This song was a MONSTER hit in it's day...Super LOUD, in the disco, packed floor, strobes and dressed to the 9's...your entire body felt this tune. Fantastic then and still great today!
Listening to this with the backdrop of current music it’s actually refreshing how many parts there are and different sounds. You can really tell the difference in song writing and how pigeon holed modern music is.
And to think they learned how to use a syntasizer by taking farts and making them into a song. 😂 Seriously though, the song was a game changer. Always wondered what they would have done if Ian was still around.
Man this song was incredible because everybody loved it bitd: the new wavers, the punks, the goths, the metalheads, the Industrial fans, and of course the people into synth pop.
Oh, they're very popular. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads--they all adore New Order. They think they're a righteous group. :^D
Well, this version of "Blue" Monday will not leave you in that state. Every time this cut came on, the dance floor had no space!!! One of my absolute FAV cuts!!!! TURN IT UP... "How does it feel, to treat me like you do....
The nightclub I go to is mainly goth/ industrial but also electronica, techno, ebm etc. So sometimes it's the New Order version, sometimes the Orgy version.
The most beautiful piece of appreciation you gave this song was listening to this cut in it’s entirety, uninterrupted. As a child of the 80’s this was my anthem! So very happy you enjoyed it 😊
So, an interesting fact for you - Several months ago, you reacted to Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and didn't have the best reaction to it. Hah! It is a very melancholy song, for sure. Just after it was released, the lead singer, Ian Curtis committed suicide. Afterwards the remaining members of Joy Division went on to form New Order and Bernard Sumner took over on vocals. They were MASSIVE, especially in the alt/new wave community. Many of their songs have deep or dark subject matter, but they're still so danceable and energetic. I graduated from high school in 1986, the year Blue Monday was released. New Order, Depeche Mode, the Smiths...that WAS my coming of age soundtrack and I am so so so so soooooo elated that you're getting into this!
@@quirkypurple They have been my favorite band for almost 40 years. If I had to choose one album to listen to for the rest of my life, I think it would have to be Black Celebration,
@@hellokimmy68 No way! That was their first album I got! I actually didn't like it at first. As I couldn't afford many CDs at the time, I listened to it over and over. Now its one of my favourite albums in general. I know every beat, every word on it. ☺️
This live band is on another level, believe me. Other songs you could react to are : «Bizarre Love Triangle» "True Faith" ''Sub Culture'' ''Face Up'' ''Temptation'' ''The Perfect Kiss''
Oh hell yeah! Put on your thick black eyeliner, drink a bottle of Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill, snuff out that Clove cigarette, hit that dance floor (all while feeling sad about your crap boyfriend) and belt out "How does it feel to treat me like you do?!" Love this song!
Did you use Dial-a-Lash Mascara by Maybelline? That was my go to in the 80's and my Daddy would would shake his head and call me Tammy Faye as I went out to the club!! LOL!!!
Again, They're all Boomers. Glad you enjoy it. We all did. Born up to '65 you're a Boomer. All of New order were born in the 50s. You may have listened to these bands as a Gen Xer but they're all Boomers, even Tears for Fears born in '61. Depeche Mode Boomers. Cure Boomers. Smiths Boomers. Echo Boomers. OMD Boomers. Erasure Boomers. Cocteau Twins Boomers. You can't say they're GenX bands. They're not. Give Boomers some credit jeez.
@@deborahpaley21 Born in 65 is pre gen x, but post boomer. Boomers are born shortly after ww2. There needs to be another generation name for those born between 55-65.
"I feel like I'm going to the club!" -- not just any club, but The Hacienda. New Order probably did more than any other pop culture act to put Manchester on the world's cultural radar.
I’m showing my age here but thanks to my father and his love of British music, Manchester was on my cultural map long before New Order. Dad introduced me to the Hollies, 10cc, Freddy and the Dreamers and Herman’s Hermits. I found the Buzzcocks on my own. And while I don’t like them, aren’t the BeeGees originally from Manchester, I can’t remember? While they all predate New Order, I get your point. Joy Division/ New Order were huge for my friends and I.
@@biohazard_613Those bands may have been FRIOM Manchester, but they weren't really ABOUT Manchester. Nobody much cared where those bands were from; New Order was the band that made people want to be IN Manchester, to be a part of what was happening there that couldn't easily be replicated elsewhere. Before then, nobody wanted much to do with Manchester, including may of its own residents. The cultural moment New Order launched gave Manchester a renewed sense of identity and civic pride that it hadn't really felt since its industrial glory days. Obviously they didn't do it all themselves; plenty of other bands came along and helped build the scene like the Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses and 808 State and NewFAD and Inspiral Carpets... but it was New Order that jump-started it and generated the revenue that kept the Factory pop culture machine running for a decade. To be honest I never cared much for New Order; but I liked a lot of the bands that came in their wake and the cultural phenomenon they all crafted together. And like them or not, I have to give props to the band that made it all happen.
Manchester and the Haçienda has been living off this song since 1983 and why wouldn't they? It was ridiculously ahead of it's time. It's so good even the lyrics can be ignored as musically it's genius. Just a shame you never played the 12" version.
That intro. Wow! Every twenty thirty seconds introducing a new instrument / a new sound. Layering them in the mix. It is so sick still these decade's later. I was impressed then. Still impressed now.
One of the earliest uses of sequencers and samplers that broke into mainstream pop music, amazing how it is still one of the best dance tracks of all time. Huge influence on the electronic and dance music that followed
A timeless classic and that Bassline! I remember indie club nights and no matter what tribe you were in; Punk, Goth, Rude Boy etc everyone danced to this when it came on.
