Blue Monday 40 years old

Music is such an evocative thing, the opening bars of Blue Monday always take me back to my underage nightclubbing days in Darcy's, they always heralded the deployment of the smoke machine, that sweet vape smell, the rush to the wooden sprung dance floor and then a seven minute sway of teenage abandon, some of the most joyous moments of my life were spent with that distorted Ennio Morricone bass line, the magic of music, a track that keeps my hopeful, innocent self alive forever.
 
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American_Mary said:
Music is such an evocative sense, the opening bars of Blue Monday always take me back to my underage nightclubbing days in Darcy's, they always heralded the deployment of the smoke machine, that sweet vape smell, the rush to the wooden sprung dance floor and then a seven minute sway of teenage abandon, some of the most joyous moments of my life were spent with that distorted Ennio Morricone bass line, the magic of music, a track that keeps my hopeful, innocent self alive forever.
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I'm gutted to think that my daughter will probably never experience that sickly sweet smell of a smoke machine providing a brief respite from the smoky club as you run onto the dance floor after recognising the opening bars of your favourite song.

For me, the smell of a smoke machine instantly takes me back to Centrefolds on Linthorpe Road as the opening bars of REM, The Wonder Stuff or Pop Will Eat Itself start up...
 
h_m_boro said:
Same.

Not worth a great deal surprisingly - last time I checked it was about £20-25.
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Not really surprisingly when you consider it's the best selling 12" of all time. Vinyls value comes from its rarity, not its popularity, hence why something like Frank Wilson's Do I love you (indeed I do) goes for north of £30k.
 
The only nightclub I could go listen to this, and many other great songs on a Saturday night was Blaises/The Underground. An utter dive of a place, that probably wouldn't be allowed to operate nowadays. It was my favourite place in the entire world.
 
Fabiopaim said:
The only nightclub I could go listen to this, and many other great songs on a Saturday night was Blaises/The Underground. An utter dive of a place, that probably wouldn't be allowed to operate nowadays. It was my favourite place in the entire world.
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Blaises was great,

Thursday night with the alternate Rock and Indie rooms and then Saturday night where both rockers / indie kids and ravers managed to co-exist in relative harmony. I dont think I saw a single fight in there in the 15 years or so I went there.
 
The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
Blaises was great,

Thursday night with the alternate Rock and Indie rooms and then Saturday night where both rockers / indie kids and ravers managed to co-exist in relative harmony. I dont think I saw a single fight in there in the 15 years or so I went there.
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Blaises on a Thursday!! What a night that was back in the day.
 
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