Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts

[@eliza6971]

*IDK WHO AT THE BBC NEEDS TO HEAR THIS, BUT WE WANT MORE ORKESTRA OBSOLETE.*

[@calliarcale]

YES!!!!!!!

[@jeremiahclark3084]

Definitely yes

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

Most definitely.

[@eduardoavila646]

YES PLEASE!

[@victoriandino]

YES GET ON IT ASAP

[@simonarnold5212]

Old Order.

[@Aribithia]

Lol that's awesome

[@stephaniechristine7553]

New Older. Wait...

[@Janonimo]

Genius

[@ho-iw8ft]

Looooollll 💯💯

[@napalmglop1]

Smart!

[@rmadrazo]

How come this is the only Orkestra Obsoleta track I can find? The world needs more of this. A constant, steady supply. The future of Mankind is in your hands, fellas. Get to it.

[@lisagedeon7404]

TOTALLY AGREE! This is amazing!!!

[@paulbeardsley4095]

Has there ever been a more vivid example of something that makes you say, "Shut up and take my money"?

[@eunaoacredito3911]

I agree, this band is amazing.

[@fresazink7961]

Agreed! And why am I only coming across it now?! This is amazing!!

[@iantornquist9200]

Alas, not a real band. A one-time song.

[@lionelthompson998]

In addition to the magnificent musicians, someone deserves a lot of credit for the lighting, direction and editing. Very clever.

[@princezzpuffypants6287]

No joke, the lighting is nuts! I was mesmerized...

[@darthandeddeu]

@@princezzpuffypants6287 the location, the set design, outfits etc.... They all bring something to the table

[@consciousmonster6062]

Right! I’m trying to find out who the hell directed this. It’s the most well done old looking thing I’ve seen that’s come out recently.

[@OdinsBlade100]

​@@consciousmonster6062Angus McIntyre directed, if you look at the cast credits, underneath is a terrible black-on-black credits for the production team

[@deserado11]

... Glasgow is actually one very groovy city in general ...

[@flynnyoba6175]

"the mysterious Orkestra Obsolete" Damn straight they're mysterious. They come out with this, and then vanish into thin air.

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

Best trick the Devil ever pulled off.

[@loadeddice4696]

When you hit perfection the first time, you don't need a second

[@benjaminlarson7518]

I know, right? I tried googling to see what other stufff they have done, and found nothing.

[@lezorford7155]

@@benjaminlarson7518 Wow...That seems incredible. Makes me appreciate them even more. This is a gem!

[@iah8344]

The last frame lists the names of the band members. Flashes by quick so you have to anticipate to pause the video

[@DeshierArchitecte]

I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.

[@heatherwind]

HAHAHAHA Thanks, Marty :D

[@michendo1]

Great grandkids rather, while they are off their face in a Manchester nightclub.

[@evegoldman757]

I'm ready for it live, on the rocks and just play it. And, why is there a comment section for damn music?! Art is art, humans will always have opinions, and everyone has 'em, like another orifice that humans have, and for EXIT only, lmao.

[@NosferatuTheRed]

But you commented eve???

[@evegoldman757]

And as you just replied.............???????????????????

[@chriswright2568]

Fair to say, electronic instruments were meant to allow the creation of symphonic sounds from acoustic instruments with only a few people. This is brilliant.

[@BoojayDeeth]

Indeed! This is the opposite of synthesis.

[@MrBlablabla119]

Or maybe that cultural particularities have an influence over how we perceive the possible uses of different technologies? That is, this music COULD'VE been made in the 30s, but it wasn't.

[@Madara8989]

@@MrBlablabla119 It could have been made in the '30s, sure, but it wouldn't have been remotely practical to play live in any capacity, reducing the probability that it'd even get produced much less promoted.

[@MrBlablabla119]

@@Madara8989 That's true. Although it's not like full orchestras exist because they're at all practical. And a subjective evaluation of the practicality versus the payoff would still be a cultural particularity. For example, I bet if you were able to go back and prove that this is music from the future, that evaluation would change.

[@timonsolus]

@@MrBlablabla119: How could you prove that the music was from the future, without changing history?

[@fitzy7079]

I don't know what algorithm gods sent this to me 8 years later but I'm happy they did

[@williamchiafos3889]

And this never gets old

[@fakenorwegian4743]

I just got this too. This is Gen X catnip.

[@redplanet2010]

@@fakenorwegian4743 Boomer here...I got it today...and loved it...was a fan of Joy Division and enjoyed what New Order got up to...this is an amazing interpretaion..absolutely top notch musicianship.

[@ManWalksDogs]

thankfully someone else found it for me and linked to it under a sub par remix, but yeah, eight years without hearing/seeing this version

[@williamchiafos3889]

@@ManWalksDogs I tried to post this on Facebook and it said it went against community standards 😱

[@packdur]

The salt mine called 'KZbin' is a rough and deserted place but every now and then you will find a diamond like this one.

