heard this song I was at a party in 86. A few days later I bought the power, corruption and lies album on cassette. I played it on my stereo in my bedroom one day I played Blue Monday so loud that my father came upstairs and took the cassette on me. After he died I found a Box of junk in his closet that contained the Cassette. Dad I will always miss you I hope you are smiling from up there.
I'm 78 . I listen to this over and over. It's fantastic and one of the best songs I've ever known. The ' music ' of today is a load of absolute shine. This is real class
Probably more relieved that they created something different and good enough for folks to forget they were already the most influential band of the post punk era 😂 the history of Joy Division/New Order will never cease to amaze me.
I doubt it. Artists generally remain self critical of their work immediately after. In fact they usually they think it's not complete and it takes months or years to separate themseselves appreciate their own work.
@@WC-jd8rn Most people would be disappointed if they heard musicians speak privately about their work. Like for instance Led Leplin and Pink Floyd separately said in interviews they didn't have any meaning to their songs, they were either high or they just made it sound good to get a pay check
67 years old and because my maker decided to extend my life beyond what Cancer was dictating to me April 1985 and let me swim in a life of Music! ! These guys did a wonderful job at building you up for a Climatic Sound Assault on the senses! Hold on to something because they are about to kick your ass!! Oh! Hit me with it again!
I'm absolutely loving this first time I heard it red onion Santa ana i'm fighting prostate cancer gave me 9 months i'm at 5 years now I think it's because of the music I listen to x New order the damn
Michael I love the world of music product with it on a quick cancer story for you my friend I was sleeping in the valley my friend's house and on West side of Hawaii I got bit on the face by a scorpion I got infected and go to the hospital four days later I get a phone call from a nurse tells me we found an anomaly in your blood sugar you have to come in and talk to the doctor doctor tells me you have prostate cancer you're at 183 PSA have about 9 months go to do my radiation chemo doctor came out and said Andrew we're not going to be able to do the radiation and chemo the cancer has leaked into your limp noise oh yeah but if you believe in God and you believe in the realm of music and All about Love it'll work cuz of the doctor lady said and you got one chance we know that you don't drink alcohol and you're a pretty clean guy cuz we live on Kauai and it's a small island and everybody knows about everybody so I got a doctor for you he has a new he's got an idea to starve the cancer cancer survives on testosterone they gave me my months Michael I'm approaching 5 years and I'm crying right now telling you the story I love God and I like listening to stories about you God bless you Michael God bless you Michael
This song came on in the car yesterday on my dads playlist and when I got home I immediately looked it up and listened to it it’s such an addicting song
The 80's just had incredibly good music in general to the point it's timeless, this could easily be used in the future and people would think it came out then
Technological limitations spark creativity. Electronic musicians these days can have and do anything they want, yet there's such a horrendous amount of really bland music about.
@@Metal-Possum I'd argue that people are being restricted by the music companies. They filter stuff so only the easy stuff will make money. They won't invest in anything that's a risk or not mainstream.
It was originally played live in late 1982 in Australia and New Zealand. There are some amateur videos of those performances on TH-cam, although the quality is very poor.
@@svenlima I remember enough to know it was a hell of lot better than now. The music of that decade alone is everlasting proof of it. I was highly cognitive at an early age, though too. Started speaking in full sentences just before my 1st birthday. I guess it used to freak people out because they didn't expect it.
IDK man, I am a child of the 80s too, and this is what I recall - th-cam.com/video/1ASpBpT8bRQ/w-d-xo.html&pbjreload=101 in fact, most everything *The Cure* ever did in the 80s kinna defined the decade!!
We didn't get it right all the time with 80's music, but when we did, it was smashed so hard it landed up being a timeless classic some 40 years later... And this is one of those classics that just holds itself as untouchable
@@c.a.mproductions9214 I mean the 70s and 80s is 20 years and you picked 1 year thats not fair, but I did word my first comment funny im sorry,also I wasn't alive in the 80s so I get to go back and cherry pick the good stuff lol
@@brooke2170 so in my eyes, the fact you have to cherry pick the music means they didnt "rule" like you said they did. you never hear about the terrible hair metal or disco or prog rock, you only hear about the music from bands like new order and tears for fears or artists like mj and prince.
My older half-brother introduced this to me in 2000 when he lived with us for year while going to school. I had just started 3rd grade and this and 'you spin me right round' absolutely captured my imagination like nothing else. I'll always think back fondly on memories of hanging out with him while he plundered tunes on Napster on his at the time very fancy graphite G4 tower. Grateful for this world and the music in it, I love you Brandon.
What a song. Could be released tomorrow and it would still be game changer. Truly timeless. The fact that they thought to include an organic Peter Hook bassline in the middle of an electronic symphony is why they’re peerless.
I wonder if the synth bass and bass guitar thing was inspired by Cabaret Voltaire. They used to be friends; CV even helped them record their first demos as New Order, so it could happen
I don’t think people realize how huge this song was for the early house and techno movements sprouting in Chicago and London. Such a groundbreaking track for electronic music.
Kids these days have no appreciation of how much of a goddamn banger this was. No really. YOU might like it, and maybe your little group of friends.. but nah back then you couldn't escape this song for a whole year and then it just remained as the reference track for what a single should be. It's like how everyone was playing Not Like Us by Kendrick the past couple weeks. Except club culture was THE thing to do so you couldn't avoid this masterpiece.
It was their earlier singles that made more of an impact on me at the time - _Everything's Gone Green_ and _Temptation_ established their sound and by the time _Blue Monday_ turned up it wasn't as unexpected as it would have been had it been their first post JD single.
I was a big fan of joy division and new order when this came out, and to tell you the truth I didn't know what to make of it back then. It was like it arrived from another planet.
It was pretty special at the time, but bear in mind we had already gone through punk and new wave and synths were de rigueur . I was working at an airfield, just a few miles from Macclesfield as it appens, I used to and sit in the middle of the airfield in my car, close my eyes and play this at max volume. It was on a cassette back then. Still love it 35 years later.
And here you are, listening to music made with those very instruments. I imagine you’re proud. (That’s not sarcasm; it’s pretty awesome that your grandfather did that.)
