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From Dangerous Minds:

Does This Obscure Record Sound Like New Order’s “Blue Monday” to You?

Did New Order blatantly cop the groove for “Blue Monday” from obscure minimalist Manchester new wave novelty act, Gerry & the Holograms?
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Championed by Frank Zappa during a 1980 BBC Radio 1 guest disc jockey stint (as well as 1979 radio spot on WPIX in New York and The Dick Cavett Show), Gerry & the Holograms (who consisted of a guy named John Scott, and CP Lee of Manchester-based 70s comedy-rock group, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias) put out this Residents-influenced piss-take on the synthpop bands that would have been emerging then, like Soft Cell or The Human League.

Zappa referred to Gerry & the Holograms as “the hottest thing to come out of Manchester in at least 15 minutes.”

Here’s Blue Monday for your comparisons.

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  1. georgedarby reblogged this from postpunk and added:
    Does This Obscure Record Sound Like New Order’s “Blue Monday” to You? Did New Order blatantly cop the groove for “Blue...
  2. reid-between-the-lines reblogged this from postpunk
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  4. thedailyplaylist reblogged this from postpunk and added:
    before monday became blue and new order hit there was this.
  5. disinterestedbitchez reblogged this from postpunk and added:
    no
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  8. cargohoo reblogged this from thisistheglamorous and added:
    I’m gonna go with yes.
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  10. robert-huxley reblogged this from postpunk and added:
    I don’t see how this resembles “Blue Monday” at all. But since I like this song I will reblog.
  11. yiah reblogged this from postpunk and added:
    via thisistheglamorous via From Dangerous Minds
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  14. basedrubby reblogged this from postpunk and added:
    Trippy and space-y. I’m definitely hearing Blue Monday in here. A little disappointed in them if they just outright...
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  17. brilliantorange reblogged this from thisistheglamorous and added:
    IT’S EVEN IN THE SAME FUCKING KEY!
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