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I'm surprised there's no mention of New Order's Blue Monday in there. I thought it was seen as a key moment in the history of techno? Can anyone with more knowl

I'm surprised there's no mention of New Order's Blue Monday in there. I thought it was seen as a key moment in the history of techno? Can anyone with more knowledge than me comment on why it isn't there? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYH8DsU2WCk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYH8DsU2WCk

ahartmetz 5y ago
I have never seen it mentioned in a history of techno, but it's quite popular with many people who like electronic music today.
calmoo 5y ago
I've never heard anything about this track in the context of techno, its a synth pop tune really.
- james-bcn 5y ago
  Ok. The subtleties of the classification elude me.
- Tenoke 5y ago
  It's definitely influential and you can occasionally hear it in some of the clubs mentioned in the article to this day (typically at closing).
insickness 5y ago
Agreed. It is apparently "the biggest selling 12-inch single ever." But maybe because of its classic song structure (verse/chorus), it is not lumped in with what is typically considered techno.
radley 5y ago
There were tons of electronic dance tunes during that period of time. Blue Monday was a great tune and had some great original ideas, but it at the peak of synth pop. That same year, Phuture released Acid Tracks which influenced Hawtin to make Spastik. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igNBeo3QSqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igNBeo3QSqc