Just heard "Blue Monday" on the radio.....

But it was the godawful Orgy version :barf:

Got me to thinking, though: Has anyone in the band ever commented on Orgy's hideous version? I was just wondering because I remember Morrissey a few years ago saying that some new band's lousy version of "How Soon is Now?" was better than the original

The theme from Charmed?

Maybe Morrissey likes Tatu? :D

They did a cover of HSIN?

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 But it was the godawful Orgy version :barf:Got me to thinking, though: Has anyone in the band ever commented on Orgy's hideous version? I was just wondering because I remember Morrissey a few years ago saying that some new band's lousy version of "How Soon is Now?" was better than the original

The original version of How Soon is Now does not appeal to me at all. It's not hard for me to imagine a better version. I love almost all of the singles from the Smiths, but How Soon is Now has worn out on me

Thank God someone else is willing to say "How Soon Is Now" is not the Smiths best moment! I've never liked it that much.

(Oddly enough, I enjoy Strangeways, here we come the most. I'm a freak.)

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 But it was the godawful Orgy version :barf:Got me to thinking, though: Has anyone in the band ever commented on Orgy's hideous version? I was just wondering because I remember Morrissey a few years ago saying that some new band's lousy version of "How Soon is Now?" was better than the original

I remember reading an interview with Barney (don't ask me where - can't remember) where he commented that his favourite NO cover was frente's version of Bizarre Love Triangle because it stripped the song down to it's essence - in that same interview he mentioned that he thought the Orgy version was crap. He basically asked what was the point of such a cover that didn't add anything to the original and was merely done in a "style".

Steve said on an Internet chat that it wasn't his style, but he will take the check anyways.

So what? I heard SLC 12" version about 2 years ago on the radio, 5:20AM. In Brazil!!!

I got the time - even drunk as I was - because I was sure I would never, ever hear that again on a radio station.

Originally posted by death of art Maybe Morrissey likes Tatu? :DThey did a cover of HSIN?

No, no, this was pre-Tatu (as if any of us could imagine a time when we weren't obsessed with Russian teenage lesbians?), can't for the life of me remember the group's name (hot chick singer and a lot of nu-metal-meets-synth sort of music).

i stopped dating this one girl when she told me she liked Orgy's Blue Monday better than the original.

Originally posted by beaucoupkevin Thank God someone else is willing to say "How Soon Is Now" is not the Smiths best moment! I've never liked it that much. (Oddly enough, I enjoy Strangeways, here we come the most. I'm a freak.)

A lot of the Smiths songs are crap, and some are not. I quite fancy "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others." I like the guitar parts...

I really quite like The Smiths, but think "How Soon Is Now?" is about their most over-rated moment. Unfortunately, I hate to see what you all say when I tell you that "Blue Monday" is NO's most over-rated one, IMO. It's quite good, but not up to their standard. The BM 95 mixes were a little more interesting to me...

I don't think BM is over-rated - perhaps a bit too familiar to most fans nowadays, but still a groundbreaking and unique piece of work in its own right. Pity about the endless reworkings - I do think the original 83 version is unsurpassed and will always remember the first time I heard it back in 83 thinking I have never heard anything quite like it before, though it's had its fair share of imitators since.

I never said it wasn't groundbreaking. It's just that I was 9 in 1983 and not quite ready for the clubs! It's instrumentation and production and cultural impact make it one of the most important songs of all time. I just think it's kind of repetitive, melodically a little uninteresting. Really good lyrics, though.

The real question: Is it about Ian?

The real question: Is it about Ian?

Aren't they all? Especially "World In Motion?"

Originally posted by Jeff White hey Trevor...blue monday by the order was on the radio on my way to work this morning! :p

All I got to hear this morning, going to school, was some Sky-nerd (classic rock station), some wierd "angry rawk" (college station) and two windbags discussing high-school football, of all things (sports talk)

Originally posted by Jeff White you really should consider moving to Dallas! that's all I'm saying!!!

Hey, anywhere where I could make a living off my un-funny, non-humorous and witty prose would be most welcome!

Does this mean you'll take me in, Jeff old boy? :D (I promise I won't bother you, it's just that I have a 45-minute routine that I do every night of clearing my sinuses with loud, hocking sounds emanating from my lower lungs...you know, it's pollen season and all that)

Originally posted by Jeff White Trevor...I've already offered you space in my humble abode...as long as you can put up with my consumption of beer and viewing of porn...you could be the little brother I never had!!!

