New Order - Blue Monday on BBC's Top of the Pops - 31.3.1983

New Order perform Blue Monday live on BBC's Top of the Pops on the 31st March 1983.
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Lyrics:
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
How does it feel
To treat me like you do?
When you've laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are?
I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel?
Tell me now, how do I feel?
Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They'll turn away no more
And still, I find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But, I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
I see a ship in the harbour
I can and shall obey
But, if it wasn't for your misfortune
I'd be a heavenly person today
And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me, how do I feel?
Tell me now, how should I feel?
Now I stand here waiting
[Verse 3]
I thought I told you to leave me
When I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold
(Grows cold, grows cold, grows cold, grows cold)
[Instrumental Outro]
#NewOrder #BlueMonday #TopofthePops

[@I_love_Tango2]

I am japanese high school student, 15 years old. I love blue monday since elementary school student. I didn't live in 1983. But, I love this greatest music. Thank you New Order!!

[@LorraineWard-dd3md]

Gosh, just 15 years old & what Great Taste you have & it's great that you are really loving this New Order Number from 1983 because that's when it was all happening & i was there WoW & I'm still here which in itself is a Miracle & i Really Love Blue Monday by New Order 💙💙💙

[@I_love_Tango2]

@@LorraineWard-dd3md Thank you!

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[@bobbyhogo2342]

Doozo Yoroshiku, greetings from the Pacific!

[@crlyhdedfnck]

Footage of my friends and I before getting kicked out of guitar centre.

[@Jepse89]

Haha I love this comment

[@babushkacat43]

LOL

[@LorraineWard-dd3md]

That's so Hysterical 🤣🤣🤣 🎸🎸🎸 🔥🔥🔥

[@continuumsanctum869]

40+ years ago... Damn, I'm getting old 😅 80s & 90s were such a great time to grow up 🖖🏾🤗🤟🏾

[@timarschmalz1229]

bless you my friend. from germany :)

[@rockinbiff]

Bernard always looked like being on stage singing was the absolute last place in the world he wanted to be. Yet he was there.

[@bait3027]

He had to because Ian opened the position.

[@pedropassament4299]

Lol

[@xshadowscreamx]

The og band members love picking bad singers.

[@ianmorton1799]

He never wanted to, but when Ian went, he was the only one to take the position

[@vincenegra2612]

@@ianmorton1799 pretty much, and they didn't want to go back to regular jobs~

[@sea80vicvan]

A rare case on TOTP where a band actually played live. The instruments going out of tune and not syncing makes it both bad and good.

[@expeditopaz]

Instruments going out of tune playing live is classic New Order, hehehe

[@arkle519]

Don't forget the bad vocals

[@Santisaez1]

Ok ok, it does not sound very good, I agree. But you (we) are all thinking in the album "canonic" version, 1000000000 listened in our lives. But, lets remember the song was really new, I feel they were a kind of training-testing the song, instruments, keyboards, Bernard´s voice tune, etc. Just listen to the weird (and nice) ending (3:45)

[@nfltrrrqwsa7512]

shame the song is shit

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

I thought the speaker on my PC was buggered!

[@mellel5594]

I was totally expecting a pre-recorded track for this performance. This was definitely live and very raw! I love it!

[@silverlink8805]

Yeah after this performance TOTP decided they didn't want people playing live because it might be a mess

[@Adam-pu6jg]

New Order always performed live on TOTP.

[@gmansi]

The entire base is programmed.

[@gyrobyte626]

i love it when music sounds shit for no real reason

[@paulheap1982]

@@gmansi yet it clearly wasn't.

[@lololop58]

The story behind this performance is just brilliant. Even funnier is the recollection from Peter Hook how delighted the band were when the single dropped further down in the pop charts 😂😂

[@RichV20]

I wonder if it was self-sabotage as each record sold cost them money. This would help alleviate the financial bleeding.

[@filipe977]

What's the story?