There's a lot that went into this song: the beat was inspired by Italian disco and an obscure Donna Summer track and took several days to program; the bass (yes, that's a bass) was inspired by Ennio Morricone spaghetti westerns and the "ahhhhh" vocal part came from Kraftwerk.
Fender VI Six String, tuned like a guitar but octave lower. Another famous example would be Twin Peaks theme, or Aerosmith song "Back In The Saddle" the main riff.
Now try and imagine the excitement that a little white middle class kid in New Zealand whose dad listened to Elvis and Cliff Richard and whose grandparents listened to Bing Crosby and Kamahl felt when they first heard this... We were absolutely over the goddamn moon when we first heard this. I've been listening to this song for 40 years now, and it still kills it every time.
The best selling 12” single of all time, and it lost the record company over $100k. Ceremony would be another good one to listen to, as would anything from Joy Division, the precursor to New Order.
I was in charge of ordering all 12” singles at Sam Goody back in the 80s and got in trouble for ordering 50 copies of ‘Blue Monday’. Sold them out in five days and never received an apology.
The #1 12" single of all time. Love all the overlays & this was the OG techno, before techno even existed. "On March 7th, 1983, New Order pioneered dance music with the release of the best selling 12 inch single of all time-”Blue Monday”, whose initial run sold over 700,000 copies. The song (now used to name the depressing 3rd Monday of January) is perhaps the most acclaimed and even influential synth-pop track of all time."
Oh oh Jamel...now you've done it! You just cracked open the vault that is New Order. Bizarre Love Triangle, Perfect Kiss, Love Vigilantes, Temptation, Age of Consent, Regret, Perfect Kiss, Shellshock...amazing hits from the 80's super group.
The layers are introduced in magnificent fashion... Allows you to get comfortable... Then it adds another vibe. Great structure. Love seeing you appreciate it for the first time!
@@antoniocarlosvalentinisouz6662 4 years after the UK buddy as it was released in 83 and became huge straight away. Maybe you heard a re-release as there's been many.
This song was incredibly difficult in those days, when the technology didn't exist to just lay out the tracks on a PC. They had to enter every note by hand and hope it worked. This song is actually a bit atypical for New Order, normally they mixed synths and guitar, sometimes with real drums, sometimes with drum machine. Check out Temptation, Age of Consent, Perfect Kiss, so many great songs.
Absolute classic. New Order were formed from the ashes of Joy Division following Ian Curtis's tragic suicide. Their mix of post punk, indie and dance music was unique at the time. They were from Manchester and paved the way for the likes of Primal Scream and the whole baggy 'Madchester' scene that came later. I think it's still the highest selling 12" ever, and stayed in the Indie charts (when there was such a thing), for years. Peter Hook's driving bass sound was a prominent feature, he played it more like a lead instrument. Other songs to check out are True Fairh, Thieves Like Us, Regret and Crystal.
It’s funny how you disliked Joy Division but liked this. They’re essentially the same band, except a change in singer and keyboards. The lead singer of Joy Division took his own life, and the drummers girlfriend joined the band and they became New Order. Their story is one of legend, especially this single as it’s the biggest selling 12 inch single vinyl of all time, and they lost money on every copy sold, due to the cover being so expensive. Other songs to listen to from New Order would be True Faith, Age of Consent, Bizzare Love Triangle, Temptation, your Silent Face, Perfect Kiss, among others. The Technique album is considered a bit of a masterpiece in dan e music. Love the channel, Jamel. Peace ✌️
Same components, but completely different sounds. Like Love & Rockets were 3/4 of Bauhaus but sound completely different. I'd say the main common denominator in the sound of Joy Division and New Order is Hooky's incredible bass lines in both.
@@abbaeben6409 Almost mentioned that. Great movie! But it's kind of hard to explain to the importance of the Hacienda and the genesis of the rave scene to anyone who isn't already familiar with Joy Division/New Order, Happy Mondays etc.
@@hellokimmy68 I think he would genuinely like all of the above except maybe Bauhaus, just because they music had a lot more dissonance. I would love to see any reactors watch "No New Tale To Tell" :)
The 80s was littered with catchy tunes and dark lyrics - a reflection of the times. A kind of live for today because we probably won’t see 30. I didn’t - I grew up 10 miles from Three Mile Island. Then, there was that movie “The Day After”.
My boyfriend and I were just talking about that movie the other day. It stemmed from a quote from a different movie...having my umpteenth issue in my condo I said "we should take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure" lol
@@Jazzanaught actually, the conservatives in charge spent most of the early days of AIDS denying the disease or blaming the victims for their “lifestyle choices”.
I rocked my a** off to this and other De[peche Mode songs as well as other favorites like New Order, etc. ALL NIGHT without getting off the dance floor once ...almost every Friday night in the late-80s-early 90s at many clubs where I lived in San Francisco ; my favorite at the time was Terminator Night at Club 1015, There are so many awesome bands like this at the time that were so iconic. I used to love taking people dancing in my home town in San Francisco. Those were the sweetest days of drenching the floor woth set because every track is better than the next. Shout out to other clubs back then. DV8, The Stud was perfect for fun dance grooves from the 70s up to present. I would love to talk to anyone interested in learning more. :) Those were the days of Underground parties and pop up converts and I was out there in the thick of it.
I miss the 80s , this was part of the second British Invasion of music in the 80s , when punk and disco meet you get this beast of a song , everyone was on the dance floor when this and many other 80s songs came on
I'm a janitor at an elementary school. I'm wearing my TEACH PEACE Tshirt today which is inspired by you. Thanks for your positivity and sharing all this great music!
