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

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20. "Waiting for the Night"
Violator, 1990
233 points (11 votes)

http://youtu.be/vyrpRzdvp5U

well once again i forgot to vote in a poll i care about because i am a jerk

lol @ jjj, now, alwaysss, forever (forever) (forever) (forever) (forever) (forever)

yes I know it's the wrong band, I just wanted to say that

http://images.popmatters.com/news_art/d/depeche-mode-master.jpg
19. "Master and Servant"
Some Great Reward, 1984
239 points (12 votes)

http://youtu.be/IsvfofcIE1Q

sorry jjjusten, I should have made a mod request earlier.

ha well spotted, thats exactly where i figured this out

http://recoilmx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/AlanWilder-043.png
18. "A Question of Time"
Black Celebration, 1986
248 points (12 votes)

http://youtu.be/9pt7EWFF_T8

http://991.com/NewGallery/Depeche-Mode-Details---April-1-336069.jpg
17. "I Feel You"
Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1993
251 points (11 votes)

http://youtu.be/iTKJ_itifQg

http://otriva.net/_ld/41/4169.jpg
16. "But Not Tonight"
Stripped single/Black Celebration (US), 1986
256 points (10 votes, 2 #1 votes)

http://youtu.be/0JIl8mHx4iY

the next two both had the same number of points and votes and no #1 votes, so the tie was broken based on the ranking of the highest vote.

http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/musicvideos/2007/7/david-gahan-personal-jesus.jpg
15. "Personal Jesus"
single, 1989/Violator, 1990
285 votes (13 points, highest ranking = #4)

http://youtu.be/u1xrNaTO1bI

Wow, higher than I expected for Personal Jesus (wasn't actually sure it would even be here at all).

But Not Tonight: a song that rose tons in my estimation in recent years. It's an anthem that's ambiguous about that.

"But Not Tonight" was my #1

http://www.multinet.no/~jonarne/Hjemmesia/Favorittartister/depeche/martin_gore.jpg
14. "Blasphemous Rumours"
Some Great Reward, 1984
285 votes (13 points, highest ranking = #3)

"But Not Tonight" was going to be my #1 but then it ended up being my #2.

Conversely, that's lower than I expected for Blasphemous Rumours! ilx be trippin.

http://youtu.be/AZRGPg5laDU

lol I own that spring '93 Details magazine, remarkable for editor in chief William Shaw writing a story in which he accepts Dave Gahan's word that he's "changed" when Gahan had hit his nadir.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmackuRG5x1qbb1fro1_500.jpg
13. "Halo"
Violator, 1990
291 points (11 votes, 1 #1 vote)

http://youtu.be/iEH4eqtK8SU

Halo has always seemed like one of the minor tracks on Violator to me, but Violator is so good that even its minor tracks are better than a lot of the rest of DM's catalogue.

http://www.destroyrockandroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Recoil-Alan-Wilder-Car-Pic.jpeg
12. "Behind the Wheel"
Music for the Masses, 1987
291 points (11 votes, 2 #1 votes)

http://youtu.be/6FrOpHPC-XM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

(this was my very emphatically voted-for #1, btw)

Halo has always seemed like one of the minor tracks on Violator to me, but Violator is so good that even its minor tracks are better than a lot of the rest of DM's catalogue.

Disagree -- they're masters of their game on this track. Rarely have their histrionics been used to such moving affect. Beautiful strings!

Everything about Behind the Wheel is perfect imo. It builds through the first verse, picks up steam in the second with the addition of the snare, and so on and so forth.

