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Depeche Mode
« on: January 15, 2011, 09:49:24 PM »
I meant to make this thread like a month ago, but whatever. Anyway, I only discovered them just last year, but they've quickly become one of my favorite bands. They've made some of the most gorgeous, emotional, heartfelt, and catchy music I've ever heard. Martin Gore is an ingenious lyricist that pours his heart into everything he does. If you can't relate to at least one Depeche Mode song, you have no soul.

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2011, 09:52:55 PM »
PERSONAL JESUS, RIGHT?

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2011, 09:56:16 PM »
YEAH, THAT'S THEM. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE WAY BETTER SONGS THAN THAT, BUT PJ IS STILL GOOD.

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2011, 10:01:41 PM »
I WOULDN'T MIND A RECOMMENDATION OR TWO.

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 10:05:17 PM »
Phew, I'm glad I got all that yelling out.

Black Celebration is my favorite. It's dark, but it's got some really catchy stuff, too: Question of Lust, Question of Time, Here is the House, But Not Tonight, and the title track is amazing. Music for the Masses is good, too. Violator is probably their most accessible, and it's got Personal Jesus. Songs of Faith and Devotion is a classic as well. You can't go wrong with any of their albums, but those are the ones I would recommend first.

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2011, 03:00:03 AM »
I have them all, and Music For The Masses and Violator are my favourite albums of theirs. Songs Of Faith And Devotion is great as well, it has a little more rock elements to it (distorted guitars). I'm not a synth guy at all, but Depeche Mode is an exception to this.
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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2011, 10:39:29 AM »
They're still putting out good albums, too, even though they've been around a long time.  Their most recent, Sounds of the Universe, is pretty good.  And the one before that, Playing the Angel, is as good as Violator, one of their classics.

Excellent band.  :tup

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« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2011, 12:19:04 PM »
They are one of my favorite artists. Every album from Some Great Reward to Songs Of Faith And Devotion is a masterpiece and then Playing The Angel is on par with these albums too. Other albums are great but not as good as these... It's very hard to choose a favorite one but Black Celebration would be probably my favorite too

Phew, I'm glad I got all that yelling out.

Black Celebration is my favorite. It's dark, but it's got some really catchy stuff, too: Question of Lust, Question of Time, Here is the House, But Not Tonight, and the title track is amazing. Music for the Masses is good, too. Violator is probably their most accessible, and it's got Personal Jesus. Songs of Faith and Devotion is a classic as well. You can't go wrong with any of their albums, but those are the ones I would recommend first.

But Not Tonight isn't on Black Celebration it's good song but it doesn't fit on that album at all. If it would be there Black Celebration would definitely decrease in overall quality because it would ruin the consistent and amazing dark mood which is present through whole album it's just a B-Side from Black Celebration. And I know that on US version or somewhere it is included at the end but it doesn't matter cause originally it fortunatelly wasn't part of the album.

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2011, 01:20:16 PM »
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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2011, 01:38:16 PM »
Great band, Strangelove is my favourite song by them.  :tup

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2011, 01:56:31 PM »
violator  :hefdaddy

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2011, 09:36:51 PM »
violator  :hefdaddy

This. One of the best albums made in the 90s.
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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2011, 07:25:30 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9nU5lTTg5I&feature=related

I..Umm..Prefer this to the original.

Not a bad cover at all, the riffs are good, although not sure about the vocalist.

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« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2011, 08:46:04 AM »
Listening to "101" right now :D

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Re: Depeche Mode
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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2011, 08:59:17 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9nU5lTTg5I&feature=related

I..Umm..Prefer this to the original.

It's great cover and it's really good that it's so different from the original but it doesn't touch the original for me. Basicly because of the vocals and the fact that World In My Eyes is one of my favorite songs by DM and my favorite section of the song which is after the last chorus or last that's all there is line is too much flat and bland compared to the original awesomeness for me. But it's still great cover

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2011, 11:27:57 AM »
i have a few of their albums, great mellow band.
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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2011, 11:58:20 AM »
I imagined the story to go more like this.

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2011, 12:35:04 PM »
Followed them since early 80's,still love them.Even gave my 2 children Depeche related middle names.

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« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2011, 07:54:50 PM »
I pretty much listened to only hard rock and metal when I was a kid, and then when I was in the 8th grade, I gave Depeche Mode a serious listen and it opened so many doors for me. Then I started obsessing over groups I used to refer to as "English 80's wuss music," haha. Black Celebration and Music for the Masses are their two best albums in my opinion, but I also really love Some Great Reward, Songs of Faith and Devotion, Violator, A Broken Frame, and Ultra. Playing the Angel was also decent--probably their coldest, most depressing album in many years. They also have a bunch of killer b-sides.
I am glad that DM is getting a lot of love on these boards :)

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2011, 08:49:02 PM »
I forgot that Rammstein did a cover of Stripped. It's actually pretty decent.

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2011, 12:30:52 PM »
I forgot that Rammstein did a cover of Stripped. It's actually pretty decent.

In Flames' cover of Everything Counts is also pretty good.

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« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2011, 12:47:19 PM »
Johnny Cash's cover of Personal Jesus is pretty cool too, it is kind of bluesy.
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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2011, 02:15:45 PM »
I forgot that Rammstein did a cover of Stripped. It's actually pretty decent.

In Flames' cover of Everything Counts is also pretty good.

what's with all the heavy covers of DM songs  :D

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2011, 03:30:10 PM »
I quite like In Flames' cover, but it never hooked me. It was Dan Swano's cover of Shake the Disease that convinced me to finally give DM a thorough listen. I'm glad I did, because I can't get enough of them. I've been listening to them for only a few months, and they're already 3rd on my last.fm. AREN'T I COOL?!

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« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2011, 03:48:47 PM »
I just listened to Rammstein's, In Flames' and Cash's covers. Dunno, the only one that was cool was Cash's. The other stuff was essentially "lol, distorted guitars make everything sound cool!!".

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2011, 03:50:11 PM »
Don't be a douchhhhhe.


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« Reply #28 on: February 06, 2011, 11:33:30 PM »
I just listened to Rammstein's, In Flames' and Cash's covers. Dunno, the only one that was cool was Cash's. The other stuff was essentially "lol, distorted guitars make everything sound cool!!".

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #29 on: May 27, 2011, 05:42:34 PM »
Bump.

This board needs moar Depeche Mode.

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #30 on: May 27, 2011, 07:59:27 PM »
...and the world needs for Depeche Mode to put albums out more often.

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #31 on: May 29, 2011, 12:06:05 AM »
...and the world needs for Depeche Mode to put albums out more often.

This.  I was excited when this came up on recent threads because I thought maybe someone bumped it with surprise news of a new album.

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Re: Depeche Mode
« Reply #32 on: July 10, 2011, 08:11:22 PM »
Just got the new remix album. It has a bunch of fantastic stuff on it. I recommend it to any fan of the band.

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« Reply #33 on: July 11, 2011, 01:55:41 PM »
I like Depeche Mode. They're a nice break from my otherwise mainly rock/metal oriented musical preferences :) I particularly like Violator as an album, and I have several single songs I like very much.

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« Reply #34 on: September 05, 2011, 04:39:18 PM »
Selected Discography
Sounds Of The Universe Their 2nd best album in my view
Violator
Sounds Of Faith And Devotion
Alan Wilder's last albums and tours with Depeche Mode
Music For The Masses Turned Synth-Pop pioneers into fully fleged stadium rock arena gods
Ultra, Exciter, Playing The Angel
Brought back Depeche Mode from the ashes with that unmistakeable DM sound