I'm so blessed to have grown up when I did, this song was part of my teenage soundtrack, I love that the lyrics are so open to interpretation, the dark, goth feel combined with a beat you just can't help but dance to. One of my all time favorite songs, and definitely in my top five dance tracks. New Order is what happened when Ian Curtis of Joy Division died and the drummers girlfriend joined the band. You can definitely hear that dark, gloomy Joy Division sound, but they went in the more electronic direction, and to great acclaim.
A classic. Always got the dance floor packed! New Order was created by former members of Joy Division, as you can tell through the industrial-music vibe and the bleak lyrics, but this is actually danceable.
Simply put, one of the most important songs in modern music. Still, i believe, the biggest selling 12" single of all time in the UK. A fantastic song, from an awesome band. Do some more of their stuff, you will enjoy it
I went and saw New Order play at a music festival in Long Beach. It was amazing, they’ve still got it!!! It was definitely top 3 bands that I’ve seen play live! They are music pioneers!!!
If I’m thinking correctly they were formed from Joy Division - after their lead singer committed suicide. Big dance club song. How about Yello ‘Oh Yeah’ next
Yello ... the best sound you can get... so many good songs from the two guys from switzerland: Oh yeah, The Race , Desire, Bostich, and many more. But at first: The Rhythm Divine with Shirley Bassey. Try it out!! Do it!
I had a buddy that was a DJ back in the day, and he had different mixes of this. I remember one that went on for like 40 mins. with different sounds and change -ups. It was kind of exciting, growing up in the 70's, and this new thing coming down. We had earlier techno like Kraftwerk, which was awesome, but this was truly NEW ENERGY....
I had forgotten how good song this is, it is jam packed with stuff, first 5 minutes offers constant barrage of new stuff then it fades away with repeats. The instrumental version is called The Beach, it is on the flip side of the maxi-single. It was the only way this song was released, it is not in any albums apart from compilations of course. This makes it i think still the best selling maxi (yeah, i know, a bit of a niche).. The cover art of the original vinyl is interesting. It is made to resemble old school 5" floppy and has colored squares on the side instead of text. On another album there is a painting of a rose. It turns out that the artist who made the rose also made a decoding wheel, colors represent letters. When you decode squares in the maxi-single cover it reads "new order blue monday and the beach". The cover on that maxi-single made it sure that the band didn't see any money from the sales for a loong time, cause it was too expensive to make. There is a documentary called The Factory , which tells about the recording company that was... different. It sure was not a business but they made a huge impact on music that is especially heard these days influencing new generation of artists. Factory Records and New Order were linked from the hip, there was not one without the other and none of it would exist without a dedicated scene in Manchester in the early 80s.
My feeling? You have to dance to this, but you're not allowed to smile. No kidding. You have to dance to it. And the lyrics are brutal. It's a magnificent song in every way.
That song takes me back to the club days…..👩🏻🎤💜💃🏻🕺🏻👯♀️👯♀️ EVERYONE got on the floor for this! The strobe lights and the smoke machines, such good times! Thanks for reacting!!!
This is one of the biggest sellers in UK history! I've heard it, literally, thousands of times! For me, it's about a relationship on the verge of shattering! Whenever you ask the other person how YOU feel, it's not in a good place, hahaha!!
"It takes two" Rob base and Dj E-Z rock and "Blue Monday" New Order are my favorite beats of all time. I remember where I was when I first herd them both.
Never dreamed I would actually get to see New Order live, nor certainly Bauhaus, and then I saw them both (and Nine Inch Nails, The Chemical Brothers, MIA, etc.) at Coachella in a single weekend. They sounded fantastic...as expected.
I saw Bauhaus in 1998 at the Tabernacle, heard Peter sang Bela Legosis Dead upside down at Coachella, missed the NIN Bauhais show at Red Rocks I moved here that day and heard about the show the next day
NIN Pretty Hate Machine tour is still in my top 10 concerts of all time. Crazy to think it was almost 32 years ago! I saw Love and Rockets twice before I got to see Bauhaus.
@@katstorm13 I saw Love and Rockets at the 40 watt in 93 and Bauhaus at the Tabernacle in 98 and Peter twice since then. Had tickets to Bauhaus Sept 2019 but ....
I never gave any thought to which 80s song had the most bangin' intro until you brought me to the light, sir. This is DEFINITELY one of the best 80s intros out there.
I danced to this in clubs all the time. Massive, breakthrough song unlike anything else. I seemed to know back then that I was living in a special time. I miss those days.
I remember messing about with MIDI files on diskettes, through an ancient computer with a Sound Blaster card hooked up to a ghetto blaster. Good times.
Memories of me with my Commodore 64 & my first "real" computer, an Intel x386 PC in a tower case. Around me are hundreds of 3.5 floppy disks and post-it notes with BBS phone numbers. (To anyone reading this who is under ~35, my pervious sentence will probably sound like complete gibberish. Just picture your mum or dad whacking coconuts together while sending smoke signals to distant friends.)
This song is still and will always be a huge hit. It’s still after nearly 40 years, the best selling 12” single of all-time. This is a song you can put on in ANY occasion and see people start moving immediately! Great choice, man!
You have me back in the 80's, at the club on ladies's night! It is $5.99 cover charge and drinks are free. My hair is fierce and huge, make up troweled on and I'm drinking Long Island Iced Tea from a Mason Jar followed by Peach Schnapps shooters. What a great era, thank you for bringing me back! New Order had wicked club musicxoxoxo
After a horrible fuzzy navel experience in high school, I still can't eat/drink anything artificially peach flavoured. That was over 30 years ago! I also couldn't wear hair spray for several days because the alcohol smell nauseated me. Imagine no hair spray in the late 80's! 🤣
Legendary club song. New Order is a rabbit hole you need to go down. This is the band that formed out of the remnants of Joy Division after Ian committed suicide.
