"Bernard and Stephen had worked out how to use it by spending hours recording farts."
Other nuggets from the article: Gilbert said the lyric, "How does it feel?" was inspired by Sumner's annoyance with the music press asking him how he felt (presumably in regards to Ian Curtis' death and subsequent formation of New Order). Saville, meanwhile, explained how he came to design the single's colorful floppy disc cover art:
"I picked up an interesting object and asked: "Wow, what is this?" I'd never seen a floppy disk before. I thought it was great. I said: "Can I have it?" And Stephen said: "Not that one!" So I drove back to London listening to a tape of Blue Monday with another floppy disk lying on the passenger seat."
Read the rest of the fantastic piece, 'How we made: New Order's Gillian Gilbert and designer Peter Saville on Blue Monday' over at The Guardian. Fans interested in learning how Peter Saville was inspired to create other classic Joy Division and New Order album covers should take a look at another feature from 2011 titled, 'Peter Saville on his album cover artwork.' The photo gallery includes 10 album covers/sleeves with Saville's insight/commentary.
A few other video interviews with Saville are posted below:
Peter Saville on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures and why the band's name and album title doesn't appear on the cover:
Discussion of album artwork and pop culture/music/art