[@tipperary1082]

Diamonds in a salt mine?

[@oznews1]

Yer saville’s here somewhere on the BBC. Just gotta find that diamond

[@borbetomagus]

Well, search out "Jaan Pehchan Ho - Mohammed Rafi | Shankar Jaikishan | Gumnaam | Dance Song" for some other masked craziness.

[@KAT-ew9wz]

@@tipperary1082 it's ok, they can't help it

[@steviebee1989]

Not sure you’ll find a diamond in a salt mine.

[@tomgunn5910]

Missed a trick not calling themselves pre-order

[@439bananas]

Or Old order

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

@@439bananas or just 'Order'.

[@439bananas]

@@Kara_Kay_Eschel Indeed!

[@francescaa8331]

@@439bananas heh

[@Christine-te4mr]

😂

[@linuxuniverseofficial]

Simply sad the fact that it is the only song we have from them....... they need to do a full album! Its simply amazing, is creative, magnificent.

[@tekki2go75]

sudo echo "Yes, that's absolutely true!" (sorry, couldn't resist xD)

[@CharlieTechie]

Yes!

[@SuperKasper333]

Absolutely!!

[@mikevillarreal8291]

when i first heard this version, i jumped too to see if they had anymore songs. sadly no :(

[@klaxoncow]

@@tekki2go75 Why would you need to be root in order to simply echo something to the screen?

[@thesonofabob]

Its been six years, we seriously need a full album.

[@forestrot666]

Best cover of Blue Monday, hands down.

[@kenopsia9013]

orgy has a better cover

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

@@kenopsia9013 orgy is good, but this one makes you want to slap your knee and go hee haw

[@Stevensolp]

Obviously you haven’t heard the orgy or clan of xymox version

[@ucs1911]

@@Stevensolp I'm a huge clan of xymox fan and haven't heard them cover blue Monday. I'll look for it now !

[@leonardopanni728]

@@kenopsia9013 for ever

[@SteefPip]

The guy who can play the saw and the theremin should be awarded some kind of lifetime achievement award.

[@shoenicedeletedvideosx3048]

Yeah... Let's not forget the flawlessness with which she played those wine glasses!

[@peterburry3553]

That's Nicola Reade, a woman...

[@PaulSharpe1966]

@@peterburry3553whatever next? I hear they have been granted the vote?

[@amunetsunfire6182]

​@@PaulSharpe1966ie she was assumed to be a man which no one that watched that could assume. Also you got a problem with us voting? Is this 1922? What's wrong with you?

[@goosewoman]

@@amunetsunfire6182 They're playing 1930s instruments. Obviously paul was making a joke about that.

[@wraithstrongopark]

it's like a bunch of 1920's comic book villains got together and formed a band.

[@MsTokyoBlue]

@Time Travellers Association Ltd. PLEASE someone make sure Jackson and especially Doc have heard this

[@sbhatti534]

And made criminally good music?! 🙂

[@alfonsineandthenight]

You are absolutely right!

[@joeblaster8770]

@Time Travellers Association Ltd. That is why that show is awsome.

[@ironmandave3000]

Thank G-d for Marijuana !!!

[@civroger]

Why is there no more music from these guys? WHY??? It is a crime against humanity to not be able to listen to more, is what it is. They should be forced to make more, because this is brilliant.

[@andypennington1159]

I will vote for whichever party promises more Orkestra Obsolete!

[@wilsontexas]

​@@andypennington1159kamala will tell you whatever you want to hear and give you Marxism and empty shelves.

[@kerry7932]

Fun fact: New Order originally arranged this song for saw, wineglass, dulcimer, and Theremin. When they broke one of the wine glasses they redid the arrangement for guitar, synthesizer, and drums, and the rest is history.

[@_scabs6669]

BASED

[@scottcharney1091]

And bass guitar!

[@semarugaijin9451]

lol

[@EmperorStarscream]

That bow on the saw scared the shit out of me when it came in, thought someone was screaming 😱

[@everpresent2443]

That's kinda awesome!

[@LigaFantasma]

It sounds surprisingly good. I wonder how a 1930s audience would have reacted to this music?

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

I was wondering this, and I imagine it might have done pretty well.

[@TheBotleyBoy]

I posted a very similar comment to this yesterday- sorry, I didn't see yours. I reckon it would've got a mixed reaction.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

@@TheBotleyBoy somebody else supposed it'd do poorly because it doesn't have any rip-roaring swing to it. Eh... It seems to me that even though the 30's scene may be famous for big-band, I also remember hearing plenty of other styles.

[@interzoneboy]

We are always romanticize old times. Just remember how people reacted to the Chrysler Airflow.