Oh, yeah I forgot...sometimes, when I go all Hulk and start breaking shit, I lose little chunks of memory. I just came back from beating the shit out of an oak desk set that I was making for the Grand Wizard in Industrial Arts class, but my buddy interupted my work and....well, anyway, he won't be bothering me anymore

Oh, and the band whose version of "How Soon is Now" Mozza liked? Snake River Conspiracy

Originally posted by Jeff White you really should consider moving to Dallas! that's all I'm saying!!!

There is only one reason to move to Dallas, and that is to go to Texas Stadium to watch the Dallas cheerleaders

Originally posted by Jeff White you really should consider moving to Dallas! that's all I'm saying!!!

Houston would be the better choice.

Who will speak for Austin?

Originally posted by Dark Angel > Originally posted by Jeff White> you really should consider moving to Dallas! that's all I'm saying!!!

Houston would be the better choice. Houston is a miserable place; it is the city that uses the most air conditioning per capita in the States, but I have to admit that the Houston Texans stadium is the best in the NFL. Nevertheless, wtf is Minute Maid Park; now that is the worst park in the majors; why is there a hill in CF???

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 Who will speak for Austin?

You forgot about Corpus Christi

and El Paso

Texarkana? Is it in Arkansas or Texas? Can it decide?

So what, has this become a Texas thread, then? Houston is the biggest city, but it is not the best. The Reliant is the best in the world, MM Park has mold on the bloody roof and the new Toyota Center is brilliant. Nevertheless, I have to give it to Corpus Christi. Great place to go sailing by the way. Keeping a boat moared at the T-Head Marina is where it's at.

Anyway...

Yes, but did you hear Blue Monday on the radio? I didn't.

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www.wluw.org (click on the listen live icon) mondays 10pm CST

and you can join in on the chat that some from NOOL join in on as well. aol im----> wluwdj

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Originally posted by dub Yes, but did you hear Blue Monday on the radio? I didn't.

I hear Blue Monday every morning on the radio.

I just heard Blue Monday on NPR (National Public Radio for those not in the USA or those who still think Rush is Right)...what a surprise. Nearly a minute on it's own between news stories.

Originally posted by Biznotic Love Trapezoid I just heard Blue Monday on NPR (National Public Radio for those not in the USA or those who still think Rush is Right)...what a surprise. Nearly a minute on it's own between news stories.

NPR, you mean Neurotical Proletariat Ruckus

NPR has it's faults, i'll admit that...but you obviously vote Republican. may you grow up to be rich and oblivious like the rest of your party.

Originally posted by Biznotic Love Trapezoid NPR has it's faults, i'll admit that...but you obviously vote Republican. may you grow up to be rich and oblivious like the rest of your party.

I am too young to vote, but I do sway to the right, but even Bush's administration is becoming too far right for me

Originally posted by Jeff White > Originally posted by Dark Angel> > > > Originally posted by dub> > Yes, but did you hear Blue Monday on the radio? I didn't.>

I hear Blue Monday every morning on the radio.

your CD player doesn't count!!!

We have this radio station here that plays nothing but the 80's and every morning, well, every other morning (esp. Monday mornings ;) ) they play Blue Monday. Thoughout the day, they play BLT or True Faith, sometimes both. Sadly, those three songs are the only ones they play.

Originally posted by World in Commotion > Originally posted by Biznotic Love Trapezoid> NPR has it's faults, i'll admit that...but you obviously vote Republican. may you grow up to be rich and oblivious like the rest of your party.

I am too young to vote, but I do sway to the right, but even Bush's administration is becoming too far right for me

Dude, you've got to be on the cusp of eighteen if you're starting college this year, you'll be able to vote in '04 surely (when it's "Bush vs. Whoever-'cause-nobody-fucking-cares-anyway"). Do yourself proud and cast your vote for.......whoever's running on the Commi ticket (there's always a Commie on the ballot!) :D

Bush seems more wishy-washy than Clinton in terms of "right or left", he's for big businesses but also for creating huge government buracracies. He's definitely conservative, but I sense an oppertunistic streak when it comes to "doing more to fight the war on terror", such as pre-emptive strikes and refusing to admit that more soldiers have died in Iraq since Bush's little "flight suit" PR stunt than during the offically declared hostilities.

that orgy version of 'Blue Monday' saddens me, just horrible! Short lived alternative metal band Quicksand did a great version of 'How Soon Is Now'

Originally posted by distant sun that orgy version of 'Blue Monday' saddens me, just horrible! Short lived alternative metal band Quicksand did a great version of 'How Soon Is Now'

I prefer Tatu's from miles of distance