New Order Reaction Blue Monday Extended Version (WOW!!!) | Dereck Reacts

[@MusicReaction]

I'm 56 and I still rip up the dance floor when this comes on in a club.

[@heffo67]

You don't. You potter around, half out of breath. Willing you feet and legs to places they can no longer go. Almost tripping over yourself and but an embarrassment to the younger members of your own family. The vision you think that you project is not the one that they see. Lost in a dry-ice fog of past glories, dawn parties, rushes and Tuesday blues, you look at them and smile. They smile back. You believe it is knowing respect. Look again. They smile in pity!!! : - )

[@MusicReaction]

@@heffo67 Nice poem, but the reality is that I'm fit and I know how to dance.

[@heffo67]

@@MusicReaction No bother pal. I was just skitting. It's probably more self biographical to be fair. ; - )

[@janosfernandez945]

48 and yes I do dance and sway whenever it comes out at a party :)

[@matthewrandom4523]

So do I, and I'm 55. The 80ies was the best decade, musically, wasn't it?

[@annesmith2259]

I remember dancing to this in my bedroom at age 14 .. I’m 52 now 😂 it’s still fantastic.. early 80 s new wave was unreal

[@IAmFat1968]

So did I, as I was listening just one or maybe two radio channels (I'm also 52), because of a kind or musical protectionism all the synthpop and coldwave bands were banned in France and replaced by very bad music. Producers invented a rockabilly wave, these were songs with silly lyrics with people trying to imitate Elvis Presley.

[@beich70]

The 80's are great, I still love it all, I am 50. Depeche Mode was also great. The Violator album is masterpiece for sure!

[@eat_pray_porg8450]

No shame in your age! Is that your photo in the avatar? Because you don't look 52! This song still slaps (I'm 46) and I totally feel the nostalgia of this song, even though I didn't discover it until 1988. :-)

[@tallykev6608]

I remember dancing to this under a strobe light at an all-night club called the Vatican..... good times

[@Wuppie62]

I remember dancing to this too, when it was new and played in the discotheques while on holiday in Spain, together with some Human League and Italodisco summerhits. I still love synthpop and its electronic precursors like Kraftwerk.

[@maureenwagg5305]

This song. The dance floor was so full you could barely move. Gets me dancing every time.

[@hahatoldyouso]

This is the biggest selling 12" record ever in UK!

[@faltskog36abba]

Indeed it is, Abba - Lay all Your Love On Me-Held that record from 81 until This Masterpiece was released .

[@hahatoldyouso]

@@faltskog36abba oh wow I didn't know that!

[@thereunionparty]

But didn't they lose money on it because Factory Records commissioned a very expensive sleeve for the record?

[@kungsverige1886]

And I have one of this "12" record....🇸🇪

[@jaymez3461]

@@faltskog36abba This is the definitive 80’s club song. 38 years after its release and it’s still amazing!

[@RogerLanderos]

I danced to this song as a teenager and still love it now in my 50s. It's great to a see a younger generation appreciating this music.

[@ingobordewick6480]

This bass drum was a complete game-changer. People had never heard something like this... The good old days.

[@lamusiclover2264]

That rapid bass drum program, and they have admitted it, came from "Our Love" by Donna Summer on the "Bad Girls" album

[@miguimau]

They took that from italo and Kraftwerk but Blue Monday was another level. I danced this with flashing lights in the disco and it was unprecedented. Very good days.

[@dvalero87]

This was dance trance music at its best. Bizarre Love Triangle, Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Smiths/Morrissey, it was 4 hours straight on the dance floor without breaks. I spent the 80's dancing with myself on the dance floor. You didn't need a partner, but if your friends wanted to join, which they did, it was a party on the dance floor. Every high school dance from 1983 through 1987 was to this kind of music.

[@michaelbiggs1254]

This literally never ages. An astounding piece of work from Mancunian musicians.

[@jjhall1963]

A dance floor masterpiece. Again, when this song came out we never heard anything like it. Pass around the poppers, totally f-uped. Giving in to the music. Timeless...........It's meant to be almost robotic, lack of feeling.

[@RR64434]

The Poppers huh?? Nice. Lol

[@coolhive2941]

I was such an introverted young gay man who stood by the dance floor to watch. But this was the song that gave me the urge to dance. After a few drinks, lol

[@kamster518]

I can also relate mate!

[@MusicReaction]

@@runsayn Great music!

[@coolhive2941]

@scabthecat because we exist, sweetie. You’ll live, I promise.

