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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Hello, this is mont and Gold from Depeche Mode. All right,
this is ged Gone from Depeche Mode and you are
listening to my word rollan and it's depeche Mode the podcast.
Thank you so much for checking out another episode, or
if you happen to be new to the show, welcome
where I talk about all things Depeche Mode on Depeche
(00:30):
Mode Podcast. I'm your host, John Justice. You can always
email me talkshow Nerd at gmail dot com, talkshow Nerd
at gmail dot com, or if you're enjoying the show
up on YouTube, leave a comment there and we share
those on the following week's show. We have some listener
(00:51):
feedbacks and emails and comments from YouTube to share this
week as we await the debut of M a Cinematic Experience.
This is going to be debuting on Thursday this week.
I'm recording this as of Wednesday, and I want to
give you a bit of an idea of what you
(01:12):
can expect in terms of coverage of this Depeche Mode
documentary here on the show. All right, so here's the deal.
We have today's show. I have a couple of things
I want to talk about. A lot of listener feedback
to get to as I mentioned, and then there will
be a bonus show on Friday, Rob rom and others,
(01:35):
but Rob Rahm specifically from the global Depeche Mode fan
group Friend of the Show, Friend of Mine. He is
actually in New York City right now to attend the
premiere of the film and also the question and answer
session with Dave and Martin that will take place after
(01:57):
the screening coming up on Thursday. Now, there's moremultiple screenings
that are taking place in New York around the Tribeca
Film Festival. But Rob assured me that he would be
sending me an audio message or at a bare minimum
text message of his review with as many details as
he can give given the format to share on the
(02:19):
show Friday. So while I have no information or details
yet of what to expect in this documentary beyond what
we have already shared on the show of this is
going to be chronicling the Mexico tour dates on the
Memento Mori tour, along with an interspersing of the Mexican
(02:46):
culture relating to the themes around death and the fandom
around the show. We know that the movie itself is
running about ninety minutes long, but beyond that, we don't
really have any idea of what top in terms of
how much footage from the actual tour will be in
in the movie itself, how much of it will be
(03:08):
the other aspects of what the uh director has put
together for this, nor do we know what a physical
release will look like at this point in time. My
expectation at the moment, and this is purely based off
of what we have already enjoyed in terms of documentaries,
is probably something very close to what we got in
(03:30):
most recently the Spirits in the Forest and prior to that,
One oh one. This is kind of my expectation, and
if we get something along those lines, I'll be happy. Listen,
I'm gonna be happy as a fan regardless. Ultimately, I'm
praying that we end up getting a full concert released
(03:54):
relating to the Memento Mary tour, since we haven't received
that yet. As I've mentioned before on the show, there
has been talk of a of a live album which
make Covenside later on this year. Still expecting those four
unreleased fully produced momental more retracts. But you know, if
we get something along the lines of what we got
in One oh one, which you know, had a lot
(04:16):
of music in it, from the music for the Masses
Tour or the you know, more so the Spirits in
the Forest release, of which I was not nearly as
big of a fan as I was the one oh
one documentary. You know, I'll be pleased. I'm sensing that
this is going to be a much different experience, considering
that we already have had you know, these other documentaries
(04:40):
interspersed with concert footage from the Spirit Tour and the
music for the Masses Tour. You know, I would speculate
the director probably went back and looked at those films.
