re dave : well i never ... from one extreme ..
― mark e, Friday, 12 April 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
ok so they played *But Not Tonight* for the first time EVER last night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh4WHM_m2C8
with MG on vocals!
― piscesx, Saturday, 27 April 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
See this is why I should have been there, but they sadly did not select me as a winner, so.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
Meantime, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top in the latest Record Collector says this:
I took a shine to Depeche Mode. I went to see them and it was SO heavy…it was rewarding to me as seeing James Brown in 1965….That inspired me and I was able to lightly steer the band.
Hero.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 03:33 (ten years ago) link
ZZ Top were inspired by OMD, too (as were Depeche Mode, funnily enough, although you'd never catch any former or current member that isn't Vince Clarke admitting to it).
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:01 (ten years ago) link
So it would seem like they're playing 'Barrel Of A Gun', 'Black Celebration' and 'Higher Love' on this tour!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 4 May 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/7f52bbe0b9d397430e4ea51283b1dd19/tumblr_mmakuvXn9Y1qcoqfio1_1280.jpg
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 4 May 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
Setlist spread:
Speak & Spell = 1A Broken Frame = 0Construction Time Again = 0Some Great Reward = 0 Black Celebration = 3Music For The Masses = 1Violator = 4Songs Of Faith & Devotion = 3Ultra = 1Exciter = 0Playing The Angel = 2Sounds Of The Universe = 0Delta Machine = 8
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 4 May 2013 21:53 (ten years ago) link
woah Higher Love..
― piscesx, Sunday, 5 May 2013 11:48 (ten years ago) link
Meantime a new remix surfacing for "Soothe My Soul" via Jacques Lu Cont
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/depeche-mode-rage-anew-in-soothe-my-soul-steve-angello-vs-jacques-lu-cont-remix-song-premiere-20130503
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 5 May 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
Incredible show tonight, much better than the one I saw in '09. In the past the live instruments seemed like embellishments (not a criticism) on top of the synth and other pre-programmed components. Now they sound much less constrained and freer with what they can play and how they can play it. Anyhow, it was awesome.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
Slightly underwhelming O2 show last night. Dave was great as usual and the highs were spectacular - World in My Eyes, Behind the Wheel, Enjoy the Silence, Personal Jesus, Never Let Me Down Again, I Feel You, Halo - but it was a strange setlist, very heavy on the last decade, and some of the Delta Machine songs sound stolid live. Doubly annoying because the night before they played Walking in My Shoes (my favourite Depeche song), Policy of Truth, Question of Time and Black Celebration.
Annoyingly rockist too, thanks to the bloody drummer. Enjoy the Silence does not require a drum solo nor Just Can't Get Enough a latin beat,and I prefer Gore's guitar when it's providing precise embellishments rather than heavy riffs. I still had fun but, y'know.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 30 May 2013 10:39 (ten years ago) link
This band is a long way - decades, really - away from three dudes standing behind synths and a twirling Dave. They have so many hits and iconic songs there's simply no way to do them all and satisfy everyone. The closest they came, really, was their hits tour some years back.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 May 2013 13:01 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, part of me accepts that but another part of me was still disappointed. I preferred this setlist from the last time I saw them:
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/depeche-mode/2006/hyde-park-london-england-63d6b69b.html
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link
And Billy Gibbons goes from being a fan to being a remixer:
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-depeche-mode/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 03:05 (ten years ago) link
LA show killed. All the Delta Machine selections sounded great live.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 29 September 2013 07:37 (ten years ago) link
Oh also:
I am reasonably certain that Dave will never be able to sing "Should Be Higher" live― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:26 AM
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:26 AM
Incorrect! They did this, it was great, he sounded fantastic.
Here was our setlist via setlist.fm; looks like we got the alternate main set from DL's show:
Welcome to My World (Extended intro)Angel Walking in My Shoes Precious Black Celebration Policy of Truth Should Be Higher Barrel of a Gun
The Child Inside But Not Tonight (Acoustic; Sung by Martin)
Heaven Soothe My Soul A Pain That I'm Used To ('Jacques Lu Cont's Remix' version)A Question of Time Enjoy the Silence Personal Jesus
Encore:
Home Shake the Disease (Acoustic; Sung by Martin)
Just Can't Get Enough Never Let Me Down Again
No "Goodbye" to end the main set and no "I Feel You" in the encore, which I admit honestly surprised me!
Meantime according to Wikipedia, Martin's been doing a lot of changing up during his segments as the tour has gone on -- here are his usual selections:
"Higher Love""Only When I Lose Myself""The Child Inside""When the Body Speaks""Shake The Disease""But Not Tonight""Judas""Home""A Question of Lust""Somebody""Halo" (Goldfrapp Remix version)
Only a few tour films from Corbijn this time out -- "Should Be Higher" with the flames and circus performers was pretty good, loved the random "I will take Depeche out in nature and have them do random things" feeling of "Heaven," the doggies for "Precious" were, well, precious (in a good way). Contortionist poses for "Enjoy the Silence," Corbjin letterfonts for "Welcome to My World," there were at least a couple of others.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 29 September 2013 16:21 (ten years ago) link
What else? Peter handled the keyboards as well as ever, Christian sounds like he has fully taken over the transformation of the group into a baroque rock band live. Fletch was Fletch. I mean he REALLY did not give a fuck and I love him for it. I think he only actually played keyboards three times. Martin's stage outfit was one of the most restrained I've seen from him in some years, just a silver demi-kilt plus whatever else he wore. He sounded a bit better than last time, wonder if he's taking some new singing lessons himself or prepping differently. Dave's voice really does sound better as he goes these days, he has aged in the best possible way. I was thinking how two of his most obvious role models when it comes to the stage -- Elvis more vocally, Freddie Mercury in terms of getting the crowd going -- passed on earlier before they reached the age he's at now, so there was never a full chance to compare/contrast. (Of course, he almost joined them several times over...)
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 29 September 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
Dope! I am going to see them Oct. 8 in Phx, which coincides nicely with the one-year anniv of me & my boyfriend, who is also a huge fan :D
― even the beatles had a coinstar machine in their living room (Crabbits), Sunday, 29 September 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
So I gave Delta Machine a listen again from front-to-back tonight, and I guess it's grown on me a fair amount... I think this actually may have knocked Playing The Angel off the perch as my favourite post-Ultra album.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Monday, 16 February 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
I just pulled up DM on Spotify and was surprised to be reminded they'd released an album only 2 years ago that I had COMPLETELY forgotten about.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 June 2015 06:38 (eight years ago) link
the only missteps IMO are "Heaven" and "Slow", everything else ranges from good-if-not-necessarily-immediately-compelling to holy-shit-must-play-on-repeat
current fave song is "Secret to the End"
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Tuesday, April 2, 2013 10:50 PM (six years ago)
give "slow" a second chance. loud. stoned. you won't be sorry
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link