[@coolhive2941]

@scabthecat I see you survived the night. Glad I was right. 🏳️‍🌈

[@philgarza6158]

​@@coolhive2941Fuck it! Get out there and get your groove on!

[@redsmoker37]

New Order is absolutely amazing. They emerged from Joy Division, really a punk band, after lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide in 1980. The re-worked band New Order really was one of the leaders of the UK electronica movement, to which Depeche Mode and Echo and the Bunnymen also belong. Legendary band and so many great songs, especially True Faith. Bernard Summers was the guitarist in Joy Division, taking over lead vocals for New Order.

[@alregis8668]

Both Depeche Mode and New Order were great admirators of Kraftwerk, the band that probably made emerge synth pop and techno pop : drums from World in my Eyes are heavly taken from Music Non Stop, and the choir in Blue Monday came from the 1975 Radioactivity.

[@brianfinch5748]

Blue Monday is a classic that never gets old. As mentioned the inspiration for this song was Donna Summer's Our Love from Bad Girls.

[@miguimau]

And italo disco.

[@nadiaahern]

CLASSIC New Order, techno with that bass line coming in.They were SO good at creating these musical layer cakes. You are taking me back to my high school days! Quintessential new wave making me want to put on all my black eyeliner spike my bangs and dance right into the fog from the smoke machine!!!!

[@taniaPBear]

I still have that 12 inch record. Whenever anyone asks why we danced the way we did in the 80's, I'll refer them to this track. If you can show me another way to dance to this beat, go ahead.

[@malwill54]

I'm a 66 year old Electronic Music fan who as a fan of Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and other German electronic bands so, when this was released I was so glad that the post-punk bands engaged E.M and produced such fantatic music. New Order were at the forefront of an explosion of British bands who came after them. Depeche Mode, Human League (checkout the "Love & Dancing album) followed later by Eurythics and a swathe of others. Listen to the roots of this type of music by listening to Krafterk. The choir you hear is from the track "Uranium" by Kraftwerk from the 1976 album "rRadioactivity." Nevertheless, New Order altered the British Music scene and set it on a new path much different than anything previous. British "Synth-Pop" as it later was known laid the foundations for later bands and artists that became known all over the world. This song charted more than once and to this day is the best selling 12 inch song EVER!

[@dipsydoodle7988]

I can remember being on the dance floor with my eyes closed for this one. This got everyone up and into their own little world.

[@mmiller9812]

Nothing like hearing this out on the dance floor under the pulsing lights.

[@iainweller452]

If you’re dipping into 80s new wave, indie music check out The Smiths - How Soon is Now, or There is a Light That Never Goes Out. Both songs musically and lyrically brilliant

[@harripalomaki8796]

New Wave in the US. In Europe, New Wave meant something like early Elvis Costello - punk-influenced but more melodic and cerebral. New Order, though, were Post Punk: punk generation influenced by Kraftwerk, Moroder, Krautrock, Bowie, hi-nrg, horror movies...whatever took their fancy. And Blue Monday is the daddy of every vaguely alternative dance track.

[@iainweller452]

@@harripalomaki8796 I thought about mentioning post punk but I was just trying to keep it simple, love post punk, Pil, Killing Joke and The Cult Dreamtime and Love to name a few

[@yancke]

It is a choir. Sampled from Kraftwerk's "Uranium".

[@luciekonecna137]

such a little ethereal touch. Especially contrasted with the Eastwood strings and the Donna Summers beat... I just love it.

[@tonywilkinson6895]

Kraft indeed my friend. 👌

[@oceanlover3530]

This was such a HUGE hit in the clubs! It was played everywhere. One of the BEST ever club songs produced! So fun to dance to! ✌🏻🙂✌🏻

[@sdev2749]

I was 17 when this song came out in 83, these were the best years of my life in the 80's and this song was prominent, so many memories of friends, nightclubs, girlfriends etc

[@RaniOsnat]

I get a kick seeing you react to the soundtrack of my youth… I remember when Blue Monday came out and it was just hypnotic. Later on in life I got to see New Order live a few times and when this song comes on, everyone’s in a frenzy.

[@ScottPothan]

Heaven Nightclub would never have existed without this track

[@willswomble7274]

07 March 1983 Factory Records release of the biggest selling 12'' in history. You should have been on the clubbing scene in Madchester, UK! I was.... ;) and survived, still have a moustache...

[@jerrywinters6914]

As a Generation Xer, It puts a smile on my face to see the younger generations be exposed and appreciate the music of my youth/life.

