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New Order — Blue Monday
Album: Power, Corruption & Lies
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7.6

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Released: 1983
Length: 7:22
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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 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 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

I thought I told you to leave me
While I walked down to the beach
Tell me, how does it feel
When your heart grows cold?
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If there was a competition, on the planet Miserable, to find the most miserable place anywhere in the universe, this song would still be a monumental work there.
Posted 1 month ago by Poortambo    [ Reply ]
 Fishman wrote:

To go from Joy Division, Love Will Tear us Apart, the death of Ian Curtis, forming New Order and creating this most influential masterpiece. Wow what a band



Joy Diviosn ..... what could have been ..... if only .....
Masterpiece no doubt.  Most don't appreciate the influence these guys had over so many bands.  They need to stop thinking  like the previous comment labelling it as robot music.
Posted 3 months ago by jbonomo62    [ Reply ]
To go from Joy Division, Love Will Tear us Apart, the death of Ian Curtis, forming New Order and creating this most influential masterpiece. Wow what a band
Posted 5 months ago by Fishman    [ Reply ]
no one can beat this beat 
Posted 6 months ago by Bennlch    [ Reply ]
 TC1 wrote:


Robots like to move too, you got a problem with that?



I  Agree!   Are you from NJ?  LOL!
Posted 6 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
A great track but done to death here in Manch.
Posted 9 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Forty.


Years.
Posted 9 months ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
 steviedeant wrote:

Robot music.



Robots like to move too, you got a problem with that?
Posted 11 months ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
Devilish. 
Posted 11 months ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 uksminas wrote:


And?
Posted 11 months ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
It's so good.  It's so not good.  It's dated and cliched.  It's great classic dance music.  It sounds like it came from the time of Risky Business, Miami Vice and Studio 54.  It did.  Good rhythm track.  I doubt I want to hear it very often.  
Posted 1 year ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Neversound wrote:

8.30 am here, thank you for playing this song: what a boost of energy to start the day!




I Agree. 5:30am here, & my coffee is just starting to kick in!  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
8.30 am here, thank you for playing this song: what a boost of energy to start the day!
Posted 1 year ago by Neversound    [ Reply ]
How is this only a 7.6? Solid 9 borderline 10 from me.
Posted 1 year ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
 steviedeant wrote:

Robot music.




Maybe.  And?
Posted 1 year ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
I listened to this song on a Monday where I was blue and it made the Monday glow.
Posted 1 year ago by TDS513    [ Reply ]
Robot music.
Posted 1 year ago by steviedeant    [ Reply ]
 MattRudely wrote:

Back in the UK day, this was the best tune to drown out your attempts to chat to girls.



It certainly hid their laughter at feeble chat-up attempts!
Posted 1 year ago by RodneyAjax    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 cob427uk1 wrote:
Need to dig out the 12" and give it a spin at high volume when the misses is out.  Managed to kill some tropical fish in the past by playing music too loud but thankfully the tank is long gone  



 
Posted 1 year ago by rezadent    [ Reply ]


I kissed you in the water
 And made your dry lips sing
 I saw you look like a Japanese baby
In an instant I remembered everything
Everything, everything, everything

Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Ladies and gentlemen....Join me in welcoming back................DISCO!
Posted 1 year ago by bobhill72    [ Reply ]


de gustibus non disputandum, but I'll skip this one (no rating)!

Posted 1 year ago by yoksa    [ Reply ]
 jmkate wrote:

This is one way to completely fill a dance floor, even now.



Yeah, I remember being in Prague and this song came on. All it takes is a slightly more modern kick and some bass and this thing kills in modern electro discos, too.
Posted 2 years ago by TillDerDill    [ Reply ]
I've loved RP for years but this crap is beneath you.
Posted 2 years ago by pdelrio    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by klhoste    [ Reply ]
'80s perfection.
Posted 2 years ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
 FlamboAtWork wrote:

It's the remix from '88, isn't it? I like the original better.



The 12" single, so yes. 
Posted 2 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
It's the remix from '88, isn't it? I like the original better.
Posted 2 years ago by FlamboAtWork    [ Reply ]
 alexandersmcmillan wrote:

I was born in 1984. I'll cite my dislike for this song to it being before my time.


Some of us have a quarter of a century head start...

Sorry you missed it, friend.
Posted 2 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
So much love for this. Makes me think a lot of you liked the 1980s.
Posted 2 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
This song helped form my musical tastes when I was a teen.  Great song!
Posted 2 years ago by nelsonha    [ Reply ]
As perfect as it gets, really - 10
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
Great Tune!!!  Brings back memories!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 cob427uk1 wrote:
Need to dig out the 12" and give it a spin at high volume when the misses is out.  Managed to kill some tropical fish in the past by playing music too loud but thankfully the tank is long gone  



Too Funny!!! 
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Need to dig out the 12" and give it a spin at high volume when the misses is out.  Managed to kill some tropical fish in the past by playing music too loud but thankfully the tank is long gone  
Posted 2 years ago by cob427uk1    [ Reply ]
 Egctheow wrote:



Same here, but I'm in the kitchen and just bumped into the fridge!



