{"id":99818,"date":"2023-05-03T18:01:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T18:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/song-exploder-new-order\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T18:01:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T18:01:14","slug":"song-exploder-new-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/song-exploder-new-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Exploder &#8211; New Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBlue Monday\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 720px; min-width: 720px; padding: 0; width: 100%\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Crye9S8JEnl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&amp;ge=prx_93_a393609e-b33d-432a-8b23-d70d7ada4e60\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p>In May 1980, the band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joydivisionofficial.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joy Division<\/a> was devastated by the dying of lead singer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Curtis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian Curtis<\/a>. The three remaining band members, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_Sumner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernard Sumner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Hook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Hook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Morris_(musician)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Morris<\/a>, determined they&#8217;d preserve making music collectively, and some months later, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gillian_Gilbert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gillian Gilbert<\/a> joined them. They referred to as the band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neworder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New Order is likely one of the most influential bands of the final 4 many years. Their track <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Monday_(New_Order_song)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBlue Monday\u201d<\/a> got here out in 1983, and it holds the file for being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/song\/blue-monday-mt0000440181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best-selling 12-inch single of all time<\/a>. Rolling Stone put \u201cBlue Monday\u201d on its record of the <a href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/best-songs-of-all-time-30065\/new-order-blue-monday-30332\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 500 Greatest Songs of All Time<\/a>, and Pitchfork included it in its <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/9700-the-200-best-songs-of-the-1980s\/?page=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 5 Best Songs of the Nineteen Eighties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To have fun the fortieth anniversary of the discharge of \u201cBlue Monday,\u201d on this episode, New Order discusses how they created the track. This episode was produced in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/1534628327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transmissions<\/a>, the official New Order and Joy Division podcast produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupandnuzzle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cup &amp; Nuzzle<\/a>. We\u2019ve put collectively this story out of the hours and hours of interviews they\u2019ve recorded, together with a brand new interview I did with Peter Hook. As you\u2019ll hear the 4 of them clarify, nothing about Blue Monday\u2019s success, or actually even its existence, was one thing that they deliberate for.<\/p>\n<p>You should buy or stream \u201cBlue Monday\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/album.link\/us\/i\/1526111071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Song-Exploder-New-Order-Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click on right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moog_synthesizer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MOOG<\/a> \u2013 synth<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Britannia_Row_Studios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Britannia Row Studios<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shergold_Marathon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shergold Marathon<\/a>, Peter Hook\u2019s 6-string bass<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ennio_Morricone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ennio Morricone<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spaghetti_Western\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spaghetti Western<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/For_a_Few_Dollars_More\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For a Few Dollars More<\/a> \u2013 Clint Eastwood film that includes music by Ennio Morricone<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E-mu_Emulator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E-mu Emulator<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mellotron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mellotron<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prophet-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prophet-5<\/a> \u2013 synth<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Gretton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob Gretton<\/a> \u2013 supervisor of Joy Division and New Order<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.2.1) simplesharebuttons.com -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\t\t js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";\n\t\t\t\t fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cBlue Monday\u201d In May 1980, the band Joy Division was devastated by the dying of lead singer Ian Curtis. The three remaining band members, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris, determined they&#8217;d preserve making music collectively, and some months later, Gillian Gilbert joined them. They referred to as the band New Order. 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