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.
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 😊
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!
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.
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''
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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" :)
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.
@@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.
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
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!
Hey Jamal, a rock cover of this song was released in '98 by the band Orgy. Definitely took the song to a new rock level but still keeping that killer drum beat! Worth a check! Stay blessed!
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.
This is highest selling 12" single of all time. Strangely, the band lost money every time the original single sold because it cost so much to produce the original packaging (it was made to look like a giant floppy disk). Absolutely one of the biggest dance hits of the 80s...
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”.
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."
The song that killed Factory Records. Biggest 12" of all time and they lost, like 4p on every copy because of Peter Saville's elaborate 'floppy disk' vinyl sleeve design.
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.
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.
With this long of a lead-in, this has to be the 12" single cut. One of the best things about the era of 12 inch singles was that you could hear a song in a completely new way.
Listening to the song and seeing the thumbnail, it looks like it could be the 1988 version. The original was from 1983 and had a shorter lead in and was issued on 12" only. The sleeve was costly and Factory Records lost money on it. To be honest IMO, the original is better than this version here.
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 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!!!
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'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.
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 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.
New Order is effing brilliant, but *NEVER* try to overanalyze their lyrics. They are peers of Depeche Mode, The Cure, and The Smiths, but unlike those bands (or their predecessors, Joy Division), New Order's lyrics are a lot more vague and sometimes not the greatest.
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 I still 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 I see a ship in the harbor 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 I thought I told you to leave me While I walk down to the beach Tell me how does it feel When your heart grows cold, grows cold...
Ah good ole '80s new wave dance punk music.! This was big back in the '80s and '90s. Dancing goth music lol. :-P There was a nu-metal version made of this song in the late '90s. I forget who but its good ! Check out Joy Division too! Postpunk group prior to New Order before their singer died.
With the beat then throw in some bass guitar and drums and some sax , it’s amazing!! Then to sing it in 1 tone throughout the song makes it great!!! I know another band with some great beats is the band English Beat,
The #1 best-selling 12" single OF ALL TIME from the most influential electronic band of all time. Check out the extended mix of Bizarre Love Triangle (its quite possibly the greatest remix of all time) : ruclips.net/video/UK4xVWVOAOc/видео.html
My favorite song by favorite band. Your head was bopping, my head was bopping. Hope you love them as much as I do. Thank you for awesome video. Check out more of their stuff . You will not regret it.
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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 ruclips.net/video/cHLbaOLWjpc/видео.html
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That's my jam.
Those were the nights!
Back in my peak of cutitude.
Spinning wildly in the clubs!!
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
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!!!
Well said man.
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
Jamal: " What if it was like this the whole song?"
New Order: "Challenge accepted."
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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?
Respect to you for listening to the song without interruption. One of the greatest electronic pieces of music of all time deserves that respect.
Big facts bro big facts
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.
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 1988 remix and the Hardfloor remix from 1996 are both bangers too.
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.
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!
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.
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
@@Joshuadgog Of course!!!!
Yes to all! Love this band!
excellent ref's buddy, got all the good un's in there
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.
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.
@@deborahpaley21 Yeah, and the Beatles were/are all Silent Generation. Same with the stones. Boomers were their audience. That's the way it works.
"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.
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.
This song created a paradigm shift in pop music (1983)
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!!!!
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 !!!
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.
As an old dj....if you wanted to fill the dance floor, this was always my go to. Brilliant 👏
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 is hypnotic!
My head and shoulders shimmy throughout the entire song.
Every time!
I'm still wigglin'.
lol
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.
"How does it feel?" It feels like an epic banger.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Post punk, dark wave (dark new wave). Dance music for goths, punks, freaks, alternatives. Dark smoky underground night clubs.
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.
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
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.
The beat is Donna summer. The choir is kraftwork. The band is punk. Epic.
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" :)
Love the song. Awesome message on your shirt. Love and kindness. Be a good person.
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 😂😂
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.
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? :)
house and rave music have this song to thank for their existence. This song changed the game when it came out.
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.
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!
Their beats are so good, and reminiscent of Italo Disco, of the time.
You may want to check out "Bizarre Love Triangle".
This is the sound we used to dance to back in the 1980ies in Europe :-) Wasn't that bad, right?
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....
Hey Jamal, a rock cover of this song was released in '98 by the band Orgy. Definitely took the song to a new rock level but still keeping that killer drum beat! Worth a check! Stay blessed!
That was a good cover as well.
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.
This is highest selling 12" single of all time. Strangely, the band lost money every time the original single sold because it cost so much to produce the original packaging (it was made to look like a giant floppy disk). Absolutely one of the biggest dance hits of the 80s...
