Depeche Mode? Don’t they belong in glossy pop rags, talking about their haircuts or their favourite teddy bear? “It’s going to be called Music For The Masses ,” explains Martin Gore, “Which is a bit of a joke really, when you consider how much a lot of people hate us.” I bet you were even thinking that yourselves. Ah, the gentle art of recording a new LP. In the background, there’s the incessant jingle of the video machine, and the soft clunk of cue upon snooker ball. “I wonder if anyone will make a documentary about the making of this album?” muses David Gahan, chasing a piece of pasta round his plate. Twenty years on, and Depeche Mode are looking forward, not back. Twenty years ago today, everyone in this recording studio was more worried about bubblegum cards and Batman comics than pop art. Does it go on for infinity? Oh, but it was 20 years ago today…
#Setlist depeche mode 2009 tv
Here we are, sitting in a studio, watching TV footage of a studio…It’s like the picture of a tin which has a picture of a tin on it. dissect and examine the “LP of the century”, and Sgt Pepper marches out again. Through the resulting snow on the set, images of McCartney and co. The flickering TV set in the corner is desperately trying to pick up the dim signals of a BBC documentary. Peppers to Music For The Masses, Depeche Mode tread a filmic journey through contemporary music keeping their integrity intact and sticking strictly independent. The Raveonettes opened, good house-music band with possible New Order influences and two female leads.’Depeche Mode bloody good at what they do and getting classier all the time Don’t forget it’įrom Sgt. No surprise, Playing the Angel is a good album, and Touring the Angel was a good show, typical high-energy fun from frontman Dave (shakin' it and showin' it off) and Mart (guitar riffs and sensitive vocals), the continuing tradition of live drums and a hi-tech-looking stage setup.
Īlso according to her (from an LA Times article), the new album's sales were double in So. Pretty much the same set list between concerts on this tour (verify). (What did disappoint is that Dave got sick just before the 2009 San Diego show for the last tour (Tour of the Universe), so instead of dM/Ticketmaster just honoring the tickets for the next tour, like U2 ended up doing for that 2010 show, they just refunded the tickets (less the TM fee, argh). 22 Remixes 2: 81-11 (disc indicated by letter)īig group for dM again, and the show, as usual, did not disappoint.17 Remixes 81.04 (disc indicated by letter).I Feel You (11,01) - background video of silhouette dancer, kind of like an iPod advert.Just Can't Get Enough (01,11) (actually single version like (06,03)).Halo (10,04) - downtempo version, based on Goldfrapp remix (17c,12) background video had a woman with a fur-ish coat that looked a tiny bit like Bjork (which apparently many of our group thought too), then later in the video she went out onto a lake in a swan-shaped boat (still not actually Bjork).
#Setlist depeche mode 2009 plus
Home (13,03) - Mart solo plus Peter Gordeno on piano.Personal Jesus (10,03) - intro with guitar and vocal only, half speed or slower than the rest of the song.Enjoy the Silence (10,06) - background video of female contortionists in Delta Machine triangle-shaped boxes.A Pain That I'm Used To (18,01) - the Jacques Lu Cont remix (22b,05).Heaven (23,03) - background video of DM carrying wooden guitars and large black Delta Machine-style triangles.But Not Tonight (07,12) - Mart solo plus Peter Gordeno on piano.The Child Inside (23,08) - Mart solo here.Should Be Higher (23,10) - background video of fire twirlers (poi spinners?).
Precious (18,5) - background video of dogs in poses.Depeche Mode - The Delta Machine Tour, Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA, Sun.,, 6:30pm