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| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 07/21/2005 : 08:00:03
They say a version of a new title was recently leaked (by Mute, according to some)... Did any of you hear it?
Maybe it ain't your cup of tea, but it's one of the best electro band of the "eighties" in my opinion, if not the best...
Do you agree with this statement?
(not more than 5 answers, please)
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| danjersey |
Posted - 04/27/2006 : 20:27:28
i saw them from a lawn in ca in 95? stabbing westward opened.
good show, i wanted acid but drank beer instead.
i don't know why i wanted acid its not an easy thing, but at the time i wanted acid. |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/27/2006 : 20:03:18
http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-et-mode28apr28,0,4809098.story?coll=cl-music-features
April 28, 2006
COACHELLA
Mass-appeal mode
 The Southland has a long-running love affair with Depeche Mode. Will Coachella continue that trend?
By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer
Martin Gore of Depeche Mode has some advice for the band's fervent L.A. fans who plan to trek out to the Coachella Music and Arts Festival to see the group's headlining set on Saturday: "For this," he said with a chuckle, "it might be a good time to leave the black clothes at home."
The reason is the thermometer: Temperatures in the high 90s are expected over the weekend for the seventh edition of the premier Southern California festival. Gore and his mates don't take the main stage until 9:30 p.m., when it will be dark and cool, but he'd hate to see the group's black-clad faithful woozy with sunstroke by then.
If the crowd in Indio does look to be in a bit of a swoon, it might just be from that old Depeche Mode magic at work again in the Southland. There are few acts that have connected with the region's concert market as long and as well as the dour British rock group. There are Depeche Mode conventions that draw thousands of people, and when they come through town — as they did with three arena dates in November — they draw well and play to intense cheers.
That may be a bit different at Coachella, where Mode joins a deep and eclectic bill that will bring fans of all stripe and sensibility. The arched music of Franz Ferdinand and She Wants Revenge, also performing Saturday, are not far removed from the Depeche Mode style, but Kanye West, Daft Punk, Eagles of Death Metal and Sigur Ros will follow very different rhythms during the festival's first day. For that reason, Depeche Mode will lean more on tried and true anthems, such "Personal Jesus," "People are People" and "Strangelove," than exploring the new material on "Playing the Angel," their CD released last year.
"We've been on a tour where we played 75 or 80 shows here and in Europe and we were playing seven songs from the new album in the set," Gore said. "But at the festivals and bigger outdoor shows we won't do as many. We'll change the set from what we have been doing for our die-hard audience. When you're playing festivals where not everyone out there is necessarily your fan, if you play seven songs they don't know you might be setting yourself up for a potential losing battle."
The new album, though, has gotten generally winning reviews and Gore, the band's guitarist and the principle author of the Depeche Mode songbook, said it's been great to hear the new material compared again and again to "Violator," the 1990 album that Gore says is "generally regarded as the pinnacle of our work."
Those comparisons have added more positive energy to the band's march toward its third decade of music. Founded in 1980, the band from Basildon gets much of its dark and decadent-sounding flavor from the snarl of lanky frontman Dave Gahan and its pulsing sound from keyboardist Andy Fletcher. Together, they created signature songs of the 1980s and, along with the Smiths and the Cure, created a darkly romantic style of melancholy and mascara. The band has endured its share of internal pressures.
"I think we're getting on better then we have in years and years," Gore said. "This is the best, probably, in 15 years or more. I think that Dave putting out a solo album gave him more confidence and that he now feels more a part of the band," Gore said. "He wrote three of the songs on the new album.
"He also says now that he always felt slightly like a puppet because he was singing someone else's words. He was happy to do that for a long time but then he got to a point where he wanted to be part of the songwriting process."
The Coachella visit will put Depeche Mode on their first festival stage since the "Violator" days, Gore said. The guitarist has lived in Santa Barbara for about five years and he's heard plenty about the desert gathering that has become a model for huge, standing shows in the U.S.
"Doing a festival is almost like a new experience for us because it has been so long," Gore said. "It going back into the mists of time when we played festivals — back to the 1980s or early 1990s —and we're excited about it."
In the last week, as gray clouds rolled across the region, it crossed Gore's mind that rain might make a first-time intrusion on a festival that in years past only got fans sweaty, not soggy.
"That might be good for us," he said. "That weather fits us, doesn't it?" |
| chineselover |
Posted - 01/25/2006 : 20:25:41
DM are great.. the last single lacked a bit of bite for me...haven't heard the whole album yet though |
| Carl |
Posted - 01/24/2006 : 16:48:40
Ah, I see.
 pas de dutchie! |
| kelladwella |
Posted - 01/24/2006 : 12:56:57
That's right, german. Exept they were a band. From Hannover. Until they split up in 1996.
