Tippster
(Washington, DC) | | Posted: Apr 23, 2013 - 18:09 | |
scrubbrush wrote:this is THE band that made me turn off pop radio in the 80's and start looking though my dad's 60s and 70s 'classic rock' collection. Thanks Depeche Mode! First of all - DM was Pop in the '80s? HAHAHAHAHA Not even "Personal Jesus" was a Top 40 radio song. You forget the music that was actually on Billboard... http://top40-charts.com/features/YearEnd/yearend1990.php Wilson Phillips had the top song of the YEAR! |
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Jim_Messenger
(United Kingdom - Near Nottingham) | | Posted: Mar 23, 2013 - 06:38 | |
So you will all be pleased that their new album 'Delta Machine' is out this week.  |
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BoulderKevin
(Boulder, CO) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 20:14 | |
that's it, in a nutshell. perfect...
Proclivities wrote:
Yeah, as if there was no bad music in the sixties and seventies. It's just what one chooses to remember.
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Nov 17, 2012 - 19:03 | |
craptacular  |
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cubaninlondon
(London) | | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 08:16 | |
Has anyone heard the Goldfrapp remix to this tune? It's very good, too. A Cuban In London. |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 04:13 | |
Buzzardcheater wrote:Man, I totally don't understand the raves for this kind of 80's overblown, proto-Emo, crap. These guys, The Cure, etc. Bleh. Good to keep it in the rotation for those who dig it I guess - and to remind me of how bad a lot of the mid-80s stuff was.
Harrumph. (damn, I'm sounding old...) Yeah, as if there was no bad music in the sixties and seventies. It's just what one chooses to remember. |
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wolfkiss
| | Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 11:13 | |
HarrO wrote:I smell clove cigarettes. So true  . I intellectually understand the sophisto response to these guys; love'm just the same. |
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MiracleDrug
(Earth) | | Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 11:08 | |
shutter wrote:I'm an unapologetic Depeche Mode fan. These guys have staying power and creativity, IMO. And I just like their music. That's all I have to say about that.
good. Baskin & Robbins didn't stop after vanilla for a reason... |
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shutter
(You can't get here from there) | | Posted: Jul 01, 2011 - 11:03 | |
I'm an unapologetic Depeche Mode fan. These guys have staying power and creativity, IMO. And I just like their music. That's all I have to say about that.
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sonicsurfer
(Vancouver BC Canada) | | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 21:17 | |
I'm sort of shocked by the recent negative feedback on this song/band. As a full on eighties participant, DJ & club regular I kind of found them easy to listen to and fun, like mouse and a trillion other great bands. Even when I was being my most petulant, dressed entirely in latex black and so self absorbed I still allowed for them to play in my convertible on a sunny day ... mostly for monetary reasons I admit. |
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scrubbrush
| | Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 12:05 | |
this is THE band that made me turn off pop radio in the 80's and start looking though my dad's 60s and 70s 'classic rock' collection. Thanks Depeche Mode! |
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ce
(the Netherlands) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 02:49 | |
Buzzardcheater wrote:Man, I totally don't understand the raves for this kind of 80's overblown, proto-Emo, crap. These guys, The Cure, etc. Bleh. Good to keep it in the rotation for those who dig it I guess - and to remind me of how bad a lot of the mid-80s stuff was.
Harrumph. (damn, I'm sounding old...)
I hear you. This song is rather mediocre. |
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Zep
| | Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 13:18 | |
So probably the 5th or 6th best song on Violator.
And it still rates an 8.
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reindeer
(Pandora) | | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 23:10 | |
Buzzardcheater wrote:Man, I totally don't understand the raves for this kind of 80's overblown, proto-Emo, crap. These guys, The Cure, etc. Bleh. Good to keep it in the rotation for those who dig it I guess - and to remind me of how bad a lot of the mid-80s stuff was.
Harrumph. (damn, I'm sounding old...)
So, what "overblown crap" did you listen to? The 1980s was an amazing time for music and creativity. Too bad you missed out. You must have fallen asleep. You missed some good stuff! We should start calling you Buzzard Kill, get it? I gave this a ten, just to keep it in the rotation, and hopefully wake you up every time it comes on. Wake up BuzzKill !
Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey!
