tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13742205.post4818836547652042432..comments2023-11-03T03:19:00.050-07:00Comments on ROBOT HERO: POP MUSIC THOUGHTS: Blue Mondayrobot herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155110373333578139noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13742205.post-64187010074474159142008-05-02T18:32:00.000-07:002008-05-02T18:32:00.000-07:00I dunno, Jen. Some parts of it sound very dated to...I dunno, Jen. Some parts of it sound very dated to me, in the way that Curve sounds dated to you. Like it should be on the Risky Business soundtrack or some shit like that. <BR/><BR/>I think the song also created a bridge between club/dance music and pop music. That could be part of the appeal as well.robot herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155110373333578139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13742205.post-62989337000290082952008-05-02T09:10:00.000-07:002008-05-02T09:10:00.000-07:00I don't know. I don't think it sounds dated, not i...I don't know. I don't think it sounds dated, not in the way a lot of Madchester stuff does (or some of the house-lite tracks on the Trainspotting and 24 Hour Party People soundtracks do). <BR/><BR/>I think it's a classic because it was quite revolutionary at the time. They were becoming a big band and then they decided to chop up their instruments for a song and rely heavily on programmed beats, taking their cues from house music which was just barely beginning to set fire to the underground. I don't think any other bands so successfully had taken underground beats and transferred them to the mainstream. They were really ahead of their time, though I'm sure purists could point to hip-hop/house musicians, but were they as big and well known as New Order? No. <BR/><BR/>Mainstream radio seemed to take bigger risks in the 80s and they jumped all over this adding to its fame which solidified its classic status to this day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13742205.post-33335654003871148532008-05-02T02:10:00.000-07:002008-05-02T02:10:00.000-07:00It's really hard to define what makes Blue Monday ...It's really hard to define what makes Blue Monday so classic. It's dated, it's clunky, it's primitive... but maybe that is the charm of the song?!<BR/><BR/>xxshazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025397474219339529noreply@blogger.com