[@markhowards420]

​@@filipe977I think Bernard was on some strong narcotics 😂

[@racerfranco5175]

Some say this is a myth. Actually they'd have gone up 3 places after this beutiful live blunder... this song is legendary

[@bloopbleepnothinghere]

Tbf, the BBC is culpable for the terrible mix.

[@JM-fc9gm]

Song sums up the 80s. Seriously one of the most perfect songs ever composed.

[@kayamerrick3907]

😂 … no it’s not 🤣

[@JM-fc9gm]

@@kayamerrick3907 shut up

[@junaidkhalid3769]

@@kayamerrick3907 what is then

[@ceno8039]

Apart from a few gems here and there the 80’s were pretty shit. Pop culture was pure revulsion.

[@JM-fc9gm]

@@ceno8039 you’re stupid and wrong

[@majorlybad]

Love the bit where Steve plays the choir note instead of the explosion sound and clearly swears a few seconds after with Barney hiding the fact he's laughing

[@VedranCro]

i just love when at 2:22 Stephen uses wrong sample and Barney is like "Oh god, kill me now!"

[@mod6462]

Never noticed this 🤣🤣

[@lucysluckyday]

Lol, I was listening (and laughing) then that sample drops in .. like, what the heck?!

[@maddie8415]

This is hilarious...he actually does look like he's thinking that 😆

[@cJeremy]

almost 40 years old.. I can't imagine how mind blowing this song was back then. it's still fucking amazing as fuck. love it so much.

[@alan-]

It was mind blowing. 12 inch version especially so. Fighter jet overhead. Music turned a page that day.

[@SimonHuggins]

Yep. Definitely an ’I Feel Love’ moment

[@edenpalmermusic]

So strange hearing a live version. Love it, it's natural and human!

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

This is unironically my favourite version of Blue Monday. Brilliant stuff!

[@eliasandrinopoulos8746]

Peter is hitting those electric toms like, “Oh, bloody hell, this crowd is terrible.” 😂 Once they get going, though, it’s absolutely brilliant. So unique and funky (in its own way).

[@jvcdeadmoney]

It's horrible. I love it!

[@YOAVIDZ]

(2:23) Bernard's "OMG he pushed the wrong note, again" reaction...

[@KarlHamilton]

Amazing. Real New Order fans know that the more chaotic a gig, and the more equipment goes wrong, the better it is.

[@joeogle7729]

@@garynumanssillywig2172 I take it you prefered joy division... (I'm joking by the way =D)

[@brunogarnierklein6404]

Yes Amazing.

[@KarlHamilton]

@Skip ads Yep, she's great. Now fuck off and listen to some Wham you nonce.

[@billystutz55]

Did you just come up with that Karl? Because thats not usually what makes a good live show

[@KarlHamilton]

@@billystutz55 It's ok. You're not a real fan. Go listen to some Depeche Mode.

[@ng3057]

You all were so lucky who lived through this era , I was born in 2000 but my parents made sure I grew up on 80s electro music

[@louisducasse1397]

3:24 hear Bernard Sumner laugh while singing 😂

[@joshdeagun6032]

Just curious why you posted the time stamp AFTER the point where he laughs. It’s at 3:22

[@feinesgeschirr700]

- How many synthesizers do we need? - Yes!

[@felixf5211]

Actually sounds like a live performance. The mistakes add to the charm.

[@redoktopuss1581]

I think so too!!!

[@LouLou-bl7lw]

It’s surprising that the BBC actually allowed new order to play live when the norm on TOTP was terrible miming , you really have to admire the band for obviously insisting they would only do a live performance or not at all. Great band

[@Naikonenko]

This

[@ConeFlower-gx2qk]

@@Naikonenkoyooo quake my man. You play the RTX?

[@DoroteoVilla]

It took several attempts by TOTP to get them on. Each time the band said no to miming until TOTP relented to NO playing live….and the results were…..not great. The band would change their tune about miming in the later years when they were being offered trainloads of money.