I read, that they were named after an american artist, but I could't find anything about him. |
| Carl |
Posted - 01/24/2006 : 10:48:04
Right, that's him. He's German, right?
pas de dutchie! |
| kelladwella |
Posted - 01/24/2006 : 03:05:50
You don't mean the Terry Hoax version, do you? |
| Carl |
Posted - 01/23/2006 : 12:00:56
Who was that guy who covered Policy Of Truth, just a guitar/bass/drums version? I remember he had a music video for it, so he must have released it as a single.
pas de dutchie! |
| kelladwella |
Posted - 01/23/2006 : 05:02:39
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Originally posted by tisasawath
back on topic - does anyone know any other DM cover versions besides Terry Hoax's Policy of Truth and Rammstein's Stripped?
Berlin's best radiostation "RadioEins" did a cool show before the DM concert a few days ago playing only coverversions and remixes of their songs.
Here is the list of the covers they played:
Failure - Enjoy The Silence - Compilation: For The Masses 1998
Scooter - Stripped - Mind The Gap 2004
Dead Eyes Open - Fly On The Windscreen - Compilation: I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous 1991
Contriva - The Things You Said - Compilation: Raumschiff Monika 2001
Veruca Salt - Somebody - Compilation: For The Masses 1998
The Smashing Pumpkins - Never Let me Down Again - Compilation: For The Masses 1998
Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus - American IV: The Man Comes Around 2002
Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus - Compilation: Rock Open 2004
Deftones - To Have And To Hold - Compilation: For The Masses 1998
Poupeé Fabrikk - Photographic - Compilation: I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous 1991
Phillip Boa & The Voodoo Club - Enjoy The Silence - B-Seite Maxi: Eugene
Nouvelle Vague - Just Can't Get Enough - Nouvelle Vague 2004
Sandra - Free Love - The Wheel Of Time
Tori Amos - Enjoy The Silence - Strange Little Girl 2001
Cultivated Bimbo - New Life - Compilation: I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous 1991
Locust - Master And Servant - Compilation: For The Masses 1998
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| tisasawath |
Posted - 10/04/2005 : 06:59:29
quote:
Originally posted by Monsieur
I suggest you play Laibach on your grandfather's birthday party.
Like "Krvava Gruda Plodna Zemlja", for example.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust
("Bloody Soil Fertile Ground") A fine choice, monsieur, a festive piece.
anyone heard the new album yet?
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| glacial906 |
Posted - 10/03/2005 : 20:04:58
"Enjoy the Silence" was also covered by Failure.
Signature censored by forum moderators. |
| Monsieur |
Posted - 10/03/2005 : 06:44:34
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Originally posted by Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
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Originally posted by tisasawath
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Sdravo, kaki e dobro?? (sorry for the spelling...)
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yes, very good effort for a french speaker
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Hey, out of topic for a minute... I'm French, but half Slovenian actually from my father. I used to go there quite often as a kid. I I'll be there next month for my Grand-Father's birthday party... I am currently preparing 2 or 3 songs in Sloven to perform along with other songs from my repertoire. I do not speak the language, only know a few words... But I find it very pleasant to sing. My sister does speak and writes me the lyrics.
My family comes from Maribor and you, where are you from?
Back to topic... You must have heard the average and pointless version of personnal jesus by marylin Manson?
I personnaly can play a few songs... like Blue dress, the botom line... very Velvetesque when stripped from electronic arrangement, these songs!
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I suggest you play Laibach on your grandfather's birthday party.
Like "Krvava Gruda Plodna Zemlja", for example.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 09/30/2005 : 08:05:08
Tickets go on presale today for L.A. shows Nov. 21st and 22nd...anyone going? Man! I remember the Rose Bowl '88 like it was yesterday! There was like 100,000 people there!
I was alone...in my BIG BED
-bRIAN |
| SpudBoy |
Posted - 08/13/2005 : 09:10:50
I have some friends in the business who let me hear a preview of the new DM single, and I am really looking forward to the record. This song, at least, takes the good parts of the violator & music for the masses era, and updates the feel. Good production, strong writing...I hope the rest of the record is as good.
"High fructose corn syrup: It makes the demons worse." - Wesley Willis |
| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 08/13/2005 : 09:07:39
My brother was a DM freakazoid. I used to call them DeepShit Mode. Classy huh? I was way into Ratt and Def Lepard. You know, "the good stuff". |
| VoVat |
Posted - 08/13/2005 : 07:00:19
quote:
Tori Amos covers ENJOY THE SILENCE.