[@deborahpaley21]

This Boomer agrees : )

[@gretch8928]

Love, love, love your reaction. You're obviously a knowledgable young man. Your commentary is enjoyably peppered with references to other musicians & songs. I'm learning from you & from all the informative comments from your listeners. What fun!

[@hdufort]

They had to plug together equipment that was not meant to work together. There was no standard back then. No drivers, no software conversion. Bands like Kraftwerk had to solder circuits or build some of their synths with knobs and lamps.

[@TJdirect]

I first heard this at a roller disco. Strobe lights, mirror balls and alcohol on wheels great combination! 🤣🤣

[@cphipps1969]

I was in 6th grade when this came out & every morning before school as we were waiting for the bus a kid who had a boom box played this song on repeat. EVERY SINGLE DAY! And I still love this song 😂

[@jaymez3461]

Now that you’ve opened that door, you need to hear more New Order. They have a lot of amazing songs. I would recommend Bizarre Love Triangle and True Faith. Both are just phenomenal!

[@stevenalexander6713]

Old school New Order had a lot of songs with 1 or 2 minute instrumental intros before you get to the lyrics. Another one of my favorite intros is the beginning of the 12" version of Perfect Kiss.

[@tamaradelempickafacebook]

The had to build their own synths to make this song!

[@PaulDragicevich]

Peter Hook played the "guitar" parts on bass - they're his signature lead bass style.

[@nelsondias9989]

How can he have never heard this amazing song previously? I must be getting too old 😀

[@txuscorral504]

This track is one of the fathers of actual dance music, I remember going inside a restaurant and absolutely everyone was sitting down dancing. Fun.

[@coolhive2941]

I believe the drum sample came from Donna Summer’s Our Love, from the 1979 Bad Girls album.

[@markredmond9909]

Best reaction video to this song, bar none.

[@mudshark5393]

The B side had the instrumental version named "The Beach".

[@jimmymac4559]

I forgot about that!

[@PeterMilanovski]

It was actually pretty good! Even though it didn't have lyrics, I think that the beat hit harder on The Beach than it did on Blue Monday!

[@renenielsen92]

the 12" remix of this is supposedly the best selling single of all time.. An absolute classic!

[@miguimau]

They actually lost a lot of money because Peter Saville sleeve design was so expensive to print. 🤭

[@mohamedbenferha3665]

i'm 49, i rember when i was the king of bumper car with this song

[@mohamedbenferha3665]

Please Dereck try to listen ' Bizarre Love Triangle'

[@bonniespruin6369]

I love seeing young people liking the 80s songs that I grew up with. Great reaction!

[@stevenkendall3092]

They are a groundbreaking New Wave band. If you want to hear more vocals than instrumental then check out "Bizarre Love Triangle" or "True Faith" next. Also if you're interested in their origin story check out the film "Control" which covers the band's period when they were called "Joy Division" and why they had to reinvent themselves in the mid-80's.

[@theKarstenR]

And now you need to check out the studio version of Kylie's "Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head". here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIe6gphseNxsd6s

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

It's somewhere between the mid 80's and early 90's, you have the art rockers, goths, casuals and the dance kids in the room, you put this on, and EVERYONE hits the floor. I know, I was there! I was one of them.

[@donalokeeffe7504]

This song will still be relevant in 200 years. It's a timeless masterpiece.

[@pmccservices]

Love your appreciation of all the layers and all the synth, and that even if you are hearing for the first time, you have all the information about the song and the band handy to share.

[@anthonyv1719]

Legends., still kicking today,. Many firsts - such as lead bass taking over from lead guitar. Some of the most iconic songs ever. Would suggest their perfect pop song "Crystal"

[@genewebb2837]

reminds me a bit of frankie goes to hollywood relax-any of those extended versions back then were pure genius enjoy!

[@andrewgardner9615]

This is not an extended version.

[@robetclo2516]

I remember when I bought the 12 inches single and it was because the sleeve looked like a floppy disk. But I was amazed at the time and I still have my copy. A real dance classic.

[@Tienitrem]

God, I remember that time so well! Slipping out my window at night to meet my friends in the club and... um... I'd better stop right here! :)

[@bwaw1972]

Loved your reaction to this song. It’s one of my all time favourites. Had it on tape in the ‘80’s, sadly lost it somewhere in the early ‘90’s. Was so happy to get on CD. Some elements of the song, especially near the end (with the choir) remind me of ABBA’s The day before you came.

