Used to be that bands used technology in a covert fashion, using it to enhance their recordings, making them sound better without the technology taking a front seat. With 'Blue Monday' New Order changed all that and let the technology dictate what was recorded. The result, a rock record as hard as they come, a dance record more influential than any of its era and one of the greatest singles of any genre, ever made.
All of this took courage. New Order had a comfy, moody guitar band niché that 'Blue Monday' destroyed forever. And the band's bravery didn't end with their decision to try something new; the record itself takes outrageous risks. For instance, a full two and a half minutes of the record elapses before the vocal kicks in and that's a stunning eternity for a commercially aimed 45 record...
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