First time I heard this song was about half an hour after being delivered. The kick drum at the opening probably has something to do with why I listen to metal.
My cousin, God rest his soul, was part of their roadcrew. One of the first times they performed this live, the bass bins were walking off the stage and towards the audience beneath them. They had to hang on to the back of them to stop them falling.
@@Dave_Sisson Think it was because of the kick drum and bass synth. We're talking PA speakers rather than Hooky's backline. Probably not accustomed to safely reproducing pumping electronic music back in 83.
Me and my trip down to the 1980s nostalgia lane, nothing beats this absolutely amazing. Bring it on !! I’m 44 in October and can’t believe I’ve come this far!! 🎉😂
This was and still is a classic, remember when it came out, I'm 58, time goes v quickly 😕. Didn't realise how great the 80s were at the time, would love to go back now, I was a goth and still listen to 80s goth, simpler times 😊
I always listen to this on the way to the beach with my dad, and despite the fact that we are almost 40 years apart in age, we universally enjoy it together.
This is such a great track now as it was then really. Can't believe that this is now nearly 40 years ago old too. 1983 was such a good year for music, and this was one of the best for sure too. Thank you!
My old good friend showed me this song as we smoked weed in my garage and spoke meaning and life during high school. With time we grew distant with different lifestyles and interests. I affiliate people with music, with songs. I forget a lot of things but if you tell me your favourite song I will always remember it. I affiliate this song with him as it became my favourite song. But I’ve never really had a song I have affiliated with myself but I realised that people have affiliated this song with me. I listen to this song every day, good mood or bad it has to come on. I’ve done this for years now. I was at a party in the woods secluded from the world, where there was the biggest sound system I’ve ever experienced in a cottage. And oh did we dance and party. At some point I was having a deep conversation away from the loud noise and commotion, and I remember hearing my name being screamed by so many people, and I hear someone yell Blue Mondays playing, and I have never gotten up so fast, I sprinted through the woods in the middle of the night, I ate shit on a root. Got up without hesitation and I got to that cabin, for everyone to yell at my arrival. I ate that dance floor alive.
The only sad thing is that I'm 27 and can't find friends who appreciate this music to dance the night away. I inherited this song from my father who was a DJ. And my children will grow up listening to it. The best song ever ♥️
Go find an 80's night and go alone, you'll meet kindred 80's spirits. I was a teenager when this first came out, my mind was exploding, it was so RAD!!!!
How does it feel To treat me like you do? When you've laid your hands upon me And told me who you are? I thought I was mistaken I thought I heard your words Tell me how do I feel? Tell me now, how do I feel? Those who came before me Lived through their vocations From the past until completion They'll turn away no more And still, I find it so hard To say what I need to say But, I'm quite sure that you'll tell me Just how I should feel today [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] I see a ship in the harbour I can and shall obey But, if it wasn't for your misfortune I'd be a heavenly person today And I thought I was mistaken And I thought I heard you speak Tell me, how do I feel? Tell me now, how should I feel? Now I stand here waiting [Verse 3] I thought I told you to leave me When I walked down to the beach Tell me how does it feel When your heart grows cold (Grows cold, grows cold, grows cold, grow cold)
6:22 is the absolute best part of the song, when that synthesizer comes back after the guitar strumming, after being absent for a couple of minutes.... the synthesizer reminding everyone Hey I'm Back, and I'm Here to Stay
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0:00-0:16 - Kick
0:16-0:30 - Kick & Synth
0:30-0:59 - Drums, Synth & Synth Bass
0:59-1:03 - Hi-hats
1:03-1:18 - Drums & Synth Bass
1:18-1:33 - Drums, Synth Bass & Bass Guitar
1:33-1:36 - Drum fill
1:36-2:09 - Drums, Synth Bass, Choir & Strings
2:09-3:07 - Vocals, Synth Bass, Synth, Drums, Bass Guitar
3:07-3:21 - Drums, Synth Bass, Synth, Trumpet
3:21-3:34 - Drums, Sampling
3:34-4:02 - Vocals, Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass
4:02-4:17 - Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass, Drums
4:17-4:32 - Vocals, Synth Bass, Synth, Drums
4:32-4:47 - Drums, Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass
4:52-5:24 - Drums, Synth Bass, Synth, Trumpet, Slapping
5:24-5:46 - Drums, Kick, Drum fills
5:46-6:08 - Drums, Synth Bass, Choir
6:08-6:22 - Drums, Synth Bass, Bass Guitar, Choir
6:24-7:30 - Drums, Synth, Strings, Synth Bass, Bass Guitar
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@@phantommagnolia This is useful even if it isn't to you. If one wanted to sample this is a good guide where to find the bit you wanted very easily for example.
The synth bass sequence is intoxicating. New Order never misses!
They do, but not that time.
@@robertnortan87 waiting for the sirens call is a fluke for the most part but I'll be damned if I don't love the title track. Jetstream is indeed not good lol
The beauty of the bass is twin baselines, the synth bass and Peter Hook playing Ennio Morricone's The good the bad and the ugly over the top.
Synth bass?
@@NormAppleton the pulsing bass part was done on (I think) a moog rouge, while Hook played that killer melodic part throughout the song
As a club dj in the eighties, my fondest memory was the moment I could drop this masterpiece into my set. People would freak the fuck out, nearly tearing their clothes in an effort to get to the dance floor. I have never before and rarely since seen dancers experiencing such moments of total kinetic bliss. The word "floorgasm" was coined just to describe that scene. One of the highpoints of my 25+ years working as a DJ.
P.s. It's a year since I wrote this. Just wanted to thank all those who have shared their experiences and memories of this legendary track. The stories that you've told me are as varied as they are amazing. In clubs, on the radio, in the car. It still amazes me to this day that one track could change so many lives and fill people with such joy. So thanks again.
Did djs use aliases back then or is that a more recent thing, and if you did what was yours I'm legit curious
@@FloodlightGamingReal Not really. That was before the whole superstar dj Keoki sort of thing. People appreciated what I did, but few really cared what my name was. I just used my last name, which was Summers. A few clubs, a lot of private house parties, and a ton of Sci fi and fantasy conventions. Thanks for asking. I have some great memories. A little hazy, to be sure. It was a crazy sexy decade. Lots of blow, the introduction of E, and every person under 30 partying like we weren't going to survive the millennium. But I wouldn't change anything.