I have no evidence of that at all. I just
if I were going to be creating a Depeche Mode film,
I certainly would go back and look at what was
(05:00):
done prior so that I wasn't being too derivative of
what was done in the past. And the little marketing
that we have of the movie so far, just billing
this as a unique cinematic experience lends itself to an
expectation that we should receive something different now. As I
do before every show, I have gone and scoured the
(05:21):
internet for any new potential information, and there has not
been any promotion leading up to the Tribeca Film Festival
debut coming up on Thursday. Nothing else about any of
the other items that I've mentioned. Things have been very
quiet out of the Depeche Mode camp apart from a
few weeks ago, well, I guess maybe about a month
(05:43):
or so ago, the official announcement that we would be
getting this film and the debut would be taking place
this week at the Tribeca Film Festival. Now, we've also
heard through Rob Rahm and his discussion that he had
recently with Martin Gore during that pickleball event in Santa
Barbara with Kenny Loggins and other other notable figures, that
(06:08):
apparently the film will not be released to the public
until sometime in November. So I would imagine that any
sort of promotion around the movie, it's gonna start this
week in New York City. They'll be gauging the fan response,
comments from David Martin, and all of these different aspects
(06:28):
revolving around the film's debut will end up becoming part
of the larger marketing platform for the movie later on
this year, when I would expect that we would see
somewhat of a proper promotion of this film. Now, whether
or not this is something that ends up getting the
same level of attention as other notable rock band documentaries
(06:52):
remains to be seen. I think a lot of this
is going to depend on what the reaction is coming
out of the Tribeca Film Festival. If the reaction is
resoundingly positive, we could end up being in some really
interesting territory in terms of Depeche Mode, meaning that we
could be getting a lot of promotions surrounding this to
get even more casual fans of the band into theaters
(07:17):
wherever this film ends up being screened, and also dependent
on how many screens they end up putting the movie
on when it is officially released. But I'm sort of
sitting here recording the podcast and it feels like a
bit of the quiet before the storm. We've had a
(07:38):
lot of downtime and nothing coming from the band since
really the end of the tour. So this is the
first official big thing that we've had since the Momento
Mori toour ended, and this is not typically what we
usually get usually after the end of a tour. It's
a relatively short period of time to which we end
(08:01):
up getting the last remaining promotional items relating to the tour,
a live album, a physical release of the tour on
Blu ray or DVD. And because there was a delay,
we've actually had a pretty long gap, a wide gap
of time where there hasn't been much to talk about,
and usually that goes on for much longer as we
(08:22):
await the possibility of new Depeche Mode music being recorded.
So this is kind of an exciting time, just a big,
massive question mark of how the response is, how is
the movie received, and because of that reception, what kind
of promotion follows afterwards? And of course, on top of
all of this is the fact that Dave and Martin
(08:43):
are going to be together as Depeche Mode in this
unique circumstance of talking about this film, of which you
have to assume they would have seen something of it, right,
So I'm incredibly excited. I look forward to the bonus
episode that I'll have coming up on. Rob Brahm said
he would be messaging me again this evening he's going
(09:04):
to a special DJ event in New York City after
the film's debut. Not this evening, excuse me tomorrow night, Thursday,
as I'm recording this on Wednesday. So I'm looking forward
to tomorrow night, or at least waking up in the
morning because I get I have to go to betterly
because of my full time gig. I'm in bed by
six thirty, for crying out loud. So I would anticipate
(09:25):
that I'll be waking up in the morning to hear
Rob Rohm's thoughts and as soon as I can on Friday,
sometime before the afternoon here Central time in America, I'll
be posting his thoughts and the first initial review and
whatever else I can find from other fans that may
have had the opportunity to be in New York City
(09:46):
this week to see the debut of the film. And
of course, if you happen to be one of those
individuals who is in New York City, feel free to
drop me an email talkshow Nerd at gmail dot com.
I'd love to get as many responses as possible to
the film's debut as I can to share on Friday show.
(10:07):
But it certainly is going to be a very exciting
week to be a Depeche Mode fan, all right, And
with that, I just want I want to toss something
out this week. I do have some listener feedback I
want to get to in light of not doing a
proper show last week, but just a question I want
(10:28):
to pose for you, And it's something that has been
in the back of my mind of a subject I
wanted to bring up on the on the show. And
it's a little bit of an odd one, So, you know,
oftentimes when I have these thoughts, I'm surprised to learn that, Hey,
I'm not the only Depeche Mode fan that has thought this,
But what kind of impact has the art ork surrounding
(10:51):
a Depeche Mode release, whether this is an album or
a single, what kind of impact has that had on
you as a fan and your enjoyment of the music.
Is there a correlation to you? Have you thought much
about that? I think you know, ultimately it's the music, right,
I mean, that's that's what it comes down to. But
(11:13):
you can't escape the entire artistic package that has been
so fundamental in shaping the image of the band. Less
so the sound, but the image of the of the
band and the impact that it has on particular releases.
I'm just curious to get your thoughts of what is
(11:34):
your relationship with the artwork and the promotional artwork surrounding
the singles and the albums in relation to the songs themselves,
does an impact your enjoyment of that music at all?
For me, it's more of a and I'll just share
my quick thoughts on it. The artwork that works works
(11:58):
for me where we're in. The artwork on particular releases
seems to sort of amplify the negative aspects of that
album for me, if that makes sense. So Sounds of
the Universe, which is an album. I enjoy all their albums, right,
I'm not going to go through ranking them, We've done
(12:18):
that a ton on the show, but Sounds as a Universe,
Sounds of the Universe as an album that I quite enjoy.
