Are Depeche Mode a good band?

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Postby Repo » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:47 pm

every once in a while I try to get into them but end up like *shrugs*
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Postby Repo » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:50 pm

never got into new order either
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Postby warmjets » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:50 pm

Nope
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Postby it’s frank » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:54 pm

no, a great band
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Postby opi » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:55 pm

honestly i'm not huge on them

the ranking of the big four probably goes new order > omd > tears for fears > depeche mode for me at this point
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Postby opi » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:56 pm

it always seemed like, even for '80s synth pop, one of the most archly dramatic genres of all time, DM were nearly unbearably histrionic in ways that omd or new order were winkingly operating within
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Postby dmitry » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:17 pm

what about Frank Tovey though.
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Postby dmitry » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:18 pm

opi wrote:honestly i'm not huge on them

the ranking of the big four probably goes new order > omd > tears for fears > depeche mode for me at this point


this ordering, yes, but i "enjoy the silence" is 10x anything new order did. the song is perfect
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Postby R C » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:21 pm

the Music for the Masses->Violator->Songs of Faith and Devotion run is where it's at for me. Don't care for too much outside of that era. But holy shit Violator is a great fucking record.
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Postby vivian darko » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:23 pm

Repo wrote:never got into new order either

new order are a good band
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Postby board ghost » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:26 pm

its crazy how much better Policy of Truth is than everything else they did.
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Postby board ghost » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:27 pm

this is legit amazing tho

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Postby tricksforchips » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:32 pm

They are fine but beyond their singles it's hard to find a reason to like them.

Their singles rule so hard though.
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Postby NegativeCapability » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:33 pm

They're alright I guess.

dmitry wrote:what about Frank Tovey though.


Better than all of them and I LOVE New Order.
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Postby tricksforchips » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:33 pm

Definitely resent my dad a bit for only playing them in the car when I was growing up.
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Postby KPH » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:07 pm

The partnership of Gore and Wilder with Gahan's voice from 83-93 is one of my favorite runs, peaking with Black Celebration-Masses-Violator-SoFaD. I give every new record way more attention than they deserve.

I became a fan via 101, so those versions of the 80s material are still my favs. Violator is perfect.
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Postby board ghost » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:17 pm

101 was my main primer too so i feel the same way. the little YEAHs and grunts are canon for me.

the triple meaning of the title was a real slow burn don don too. 101st and final show on that tour. 101 being a highway near the venue, with a significant amount of their material from those days being about driving, and of course 101 = primer or intro.
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Postby The Priest » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:18 pm

They're good and continue to do interesting things
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Postby it’s frank » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:26 pm

my dad is 84 years old and the idea of him playing Depeche Mode is amazing
the guy likes Glenn Miller
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Postby The Priest » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:30 pm

Violator is still my favorite album but I haven't listened to these guys in years other than listening to exciter once

It was really good too
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Postby clouds » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:34 pm

bartender at the bar next to my house has a depeche mode sticker on his dodge d-50

i has never seen a depche mode sticker on a car before. he's annoying and i think he does coke/meth/adderal or something because he comes at you at an 11. we call him depeche and will often go somewhere else if his truck is there.
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Postby Thalidomide » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:37 pm

Honestly love everything from Some Great Reward to Playing the Angel.
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Postby bunkbeds » Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:14 pm

vivian darko wrote:
Repo wrote:never got into new order either

new order are a good band

i didn't get into new order until like 2 years ago. they're fucking great. brotherhood, power corruption & lies, technique, low-life and movement are all fantastic records. i started with power corruption & lies, and then brotherhood. they're all great, but i think i like brotherhood the most.
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Postby Brouhaha » Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:31 pm

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Postby aububs » Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:40 pm

repo this violator cs rip might help you feel the 'peche

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Postby separator » Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:42 pm

of course they're good
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Postby Clive » Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:06 pm

bunkbeds wrote:
vivian darko wrote:
Repo wrote:never got into new order either

new order are a good band

i didn't get into new order until like 2 years ago. they're fucking great. brotherhood, power corruption & lies, technique, low-life and movement are all fantastic records. i started with power corruption & lies, and then brotherhood. they're all great, but i think i like brotherhood the most.


You need to listen to Substance then. Hearing them as a singles band rather than an album band gives you a completely different experience. That and the fact that most singles aren't on the albums, and those that are are different edits/takes.

Depeche Mode are up there w/New Order, the Cure and the Smiths for me.
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Postby odilon redon » Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:36 pm

separator wrote:of course they're good


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Postby Clive » Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:49 pm

Anton Corbijn's def responsible for some of what's made them so great:

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Postby transitive » Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:50 pm

I happened to be watching this local scholastic quiz bowl thing on the PBS station here and one of the questions was "This song by this band is one of the defining examples of the genre synth-pop. Name the band and the song," and they played a clip of "Personal Jesus" to blank stares from each of the high school teams. Finally, one of them buzzes in and says in a halting voice, "David...Bowie?"

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