Best comment of 2021! Got my laughing in my seat.
@@charlessomerset9754 thank you for telling me this stuff it sounds really cool
@@FloodlightGamingReal On a personal note. My right eardrum was damaged at NO's Lowlife tour in '86. I lost about 12% of my hearing during their performance of Perfect Kiss. I was way too close to the stage speaker stacks. To this day I get a weird rattle whenever I play that track. In hindsight, totally worth it. New Order was one of the principle reasons I became a DJ to begin with. In not sure if you know, but the 12' vinyl copy of Blue Monday is the greatest selling club cut of all time. That band changed lives, just like Joy Division before Ian's suicide.
Never grows old. This track encapsulates the vibe of the early 80s edm scene. Love it!!
Try Orkestra playing this with 1930s instruments. It's absolutely beautiful!
@@tonyorsini5255 That orchestra makes me realize how much technology plays a role in music.
My favourite single of all time, never gets old ,bought it as a 13 year old back in 1983 and must be my most played piece of vinyl in my collection, Records as timeless as this are rare.
Wasn't it released in 1986?
@@Vitringur no 1983 and then a remixed version released in 88 as Blue Monday 88
Y 1620 ??
You got good music taste sir!
Bet it sounds amazing on vinyl.
I've been listening to this song for almost 40 years since I was a kid and it STILL hasn't gotten old.
However I got old.
Já eu não envelheci!
@@geilluisolianooliano6893 Enfim, o BR oculto
Never regret growing old; As we've seen it's a privilege denied many.
@@Pinky-lg3lz Agreed.
I have no regrets about that.
It is what it is.
However time does fly.
No you didnt. Only your current vessel did
I’m 50, laying in bed at 11:53 pm listening to Blue Monday same as I did as a teen in the 80s. I can’t imagine this song ever getting old. More of a journey than a song really.
SHIBA TO THE MOON
@@lipelego22 💎🙌🚀
48 here, currently...
Preach my Shib army brother
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I'm a teen now, Man 80's music is basically it's own genre, it's that good.
This song’s build-up is legendary.
Greetings from Amsterdam ❤️ to the Legend!
Checking it out again now and, oh yes...this is some seriously paced acceleration.
agree. the lyrics start at 2:11 which is usually the time for the last chorus of a pop song. this song is epic.
Legend has it that Daft Punk learned everything from them.
So you know, this video is based off of how the original single was sold.
It was sold in a sleeve designed to look like a floppy disc, with the band and song's name printed on one edge with a colored block code. Due to the way the paper sleeves had to be made, how many colors were in the code, and the total lack of faith in this song selling any copies, it was actually sold for less than it cost to print. So, of course, it got so popular that it nearly bankrupted the printing company.
EDIT: In case you were wondering if the code is exactly the same in this video as it is on the album, the answer is YES. The code was used by the artist Peter Saville, who used it on four albums:
Power, Corruption and Lies; by New Order: FACT75 (also comes with decoder ring seen on this video's opening shot)
Blue Monday; by New Order: FAC 73 BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH NEW ORDER
Confusion; by New Order: FAC 93
It was also used on the cover of From the Hip by Section 25, unfortunately, the only picture I can find of the cover is so blurry I can't actually make out the code.
Also worth mentioning; they initially wrote this song because the band never did encores (which might explain the lyrics), and they wanted a song that they could just push a button on the synth machine and leave the audience to it. But they started having too much fun getting this weird, experimental (for the time) song to work, so they packaged it as a single, and have since become known to play this song as an encore.
Interesting
yeah i remember it now. Was there not heaps of different versions released at the same time or something.in any case ,brings me back to quifs, suits, larger, and some great nights and an overlooked era.
Did you say Jimmy or peter
By coincidence, I own all those vinyl records. Also the Section 25 one. I didn't know they were the only ones with that code on the sleeve.
@@wimvdb2670 There are probably more.
TH-cam is the only thing close to a time machine that we have. God bless the tube
OMG yes! Anytime I can't remember a song/artist, I just have to type in a few words. Nice to hear someone else appreciate YT as much as I do.
Aleluya.
I agree
It's like the psychedelic you never had. Respect it.
Do they provide the hot tub
Listening to New Order got me through hard times. I love this band so much.
Brings back happy memories and tears.
👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👏👏
i didnt know skip bayles had a soul.....
@Jaxon Van Volkingburgh hang in there man God has a better woman for you out there be patient 🙏.
Skip got the New Order like
Born in ‘72 here and was lucky my much older brother introduced me to tons of awesome music between ‘81-‘84 and this being one of them. This song has the most beautiful outro ever! The final 1.5 minutes is f***ing sublime!
Great brother.
This song will NEVER get old.
Never, ever!
just like the younglings that anakin slaughtered
Mask cover mouth
@@excelibous *HOL UP*
Agree
One of the greatest beats ever...when this song came on at the dance club...nobody was still sitting!
I'm in my 60s, and this song still gets me up on my feet and dancing whenever I hear it .... even if it pops up in the grocery store!!! hehehe
It doesn't take long to recognize this song no matter how many years ago you heard it.
It is not my type of music but I can still apreciaton of musical
Facts! 😂
So amazing! Arn't they!
*1979* : dark and powerful post punk
*1983* : the dance hit of the 80s
One of the most epic band in music history
Revived in the Goth/Industrial scene 1998
Wait till you find Kraftwerk
Totally agree.
@@jakovkrezo6889 facts
I mean, yeah, if you count Joy Division and New Order as the same
40 years later and this still sounds like the future
4 years earlier (1979) there was _THIS_ and they called it a "disco song"... th-cam.com/video/jE4EarLZPYs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JDAthJOuZvb-5Ruh&t=31
Still here . I still remember the lighting bolt hitting me , the first time I heard this in Metro's nightclub , Newport Gwent in the boiling hot summer of '83 .
