"Photographic" was my number 20
― Bee OK, Thursday, May 3, 2012 11:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
ditto!
― some dude, Friday, 4 May 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
I'm happy with the songs from my ballot that have placed so far, and happy furthermore that I got Sea of Sin and Clean into the top 40.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 05:54 (eleven years ago) link
These images are so good!
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 4 May 2012 06:15 (eleven years ago) link
Fucking hell, I've been really busy lately and didn't even realize this poll was happening. Maybe it's just as well since I would have driven myself crazy trying to rank DM songs (except for "Enjoy the Silence" at #1).
Great results so far ... nice to see that "Sea of Sin" made it. "Precious", "Dreaming of Me", and "The Things You Said" are all too low. The first two I can understand, but I thought ILM worships "Music for the Masses"? I mean, "Sweetest Perfection" made the top 40, are we going to see every "Violator" track on here??
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 4 May 2012 06:20 (eleven years ago) link
Things You Said = way too low!
― piscesx, Friday, 4 May 2012 07:54 (eleven years ago) link
<3 the things you said but it ended up being pushed down out of my 20. it's an affecting track but when i was listening to everything all over again i just thought it was a bit less musically gripping than the rest.
re: sea of sin, interesting that on first listen it doesn't grab me any more than their recent material, doesn't seem to have the violator touch of magic. is it me? is my love of violator & other early dm due to a time and place that for me is lost and gone forever?
sadface btw if the rest of the poll is run out during uk bedtime.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Friday, 4 May 2012 09:21 (eleven years ago) link
Good start to the list. Thought Precious might be a bit higher, still I'm glad it made it.
Here is the House, Fly on the Windscreen and A Question of Lust are the three tracks I voted for from Black Celebration.
Wonder if Violator will be this poll's Innervisions having all its tracks place.
Surprised at Useless placing, it gives me hope that my number one will place which is from the same album.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 4 May 2012 09:49 (eleven years ago) link
Two more tracks from Ultra I'm really hoping will place.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Friday, 4 May 2012 09:52 (eleven years ago) link
Me too. People Are People is the only one of mine to place so far. I had to tweak my ballot to bump it right up near the top - couldn't get it out my head for days, and realised I had it way too low when I found myself bellowing it out loud while walking round the shops.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 4 May 2012 10:00 (eleven years ago) link
Mine that have placed so far and the ranking I gave them:
15 - Dreaming of Me19 - Love, In Itself17 - Somebody10 - People are People
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 10:37 (eleven years ago) link
Five of mine so far.Useless - only for the K&D remix.A Question of Lust - my favourite Martin Gore ballad - love "I need to drink more than you seem to think before I'm anyone's"Photographic - my #4 - wonderfully harsh - on speaking terms with Warm LeatherettePrecious - the most persuasive of their 00s songsFly on the Windscreen - Squarely targeted at the depressive teenage me: "Death is everywhere"
― Get wolves (DL), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:10 (eleven years ago) link
I would have voted for the Pouppée Fabrikk version of "Photographic":
http://youtu.be/_B8BOYjzEns
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:14 (eleven years ago) link
Ha ha. Classic "scary" German industrial voice.
The Rex the Dog remixes are both very good.
― Get wolves (DL), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
ooh, sorry! I'll try to start counting down 25-11 as soon as I get home from work, which will probably still be a little late for UK folx but not as late as last night. the top 10 will definitely roll out during UK afternoon/evening, though.
― crüt, Friday, 4 May 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
cool, thanks. not that i might not be out anyway, if i manage to get a social life, but good to have the option.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Friday, 4 May 2012 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
Can't wait until "What's Your Name?" shows up.
P-R-E, double-T-Y!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 13:25 (eleven years ago) link
okay if "What's Your Name?" ends up on this list I'm gonna pitch one
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
I was kidding! There's no way in hell it will. Even I didn't vote for it and I like my Depeche Mode poppy and heavy on the Vince Clarke tip. That said, I do sort of love it.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
any love for Dangerous? loads better than Sea Of Sin if we're talking Violator B sides.