"I'm going cheap."

last one for tonight:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q9L-KcV9yQA/Tsw-b3KmQXI/AAAAAAAANIc/b7TG4NWgbxE/s1600/depecheMODE81telly.jpg
11. "New Life"
single/Speak & Spell, 1981
328 points (15 votes)

http://youtu.be/ZFnEhwmpjXI

Spotify reminder: http://open.spotify.com/user/mondosalvo/playlist/4PbZvk0EhUyQksRQZo978B

11. (328 points / 15 votes): New Life
12. (291 points / 11 votes): Behind the Wheel
13. (291 points / 11 votes): Halo
14. (285 points / 13 votes): Blasphemous Rumours
15. (285 points / 13 votes): Personal Jesus
16. (256 points / 10 votes): But Not Tonight
17. (251 points / 11 votes): I Feel You
18. (248 points / 12 votes): A Question of Time
19. (239 points / 12 votes): Master and Servant
20. (233 points / 11 votes): Waiting for the Night
21. (207 points / 11 votes): See You
22. (198 points / 10 votes): Get the Balance Right!
23. (198 points / 9 votes): Lie To Me
24. (194 points / 9 votes): Home
25. (194 points / 7 votes): It's No Good
26. (183 points / 9 votes): A Question of Lust
27. (178 points / 8 votes): Black Celebration
28. (173 points / 8 votes): The Things You Said
29. (172 points / 9 votes): Fly on the Windscreen
30. (171 points / 8 votes): People Are People
31. (163 points / 6 votes): Somebody
32. (144 points / 7 votes): Useless
33. (129 points / 7 votes): Love, In Itself
34. (129 points / 6 votes): Photographic
35. (121 points / 6 votes): Dreaming of Me
36. (117 points / 6 votes): Clean
37. (113 points / 4 votes): Sweetest Perfection
38. (107 points / 6 voteS): Precious
39. (107 points / 5 votes): Sea of Sin
40. (105 points / 6 votes): Here Is the House

guessing my vote for Moonlight Sonata was wasted

Behind the Wheel and Blasphemous Rumours were the two songs that i realised through doing this that i like much less than i thought i did

SHOCKING SPOILER: Moonlight Sonata is NOT in the top 10!!!!

Wow, higher than I expected for Personal Jesus (wasn't actually sure it would even be here at all).

― Johnny Fever, Friday, May 4, 2012 8:39 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol wut

not really a fan but Enjoy the Silence should take this. Perfect song all the way.

"But Not Tonight" was my #1

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, May 4, 2012 8:45 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

High five Alf!

Blasphemous Rumors to low!

Too

My #1 probably won't make it. I'm disappointed.

i'm so far 12/20 with my number one "Halo" already showing up.

i might end up getting around 17 in the Top 40.

I have 3, maybe 4 songs that will be in the top 10

gonna roll my eyes at you guys so hard if you voted Enjoy the Silence #1, it's not even the best Violator single ("Policy of Truth", which still missed my ballot)

my top four have already placed, i could be crazy but i think my #5 has a shot at beating 'enjoy the silence' for #1, hoping ilx doesn't let me down again.

^^ i hope that is the case :)

Enjoy the Silence was my no 5 i think.

Enjoy the Silence was my no 5 i think.

Only four of my twenty have placed so far, looks like I'm way off consensus on this one. And you might've picked a more appealing image for I Feel You - the girl in the video was very important to me once upon a time.

Glad to see I Feel You, I ended up placing that much higher than I thought I would once I'd relistened to it.

My first reaction on seeing these results is "OMG 'SEE YOU' IS ON SINGSTAR?!?!"

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.

It's not even close to being their worst song, even among singles, "It's Called a Heart", "It's Only When I Lose Myself" and maybe "See You" (sorry to the eleven people who voted for it) are worse.

24. (194 points / 9 votes): Home
25. (194 points / 7 votes): It's No Good

Pleasantly surprised here ... it's not that Ultra isn't great, but that I don't think there's much consensus on what the best songs are (a big disadvantage in polls).

I do love It's No Good, even if I was influenced a bit by Alfred's takedown on the voting thread. The video is something else though - loads of laughs (including said smarmy face). Sometimes I'd say it's my favourite clip ever, but there're a lot of other Depeche clips pushing it hard.

Oh man, I love But Not Tonight so much - should have been top 10.