Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts
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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home More information: bbc.in/1SC6Atc New Order's Blue Monday was released on 7 March 1983, and its cutting-edge electronic groove changed pop music forever. But what would it have sounded like if it had been made 50 years earlier? In a special film, using only instruments available in the 1930s - from the theremin and musical saw to the harmonium and prepared piano - the mysterious Orkestra Obsolete present this classic track as you've never heard it before.
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Old Order.
Lol that's awesome
New Older. Wait...
Genius
Looooollll 💯💯
Smart!
Missed a trick not calling themselves pre-order
Or Old order
@@439bananas or just 'Order'.
@@Kara_Kay_Eschel Indeed!
@@439bananas heh
😂
*IDK WHO AT THE BBC NEEDS TO HEAR THIS, BUT WE WANT MORE ORKESTRA OBSOLETE.*
YES!!!!!!!
Definitely yes
Most definitely.
YES PLEASE!
YES GET ON IT ASAP
How come this is the only Orkestra Obsoleta track I can find? The world needs more of this. A constant, steady supply. The future of Mankind is in your hands, fellas. Get to it.
TOTALLY AGREE! This is amazing!!!
Has there ever been a more vivid example of something that makes you say, "Shut up and take my money"?
I agree, this band is amazing.
Agreed! And why am I only coming across it now?! This is amazing!!
Alas, not a real band. A one-time song.
I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.
HAHAHAHA Thanks, Marty :D
Great grandkids rather, while they are off their face in a Manchester nightclub.
I'm ready for it live, on the rocks and just play it. And, why is there a comment section for damn music?! Art is art, humans will always have opinions, and everyone has 'em, like another orifice that humans have, and for EXIT only, lmao.
But you commented eve???
And as you just replied.............???????????????????
it's like a bunch of 1920's comic book villains got together and formed a band.
@Time Travellers Association Ltd. PLEASE someone make sure Jackson and especially Doc have heard this
And made criminally good music?!
🙂
You are absolutely right!
@Time Travellers Association Ltd. That is why that show is awsome.
Thank G-d for Marijuana !!!
Fair to say, electronic instruments were meant to allow the creation of symphonic sounds from acoustic instruments with only a few people. This is brilliant.
Indeed! This is the opposite of synthesis.
Or maybe that cultural particularities have an influence over how we perceive the possible uses of different technologies? That is, this music COULD'VE been made in the 30s, but it wasn't.
@@MrBlablabla119 It could have been made in the '30s, sure, but it wouldn't have been remotely practical to play live in any capacity, reducing the probability that it'd even get produced much less promoted.
@@Madara8989 That's true. Although it's not like full orchestras exist because they're at all practical. And a subjective evaluation of the practicality versus the payoff would still be a cultural particularity. For example, I bet if you were able to go back and prove that this is music from the future, that evaluation would change.
@@MrBlablabla119: How could you prove that the music was from the future, without changing history?
The guy who can play the saw and the theremin should be awarded some kind of lifetime achievement award.
Yeah... Let's not forget the flawlessness with which she played those wine glasses!
That's Nicola Reade, a woman...
@@peterburry3553whatever next? I hear they have been granted the vote?
@@PaulSharpe1966ie she was assumed to be a man which no one that watched that could assume. Also you got a problem with us voting? Is this 1922? What's wrong with you?
@@amunetsunfire6182 They're playing 1930s instruments. Obviously paul was making a joke about that.
Simply sad the fact that it is the only song we have from them....... they need to do a full album! Its simply amazing, is creative, magnificent.
sudo echo "Yes, that's absolutely true!"
(sorry, couldn't resist xD)
Yes!
Absolutely!!
when i first heard this version, i jumped too to see if they had anymore songs. sadly no :(
@@tekki2go75 Why would you need to be root in order to simply echo something to the screen?
"the mysterious Orkestra Obsolete"
Damn straight they're mysterious. They come out with this, and then vanish into thin air.