@@halcyon289 nice
th-cam.com/video/JjGwvaNvOg8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mBnrUxE3-tXXTGFd
What!? 40 years?? 😭😭
The year is 2022, and this song would still bring the roof down as part of a set, absolute timeless banger
The year is 2023 - had the good luck to see the double in San Francisco - New Order/Pet Shop Boys
OASIS,2045
wade watts joins the club of an amazing scene
There were a lot of talented bands in the 80's but New Order was on a whole different level. Great music like this stands the test of time.
They and Depeche Mode...their songs still sounds futuristic
Music like this ages like a good wine :)
@@brigittebenjamin9528 Don't forget OMD
Extraterrestrials. Peerless.
Из множества были забыты огромные количества( Не заслуженно забыты, просто по ходу жизни. Нас, какие бы мы не были забудут. И это великий дар и проклятье одновременно. Это и есть ирония судьбы))) ЗАБЫВАТЬ ВСЕ
My dad played this song constantly when I was a kid. Now more than ten years after, I finally realize the true masterpiece that this song is.
yes it is a masterpiece.
Mine too...🤗
That's a nice comment, way to go!
Mine too omg!🥰
Your played this track because your dad has EXCELLENT taste in music!!!! 👍👍👍
Hello future person, yes we are still listening to this in *[insert* *year* *here]* !
You have great taste in music.
Have a lovely day!
I FOUND IT!!!!!! Oh my god!!! This was ALWAYS played at my local club in the 80s. This is the best everrrrr!!!!
So you didn't see Atomic Blond. Unbelievable! LOL! It's on the soundtrack w/ a lot of amazing 80s hits.
@@Butterratbee No it's in other movies...😁 It was a joke. Atomic Blond has a great 80s soundtrack, though. Found 2 songs I couldn't remember from that movie.
And mine ,and was called Charlie's nightclub!
😂
Joy Division was Not a one-man band
@@CoMorbiditty big up NEW ORDER♥️
Actually wrote this as an outro song when they played live. Ended up being their biggest hit.
oh believe me Trearch knows how to create games and put an extremely good songs and then hire the people who will make Hollywood's trailer.
@@dmitryibambelbi4583 who the heck is talking about treyarch
@@dmitryibambelbi4583 this song is OLD dude. cod just bought a liscence to use it
Fr this song is 🔥🔥🔥
Try using explicit subjects in your sentences.
This song defined a whole generation and genre of music.
40 years ago
I don't think this song will ever get old. I was born after it came out so I heard it when I was very young. My dad absolutely loved this song and would play it loud in the car quite often. I'm 31 now and still love this song!
I did the same with my kids.
@@dedewallace4839 lucky kids!
That reverberated choir is just nostalgic bliss and pure 80s era atmosphere!
It's Kraftwerk sample
I find this comment to be incredibly offensive.
@@briancrawford8751😅
Buddy the reverberated choir is 70s. It's a Kraftwerk sample. Nothing 80s about it lmao
it's sampled from Kraftwerk's Uranium! (1975) :)
Always energizes me! I am 71 years young!🔥♥️🇺🇸
Lol you still young
Your name and comment give me LIFE
I'm rocketing to 60 and I'm with you brother! This transcends age. ♥️♥️
Right
Здоровья и долгих лет жизни!
This song is the perfect mix of future, past and nostalgia.
Like a perfect Dry Martini cocktail.
Never gets old, always in fashion.
Salute!
Great comment 🍸
Two words, take your pick - Classic or Eternal
Dry Martini is not really my choice of poison. But this definitely has some alcoholic preface to higher frequencies 😁
Best description ❤
I will turn 58 this June 24, the 80s were the best years of my life, listening to this music.
I'm the same age. I agree
Happy belated birthday. I'm a lot of years your junior, but I enjoy this music, quite a bit.
58 in August, Semper Fi 1966
Hope you won't be mad at me but "Bonne Saint-Jean Baptiste" signed Marc
52 and I think the 80s were the high point for American Culture and Unity post WW2. All was hopeful, exciting, and looking so bright we all had to wear shades! I never would of even conceptualized the dystopian hellhole we are letting happen today.
Dont worry guys 59 years from now and we''ll be back in the 80's :)
😐
Why go back to 80s, when we all can stay in (not so) Roaring 20s
Plenty of time for me to finally learn some dance floor moves.
@@ArkanceloAutore Well, maybe there is some Austrian art college dropout with moustache who is veteran of war in 4chan. His side lost that war and now he is making provocative videos on TH-cam, about internet purity or mason conspiracy for which he would serve sentence in prison. Or maybe not
Inshallah
Hands down one of the greatest songs ever made , love throwing this on at a party
WHO HACKED YOU?
Oh nigga like you don’t know
@@gregkosinski2303 😂
"One of the greatest songs?" I suppose the variety of music you listen to is limited. It's a good beat and arrangement but certainly not the greatest song ever produced. Listen to "
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@@michaelhuerta7194 music is subjective, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure..
I love this song and it’s definitely one of my favourites along with take on me and tainted love
1:38 the “howl” (that’s literally how i can describe it) is quite possibly the most wonderful thing i’ve ever heard
kraftwerk - uranium
I don't really see it as a howl but more like a dark choir, unholy monks in hooded robes
@@astromelia8822 Mt Eden Dubstep - Escape
@@astromelia8822 idk if your name refers to slint's spiderland but cool username nonetheless
@@aalilo7583 yeah, it's from slint's spiderland
Bloody Hell! I was 18 and living in the UK when this work of art was released! What a privilege. It was on the radio all day long, so fantabulous!!! Actually, Blue Monday 88.
76 and loving it. Never too old
Nice
❤
54 and I'm loving it
Fuck yeah
Replay at 86...
One of the most perfect tracks ever made!
There other stuffs better. Procession is a bop
A timeless classic, if they released it today it would probably go straight to No. 1
Alexander Bea Foot looking into more of their stuff to remix under my actual dj name. Had this TH-cam since I was like 16
TERRIFIC SOUND!DELIGHTFULL!
@Keegan Young that’s some good shit. Listening at work and can’t wait to hear more music like this. Thanks dude!!!
This sounds way more futuristic and advanced than music today. Totally timeless.
💯😳
Many songs and music from the 80s is light years ahead of most of the crap coming out in recent years
@@mckm5737 I listen to this song everyday to get me going.
Yes. And pyramids and sphinx looks more futuristic than buildings today.