But I did not like what Anton KORbin did in
terms of the artwork presentation for that album. Whether it's
the album cover itself with the multi colored sticks and
the circle, right, I get the representation Sounds of the
(12:39):
Universe and kind of what he was going for. I
just didn't feel it was very effective. It didn't translate
well when it came to the purchase of the promotional
items on the tour. I also felt like his artistic
endeavors on that tour specifically, and the stage design didn't
work either, And While I enjoy joy many of the
(13:00):
songs on that album, the songs I don't care for
are kind of lumped in also with the artwork as well.
Playing the Angel had a lot of potential in terms
of its artwork, but I felt like the singles themselves
kind of fell flat and short of what Anton had
initially designed with that feather character on the cover of
(13:25):
the of the album. So I'm just curious. Again, this
may not yield a lot of responses. It's just a
question that has been in the back of my mind,
and I'm just wondering what kind of impact has Depeche
Mode had on you in terms of the enjoyment that
you have of the music and the albums based solely
on the artwork. So I could be out on a
(13:46):
limb here and maybe it doesn't matter to you at
all and you don't give a rip what the album
looks like, the songs of the songs, and that's the
that's the end of it. But in terms of the
total package, I feel like the really good albums are
amplified by their amazing art work. Violator, I feel like
Exciter to Me is a stronger album when you consider
(14:07):
it as a whole, because I really enjoyed the artwork
and what Anton put together, especially for the cover art
and the singles that were produced afterwards. I feel like
it's an incredibly missed opportunity that we did not have
specific artwork related to the singles that were released on
Memento moriy It really seemed like, Wow, this was one
(14:28):
of their more successful efforts that they've had in a
number of years. Right the fact that they really sort
of stripped back a lot of what they would typically
do for the release of an album, and I started
a bit with spirit. We didn't get the documentaries that
we typically get, and we didn't get the individual artwork
(14:49):
for every single single. I feel like that was a
missed opportunity, especially with the quality of the album that
Memento Moriy is. I don't know if it was a
matter of cutting costs Anton you know, doesn't do this
stuff for free, or what the ultimate choice was, or
just the fact that we're now in the digital age
(15:09):
of streaming and we're not buying so many physical copies
and therefore having the artwork isn't necessarily as fundamental as
it used to be in supporting the overall endeavor of
marketing an album. That being said, I would have loved
to have seen what Anton Corbin could have done, considering
(15:30):
how good of a job he did with the cover
art Formamento Mori and the photographs along with it. I
thought the photos attached to the in the booklets and
on the back of the album cover itself was, you know,
some of Anton's Anton's best work that he's done in
many years. I certainly appreciated it more than I did
Delta Machine. I felt that that was a bit lazy
(15:51):
in terms of the artwork relating to that album. So again,
just love your general feedback regarding the promotional aspect of
the albums and Anton's work and what kind of impact
that has had on your enjoyment. As always, talkshow Nerd
at gmail dot com or leave a comment up on
(16:15):
all Right, let's get to your listener feedback this week,
of which I have quite a few since I didn't
get to any of it last week. First off, Javiercane writes, this,
has anyone noticed that Depeche Mode never wanted to do
a co headlining Big US tour with let's say New Order,
The Cure or the Pet Shop Boys. The closest was
(16:38):
the Rose Bull in eighty eight with omd or in
nineteen ninety with Electronic. They have chosen successful fringe alternative
acts as their opener, which I always thought was cool.
He says. My exposure would have been on the Black
Celebration Tour, Book of Love, Book of Love, Violator Knights
or eb on the Song the Faith and Devotion Tour,
(17:01):
which I thought was just an amazing pairing, Stabbing Westward
on the Singles Tour, Primal Scream on the Exotic Tour,
and also a Poe on the Exciter Tour. These are
obviously out of order in terms of when those tours
actually went and took place. No listen, I wonder if
(17:24):
it's a matter of the band not being asked to
do a co headlining tour. They've always been big enough
to go and carry a tour on their own, in
which case there was never really a reason to go
and partner up with another big name, big name act.
And on top of that, you look at something like
(17:44):
the Carr of the Pet Shop Boys and you can't
help but wonder if there would have been some jockeying
back and forth as to who would have been the
opener and who wouldn't have been the opener. On top
of that, when you consider the production value that Depeche
Mode puts into all of their gigs, apart from sort
of one off shows like the Ultra Launch Party shows, right,
(18:06):
they put a lot of production value into that, in
which case it would be I would think a rather
difficult task to have full two, full, fully produced stages
ready to go for both acts with acts such as
Big as you know, as Big as the Petch Shop
Boys and The Cure, considering what they do for their
own shows as as well. Now granted, as the years progressed,
(18:32):
I was less in tuned with emerging alternative acts. But
you know, to be honest with you, Poe was really
the last opening act for Depeche Mode that I really
got into. I tried to. I like a little bit
of Lady Tron I tried to get into. It was
a crystal castles. I haven't heard anything of them, but
(18:53):
none of them really stuck with me. But you go
back to the ones you listed and the the nightter
eb On Violators toab Westward on the Singles Tour and Poe.