― piscesx, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
I like Dangerous but NO WAY is it better than either Sea of Sin or Happiest Girl
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
seven of my picks have already appeared. but my ballot was very unimaginative. i'm glad i didn't include "enjoy the silence" though. something about how the word "very" is pronounced in the chorus always rubbed me the wrong way.
― charlie h, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Ok I listened to all the Violator b-sides this morning and all the vocal ones sounded equally poor to my ears. Truly awful lyrics and seemingly just not much time spent on production, idk if given as much spit and polish as Enjoy the Silence was they'd have improved but basically they sounded like cheap 90s euro pop dance.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
also, why is there an annoying lag at the end of "enjoy the silence" before the segue into the much superior "policy of truth"?
― charlie h, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
that'd be "Interlude #2 – Crucified" – 1:52 (hidden song starting at 4:21)
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Ok I listened to all the Violator b-sides this morning and all the vocal ones sounded equally poor to my ears.
the problem is that you have defective ears
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
thanks ledge! i've always wondered what that was.
― charlie h, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
fyi the one after blue dress is Interlude #3. don't know what happened to Interlude #1...
xp i prefer the term 'differently abled'
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha
(maybe they consider the remix coda of "Personal Jesus" to be Interlude #1?)
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
'Interlude #1 (Mission Impossible)' is the piece of music that appears after 'Pimpf' ends on Music For The Masses.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
And there is also an 'Interlude #4', which is the title of the piece of music in between 'Get Right With Me' and 'Rush' on Songs Of Faith And Devotion.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, May 4, 2012 1:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I know various members of Depeche Mode consider this to be one of their worst songs, but I can think of Depeche Mode songs that I dislike more.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
― piscesx, Friday, May 4, 2012 3:05 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I like 'Dangerous' a lot, but I ended up not voting for it in the end. It was definitely a contender, though!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
something about how the word "very" is pronounced in the chorus always rubbed me the wrong way
???
― Pacific Trash Vortex (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
like Roy Hodgson?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
"very unnecessary" used to bother me on the grounds of awkward redundancy, but then I decided that in context it may be deliberate awkward redundancy, so I let it go.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
isn't it a Salt n Pepa album?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
'very unnecessary' not nearly as bad as 'pass undetectedly' from sweetest perfection.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Friday, 4 May 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i guess i have a problem with the phrasing in the chorus, so it's to do with the whole "very unnecessary" detail. seems a bit contrary to the flow of the song. it may be to do with Dave Gahan's voice which is quite hardened in tone, but when DM get verbose i always pick up on it in the intonation and notice the extra syllables.
― charlie h, Friday, 4 May 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
Isn't the bigger problem that is words are very unnecessary, then why does the song have lyrics? btw that song is a perfect treasure
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
It is impossible for me to sing along with it without looking/sounding like an ass tho
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
i really like the lyrical idea in that song, but yeah it goes about saying it in quite a clunky way imo
― charlie h, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
anyway, i am enjoying the poll. it's been quite the black celebration celebration so far and i voted for 3 of the songs that have appeared from that album.
― charlie h, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
DM can be quite a ponderous band, but that's one of their charms.
― charlie h, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
it's no More than Words, for sure.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfykdidgBI1qcx3g0o1_500.png25. "It's No Good"Ultra, 1997194 points (7 votes, 1 #1 vote)
http://youtu.be/aieEZ950d1I
― crüt, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
boy Gahan really perfected that smarmy face, didn't he
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
thanks abbott for quick modding.
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9pusiaiHY1qzc711o1_500.jpg24. "Home"Ultra, 1997194 points (9 votes, 1 #1 vote)
― crüt, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
curse of the four-letter H words.
http://youtu.be/l87jkd6juq0
I don't think I realized people liked Ultra this much
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link