Distraction of the Day

lumpthar posted a pic said Thu, Mar 10th 2016 at 9:40am ET

Apparently Blue Monday came out 33 years ago.

The mysterious group Orkestra Obsolete chose to commemorate the song (on the 33rd anniversary? Brits are odd.) by recreating it with instruments available in the 1930s for BBC Arts.
It's fun and oddly satisfying.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03lh9lt

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lumpthar said Thu, Mar 10th 2016 at 9:53am ET:

Another link that expounds on the instruments slightly.
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/new-orders-blue-monday-played-with-obsolete-1930s-instruments.html

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- @lumpthar And here's one that goes even more into the instruments (It's linked from your link above, just saving the extra hassle of finding it and clicking through)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/qnLLpZgBW92dSrV2mmGyCb/new-order-olden-style-a-unique-take-on-blue-monday
  
  Bingo said Thu, Mar 10th 2016 at 11:12am ET
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Bingo said Thu, Mar 10th 2016 at 11:10am ET:

That's fantastic. Thanks. Love Joy Division/New Order. Friend of mine worked heavily with them back then and we still talk about them all the time. Just saw Hook play a few months ago and he's still great.

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Chops said Thu, Mar 10th 2016 at 8:15pm ET:

This is what the 90s had to offer us in the way of Blue Monday covers:

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- @Chops Well then. Nothing says hardcore like white lipstick.
  
  Rosstafari said Fri, Mar 11th 2016 at 12:43am ET
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Ganson said Thu, Mar 10th 2016 at 8:17pm ET:

That was fantastic, thank you for sharing.

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PocketBrain said Thu, Mar 10th 2016 at 9:25pm ET:

It has Theremin and saw, 'nuff said. I haz a happy.

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jqubed said Thu, Mar 10th 2016 at 11:21pm ET:

Maybe for 33(⅓) RPM?

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