Because in 1983 Blue Monday by New Order was inescapable. Actually for the next few years it was inescapable so that after a while you didn't really want to hear it again. It became an instant dance floor filler which meant that every club you went to the DJ would put it on to get the level of excitement back up again. There's no denying it though. It's absolutely brilliant. And the sound was just so modern and futuristic and made other records sound dated. It was also only available on 12 inch and not on an album so it ended up being the first 12 inch record I ever bought.
Did I dance to it? I guess everyone has danced to this song at sometime. There was this club in North Melbourne called Therapy that a bunch of us used to go to. It must of been 1984 because the band was starting to fall apart and I had begun hanging discos and been doing a bit of DJ work. We wore Levi 501s and crisp white shirts. I still wore my Doc Martens. The place was always packed. My mate Jimmy often did some DJing there. They were crazy nights. New Order's sound got everyone on the dance floor. Even me sometimes and I'm not the greatest dancer. But one has to get out there! And Blue Monday had the beat that was dead easy to move to and get lost in.
It's been a long time since I listened to the song now. All those years I played it in nightclubs kinda wore me down. But now that I haven't DJed regularly for such a long time I can now hear these songs with fresh ears. And they're so damn good.
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