Best trick the Devil ever pulled off.
When you hit perfection the first time, you don't need a second
I know, right? I tried googling to see what other stufff they have done, and found nothing.
@@benjaminlarson7518 Wow...That seems incredible. Makes me appreciate them even more. This is a gem!
The last frame lists the names of the band members. Flashes by quick so you have to anticipate to pause the video
In addition to the magnificent musicians, someone deserves a lot of credit for the lighting, direction and editing. Very clever.
No joke, the lighting is nuts! I was mesmerized...
@@princezzpuffypants6287 the location, the set design, outfits etc....
They all bring something to the table
Right! I’m trying to find out who the hell directed this. It’s the most well done old looking thing I’ve seen that’s come out recently.
@@consciousmonster6062Angus McIntyre directed, if you look at the cast credits, underneath is a terrible black-on-black credits for the production team
... Glasgow is actually one very groovy city in general ...
Its been six years, we seriously need a full album.
The salt mine called 'UA-cam' is a rough and deserted place but every now and then you will find a diamond like this one.
Diamonds in a salt mine?
Yer saville’s here somewhere on the BBC. Just gotta find that diamond
Well, search out "Jaan Pehchan Ho - Mohammed Rafi | Shankar Jaikishan | Gumnaam | Dance Song" for some other masked craziness.
@@tipperary1082 it's ok, they can't help it
Not sure you’ll find a diamond in a salt mine.
Best cover of Blue Monday, hands down.
orgy has a better cover
@@kenopsia9013 orgy is good, but this one makes you want to slap your knee and go hee haw
Obviously you haven’t heard the orgy or clan of xymox version
@@CloakedinMurk I'm a huge clan of xymox fan and haven't heard them cover blue Monday. I'll look for it now !
Yendo a orgy... meeee este es mejor
Holy shit - goosebumps when the singer kicked in. So perfect. Blue Monday was my gateway to true alternative back in the day and this rendition does it true justice. Thank you for the perfect homage!
I was listening to this on headphones, and I got goosebumps when the saw kicked in. I thought it was in the room with me.
@@mrasw9587 Love Vigilantes and Face Up need to be covered by these artists! Just imagine!!
Why is there no more music from these guys?
WHY???
It is a crime against humanity to not be able to listen to more, is what it is.
They should be forced to make more, because this is brilliant.
Me and the boys jamming without electricity after the apocalypse
You need electricity to play the Theremin
@@devinspielman3748 with crank generator then...
Get practising lolz
Reminds me of that metalocalypse episode when the guitarist called old instruments "grandpa guitars"
@@devinspielman3748 he didn't necessarily say "the boys" would do good job! Perhaps they'd play a very quiet version. The keyboardist also has several pieces of electronic gizmos. 2:52 Typical diva keyboardist! (although that keyboard doesn't seem to be in very good shape, or even tuned!)
Imagine the reaction if this had actually been played in the 1930s
"Hey Chuck, I got that new sound you been lookin' for..." holds phone up to Enchantment Under the Sea dance :)
Probably would've been used in some western movies couple decades later
That was the 1950s
@@noxscotchxtape There were some westerns being done prior. But yes - it went crazy in the 50s.
Somehow I can picture this playing at an underground Jazz bar in Berlin, right before the Sturmabteilung stormed in, ransacking the place and arresting everyone
Feel like if this was actually done in 1930, it'd probably be one of the most important and influential things ever done by humankind.
…or, the guys would have been forcibly committed to mental institutions
Maybe not "ever done" but clearly a hallmark that cannot be denied pushing 50 years later. brilliant
Probably would have stopped WW2 from ever happening.
@@tonyr4873 This guy gets it.
You with a time machine....like a chimp with a loaded pistol.
This is tense and exciting in a way that the original is not.