Yeah, and I like Tori, but I have to say her version isn't very good. Much better than her take on "Happiness Is A Warm Gun," though.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| tisasawath |
Posted - 07/25/2005 : 06:26:05
yes, I am, but I'll be away on holiday at the time
so you'll be missing the Pixies in Paris then? (I was thinking of going but other plans got in the way)
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| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 07/25/2005 : 05:45:29
If you're a musician and in town in late August, I would love to jam and play music, I'll bring along my guitar. if interested...
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| tisasawath |
Posted - 07/25/2005 : 04:25:49
quote:
Originally posted by Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
Hey, out of topic for a minute... I'm French, but half Slovenian actually from my father. I used to go there quite often as a kid. I I'll be there next month for my Grand-Father's birthday party... I am currently preparing 2 or 3 songs in Sloven to perform along with other songs from my repertoire. I do not speak the language, only know a few words... But I find it very pleasant to sing. My sister does speak and writes me the lyrics.
My family comes from Maribor and you, where are you from?
great to hear that
I'm from Ljubljana, a town probably better known as the venue of a couple of Pixies' gigs
thanks everyone for the cover info, now I'll go scout for that Pumpkins' version of Never Let Me Down Again, see if it can stand up to Gore's arrangement
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| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 07/25/2005 : 03:37:00
My overall classement
1: Music for the masses
2: Violator
3: Black celebration
3: Ultra
5: A Broken Frame
6: Songs of Faith...
7: Speak 'n Spell
8: Construction Time again
9: Some Great Reward
10: Exciter
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| cassandra is |
Posted - 07/25/2005 : 01:05:01
my DM top 5:
1-Violator
2-Ultra
3-Music For The Masses
4-Black Celebration
5-Songs Of Faith And Devotion
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| someguycalledjames |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 19:20:30
Songs of faith & devotion - v dark & v good |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 07:16:41
Tori Amos covers ENJOY THE SILENCE.
I was alone...in my BIG BED
-bRIAN |
| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 06:23:58
quote:
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Originally posted by tisasawath
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Originally posted by Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
Sdravo, kaki e dobro?? (sorry for the spelling...)
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yes, very good effort for a french speaker
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Hey, out of topic for a minute... I'm French, but half Slovenian actually from my father. I used to go there quite often as a kid. I I'll be there next month for my Grand-Father's birthday party... I am currently preparing 2 or 3 songs in Sloven to perform along with other songs from my repertoire. I do not speak the language, only know a few words... But I find it very pleasant to sing. My sister does speak and writes me the lyrics.
My family comes from Maribor and you, where are you from?
Back to topic... You must have heard the average and pointless version of personnal jesus by marylin Manson?
I personnaly can play a few songs... like Blue dress, the botom line... very Velvetesque when stripped from electronic arrangement, these songs!
**** |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 06:13:08
and of course, Personal Jesus by Johnny Cash
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| vilainde |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 06:12:40
Didn't Johnny Cash cover Personal Jesus?
Denis
I know the god of rock n roll / Yeah I sold him my soul! |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 06:11:18
Never Let Me Down by the Smashing Pumpkins, and To Have And To Hold by the Deftones
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| tisasawath |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 05:51:55
quote:
Originally posted by Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
Sdravo, kaki e dobro?? (sorry for the spelling...)
yes, very good effort for a french speaker
back on topic - does anyone know any other DM cover versions besides Terry Hoax's Policy of Truth and Rammstein's Stripped?
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| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 02:19:43
There is a nice pix of Frank Black, Bowie and Martin Gore (+ an other bloke) for a Bowie after-concert party, but i can't find it anymore... would be nice if someone would post it!
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| cassandra is |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 01:34:14
DM rocks!
they're coming in Toulouse this winter!
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 00:54:44
Sdravo, kaki e dobro?? (sorry for the spelling...)
**** |
| tisasawath |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 00:48:41
quote:
Originally posted by Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
Maybe it ain't your cup of tea, but it's one of the best electro band of the "eighties" in my opinion, if not the best...
Do you agree with this statement?
yes, and I'd even leave out "electro" and "of the eighties"
there's some excellent material to make covers
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| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 07/22/2005 : 00:47:07
"A Broken Frame" is probably the most delicious Kraftwerk ripp-off. And definitely one of their best after all. Black Celebration for some reasons makes me think of Trompe le monde... There is a strange tie between these albums but I can't figure out what.... Maybe i'm mad or something...
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| OldManInaCoffeeCan |
Posted - 07/21/2005 : 15:51:22
Yep, I agree, Depeche Mode, one of the best bands of the '80's.
Saw 'em at Jones Beach '85 or '86, they played a lot from "catching up with", which contains one of my favorites, "I just can't get enough"
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| KimStanleyRobinson |
Posted - 07/21/2005 : 15:32:14
You'll Dance To Anything.
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