Need some odd music today? Here are two examples.
You know a song is great when it can be reinterpreted in different ways and still be great. Here are a couple of extreme examples of that. First, a cover of the New
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The obligatory annual “Blue Monday” post. Don’t believe the hype.
Back in 2005, a British psychologist came up with a formula designed to calculate the most depressing day of the year. His thinking was that once everyone knew when that depressing day was
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Let’s mess around with Alice in Chains, Backstreet Boys, and New Order
It was harder to find two 90s acts further apart than Alice in Chains and Backstreet Boys. You would have had a better chance of devising a two-state solution than bridging that chasm.
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New Order’s “Blue Monday,” the biggest-selling 12-inch single of all time, was released 40 years ago today
Last month whilst working on the CFNY documentary, me and the crew interviewed Peter Hook at his house outside of Manchester. One of the things we talked about was the writing and release
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Songs for a Blue Day aims to provide cheer, music therapy
January 18th is considered by some to be a “blue day,” or the saddest day of the year. Our holiday shopping bills are rolling in while the cheer of the season has long
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Fun: New Order’s “Blue Monday” Played on 1930s Instruments
When New Order released “Blue Monday” in 1983, it was an example of state-of-the-art keyboard, drum machine and sequencer programming, But what if you tried to do the same thing on instruments from
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Today is “Blue Monday,” the Saddest Day of the Year. Here are Some Music Videos to Cheer You Up.
According to science (or pseudo-science, anyway), today is Blue Monday, the saddest day of the entire year, so if you’re feeling down, please realize that you’re not alone. To help you through the
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A Documentary Devoted to New Order’s “Blue Monday”
Yes, people danced all through the punk and New Wave years, but or many people, New Order’s “Blue Monday” was the song that made dancing in clubs cool again. It provided a bridge
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