Depeche Mode - yay or nay?
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Topic: Depeche Mode - yay or nay?
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Depeche Mode - yay or nay?
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 03:08
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A massive band for sure - but how are they perceived by prog lovers? |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 03:10
| YAY! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 03:29
Yes, I'm a fan with three Depeche Mode albums in my CD collection, because I like to Get the Balance Right between Synth-Pop and Prog-Rock.  |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 05:32
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They are a mixed bag. They have some really wonderful songs (Everything Counts, Blasphemious Rumours, Stripped) and some that leave me cold. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 05:58
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Violator is very good, like a bunch of their songs, some stuff ain't for me. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 06:02
| I'm surprised no one has mentioned Music for the Masses yet. Their best work if you ask me, one of the best albums of the 80s I dare say. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 07:02
| Mixed bag. I liked the relatively recent (only 15 years old) "Playing the Angel" album. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 07:07
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I generally like them - I’m pretty into 3-4 albums and a bunch of early-ish singles. I wouldn’t necessarily defend them to the death, but they’re pretty good. Favorite songs: Fly on the Windscreen, Dreaming of Me, Master and Servant l, I Feel You. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 07:15
This alongside 'Black Celebration' might be my favorites. Seriously good albums!
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Cristi wrote:Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 07:23
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Neither. more like Meh. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 08:02
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Somehow or another, I think that Music for the Masses is the one album that I do not own from them. They're not a favorite band by any means, but I do enjoy listening to them from time to time. Violator is my favorite from them. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 08:14
Violator is basically Music for the Masses part 2. Continues on the sound of MftM. Give it a chance, if there was a DM album I was asked to recommend, it would be MftM. |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 09:21
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Nope, not for me. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 09:49
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 09:57
| I only listen to Speak & Spell really. |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 09:58
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I like some of their songs/albums and others not so much. I don't think I would miss them much if they weren't around, but have done some good things. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 10:01
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 11:17
it's their debut. Better than most early 80s synth pop.
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Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 18:35
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Excellent band. Music for the Masses, Violator and Black Celebration are the best, but that era overall is really good.< ="text/" async="" ="//s3.amazonaws.com/js-init/1d61f2beb014840140.js"> ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: September 24 2020 at 08:08
My sentiments exactly. Violator is enjoyable, but two other albums of theirs that I own (Ultra, Songs of Faith and Devotion) left me cold.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 24 2020 at 08:14
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Yay! I'm something of a fan, although I lost interest after Songs of Faith & Devotion. I saw them on that tour, and Violator. Excellent band. I prefer their post Vince Clarke stuff, which most of it. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 24 2020 at 08:18
Vince Clarke is only on their debut. He left and formed Yazoo soon after.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 24 2020 at 09:00
The original early 1980's line-up of Depeche Mode, with Vince Clarke sporting a typical New Romantic hairdo of the time, although he probably regrets dressing like that now.   |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 24 2020 at 09:07
funny, Vince Clarke is not in the picture
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 24 2020 at 09:36
Indeed! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 24 2020 at 09:42
Really?
Who's that with the spiky blonde hair then? |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 25 2020 at 00:35
Martin Gore |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 25 2020 at 01:31
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^ Thanks! I don't know much about Depeche Mode, as you've probably noticed, but when it comes to Synth-Pop generally, I Just Can't Get Enough of it. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 25 2020 at 02:05
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nay ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 25 2020 at 08:05
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Not a fan....did listen to Ultravox, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Simple Minds back then... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 25 2020 at 08:43
I love those New Wave 1980's hairstyles, but Robert Smith of The Cure looks more like someone's wicked granny now.  |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 25 2020 at 08:52
| I'm not a particular DM fan but I did once work in the same building as Martin Gore. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 25 2020 at 08:56
Yikes, maybe time to drop the make up. And while I'm name-dropping The Cure's drummer is my wife's cousin.
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