[@paulgreen758]

this is in my top 5 of songs, ive never seen them play, but seeing and hearing this song stripped back to raw, is amazing 40 years old now and timeless

[@Rolfez66]

Perfect imperfections, so original, so true, the frailty and melancholy of JD shines through yet there's an uplifting and positive attitude pointing towards the future. So life like

[@thewhoman3182]

1:58: That moment when you step on a Lego brick you didn't realise was there.

[@simfaithguitar1]

😂

[@goldenpeanuts9]

🤣

[@jstredlicious3869]

😂😂😂

[@berrafatale25yearsago87]

😂😂😂😂

[@98purpleflower]

yo wtf this made my day 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@arkle519]

Huge confidence on this channel for uploading this.

[@joeogle7729]

I know! I thought this gig kept them awake at night. Then again it's quite possibly the best sounding car crash in musical history.

[@bradcogan8588]

The fact that this has barely any dislikes despite being terrible just tells you how much people love New Order.

[@23igna]

It doesnt sounds terrible, just a bit out of tune

[@redoktopuss1581]

I don't think they sounded bad at all, actually kinda....fresh.

[@bait3027]

That is their sound. Lol

[@Squidiot]

Lol. That’s pretty true.

[@Pstaines439]

Standard terrible singing from Barney. They should have given the lead vocal job to Hook, at least he can sing in tune.

[@caldevx]

That OH was brilliant!

[@sunsetman22]

ah yes, the most legendary TOTP performance of all time

[@redfield2308]

probably second to David Bowie's Starman

[@bingsinatra5283]

Seen The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu (KLF) doing 'It's Grim Up North'?... it's hilarious.

[@Adam-pu6jg]

Probably second to Nirvana's "Smells like teen spirit"

[@pedropassament4299]

What does TOTP means?

[@italohenriquedanieldasilva1182]

@@pedropassament4299 top of the pops

[@davidmarks8318]

It doesn't get any better than this

[@fizzymilk_]

1:04 the raised eyebrow says so much, I know that feeling

[@LostInWax222]

That real 80’s!!!!

[@cyberspace667]

Lmao right, pushing at the seams like how 80s can we really get

[@marcterstegen1990]

Here in Brazil, in the 1980s, New Order was one of the most successful international bands, practically, all the teenagers of this generation loved it and had at least one New Order album, especially the incredible album Substânce 1987. And today with "49" years old (I had misspelled my age, in fact I recently turned 49 years old rs), I still enjoy listening to the beautiful. electronic music of New Order, my favorite band.

[@Moondoggy1941]

I would love to go to Brazil and see a concert. I hear it will be legendary.

[@marcterstegen1990]

@@Moondoggy1941 I didn't know that New Order would do a show here in Brazil this year, if they come I will try to go to their show ...; Here in Brazil, in the 80/90s we had excellent pop-rock bands, but nowadays, these bands practically no longer exist, one of them is this band here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYPXgICigLSNptU, but we had it here other great pop-rock bands, but electronic music bands we never had one that was successful.

[@Moondoggy1941]

I am 60 so I was lucky to live and love the 80's music, Every week another great song came out from a different band.

[@marcterstegen1990]

@@Moondoggy1941 True, the 80's were incredible (today I'm 49, I was a teenager at that time lol), great bands and incredible music, I really enjoyed: The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, Duran Duran, Queen, A-Ha, Depeche Mode , Pet Shop Boys, Information Society and many, many other bands and singers that if you write here would make a great list, not to mention Brazilian bands and musicians, by the way, they removed the link for the Brazilian band that I left for you to hear, you got to listen??? Liked??? Listen to the songs of this other Brazilian band here that was very successful in the 80's too, I hope they don't remove it and that you like it ... I had left a link with another Brazilian band that was very successful here in Brazil in the 80s, but again they removed it, that group is so slutty, because it is not competing with English music, then I will make a list with the best bands, singers and songs on my channel, then if you want, go there and watch, combined English friend ???

