that said: it is less "cool" to like DM in the UK than it is ... well, almost anywhere else.
That's exactly what I mean. I think a lot of people in the UK thought they (Depeche Mode that is) were trying far too hard to come over all rawwwwwwwwwwwwwk 'n' roll with the leather trousers and the heroin and the whatnot when they stil considered them a nancyboy plinky-plonky synth band
― Tom D., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:31 (5 years ago) Permalink
A lot of people in the UK have cloth in their ears.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
Depeche Mode were at their best as a nancyboy plinky-plonky synth band. Fantastic!
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
Nancyboy plinky-plonky synth bands have always been more popular in the UK than leather-trousering smacked-up pseudo-rockers
― Tom D., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:39 (5 years ago) Permalink
actually, you've cracked it: it's the KNOW YOUR PLACE mentality, innit?
― grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:41 (5 years ago) Permalink
A bit... also that wearing leather trousers and trying to be Jim Morrison was crap even when Jim Morrison did it
― Tom D., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:44 (5 years ago) Permalink
thing is, when i'd left school and was working for the DSS, i had hair, beard and leather trousers exactly like SOFAD-era dave gahan. i never got round to the tattoos, although i keep thinking about fixing that ;)
― grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
"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 (5 years ago) Permalink
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 (5 years ago) Permalink
NEW ORDER!!! Depeche Mode second, but only if you stop before late 80s.
― Pookas, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:53 (5 years ago) Permalink