Flunk — Blue Monday
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How does it feel
To treat me like you do
When you've laid laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are
I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how do I feel
Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They will turn away no more
And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today
I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn't for your misfortunes
I'd be a heavenly person today
And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how should I feel
Now I stand here waiting
I thought I told you to leave me
While I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold
(grows cold, grows cold, grows cold)
To treat me like you do
When you've laid laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are
I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how do I feel
Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They will turn away no more
And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today
I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn't for your misfortunes
I'd be a heavenly person today
And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how should I feel
Now I stand here waiting
I thought I told you to leave me
While I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold
(grows cold, grows cold, grows cold)
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It sounds like it might be an interesting interpretation. Unfortunately the guitar player's sliding up the fretboard is doing my swede, so I'm PSDing.
guitar player needs to sand down those fingerprints a little bit...
Regarding the album title, at least we can't say we haven't been warned.
Well done. I like it! When I heard the intro, I was thinking "oh no!" and had my finger ready on the PSD button.
Having never heard either version of this song before, I looked up and played the New Order version. Now I see what Bill meant! :-) I vastly prefer this version over the original, though.
Have loved this for many years. Great interpretation of an already great song.
okskyhi wrote:
I would watch that, if it was a buddy cop comedy road movie.
John barleycorn? meets bjork?
I would watch that, if it was a buddy cop comedy road movie.
John barleycorn? meets bjork?
This is pretty uninspiring to be honest. A difficult song to cover and make original but kudos for giving it a go. Just doesn’t work for me.
Perhaps Flunk and Fink could tour together?
The "Fink & Flunk Funk Tour"?
OK, maybe not.
The "Fink & Flunk Funk Tour"?
OK, maybe not.
Interesting cover. not crazy about hearing the fingers sliding up and down on the fretboard. way too noticeable.
by the way, great cover
watch Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments on you tube
watch Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments on you tube
New Order! I thought I recognized this song. Love this version.
As far as covers go, the band name seems appropriate.
SuperWeh wrote:
why not just write a new song?
Doing an original take on an earlier work is like found art. You can work with what you have. That's what a cover is. Done right and you essentially write a new song around the bones of the earlier version.
why not just write a new song?
Doing an original take on an earlier work is like found art. You can work with what you have. That's what a cover is. Done right and you essentially write a new song around the bones of the earlier version.
ChardRemains wrote:
pretty sure that you can filter it out
New Order's Blue Monday (original) was pretty much the end of the road for them musically, but it's interesting to hear it covered.
stevebeaver wrote:
Not sure I like the lasers zapping in the background.
That's acoustic guitar strings, dear. Not much you can do about it, unless you put the synthesizer back in.
pretty sure that you can filter it out
SmackDaddy wrote:
why not just write a new song?
This is how you do a cover. Make it wholly your own, a totally new take on the song. A fave unknown band I used to go see (Jackpot) used to do Hell's Bells at about 1/4 the speed of the original. It was fantastic.
why not just write a new song?
This is how you do a cover. Make it wholly your own, a totally new take on the song. A fave unknown band I used to go see (Jackpot) used to do Hell's Bells at about 1/4 the speed of the original. It was fantastic.
Why not…
be4con wrote:
+1 - if you cover a great song like this and delivering this you d better not do it
Jesus, this is awful.
+1 - if you cover a great song like this and delivering this you d better not do it
gregorbill wrote:
aw, I'm 15 years too late to make the putty tat joke! :)
I love the Norwegian accent that can't pronounce "th". So it sounds like:
"I taught I was mistaken. I taught I heard you say"
I taught I taw a putty tat.
aw, I'm 15 years too late to make the putty tat joke! :)
New Order bis ...
at first i thought it was nouvelle vague... i like!
Jesus, this is awful.
Well, they named the band right for sure..
Better than the Temptation cover...
I love the Norwegian accent that can't pronounce "th". So it sounds like:
"I taught I was mistaken. I taught I heard you say"
I taught I taw a putty tat.
smilestoomuch wrote:
Hey! This is my first post:) Anyways, Orgy made this popular back when I was in college (the first time). I don't think I've ever heard the New Order version, wasn't much into music in the 80s. I don't mind this female cover, but I totally agree on the Nirvana covers. ack!
Ahh, yes. I remember Orgy, too. Those were the days, eh? Eh?!! Hack. Cough.
I couldn't ever imagine, when New Order was around, and all the Joy Division conversations ruled the ol' sofa down at the radio station, that a decade later, someone would cover New Order, and a decade after that, someone else would, and I'd have to read about someone's reminiscences about the first cover. #-o
God, I'm old.
lotus_65 wrote:
I'm with the people who kinda like this.
Came to say the same.
Boosiewolf wrote:
:headshake: Not this one, sweetie. It's too classic. Try another song to cover.
I'm with you. And I don't think the original is mediocre at all, although it's certainly detached...
I'm with the people who kinda like this.
MrGreg wrote:
I love New Order and this cover too! 
The original Blue Monday song is perhaps one of the most musically mediocre songs ever recorded, and I can't understand why people find any enjoyment in covering it...
I love New Order and this cover too!
smilestoomuch wrote:
:P
Wish they had a Bill the Cat emoticon.
Hey! This is my first post:) Anyways, Orgy made this popular back when I was in college (the first time). I don't think I've ever heard the New Order version, wasn't much into music in the 80s. I don't mind this female cover, but I totally agree on the Nirvana covers. ack!
Ack! Thhhhhppppttt! :P
Wish they had a Bill the Cat emoticon.
Hey! This is my first post:) Anyways, Orgy made this popular back when I was in college (the first time). I don't think I've ever heard the New Order version, wasn't much into music in the 80s. I don't mind this female cover, but I totally agree on the Nirvana covers. ack!
:headshake: Not this one, sweetie. It's too classic. Try another song to cover.
New Order's Blue Monday (original) was pretty much the end of the road for them musically, but it's interesting to hear it covered.
stevebeaver wrote:
Not sure I like the lasers zapping in the background.
That's acoustic guitar strings, dear. Not much you can do about it, unless you put the synthesizer back in.
timandjuliet wrote:
Bjork called. She wants her sound back.
Heehee. Good one!
Kinda tired of the recent trend of covers, especially the high-pitched, whiny-girl styled renderings of 80s classics (example: the god-awful Sixpence None the Richer cover of Crowded House and those covered Nirvana songs). The original was fine, leave it - you know, not everything has to be Lillith Fair friendly.
That said, were this an original, I'd probably like the band.
ladyj wrote:
who does this remind me of........something just seems familiar
I'd say either Bjork or New Order...
who does this remind me of........something just seems familiar
The original Blue Monday song is perhaps one of the most musically mediocre songs ever recorded, and I can't understand why people find any enjoyment in covering it...
Not sure I like the lasers zapping in the background.
Bjork called. She wants her sound back.
Wow, interesting cover. It took me a few just to realize that it was!
Nice remake/remix. Enjoyable and keeps the left side of my brain active while programming
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I'm going to look for the band you played that sounded like they used a sound bite from Fluke. The one that was a remake of... OG... I forget now... Maybe New Order! ?
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