![]() Music For The Masses (1987) [ larger cover art ] |
There'll be times when my crimes
Will seem almost unforgivable
I give in to sin
Because you have to make this life liveable
But when you think I've had enough from your sea of love
I'll take more than another riverfull
Yes, and I'll make it all worthwhile
I'll make your heart smile
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me
Will you take the pain
I will give to you
Again and again
And will you return it
There'll be days when I'll stray
I may appear to be constantly out of reach
I give in to sin
Because I like to practice what I preach
I'm not trying to say I'll have it all my way
I'm always willing to learn when you've got something to teach
Oh, and I'll make it all worthwhile
I'll make your heart smile
Pain, will you return it
I'll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it
I'll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it
I'll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it
I won't say it again
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me
I give in
Again and again
I give in
Will you give it to me
I give in
I'll say it again
I give in
I give in
Again and again
I give in
That's how my love goes
I give in
I'll say it again
I give in
I give in
| reindeer (Pandora) | Posted: May 04, 2013 - 22:12 Love the melody. Hate the lyrics. |
| kcar | Posted: May 04, 2013 - 22:11 Lumpy13 wrote: "Mein Führer! I can walk!" |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Apr 03, 2013 - 19:04 Cynaera wrote: Yeah, I remember some pretty good times at discos, too... I could actually dance back then! Miss you so much, Cynaera... love this song... |
| DearDM (Boston) | Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 06:33 From my faaaaaaavorite album. Dear RP, thanks! |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jan 18, 2012 - 07:51 obstetricus wrote: Burned out on DM in high school...what exactly did I see in this way back when? It was fun, if nothing else. |
| mandolineman1972 (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) | Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 15:27 the same drum computer that Cameo used. oh and probably every band in the eighties. Dont date too well does it? |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 15:26 ...i can't hear this track anymore without expecting the flaming lips afterward... |
| obstetricus | Posted: Sep 29, 2011 - 13:21 Burned out on DM in high school...what exactly did I see in this way back when? |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: Sep 29, 2011 - 13:19 wow. when this first came on i had to check the playlist to see if this was Bobby Brown... then the lyrics started and i'll be changing the station for a few minutes now. |
| pinto (west meade) | Posted: Aug 13, 2011 - 10:33 I picture Axel Foley scaling the wall while furtively looking to see if he's been spotted... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 28, 2011 - 18:30 Cynaera wrote: Yeah, I remember some pretty good times at discos, too... I could actually dance back then! Let's dance... this song is cool... |
| Storyman | Posted: Jul 28, 2011 - 18:29 Nobody under age 25 (30?) will generally like this band, I have found. Sigh... |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 01:49 YES, this is sweet...this album was playing almost constantly as I went round Oz my first time back in '90...and still sounds as grand and impressively eerie — in a very good way... Hey, and DIG the Dr. Strangelove pic below! That movie bears watching every few years (until it finally goes down)... |
| Lumpy13 | Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 08:24 |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 14:08 romeotuma wrote: Reminds me of good times at discos... sigh... love it... Yeah, I remember some pretty good times at discos, too... I could actually dance back then! |
| kittyharker (Arkham) | Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 14:05 Yes! Depeche Mode! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 14:04 Reminds me of good times at discos... sigh... love it... |
| htowncoog (Texas) | Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 14:03 Fi-Wi wrote: Just out of sentimental reasons: a solid 8! Yep...SOLID. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Mar 08, 2011 - 16:25 I wonder what the back to school bugs get paid for singing backup? And do they get to go on tour? |
| Fi-Wi (De Bilt, the Netherlands) | Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 08:47 Just out of sentimental reasons: a solid 8! |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Nov 02, 2010 - 18:01 David Gilmour - No Way Fun Lovin' Criminals - There Was A Time Thievery Corp - Air Batucada Depeche Mode - Strangelove |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Sep 16, 2010 - 07:26 |
| peacockangel (Phoenix) | Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 09:00 Love it |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jun 12, 2010 - 12:29 jackiebd wrote: Depeche Mode can do no wrong. Their music ages well - just like me ![]() Don't flatter yourself. |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 27, 2010 - 09:46 Say it again.....P A I N !!!! Love this track... |
| Shimmer (Bethesda, MD) | Posted: May 27, 2010 - 09:45 This was boring in the 80s and it's boring now. |
| stephanier (South Africa) | Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 02:12 ![]() |