[@AlexAtEight]

The bass isn't disguised on this - it's very prominent. Played by their masterful bassist Peter Hook.

[@jhutch888]

Love your channel so much! I'm an old fart who lived through the 80's as a massive music head, yet you've turned me onto so much killer stuff I didn't know about!

[@trentfarmer9862]

I only heard the song for the first time when I brought it home from the record store and put it on the turn table. I nearly died.

[@diddow.7457]

Mega Hit in Germany too. We‘ve loved to dance to this track. Thank you for this reaction. You Love synths and danceable music? Please try Take me away by 2 in a room. Totally housemusic.

[@23skidoo46]

this was a major staple at the club we used to go to back in the 80's . This is the grandfather to ALL the techno stuff that came later. no if's, and's or but's about it.

[@johnnyz8791]

This version is actually best so good choice

[@Emmet72]

Lot of new wave has roots in funk and disco 🕺

[@ijustneedmyself]

Oh yesss, it sure does.

[@davidojeda3715]

Kylie - Can’t Get Blue Monday Outta My Head 🤯 New Order is the Shiznit!!!!

[@stefanaugustsson2625]

New order is the group who recorded this song after splitting up after the singer in joy division took his life.. love will tear us apart was the biggest succes joy division ever had. Please listen to that song.

[@LynneConnolly]

I'm a Manc, remember those days. Triggered by the Sex Pistols gig at the Free Trade Hall. The way you hear it, everybody in Manchester was there, but there were only about 100 people in the audience. People who changed music. Tony Wilson, troubled genius and all around - well, ask Peter Hook, the bassist with New Order. Anybody else here remember the Hacienda?

[@a-mellila1520]

I used to dance to this in 1984 with my late best friend. Those were the days.

[@en6278]

Its one of the most iconic electro pop songs of all time and thats why its used in so many films and tv shows even to this day. Like wonder woman 84. Its an 80s anthem & the anthem of a whole genre.

[@PanarchyInTheUK]

This was such a MAJOR tune in the clubs. Was played every night.

[@PaganMinn]

i was the like to take you from 999 to 1k XD love your channel man. new sub

[@allanfrost2585]

Thanks Derek, loving the awesome memories. 80’s New Wave was my era. Check out Depeche Mode, Simple Minds, OMD, Spandau Ballet etc but their early stuff. Keep up the great reviews . Love it & thanks for the memories !

[@richardhanks8600]

I was on holiday with some friends in Majorca in 1984 and danced to this on a full dance floor to start with but I the end there was just me and some Dutch like. we weren't dancing together but we took over the dance floor lol. Was almost trance like. Ended up ok we both got free drinks for entertaining the rest of the clubbers.

[@johnredhd]

Danced A LOT to this back in the 80s!

[@waynekerrisk9067]

Love your reaction; intelligent and informative. Keep it up. You certainly have won me.

[@darrenbuckley2082]

Thought of you when i saw this the other day, Synths, your gonna love it,lol

[@MrElfyrion]

You have to listen to 'The Beach' (Side B : Dub Version of this..) and 'The Perfect Kiss'n 'Cinfusion' and 'Bizarre Love Triangle' from NEW ORDER as well :)

[@jeanpeuxplus7257]

The most irresistible dance song of the 80's. So iconic that it charted three times in the UK (1983-88-93). And when your song is remixed by Quicy Jones himself (88 version), you know you have made something special! And another amazing song with brilliant video is True Faith kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5esYoZmhbB9iJo

[@IAmFat1968]

Once in the 80's (I believe you're French) a french radio host said "trou fesses" which sounds almost the same, although I really love New Order, I use to laugh thinking of that.

[@NoMoneyG]

I still have this 12"!! Great stuff Dereck!

[@hiiamandi]

Watch “24 hour party people!” It will explain everything to you about this era!

[@daviddordevic4858]

Remember hearing this at a club in 1987. Hooked ever since. Still play it and Bizarre love Triangle also by New Order. Im 52, and still feel 22.

[@gymratcarpediem7761]

You're getting Disco vibes because this genre is Hi-NRG : the post Disco era which is really Disco speeded up with more beats per minute. Another huge Hi-NRG hit is "You Spin Me Right Round" by Dead or Alive

[@dahntalon]

So glad you got around to neworder. Another hot release by them is "True Faith" .

[@esclad]

Dereck, a Eurovision gem you have missed... Diodato - Fai Rumore - (Italy 🇮🇹 2020 - Performance in Arena di Verona). Because the 2020 contest was cancelled, it goes unmentioned but it's magical. And his voice, WOW!

