TS: Depeche Mode vs. New Order vs. Pet Shop Boys

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!

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?

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!

posted while doing the same dance the Scissor Sisters do in the video for "I don't feel like dancing" no doubt.

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who's gonna win???????

Surely not Depeche. Which sucks because they should have.

PSB by a million miles! This is an easy poll.

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.

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.

Pet Shop Boys: too arch, too calculated

how are these bad things?

HITLER was arch and calculated!

uh...so was Martin Luther King Jr.

what's yr point?

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?

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.)

AKA, pretty much the most impossible ILM poll, ever.

Not really. New Order handily trounces both with one hand.

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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

New Order is a "synth pop band"?

They were a synth pop band before they turned into a goth band.

i think flood/francois k-era dep-mode ripped off mid-late-80s new order.

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)

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.

indie dance

that's you that is.

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i quite like it!

THAN YOU MUST NOT BE A TRUE OR DEVOTED DEPECHE MODE FAN

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.

They were a synth pop band before they turned into a goth band.

New Order were neither.

Whoops, for some reason I mixed NO and DM there!

ah, okay.

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accurately predicted

hey, not bad! go me.

These results were really quite obvious if you know ILM.

don't spoil it for me, tuomas.

New Order is a "synth pop band"?

THIS POLL IS FUCKING ABOUT SYNTH POP:

I've always seen these guys as the 3 giants of synth-pop

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!

i think maybe this forum should be called "i love questionable music more than depeche mode". stupidest poll results ever.

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!!!

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.

Whoops, for some reason I mixed NO and DM there!

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I eagerly await Blue Monday - Tuomas mix

Just seen the results! I didn't know DM got so much love here! I thought it was just Geir plus one!

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.

(also: much roffling at "questionable music". what, is everything that isn't pure DM "degenerate art" or something?)

justice was done.

I've always seen these guys as the 3 giants of synth-pop

only just noticed this wtfness.

They bestride the land, like colossi of the Roland.

"(also: much roffling at "questionable music". what, is everything that isn't pure DM "degenerate art" or something?)"

i mean, DM are definitely one of my favorite artists, i own more records by them than by any other artist except theo parrish, "violator" is one of my all time favorite albums and has been for many many years. but i dont hold them as anything more than fantastic musicians. New Order are definitely awesome too. but really, the Pet Shop Boys? come on, now. they were not bad but they shouldnt even be in a discussion with depeche mode.