Where are the Depeche Mode fans?
 

I know there are a few of us here.

I'm pushing play on my first full listen of Delta Machine. It's streaming free on Itunes at the moment.

Already pre-ordered the physical copy from Amazon so I can get in on the ticket pre-sale. Good marketing. Hopefully, a good album to match.

Not here ...

They have to be in the running for the most remixed band ever.

it's a very fuzzy sound huh1

They are coming to Tampa so I have to get my girl tickets. They are pretty good but not really my cup of tea.

I'm about four tracks in and liking it. It is as electro as they have sounded in a while. Heaven hits my buttons for sure.

Yeah i'm not a huge fan, but i do like a lot of their stuff...

If she is a fan and hasn't seen them live, trust me that you will get laid afterwards.

i'm sure it will be like every dm cd i've bought, i will have to listen to it several times before it sinks in and i start rocking my head & tapping my toes to it all!

i hope it's heavy on the synthesizers too, like drown me in that shit!

Big synths...and yes, I always have to listen once for the noise and then go back and really hear it.

So many good memories of Depeche Mode in high school. Tijuana trips and partying on revolucion :thumbsup

present! buttt itunes is retarded atm :(

I am going for tickets to the KraftWerk concert first...

My second or maybe third BF was a roadie for Depeche Mode.

DM, Vince Clark, Erasure, Yazoo and Alison Moyet are all connected to the small part of South Essex as me.

One of the most amazing things was Alison Moyet doing acapella at a small wine bar where we went every Sunday.

I love the '80s...

I only like old DM, stuff that Vince or Allan Wilder was in. Anything after, my dying love for them faded....

alison moyet, now that girl can sing! although i tried to listen to a bit of yaz recently and it was very gay sounding to me these day. but bronski beat still rocks for me.

I saw Erasure last year primarily to complete the collection of Depeche Mode members.

I'd see Kraftwerk for great pleasure but they don't hit me all over like DM.

My love for them gets stronger after Vince. It is then that they started to become the band I really love but I agree that Wilder's influence is missed.

When isn't it? I wouldn't be there if they weren't the ones streaming it.

all music wiped on an update i didn't approve lol

we're not speaking right now.

http://youtu.be/Fy7FzXLin7o


It's gonna take some getting used to...

Wow. Didn't I see a thread about something similar here the other day?

I don't think it was trying not to sound gay. She has a great voice and popular, for obvious reasons, with the BBW fan crowd in the UK.

Bronski Beat is fun and I'll listen to Small Town Boy just about any time. I accidentally saw Jimmy Sommerville when I was in Munich during their Pride. He still sounded good.

This is the 80's for me....



Imagine this live without the dreadful mime - Its the 80's in your local wine bar - If you need to know what a wine bar is I give up...

most likely. See you go to plug in your ipod, realize there is no music, realize there has been an update regardless of the 'do you want to install' window that seems to pop up at the least opportune moments

then it makes you smile that he's dead

I don't want to laugh...

lol..that you were spending time in a wine bar does rather say it all

how come i remember yazoo as yaz! ??

It was the 80's, I was gay and I had almost enough money to be a yuppie - Where else could I be?

EDIT: It was the 80's, I was gay and I had boyfriends with almost enough money to be a yuppies - Where else could I be?

Because America calls them Yaz but they are known as Yazoo in UK. Made more confusing by one of Jimmy Somerville's bigger hits being with an Amazonian woman called Yas.

You aren't that much older than me, I thought? You were drinking in bars in the 80's?

oh yah, i remember now, hah, the communards. i remember.

and then there was Yazz

waht, is that vince clark on keyboards?

I'm 42 - Damn, did I lie about my age again?

Also, I worked in my first bar way before I was legal - I remember when 'Mike' the guy I was working for at 16 screamed at me - Funny he wouldn't let me do the bar again but I never paid for a drink on the other side....

Yes, when Vince left DM he formed Yazzo/Yaz first and then went on to Erasure. The Vince Clarke rock family tree - which also includes The Assembly - is impressive.

I'm 36 (no point in lying, fat don't crack). My drinking days started a tad later. :)

i had no idea. although i think i was moving more towards industrial music at that time, if i recall correctly, whcih depeche actually worked well with, i remember cranking a lot of front 242 and dm

Their Violator tour Kicked ass.. really rockin concert and Nitzer Ebb opened. But by the time Songs of Faith And Devotion took hold.. the crowd really mellowed and were prepared to just sit in their seats.. even in floor seats. Still Black Celebration holds as my favorite album.

Saw Erasure about 3 years ago with the True Colours Tour. Had no idea it was really a gay rights rally. A family of four were there and I guess they had no idea either, so when Margret Cho came on stage talking about raping the Pope.. 15 mins was enough for them and they left. Debbie Harry was there, but couldn't do any Blondie.. so we got stuck with some obscure numbers and Yayo. Cindy Lauper was good too. But then Erasure came on and I swear every single gay guy just started dancing. Erasure still puts on one hell of a performance.

Excuse me while I clean up a puddle .... ;)

Gahan's solo stuff is much better, to my ears, than Gore's which feels wrong but true.

I've had Black Celebration stuck in my head for nearly a week.

I've seen them twice but on the most recent tours. The first gig for Playing the Angel was amazing. No support act and played for nearly three hours straight and still left songs that I wanted to hear out. I tingle just thinking about it. The last time, there were a lot of health issues going on with Gahan and the show got postponed a few times but eventually he did a great show. At that gig, it is Gore's performance of A Question of Lust that was unforgettable. There is a clip of it on Youtube somewhere but you really had to be there.

Erasure were fun live and I saw them in Oakland. I texted somebody and said that I was watching one of gayest bands in one of the gayest towns and it was fantastic. So many guys there were off their heads on one substance or another and just looking to have a great time and made sure that they did.

holy fucking shit, nizter ebb

yesssssssssss, dang those guys kikced massive asse!

I guess this is as good a place as any to share this one. A few of us have been having fun with them on Facebook this week.

This guy has to be in the running for coolest dad ever.

Oh god - If I could turn back time....

:pimp

They opened for DM when I saw them on the last tour in London.

No need to bring Cher into it...

If there was ever a thread that Cher belonged in it was this one....

Check out this live video of Depeche Mode video playing on LiveAtLetterman earlier this month (the vid is 47 mins long, featuring 1:16 Angel 5:31 Should Be Higher 10:49 Walking In My Shoes 17:21 Barrel of a Gun 23:06 Heaven 26:42 Personal Jesus 32:02 Soft Touch / Raw Nerve 35:36 Soothe My Soul 41:34 Enjoy the Silence):



The new music sounds great! :thumbsup

One of my favorite live bands. I always leave in a state of bliss. Definitely going to try to catch DM again on their upcoming tour... :GFYBand

:stoned

ADG

I watched it that night and it was fantastic. They get fully in their stride with Walking In My Shoes which was just perfect.

I just finished the album and it left me willing to have Gahan's babies. Which, is usually a good sign.