[@efercost]

New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Yazoo, Depeche Mode, and many English bands from the early 80's fulfilled a musical gap that didn't exist in Brazil and many other countries. The Brazilian song from the early 80's was a typical soft rock, boring and not interesting to dance.

[@janismorrissey]

omg bernard is screaming inside, hooky doesn't care, gillian looks worried and stephen is trying not to laugh hahahaha I love Hooky

[@manifestgtr]

None of them have any idea. They can’t hear what’s goin out over the broadcast...only what’s happening onstage. I’m sure they weren’t happy when they found out later...

[@MrCrrispy]

@@manifestgtr Of course they heard it, they are all laughing except Hooky :-) (as usual)

[@lololop58]

Hooky’s just in his own world and vibing solo with his bass 🚬😎

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

Bernard was trying his hardest not to corpse. Hooky's smile at the very end said it all.

[@rondanorris5504]

It's 2020 and I still love this song!!! The 80's rocked 🎵

[@philcunningham1373]

Myself and the entire team (New Order) appreciate you for your kind words, please keep support our music thanks 💕💕😘

[@littlemascara5204]

2022 November here. Must watched the Hacienda documentary so i had to go back and watch this again...love it.

[@barrygaynor1025]

80's music was so good. And there were so many great 80's bands.

[@Valentyne90]

Somehow this Manages to be absolutely dreadful and brilliant the same time

[@LFOVCF]

And here's me thinking I was the only one who thought he can't sing for shit.

[@jamesoloughlin8268]

@@LFOVCF hes a good singer but he has pretty bad stage fright, he always has even in jd

[@bvanloo75]

They actually played quite badly on purpose and were quite frankly making fun of the entire situation they found themselves in. Keep in mind that at that time they still thought of themselves as being a punk band (despite all the electronic equipment and dance beats), and all of a sudden they are performing on the most mainstream music program on UK television.

[@martinpattison8916]

@@bvanloo75 I just assumed they made it a bit different to prove it was live.

[@nicoledickson6099]

@@jamesoloughlin8268 true, but the studio wasn't made for live performances so that's also a reason

[@Dave4000]

Brilliant live performance and being less than perfect proves it's genuine. Proper talent. Real music. Would never get anything this good now. 🎶🎹

[@michaelboyle5805]

I was 18 on the 18th March in 1983, Wow long time ago,

[@joshgellis3292]

lol. I was CONCEIVED on that year, of THAT month. CHEERS, mate! lol. Love, from the American State of Arizona. 🏁🤓💁‍♂🌳🏞🏰🏙

[@ddrissel]

I was already 26 years old in 1983, but have very fond memories of dancing to this song (especially in gay clubs) in the early eighties in Alabama!

[@baronmilhaven11]

Authentic real live sounds....New Order are awesome no matter how

[@christopherproietti645]

Bernard is never going to slay us vocally but, aside from the singing, i like this live version quite a bit. the "flaws" make it unique and it still kicks!

[@sapitron]

bernard makes selena gomez sound good

[@evaldasvaitonis1497]

@@sapitron how? he sounds good, he just can't sing

[@maximillianlylat1589]

​@@sapitron he sings better than katy perry too

[@rajnirvan3336]

I was nearly 6 year old in 1983 and I remember when watching this on Thursday night. Must admit sounds decent live

[@rodrigomoran5181]

I was 1 year old

[@lancerobinson8889]

All of a sudden they have total confidence.

[@goddessdj100]

so beautifully raw, emotional

[@CATCATDovahkiin]

Playing live, singing live, like it should be. 😎👍

[@sammencia7945]

Blue Monday was so far ahead of its time it can still be played in the club 40 years on and get a dancefloor. Try that with something from 1943 in 1983 and watch the club empty.

[@tap22]

Guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet....but your kids are gonna love it !

[@rickfrombohemia9550]

Try the YMO's 1980 Budokan concert. That's where the "80s sound" really starts.