The eternal ability of humans to reinvent and reimagine everything always impresses me
Actually we suck at remakes most of the time but we are good at milking things dry.
unless its the first incredile hulk movie :-p
Maybe you’d understand it if you were a musician
Yep - now we have to reinvent and imagine the way we are acting on our planet
Is this reinventing - since they are going back in time with the use of these instruments?
It sounds surprisingly good. I wonder how a 1930s audience would have reacted to this music?
I was wondering this, and I imagine it might have done pretty well.
I posted a very similar comment to this yesterday- sorry, I didn't see yours. I reckon it would've got a mixed reaction.
@@TheBotleyBoy somebody else supposed it'd do poorly because it doesn't have any rip-roaring swing to it. Eh... It seems to me that even though the 30's scene may be famous for big-band, I also remember hearing plenty of other styles.
We are always romanticize old times. Just remember how people reacted to the Chrysler Airflow.
Probably by burning them at the stake.
This is like music the Addams Family would listen too
Well they were originally a comic from the 30s
Original The New Yorker cartoons (1938-1964)
goes to prove yet again that a good song is a good song, no matter the arrangement. this is the gift of the good producer
Pretty sure we could do an arrangement that makes this a bad song…😂
I’d love to see a game set in a dystopian 1920s vision of the future and this is the music played in the clubs.
What about a retro 1930s 1920s style show set in ambiguous time like they did with 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"?. The main lead listens to radio on a Monday morning and this comes on while they get ready for school/work. I've just came up with something :0
Can you imagine
Where those young people dance who do not expect to get old!
Like BioShock Infinite?
White glove society maybe...
...and THIS is why we need the internet.
...and this comment is also why we need the internet!
(An excellent observation, how bloody else would we find these masked musical geniuses?!)
Spot on!!! 🔊🤓🔊
Agreed. You always stumble across these gems while looking for something else
But there was no internet in the 1930s
Exactly!
Clever reworking of a timeless classic. Talent borrows, genius steals. A feast for the eyes and ears.
I don't know what algorithm gods sent this to me 8 years later but I'm happy they did
"So, what instrument do you play?"
The guy bowing the hand-saw: "It's complicated"
it's actually called a musical saw! You hear them mostly in old folk/country music, they have a very neat sound
It's a Theramin I believe
@@cocoloco65482 It's both. He plays the theremin at the end, but the saw earlier.
Haha
I watch this repeatedly. It’s so PERFECTLY weird in the best way possible. I adore it!
Me too...This is my first viewing! When I saw the title...It was like a moth to a flame!
This version of Blue Monday is amazing indeed!
This is so magnificent and creepy. The lighting, the costumes, the atmosphere and of course the music.... all so fantastic and unique. I love it!
Wait, did they use a deconstructed piano for the bassline??!??!? absolute legends
They use it for some of the bassline, at least.
This looks like a live music performance in a secret underground club where top villains meet once a month to discuss their new evil agenda. Set in the 1920s
That's exactly what I was thinking any time I see this video, it is something bizarre and creepy coming though, great production.
Seems a long time since villians would be able to meet in a secret underground club, rather than having to discuss their evil plans over Zoom like the rest of us.
Aka builderburg G2 summit
lol
If that was a movie I would watch it
We need more from Orkestra Obsolete!
Wow, that is... absolutely...AMAZING! 😍♥️😁
Really like how they manage to still give the song that sort of odd, almost uneathly quality using such archaic and ABSOLUTELY earthly instruments, instruments that you would NEVER believe could achieve such synthetic sounds and yet here we are!
This was such an amazing treat to listen to, Orkestra Obsolete is DEFINITELY an underrated talent! 😍♥️☺️😁👍
Interesting how these sounds were all available in the '30s, but only the most forward-thinking of modernists could have even dreamed of putting them together like this. And yet today, "Blue Monday" is a song of the past. Art and technology have changed so much.
You cant tell me Blue Monday is a song of the past
@@camkahuna2945 It's a song FROM the past. As is every song, including those released last week. It's a continuum.
