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

<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

???

like Roy Hodgson?

"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.

isn't it a Salt n Pepa album?

'very unnecessary' not nearly as bad as 'pass undetectedly' from sweetest perfection.

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.

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

It is impossible for me to sing along with it without looking/sounding like an ass tho

i really like the lyrical idea in that song, but yeah it goes about saying it in quite a clunky way imo

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.

DM can be quite a ponderous band, but that's one of their charms.

i really like the lyrical idea in that song, but yeah it goes about saying it in quite a clunky way imo

it's no More than Words, for sure.

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfykdidgBI1qcx3g0o1_500.png
25. "It's No Good"
Ultra, 1997
194 points (7 votes, 1 #1 vote)

http://youtu.be/aieEZ950d1I

boy Gahan really perfected that smarmy face, didn't he

thanks abbott for quick modding.

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9pusiaiHY1qzc711o1_500.jpg
24. "Home"
Ultra, 1997
194 points (9 votes, 1 #1 vote)

curse of the four-letter H words.

http://youtu.be/l87jkd6juq0

I don't think I realized people liked Ultra this much

Gore poodle!!

The only songs I really like from Ultra are the singles.

I do like "Useless" and "Home" a lot but I wouldn't have expected #1 votes for either

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23. "Lie To Me"
Some Great Reward, 1984
198 points (9 votes)

http://youtu.be/nop-6HIAHKI

wtf did they do to alan's lower half in that picture?