| jackiebd (Massachusetts) | Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 10:00 Depeche Mode can do no wrong. Their music ages well - just like me ![]() |
| peacockangel (Phoenix) | Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 09:58 8 ==> 9 |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 11:12 rachlan wrote: this song really brings me back. i'm getting that weird feeling in my heart. time is moving differently. this music was so ..... urgent back then. I know what you mean ... the first few bars of DM, Pet Shop Boys, Talk Talk from this era and I'm ... well ... younger, for sure. |
| rachlan (nyc) | Posted: Dec 20, 2009 - 16:07 this song really brings me back. i'm getting that weird feeling in my heart. time is moving differently. this music was so ..... urgent back then. |
| ploba (the other coast and hang a left) | Posted: Nov 19, 2009 - 06:01 DM gets wayyyyyyyyyyyy to much airplay on RP |
| drife (Golden, CO) | Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 15:46 Ahhh, Depressed Mode! |
| songbirdfemme (syracuse ny) | Posted: Jun 30, 2009 - 09:06 well I love it!!!! |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: May 29, 2009 - 13:54 Yep, thats Depeche Mode alright! |
| snowcat (Cold, Frozen Minnesota) | Posted: May 29, 2009 - 13:51 Once again... |
| snowcat (Cold, Frozen Minnesota) | Posted: May 13, 2009 - 13:16 smackiepipe wrote: Great song, yes. But my personal vote is for best DP album is 'Black Celebration.' And I was 27 when 'Masses' was released.... ugh. There are a few songs on the new DP 'Sounds Of The Universe' that take me back to Black Celebration (especially Jezebel). |
| 25demayo (dreaming of an asado) | Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 08:44 snowcat wrote: Oh boy am I getting old...20 years ago. Seems like yesterday we were driving around playing this TAPE so loud our ears were begging mercy. martindi wrote: Agree!!!!!!!! I am still doing it and I am 30 :)You were driving around when you were 10? |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 10:38 posworld wrote: I always feel like...somebody's watching me. Get away from the window and put some clothes on for gods sake. |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 10:38 newyorkone wrote: Totally agree. I just put on Music for the Masses a couple of weeks ago and listened straight thru. Can't say that for most artists these days. Great song from their best album indeed. Great song, yes. But my personal vote is for best DP album is 'Black Celebration.' And I was 27 when 'Masses' was released.... ugh. |
| martindi | Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 10:37 snowcat wrote: Oh boy am I getting old...20 years ago. Seems like yesterday we were driving around playing this TAPE so loud our ears were begging mercy. Agree!!!!!!!! I am still doing it and I am 30 :) |
| posworld (Michigan) | Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 10:34 I always feel like...somebody's watching me. |
| martindi | Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 10:34 I just love depeche mode!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Dec 22, 2008 - 15:59 Doesn't sound like Slayer |
| superfido (Sweden) | Posted: Oct 04, 2008 - 12:17 This reminds me of me being a lot younger then I am now. Still I love life as much as I did then. |
| snowcat (Cold, Frozen Minnesota) | Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 16:26 Oh boy am I getting old...20 years ago. Seems like yesterday we were driving around playing this TAPE so loud our ears were begging mercy. |
| js5280 (Denver, CO) | Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 19:46 a_genuine_find wrote: Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?
Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature. Woo-hoo! Yee-haw!
Or how I stopped worrying about nuclear annihilation instead of living in a world repopulated by politicians. |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Apr 14, 2008 - 04:52 Yeah, baby! Just when I was thinking of some songs I'd rather hear on RP than some in current rotation, this comes along and bends me nice and strange...and being above standard orbit while doing prep for almond chicken prep, well, man, it just takes it all to the next level entirely...YOW! DIG IT THANKS Bill & Co.! |
| turbodroga (formosa - argentina) | Posted: Mar 13, 2008 - 19:35 una masa para las for the masses. |
| Alpine (N39d39mW121d30m) | Posted: Mar 13, 2008 - 17:18 huebdoo wrote: The club was Loveafair in Vancouver BC, I was dancing out on the floor by myself and this came on and the crowd filled the dance floor. I remember this beautiful woman (like super model kind of beautiful) came up to me and we started dancing very provocatively, it was almost like a primal moment that you would read about when people go into a trance.
I remember that she had the greatest smile on her face, she was so happy and it was obvious she was having a great time (if it was drug induced I have no idea) When the song ended her boyfriend came, the guy looked like the statue of David except with a tan, His glare at me was something to behold, there was no way in hell that a woman like her would have ever talked to a guy like me in the real world. They marched off with her eyes locked on mine until they disappeared into the crowd and I never saw her again, man here I am in my cube writing this smiling thinking that was my moment and I let it slip, its funny how music can trigger memory banks that have laid dormant for so long. Thanks, Ok Back to work You should have nailed her right there on the dance floor. |