@@camkahuna2945 you understand how time works, right?
@@camkahuna2945 I suppose Blue Monday was a song of the past but it was ahead of its time. And timeless.
@@camkahuna2945 Dude, it was made in '83.
That was almost 40 years ago.
A bit over 40 years more, and you're in the 30's.
We're rapidly coming up to the "halfway point", when the original release is exactly halfway between the current time and the time period this remake was set in.
So yeah, Blue Monday is a song of the past!
Fun fact: New Order originally arranged this song for saw, wineglass, dulcimer, and Theremin. When they broke one of the wine glasses they redid the arrangement for guitar, synthesizer, and drums, and the rest is history.
BASED
And bass guitar!
lol
That bow on the saw scared the shit out of me when it came in, thought someone was screaming 😱
That's kinda awesome!
Idk why I am crying, but bloody hell
i am crying a lot this is so damn beautiful
Every time I hear the theremin I come back here. One of the greatest!!
Using the white noise from an antique radio was a stroke of genius
There's something ominous about a bunch of people in tuxedos and domino masks, in a dimly lit room, playing archaic instruments....I love it.
You probably want to take your pants off too....
DukeNukem2417 Isn't it delightful? At the end Mortician should show up with a silver tray of cocktails for them.
DukeNukem2417 archaic? Duck off iduot
There shall be dead guests
80s videos MTV back in the day.
This video would have went over BIG TIME.
Enjoying my yearly re-watch of possibly the finest thing on UA-cam.👍
This is the orchestra that will usher me into the great beyond
James Bond - tied to a chair: "I suppose you expect me to talk."
Villain: "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to play the Dulcimer! "
Wow I loved that UFO tv show too!
The dulcimer is not used enough in today's music!
It’s a hammered dulcimer.
It’s got a hangover … …
I'm amazed someone knows the name of that instrument.
Villain: No Mister Bond, I expect you to listen!
My father would have loved this. He was principal percussionist at the Royal Opera House for 25 years. He could play the saw too! Actually, he could play just about anything!
You must research acoustic analog
@@erflingnot I will thank you.
This is one of the greatest adaptations of any song that I heard. And I like these anachronistic cover bands. Marvellous.
I've now have that Advance Signal Generator Type E 'Model I'. It was my dads, now boxed under my bed in anti-static bags. (along with his Oscilloscopes). I would estimate its construction being the 1940/50's : )
I remember it giving a very 'Red One Leader' sounds in the reception of radio signals as you rolled the range settings and dial control as a kid. It's like listening to the ether until you tune into a voice or pattern somewhere.
It‘s been four years now and still I come back here every couple of weeks to listen to this. I wish they would have released at least one full album with their interpretations of some more classics like „Enjoy the Silence“ or „Heroes“...
YES YES YES INDEED!
If only...
Seriously! I discovered this last year or so and it's the greatest thing ever. I listen to it very often. I wish there was more.
Ditto
I think that they should also do Tequila, and Wipeout.
This is the musical equivalent to when you parallel park in one go.
Best. Comment. Ever.
it's nothing like that
A rather peculiar analogy, but somehow I'm feeling the concept...Nice!
Oh that sweet, sweet feeling!
There is just an insane amount of talent on display in this video. Seriously, insane levels...
@1:18 how the hell does anyone hit the right note?!?! Legend.
goes to show great music transcends era and instruments.
Make an album. Make an album! MAKE AN ALBUM!!!!
may may the Gods hear you! hear you!
(after fruitless internet search for more). I second this. Must have more! Will pay money.
Power corruptions and lies but 1930s
...continues loud resounding plea for MORE!!!!!!
One of the best covers Ever!
Just proves New Order is cool across time, space, and any genre. Now I gotta hear it.
Alternate title:
Blue monday but its played by the white glove society in a dungeon after the apocalypse
After i read your comment i scrolled back up to the video and I could have seen this whole scene played out in FallOut.
