"What Have I Done" sounds bad to you???
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 01:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Behaviour, Introspective.
Soto, does this mean you prefer the former to the latter? Or is that just how you'd lay it out for a newbie?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 01:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Both! My first purchase as a newbie was Behaviour in early '91, and it's my favourite, but maybe not the first I'd burn for a newbie in 2007.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Introspective remains the worst PSB album, I'd even rank "Release" as better.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 02:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Regardless of my commentary about vocal prowess, I would rank these as:
Depeche Mode PSB, New Order (tie)
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 02:34 (sixteen years ago) link
My first purchase as a newbie was Behaviour in early '91, and it's my favourite,
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Behaviour is your fave PSB album...ever?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 03:28 (sixteen years ago) link
The absence and subsequent shittiness of New Order in the 90s-now makes them not much of a contender overall. Between DM and PSB, tough call. Allright it's Mode for their ability to be so utterly bleak.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:39 (sixteen years ago) link
pet shop boys are some bleak dudes too. i would rank it psb>new order>>>>>>>>>>depeche
― omar little, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I love New Order but I don't really consider them as great a pop band as DM or PSB. They're a better band overall than PSB, but they don't do pop as well as the Boys. Depeche Mode are miles above either. (nb I stop listening to all of them after about 1989.)
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link
when u were 3?
― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:51 (sixteen years ago) link
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i get it
you should get 'very', dude
― omar little, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:52 (sixteen years ago) link
depeche mode's post-89 output is pretty great too!!! songs of faith and devotion! "precious"! etc
― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:54 (sixteen years ago) link
new order had good songs into '93 at least ("regret"), DM i pretty much cut off at violator (so '90), PSBs have had some intermittently good singles for the past decade-plus but "go west" is their last GREAT single and that was '93 also
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:56 (sixteen years ago) link
you guys are missing out on some great DM songz
― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:57 (sixteen years ago) link
actually i'm probably talking out my ass about the PSBs there but i stand by the others
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:57 (sixteen years ago) link
That's for goddamn sure.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't like songs of faith and devotion very much, and the post-violator singles haven't done much for me either. what would you recommend max?
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:58 (sixteen years ago) link
ok I lied - I've heard Violator and Playing the Angel (and NO's Republic & a few PSB tunes) but in general my perceptions of these bands are pre-1990
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:58 (sixteen years ago) link
It's New Order. End thread. Move along, nothing to see here.
― Edward Bax, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 04:58 (sixteen years ago) link
"Walking In My Shoes" turned me off of ever listening to Songs of Faith
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:00 (sixteen years ago) link
ahhh curt1s maybe you were listening to a different song?? "WIMS" is one of my favorites!
― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:01 (sixteen years ago) link
You're missing out, Curtis...
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i do enjoy several of the singles from 'ultra'
― omar little, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:01 (sixteen years ago) link
guys keep in mind I like the "bad" Depeche Mode songs like "It's Called A Heart"
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:02 (sixteen years ago) link
so basically I have horrible taste
harlot, if you dont like the singles im not exactly sure what to recommend you--i <3 "i feel you," "walking in my shoes," "dream on," "precious".... i think songs of faith and devotion is great, not as good as violator... playing the angel is probably the next best after that. exciter and ultra both have their moments but rank lower.
― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:04 (sixteen years ago) link
new order easy, and though tennant's voice may be technically better than sumner's (not too hard there) it's also way more annoying
― gershy, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
my favorite DM song is probably "shake the disease" ("enjoy the silence" close second)
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
it might be worth pointing out that i got into DM thru the singles compilation so im not as attached to whole albums or specific periods of their work
― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
"Lilian" is awesome.
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
i like the early songs with really, um, questionable lyrics also (cf. "everything counts")
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:08 (sixteen years ago) link
i like "creepy boyfriend" DM lyrics, cf. "enjoy the silence and "it's no good":
don't say you want me don't say you need me its understood don't say you're happy out there without me i know you can't be cause it's no good
― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:10 (sixteen years ago) link
"creepy boyfriend" DM lyrics
LOL
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:12 (sixteen years ago) link
the michael mayer balearic mix of "precious" is great too. as far as im concerned.
― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Dominations the name of the game In bed or in life Theyre both just the same Except in one youre fulfilled At the end of the day
Lets play master and servant Lets play master and servant
!!! xpost
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:16 (sixteen years ago) link
the jlc mix of "pain that i'm used to" is good too
ewan pearson mix of "enjoy the silence" kind of disappointing
ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT:
Chester Bennington, vocalist of Linkin Park, was inspired by the band. [32] [33] Another Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda, "Depeche Mode is one of the most influential groups of our time. Their music is an inspiration to me..." [34]
― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i wont lie though: i love the shit out of depeche and new order, but new order punches me in the gut in a way the other two bands just dont.
― max, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:18 (sixteen years ago) link
lol should read " i love the shit out of depech and pet shop boys"
re: gutpunching, i can name at least three PSB songs that have caused an inadvertent uh-no-i've-just-got-something-in-my-eye-thanks-i'm-fine-really reaction, and one of them was just the other day on the subway
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:25 (sixteen years ago) link
And they were all sung by Chris Lowe.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:27 (sixteen years ago) link
thank god i was wearing those sunglasses i never take off, even indoors
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:30 (sixteen years ago) link
sometimes "Rent" is the best song in the universe.
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:32 (sixteen years ago) link
All very good bands, but really, New Order, no question, right? Right.
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 05:42 (sixteen years ago) link
That one is the only great song from that album.
All of their later albums have been great though. SOFAD was a one-off step in the wrong direction, a direction that is otherwise only found on Dave Gahan's first solo album.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 08:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, it took me a while after SOFAD to get bak into DM. The last album has however completely reconciled me with them and is up there with 'Violator' in my book. Same with 'Waiting for the Sirens Call' actually. But, anyway, NO wins this quite comfortably in my book.
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 09:11 (sixteen years ago) link
This is so close, but I think it's the PSBs.
Sod it, I'm leaving this one till the final bump as well.
― aldo, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 11:43 (sixteen years ago) link
my teenage political philosophy was based pretty much entirely on "everything counts".
come to think of it, not much has changed ...
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 13:22 (sixteen years ago) link
"Is pipecock 15-years-old?
-- JN$OT"
"Probably 45.
-- HI DERE"
if you average your two guesses, youd be pretty close.
"And very very lonely.
-- Ned Raggett"
it certainly depends on your definition of lonely. being married and having a kid and a cat could be lonely i guess, but not for me.
― pipecock, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link
What's wrong with a nancyboy plinky-plonky synthband?
I mean, the same question should be applied to DM members themselves (AND Flood!!!!!!) in 1993 too, but, still....
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:17 (sixteen years ago) link
NEW ORDER!!! Depeche Mode second, but only if you stop before late 80s.
― Pookas, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm only about 1/3 of the way plowing through Depeche Mode's massive discography (currently jamming the one with "Blasphemous Rumours" on it), but I gotta say the haters in this thread are insane.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 01:05 (six years ago) link
The correct answer to this thread is "all of 'em" ...
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 05:55 (six years ago) link
Poll remains correct.
― yesca, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 11:50 (six years ago) link
Democracy workes in this case
― Treeship, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 12:28 (six years ago) link
Although if we're talking about the acts in terms of level of high quality over a sustained length of time, it's Pet Shop Boys, followed by Depeche Mode, followed by New Order.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
i think i might have even voted for "Blue Monday" over PSB and DM. Or "Confusion" even. And I LOVE 80s PSB and DM.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
Discography is never far from me. Wait, was it DJP who hates "Domino Dancing"? Why do I even remember that? Best song!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
throw OMD onto this list and we might coax Turrican into making the longest post in ilx history
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
At this point, I am pretty sure my tombstone is going to read "He died as he lived; hating the fuck out of fucking 'Domino Dancing'."
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
Throw OMD and The Cure onto this list and the answer would still be "all of them"
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 06:08 (six years ago) link