Depeche Mode

[Erneuert]

@Disassociative , Dave released his first solo album in 2003. Prior to that Martin wrote all the songs and Dave sang most of them (Martin usually sings 2 or so per album). Since 2005 Dave has had about 3 of his own songs written per album. Of the above, Broken, Nothing's Impossible and Should Be Higher are all songs written by Dave.

[butters]

Some personal highlights for me

…see man, THIS is why we're friends!!

[Erneuert]

…see man, THIS is why we're friends!!

Feel free to quote it to this page and add your picks!

[elevenism]

So as someone who's always kinda overlooked Depeche Mode for no tangible reason and is now thoroughly enjoying getting into them thanks to The Last of Us playing Never Let Me Down again (its been a while since I've heard a song that strikes a chord with me as much as that) I'm not sure where to begin.

I've listened to Black Celebration, Music For The Masses and Violator so far and it's hard to pick a highlight but I do like what I'm hearing.

I can totally hear their influence on early NIN too. Makes sense why Trent cites them as a big influence.

For me, the ultimate highlight is every single fucking second of Violator (except Personal Jesus: I do quite like it, but it sounds like it's on the wrong album)...oh, and headphones are a requirement. The tricksy panning on that record are legendary.

Edit: I know that's like saying TDS is the best NIN record, but after like 31 years of fandom, I've finally begrudgingly decided that, yes. Yes, TDS (ouch) is (it's physically painful to say this) a hair better than Broken and TF.

As far as trent citing them as an influence, I honestly felt like he never cited them as an influence NEARLY enough.

[burnmotherfucker!]

For me, the ultimate highlight is every single fucking second of Violator (except Personal Jesus: I do quite like it, but it sounds like it's on the wrong album)...oh, and headphones are a requirement. The tricksy panning on that record are legendary.

Edit: I know that's like saying TDS is the best NIN record, but after like 31 years of fandom, I've finally begrudgingly decided that, yes. Yes, TDS (ouch) is (it's physically painful to say this) a hair better than Broken and TF.

As far as trent citing them as an influence, I honestly felt like he never cited them as an influence NEARLY enough.

When I listen to Violator I am convinced it is Depeche Mode's best album. But then when I listen to Black Celebration I think it is their best record. They're both just about perfect to me. One thing is for sure. BC-Violator is their best three album run. Anywhere else you go in their discography is not going to live up to it. But they have good tracks all throughout their career.

And for me I still think The Fragile>TDS. But it's close.

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86-93 for me, it's absolutely staggering the quality they put out in those 4 albums. All that in 7+ years..

[armogi]

wait, it's 9am here, this was just a counter to another counter then???

[Ax Mr. L]

wait, it's 9am here, this was just a counter to another counter then???

Seems like it. They posted on twitter that Ghosts Again comes out February 9th. Also, there's 18s snippet of the song on the same tweet. https://twitter.com/depechemode/stat...56525788721153

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oh...

[Erneuert]

Is this second timer going to take us to a Rick Astley video at the end?

[DMLiveWiki]

I transferred the press conference from the Warner Brothers MiniDV master. I'll have to see if its in there.

I probably have this on one of the hard drives you gave me. I wish I could say I'll get around to sorting & sharing the stuff on those soon but life gets in the way...

I haven't been on this forum in a while. Here are some particularly high-quality and enjoyable live recordings I've shared upgrades of recently:

1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK/Source 1 - Depeche Mode Live Wiki (dmlive.wiki) - soundboard recording, Nakamichi Dragon transfer from first-generation cassette - big upgrade to the prior available transfers, shared in memoriam of Fletch

1982-05-07 The Ritz, New York City, NY, USA/Source 1 - Depeche Mode Live Wiki (dmlive.wiki) - very good audience recording, new Nakamichi transfer from a first-generation cassette tape

1986-06-24 St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN, USA/Source 1 - Depeche Mode Live Wiki (dmlive.wiki) - extremely good audience recording - new Nakamichi transfer from master tapes - unbelieveably good for being "just" an audience recording taped on a couple cassettes!

1990-07-05 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA/Source 1 - Depeche Mode Live Wiki (dmlive.wiki) - excellent audience recording, new Nakamichi transfer from master tapes

1990-07-06 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA/Source 1 - Depeche Mode Live Wiki (dmlive.wiki) - very good audience recording, new Nakamichi transfer from master tapes, with missing tape completed using a raw 1st gen transfer

For more, read News archive - Depeche Mode Live Wiki (dmlive.wiki)

Enjoy!

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I did laugh out loud when i refreshed after the counter to get another counter. Bastards.