Lol. I was trying to think of who they reminded me of. You nailed it. 😂
*_I got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle_*
*_As I go ridin' merrily along_*
*_And they sing, "Oh, ain't you glad you're single"_*
*_And that song ain't so very far from wrong_*
*big iron on his hip*
So spot on.
This is DOPE! Not only did they do a masterful job recreating the song on these instruments but the cinematography is brilliant.
Looking up each of the artists induviudually had givin me one hell of a rabbit hole.
God damn I wish there was more of this group.
Nice to see a theremin in there ❤
This what they need to do for movies that take place in certain periods. They can still use popular songs just make em played on instruments in whatever the time setting is.
They even got that echoed ghostly sound in this version 1:38. It almost made me wanna cry.
i know your comment is a year old but i was just thinking this!
Didn't Westworld do it?
@@user-kt7li4le8s I loved the player piano version of The Cure's "A Forest".
Always LOVED the original ... and this is a MAGNIFICENT cover. Captures everything great about the original, while adding a brilliant twist.
Yeah. Singer's voice is fantastic, too.
Well, the probably best thing about this music was it's ability to combine human emotion with robotic procession. So this video is like the poster for our cause!
all these years, and I still await another gem version of a great hit.
So hauntingly beautiful
WOW, so cool. My ears just smiled.
+Madilyn Bailey Umm...okay.
+Madilyn Bailey :)) Good Vibes :))
Right, research done! These musicians are Graeme Miller aka Cracks in the Concrete and Gus from Gus and Fin aka GUGUG. Thank you very much google!
Madilyn Bailey pp
Madilyn Bailey
The concept fits perfectly with the David Lynch-esque cinematography. This is now my prefered version of Blue Monday, althougt New order made a pretty damn good cover of it.
"New order made a pretty damn good cover of it."
Love it!
Yes... Why do I see them playing at the Roadhouse. This comment is exactly what I was thinking
Genius. Pure and simple.
Beyond genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5:30 AM, Sunday morning
Me: I should go back to bed
Me also: I want to watch middle aged men in masks play a 40 year old song on 85 year old instruments.
5:26 kkkkkkk same situation
That or animal videos
It’s 4:38am I’m in self isolation. I’ve watched this 2 years ago and now looping this for the 57th time
5:13 Same.
great way t'spend yer time. Don't even a regretful
I am watching a 35 years old music being played on 90 years old instruments in 2020. 🎺 🎺 🎶 🎶 🎹 🎹 🍻 🍻
strange times
Yes, bit of a trip when you think of it like that.
I sat with bated breath wondering if they would use a theremin… was not disappointed!!! This is a pretty cool cover!!!!🙌🏾🥰🥰🥰
This is the kind of the performance, that if you stumbled across at a festival… you’d stay to the end and still be smiling from ear to ear at sunrise. Love it
Just re-discoverer this. Sweet Jesus, it's soooo good. You fellas should do a cover of 'Enjoy the Silence' by Depeche Mode in a similar style.
OOO I love that song!! They should do that!!!!
Yes!
Yes! Pls!
yes!!!
I can hear that!!
Please Joy division!!! Bauhaus, The cure , Siouxsie And The Banshees!!! Into the light!!!
it reminded me of Art of Noise
Dead can dance
Kick In The Eye!
Bauhaus would be amazing
Into the light, yes 👍
The world needs more of this! Wonderful
Wow!! That was just amazing!! One of my favorite songs too. Great job. Some of those instruments are so unique and special. Then, how you adapted them to that song, simply incredible.
To anyone from Orkestra Obsolete: There is a spot reserved in my soul for more of your music. Please keep going!
This comment deserves more likes; its sentiment is echoed elsewhere in the comments anyhow, but I'd say nobody else quite put into words the *desire* for more music in this style.
I would pay pop-star concert prices to see this group for an hour live.
So would I. It's mesmerizing!
I would give eight shillings and sixpence.