[@BradSchmor]

Probably by burning them at the stake.

[@brendyturo]

Wait, did they use a deconstructed piano for the bassline??!??!? absolute legends

[@scottcharney1091]

They use it for some of the bassline, at least.

[@l0v3MyB3ar]

Holy shit - goosebumps when the singer kicked in. So perfect. Blue Monday was my gateway to true alternative back in the day and this rendition does it true justice. Thank you for the perfect homage!

[@mrasw9587]

I was listening to this on headphones, and I got goosebumps when the saw kicked in. I thought it was in the room with me.

[@l0v3MyB3ar]

@@mrasw9587 Love Vigilantes and Face Up need to be covered by these artists! Just imagine!!

[@itsconnorstime]

I’d love to see a game set in a dystopian 1920s vision of the future and this is the music played in the clubs.

[@maryumgardner5958]

What about a retro 1930s 1920s style show set in ambiguous time like they did with 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"?. The main lead listens to radio on a Monday morning and this comes on while they get ready for school/work. I've just came up with something :0

[@arcader3756]

Can you imagine

[@celticandpenobscot8658]

Where those young people dance who do not expect to get old!

[@amilyester]

Like BioShock Infinite?

[@edwardskerl5774]

White glove society maybe...

[@jaydenrareproto]

Imagine the reaction if this had actually been played in the 1930s

[@areyouwatchingclosely-t9h]

"Hey Chuck, I got that new sound you been lookin' for..." holds phone up to Enchantment Under the Sea dance :)

[@ProSkye59]

Probably would've been used in some western movies couple decades later

[@noxscotchxtape]

That was the 1950s

[@mgabrysSF]

@@noxscotchxtape There were some westerns being done prior. But yes - it went crazy in the 50s.

[@Armageddon2077]

Somehow I can picture this playing at an underground Jazz bar in Berlin, right before the Sturmabteilung stormed in, ransacking the place and arresting everyone

[@michaellisinski2822]

Interesting how these sounds were all available in the '30s, but only the most forward-thinking of modernists could have even dreamed of putting them together like this. And yet today, "Blue Monday" is a song of the past. Art and technology have changed so much.

[@camkahuna2945]

You cant tell me Blue Monday is a song of the past

[@ParaBellum2024]

@@camkahuna2945 It's a song FROM the past. As is every song, including those released last week. It's a continuum.

[@duffman18]

@@camkahuna2945 you understand how time works, right?

[@kermitHSHS]

@@camkahuna2945 I suppose Blue Monday was a song of the past but it was ahead of its time. And timeless.

[@morphman86]

@@camkahuna2945 Dude, it was made in '83. That was almost 40 years ago. A bit over 40 years more, and you're in the 30's. We're rapidly coming up to the "halfway point", when the original release is exactly halfway between the current time and the time period this remake was set in. So yeah, Blue Monday is a song of the past!

[@childofthesun32]

Feel like if this was actually done in 1930, it'd probably be one of the most important and influential things ever done by humankind.

[@gregbors8364]

…or, the guys would have been forcibly committed to mental institutions

[@christianschultz4985]

Maybe not "ever done" but clearly a hallmark that cannot be denied pushing 50 years later. brilliant

[@tonyr4873]

Probably would have stopped WW2 from ever happening.

[@childofthesun32]

@@tonyr4873 This guy gets it.

[@Cracktaculus]

You with a time machine....like a chimp with a loaded pistol.

[@Gerald2278]

It‘s been four years now and still I come back here every couple of weeks to listen to this. I wish they would have released at least one full album with their interpretations of some more classics like „Enjoy the Silence“ or „Heroes“...

[@poweredbymoonlight9869]

YES YES YES INDEED!

[@josephhurdman5588]

If only...

[@scaleonkhan183]

Seriously! I discovered this last year or so and it's the greatest thing ever. I listen to it very often. I wish there was more.

[@lizkoppert5196]

Ditto

[@Moondoggy1941]

I think that they should also do Tequila, and Wipeout.

[@Nettsinthewoods]

The eternal ability of humans to reinvent and reimagine everything always impresses me

[@tommyhatcher3399]

Actually we suck at remakes most of the time but we are good at milking things dry.

[@1jerrycamacho497]

unless its the first incredile hulk movie :-p

[@jessepancamo8449]

Maybe you’d understand it if you were a musician

[@shadowofmyfutureself]

Yep - now we have to reinvent and imagine the way we are acting on our planet

[@ericsheridan550]

Is this reinventing - since they are going back in time with the use of these instruments?

[@jimpatterson1111]

I watch this repeatedly. It’s so PERFECTLY weird in the best way possible. I adore it!

[@lezorford7155]

Me too...This is my first viewing! When I saw the title...It was like a moth to a flame!

