Well, to be fair, the song was still about in 1984. So it’s not like it’s set in 1982, with the song not coming out until 1983.
1983 and 1984 ain’t too far away from each other, either. I’d imagine that Blue Monday would still have been played in most clubs and radio stations in 1984.

It’s difficult to gain much from that teaser, but I guess they just wanted a song that summed up the decade; to make people aware that the film in set in that period.

And as for comparisons with Ready Player One, we’ve no idea how, or indeed if, the song will be used in the final film.
It’s a teaser. That’s all.

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Yep. Blue Monday was (incredibly) still in the top 40 until 20/11/83. So was still ‘current’ only 5-6 weeks or so before 1984 arrived. Therefore, the song is very much of the era that the film is covering.

Watched the trailer. Looks great.
The song works really well. Love when the New Order version kicks in. Sounds golden.

I doubt it.

As a song, Blue Monday evokes the time period without sounding cheesy - try and imagine the trailer cut to any of 1984's top 10 singles:

When Doves Cry by Prince
What's Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner
Say Say Say by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
Footloose by Kenny Loggins
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) by Phil Collins
Jump by Van Halen
Hello by Lionel Richie
Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes
Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
Karma Chameleon by Culture Club

Blue Monday already sounded more futuristic than anything of the time, and it's been continually reworked, covered, and referenced, which has kept it in the public's consciousness. It's still a contemporary song. Plus, it has long instrumental passages so they're not trying to cut dialogue around lyrics. And it lends itself to orchestration well.

Incidentally, the music arranged for trailers is often just that - for the trailer. Blue Monday proper will likely be on the soundtrack, but not this orchestral version. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 used an incredible remix/orchestral version of Fleetwood Mac's The Chain, but the soundtrack used the standard version.

Off the top of my head the four tracks in bold were very specifically featured in/written for films of the time (3 of the 4 are the names of the films).
I could imagine Prince's Let's Go Crazy working quite well. I wouldn't mind a bit of Owner Of A Lonely Heart in the film somewhere.

Some other tracks from the time that might work:
Tears For Fears: Mothers Talk (album version - v dramatic)
Pat Benatar: Love Is A Battlefield ( I enjoyed "We Belong" in Deadpool 2, albeit one of the many tongue in cheek tune choices)
Billy Idol: Rebel Yell
Animotion: Obsession
Eurythmics: Here Comes The Rain Again (or y'know Sweet Dreams if you want to jump back a couple of years)
Frankie: Two Tribes (all those remixes and instrumental sections)
But yeah I get why BM works, I really do. Maybe we'll get some of the above songs on the film soundtrack too...






I can't argue with your logic/example here, but as agent Mulder might say: I want to believe.
I'd love to think that the orchestral "score" parts might be used beyond this trailer. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

New Order are on BBC4 Top of the Pops 1988 this Friday 13 Dec @21h.

What song will this be? Blue Monday 1988?

Yep. It’ll be Fine Time. Barney in full ‘gurn mode’.

They actually featured the song on the episode shown last week. They played a couple of minutes of the video. So, nothing major.

It's not a remix.
BM 83 (re-edited) is at the end of the trailer.
Prior to that, it's two cover versions. A synthy one near the start (don't know who that's performed by).
And an orchestral version in the middle. The orchestral version is apparently by L'Orchestra Cinématique.



The fact that this appears to have been pre-made doesn't bode well for my hopes that it might have been recorded for/by the film makers for the film itself...
*BIG EDIT* Actually I misunderstood what this video is. It's not the actual recording used in the trailer. They have clarified in YouTube comments that it's inspired by the trailer. Which means it must have been put together within about a day (!).

Edited by user 10 December 2019 04:03:57(UTC)  | Reason: comments above the youtube clip

Ah you mean this. I've amended my previous post now.

Interesting article, if a little bizarre.

Hmmm, can't say I see the resemblance.

It's not the Neuzeit Grotesk font used for The Perfect Kiss and Low-life, but every time I see this Uber logo on a car, I'm reminded of them.

Wow! Yep, you're right. Had never noticed that. Good spot.

I liked Atomic Blonde. A pretty good, stylish action flick. There's a pretty great fight that starts in a building and carries over into a car, IIRC.
I'm a sucker for a good female action hero and Charlize Theron, with this performance and Fury Road (awesome film!), really fits the bill.

I went back and listened to NOMC 2015 - couldn't hear it. Then I googled Alexandra Palace 2018, the last time I saw 'em live, and yep there it is:



You have clearly been paying closer attention to the live intro of Atmosphere than the rest of us between 2016(?) and now. Gold star, Mr Fotze...Singing Detective.

Cat People sometimes turns up on my phone listening choices as part of a 2ManyDJ's mix (this one dedictated to drummer Keith Forsey who played on many famous artists/songs in the 70s & 80s). But it turns out the intro isn't in that DJ mix...

There are four of these 2x2 mixes from 2ManyDjs' that they did for Apple Beats1, I just used a youtube ripper to nab them all from the YT uploads for my phone. And now I've gone completely off topic.


Slightly back to the topic, Atomic Blonde was watchable but inessential. The kick-ass glamourous hit-woman thing has been done before (Nikita/ La Femme Nikita) and indeed done more recently (2019's Anna). But I like Charlize, and John Goodman (despite his real life politics), and plonking the story in the period immediately before the fall of the Berlin wall added something to it. Agree with Perpex Orange re: the action sequences too.

PS: Ah it looks like Mr Detective has posted since I started this post...

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Collaboration with Iggy Pop. Incorporating Lou Reed’s Street Hassle into Temptation. Now incorporating Bowie’s Cat People into Atmosphere. They’ve successfully pinched from all the legends of 70s art rock! Ian would be proud.