Maybe for a piece of eight
Christopher Chase I would join you.
Now THIS is how you cover a song! VERY FEW artists cover a song and still manage to have their own identity and artistry to stand out on it. Well done mates.
Funny, how these never seems to get old.
Why does this feel like a ‘Kubrick movie? Love it.
You mean shellac. But yeah....
😂😂
Kubrick made movies in an almost documentary style.
This is pure Gold. Thanks.
The Crack Addict your fuckin name is gold
This video put a mile-wide-smile on a lot of faces. Not to mention the incredible sense of wonder and appreciation. Bravo!
Simply blown away. One of my fave tunes of all time. First time seeing this rendition. Thanks guys, I'm on a high and dancing.
These guys need their own Ytube channel. We need more of this please.
I want to hear more takes from this Orkestra Obsolete! Fantastic!
ua-cam.com/video/cHLbaOLWjpc/v-deo.html
I want a full album of this. It's genius.
@ John Boll If It has to be explained...then you probably wouldn't understand
Jon Boll ok let me make an attempt. Could you do this? No, me neither. That puts it above the reach of the normal man. Then,they've taken the music and changed it. Completely. Some chords and such are similar but it's totally different. Then they're constrained by the capabilities of particular instruments, but still manage to do this. In addition, they've made a dark and sort-of period appropriate music video. Even if you don't want to cop to "Genius," I'd hope we could both agree on "very impressive."
Steven MichaelBristol Im sorry.. above the reach of the normal man? As a musician, being proficient at playing and following notes is nothing spectacular.. so, sorry, nothing amazing.. good idea but the work of a genius it is not.
I feel like they were a hair's breadth away from accidentally summoning a ghost at all times
Fantastic. The water glasses were a nice touch.
So I went and looked to see if any other music by Orkestra Obsolete was available online. There is nothing. Is Orkestra Obsolete maybe a group of guys from the BBC Sound Department who got together just to do this video?
That's deadass urban legend material
@@floating_goblin Masked AND mysterious.
it says right in the end credits who they are. they're all British musical artists.
i've bumped into their stuff completely by accident - but actually finding it by searching - good luck here is another one : ua-cam.com/video/AWjKScThA7k/v-deo.html
Why do I think this is the better version?
Hypnotising. Is it only me who wants to hear them do more?
it IS hypnotising - you're right. No, it's not just you - me and many others i'm sure.
We all want to hear more!!
no I think its just you and that other bloke
Nope. It's me too.
Me too👍👍👍
In the dystopian future ahead this how bands will play the old electronic music.
This is nothing less than magic
I imagine this going down in one of the rooms at The Overlook Hotel.
Scot-free I thought it was just me. Lol
Scot-free Yes with Jack Torrance doing The Tango with a corpse in the lobby.
redrumredrumredrumredrumredrumredrum😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑
Nah nah nah the El Royale is more fitting.
I was mistaken to have believed this song could have ever been improved upon. Flawless.
The No.1 hit in 1930’s opium dens across the globe.
It's too bad this is like the only song by this orchestra. I'd love to hear more of them.
I want this video and the Marble Machine video to fight each other.
yes
+Daniel Walker This.
+Daniel Walker This is Graeme Miller from Louise McVey & Cracks in the Concrete, and film maker Sven Werner with Angus MacIntyre. There's another Graeme Miller & Sven Werner clip on youtube if you look hard enough. It's even more out there!
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+Daniel Walker I WAS JUST THINKING THAT LOL
I'm not joking at all. These guys would rip it up for the halftime Superbowl. Somebody put them up there for 2021. They are massive! 👏👏👏👏
Weird Al Yanckovic has dibs. Orkestra Obsolete should be the backing quartet.
Doubt there will be a Superbowl, but I get your point.
Thx BBC....watchin this once in a while ....since years.
the slide guitar and the wine glasses both sound so incredible. man, I desperately wish there was an entire album of these covers, I'd buy it in a millisecond!