[@scottkruger8284]

I guess these guys were so good they spontaneously combusted backstage after this performance, sadly leaving us with only this magnificence.

[@chuckschwartz2194]

...and THIS is why we need the internet.

[@BryceZed]

...and this comment is also why we need the internet! (An excellent observation, how bloody else would we find these masked musical geniuses?!)

[@radioniradion1241]

Spot on!!! 🔊🤓🔊

[@alisdairmckenzie]

Agreed. You always stumble across these gems while looking for something else

[@sub7se7en]

But there was no internet in the 1930s

[@SaltyPeanutz]

Exactly!

[@deen48]

My father would have loved this. He was principal percussionist at the Royal Opera House for 25 years. He could play the saw too! Actually, he could play just about anything!

[@erflingnot]

You must research acoustic analog

[@deen48]

@@erflingnot I will thank you.

[@TobeyEatsHotDog]

Using the white noise from an antique radio was a stroke of genius

[@GenX-Memories]

The sheer musical talent needed to play many of these instruments is utterly amazing to me.

[@JohannesCuthbertus]

Me and the boys jamming without electricity after the apocalypse

[@devinspielman3748]

You need electricity to play the Theremin

[@annehathaway2107]

@@devinspielman3748 with crank generator then...

[@annehathaway2107]

Get practising lolz

[@RaineBans]

Reminds me of that metalocalypse episode when the guitarist called old instruments "grandpa guitars"

[@squirlmy]

@@devinspielman3748 he didn't necessarily say "the boys" would do good job! Perhaps they'd play a very quiet version. The keyboardist also has several pieces of electronic gizmos. 2:52 Typical diva keyboardist! (although that keyboard doesn't seem to be in very good shape, or even tuned!)

[@keithmory6969]

Please Joy division!!! Bauhaus, The cure , Siouxsie And The Banshees!!! Into the light!!!

[@johanvajse8410]

it reminded me of Art of Noise

[@chuyramires5937]

Dead can dance

[@KimBouchard]

Kick In The Eye!

[@overwithitall3111]

Bauhaus would be amazing

[@carloscoll5249]

Into the light, yes 👍

[@clne36]

This is DOPE! Not only did they do a masterful job recreating the song on these instruments but the cinematography is brilliant.

[@johnoflaherty1018]

Clever reworking of a timeless classic. Talent borrows, genius steals. A feast for the eyes and ears.

[@StonyRC]

Always LOVED the original ... and this is a MAGNIFICENT cover. Captures everything great about the original, while adding a brilliant twist.

[@Lionesse-z41553]

Yeah. Singer's voice is fantastic, too.

[@henrycodm896]

Well, the probably best thing about this music was it's ability to combine human emotion with robotic procession. So this video is like the poster for our cause!

[@DukeNukem2417]

There's something ominous about a bunch of people in tuxedos and domino masks, in a dimly lit room, playing archaic instruments....I love it.

[@matthuckabey007]

You probably want to take your pants off too....

[@gloriastroedecke2717]

DukeNukem2417 Isn't it delightful? At the end Mortician should show up with a silver tray of cocktails for them.

[@TL8311-j6x]

DukeNukem2417 archaic? Duck off iduot

[@emjackson2289]

There shall be dead guests

[@jondecarbonel8158]

80s videos MTV back in the day. This video would have went over BIG TIME.

[@suave-alpaca8412]

This looks like a live music performance in a secret underground club where top villains meet once a month to discuss their new evil agenda. Set in the 1920s

[@fibonaccisequence2891]

That's exactly what I was thinking any time I see this video, it is something bizarre and creepy coming though, great production.

[@Ergamenes1]

Seems a long time since villians would be able to meet in a secret underground club, rather than having to discuss their evil plans over Zoom like the rest of us.

[@JoeyBullet222]

Aka builderburg G2 summit

[@amedadamm]

lol

[@ezhg3200]

If that was a movie I would watch it

[@misswinter3361]

The algorithm occasionally brings this back into my feed, and reminds of it's greatness.

[@edstraker8451]

James Bond - tied to a chair: "I suppose you expect me to talk." Villain: "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to play the Dulcimer! "

[@user4923]

Wow I loved that UFO tv show too!

[@sarahdixon6011]

The dulcimer is not used enough in today's music!

[@MrCuddy2977]

It’s a hammered dulcimer. It’s got a hangover … …

[@rondohunter8966]

I'm amazed someone knows the name of that instrument.

[@Mavrik9000]

Villain: No Mister Bond, I expect you to listen!

[@RIXRADvidz]

goes to show great music transcends era and instruments.

[@BenignosYK]

So I went and looked to see if any other music by Orkestra Obsolete was available online. There is nothing. Is Orkestra Obsolete maybe a group of guys from the BBC Sound Department who got together just to do this video?