@@abrahammenjivar8748 I gave a Like because I’m an Abraham too. We are rare...
One of the best tracks of all time
Randomly, heard this playing in my car yesterday!!!!!!
My kid goes to change the radio station and I had to arm wrestle his fingers off the dial. The nerve!
Absolutely love this song.🎶❤️🎶❤️
1:37: Based on the letter codes in the rest of the video, the text on the side of the floppy reads "FAC? BLUE MONDAY AND". The question mark is the fourth character from the top, which doesn't appear anywhere in the song. It should be noted that between the first space and the letter "B" there appears to be a letter that is black on the left and gray on the right, but that isn't a letter at all. It is the orientation notch of the floppy disk itself. So no letter was placed there at all.
Throughout the song, all letters are represented except X and Z. When putting the codes next to the letters in order, a very obvious pattern emerges. The letters are encoded in base 10. A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on. The colors are:
0=White
1=Green
2=Yellow
3=Pink
4=Orange
5=Cyan
6=Pink
7=Navy Blue
8=Magenta
9=Blue
For the first nine letters (A through I), they are simply solid blocks with their number's color. All subsequent letters are two rectangles, the left being the tens digit and the right being the ones digit. Example: U is the 21st letter of the alphabet, so its icon is Yellow on the left, green on the right.
From this pattern we can deduce that, although never shown, the letter X (24th letter of the alphabet) would be yellow on the left, orange on the right. And Z (26th letter) would be yellow on the left and pink on the right.
The mystery character is Navy Blue on the left and purple on the right, which would correspond to letter number 73 - far outside the range of possible letters. So this is either a mistake or a simple artistic choice. While the center portion of the message "BLUE MONDAY" makes perfect sense, the words before and after, "FAC?" and "AND" don't seem to make sense, even though the latter is a word.
A final note: There is a typo in the video. At 3:06 in the line "Just how I should feel today", the "T" in "just" is represented by a solid green square (which is "A"). In all other cases, T is correctly represented as Yellow on the left, White on the right.
And finally, the codes at the very beginning of the video read, unsurprisingly, "NEW ORDER BLUE MONDAY"
I have a lot of free time.
UPDATE: The record label that produced "Blue Monday" was named "Factory 73". This explains the "FAC" followed by the 73 character. The "AND" at the end is explained because the full name of the single was "BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH". Because it was released as a 45rpm record and the B-side was the New Order song "The Beach".
My brain exploded halfway through reading
got it color and stuff
Poor Randall Hertz- it's 90, and does not get IT.
There's actually a way to confirm you theorizing about letter X and Y. The colourful circle that's spinning along the beat basically offers all the tools you need. Starting from the big green segment and going clockwise, all 26 outer colours represent the alphabet in the correct order.
The numbers are stacked, and it's up to you to determine context - so it'd be FAC73.
40 years on and still a banger. Happy Birthday Blue Monday.
Time flies.
What are you guys on about it was uploaded 4 yrs ago
@@Ruffles666 Was listening to this in 1999.
@@Ruffles666🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️😂😂😂
@@Ruffles666🤣🤣🤣
sounds like it's a hit from the future
This is a Hit for all last and future times. 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
That’s because it is. 🖤🍸
It will always
It was a hit almost 40 years ago.
the bassline is imitating a Clint Eastwood movie from the 60's. It's not futuristic to me.
The fact that NO managed to put out an EDM-inspired song with a gothic spin to it while also becoming the best selling 12 inch single of all time is such a defining moment for the band & something i would consider as a crowning achievement in music history
I love how these songs have become nostalgic for every generation.
@Hunter Vonnegut stop spamming
@@OMNI-Infinityt’s a very 80s song tbh, Im 19 and have been obsessed with this song for the past month or so, like a 100 listens or something . It’s just friggen amazing and even though I haven’t experienced it around the time it came out it still somehow manages to make me nostalgic of that time. Even though I was never apart of it yk? It was similar on my first listen, it’s such an 80s tune that I can’t help but envision that time and how it must’ve felt to dance in clubs to it
Not nostalgia. Euro-modernist beauty. I’m ravished by it’s icy perfection.
I'm old enough to remember when this song was new. It was played at summer camp dances I went to in the 80's. I played this on my Sony walkman and Boom box. It reminds me of my youth in the 80's. This song is apart of the soundtrack to the best decade in music ever. Thank you.
Walkman and Boombox. Word.
Being a teenager in the 80s is something I wouldn’t change for anything Thank you for providing the soundtrack to my life
I miss my boom box.
Never gets old. Total classic. I wonder if they realized at the time the piece of genius they had created
It was allegedly meant to be an easy song to do at the end of a show, with the machines doing most of the work.
They also lost money for every single sold.
But that doesn't matter cos they "won't fuckin sell any anyway"
I know little berny sumner well for over 46 years intact , respect 🫡
I'm here in May 2024.
Back in the day, there were "after-hours" clubs that would open when the regular (alcohol serving) bars would close at 2 am. The DJs would play dance music (disco, etc) because people were not done dancing! New Order was on the playlist nightly!
It was so much fun with such good music! Grab a chorizo or a hot dog from the one-manned cart in front before you went inside. Then, we were ready to dance until 4 or 5 am. Nice memories!
its cool seeing all the 45-60 year olds commenting how much they loved this song when they were 16. Im 16 right now and this song is badass, I love it.
I was 16 once and as soon as I can afford I will be 16 again.
The good news is you'll still love it when you're 40.
Just as I did when I was 16 :-)
Good music stays with you forever.
40 ha ha 53
Already Turning 30. But i know what you Mean. My wife is just shaking her head. 60s til 80s is the perfekt Generation
With Music i Mean. And perfect Not perfekt. Auto correction 😅
So ahead of their time, I was blown away when it first came out. It's still a fresh sound!
originally Joy Division
This song transcends so much barriers time, genres, cultures, it's ridiculous.
👍👍👍😎
Don't know if it transcends time, it's very much stuck in the 80s. Great tune, but very of it's time. The only reason it still gets regular play is because it's easily accessible, so in that way I guess a lot of songs have transcended time, right? No, not really.