[@chrismarsh8162]

I'm amazed TOTP let New Order play live. I can't remember how many did in those days. I saw this shambles and I thought " yes, this is the band for me".

[@fleas.]

This is actually one of the best things I have heard

[@ziggypop8106]

I'm so glad I was in my 20's in the 80's and not now. So very, very glad

[@harveysmith100]

There I was, 18 years old, in my first car without a care in the world. I heard this on the radio and it was like something from another planet. Friends heard it too and we didn't know what it was called, it took nearly a week before we heard the title and shared the news next time we met up. ( No mobiles in those days.)

[@ethanoreilly2002]

This is so beautifully chaotic!!

[@beachboy9590]

Still Watching 2021.... Coronavirus time.. quarantine!!!! So sad

[@thehole4472]

Discovering this performance on TOTP2 in the 90s made me fall in love with New Order. Bucking the trend by playing live shows just how influential New Order were going to become

[@davidellis5141]

The Best song of the 80's the best selling 12" ever !

[@donlopeaguirre112]

With the original cut out packaging, they lost money with every copy sold. Cost them a bloody fortune!

[@davidbarnsley8486]

I have mine in12 inch and single

[@MinecraftAndIndie]

@@davidbarnsley8486 12 inch is single

[@annoyingbstard9407]

As a collection of parts “borrowed” from a dozen earlier records this worked out surprisingly well played live.

[@sugarmama8747]

" Iconic Classic" 80's song ... 🤗 Love it ... Bernard and his lil 😂.... "Cute"... Still on my play list🙂... 80's woman here... 😄

[@Dammernas]

No me lo puedo de creer 🤯 En VIVO en DIRECTO, qué fuerrrte!!! Flawless!

[@rodolfodelapaz7544]

imperfectamente Perfecta......no es comparacion.....pero este New Order con ese sonido casi experimental con tecnologias nuevas, asi de al ahi se va.....suena de pubs .....como era al principio U2 en sus categoria....vino la fama y equipos nuevos y ya no fueron lo mismo

[@DJBaldPaul]

It's 17th January 2022, dubbed the most depressing day of the year, Happy Blue Monday day!

[@mattgilbert5850]

Seeing the evolution of this band is remarkable. Wow.

[@johnkarag]

Perfection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Timeless masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT PERFORMANCE!!!!!!!

[@melvin8346]

I don't know why, but I really love this version

[@MidnightinSavannah]

Bernie @ 3:07 "how should i feel" and Hooky gives him a stare from hell, LOL.

[@arkle519]

Haha Hooky looked very bored through this entire performance. Maybe he was sleep deprived and was waiting to go home or something

[@mikeh5431]

Utterly brilliant

[@tjnz]

I remember watching this, I was 11, it blew my tiny mind

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

This happened almost 40 years ago and the clarity is quite amazing

[@thepuzzler317]

It’s more clear than the ufo and big food sightings that we get these days 😄

[@celticoverall]

Iconic,,

[@RamonAr100]

Gracias a grupos de music electrónica como New Order los 80 hemos disfrutado de vuestra música de los años 80 Ochentero total 😊😊

[@EventTVok]

I was 10 years old when they released this song and I still didn't know they existed.

[@pyrtwistPyrtwistWorldInMotion]

In Steve's latest book, Fast Forward, he admits that he stuck in the wrong floppy discs at the wrong time. At 2:21 the chorus plays instead of the thunder.

[@danpiedra3910]

He actually laughs after doing it realizing the error. Lot's of examples of New Order errors in those early days of unreliable instruments.

[@jamesortiz6312]

@Saint Back Track It's an E-mu systems Emulator II. I dont believe the EPS was released yet when they recorded Blue Monday.

[@jamesortiz6312]

That's funny shit. You can see Bernard and Gill's reaction when the thunderous sound was supposed to trigger but they just got the choir. lol

[@ciruzzobello3108]

@@jamesortiz6312 it's the first Emulator, not the Emulator II

[@jokerfleckcast3196]

He is laughing his ass off

[@vicolandtributes8607]

This is a very rare, dark, underground and more post punkie version of this classic song...

