Blue Monday (Factory Records catalog number – Fac 73) is a song by New Order. To say it is the most famous song they ever did would be an understatement, people claim it is almost single-handedly responsible for rave culture. That may or may not be true (and that may or may not be a good thing). That is not to say Blue Monday is almost near religion among it’s fans.
Which brings me to www.bluemondayownersclub.com. I don’t have anything to really say about it, because I’m not sure if I think it’s the greatest thing in the world or the scariest, I’ll let you decide. In a way it’s kind of like a shy version of my space where no one has to say anything – because by showing up your already in the club.
Needless to say it shows that men are truly the obsessive collectors the media and women claim that they are. Trouble is I still have my copy of that record as well. So what to make of this? I’m not sure except that I know that most of the people who have Blue Monday are white, short haired ex-trainspotting record collector types (or are you always that way). So if I see you walking down the street with a stack of records – I’m really not stalking you – I’m looking for that special record you don’t know I need.
A quick note about the reach that Blue Monday had. Kraftwerk immediately booked that same studio New Order used for part of their next record – both bands will admit that its almost laughable how low tech that studio was, especially considering the futuristic sounds that ended up coming from it.