Hearts can never be POLLed -- ILM Artist Poll # 18 -- Depeche Mode RESULTS THREAD

I do agree with crut, though, it'd be a hell of a lot more funnier if it had literally just been his dick hanging out.

martin gore was a big influence on mystikal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufB-jsZkraQ

http://blowthescene.com/files/2010/06/people-are-people.jpg
30. "People Are People"
single/People Are People/Some Great Reward, 1984
171 points (8 votes)

http://youtu.be/MzGnX-MbYE4

lmao dave gahan is such a trip in the "People Are People" video

My #13. I've always loved hearing stories about the recording of 'People Are People'. The way they achieved that MASSIVE sound, by sending different sounds to loud PA systems in different rooms of the studio. So loud that apparently the building was shaking! People can say what they like about the lyrics, the track has a hell of a fucking kick to it. I like to listen to this track LOUD.

PaP was my numbah 10. <3

http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/c7b81848d2a6ae51c0474795faf2d51763ff956b_m.jpg
29. "Fly on the Windscreen"
It's Called A Heart single, 1985 / Black Celebration ("Final"), 1986
172 points (9 votes)

http://youtu.be/emOeoIJg91o

My #11. Far too strong to have been a mere B-side, and thankfully the band thought the same. I think that's Daniel Miller doing the 'over and done with, over and done with' bits in the intro.

http://depechemode.shinji.be/tour/graph/1988-02-21.jpg
28. "The Things You Said"
Music for the Masses, 1987
173 points (8 votes)

http://youtu.be/yhBElJ5dNpE

okay can I just say a couple of things:

"Somebody" IS TOO FUCKING LOW, WHAT THE HELL
lol "Love, In Itself"! Honestly did not see that coming

Dan, being himself

also lol @ "Here Is The House" coming in at the bottom of the poll, considering it would have been the 21st song on my ballot ("The Things You Said" would have been 22)

so far I voted for:

"Sea of Sin"
"Precious"
"Somebody" (#1) (you fuckers)
"Fly on the Windscreen"

my biggest "wait, WAHT" is a tie between "Love, In Itself" (which I actually like a lot, I just think it's super goofy and not as good as many of their other songs) and "Sweetest Perfection" (which really is Violator's rough spot for me; I don't DISLIKE it but every other song on the album is just sooooooo much better)

http://i48.tinypic.com/212yja.jpg
27. "Black Celebration"
Black Celebration, 1986
178 points (8 votes)

http://youtu.be/27kUmbXezNg

last one for tonight. will post 25-11 tomorrow and 10-1 Saturday.

http://eil.com/Gallery/47221b.jpg
26. "A Question of Lust"
Black Celebration, 1986
183 points (9 votes)

http://youtu.be/vOtRZOlE0WM

I was one of the #1 votes for "Somebody," in deference to the number of mixtapes I put that song on in my teens and 20s. Still gets me.

"Love, in Itself" snuck into the lower reaches of my ballot (just above "A Question of Lust" actually). Always sounds like a Madonna song to me.

"Photographic" was my number 20

i already have six of mine that have appeared.

"Photographic" was my number 20

― Bee OK, Thursday, May 3, 2012 11:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

ditto!

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.

These images are so good!

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??

Things You Said = way too low!

<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.

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.

Two more tracks from Ultra I'm really hoping will place.

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.

Mine that have placed so far and the ranking I gave them:

15 - Dreaming of Me
19 - Love, In Itself
17 - Somebody
10 - People are People

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 Leatherette
Precious - the most persuasive of their 00s songs
Fly on the Windscreen - Squarely targeted at the depressive teenage me: "Death is everywhere"

I would have voted for the Pouppée Fabrikk version of "Photographic":

http://youtu.be/_B8BOYjzEns

Ha ha. Classic "scary" German industrial voice.

The Rex the Dog remixes are both very good.

sadface btw if the rest of the poll is run out during uk bedtime.

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.

cool, thanks. not that i might not be out anyway, if i manage to get a social life, but good to have the option.

Can't wait until "What's Your Name?" shows up.

P-R-E, double-T-Y!

okay if "What's Your Name?" ends up on this list I'm gonna pitch one

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.

any love for Dangerous? loads better than Sea Of Sin if we're talking Violator B sides.

I like Dangerous but NO WAY is it better than either Sea of Sin or Happiest Girl

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.

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.

also, why is there an annoying lag at the end of "enjoy the silence" before the segue into the much superior "policy of truth"?

that'd be "Interlude #2 – Crucified" – 1:52 (hidden song starting at 4:21)

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

thanks ledge! i've always wondered what that was.

fyi the one after blue dress is Interlude #3. don't know what happened to Interlude #1...

xp i prefer the term 'differently abled'

hahaha

(maybe they consider the remix coda of "Personal Jesus" to be Interlude #1?)

'Interlude #1 (Mission Impossible)' is the piece of music that appears after 'Pimpf' ends on Music For The Masses.

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.

Can't wait until "What's Your Name?" shows up.

P-R-E, double-T-Y!

― 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.

any love for Dangerous? loads better than Sea Of Sin if we're talking Violator B sides.

― 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!

something about how the word "very" is pronounced in the chorus always rubbed me the wrong way

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