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Blue Monday

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Let’s mess around with Alice in Chains, Backstreet Boys, and New Order

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Backstreet Boys, Blue Monday, Mashup, New Order

It was harder to find two 90s acts further apart than Alice in Chains and Backstreet Boys. You would have

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Music History 

New Order’s “Blue Monday,” the biggest-selling 12-inch single of all time, was released 40 years ago today

March 7, 2023March 8, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 12-inch, 40th Anniversary, Blue Monday, Factory Records, New Order

Last month whilst working on the CFNY documentary, me and the crew interviewed Peter Hook at his house outside of

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Music News 

Songs for a Blue Day aims to provide cheer, music therapy

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Amber Healy 2 Comments Awesome Music Project, Blue Monday, Canadian Music Therapy Fund, Choir Choir Choir, Choir! Choir! Choir!, Covid, COVID-19, Daveed Goldman, George Elliott Clarke, Jennifer Buchanan, Lia Pappa-Kemps, Long & McQuade, Music Therapy, Nobu Adilman

January 18th is considered by some to be a “blue day,” or the saddest day of the year. Our holiday

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Fun: New Order’s “Blue Monday” Played on 1930s Instruments

July 20, 2017July 19, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blue Monday, Cover Version, New Order, Orchestra Obsolete

When New Order released “Blue Monday” in 1983, it was an example of state-of-the-art keyboard, drum machine and sequencer programming,

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Recommended Music 

Today is “Blue Monday,” the Saddest Day of the Year. Here are Some Music Videos to Cheer You Up.

January 16, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2CELLOS, Blue Monday, Cover Version, Westworld

According to science (or pseudo-science, anyway), today is Blue Monday, the saddest day of the entire year, so if you’re

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Music History 

A Documentary Devoted to New Order’s “Blue Monday”

January 8, 2014January 8, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Blue Monday, Dance, Electronic Music, Factory Records, House, New Order, Techno

Yes, people danced all through the punk and New Wave years, but or many people, New Order’s “Blue Monday” was

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