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this is a extra mix virgin you should of tried a live virgin,,, did you know Donna Summers stole the beat for one of her song... cool Jammmmmm al
I was just thinkin we need a shirt/hoodie like Front: "We ain't gonna waste no more time." Back: "Let's jump right into it."
YESS!!! Welcome to 80's synthpop! Try Alphaville's Forever Young next.
If you have time check out this cover. They use old instruments from like the early 1900’s czcams.com/video/cHLbaOLWjpc/video.html
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That's my jam.
Those were the nights!
Back in my peak of cutitude.
Spinning wildly in the clubs!!
This song was a MONSTER hit in it's day...Super LOUD, in the disco, packed floor, strobes and dressed to the 9's...your entire body felt this tune. Fantastic then and still great today!
YES!
You forgot about adding x and or Molly
By the time I got to college in 87, this was already a classic and was at every dumb party I ever went to.
Hands in the air. Spinning!!!! Wearing more hairspray & make-up in one night than I've worn in the 30 years since.
Lots of blow too
The fact this song still blows people away shows what an absolute colossal anthem it is.
Listening to this with the backdrop of current music it’s actually refreshing how many parts there are and different sounds. You can really tell the difference in song writing and how pigeon holed modern music is.
I mean is it genuine?
And to think they learned how to use a syntasizer by taking farts and making them into a song. 😂 Seriously though, the song was a game changer. Always wondered what they would have done if Ian was still around.
40 years and still sounds fresh!!!
The Cure: I don’t care if Monday’s blue. . . .
New Order: Oh snap
Jamal: " What if it was like this the whole song?"
New Order: "Challenge accepted."
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Respect to you for listening to the song without interruption. One of the greatest electronic pieces of music of all time deserves that respect.
Man this song was incredible because everybody loved it bitd: the new wavers, the punks, the goths, the metalheads, the Industrial fans, and of course the people into synth pop.
Yep.... truth....
I was a metal head back then and loved this and bizzare love triangle
Oh, they're very popular. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads--they all adore New Order. They think they're a righteous group. :^D
Haha you get a like for that comment. Good on ya
I hated this song. Not lying. I still cant stand it.
@@ab3000x who ae the waistoids and dweebies?
Well, this version of "Blue" Monday will not leave you in that state. Every time this cut came on, the dance floor had no space!!! One of my absolute FAV cuts!!!! TURN IT UP... "How does it feel, to treat me like you do....
This was the last call for alcohol in the bar I danced at.
Truth. 😎👍
Yep, 80's dance floors were the best and this sent the place wild. Great times.
Shoulder to shoulder, packed together, covered in sweat (some of it yours), having a religious experience... memory, don't ever leave me!
The nightclub I go to is mainly goth/ industrial but also electronica, techno, ebm etc. So sometimes it's the New Order version, sometimes the Orgy version.
The most beautiful piece of appreciation you gave this song was listening to this cut in it’s entirety, uninterrupted. As a child of the 80’s this was my anthem! So very happy you enjoyed it 😊
🎉 Epic review!!!
At the club this song put you in a dance trance...never needed a partner...you were in your own 80s universe and it was epic
Amen
It was also impossible to let this song come on and not leave what you were doing and dance with or without your buddies.
So, an interesting fact for you - Several months ago, you reacted to Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and didn't have the best reaction to it. Hah! It is a very melancholy song, for sure. Just after it was released, the lead singer, Ian Curtis committed suicide. Afterwards the remaining members of Joy Division went on to form New Order and Bernard Sumner took over on vocals. They were MASSIVE, especially in the alt/new wave community. Many of their songs have deep or dark subject matter, but they're still so danceable and energetic.
I graduated from high school in 1986, the year Blue Monday was released. New Order, Depeche Mode, the Smiths...that WAS my coming of age soundtrack and I am so so so so soooooo elated that you're getting into this!
Great bands. Love Depeche Mode.
@@quirkypurple They have been my favorite band for almost 40 years. If I had to choose one album to listen to for the rest of my life, I think it would have to be Black Celebration,
@@hellokimmy68 No way! That was their first album I got! I actually didn't like it at first. As I couldn't afford many CDs at the time, I listened to it over and over. Now its one of my favourite albums in general. I know every beat, every word on it.
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I agree, thanks to Jamal for getting into the true English canon.
class of 85!
This live band is on another level, believe me. Other songs you could react to are : «Bizarre Love Triangle» "True Faith" ''Sub Culture'' ''Face Up'' ''Temptation'' ''The Perfect Kiss''
yasss all of them yass
dont forget regret
@@TheConservativeinaction Of course!!!!
Yes to all! Love this band!
excellent ref's buddy, got all the good un's in there
This is STILL a jam. Always will be. I plan to one day be pushing my walker down the halls at Shady Pines, and stopping to do the robot to this tune.
"How does it feel?" It feels like an epic banger.
Oh hell yeah! Put on your thick black eyeliner, drink a bottle of Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill, snuff out that Clove cigarette, hit that dance floor (all while feeling sad about your crap boyfriend) and belt out "How does it feel to treat me like you do?!" Love this song!
Jesus. That flashback gave me whiplash.
@@icepick1514 mine or yours? 😂
@@julilla1 yes.
Djarums 4 real!
Did you use Dial-a-Lash Mascara by Maybelline? That was my go to in the 80's and my Daddy would would shake his head and call me Tammy Faye as I went out to the club!! LOL!!!
This song created a paradigm shift in pop music (1983)
It's nice to see fellow Gen-Xers remembering nights at clubs with this song blasting across the packed dance floor.