@@sozeytozey this song somehow sounds futuristic and 1980s at the same time
@@carsonhough2386 I got one word for you: Synths. (Ok I have a few more words to go along with that) It's pretty much just post-punk/new wave mixed with a tad of industrial. I love the song, but it without a doubt sounds like the 80s and nothing else
EXACTLY, THIS SONG SO MYSTERIOUS SO BEAUTIFUL SUPER. SUPER POWERFUL AND SOOOO PUNK, I FUCKKKKEN LOVE IT, AN AND LIVING IT TODAY!!THE EIGHTIES WAS IS AND WILL FOREVER BE THEE BEST OF THE BEST AND BEST OF ALL TIMES!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸!!!
Love this song and the many other hits they made when they first came out, 54 years old now and still love these guys!
This song is nostalgic and futuristic at the same time ❤ utter perfection
Timeless jam sounds just as fresh today as it did when it came out. What a period in time!
KROQ
Perfect comment
Sim! De quando eu tinha meus 14 anos...hoje com 49😌
New-wave music feels like a future that never came
Happy 40th birthday Blue Monday! I was 16 when this came out, I remember when I first heard it and even what I was wearing. It's hard to describe how rad and groundbreaking this was in 1983, how hypnotic and mesmerising. It perfectly sums up that summer and still gives me chills. I thought I'd missed my chance to ever hear it live, and then, one night in 2002, as we were packing up to be ready to leave Finsbury Park, New order came on and played this, and some. It felt like healing, like reaching back in time and saying, *there you go* Magical 💙
I was also 16 and I got a copy of this from my brother in law who worked at the college radio station KSJS. He maintained the transmitter so I got to go with him and borrow records they had that were not yet available at Tower Records.
I WAS 40 when this came out...go figure
15 here. Truly a masterpiece and about no radio station had the balls to play the full 7:30 version...
1983 I was 18 and I was in Monsena Croatia on summer holiday ..every night this was play in a club endlessly, over and over..and over, it.. was ... soooo adictive...
🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺💯
On a day like today, March 7, 41 years ago, the single with this legendary song was published, a milestone for electronic and alternative music... INMORTAL!
It most importantly asked us how we felt. Don't forget that.
Immortal* but yes
I feel nostalgic as if i was clubbing in the 80's even though i found this banger a couple of years ago. It's magical it takes you back man i can imagine it so well jamming to this banger back in the day. God damn 80's kids had it fucking amazing (in terms of music and vibes). Fucking amazing.
Time takes no prisoners, but songs like this keep us young forever
The fist time I heard this song I was at a party in 86. A few days later I bought the power, corruption and lies album on cassette. I played it on my stereo in my bedroom one day I played Blue Monday so loud that my father came upstairs and took the cassette on me.
After he died I found a Box of junk in his closet that contained the Cassette.
Dad I will always miss you I hope you are smiling from up there.
Your dad is in "another realm"; he sees you, he knows how you're doing, and he CERTAINLY Loves you, every moment. God Bless!
You celebrate your dad stealing your stuff? weird
Have a wonderful life mate!
@@bradhurst6834that isn’t weird mate
@@bradhurst6834don’t you get it?
80's is the forever future.
Yes.
yup
This is an absolute must in a mixtape! We gotta bring mixtapes back into life!
Me and my coworker both 55 were talking about how great mixtapes were. The 20 year old next to us asked why didn’t just download the songs 😂😂😂
@@bessiefurlow1214 Clueless. 😅
It's worth every minute and every second listening to this song.
I'm 78 . I listen to this over and over. It's fantastic and one of the best songs I've ever known.
The ' music ' of today is a load of absolute shine.
This is real class
Couldn't agree more
There is plenty of great music being made today, quit listening to the radio!!!
Shite, correct? Hey Ken you're 78. Rock on, Daddio.
С трудом верится, что тебе 73 и ты пользуешься интернетом! Обычно такие как ты страдают деменции и сидят на диване!
I am 63 and I still love this and so much of the 1980's...
New Order and Depeche Mode, the two bands from the unforgetable 80s era that still there for us. Respect!
Still part of my fan favs! ❤🎉
I bet when new order finished this track in the studio they all had a beaming smile over there faces saying we've just created an absolute masterpiece
Listen to "Everybody Needs Somebody" by The Flirtations... You'll see where this song got it's inspiration from
Probably more relieved that they created something different and good enough for folks to forget they were already the most influential band of the post punk era 😂 the history of Joy Division/New Order will never cease to amaze me.
I doubt it. Artists generally remain self critical of their work immediately after. In fact they usually they think it's not complete and it takes months or years to separate themseselves appreciate their own work.
@@NormAppleton then i hope theyve accepted that they made a masterpiece
@@WC-jd8rn Most people would be disappointed if they heard musicians speak privately about their work.
Like for instance Led Leplin and Pink Floyd separately said in interviews they didn't have any meaning to their songs, they were either high or they just made it sound good to get a pay check
67 years old and because my maker decided to extend my life beyond what Cancer was dictating to me April 1985 and let me swim in a life of Music! ! These guys did a wonderful job at building you up for a Climatic Sound Assault on the senses! Hold on to something because they are about to kick your ass!! Oh! Hit me with it again!
I wish you all the best in life & I really hope you reach the age of 100 and still listening to this massive song 🥰
I'm absolutely loving this first time I heard it red onion Santa ana i'm fighting prostate cancer gave me 9 months i'm at 5 years now I think it's because of the music I listen to x New order the damn
Ramones tsol
Michael I love the world of music product with it on a quick cancer story for you my friend I was sleeping in the valley my friend's house and on West side of Hawaii I got bit on the face by a scorpion I got infected and go to the hospital four days later I get a phone call from a nurse tells me we found an anomaly in your blood sugar you have to come in and talk to the doctor doctor tells me you have prostate cancer you're at 183 PSA have about 9 months go to do my radiation chemo doctor came out and said Andrew we're not going to be able to do the radiation and chemo the cancer has leaked into your limp noise oh yeah but if you believe in God and you believe in the realm of music and All about Love it'll work cuz of the doctor lady said and you got one chance we know that you don't drink alcohol and you're a pretty clean guy cuz we live on Kauai and it's a small island and everybody knows about everybody so I got a doctor for you he has a new he's got an idea to starve the cancer cancer survives on testosterone they gave me my months Michael I'm approaching 5 years and I'm crying right now telling you the story I love God and I like listening to stories about you God bless you Michael God bless you Michael
you're awesome
This song came on in the car yesterday on my dads playlist and when I got home I immediately looked it up and listened to it it’s such an addicting song
Your dad is clearly rad. 😅
this is a perfect song to play in your head when you have a mission at night
Slide 3
mission ?
