{"id":355,"date":"2007-04-19T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-19T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2007-04-19T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-19T11:36:00","slug":"fac-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":"Fac 73"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to www.bluemondayownersclub.com<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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…<\/p>\n

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