Again, They're all Boomers. Glad you enjoy it. We all did. Born up to '65 you're a Boomer. All of New order were born in the 50s. You may have listened to these bands as a Gen Xer but they're all Boomers, even Tears for Fears born in '61. Depeche Mode Boomers. Cure Boomers. Smiths Boomers. Echo Boomers. OMD Boomers. Erasure Boomers. Cocteau Twins Boomers. You can't say they're GenX bands. They're not. Give Boomers some credit jeez.
@@deborahpaley21I was referring to people posting in *this* comments section, not the band.
Gen X'er here and loving the memories from this song. ❤️
@@deborahpaley21 Born in 65 is pre gen x, but post boomer. Boomers are born shortly after ww2. There needs to be another generation name for those born between 55-65.
"I feel like I'm going to the club!" -- not just any club, but The Hacienda. New Order probably did more than any other pop culture act to put Manchester on the world's cultural radar.
I’m showing my age here but thanks to my father and his love of British music, Manchester was on my cultural map long before New Order. Dad introduced me to the Hollies, 10cc, Freddy and the Dreamers and Herman’s Hermits. I found the Buzzcocks on my own. And while I don’t like them, aren’t the BeeGees originally from Manchester, I can’t remember? While they all predate New Order, I get your point. Joy Division/ New Order were huge for my friends and I.
@@biohazard_613Those bands may have been FRIOM Manchester, but they weren't really ABOUT Manchester. Nobody much cared where those bands were from; New Order was the band that made people want to be IN Manchester, to be a part of what was happening there that couldn't easily be replicated elsewhere.
Before then, nobody wanted much to do with Manchester, including may of its own residents. The cultural moment New Order launched gave Manchester a renewed sense of identity and civic pride that it hadn't really felt since its industrial glory days.
Obviously they didn't do it all themselves; plenty of other bands came along and helped build the scene like the Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses and 808 State and NewFAD and Inspiral Carpets... but it was New Order that jump-started it and generated the revenue that kept the Factory pop culture machine running for a decade.
To be honest I never cared much for New Order; but I liked a lot of the bands that came in their wake and the cultural phenomenon they all crafted together. And like them or not, I have to give props to the band that made it all happen.
Isn't that Peter's club now? I know he owns a spot over there.
@@caneyebus nope. The hacienda closed in 1997 then demolished. An apartment block is on the site capitalising on the name.
Manchester and the Haçienda has been living off this song since 1983 and why wouldn't they? It was ridiculously ahead of it's time. It's so good even the lyrics can be ignored as musically it's genius. Just a shame you never played the 12" version.
That intro. Wow!
Every twenty thirty seconds introducing a new instrument / a new sound. Layering them in the mix.
It is so sick still these decade's later.
I was impressed then. Still impressed now.
One of the earliest uses of sequencers and samplers that broke into mainstream pop music, amazing how it is still one of the best dance tracks of all time. Huge influence on the electronic and dance music that followed
Yeah Ill say it...New Order/Joy Division needs to be in the rock and roll hall of fame
@@jenniferhaar7934Might as well. They let in ABBA. All downhill from there.
Music like this, I`m so glad I grew up in the 80`s
A timeless classic and that Bassline! I remember indie club nights and no matter what tribe you were in; Punk, Goth, Rude Boy etc everyone danced to this when it came on.
There's a lot that went into this song: the beat was inspired by Italian disco and an obscure Donna Summer track and took several days to program; the bass (yes, that's a bass) was inspired by Ennio Morricone spaghetti westerns and the "ahhhhh" vocal part came from Kraftwerk.
... Georgio Moroder
Donna Summer - Our Love
Fender VI Six String, tuned like a guitar but octave lower. Another famous example would be Twin Peaks theme, or Aerosmith song "Back In The Saddle" the main riff.
@@onsesejoo2605 I don't think Hooky ever used a Fender VI but definitely a Shergold Marathon.
The Kraftwork bit came from a Mellotron pack. It's a fascinating story.
Genres owe their existence to this song.
Oh definitely. Goth and Industrial especially.
Yes.
This songs owes Its existence to cabaret Voltaire, early human league and Clock DVA
@@sbwlearning1372 Also a couple years before those artists: The Korgis, "M"(Robin Scott), Gary Numan, and Giorgio Moroder.
@@Diva369 Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder are probably the two most important pioneers for synth based music.
As an old dj....if you wanted to fill the dance floor, this was always my go to. Brilliant 👏
The beat is Donna summer. The choir is kraftwork. The band is punk. Epic.
"Now is the time on Schprockets when we dance!" - Dieter
LMAO 🤣 Great memories of 90s SNL from back in the day!
_"Touch the monkey!"_
I have a playlist that starts with this song and "Tainted Love". I play it on a Bluetooth speaker when I ride my bike.
This song is hypnotic!
My head and shoulders shimmy throughout the entire song.
Every time!
I'm still wigglin'.
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Now try and imagine the excitement that a little white middle class kid in New Zealand whose dad listened to Elvis and Cliff Richard and whose grandparents listened to Bing Crosby and Kamahl felt when they first heard this... We were absolutely over the goddamn moon when we first heard this. I've been listening to this song for 40 years now, and it still kills it every time.
The best selling 12” single of all time, and it lost the record company over $100k. Ceremony would be another good one to listen to, as would anything from Joy Division, the precursor to New Order.
Why did it lose them money? I've heard that before but I don't remember. Please reply.
@@jessicahanley5080 The album cover was too expensive.
I was in charge of ordering all 12” singles at Sam Goody back in the 80s and got in trouble for ordering 50 copies of ‘Blue Monday’. Sold them out in five days and never received an apology.
