yah but Personal Jesus seems way more iconic, whereas I always remember Enjoy the Silence as the other (great) single from that album
― the butthead frond (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
and not just because M Manson's cover either
This was right around when I first started paying attention to pop music - I'd be shocked if "personal jesus" hadn't gone top 40 at all, heard it plenty on the radio, but I can believe "Enjoy The Silence" was even bigger.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:37 (ten years ago) link
with "orange crush," "fascination street" "motorcycle" and "channel z" it looks like the traditional "first single ropes in the people who already like the act on modern/rock radio, second single goes for crossover" roll-out for a career act. I guess you could say that for Depeche too, as "Personal Jesus" is definitely the more "rock" song, even if such a rock song was atypical for them.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:41 (ten years ago) link
"Enjoy the Silence" took off summer '90. It sounded great rubbing up against industrial strength Janet Jackson LET ME TELL YOU.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:42 (ten years ago) link
it really was a great time to be a little nerd listening to radio - a lot of "weird" acts were having their bubblegum crossover, so later when I started reading Rolling Stone I learned the historical reasons to like these bands besides that they were funny lookin' and catchy, and could tell people i'd been into college rock since 3rd grade.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
"rubbing up against industrial strength Janet Jackson"
alfred didn't mean to turn me on
― some dude, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:23 (ten years ago) link
tbh this alterna crossover is one of the reasons I loved that era so much; I really felt like all of the bands I was listening to were pop bands that could totally have mainstream success if people would only just pay attention (and Depeche Mode and REM had already had one big pop moment apiece with "People Are People" and "The One I Love") and that year and a half felt like a rolling wave of vindication
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
iirc Personal Jesus wasn't advertised as 'coming from an album' or anything. Violator was still being finished, didn't have a title yet. people weren't sure (at least in the UK) if it would be on the album. album was out like.. a full year after? or near as dammit.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
LOL I always felt that Cosmic Thing kinda predetermined for me a fascination with post punk, ie early Fall, Slits etc
xp to croup
― the butthead frond (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
yeah basically i went from goofy "college rock" videos to rolling stone to album guides saying shit like "oh hey if you like REM, you'll like the velvet underground, and if you like the velvet underground you'll like the feelies." It wasn't until years later I remembered that what originally grabbed me was people dancing goofy to "Stand"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
i have a fond memories of seeing a team of classic cars stroll down the street to "So Alive" during a 4th of July parade in Greeley, CO. From Bauhaus to that within a decade, not bad guys.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
fortunately college rock has never lacked for goofy dancing
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
Prior to its release, advertisements were placed in the personal columns of regional newspapers in the UK with the words "Your own personal Jesus." Later, the ads included a phone number one could dial to hear the song.[7] The ensuing controversy helped propel the single to No. 13 on the UK charts, becoming one of Depeche Mode’s biggest sellers. The single was particularly successful commercially thanks to the fact that it was released six months prior to the album it would later appear on. Up to that point, it was the best selling 12" single in Warner Brothers history.[8]
― fit and working again, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:22 (ten years ago) link
between this period and the ability of everybody from the Meat Puppets to the Butthole Surfers getting hits through the 90s, I can't help but be bummed that our current crop of college faves have uniformly failed to make that total crossover. Though the success of shit like the Lumineers and Of Monsters and Men suggests the Arcade Fire would have had several hit singles by now if they'd jumped to a major.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
no need to crossover when in the bands' minds they've got a niche perfectly happy to keep'em in clover with publishing rights; and, hey, they can always sell their songs to Volkswagen.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:31 (ten years ago) link
who are the current college darlings who aren't completely terrible
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
MIA one of the last I remember crossing over the traditional way.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
oh right, ha
everyone can ignore my last post, was being dumb
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
"Hi guys!"
http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/aaohio__oPt.jpg
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
uh
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
shake your honeybuns!
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
http://b-52s.blogspot.com/2008/07/fake-nude-photo-of-kate-pierson.html
― sleepingsignal, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
Hehehehe... it's so obvious where the face has been cropped... different colour hair was a bit of a giveaway :P
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
MIA one of the last I remember crossing over the traditional way.― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), mardi 13 août 2013 21:32 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), mardi 13 août 2013 21:32 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Daft Punk ?
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 15 August 2013 05:25 (ten years ago) link
ROLLING THROUGH A FIELD OF MOLTEN FLOWERS
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 February 2014 03:44 (ten years ago) link
in the reeeeeeeeed muuuud!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 24 February 2014 04:56 (ten years ago) link
Song For The Future Generation is better than anything on this album IMO.
― piscesx, Monday, 24 February 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
Deadbeat Club is such a jam
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 10 April 2015 15:26 (nine years ago) link
that first side is gold
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 April 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Always been impressed with Keith Strickland's guitar on this - really great rhythm stuff on here, wisely a completely different style to RW
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 10 April 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
I just noticed how different the first and second verses are melodically, almost as if Cindy and Kate each had a turn to improvise a verse melody and in the end they went with both. The effect is kinda extraordinary: the song is just lobbing new hook after new hook at you as nonchalantly as somebody dealing a hand of cards
― let's love Jessica to death (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:35 (nine years ago) link
Would have voted for 'Topaz.' Such a gorgeous song.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:44 (nine years ago) link
Xp my last post was about Deadbeat Club
― let's love Jessica to death (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:49 (nine years ago) link
SMOKE IN YOUR EYES
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:53 (nine years ago) link
Was 'Deadbeat Club' a single? Am I crazy for remembering hearing it on the radio?
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:54 (nine years ago) link
Yes. Third one to hit the top forty.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:57 (nine years ago) link
a comparative flop though -- one of those singles though you might remember as bigger than it was thanks to MTV play.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 April 2015 02:58 (nine years ago) link
Well I was only 9, I'm surprised I remember it as vividly as I do.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 11 April 2015 03:22 (nine years ago) link
This fucking album.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 July 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
thank you for this revive, i am now stoked to put this on
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 14 July 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
Quite worth the listen:
http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hit_parade/2018/07/how_r_e_m_and_the_b_52_s_became_legit_hit_makers_by_the_1990s.html
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 July 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
My go-to summer album. Timeless, and various other cliches.
― dorsalstop, Saturday, 14 July 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
I realized today that "Deadbeat Club" and Pet Shop Boys' "Being Boring," out within a year of each other, cover similar thematic ground.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
They do rather! I've always found both ridiculously affecting. Very surprised to see "DbC = worst track" posts early in the thread.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 14 July 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
Still never heard this album (I should) but the lyricless vocalizing they do at the end of Deadbeat Club is gorgeous. Hard to imagine it being the worst song here
― Vinnie, Saturday, 14 July 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
The production of this album has aged very well, and 'Roam' remains one of my favourite tracks of all time - it never fails to boost my mood!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 15 July 2018 00:07 (five years ago) link
i love the sound of cindy and kate's backing harmonies on this. i mean i love it always but there's some pinch of something to the production, maybe just chorusing or a little flange? they get this extra shimmer to them that really fits the tone of the album. overall this record has such an amazing sound, so different from their 'classic' sound with the loss of ricky wilson, but totally distinctive and convincing in its own right. it's like george harrison going from the 12-string to the slide.
"deadbeat club" blows my mind more and more with the passing of the years.
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 15 July 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
Lately "Bushfire" has been a big jam for me
― bedraggled vorticist (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 15 July 2018 04:47 (five years ago) link
Topaz is still the most beautiful melody in music I know.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 15 July 2018 05:00 (five years ago) link