TURN THE HEATER ON

don't forget "i told you so" which has a reggaeton beat... i believe i remember barney saying in an interview that when he was sailing his yacht in the carribean- he could hear the reggaeton/dancehall stylings playing over the radio and this influenced this song... i found the song kinda weak and definately needed a harder beat for it to have worked...

A brilliant cover. When reggae became digitised around this time, it became a weaker force in my mind. The soulful yearnings/dread preachings of Jah fire never sounded all that potent to me in the 80s because of the flimsy bontempi backing( generalisation I know, Yellowman fans). New Order's cool, glacial and detached sound for this song should have been seen as a direction to follow; I love the synth sound, punctuated by the subtle guitar riffs and I think Barney's singing is judged perfectly. This was at a time when he still seemed to understand restraint and didn't feel the need to rock out and emote. In short, better than anything on the last 2 Lps.

TTHO " monte un peu le chauffage" A famous'Ian'favourite song by Keith Hudson. I don't think i've ever heard the Keith Hudson'version, yet. I only know this cover which is one of the best NO 'covers. Sister Ray or AITUK are not very satisfying if we consider their musical "traitement"...- the musical aspects.... The way the band played these both songs is more funny than anything else. Things are obviously different with this one. There's something deep with the song, a real approach. I've never really heard ( seriously) their Sparks cover, when i'm with u, that they used to play in early eighties. I think i've the song, somewhere on an old bootleg - maybe live in Bologna ??? i don't remember. It was one of the first signs of their interest in dance music. Le côté fleur bleue de Barney, aussi...

Jiphy wrote: I like to listen to this song. Well, it sounds reggae, but FACTORY reggae, which makes a big difference.

I do not know if I am the only one to feel that, but one mix of Blue Monday (remixes from the extra record included with the rest of) sounds reggae too.

No photo needed, I prefer TTHO by far.

Thought i was listening to TTHO the other night (shuffle on mp3 player) turned out to be a the BM remix you speak of!

just dug the vinyl version out,,sounds prety good.years since ive played it

its too late now.

its ace - sounds really raw and wrong but I love it

1. Best bit [The beat, the bass, the synths--how ace!!]

2. Worst bit [Barney's vocals... by a tad bit.]

3. Like/hate about it [Just something so new, so different, so raw that couldn't come from anyone else but the Order. And a damn good showing of it too! Personally one of my all-time favorite covers.]

4. Percentage rating [99.9%]

5. Do you think that Bernard's mishearing the lyrics at the start of the song was the reason they didn't do any more covers? [Fuck-all that I would know!!]

I like this song but unfortunatelly exists only on the Peel Sessions of New Order ....

I actually enjoy this song, and it once again shows the diversity of NO.