@@jessicahanley5080 Something to do with album cover cut outs. Not exactly sure what that means in this case
Yes Ceremony!!!!
The #1 12" single of all time.
Love all the overlays & this was the OG techno, before techno even existed.
"On March 7th, 1983, New Order pioneered dance music with the release of the best selling 12 inch single of all time-”Blue Monday”, whose initial run sold over 700,000 copies. The song (now used to name the depressing 3rd Monday of January) is perhaps the most acclaimed and even influential synth-pop track of all time."
and they lost money on every copy because the sleeve was so detailed and expensive to produce!
Cabaret Voltaire are the godfathers of electro they started in 1974 and are name checked by Kraftwerk.
New Order still brings it. Can’t wait for the show next summer with the Pet Shop Boys at the Hollywood Bowl. It’s been postponed 2 years now.
Definitely will be there
See you there! I can’t wait either!!
The band that calls itself new order doesn’t have Peter Hook, the amazing lead bassist.
@@WilliamViets no kidding
Going to see it in Toronto in September ... barring a third postponement !!! Best band ever ...and a bonus; Peter Hook and the Light in August too !!!
I have danced to this 80 million times in my life...I love this❤
The band has said that this 1983 song was inspired in part by Sylvester's 1978 disco hit "You Make Me Feel."
I can definitely hear that now!
Oh oh Jamel...now you've done it! You just cracked open the vault that is New Order. Bizarre Love Triangle, Perfect Kiss, Love Vigilantes, Temptation, Age of Consent, Regret, Perfect Kiss, Shellshock...amazing hits from the 80's super group.
Arguably Britain's greatest ever dance-floor banger. Enormous hit, and the perfect dance music.
The layers are introduced in magnificent fashion... Allows you to get comfortable... Then it adds another vibe.
Great structure.
Love seeing you appreciate it for the first time!
Now imagine hearing this in the 1980's, this was a huge club hit and I still have my original 12" single.
Yeah me too!
Me three.. Although mine is so worn lol
Nice
i was there, nightclub zoom, city of santos, Brazil, 1987
@@antoniocarlosvalentinisouz6662 4 years after the UK buddy as it was released in 83 and became huge straight away. Maybe you heard a re-release as there's been many.
This song was incredibly difficult in those days, when the technology didn't exist to just lay out the tracks on a PC. They had to enter every note by hand and hope it worked. This song is actually a bit atypical for New Order, normally they mixed synths and guitar, sometimes with real drums, sometimes with drum machine. Check out Temptation, Age of Consent, Perfect Kiss, so many great songs.
I second age of consent such a beautiful song
They had sequencers though. They had sequencers since early 70s. Kraftwerk. Jean Michel Jarrre. etc
Give over it wasn’t made in the 1920s. The technology to make Blue Monday has been around decades by the nineties
@@personalcheeses8073 BM was composed in 1983. Yes, they had a primitive sequencer but had to input each note manually, in binary.
@@NathanWind99 They we’re emulating I Feel Love from 1977. I think Georgia Moroder got there first 😂😂
Love the song. Awesome message on your shirt. Love and kindness. Be a good person.
If you were in the club and hadn't been out on the floor yet when this song came on, it picked your ass up and put you there.
All I can say is *About Damn Time*!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😍
Absolute classic. New Order were formed from the ashes of Joy Division following Ian Curtis's tragic suicide. Their mix of post punk, indie and dance music was unique at the time. They were from Manchester and paved the way for the likes of Primal Scream and the whole baggy 'Madchester' scene that came later. I think it's still the highest selling 12" ever, and stayed in the Indie charts (when there was such a thing), for years. Peter Hook's driving bass sound was a prominent feature, he played it more like a lead instrument. Other songs to check out are True Fairh, Thieves Like Us, Regret and Crystal.
It is a pity Peter broke up with the band and they still have hard feelings over the split. They were able to create magic in the studio.
house and rave music have this song to thank for their existence. This song changed the game when it came out.
One of the all time most important pieces of music of the last 50 years.
Jamal this is awesome! I haven't heard this song in eons. You might want to check out "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths.
I’ve asked for that one before. I hope he reacts to it.
@@IslandGirlTalk I hope he does because these two songs are from the same era.
As someone who’s loved New Order for 35+ years...welcome to our club 😊
New Order influenced so many bands into the 90's. One of the greatest groups of all time. They played all their instruments live.
Glad to see you getting into British music. This is a timeless tune, the lyrics give it a dark Manchester vibe
bruh hes listened to pink floyd zeppelin and everything
It’s funny how you disliked Joy Division but liked this. They’re essentially the same band, except a change in singer and keyboards. The lead singer of Joy Division took his own life, and the drummers girlfriend joined the band and they became New Order. Their story is one of legend, especially this single as it’s the biggest selling 12 inch single vinyl of all time, and they lost money on every copy sold, due to the cover being so expensive. Other songs to listen to from New Order would be True Faith, Age of Consent, Bizzare Love Triangle, Temptation, your Silent Face, Perfect Kiss, among others. The Technique album is considered a bit of a masterpiece in dan e music. Love the channel, Jamel. Peace ✌️
Same components, but completely different sounds. Like Love & Rockets were 3/4 of Bauhaus but sound completely different. I'd say the main common denominator in the sound of Joy Division and New Order is Hooky's incredible bass lines in both.
24 Hour Party People!
@@saintsataniko2116 I would lose my mind if he did any Love and Rockets, Bauhaus, Tones On Tail or Peter Murphy.
@@abbaeben6409 Almost mentioned that. Great movie! But it's kind of hard to explain to the importance of the Hacienda and the genesis of the rave scene to anyone who isn't already familiar with Joy Division/New Order, Happy Mondays etc.
