1.) Melo… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least four music groups with name Blue Monday:
1.) Melodic Straight Edge band from Vancouver BC Canada
2.) Minimalist electro/noise project from Slovakia formed in 2001
3.) A band of veteran musicians from Central NY (who sometimes open for THE RODS) - see http://www.bluemondayband.com
4.) BLUE MONDAY BLUESBAND http://www.bluemonday.info/Biography.html
With the intention of doing a one-time gig with a bluesband at a local jam session Blue Monday was formed.
The audience, as well as the bluesband members themselves were enthusiastic. So, we decided to continue this bluesband; and we did. After a few months of rehearsal on songs by Guy Forsyth, Tommy Castro, ZZ TOP, Mark Ford and many other bluesbands, Blue Monday managed to come up with a varied program.
In the past couple of years, Blue Monday has done several gigs in the Dutch blues-scene like, Nixx Bluesclub Enschede, Down Town Gemert, the opening act for Barrelhouse in "de Pul" in Uden, Bluestour in Cuijk, "Drijf in" Bluesfestival in Giethoorn, BLAST Blues in Asten, and many, many more......
In 2004 some of the Blue Monday musicians did a "minitour" with the "modern day Blues Queen" Miss Dede Priest from Austin Texas
The most important thing for the Blue Monday bluesband is to have a lot of fun "Playing the Blues" while entertaining the audience with an evening of "Rocking Rhythm & Blues"!!!
See the individual band member profiles here: http://www.bluemonday.info/Bandmembers.html
KEEP THE BLUES ALIVE!!!!! VISIT OUR GIGS AND OTHER BLUESBAND GIGS:
http://www.bluemonday.info/Gigs.html
Run You Through
Blue Monday Lyrics
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The lyrics of Blue Monday's "Run You Through" paint a melancholic picture of a tormented soul seeking solace in their addiction. The song echoes the sentiment of hopelessness, as the singer struggles to find meaning and purpose in their life. The first two lines of the chorus, "My god is anything that can take this away, that's all I care about so leave me the fuck alone" sets the tone for the rest of the song. The singer's ultimate desire is to feel numb and forget about the turmoil they are experiencing.
The line "You only block the way to what I really want, to feel nothing at all and to forget about you" seems to be directed towards a person who the singer associates with pain and distress, perhaps a failed relationship or a toxic friend. The singer is not interested in reconciling or looking for closure, instead, they reject and threaten any attempts to rekindle the bond. "If you think I ever gave a shit about you, you were dead fucking wrong, reach out to me, I'll run you fucking through" is a violent outburst, an invocation of revenge against the people who have hurt them.
Line by Line Meaning
My god is anything that can take this away, that's all I care about so leave me the fuck alone.
I am desperate for anything that can numb my pain, so don't bother me with your presence.
You only block the way to what I really want, to feel nothing at all and to forget about you.
Your presence is a hindrance to my desire to feel numb and forget about you.
If you think I ever gave a shit about you, you were dead fucking wrong, reach out to me, I'll run you fucking through.
I never cared about you, and if you try to contact me, I'll harm you.
Why don't you see I have no need to dream? Don't try to set me right I'm not worth the fight.
I have given up on any aspirations or hope for the future, and it's not worth trying to change me.
All I am good for is amounting to nothing; all I look forward to is a bag full of dope.
I have no purpose in life and only anticipate getting high.
If you think I could ever give a shit about you, you were dead fucking wrong, I will run you through.
I have no concern for you, and I am willing to injure you if you try to come near me.
And if you ever try to reach out to me, I will take what you give, and I will run you through
If you attempt to contact me, I will use you and then hurt you.