[@floating_goblin]

That's deadass urban legend material

[@SRSOS]

@@floating_goblin Masked AND mysterious.

[@asaturn]

it says right in the end credits who they are. they're all British musical artists.

[@alysmarcus7747]

i've bumped into their stuff completely by accident - but actually finding it by searching - good luck here is another one : kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4jNfIaZic10bc0

[@anitamason1325]

Why do I think this is the better version?

[@morenofranco9235]

Why this has turned up so late? I have 2000 subscriptions. Countless music and art feeds. NOW THIS! FANTASTIC.

[@liamwilliamson7694]

This is the musical equivalent to when you parallel park in one go.

[@clairepruden4974]

Best. Comment. Ever.

[@TheEmptyAir]

it's nothing like that

[@lezorford7155]

A rather peculiar analogy, but somehow I'm feeling the concept...Nice!

[@slesscovell6719]

Oh that sweet, sweet feeling!

[@anttam117]

These men need to get their shit together and join themselves as a real band instead of a BBC project. The world needs this, and it nees it now...

[@janetcw9808]

I agree 👍🏼 ❤️

[@kakapofan6542]

@@leoaksil4085 what are they called then

[@localwarlord]

The two others work together I know that the lead singer I’m not sure if he works with them

[@DougsInnerView]

The world has it, that is why we are watching and listening to it here.

[@allenluxton1015]

Aces man

[@sophiamarchildon3998]

"So, what instrument do you play?" The guy bowing the hand-saw: "It's complicated"

[@a-bird-lover]

it's actually called a musical saw! You hear them mostly in old folk/country music, they have a very neat sound

[@cocoloco65482]

It's a Theramin I believe

[@ToniHinton]

@@cocoloco65482 It's both. He plays the theremin at the end, but the saw earlier.

[@gabrielvieira6529]

Haha

[@whiggy6976]

goes to prove yet again that a good song is a good song, no matter the arrangement. this is the gift of the good producer

[@thomashobbes8786]

Pretty sure we could do an arrangement that makes this a bad song…😂

[@MrThunderwing]

Just re-discoverer this. Sweet Jesus, it's soooo good. You fellas should do a cover of 'Enjoy the Silence' by Depeche Mode in a similar style.

[@rainbowrotcod]

OOO I love that song!! They should do that!!!!

[@utqiagvik1991]

Yes!

[@elvinlawcc]

Yes! Pls!

[@andyosborne7404]

yes!!!

[@robingarcia9687]

I can hear that!!

[@stephenfawkingiii8779]

This what they need to do for movies that take place in certain periods. They can still use popular songs just make em played on instruments in whatever the time setting is. They even got that echoed ghostly sound in this version 1:38. It almost made me wanna cry.

[@mmarr17]

i know your comment is a year old but i was just thinking this!

[@cool_dude_like_really]

Didn't Westworld do it?

[@markbrown7913]

@@cool_dude_like_really I loved the player piano version of The Cure's "A Forest".

[@DreamItCraftIt]

Analog electronic music. Technically this wasn't meant to be ever heard.. No wonder it sounds unlike anything I've ever heard.

[@Blueshirt38]

What do you mean it wasn't meant to be ever heard?

[@dweep9546]

@@Blueshirt38 electronic music wasn't even in the realm of possibility back in the 1930s. No one would ever made something like this with no digital production - because it would be nigh-impossible to produce. Going back and recreating these sounds with older musical technology creates a sound unlike anything ever heard before.

[@asicdathens]

@@dweep9546 The oscillators and the Theremin were already available in the 30's. Theremin was invented in 1920

[@billcobaugh4234]

I dunno. Sounds kinda like a New Order Song I once heard back in the '80's

[@indigocaholm3719]

You should look up futurist music from around then... People hates it, but it the 1st electronic music. Heavily used as inspiration in A Clockwork Orange Moog Soundtrack

[@lyrebirdcyclesmarkkelly9874]

Minor anachronism: the signal generator being used at 3:59 is from the 1950s, not the 1930s. It's an Advance E2, introduced around 1951 and designed to use 6SN7GT dual triodes, themselves not made until the 1940s. 1930s signal generators were basically hugely expensive and largely impractical until Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard introduced the 200A (1938) and then sold a bunch of 200Bs to Walt Disney for use in Fantasia, thus kicking off the founding enterprise of what later became silicon valley. Good luck finding one outside a museum.

[@98ylkj]

so you agree that it is indeed obsolete?

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Most likely matter of practicality. That was highly skilled nitpickery. Despite timecode being misleading you showed exactly what was wrong and explained what was wrong in it and even gave a history lesson.

[@MacquarieRidge]

Alternate title: Blue monday but its played by the white glove society in a dungeon after the apocalypse

[@williammortimer7205]

After i read your comment i scrolled back up to the video and I could have seen this whole scene played out in FallOut.