@@hellokimmy68 I think he would genuinely like all of the above except maybe Bauhaus, just because they music had a lot more dissonance. I would love to see any reactors watch "No New Tale To Tell" :)
The 80s was littered with catchy tunes and dark lyrics - a reflection of the times. A kind of live for today because we probably won’t see 30. I didn’t - I grew up 10 miles from Three Mile Island. Then, there was that movie “The Day After”.
Maybe something to do with Fauci lying about aids and making people think it was airborne?
My boyfriend and I were just talking about that movie the other day. It stemmed from a quote from a different movie...having my umpteenth issue in my condo I said "we should take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure" lol
@@Jazzanaught actually, the conservatives in charge spent most of the early days of AIDS denying the disease or blaming the victims for their “lifestyle choices”.
@@Jazzanaught DERP
Exactly. He did that. Look it up. Derp
Suddenly it's 1986, at midnight, dance floor is packed and the scent of clove cigarettes fill the air.
100% club song. Wohoo. I Remember grooving to this on the dance floor, lost in my own little world. Loved it!!
If anyone ever asks you to describe what growing up in the 80s felt like, put this on.
Lol early 80's
Born between the 70s and 80s the best years ever.
New Order... the kings of the 2 minute intro/outros
LOL
This as definitely big in the clubs back in the day
I rocked my a** off to this and other De[peche Mode songs as well as other favorites like New Order, etc. ALL NIGHT without getting off the dance floor once ...almost every Friday night in the late-80s-early 90s at many clubs where I lived in San Francisco ; my favorite at the time was Terminator Night at Club 1015, There are so many awesome bands like this at the time that were so iconic. I used to love taking people dancing in my home town in San Francisco. Those were the sweetest days of drenching the floor woth set because every track is better than the next. Shout out to other clubs back then. DV8, The Stud was perfect for fun dance grooves from the 70s up to present. I would love to talk to anyone interested in learning more. :) Those were the days of Underground parties and pop up converts and I was out there in the thick of it.
Yeah, that groove-gazm you just experienced was the magic of New Order. Please go down that rabbit hole.
I smell dry ice, the sweet smell of cocktails and the sweet perfume of the girl next to me. My god this took me back in time.
Ahh, classic New Wave. Enjoy that rabbit hole/vortex of music. Takes me right back to being a kid the 80's....
I miss the 80s , this was part of the second British Invasion of music in the 80s , when punk and disco meet you get this beast of a song , everyone was on the dance floor when this and many other 80s songs came on
I'm a janitor at an elementary school. I'm wearing my TEACH PEACE Tshirt today which is inspired by you. Thanks for your positivity and sharing all this great music!
I'm so blessed to have grown up when I did, this song was part of my teenage soundtrack, I love that the lyrics are so open to interpretation, the dark, goth feel combined with a beat you just can't help but dance to. One of my all time favorite songs, and definitely in my top five dance tracks. New Order is what happened when Ian Curtis of Joy Division died and the drummers girlfriend joined the band. You can definitely hear that dark, gloomy Joy Division sound, but they went in the more electronic direction, and to great acclaim.
A classic. Always got the dance floor packed! New Order was created by former members of Joy Division, as you can tell through the industrial-music vibe and the bleak lyrics, but this is actually danceable.
Simply put, one of the most important songs in modern music. Still, i believe, the biggest selling 12" single of all time in the UK. A fantastic song, from an awesome band. Do some more of their stuff, you will enjoy it
I just wanted to amplify this point: "one of the most important songs in modern music". Well put!
I went and saw New Order play at a music festival in Long Beach. It was amazing, they’ve still got it!!! It was definitely top 3 bands that I’ve seen play live! They are music pioneers!!!
If I’m thinking correctly they were formed from Joy Division - after their lead singer committed suicide.
Big dance club song.
How about Yello ‘Oh Yeah’ next
Oh yeah! Beautiful.
‘Oh No’!
Yello ... the best sound you can get... so many good songs from the two guys from switzerland:
Oh yeah, The Race , Desire, Bostich, and many more.
But at first: The Rhythm Divine with Shirley Bassey. Try it out!! Do it!
Doo bomp bomp...chicka chicka....
Crushing it this week, brother! Phish, Iggy Pop, New Order...man, keeping GREAT music alive 🤘
and ***BILLY STRINGS***!!!!
@@CorneiliusLibowitz Uh, how did Phish sneak in there? :)
a wall of sound and beat, and perfect to rock out to! Everyone loves this...
College, mid 80s, a trip to NYC and we got into the Palladium. This song started up when we walked in. 80s gold memory!
I had a buddy that was a DJ back in the day, and he had different mixes of this. I remember one that went on for like 40 mins. with different sounds and change -ups. It was kind of exciting, growing up in the 70's, and this new thing coming down. We had earlier techno like Kraftwerk, which was awesome, but this was truly NEW ENERGY....
I'd throw Yello into that mix too, & of course New Order's earlier iteration Joy Division
Its good as it is but 40 minutes of it would drive me nuts honestly
I have an Orb single with a 40 minute Towers Of Dub
But I listen to the Grateful Dead so I'm used to 40 minute songs
I had forgotten how good song this is, it is jam packed with stuff, first 5 minutes offers constant barrage of new stuff then it fades away with repeats. The instrumental version is called The Beach, it is on the flip side of the maxi-single. It was the only way this song was released, it is not in any albums apart from compilations of course. This makes it i think still the best selling maxi (yeah, i know, a bit of a niche).. The cover art of the original vinyl is interesting. It is made to resemble old school 5" floppy and has colored squares on the side instead of text. On another album there is a painting of a rose. It turns out that the artist who made the rose also made a decoding wheel, colors represent letters. When you decode squares in the maxi-single cover it reads "new order blue monday and the beach". The cover on that maxi-single made it sure that the band didn't see any money from the sales for a loong time, cause it was too expensive to make.