[@kyrisgeorgiou9197]

There is a great analysis of this masterpiece on youtube that reveals the influences for its synthesis. The choir is a sampling (probably the first ever) from the German group Kraftwerk from 1975. Pioneers in electronic music. The rythm is Donna Summer's. The 6 chord bass guitar alludes to Ennio Morricone's guitar solo from For a few dollars more (final duel). The synth overtures an influence from a song they first heard in a club in New York City 1982. And a couple or more other. Just goes to show once more the co-creative process in everything. I'm glad that some modern songs that have come out are clearly re-visiting the sounds of that era. Music is timeless.

[@scottbwright]

Remember at this time we listened to this on cassette or at a club if they dared to play it. I walked around my block listening to this entire album nonstop

[@shaneortega2894]

Donna Summer, Sylvester and Kraftwerk were big influences on this song. Try The Perfect Kiss next by New Order next- fire! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmS7iGmEga5_p9E

[@hdufort]

Totally. As a bonus, the Perfect Kiss video shows a live performance in their recording studio with producer Martin Hannett behind the window. Bernard's voice is a little raw and unsteady but the second half of the song is amazing.

[@hdufort]

The background "ahhhhhhhh" is a monk choir sample from Kraftwerk that they have resampled. Bernard's voice is duplicated. One track is raw, the other is processed though vocoder.

[@thelwulfeoforlic6482]

The ‘choir’ is a sample from the Kraftwerk track “Uranium” taken from the 1975 studio album “Radio-Activity”

[@Nico3039]

true faith !!

[@christianpatey4335]

This is known as the song which changed music forever. Was used for wonder woman 1984. Definitely one of the best instrumental opens to a song ever and best selling 12' single

[@whynot2644]

Dance floor, hit of X and a cocktail in one hand and cigarette in the other.... till 5am.....the good old days.

[@gipsy1695]

❤️ love this song… takes me back 🎵🎶❤️

[@bigcheese2128]

I think something that gets lost on many people with regards to historical context is that this song didn’t just happen to sound like those disco songs you mentioned but they were direct influences to new order. You were spot on about the drum pattern reminding you of Donna Summer. This was pretty revolutionary for its time because no song had ever A. Fully embraced both punk/post punk and disco at the same time, and B. Turned it into a number one hit

[@ono1dij]

Endless classic!!!! If you enjoyed this one, please react to "The Perfect Kiss - Extended version" , my absolute favourite song from them, I think that song is a masterpiece, the build instrumental is one of the most incredible things I ever heard...

[@BrianKapellusch]

I think you're feeling disco vibes because it uses the classic disco baseline technique of playing a note and then playing that note an octave higher and then back and forth like that.

[@kingoftadpoles]

Even I can dance to this, it is that epic.

[@MP-kv3fo]

The teens from the 80’s were dancing to this for years and years

[@RocketDaveA]

I figured you would love this. Other good songs by New Order include "Bizarre Love Triangle", "The Perfect Kiss", "Fine Time", and "World In Motion".

[@MilosDaddy]

And "Shellshock"

[@RocketDaveA]

Oh, yeah, how could I forget that!

[@stevenalexander6713]

The beginning of Shellshock sounds like an electric symphony.

[@Gholden1972]

Round and Round!

[@GordDunker]

This song is epic. Another New Order track I like is 'Cries and Whispers'. That has been stuck in my head for an unreasonable amount of time.

[@dorientjewoller113]

And just to say that New Order are the remainders of Joy Division, of which the lead vocalist, Ian Curtis, committed suicide.

[@Peejay1966]

You'll likely enjoy The Village and 586 from the classic New Order album, Power, Corruption & Lies. Oh, and yeah, I danced to this so many times, although it would have been the original version released in 1983.

[@7788675309]

The drum beat is from Donna Summer's Our Love from her Bad Girls Album that is way it sounds so disco

[@brianfinch5748]

yay to anyone who knows that. so many don't

[@ControlTouchMaster]

It’s classic 80’s techno music. Ya gotta love it.

[@marvinmalabanan1231]

This is my time...born in '71. If you've watched the movie Real Player One you'll love everything about it most especially the soundtrack which includes Blue Monday. Cheers!

[@rcautela7405]

They took bits n pieces of funk n disco songs to create it, they have spoken about it numerous times.

[@darrenbuckley2082]

These were the early starters from the whole Madchester scene of music.