Time for some more overblown crap ! |
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Droidac
(4066 kms east of Paradise) | | Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 05:28 | |
Buzzardcheater wrote:Man, I totally don't understand the raves for this kind of 80's overblown, proto-Emo, crap. These guys, The Cure, etc. Bleh. Good to keep it in the rotation for those who dig it I guess - and to remind me of how bad a lot of the mid-80s stuff was.
Harrumph. (damn, I'm sounding old...)
Well, your birthday is shown as Jan 01, 1901, so yeah, that does make you old! No wonder you don't get the 80's - you were 80! |
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blotto
| | Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 10:49 | |
I've just recently started listening to DM, having thought they were too gay in the 80's - 90's. I've really started to like a lot of their stuff, and have both "the singles" in my ipod. It's good listening on a bicycle.
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fuh2
(salmon land) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 10:32 | |
gardenercath wrote:Yes it's depressing, dour and downbeat but at the same time strangely beautiful  Yes, not for your average Joe 6 Pack. |
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gardenercath
(suffolk, england) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 10:30 | |
Yes it's depressing, dour and downbeat but at the same time strangely beautiful |
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HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise) | | Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 21:55 | |
I smell clove cigarettes.
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Buzzardcheater
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 08:03 | |
Man, I totally don't understand the raves for this kind of 80's overblown, proto-Emo, crap. These guys, The Cure, etc. Bleh. Good to keep it in the rotation for those who dig it I guess - and to remind me of how bad a lot of the mid-80s stuff was.
Harrumph. (damn, I'm sounding old...)
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 08:03 | |
Depressing lyrics but the song is somehow uplifting.  |
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RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA) | | Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 14:11 | |
LPCity wrote:I NEVER got this band. I'm not saying that to entice a flame war, I just could never stand all the synths and that guys voice.
I could never get them either, and I'm pretty open to just about anything. I like the synth bass though. |
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rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California) | | Posted: Aug 22, 2008 - 09:37 | |
Chris Isaak to Depeche Mode? Not something you hear anywhere but RP. I am in heaven. BillG, you are the man.  |
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Ag3nt0rang3
(4,609 km from Paradise) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2008 - 05:38 | |
otto63 wrote:
Are you serious? Too young? I don't think so... A classic 20 years old
this wasn't a single in North America that I know of, so if one wasn't a fan, one wouldn't have heard this track (in North America). |
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otto63
(Kastoria, Greece) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2008 - 05:07 | |
michaelgmitchell wrote:Hmm . . . I think this is why I listen to RP. Surprises abound. Music I've never heard before.
Something about this one . . . I likey.
Are you serious? Too young? I don't think so... A classic 20 years old |
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michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON Canada) | | Posted: Mar 17, 2008 - 19:39 | |
Hmm . . . I think this is why I listen to RP. Surprises abound. Music I've never heard before.
Something about this one . . . I likey.
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Tailypoe
(In the basement of Otto's Barouque Musick behing the boxes of pickle jars) | | Posted: Jan 30, 2008 - 13:06 | |
goodd to the point where I can happily lisen to it casually
6.5/10
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esotericderek
| | Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 11:15 | |
exciter76 wrote:violator was certainly one of their best album (maybe the best?) and Halo one of the best songs in it... nice out-of-range for the usual DM sound at the time
Second best. Nothing can top Music for the Masses! That's pure brilliance. This one's nearly pure brilliance.
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dogpound
(the island on which I belong) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 11:12 | |
oh there is something wrong with this...
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iransofaraway
(Ramona, CA) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 11:12 | |
I'd argue that with their latest release they've become a bit more "faith" based, instead of anti-faith. I view "Playing the Angel" as a journey of faith, the ups and downs. Like a realistic view of Christianity, but not necessarily one that bashes it or disproves/is against it.
fredriley wrote:I've come late to Depeche Mode, having liked their 80s poppiness then forgetting about them until a year ago. I'd not until then realised how dark and angst-ridden they are, such that I've heard that many now consider them to be a Goth band, not least because of their use of christian imagery in the lyrics (though they're pretty anti-religious). As a closet Goth myself the combination of dark lyrics, catchy poppy beats, deep bass lines, and religious imagery is irresistible. A 9, and I don't give them out very often. |
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