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that's what i mean - no cred compared to the other two. having said that you're more likely to hear DM in a dance club these days than NO or PSB. the drugginess goes over well with...people on drugs.
― jabba hands, Thursday, 1 November 2007 23:57 (sixteen years ago) link
ton of great DM remixes in last few years has helped them too
― jabba hands, Friday, 2 November 2007 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link
i just cant believe the DM hate on here. do you people have ears? i mean really, i love NO, but they cant fuck with DM's run of albums from "speak and spell" through "violator". in fact, im not sure *any* band had such a strong run of albums ever! its just awesome track after awesome track. to be honest, i cant really say that PSB even belong in this comparison, yet people seem on teh dick!
― pipecock, Friday, 2 November 2007 01:13 (sixteen years ago) link
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]
And this is supposed to make me like Depeche Mode?
― Edward Bax, Friday, 2 November 2007 03:43 (sixteen years ago) link
There are some people here who seem to think that the only use of music is dancing.
Well, you can dance to a lot of Depeche Mode stuff too, but that's just not the point of their music. That's not why it was made in the first place. And I tend to believe that there's a lot more to New Order and Pet Shop Boys than just stupid dance music too. There's so much more to music than brainless dancing!
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 2 November 2007 09:08 (sixteen years ago) link
posted while doing the same dance the Scissor Sisters do in the video for "I don't feel like dancing" no doubt.
― Mark G, Friday, 2 November 2007 10:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Sunday, 4 November 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
who's gonna win???????
― stephen, Sunday, 4 November 2007 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Surely not Depeche. Which sucks because they should have.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 4 November 2007 02:18 (sixteen years ago) link
PSB by a million miles! This is an easy poll.
― admrl, Sunday, 4 November 2007 06:14 (sixteen years ago) link
New Order will win. Surely that's obvious! Pet Shop Boys: too arch, too calculated, despite at least 10 perfect songs. Depeche: almost all their best moments are ripped off from other bands, such as - New Order: mystical, transcendent, dumb, magical, inexplicably brilliant. And yes, they've made some shite too.
― Emily S., Sunday, 4 November 2007 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
put it this way: i'll be very surprised if NO don't win it, comfortably.
then PSBs, then depeche -- lagging a bit, i fear.
― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 4 November 2007 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Pet Shop Boys: too arch, too calculated
how are these bad things?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 4 November 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
HITLER was arch and calculated!
― da croupier, Sunday, 4 November 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link
uh...so was Martin Luther King Jr.
what's yr point?
― stephen, Sunday, 4 November 2007 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Anthony, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you've used up your quota of Hitler references for at least a year in the past week alone, no?
― JN$OT, Sunday, 4 November 2007 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Depeche: almost all their best moments are ripped off from other bands, such as - New Order: mystical, transcendent, dumb, magical, inexplicably brilliant.
Okay, I'm having trouble parsing this sentence, but... are you saying Depeche Mode, who were a synth pop band years before New Order were (and who make better synth pop than New Order), ripped off New Order?
(NB I am a huge New Order fan.)
― Curt1s Stephens, Sunday, 4 November 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
AKA, pretty much the most impossible ILM poll, ever.
Not really. New Order handily trounces both with one hand.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 4 November 2007 20:51 (sixteen years ago) link
word
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 4 November 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
are you saying Depeche Mode, who were a synth pop band years before New Order were (and who make better synth pop than New Order), ripped off New Order?
THANK YOU
― stephen, Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
New Order is a "synth pop band"?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
They were a synth pop band before they turned into a goth band.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i think flood/francois k-era dep-mode ripped off mid-late-80s new order.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd rather say Joy Division were a goth band before they turned into a synth band (not synth pop though, wouldn't call them pop with the exception of "True Faith" and maybe a few more singles)
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Flood era Depeche Mode was "Songs Of Faith And Devotion", and that album isn't a Depeche Mode album. Most true and devoted Depeche fans hate that particular album.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:36 (sixteen years ago) link
indie dance
― electricsound, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
that's you that is.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
xxpost
i quite like it!
― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
THAN YOU MUST NOT BE A TRUE OR DEVOTED DEPECHE MODE FAN
― max, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:41 (sixteen years ago) link
REAL DEPECHE MODE FANS THINK THE BAND BROKE UP IN 1990
Some true Depeche Mode fans gave up on the band after their U2/NIN wannabe album. But the fact is that already on "Ultra", they had their good old synthpop style back. And they have kept it since.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
New Order were neither.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Whoops, for some reason I mixed NO and DM there!
― Tuomas, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
ah, okay.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
accurately predicted
― electricsound, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link
hey, not bad! go me.
― grimly fiendish, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:05 (sixteen years ago) link
These results were really quite obvious if you know ILM.
― Tuomas, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:07 (sixteen years ago) link
don't spoil it for me, tuomas.
― grimly fiendish, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:07 (sixteen years ago) link
THIS POLL IS FUCKING ABOUT SYNTH POP:
I've always seen these guys as the 3 giants of synth-pop
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 5 November 2007 01:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Which is why I didn't vote for them!!! I love New Order, but while they're great at many things (post-punk/dance) they're not a synth pop band!!!
Can someone please tell me how Depeche Mode ripped off New Order? I'd really love to know!
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 5 November 2007 01:04 (sixteen years ago) link
i think maybe this forum should be called "i love questionable music more than depeche mode". stupidest poll results ever.
― pipecock, Monday, 5 November 2007 01:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes.Can someone please tell me how Depeche Mode ripped off New Order? I'd really love to know
Once in a while Martin Gore plays twang guitar.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 5 November 2007 01:16 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Tuomas, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:46 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
I eagerly await Blue Monday - Tuomas mix
― Mark G, Monday, 5 November 2007 01:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Just seen the results! I didn't know DM got so much love here! I thought it was just Geir plus one!
― Mark G, Monday, 5 November 2007 01:20 (sixteen years ago) link
i think maybe this forum should be called "i love questionable music more than depeche mode". stupidest poll results ever
calm down, dear, it's only a poll.
― grimly fiendish, Monday, 5 November 2007 13:00 (sixteen years ago) link
(also: much roffling at "questionable music". what, is everything that isn't pure DM "degenerate art" or something?)
― grimly fiendish, Monday, 5 November 2007 13:01 (sixteen years ago) link
justice was done.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 5 November 2007 13:07 (sixteen years ago) link
only just noticed this wtfness.