Same here, but in the office into a desk.
Posted 2 years ago by Monsterhond    [ Reply ]
GREAT!!! Brings back memories!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 newbolddrive wrote:

Fed Hall, University of Waterloo, 1985


Nay. The Bullring, University of Guelph, 1985
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
This song REQUIRES some enormous bass drivers....
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
I was at an 80's club night recently, and this song came on and the place went crazy. The club was full of twentysomethings who were not even born when it was released. Of all the songs they played, this one has staying power, 30 years later. Good job, New Order, you made a classic.
Posted 2 years ago by BillyRayVirus    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
They influenced and inspired so many, with wild electronica, even more wildly imaginative percussion, and futuristic vocal stylings!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
80s in one song
Posted 3 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
 brookap wrote:

10 in 1983.
Thirty six years later: 10.



... and that was two years ago....
Posted 3 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
Thought this was "dead or alive - you spin me round" when hearing the intro. That song is obviously a clear rip of this - being released 2 years later.
Posted 3 years ago by brentjamesmills    [ Reply ]
Great use of this song in a commercial (sorry can't find the 30 second version)https://youtu.be/dYo4ETQe71c
Posted 3 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:


Not that there's any comparison



It doesn't need to be comparable - this is RP, eclectic.
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 bviner wrote:

So this, but no Gang Of Four? Come on RP.



Not that there's any comparison
Posted 3 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 GuiltyFeat wrote:

I find this undeniable. For one of the first times since joining Radio Paradise, I am at a loss to understand the negative comments.




If this is one of the first times you don't understand the negativity on RP you're not paying attention.
Posted 3 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
Was I again a noise?” – “You were indeed” • messagestorudy: lone-wolfgang: 80s goths ...
Posted 3 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
Come on RP add your silent face to playlist. Great track
Posted 3 years ago by nickodgers    [ Reply ]
takes me back.... still sounds good, over 3 decades later, dang I'm old
Posted 3 years ago by lynn01    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
So this, but no Gang Of Four? Come on RP.
Posted 3 years ago by bviner    [ Reply ]
 lewisv66 wrote:


Absolutely. I was 16 and more into punk when this was released, and I hated other dance music at the time but right from the start I recognised something in this one and loved it even then.  


I BELIVE ITS AN 11
Posted 3 years ago by primeeileen133    [ Reply ]
 brookap wrote:

10 in 1983.
Thirty six years later: 10.



Absolutely. I was 16 and more into punk when this was released, and I hated other dance music at the time but right from the start I recognised something in this one and loved it even then.  
Posted 3 years ago by lewisv66    [ Reply ]
Love New Order!!! Thanks BillG
Posted 3 years ago by Montreal_Mort    [ Reply ]

That's it!
Posted 3 years ago by rock_a_rolla    [ Reply ]
Jawoi! Musik für die Ewigkeit!
Posted 3 years ago by silberschmucky    [ Reply ]
Vol turned to MAX.  pxd
Posted 3 years ago by pxd    [ Reply ]
 vstg005 wrote:
This song is appropriate for working while socially distancing from COVID-19 
 And dance like there's nobody watching!!!!

Posted 3 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 brookap wrote:
10 in 1983.
Thirty six years later: 10.
 I know I probably shouldn't admit this but, I always thought this was a well produced track.  Really a "toe tapper"!!! And, I agree with your rating, shy of the fact that nothing earthly is God like. ✌️

Posted 3 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Stone cold classic
Posted 3 years ago by dlinder    [ Reply ]
"And 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"

— New Order, Blue Monday
Posted 3 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
I've only come to realise quite recently that club DJs would turn up the bass on the start because it just doesn't sound the same on every mix I've heard since.
Posted 3 years ago by rbmbe    [ Reply ]
11 times in the last 30 days in the rock mix?  I wouldn't think that this even belongs in the rock mix at all...
Posted 4 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
watch
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=orkestra+obsolete+blue+monday
Posted 4 years ago by sunnyS    [ Reply ]
Fed Hall, University of Waterloo, 1985
Posted 4 years ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
Oh now, the halcyon days in the east village.   Dancing in the Pyramid club basement.   

Long gone times...
Posted 4 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
Instantly takes me back to the discoteques in Juarez, late 80's/early 90s - great times!
Posted 4 years ago by CowboyJJ    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
brilliant
Posted 4 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
I was born in 1984. I'll cite my dislike for this song to it being before my time.
Posted 4 years ago by alexandersmcmillan    [ Reply ]
So glad I lived through the time that this was new.  What an experience. 
Posted 4 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
one of the most infuencial tracks in music history.
Posted 4 years ago by thanos_gr    [ Reply ]
This song is appropriate for working while socially distancing from COVID-19 
Posted 4 years ago by vstg005    [ Reply ]
Thank you so much for thisI feel so so young again. Kisses from Switzerland Ines
Posted 4 years ago by ines.rigert    [ Reply ]
 jwarren wrote:
My hair is starting to curl.
 