Im constantly on that mission
mission: acquire sustenance
@@HarveyScheckupI am the mission 😋
Even a dead man would come back to life on hearing this supreme song!!!
The 80's music sounded like the future much more than contemporary music does
The 80s real ciberpunk era!
The 80's just had incredibly good music in general to the point it's timeless, this could easily be used in the future and people would think it came out then
Technological limitations spark creativity. Electronic musicians these days can have and do anything they want, yet there's such a horrendous amount of really bland music about.
@@Metal-Possum I'd argue that people are being restricted by the music companies. They filter stuff so only the easy stuff will make money. They won't invest in anything that's a risk or not mainstream.
@@Metal-Possum i know you probably hear this alot but you just need to look a little bit deeper
No matter how much times goes on. This SONG will always be PERFECT AND TIMELESS!
Being born in the 80s, I feel fairly confident in saying that it doesn't get any more 80s then this. Kinda sums up the whole decade...
That's why every movie, TV show and video game set in the 80s uses it lol
It was originally played live in late 1982 in Australia and New Zealand. There are some amateur videos of those performances on TH-cam, although the quality is very poor.
What fucking great xxx
@@svenlima I remember enough to know it was a hell of lot better than now. The music of that decade alone is everlasting proof of it. I was highly cognitive at an early age, though too. Started speaking in full sentences just before my 1st birthday. I guess it used to freak people out because they didn't expect it.
IDK man, I am a child of the 80s too, and this is what I recall - th-cam.com/video/1ASpBpT8bRQ/w-d-xo.html&pbjreload=101
in fact, most everything *The Cure* ever did in the 80s kinna defined the decade!!
What a masterpiece! All these years later and it still gives me that euphoric feeling, stoned or not!
smoke up johnny
My dad would always play this song to test new speakers
Smart!
How lit
ahahahahaha i love that
I continue to use this to test my speakers
Even though I dont know you, I know for a fact that your dad is a great guy!
Love this song. 54 yrs old. Just like the 80,s sounds just as good as it did back then. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
WE HAVE THE SAME AGE . i love 80s music . we were young. ROMANIA
@@mitinovomaticyou don't have to be young! Sounds better to me the older I get and I'm 67!!
We didn't get it right all the time with 80's music, but when we did, it was smashed so hard it landed up being a timeless classic some 40 years later...
And this is one of those classics that just holds itself as untouchable
and every club rocked it even into the early 2000's it was that popular
70-80s ruled musically whatre you talking about???
@@brooke2170 listen to what was in the top 10 in 1974 and tell me you still think that
@@c.a.mproductions9214 I mean the 70s and 80s is 20 years and you picked 1 year thats not fair, but I did word my first comment funny im sorry,also I wasn't alive in the 80s so I get to go back and cherry pick the good stuff lol
@@brooke2170 so in my eyes, the fact you have to cherry pick the music means they didnt "rule" like you said they did. you never hear about the terrible hair metal or disco or prog rock, you only hear about the music from bands like new order and tears for fears or artists like mj and prince.
My older half-brother introduced this to me in 2000 when he lived with us for year while going to school. I had just started 3rd grade and this and 'you spin me right round' absolutely captured my imagination like nothing else. I'll always think back fondly on memories of hanging out with him while he plundered tunes on Napster on his at the time very fancy graphite G4 tower. Grateful for this world and the music in it, I love you Brandon.
What a song. Could be released tomorrow and it would still be game changer. Truly timeless. The fact that they thought to include an organic Peter Hook bassline in the middle of an electronic symphony is why they’re peerless.
Well, no, this just sounds like an 80's song.
@@Kajenxa good one tho
Chill bruhhhhh... definitely would not be a game changer.. great song tho lol
Bro don't listen to these hacks. This music blows my mind !! Definitely a game changer. Nor the weeknd kind of 80s but raw..just pure raw energy.
I wonder if the synth bass and bass guitar thing was inspired by Cabaret Voltaire. They used to be friends; CV even helped them record their first demos as New Order, so it could happen
I don’t think people realize how huge this song was for the early house and techno movements sprouting in Chicago and London. Such a groundbreaking track for electronic music.
I think they do. That's why it is a classic. :)
Really ? Kraftwerk five or six years before ...
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the ecstasy this song gives me never goes away
Kids these days have no appreciation of how much of a goddamn banger this was. No really. YOU might like it, and maybe your little group of friends.. but nah back then you couldn't escape this song for a whole year and then it just remained as the reference track for what a single should be. It's like how everyone was playing Not Like Us by Kendrick the past couple weeks. Except club culture was THE thing to do so you couldn't avoid this masterpiece.
The quintessential dance floor filler, bar none.
@nicholashylton6857 it weren't filler to be honest it was fire
I'm 17 but I find this fire, my mother and i are headbanging over this in the car 😂
@@assassin8636 he means it fills dance floors, not that it's "filler"
When it was relesaed 40 years or so ago, everything about this record screamed "Masterpiece". I was 15 back then. Nothing has changed.
I'm 18 and this is legit the best one I've heard- I can't even begin to imagine how y'all felt back then :0
Musical monolith!
In the first beats you are already transported to another place.
Everlasting masterpiece!
I can’t imagine hearing this for the first time in the 80s - I would die
It was their earlier singles that made more of an impact on me at the time - _Everything's Gone Green_ and _Temptation_ established their sound and by the time _Blue Monday_ turned up it wasn't as unexpected as it would have been had it been their first post JD single.
how mindblowing experiencing this at that time would be
i was exposed to this just recently and i am still in awe
I survived.
I was a big fan of joy division and new order when this came out, and to tell you the truth I didn't know what to make of it back then. It was like it arrived from another planet.