[Erneuert]

Physical cover has leaked with song titles:

https://www.reddit.com/r/depechemode...tm_name=iossmf

Spoiler: 01 - My Cosmos Is Mine
02 - Wagging Tongue
03 - Ghosts Again
04 - Don’t Say You Love Me
05 - My Favourite Stranger
06 - Soul With Me
07 - Caroline’s Monkey
08 - Before We Drown
09 - People Are Good
10 - Always You
11 - Never Let Me Go
12 - Speak To Me

[DVYDRNS]

Pretty sus.

[Erneuert]

Pretty sus.

I thought so too but it’s seeming legit. There will also be b-sides with vocals.


This also confirms the “Before We Drown” song and b-side:

https://i.redd.it/oiojc5viftea1.jpg

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Physical cover has leaked with song titles:

https://www.reddit.com/r/depechemode...tm_name=iossmf

Spoiler: 01 - My Cosmos Is Mine
02 - Wagging Tongue
03 - Ghosts Again
04 - Don’t Say You Love Me
05 - My Favourite Stranger
06 - Soul With Me
07 - Caroline’s Monkey
08 - Before We Drown
09 - People Are Good
10 - Always You
11 - Never Let Me Go
12 - Speak To Me

Same source is now saying the Ghosts Again single will be 7 songs over 2 LPs, one CD single and a digital download.

Ghosts Again, two bonus tracks (b-sides?) plus four remixes of Ghosts Again including the Camelphat remix.

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Would love this to come back live… except without the country twist. The album version would be amazing live.

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Ghosts Again (Camelphat Remix) - https://on.soundcloud.com/iK35ivJFHoZRAn4r6

[Erneuert]

If someone could give this to me that'd be great.


Captioned: "weightless hours, all my flowers"

[Erneuert]

Stella Rose (Dave's daughter) is opening for the band, along with another artist.

Soon Gary Numan's daughter Raven will be opening for his gigs, too. This is becoming a trend!

[Erneuert]

Ghosts Again lyrics:

Spoiler: Wasted feelings, broken meaningsTime is fleeting, see what it brings


Hellos, goodbyes, a thousand midnights
Lost in sleepless lullabies


Heaven's dreaming thoughtless thoughts, my friends
We know we'll be ghosts again


Sunday's shining, silver linings
Weightless hours, all my flowers


A place to hide the tears that you cried
Everybody says goodbye


Faith is sleeping, lovers in the end
Whisper we'll be ghosts again


Written by: Martin L. Gore

[Erneuert]

Very Ingmar Bergman-esque (The Seventh Seal; chess with death scene - Max Von Sydow):




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[butters]

I've been listening to Martin's instrumentals a lot during our waiting period the last few weeks. Anyone (like me) who wasn't into VCMG that much, but likes DM instrumentals should really check out MG & The Third Chimpanzee EP.

Songs like "Brink" were written during (and potentially for) Delta Machine but went unused, and I just learned "You Move" from Spirit actually came from an unused instrumental track that Dave liked and wrote lyrics. Honestly, adding them into rotation with DM songs is kinda like adding TR/AR score tracks into a NIN playlist – it just works.

[butters]

Very Ingmar Bergman-esque (The Seventh Seal; chess with death scene - Max Von Sydow)

If memory serves me correctly, didn't you really love The Seventh Seal? That's the first thing I thought of when I saw that still frame.

[Erneuert]

@butters - yeah, "You Move" is credited as the first song written by both Dave and Martin. I keep seeing that, but wasn't "Oh Well" the first one written by them both?

The Seventh Seal is awesome, yeah. Moreso because of my lifelong connection with The Exorcist and Max von S being in it.

What about that instrumental from the leaked Delta Machine sessions? "Schism"?

https://dmlive.wiki/wiki/Delta_Machine_Demos

[butters]

@butters - yeah, "You Move" is credited as the first song written by both Dave and Martin. I keep seeing that, but wasn't "Oh Well" the first one written by them both?

The Seventh Seal is awesome, yeah. Moreso because of my lifelong connection with The Exorcist and Max von S being in it.

What about that instrumental from the leaked Delta Machine sessions? "Schism"?

https://dmlive.wiki/wiki/Delta_Machine_Demos

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting those Delta Machine demos are out there.... and I keep forgetting I don't have them.

And you're completely correct about Oh Well – that definitely came first.

[Erneuert]

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting those Delta Machine demos are out there.... and I keep forgetting I don't have them.

And you're completely correct about Oh Well – that definitely came first.

Only samples of the demos have been released AFAIK. Apart from a rough version of Broken which is complete and another one.

[piggy]

I've been listening to Martin's instrumentals a lot during our waiting period the last few weeks. Anyone (like me) who wasn't into VCMG that much, but likes DM instrumentals should really check out MG & The Third Chimpanzee EP.

This reminds me... Did any of you guys check out the album that Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones released in 2021, under the name Sunroof? I thought it was interesting, and they have another one coming out this spring.

[Erneuert]

Some refreshing colouring for the single.