[@kumakena]

Lol. I was trying to think of who they reminded me of. You nailed it. 😂

[@NZAnimeManga]

*_I got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle_* *_As I go ridin' merrily along_* *_And they sing, "Oh, ain't you glad you're single"_* *_And that song ain't so very far from wrong_*

[@tarapiero]

*big iron on his hip*

[@matthewkagemann3328]

So spot on.

[@AlfaGiuliaQV]

The concept fits perfectly with the David Lynch-esque cinematography. This is now my prefered version of Blue Monday, althougt New order made a pretty damn good cover of it.

[@paulbeardsley4095]

"New order made a pretty damn good cover of it." Love it!

[@mgmegt5920]

Yes... Why do I see them playing at the Roadhouse. This comment is exactly what I was thinking

[@MadilynBailey]

WOW, so cool. My ears just smiled.

[@lotharroberts5978]

+Madilyn Bailey Umm...okay.

[@WelcomeToMyDream]

+Madilyn Bailey :)) Good Vibes :))

[@samsham4896]

Right, research done! These musicians are Graeme Miller aka Cracks in the Concrete and Gus from Gus and Fin aka GUGUG. Thank you very much google!

[@tianjara1975]

Madilyn Bailey pp

[@joeflanagan4620]

Madilyn Bailey

[@rubenskiii]

This video lives in my head rent free and i have been coming back to it over and over again for years now. Probably about 7 now. It's amazing, such a gem of a jam. Warm greetings to all from the Netherlands🇳🇱!

[@deilabou6719]

Make an album. Make an album! MAKE AN ALBUM!!!!

[@cate_abreu]

may may the Gods hear you! hear you!

[@possumaintdead]

(after fruitless internet search for more). I second this. Must have more! Will pay money.

[@workingtitle7049]

Power corruptions and lies but 1930s

[@suzylux]

...continues loud resounding plea for MORE!!!!!!

[@lovelywaz]

I am watching a 35 years old music being played on 90 years old instruments in 2020. 🎺 🎺 🎶 🎶 🎹 🎹 🍻 🍻

[@HrLBolle]

strange times

[@queyehaach7204]

Yes, bit of a trip when you think of it like that.

[@samsham4896]

Right, research done! These musicians are Graeme Miller aka Cracks in the Concrete and Gus from Gus and Fin aka GUGUG. Thank you very much google!

[@dudezillasf]

You are a saint.

[@HeathenMetalhead221]

This is like music the Addams Family would listen too

[@MClover420]

Well they were originally a comic from the 30s

[@MClover420]

Original The New Yorker cartoons (1938-1964)

[@theplanetmars7881]

To anyone from Orkestra Obsolete: There is a spot reserved in my soul for more of your music. Please keep going!

[@mattpluzhnikov519]

This comment deserves more likes; its sentiment is echoed elsewhere in the comments anyhow, but I'd say nobody else quite put into words the *desire* for more music in this style.

[@lilikatebuggins374]

These guys need their own Ytube channel. We need more of this please.

[@cgtower8860]

I am just finding this amazing piece of art here in April, 2019. This is one of the most surreal things I've seen and heard. Totally binge worthy...

[@rhyfeddu]

I know, I'm even later to the party, and the love is real. When he hit those deep notes on the open piano, I nearly cried. lol... My fav worlds (interests) colliding! Only sad thing is they never did anymore? What a shame!

[@cgtower8860]

rhyfeddu They are mad geniuses...

[@AdoreYouInAshXI]

This is so magnificent and creepy. The lighting, the costumes, the atmosphere and of course the music.... all so fantastic and unique. I love it!

[@davewilson9738]

This so deserves a full album of interpretations please!

[@balazsmolnar8553]

Why no more Orkestra Obsolete? Guys, this was brilliant... a work of geniuses... or genii if we stick to Latin... But I have not heard from you since... :(

[@alanbishop2299]

Hypnotising. Is it only me who wants to hear them do more?

[@richardpiano9715]

it IS hypnotising - you're right. No, it's not just you - me and many others i'm sure.

[@EQMVB]

We all want to hear more!!

[@sinisterbuthappy208]

no I think its just you and that other bloke

[@AlysounRI]

Nope. It's me too.

[@utsubo36]

Me too👍👍👍

[@chayophan3078]

There is just an insane amount of talent on display in this video. Seriously, insane levels...

[@rohanroll]

I'm not joking at all. These guys would rip it up for the halftime Superbowl. Somebody put them up there for 2021. They are massive! 👏👏👏👏

[@ltmundy1164]

Weird Al Yanckovic has dibs. Orkestra Obsolete should be the backing quartet.

[@TokyoXtreme]

Doubt there will be a Superbowl, but I get your point.