Those were fantastic opening acts of which I would arrive
there early to see them on this last tour for
the Memento Moriy tour. I mean we arrived before the
(19:13):
proper show started and didn't even bother with the opening act,
just because of the unfamiliarity there, all right, prid to
the show, Chris Culpeper writes this, I am confident that
Depeche Mode will tour again in the near future, but
I don't know if an accompaniment an accompanying mint new
record will coincide. What pre some what pre some Great
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Reward songs? Would you like to see redone or reimagined live?
I've always envisioned a medley of old school tracks with
eighty one through eighty three images on the backscreen photographic
ice machine two minute warning. I also pray for the
Memento Moriy tracks with the Richard Butler vocals. Highly recommend
(20:02):
Mirror Moves by the Psychedelic First to everyone, Thank you,
John Justice, well, Chris, thank you very much. Let me
go through a few of your comments here. Sorry, I
was kind of stumbling over my words there for a bit. Listen,
you know, in terms of going back to you know,
pre some Great Reward I don't know why I can't
get that word out of my mouth today. Some great
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reward songs I would like to see redone or reimagined live.
I would have to go back to my my dream
set lists that I shared I believe on not last
week's shorter episode, but the week the week prior. I mean,
there's several tracks in there to see back out on
tour again and immediately like blasphemous rumors comes to mind
(20:48):
if you want, which I had leading the last show.
Those are tracks that I would love to see sort
of beefed up for a modern a modern tour. I
don't know if the band would ever go the route
of a medley of the old school tracks. I feel
like depeche Mode has always tried to stay current and relevant,
even while honoring the catalog of the past. You know,
(21:11):
they go out to promote like they did on this album.
They went out to promote Memento Moriy. That was the
main focus, and while there were a handful of tracks
from that record, the majority of the of the set
list is the standard tracks that the band chooses to
make sure that the crowd is happy. But that tour
is still the Momento Moriy tour for the band to
(21:32):
go out and do something akin to an end of
their career, which I wouldn't necessarily put it past them.
I just don't see them doing that. If they recorded
another album and wanted to go back out on tour,
it would be in support of that album. And because
they pull so many tracks from their back catalog, you know,
(21:55):
the tours, whether it's Spirit or Momento Moriy, end up
becoming a greatest hits if you will, without a lot
of deep tracks. So I'm not sure the difference would
be all that stark, but again, sort of a medley
of old school tracks. I just I can't see them
putting something like that together. I agree with you, though,
I am dying to hear the Memento Mariy demos with
(22:18):
Richard Butler's vocals. I've mentioned many times on the show
how much I love Ghosts Again, and I can hear.
And I'm not the biggest Richard Butler or you know,
Psychedelic FIRS fan. As a matter of fact, I don't
think I own a psych first album, but I do
own a Love Spit Love album for what it's worth.
(22:41):
But I can hear Richard Butler, just being familiar with
the Psychedelic First, I can hear what his vocals would
have sounded like in the way that that song was crafted.
So thank you for the opportunity for commentary, Chris, I
appreciate it. Aaron Anderson eighty nine to seventy four rights
top three to my top three in terms of B sides,
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Ice Machine in Your Memory and My Joy. I know
it's an instrumental, but Christmas Island is a banger. Totally agree.
Love to see My Joy getting further credit and love
as as well. All Right. Tool for six and forty
six twenty eight writes this, let's see here some good
(23:28):
word salad in there. Not share exactly what he was
referring to it with somebody else's comment, but totally agree
with you on their number one and number two. I
was Oh, he was talking about the set list that
had some really bizarre tracks in there, including Hole to Feed.
I believe I thought the same with this as fun
(23:51):
as an early fan, so many parallels. I will put
some thought into this and email my top ten B sides.
I'm super interested in you. Thank you for the show
so till forty six and two. So sorry about that.
Like I said, I think the context was lost relating
to what it was you were referring to, and this
was probably incredibly confusing for the audience, So I apologize. Listen,
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I've always said this, and I'll go ahead and make
the comment now for those that aren't aware. I don't
treat my podcasts like typical people treat their podcasts. Most podcasters,
they go back, they record their podcast, and then they
edit it. I don't do that because I'm a live
radio show host. I just always do my shows live.