Contributed by Gabriel E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@UrosBjedov
0:00-0:16 - Kick
0:16-0:30 - Kick & Synth
0:30-0:59 - Drums, Synth & Synth Bass
0:59-1:03 - Hi-hats
1:03-1:18 - Drums & Synth Bass
1:18-1:33 - Drums, Synth Bass & Bass Guitar
1:33-1:36 - Drum fill
1:36-2:09 - Drums, Synth Bass, Choir & Strings
2:09-3:07 - Vocals, Synth Bass, Synth, Drums, Bass Guitar
3:07-3:21 - Drums, Synth Bass, Synth, Trumpet
3:21-3:34 - Drums, Sampling
3:34-4:02 - Vocals, Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass
4:02-4:17 - Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass, Drums
4:17-4:32 - Vocals, Synth Bass, Synth, Drums
4:32-4:47 - Drums, Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass
4:52-5:24 - Drums, Synth Bass, Synth, Trumpet, Slapping
5:24-5:46 - Drums, Kick, Drum fills
5:46-6:08 - Drums, Synth Bass, Choir
6:08-6:22 - Drums, Synth Bass, Bass Guitar, Choir
6:24-7:30 - Drums, Synth, Strings, Synth Bass, Bass Guitar
@Xenwarrior5
So you know, this video is based off of how the original single was sold.
It was sold in a sleeve designed to look like a floppy disc, with the band and song's name printed on one edge with a colored block code. Due to the way the paper sleeves had to be made, how many colors were in the code, and the total lack of faith in this song selling any copies, it was actually sold for less than it cost to print. So, of course, it got so popular that it nearly bankrupted the printing company.
EDIT: In case you were wondering if the code is exactly the same in this video as it is on the album, the answer is YES. The code was used by the artist Peter Saville, who used it on four albums:
Power, Corruption and Lies; by New Order: FACT75 (also comes with decoder ring seen on this video's opening shot)
Blue Monday; by New Order: FAC 73 BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH NEW ORDER
Confusion; by New Order: FAC 93
It was also used on the cover of From the Hip by Section 25, unfortunately, the only picture I can find of the cover is so blurry I can't actually make out the code.
Also worth mentioning; they initially wrote this song because the band never did encores (which might explain the lyrics), and they wanted a song that they could just push a button on the synth machine and leave the audience to it. But they started having too much fun getting this weird, experimental (for the time) song to work, so they packaged it as a single, and have since become known to play this song as an encore.
@sephalon1
1:37: Based on the letter codes in the rest of the video, the text on the side of the floppy reads "FAC? BLUE MONDAY AND". The question mark is the fourth character from the top, which doesn't appear anywhere in the song. It should be noted that between the first space and the letter "B" there appears to be a letter that is black on the left and gray on the right, but that isn't a letter at all. It is the orientation notch of the floppy disk itself. So no letter was placed there at all.
Throughout the song, all letters are represented except X and Z. When putting the codes next to the letters in order, a very obvious pattern emerges. The letters are encoded in base 10. A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on. The colors are:
0=White
1=Green
2=Yellow
3=Pink
4=Orange
5=Cyan
6=Pink
7=Navy Blue
8=Magenta
9=Blue
For the first nine letters (A through I), they are simply solid blocks with their number's color. All subsequent letters are two rectangles, the left being the tens digit and the right being the ones digit. Example: U is the 21st letter of the alphabet, so its icon is Yellow on the left, green on the right.
From this pattern we can deduce that, although never shown, the letter X (24th letter of the alphabet) would be yellow on the left, orange on the right. And Z (26th letter) would be yellow on the left and pink on the right.
The mystery character is Navy Blue on the left and purple on the right, which would correspond to letter number 73 - far outside the range of possible letters. So this is either a mistake or a simple artistic choice. While the center portion of the message "BLUE MONDAY" makes perfect sense, the words before and after, "FAC?" and "AND" don't seem to make sense, even though the latter is a word.
A final note: There is a typo in the video. At 3:06 in the line "Just how I should feel today", the "T" in "just" is represented by a solid green square (which is "A"). In all other cases, T is correctly represented as Yellow on the left, White on the right.
And finally, the codes at the very beginning of the video read, unsurprisingly, "NEW ORDER BLUE MONDAY"
I have a lot of free time.