[@MoniqueOrtiz]

This is great! ....but Bauhaus wants their rehearsal space back.

[@kaydaw24]

holyshit thats brilliant

[@ivillavig]

Sepia monday :)

[@NoName-o2p]

pffffahahhaahaha

[@trysavingtheplanet4025]

Isabel Villavicencio greying Monday

[@matthuckabey007]

You are a genius

[@sonofhibbs4425]

Nah....Cyanotype Monday! 😉

[@danr.5017]

Looking up each of the artists induviudually had givin me one hell of a rabbit hole. God damn I wish there was more of this group.

[@skabuoy]

I believe it was a one-time collaboration especially for the BBC because of a special on something. Not too sure about the specifics, but I did try and find more about the band too and this was all I could find. I think the once in a lifetime performance of this is also the reason for the men wearing masks. But that is pure speculation on my part.

[@snooberoid]

I’d love to hear them cover sweet dreams by eurythmics

[@poweredbymoonlight9869]

OMG YES

[@starlord2112]

Dr Who theme for me..

[@spritemon98]

Yes

[@dethledr]

Holy Shit!!! YES! I never knew I needed that until now.

[@theknightsofawesomeness2701]

Or strawberry fields forever

[@BSEmadcow]

I imagine this going down in one of the rooms at The Overlook Hotel.

[@LadyJaggerX3]

Scot-free I thought it was just me. Lol

[@victoroladuja2416]

Scot-free Yes with Jack Torrance doing The Tango with a corpse in the lobby.

[@randycox3232]

redrumredrumredrumredrumredrumredrum😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑

[@phoenixrising642]

Nah nah nah the El Royale is more fitting.

[@user-tb5ns7hc5i]

Why does this feel like a ‘Kubrick movie? Love it.

[@Derpy1969]

You mean shellac. But yeah....

[@manjunath.poojary]

😂😂

[@Emdee5632]

Kubrick made movies in an almost documentary style.

[@SixaraTM]

This version of Blue Monday is amazing indeed!

[@christopherchase4960]

I would pay pop-star concert prices to see this group for an hour live.

[@darkglass9184]

So would I. It's mesmerizing!

[@mattstaveley]

I would give eight shillings and sixpence.

[@nnnnnnnnnick5557]

Maybe for a piece of eight

[@possumaintdead]

Christopher Chase I would join you.

[@thecrackaddict4640]

This is pure Gold. Thanks.

[@napalmkitty6686]

The Crack Addict your fuckin name is gold

[@suzylux]

this still blows me away. It's brilliant on so many levels.

[@DrWakey]

We need more from Orkestra Obsolete!

[@erinhowell8377]

Hypnotic. Somewhat sinister. More of that, please.

[@Wolfie1262]

I thought so too! lol Especially with those masks.

[@majortwang2396]

I think the masks are to obscure the fact that there is actually only three of them.

[@EdinburghGuy]

Somewhere in a warehouse in Soho at Midnight, invitations by word of mouth only...

[@DrewboiX]

I want to hear more takes from this Orkestra Obsolete! Fantastic!

[@seanbrassman107]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXmvk5SFgbydpsU

[@moteldemoka]

I want a full album of this. It's genius.

[@ThatGuy-rg9ec]

@ John Boll If It has to be explained...then you probably wouldn't understand

[@stevenmichaelbristol2115]

Jon Boll ok let me make an attempt. Could you do this? No, me neither. That puts it above the reach of the normal man. Then,they've taken the music and changed it. Completely. Some chords and such are similar but it's totally different. Then they're constrained by the capabilities of particular instruments, but still manage to do this. In addition, they've made a dark and sort-of period appropriate music video. Even if you don't want to cop to "Genius," I'd hope we could both agree on "very impressive."

[@MoebiusSound]

Steven MichaelBristol Im sorry.. above the reach of the normal man? As a musician, being proficient at playing and following notes is nothing spectacular.. so, sorry, nothing amazing.. good idea but the work of a genius it is not.

[@timothyberg23]

I was mistaken to have believed this song could have ever been improved upon. Flawless.

[@PinkyTuscadero666]

Just hearing this for the first time and it is kicking my ass. I can't believe these guys are one hit wonders! They should have definitely produced more!!

[@jagsqueak]

I never should have listened to this ... the original doesn't sound as good. These guys are amazing!

[@josephkerr3486]

5:30 AM, Sunday morning Me: I should go back to bed Me also: I want to watch middle aged men in masks play a 40 year old song on 85 year old instruments.

[@brontocris]

5:26 kkkkkkk same situation

[@aliceclark9120]

That or animal videos

[@tinang1539]

It’s 4:38am I’m in self isolation. I’ve watched this 2 years ago and now looping this for the 57th time

[@enzofernandez4725]

5:13 Same.

