Log inRegister an accountBrowse CSDbHelp & documentationFacts & StatisticsThe forumsAvailable RSS-feeds on CSDbSupport CSDb Commodore 64 Scene Database
  You are not logged in - nap
Blue Monday   [2025]

Blue Monday Released by :
Quantum

Release Date :
15 January 2025

Type :
C64 Music

User rating:*********_  9.4/10 (32 votes)   See votestatistics

Credits :
Music .... Nordischsound of Hokuto Force, PET SCIIENTISTS, Pixelbrei, Quantum, RetroBytes

Download :

Look for downloads on external sites:
 Pokefinder.org


User Comment
Submitted by Hate Bush on 10 February 2025
> If you have nothing nice to say, just don't say anything at all (Trap)

that's how every comment section - and most ratings - on csdb nowadays are cheering fests. maybe that's for the better, maybe it shows that we have grown up and don't want to make enemies.

but no one should be reprimanded for criticising (for the act itself, not for a certain critique), no matter how harshly.

(sorry for another not-relevant-enough comment, but the forum thread is now hijacked and all about AI :|)
User Comment
Submitted by Mr SQL on 9 February 2025
Fantastic cover art! Reminds me of that rendition of Oxygen IV made the SID sound like a Moog.
User Comment
Submitted by TheRyk on 9 February 2025
Please stick to commenting the actual release in comments. I had to remove a good amount of text having nothing to do with the release anymore and re-post it to the forums, so if you want to continue that philosphical debate (what's art at all, haters gonna hate... etc.), please do it here:
Release id #249171 : Blue Monday
User Comment
Submitted by morphfrog on 8 February 2025
Great version of this tune!
User Comment
Submitted by Yogibear on 25 January 2025
Nice take on BM! And just do what ever you want. We're in it for the fun.
User Comment
Submitted by Trap on 18 January 2025
Nice to see people do covers. I enjoy this as it reminds me to go back to check out some of the old music I used to listen to. I think this is well done.
I appreciate your feedback Joe, but as the other people write - maybe turn it down a tiny bit. You are out of line here. If you have nothing nice to say, just don't say anything at all - that's always an option.
User Comment
Submitted by PAL on 18 January 2025
"Waste of talent" what an extremely harsh critique? what is wrong with you in this? This is a community that thrives on joy, creativity, and passion for all different things per different person. Covers have always been a respected art form or something important to people and one can have a lot of fun with that. I can not understand the harsh tone of your response to someone creating something cool on a computer from 1982, a person that did not have that computer at side in the teens even... it deserves admiration to start creating sid tunes with that background... I apploud it all... get a grip Joe...
User Comment
Submitted by Scrap on 16 January 2025
lovely cover! And making a great cover does not seem like a waste of talent to me. @joe: Outside of SID-World, some of the greatest popstars did and do coversongs an people love them if they are good. Nobody would say, the Beatles (just an example) wasted their talent in their early years… And accusing someone of wasting his talent might not be such a „small nail“ for that person and you shouldn’t be surprised about a reaction on that.
User Comment
Submitted by Nordischsound on 16 January 2025
Thanks for all your kind words guys.
@Joe, I'm not 50, not even close 馃槀馃槀馃槀
User Comment
Submitted by apprentix on 16 January 2025
Fantastic!
User Comment
Submitted by Joe on 16 January 2025
@Nordischsound:
I've seen those and listened to them. Great work! I don't comment on all I view/listen to.
I decide what I think and what I vote, not given instructions from 50 year old men who gets upset at any small nail.
And your PM will wait on CSDb, I might read it, or I might not.
User Comment
Submitted by Walt on 15 January 2025
Lovely cover :)
User Comment
Submitted by Perplex on 15 January 2025
Nice work! And never mind people having blue mondays all week!
User Comment
Submitted by Ghost on 15 January 2025
Very great tune, must definitely be on the playlist at the ACQUA Schnapspumpen event!
User Comment
Submitted by et1999cc on 15 January 2025
I disagree with Joe (he has already said something similar in one of my covers). Everyone does and contributes what they feel most comfortable with, you should not follow the rules of others, that is what the demoscene is all about in the end.
User Comment
Submitted by GuyGavin on 15 January 2025
Life is too short to listen to other people’s rules.
Don’t listen to Joe and do what you want to do.
(Sounds cheesy but better than being a tit)
Also 10 because Blue Monday is awesome
User Comment
Submitted by wil on 15 January 2025
As always, something good to hit your ears straight from the North! Thanks for the contribution - great take on this song!
User Comment
Submitted by FABS on 15 January 2025
You have talent indeed :-)
User Comment
Submitted by Nordischsound on 15 January 2025
I'm Joe, I say Nordischsound doing covers all day long.