UPDATE: The record label that produced "Blue Monday" was named "Factory 73". This explains the "FAC" followed by the 73 character. The "AND" at the end is explained because the full name of the single was "BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH". Because it was released as a 45rpm record and the B-side was the New Order song "The Beach".
@simonzabell9770
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Goose bumps, goosebumps or goose-pimples[1] are the bumps on a person's skin at the base of body hairs which may involuntarily develop when a person is tickled, cold or experiencing strong emotions such as fear, euphoria or sexual arousal.[2]
Goosebumps
Other names
Goose-pimples, goose-skin, goose-flesh, cutis anserina, horripilation, horripilatio
The formation of goose bumps in humans under stress is considered to be a vestigial reflex.[3] Its function in other apes is to raise the body's hair, and would have made human ancestors appear larger to scare off predators or to increase the amount of air trapped in the fur to make it more insulating. The reflex of producing goose bumps is known as piloerection or the pilomotor reflex, or, more traditionally,[4] horripilation. It occurs in many mammals; a prominent example is porcupines, which raise their quills when threatened, or sea otters when they encounter sharks or other predators.
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Hope that helps :-)
@UrosBjedov
0:00-0:16 - Kick
0:16-0:30 - Kick & Synth
0:30-0:59 - Drums, Synth & Synth Bass
0:59-1:03 - Hi-hats
1:03-1:18 - Drums & Synth Bass
1:18-1:33 - Drums, Synth Bass & Bass Guitar
1:33-1:36 - Drum fill
1:36-2:09 - Drums, Synth Bass, Choir & Strings
2:09-3:07 - Vocals, Synth Bass, Synth, Drums, Bass Guitar
3:07-3:21 - Drums, Synth Bass, Synth, Trumpet
3:21-3:34 - Drums, Sampling
3:34-4:02 - Vocals, Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass
4:02-4:17 - Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass, Drums
4:17-4:32 - Vocals, Synth Bass, Synth, Drums
4:32-4:47 - Drums, Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass
4:52-5:24 - Drums, Synth Bass, Synth, Trumpet, Slapping
5:24-5:46 - Drums, Kick, Drum fills
5:46-6:08 - Drums, Synth Bass, Choir
6:08-6:22 - Drums, Synth Bass, Bass Guitar, Choir
6:24-7:30 - Drums, Synth, Strings, Synth Bass, Bass Guitar
@phantom1715
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@brunocriar
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@marklee1376
Thanks for this👏👏👏👍
@benjaminriveramorales5205
god has abandoned us
@p8ntballrDemon6667
@@phantom1715 This is useful even if it isn't to you. If one wanted to sample this is a good guide where to find the bit you wanted very easily for example.
@charlessomerset9754
As a club dj in the eighties, my fondest memory was the moment I could drop this masterpiece into my set. People would freak the fuck out, nearly tearing their clothes in an effort to get to the dance floor. I have never before and rarely since seen dancers experiencing such moments of total kinetic bliss. The word "floorgasm" was coined just to describe that scene. One of the highpoints of my 25+ years working as a DJ.
P.s. It's a year since I wrote this. Just wanted to thank all those who have shared their experiences and memories of this legendary track. The stories that you've told me are as varied as they are amazing. In clubs, on the radio, in the car. It still amazes me to this day that one track could change so many lives and fill people with such joy. So thanks again.
@FloodlightGamingReal
Did djs use aliases back then or is that a more recent thing, and if you did what was yours I'm legit curious
@charlessomerset9754
@@FloodlightGamingReal Not really. That was before the whole superstar dj Keoki sort of thing. People appreciated what I did, but few really cared what my name was. I just used my last name, which was Summers. A few clubs, a lot of private house parties, and a ton of Sci fi and fantasy conventions. Thanks for asking. I have some great memories. A little hazy, to be sure. It was a crazy sexy decade. Lots of blow, the introduction of E, and every person under 30 partying like we weren't going to survive the millennium. But I wouldn't change anything.
@jesescareno4498
Best comment of 2021! Got my laughing in my seat.