[@salvag776]

Ohh. Porfin encontré este temazo de mi adolescencia. No me acordaba del grupo. Tenía 16años en el ochenta y tres. I incluso compré el single pero obvio pierdes cosas de tu juventud. Por fin ohhh. Que alegría volverlo a escuchar. Lo guárdare como si fuera oro. Es un temazo..

[@user-yn2ch7zs8k]

Forever lovely

[@1313sp]

It's really hard not to laugh, they're even laughing at the end. But I will love New Order even for stuff like this.

[@gregbrookman]

Despite the out of tune instruments, the terrible syncing, and the complete lack of charisma….this is still brilliant!

[@Tangobutton]

They stayed up all night the night before because they thought it would make them look rough- and they thought it waa funny!

[@LouLou-bl7lw]

I wouldn’t say there is a lack of charisma at all as peter hook oozes charisma by the way Really it was just a super cool doesn’t give a shit attitude from the band and it’s totally obvious they didn’t care one bit And it was totally deliberate the way they played out of tune in parts It was really two fingers to the awful conservative BBC And they enjoyed having a platform to do so. FANTASTIC BAND

[@Quexpo82]

What syncing? It’s all sung and played live. Had never been done before by any other band before.

[@t-ladtheband]

This is from before sequencers existed! They had it invented for them to make this song work I don't think you understand how amazing this is they did this live.

[@stevenhaas9622]

@@t-ladtheband Some of it was programed that 15 seconds none of them are even playing anymore and yet sound is still happening

[@stephanishank7553]

Listening 39 years, 11 months later. Damn that's FRESH

[@theoriginalbluey]

Imagine being there in the TOTP studio, close up during this historical moment. Wow!

[@cayde8608]

2:20 = straight up heaven - absolute bro moment.

[@thunder_heads]

AAAAA

[@roybatty75]

Great version

[@marcelosantos911]

Very nice song

[@adamgorsky8422]

Y'all know, Barney, Hooky and Steven would have loved this back in the Joy Division days, the chaos the authenticity

[@Thrillkisser]

Young Peter Hook! 😍

[@sunrain_jp]

さすがニューオーダー、これですらまともに弾けないｗ 本当に奇跡のようなバンドだわ、大好きだ

[@TheDarkDutchman]

Wow ... This is really live! 🙌

[@CoreyChambersLA]

I first heard this song in 1987. Pretty faithful to this early live version.

[@Rodrigo79799]

Bernard Summer is high, very high........... Almost flying........

[@oleo007]

This live performance is epic!!!

[@antonyfaulkner8649]

Raw. Brilliant. Hook keeps it all together.

[@BRAVEHEART1880]

IT'S FEBRUARY 20, 2021 I'M STILL ENJOYING NEW ORDER..GREAT MUSIC FROM THE GREAT TIMES (80'S)😎👊

[@abrahamlopez3461]

This is so iconic!! ♥️

[@robswimmer1808]

Listening April 2022 & ♾️

[@deciocavallo7332]

Respect 👍

[@PhillyCYOSports]

Mesmerizing

[@user-yi5ew7tm1r]

色褪せない名曲だ！

[@_a_8117]

Yeah

[@alan-]

that would be an ecumenical matter

[@edgaralan9917]

Respect to them for going live , few would have done it.

[@ndogg20]

Yet another reason, while I love their music, I would never go out of my way to catch them live.

[@hawksfan8870]

The glory days of music!

[@luciamonica9947]

No lipsinging? Fabulous!!👌👏👏👏👏

[@gersonkinzinhooficial]

Show... Marcou minha adolescência.

[@johnhunter3277]

40 yrs on and still listening to the soundtrack of my youth,. Brilliant

[@helfmeyerglenn491]

Awesome to watch the early genesis of one of the greatest pop songs of all time.....