 

Posted 4 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
Requested at least once an hour for YEARS at KCPR. Just unavoidable that it would be overplayed to the point of thinking I'd never want to hear it again. Sounds good now though.
Posted 4 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Yesterday was Blue Monday, but this is still apt.
Posted 4 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
My hair is starting to curl.
Posted 4 years ago by jwarren    [ Reply ]
It came to me as I was listening to this and cooking dinner that you could do the Polka to this...
Just saying and not a negative, just a little humour
Posted 4 years ago by loungelizard48    [ Reply ]
Back in the UK day, this was the best tune to drown out your attempts to chat to girls.
Posted 4 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
 4wel wrote:
have vinyl of this album ) classic 
 

Had as a 12" 45!  Took me a few plays at 33 to realize that I had not just purchased the worst music ever.
Posted 5 years ago by PRoeder61    [ Reply ]
 brookap wrote:
10 in 1983.
Thirty six years later: 10.
 

Exactly.
Posted 5 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
Love this so much, Great track, Great Band

Not Rock, Move to Eclectic Mix
Posted 5 years ago by t0m5k1    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by alghafri_amer    [ Reply ]
10 in 1983.
Thirty six years later: 10.
Posted 5 years ago by brookap    [ Reply ]
An iconic 80's album, it would be great to hear other tracks from it here on RP!
Posted 5 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
At this time I was in London, it was so great to hear this sort of music 

For this time : "Messieurs les Anglais vous avez tiré les premiers" 
Posted 5 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
I have always liked them, just cannot get over how much different they are to Joy Division.
Posted 5 years ago by Chongo59    [ Reply ]
This is one way to completely fill a dance floor, even now.
Posted 5 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 xray38 wrote:
Always turn this one up, and then unconsciously drive faster.
 


Same here, but I'm in the kitchen and just bumped into the fridge!
Posted 5 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
Always turn this one up, and then unconsciously drive faster.
Posted 5 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
I think something by Billy Preston should follow this...
Posted 6 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 bobcanna1 wrote:
Seriously ...... Yuk!

 
No, you are wrong ... you must now boil your head in penance
Posted 6 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
have vinyl of this album ) classic 
Posted 6 years ago by 4wel    [ Reply ]
Couldn't be more apt today :(  Great song though
Posted 6 years ago by ruthyc    [ Reply ]
Seriously ...... Yuk!
Posted 6 years ago by bobcanna1    [ Reply ]
Very very exciting song
Posted 6 years ago by Noé    [ Reply ]
What a segue!!!!!
Posted 6 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
I love this, but Bill, you should see if you could get a nice rip of this most excellent cover by Orkestra Obsolete: https://youtu.be/RpLZ1mib0wQ
Posted 6 years ago by pilgrim    [ Reply ]
Greatest dance song ever.
Posted 6 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:
...., New Order was little more than background, dance-club music to me in the 1980s; it didn't work outside of that setting, and wasn't good for much inside it.

 
Hmmm....  let me take a stab at this.   Not enough MDMA/Ecstasy?  

I was given comp tickets to an outdoor concert of a famous 'classic rock' band.  Part way through I recall wishing I had a tonne more weed to smoke.  At that point I knew I was not enjoying the concert much.  
Posted 6 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I will forever more associate this song with Nazi PUNCH.
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Genius!  Some of their new stuff on RP would be cool too!
Posted 7 years ago by david16    [ Reply ]
I gotta admit, my toes are tapping. {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 7 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Drummer}{#Music}
Posted 7 years ago by physastro2050    [ Reply ]
turn your playroom lights on strobe, get on your exer-cycle and pedal away the lazy pounds
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 Lindo525 wrote:
The short leap from disco to this genre never really seemed quite far enough for me. I have honestly tried to like it, but I guess that this old long-haired hard-rockin' freak just never warmed up to this stuff. Can we hear some Zeppelin now? Please? 
Don't worry, there's plenty of classic rock on the way - you're never more than an hour away from some iteration of Floyd, Zeppelin, Santana, Tull, J.J. Cale, or Clapton.  However, New Order was little more than background, dance-club music to me in the 1980s; it didn't work outside of that setting, and wasn't good for much inside it, though this song was fun.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

{#No}

Used to like the first two minutes or so but not even that much now...It's like being stuck in an 80s S&M bar with a hangover. 

 
Speaking as a person who actually was stuck in an 80's S&M bar (to be precise it was 1979, close 'nuf) I confirm the above. Music for people who don't like music, or thinking, or anything actually...
Posted 7 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 7 years ago by albertgf    [ Reply ]
Biggest techno song ever. A 10, solid.
Posted 8 years ago by Andres-7    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana} Yeah, we were dancing then! Still can't sit still. 9 -> 10
Posted 8 years ago by Derk_Decibel    [ Reply ]
I prefer the Nouvelle Vague cover version.
Posted 8 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]