[@nostur4984]

great way t'spend yer time. Don't even a regretful

[@georgecampbell3687]

Baz Luhrman is currently salivating at the idea of using this in a 1930's movie.

[@josemarcosguimaraes7717]

me too!!!

[@michendo1]

As much as I love Baz, he sure missed a trick not using Caravan Palace in The Grea Gatsby.

[@SHaughom]

Oohhh! That would be awesome! Almost too much. 30's time traveler movie. "Or The 13th floor".

[@slick1ru2]

Mr. Theta check out Babylon Berlin.

[@johnrkillick3342]

I think James Wan could use it to more effect.

[@mellm.s.3675]

Idk why I am crying, but bloody hell i am crying a lot this is so damn beautiful

[@scottmanley]

1:40 and I thought - oh hey they have a theremin (invented in 1920) but I was in fact pleasanty surprised to be mistaken.

[@xogmaster]

+Scott Manley funny seeing you here.

[@Brain4Zombie]

+Scott Manley 2:57 there you go :)

[@psanterr3]

+Scott Manley What a very strange day. I was just watching KSP videos. And.. Here you are!

[@PhilScarr]

+Scott Manley Just a wood saw and a bow!

[@adrianmanuelgarcia]

+Scott Manley lol get yer butt back to the kerbal serious series this minute JK love ya

[@Rawhide68]

I have a Theremin, god damn hard instrument to play , After watching my cat accidently walk by it making greater sounds than me swaying her tail , I gave up., but I still have my MOOG. Great vid thanks for posting

[@Lionesse-z41553]

I want a theramin and a glass armonica. I LOVE old instruments!

[@seaturtlepoppy7679]

Maybe she was trying to show you how to play it.

[@JohnnyThousand605]

Oh, man, if I read your comment really slowly, I think can pin-point the exact moment your heart broke =D

[@borbetomagus]

Perhaps you should have started with a Moog 'Theremini', which has pitch correction allowing new users to more easily play specific notes, plus other features not in a normal Theremin. Watch this demonstration at 6m05s -- /watch?v=8bakI0ITCqQ Femurdesign has an online 'Theremin' (plus apps for other devices) for anyone caring to test their musical skill. Extremely difficult to play a simple melody. I am in awe of Clara Rockwell playing "The Swan" and (especially) "Habanera".

[@dnsawyer1]

Remember Lothar and the Hand People?

[@figlopdan840822]

I wasn't expecting vocals and then...oh my

[@alastairvize7052]

Enjoying my yearly re-watch of possibly the finest thing on KZbin.👍

[@user-uy8lz8ev2n]

I want the 12 inch extended version.

[@doncristobalaspee5925]

Don't we all.

[@davel8116]

or The Beach

[@fdwalshe]

Dont we all!

[@Wolfie1262]

That's what she said

[@PhilKuhlenbeckGOOGLE]

ᏙᎠ ᎠᎰᏚᏟᎾᎡᎠᏙᏁᎢᎰᏙ ᏚᏤᏚᎢᎬᎷᏙ ᏁᎾᏚ ᏚᏙᏞᎢᏙᎢᎾᏒᎰᏴᏌᏚ how does it feel?

[@cheesusdeepdishcrust]

I was not prepared for how cool this is.

[@amandasmith3504]

They should release an album of popular song covers w/ instruments from all different eras.

[@slantedandenchanted.1992]

This is one of the coolest musical things I have ever seen! ❤

[@Gold_Stadt]

A band called New Order made a cover version of this. 😁 Absolutely insane! 👍

[@hewgrebe4771]

Gold Stadt so good. Thanks. 👍

[@eikansara]

😁🖖

[@antlawa]

Love the instruments. Great use of hammered dulcimer, autoharp, saw, water glasses, and esp. theremin! Wishing I was familiar with a few of the other things used. Very inspired!

[@Dave_Sisson]

The singer is playing a banjolele.

[@markham4926]

Feels like I'm in 30's German cabaret.

[@squiddymcsquidface3097]

Blue monday in the golden age of Weimar. But that would be 20s Berlin, 30s was when Hitler rose to power and that sort of stuff was deemed immoral.

[@markham4926]

@@squiddymcsquidface3097 Sure, I mean 1931-1933's, before Nazi took control over Germany.

[@squiddymcsquidface3097]

Still post-1929 which is kinda when shit hit the fan with the wall street crash, America demanding its money back, and all of the businesses closing (including your beloved cabarets). Sorry mate.

[@spacemonkey6323]

NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN !! im glad i helped you

[@DaveGIS123]

Feels like I'm Upstairs At Eric's.

[@CareKitty]

Thrilled that this masterpiece ended up in my feed today. It is so strangely hypnotic and beautiful. New fan here! ❤❤❤❤❤