― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 04:20 (nineteen years ago) link
The Mike Shinoda remix is great though, fuck the other remixes, I mean none of them answered the time honored question, "What if Depeche Mode was actually Linkin Park?"
― Allyzay Needs Legs More (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 04:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Hahaha. That IS useless. Orgy's "Blue Monday" made more sense (ie, none at all).
"What if Depeche Mode was actually Linkin Park?"
The only difference anyway between the two bands are louder guitars and rapping, of a sort. Even the rhyme structures are similar! (Alternate example of said-mega-obvious style of rhyming: Placebo.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 04:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 04:48 (nineteen years ago) link
Commparing EITHER song to Orgy's Blue Monday is pretty much worth a punch in the face, Ned.
― Allyzay Needs Legs More (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 04:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 05:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Allyzay Needs Legs More (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 05:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 05:58 (nineteen years ago) link
behind the wheel/route 66 (megamix) dream on - morel's pink noise club mix master and servant (u.s. black & blue version) nothing - justin strauss mix people are people - special edition on-usound remix little 15 (bogus brothers mix) freelove - josh wink dub personal jesus (kazan cathedral mix) but not tonight - extended remix but not tonight (margouleff dance mix) freelove - powder productions remix slowblow (mad professor mix) rush - black sun mix
(That last one, I should note, is the semi-legendary never-exactly-released-as-such Coil mix -- Coil themselves offered it up on their site a while back very briefly so it's not rare per se, but it's nice to see it resurface again.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 06:41 (nineteen years ago) link
I’m old enough to remember their first UK TOTP appearance, yet despite enjoying the odd single on the radio I always found them pretty lightweight, and am continually surprised how substantial their influence has been on so much electronic music - from the Horrorist to Black Strobe who drop 'World In My Eyes' in their ‘Essential Mix’.
― stevo (stevo), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 10:01 (nineteen years ago) link
And, for some reason, "Speak & Spell" has never been fully accepted the way, for instance "Dare", "Rio" and "Lexicon Of Love" have, although the former is also another good example of a brilliant lightweight early 80s pop album.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 21 December 2004 14:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Would it be cruel to say that part of me misses Crazy Heroin Dave? He was such a great showman. The Happy Fun Dave of today is more reserved, is a better singer, and will survive each tour with certainty. Of course, those aren't criticisms.
The key moment, of course, is the instant when the live drums come crashing into "I Feel You". That's the DM equivalent of turning the volume knob from 10 up to the full 11.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 06:30 (nineteen years ago) link
my fave song is " nothng"
― pimpf boy, Wednesday, 19 January 2005 06:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― pimpf boy, Wednesday, 19 January 2005 07:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 14:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link
It's great!
― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 22:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link
The production's great, it's very much of a piece, also nice to feel some of the brooding goth romantisicm stuff that I like in Superpitcher/Koehncke/Alex Smoke echo back across the decades.
You don't get enough ROCK albums that sound like this.
― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 23:04 (nineteen years ago) link
What I like most about Violator is "Policy of Truth," though I couldn't tell you why..
― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 18 August 2005 01:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 18 August 2005 02:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 18 August 2005 02:27 (nineteen years ago) link
That's for damn sure.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 18 August 2005 02:27 (nineteen years ago) link
I used to worry that Alan Wilder's departure would cripple Depeche completely but as brilliant an arranger as he was, switching to a new model of working where each new producer becomes the key collaborator/arranger has resulted in Depeche becoming fresher by default, and based on "Precious" Ben Hillier is going to make it three for three here...
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 September 2005 02:03 (nineteen years ago) link
"I used to worry that Alan Wilder's departure would cripple Depeche completely"
I thought they were dead when he left. Their post-Alan output has been surprisingly decent, but they were still a better band with him in it.
― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Monday, 26 September 2005 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 26 September 2005 02:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Hillier was most well known to me for producing at least some of the Doves stuff, which given their own previous incarnation at Sub Sub is actually kinda promising as a resume item. He's part of the 140db mob, and here's his resume from that site, I think slightly in need of updating. Elbow, Blur, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, various earlier remix and engineering credits -- bit of a dog's breakfast of a career but if he doesn't seem to have a distinct sound as such he might be a useful foil in general.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 September 2005 02:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:42 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm right that none of them are as good as "Precious" though, yeah?
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 September 2005 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 26 September 2005 15:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 September 2005 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Monday, 26 September 2005 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 26 September 2005 21:20 (nineteen years ago) link
am intrigued to know how they sound and how these mini-docus look. the photos inside the '...masses' one are gaaargeous.
― piscesboy, Thursday, 6 April 2006 10:18 (eighteen years ago) link
A pity they haven't included videos in those bonus DVDs. In the Talking Heads remasters, the videos were almost half of the fun.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:03 (eighteen years ago) link
(Best/worst Depeche rhyme -- 'houses'/'trousers')
Clearly, that is the best. I really have nothing new or constructive to add here, but this band is still fucking great,
― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 6 April 2006 14:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― geordie racer (geordie racer), Thursday, 6 April 2006 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 April 2006 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Did we ever do a GORE VOCALS c/d/s&d? And if not... er, does anyone have a list of the songs with gore on lead vocals?
― ledge, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Gore songs are always the best Depeche songs
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Did we ever do a GORE VOCALS c/d/s&d?
I think we did, actually. I know Dan wrote up a list of same.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gore#Depeche_Mode_songs_with_Martin_on_lead_vocals
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link
SEARCH: ALL OF THOSE SONGS DESTROY: NONE OF THOSE SONGS
Such a plaintive quality to his voice. Although the Counterfeit stuff was fairly underwhelming - I guess gore voice works best coupled with gore melodies.
― ledge, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link
You'd think searching for "martin gore" would find the thread. And you'd be right.
OPO Tracks sung by Martin Gore
― ledge, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Destroy: One Caress
― stephen, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link