Eldon Tyrell Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Today is the most depressing day of the year, apparently - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(date)Ā Ā Great occasion to re-watch NO's remarkable live performance of the best-selling 12'' single of all times. Enjoy šĀ Ā Ā 7 Quote
Jus Lukin Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) - Edited March 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote
Old Horse Murphy Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 My Blue Monday wasn't too bad and I also discovered that my latest blue purchase shares the same birthday as me (sadly not the same year!) Ā Ā 6 Quote
Eldon Tyrell Posted January 17, 2022 Author Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, Old Horse Murphy said: My Blue Monday wasn't too bad and I also discovered that my latest blue purchase shares the same birthday as me (sadly not the same year!) Ā Ā Ā Cool stuff. Is this the one BD had listed in their pre-owned section? Quote
Eldon Tyrell Posted January 17, 2022 Author Posted January 17, 2022 Continuing with the blue theme, here's a song from a cool band that recently returned after a 10-year hiatus. Check it out! Ā Ā Quote
nekomatic Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said: Today is the most depressing day of the year, apparently - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(date)Ā Ā I donāt want to be a miserable git on Blue Monday of all daysĀ šĀ but your link literally explains that itās complete bullocks invented by a PR agency and even the guy who originally put his name to it now campaigns against the thing.Ā Ā By all means listen to some New Order though.Ā Quote
Newfoundfreedom Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 When every day is sh#t how do you mark one out as being more sh#t than the rest?Ā 1 1 Quote
Nail Soup Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Blue Monday - didn't fully appreciate it at the time (not punk enough probably). But now bloody love it , and it still sounds pretty fresh. I recently saw a pretty good YT vid of the making of the song.... sharing it here: Ā 1 Quote
Owen Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Old Horse Murphy said: My Blue Monday wasn't too bad and I also discovered that my latest blue purchase shares the same birthday as me (sadly not the same year!) Ā Ā Get a load of that! Quote
Rich Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 NO's Blue Monday was released when I was in the upper 6th at school, the final year of my A levels. Unfortunately one of the lower 6th was a big NO/Joy Division fan and played the Blue Monday 12" over and over and over and over and over and bloody over again in the 6th common room. I suppose it made a change from all the Fad Gadget crap he usually assaulted us with, but he still managed to make me so sick of hearing it that I've never listened to it all the way through since.Ā 1 Quote
Grimalkin Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 I thought I saw an opportunity at the time so I sent off a demo to EMI, with a working version of my song: Purple Thursday. Alas, it was rejected. Who could possibly dislike a song about gathering blackberries on a 'pick your own' farm. Miserable gits. 2 Quote
Rich Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 Yes, my Turquoise Tuesday fell on similarly deaf ears. Philistines, the lot of 'em. Quote
Newfoundfreedom Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 As did my Sh#tty Saturday.Ā Ā No accounting for taste I suppose.Ā Quote
tinyd Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 23 hours ago, Jus Lukin said: It's a great song, but worth noting that there is every chance that the notion of today being the unhappiest one of the year came from a campaign to sell holidays. Ā For the many who live a life of continual inexplicable emptiness and misery, there is certainly no need for a Depressive's Christmas, as it were. Ā Ā Yep, fantastic song but the day itself is makey-uppy (https://www.badscience.net/2009/01/part-432-in-which-i-get-a-bit-overinterested-and-look-up-waaay-too-many-references/) 2 Quote
nekomatic Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 Ha, Iād forgotten the rest of his website was still up and running after the forums finally went downā¦ Quote
Richard R Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 On 17/01/2022 at 16:46, Eldon Tyrell said: Today is the most depressing day of the year, apparently - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(date)Ā Ā Great occasion to re-watch NO's remarkable live performance of the best-selling 12'' single of all times. Enjoy šĀ Ā Ā I have never managed to listen to all of it, can't stand it.I justĀ listening again, and managed 30s. The day has gone quite well and I saw no reason to spoil it. Please, someone explain - why on earth do so many intelligent musicians rate it so highly? Ā 1 Quote
Bunion Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Richard R said: why on earth do so many intelligent musicians rate it so highly? Different timesā¦ maybe? Quote
Bunion Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 Here we are this explains it allĀ Ā https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/new-orders-robotic-blue-monday-was-realized-through-hours-recording-farts.html/ Quote
Richard R Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Bunion said: Here we are this explains it allĀ Ā https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/new-orders-robotic-blue-monday-was-realized-through-hours-recording-farts.html/ It could have been "Brown Monday" then. 1 Quote
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