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
imagine the first time this hit the dance floor, nobody’s expecting it
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.
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
Great song.. 80’s new wave and electronic is awesome. You should check out Yaz-Situation also..
Upstairs at Eric's is highly recommended.
Love Yaz!
The song that killed Factory Records. Biggest 12" of all time and they lost, like 4p on every copy because of Peter Saville's elaborate 'floppy disk' vinyl sleeve design.
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.
Liked and subscribed, and that's for not pausing the song. Thank you.
I have a playlist that starts with this song and "Tainted Love". I play it on a Bluetooth speaker when I ride my bike.
Reaction a "Perfect kiss" "vanishing Point" " Bizarre love" triangle" New order
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.
With this long of a lead-in, this has to be the 12" single cut.
One of the best things about the era of 12 inch singles was that you could hear a song in a completely new way.
Listening to the song and seeing the thumbnail, it looks like it could be the 1988 version. The original was from 1983 and had a shorter lead in and was issued on 12" only. The sleeve was costly and Factory Records lost money on it. To be honest IMO, the original is better than this version here.
this was only released on 12" there was no 7inch signle
Among New Order you should react to Depeche Mode
Man, you picked a legend of a song 😎.
Ahh, classic New Wave. Enjoy that rabbit hole/vortex of music. Takes me right back to being a kid the 80's....
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.
The band Orgy did a pretty damn good cover of this song. I actually prefer it to the original. Check it out!
I’ll add a 2nd vote for that love orgy and it’s a great cover
Vote #3 from me! Orgy killed it on that cover!
#4. Prefer the Orgy cover to the original.
#5 prefer Orgy’s over this one
+1
Love your reactions, it’s a good tune indeed. Try ‘Perfect Kiss’ next 😊
I’m not big on synth pop bands but I’ve always loved New Order. Bizarre Love Triangle is their best song IMO
Arguably Britain's greatest ever dance-floor banger. Enormous hit, and the perfect dance music.
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 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!!!
I clicked on this so fast
Music like this, I`m so glad I grew up in the 80`s
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
This song brought everyone out on to the dance floor, and if there wasn't room, anywhere else they could dance. Good times.
"Now is the time on Schprockets when we dance!" - Dieter
LMAO 🤣 Great memories of 90s SNL from back in the day!
_"Touch the monkey!"_
absolutely one of the ALL Time greatest songs ever, this is Gold
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.
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.)
One of the great 80s new wave tracks. I’d like to see you react to more of this particular era.
The evolution of modern EDM owes a great deal to its ancestors like New Order and Kraftwerk and yes, even disco.
Now you have to do "True Faith."
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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.
New Order is effing brilliant, but *NEVER* try to overanalyze their lyrics. They are peers of Depeche Mode, The Cure, and The Smiths, but unlike those bands (or their predecessors, Joy Division), New Order's lyrics are a lot more vague and sometimes not the greatest.
And only very rarely does the title of a song appear within the lyrics of that song.
It is actually about the invention of the washing machine and how it revolutionized life
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.
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
I still 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
I see a ship in the harbor
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
I thought I told you to leave me
While I walk down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold, grows cold...
New Order... the kings of the 2 minute intro/outros
LOL
This as definitely big in the clubs back in the day
Chrck out Siouxsie and the Banshees Cities in Dust highly recommend
Thats a great song
A classic!
Shannon - Let The Music Play (1983 Original Single Version)
‘True Faith’ by New Order still slaps.
Ah good ole '80s new wave dance punk music.! This was big back in the '80s and '90s. Dancing goth music lol. :-P
There was a nu-metal version made of this song in the late '90s. I forget who but its good !
Check out Joy Division too! Postpunk group prior to New Order before their singer died.
With the beat then throw in some bass guitar and drums and some sax , it’s amazing!! Then to sing it in 1 tone throughout the song makes it great!!! I know another band with some great beats is the band English Beat,
The #1 best-selling 12" single OF ALL TIME from the most influential electronic band of all time. Check out the extended mix of Bizarre Love Triangle (its quite possibly the greatest remix of all time) : ruclips.net/video/UK4xVWVOAOc/видео.html
As someone who’s loved New Order for 35+ years...welcome to our club 😊
My favorite song by favorite band. Your head was bopping, my head was bopping. Hope you love them as much as I do. Thank you for awesome video. Check out more of their stuff . You will not regret it.
boogied many, many, many times back in my clubbin' days.. was maybe the most played track in clubs in the 80's (and 90's)
One of the all time most important pieces of music of the last 50 years.
All I can say is *About Damn Time*!
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I highly recommend 'CEREMONY' my favorite New Order song. ✌️💙