There is a documentary called The Factory , which tells about the recording company that was... different. It sure was not a business but they made a huge impact on music that is especially heard these days influencing new generation of artists. Factory Records and New Order were linked from the hip, there was not one without the other and none of it would exist without a dedicated scene in Manchester in the early 80s.
My feeling? You have to dance to this, but you're not allowed to smile. No kidding. You have to dance to it. And the lyrics are brutal. It's a magnificent song in every way.
I remember dancing my butt off to this song in the 80's. What an incredible time to be a teenager.
one of my favorite songs and as Jamel says "We don't need no lyrics" He is right with a beat like that. Please do more by this band.
I’m not big on synth pop bands but I’ve always loved New Order. Bizarre Love Triangle is their best song IMO
Man, oh man, oh man, this song brings me back to the club scene in my bones. 🙌
Nothing could get me off the dance any time this song came on. Eyes closed. Just grooving in my own little world.
New Order. Trailblazers. Timeless. Check out "Be A Rebel" from 2020. They've still got it after 40+ years.
True this. What a great damn song.
‘True Faith’ by New Order still slaps.
This song is audible perfection
That song takes me back to the club days…..👩🏻🎤💜💃🏻🕺🏻👯♀️👯♀️
EVERYONE got on the floor for this! The strobe lights and the smoke machines, such good times! Thanks for reacting!!!
I wish I had a time machine so I could go back to the first time that I ever heard this on the dancefloor. This is the perfect club song.
This is one of the biggest sellers in UK history! I've heard it, literally, thousands of times! For me, it's about a relationship on the verge of shattering! Whenever you ask the other person how YOU feel, it's not in a good place, hahaha!!
"It takes two" Rob base and Dj E-Z rock and "Blue Monday" New Order are my favorite beats of all time. I remember where I was when I first herd them both.
This song brought everyone out on to the dance floor, and if there wasn't room, anywhere else they could dance. Good times.
One of the great 80s new wave tracks. I’d like to see you react to more of this particular era.
Never dreamed I would actually get to see New Order live, nor certainly Bauhaus, and then I saw them both (and Nine Inch Nails, The Chemical Brothers, MIA, etc.) at Coachella in a single weekend. They sounded fantastic...as expected.
I saw Bauhaus, when they opened for NIN on Year Zero tour I believe. Saw Poptone too.
I saw Bauhaus in 1998 at the Tabernacle, heard Peter sang Bela Legosis Dead upside down at Coachella, missed the NIN Bauhais show at Red Rocks I moved here that day and heard about the show the next day
NIN Pretty Hate Machine tour is still in my top 10 concerts of all time. Crazy to think it was almost 32 years ago! I saw Love and Rockets twice before I got to see Bauhaus.
@@katstorm13 I saw Love and Rockets at the 40 watt in 93 and Bauhaus at the Tabernacle in 98 and Peter twice since then. Had tickets to Bauhaus Sept 2019 but ....
@@youllis I never saw Peter on his own but man did I play the heck out of Deep on my car cassette player 🤣
I never gave any thought to which 80s song had the most bangin' intro until you brought me to the light, sir. This is DEFINITELY one of the best 80s intros out there.
I danced to this in clubs all the time. Massive, breakthrough song unlike anything else. I seemed to know back then that I was living in a special time. I miss those days.
Their beats are so good, and reminiscent of Italo Disco, of the time.
You may want to check out "Bizarre Love Triangle".
absolutely one of the ALL Time greatest songs ever, this is Gold
I remember messing about with MIDI files on diskettes, through an ancient computer with a Sound Blaster card hooked up to a ghetto blaster. Good times.
Memories of me with my Commodore 64 & my first "real" computer, an Intel x386 PC in a tower case. Around me are hundreds of 3.5 floppy disks and post-it notes with BBS phone numbers. (To anyone reading this who is under ~35, my pervious sentence will probably sound like complete gibberish. Just picture your mum or dad whacking coconuts together while sending smoke signals to distant friends.)
I saw New Order open a show with this song in 1983. It was at a famous little person's roller skating rink. It was a moment in time, for sure.
This album by New Order - Substance is the one of the best albums of all time. The vocals the textures the emotions..all top notch
This song is still and will always be a huge hit. It’s still after nearly 40 years, the best selling 12” single of all-time.
This is a song you can put on in ANY occasion and see people start moving immediately!
Great choice, man!
As soon as this song came on, the dance floor was slammed! Thanks for a trip back to the 80s!
Post punk, dark wave (dark new wave). Dance music for goths, punks, freaks, alternatives. Dark smoky underground night clubs.
You have me back in the 80's, at the club on ladies's night! It is $5.99 cover charge and drinks are free. My hair is fierce and huge, make up troweled on and I'm drinking Long Island Iced Tea from a Mason Jar followed by Peach Schnapps shooters. What a great era, thank you for bringing me back! New Order had wicked club musicxoxoxo
After a horrible fuzzy navel experience in high school, I still can't eat/drink anything artificially peach flavoured. That was over 30 years ago! I also couldn't wear hair spray for several days because the alcohol smell nauseated me. Imagine no hair spray in the late 80's! 🤣
They’re going to be at the Hollywood Bowl in October after postponing for two years due to Covid. Can’t wait to see them live!
Legendary club song. New Order is a rabbit hole you need to go down. This is the band that formed out of the remnants of Joy Division after Ian committed suicide.