well then how about "I take pictures/Photographic pictures"?
Even allowing for the fact that most lyrics scan as dumb when you remove them from the context of the song, Depeche Mode still has some remarkably stupid ones scattered all throughout their career. I still love the band, but come on.
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
oh they're totally dumb. the "photographic" lyric is a better example.
― crüt, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, of course they were often dumb but they were dumb in lots of different directions. The range of themes on Construction through Masses is impressive, even when they got it catastrophically wrong. The later lyrics are oppressively competent, dwelling on the same basket of themes. Before Violator DM felt like a band trying to work out what they were doing, experimenting furiously en route. After Violator they felt like they'd decided on their sound and themes and have spent the last 20 years gently tweaking them - a rockier one, a quieter one, a darker one. SOFAD was the last significant development in their sound and songwriting imo, much though I enjoy parts of the subsequent albums.
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
ok threw one together, fuck yeah "Stjarna"
― Euler, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
What is the stupidest Depeche Mode song?
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
i voted!
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
Sent!
― Kent Burt, Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
CRUTIS I just sent to your hotmail!!!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
Errr I mean gmail.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
Oh and the poll-specific one I now see we were meant to send to in the first place.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
If we ever do a New Order poll I wonder how many participants would consider "Regret" or "Crystal" post-peak.
i'm set up to do New Order poll at number 37
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:23 (eleven years ago) link
VOTED
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 May 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
poll is closed. will try to get results thread started by Thursday afternoon.
― crüt, Thursday, 3 May 2012 08:12 (eleven years ago) link