It was pretty special at the time, but bear in mind we had already gone through punk and new wave and synths were de rigueur . I was working at an airfield, just a few miles from Macclesfield as it appens, I used to and sit in the middle of the airfield in my car, close my eyes and play this at max volume. It was on a cassette back then. Still love it 35 years later.
This has to be considered one of the greatest songs ever, right?
For sure!!
My grandfather made the guitars and bass's for these guys, Shergold Guitars
Cool!
And here you are, listening to music made with those very instruments. I imagine you’re proud.
(That’s not sarcasm; it’s pretty awesome that your grandfather did that.)
Prove it
My father works for nintendo
Or maybe he didn’t. Who knows because we have only your word to go off of.
I was about 17 and a metalhead when this came out Single greatest song of the 80s. Still as awesome as the day it released.
First time I heard this song was about half an hour after being delivered. The kick drum at the opening probably has something to do with why I listen to metal.
A moment of silence for the people who still can't find this song.
Just found this song . Never knew the name of this song .
WHY they aren't looking for this or they just don't Know!!!! 😎😎😁😁🤠🤠
Some people came here because of call of duty cold war trailer
Found it🐸
Found it in FIFA 05
LOVE this. Thankyou to my sons for introducing me to it
Can't think of another song that has stood the test of time as well as this, Happy 40th Birthday Blue Monday
Ja das kennt jemand
My cousin, God rest his soul, was part of their roadcrew. One of the first times they performed this live, the bass bins were walking off the stage and towards the audience beneath them. They had to hang on to the back of them to stop them falling.
That's Hookys bass playing for you, especially when its turned up to 11, as it should be.
@@Dave_Sisson Think it was because of the kick drum and bass synth. We're talking PA speakers rather than Hooky's backline. Probably not accustomed to safely reproducing pumping electronic music back in 83.
"Totally unprofessional"
Love it remember academy Brixton come out with burst eardrums funny
I saw this tour in Florida in 1989. It was epic. In my top four concerts ever list for sure.
The sound of my teen years. One of the greatest songs ever created.
Hello, how are you doing today? Thanks for your love and support❤
apart from Depeche Mode. best song ever made. im 60
Me and my trip down to the 1980s nostalgia lane, nothing beats this absolutely amazing. Bring it on !! I’m 44 in October and can’t believe I’ve come this far!! 🎉😂
This was and still is a classic, remember when it came out, I'm 58, time goes v quickly 😕. Didn't realise how great the 80s were at the time, would love to go back now, I was a goth and still listen to 80s goth, simpler times 😊
Good on you buddy, im glad to see youre doing alright
I always listen to this on the way to the beach with my dad, and despite the fact that we are almost 40 years apart in age, we universally enjoy it together.
Totally timeless. as relevant now as it ever was. stuffed paper into an old cassette tape to record this off the radio back in the eighties.
I so did this all the time.
You could have just used tape, you know...
@@Bembel81 no fun in that
When you gotta communicate to your audience that your movie is set in the 80’s
thats funny.. the bass is just too sexy - imagine playing/hearing that for the first time. Jackpot!!!!
Agreed. Hook's bass is everything: sexy, powerful Ana Strong. As a bass must be.
It's either this song usually if your film is set in the 80's or Everybody's Want To Rule The World or various other 80's hit's.
you forgot to include arriving someplace in a very 80's car
Some cliche's are good and this is one of them
The greatest drum line in all of music
This is such a great track now as it was then really. Can't believe that this is now nearly 40 years ago old too. 1983 was such a good year for music, and this was one of the best for sure too. Thank you!
Thank you there too!
My old good friend showed me this song as we smoked weed in my garage and spoke meaning and life during high school. With time we grew distant with different lifestyles and interests.
I affiliate people with music, with songs. I forget a lot of things but if you tell me your favourite song I will always remember it. I affiliate this song with him as it became my favourite song.
But I’ve never really had a song I have affiliated with myself but I realised that people have affiliated this song with me. I listen to this song every day, good mood or bad it has to come on. I’ve done this for years now.
I was at a party in the woods secluded from the world, where there was the biggest sound system I’ve ever experienced in a cottage. And oh did we dance and party. At some point I was having a deep conversation away from the loud noise and commotion, and I remember hearing my name being screamed by so many people, and I hear someone yell Blue Mondays playing, and I have never gotten up so fast, I sprinted through the woods in the middle of the night, I ate shit on a root. Got up without hesitation and I got to that cabin, for everyone to yell at my arrival. I ate that dance floor alive.
Fuck yeah, dude. 🤘
This has to be one of the best song stories, thanks for sharing 😅
Ty this is a beautiful story. I'm totally feeling You..Still adore Nature and the Mystical Forest .
Good Story hahaha
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The only sad thing is that I'm 27 and can't find friends who appreciate this music to dance the night away. I inherited this song from my father who was a DJ. And my children will grow up listening to it. The best song ever ♥️
Ohhh I’m 22, i feel your pain.
i am 57 and dancing now
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Go find an 80's night and go alone, you'll meet kindred 80's spirits. I was a teenager when this first came out, my mind was exploding, it was so RAD!!!!
62 yrs old and this is so damn good
Is this a new song or an old song? I can’t tell 😊
I’m 63 yrs old and this song was so crazy to hear back when. It still sounds like the future though. It reminds me of Europe. 😭
How does it feel
To treat me like you do?
When you've laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are?
I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel?
Tell me now, how do I feel?
Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They'll turn away no more
And still, I find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But, I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
I see a ship in the harbour
I can and shall obey
But, if it wasn't for your misfortune
I'd be a heavenly person today
And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me, how do I feel?
Tell me now, how should I feel?
Now I stand here waiting
[Verse 3]
I thought I told you to leave me
When I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold
(Grows cold, grows cold, grows cold, grow cold)
Excited just like the first time I listened to this song!!
Lost jobs
Indeed
Cold War love
Not me lol
6:22 is the absolute best part of the song, when that synthesizer comes back after the guitar strumming, after being absent for a couple of minutes.... the synthesizer reminding everyone Hey I'm Back, and I'm Here to Stay
I call the 80s the golden age of the synthesizer, and my kids roll their eyes - but it really was. They really took it places.
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New Order never sounds old. 🖤