Where's your comment on this release? Nordischsound Medley A medley FULL of my own music.

or on this Gato Roboto Quantum Intro Coloured even a demo with my own music.

Or this: Steel Drums Calypso [2sid]

or this: Feels Like Summer [2sid]

or this: Ninja's Delight

or this: Hope in Dystopia

or this: Chinese Blossom

or all the original music I've composed so far for the new game from Sara Jane Avory: https://youtu.be/-koBt0Bman8?si=P-bgq0UFvf58zSN1

and so on and so on.... Get out of your bubble bro and don't say stupid shit all day long.

Here are some comments about the music for Kouyate, composed all by me:
"Fine work Sarah, looking forward to the next video upload. Love the music. :)"
"This is really impressive! Intriguing gameplay with great hi-res graphics and atmospheric soundtrack"
" @Nordischsound You have done a fantastic job! Can't wait to hear your tunes in the finished product! Very Ultima (Kenneth W. Arnold) style but still original!"
"This looks very nostalgic like Ultima. Great music to! 馃憤"
"So cool, that there is music in the background everywhere and even different tracks. Music is often much neglected in C64 games. Don't want to just have music in the title screen and then play in silence."
"@patton72010
vor 3 Wochen
36
subscribers
Sarah makes great tunes but I am really glad you are involved, your tunes bring the game another dimension."
"Those are some great tunes, the fight music around 2:20 is 馃憣"
User Comment
Submitted by Joe on 15 January 2025
Cool, but you get a 1 from me, it's excellent technically in all aspects, but I just don't understand why you don't do your own music the same justice.
You have the knowledge and all you do is covers? What a waste of talent! Do you really want to be remembered like the guy without a face?
User Comment
Submitted by Max on 15 January 2025
Superb release, sounds amazing! Thank you.
User Comment
Submitted by Nordischsound on 15 January 2025
If you make SID music, you’ll eventually reach the point where you tell yourself, "I have to cover Blue Monday by New Order." Most people started with this track right away, but for me, it took almost five years. And as always, I’m about 40 years too late to the party :-D. Greetings to all of you, and I hope you enjoy this cover!

mastered hardware recording with oscilloscope view here: https://youtu.be/NzsnymliP5I?si=PUKxcQUgRVmgJlha
Search CSDb
Advanced
Navigate
Prev - Random - Next
Detailed Info
路 Summaries
User Comments (22)
路 Production Notes
Fun Stuff
路 Goofs
路 Hidden Parts
路 Trivia
Forum
Discuss this release (25)
Info on other sites
YouTube
Support CSDb
Help keep CSDb running:



Funding status:




About this site:
CSDb (Commodore 64 Scene Database) is a website which goal is to gather as much information and material about the scene around the commodore 64 computer - the worlds most popular home computer throughout time. Here you can find almost anything which was ever made for the commodore 64, and more is being added every day. As this website is scene related, you can mostly find demos, music and graphics made by the people who made the scene (the sceners), but you can also find a lot of the old classic games here. Try out the search box in the top right corner, or check out the CSDb main page for the latest additions.
Home - Disclaimer
Copyright © No Name 2001-2025
Page generated in: 0.093 sec.