It's what I know. So it may not always sound
(24:38):
the cleanest, especially after doing a full radio show and
having just woken up for a nap, which is what
happened today. But that's why you end up with some
jumbled nonsense like me getting confused over what a comment
was because I don't do any editing. See, then you
get to reap the benefits and then think about what
a horrible podcaster I am. All right, Goothel writes this,
(25:02):
Saint Jarna is that how we're pronouncing it, By the way,
I've always just pronounced it Saint Jarna, but I feel
like there's a better proper regional pronunciation to that. Anyways,
Lars says, Saint Jarna remains one of my all time favorites.
So is Christmas Island another Christmas Island. Shout out there,
(25:24):
all right, let's go in. Hear from Jim who writes
this love your podcast, thank you very much. May not
enjoyed this one quite as much, but I appreciate you
saying that I only discovered it a little over a
year ago, but I've been a devoted listener ever since.
It's great how we can love the same band and
have different opinions about best songs or albums in reference
(25:46):
to the best B sides. I don't really understand how
Flying the Windscreen and Pleasure Little Treasure could make the
Far Out magazine list since they appear on the actual
DM albums, or at least we're on the albums that
I remember buying. Let me stop here really quick. Yeah,
I'm with you on that now. Fly on the wind
Screen is different because Fly on the Windscreen initially came
(26:07):
out with the best of catching up with Release here
in America and was a different version in terms of
what the band did in adding excuse me in adding
more layers and atmosphere to the final version on Black Celebration.
But I don't consider that a B side unless you
(26:29):
just specifically like the more stripped down version as opposed
to the one with the added elements on Black Celebration.
But I'm also with you on Pleasure on Pleasure Little Treasure.
As a matter of fact, if you had given me
or handed me the track listing for Music for the
Masses and left Pleasure Little Treasure off of it and
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said and asked me, is it complete, I would have said, no,
it's missing Pleasure a Little Treasure, even though I know
it wasn't officially a part of the album and was
considered more of a B side. So I'm with you
on that, and especially with its addition to the Far
Out Magazine. And I think this goes to the difference
between the US versions and the UK versions, kind of
(27:10):
like but Not Tonight being an official album track on
the US version, but it wasn't officially on the UK version.
Chris goes on to say this though, for that matter,
I recall but Not Tonight was on the US release
of Black Celebration as a bonus track, so I don't
really consider it a B side either, But that's just me. No,
We're on the same page. So my favorite Depeche Mode
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B sides are ten to one, Deak Door Fools, Oh Well,
Ice Machine, Ghost, Sea of Sin, All That's Mine at
number four, Happiest Girl Newborn at number two, and Dangerous
at number one. Take care, Jim, All That's Mine gets
(27:52):
a lot of love. Maybe I need to spend some
more time with that track. I mean, I know it.
I listened to it. It's just it's really high up
on people's list and I'm wondering what it is. Then
I'm missing out because I wouldn't put it that high.
But again, it's all subjective. All right, let's see this
is from Ron. Please accept my top ten B sides.
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I included instrumentals too, so ten to one we Go,
Surrender always Light like Light, quite a bit, Newborn Opracorn,
It's a small town that always made me laugh, Saint Jarna,
Dangerous in your memory Now this is fun and my
joy honorable mentions, then Station All That's Mine, Ice Machine,
(28:39):
and Happiest Girl. Sadly, my set list for the best
show was not read, so I submit to you my worst.
I don't know why I missed your set list there, buddy,
I'm sorry, my worst least favorite set list. I took
the time to at least make it flow. Well, I
understand that this will make me some enemies. So this
(29:00):
apparently is the least favorite set list that he could
come up with. Okay, so here we go. We open
with Welcome to My World into hold to Feed? What's
your name? Suffer Well, the meaning of love when the
body speaks Home, Acoustic, Acoustic, and eternal fail Heaven should
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be higher alone, Corrupt, Oh, I like corrupt, Dead of Night,
personal Jesus, Sorry but I'm so tired of hearing it, Matt,
is that you just kidding the Worst Crime on No
Love for the Worst Crime. I like that song on
Core number one, Photographic Photographic and just can't get enough.
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And then our Oddcore number two hal the gold Frap
version and good night, good Night lovers. Let the hate
mail roll, says Ron. Listen, that's a tough exercise to
go and put together a full twenty track set list
to make it your worst set list, because there's just
(30:08):
so many good songs out there that well, they may
not be your go tos. I mean, hold to Feed's
the only one that really sticks out to me. Is like, yes,
hold to Feed needs to be on any worst set
list set list. I'm sorry, I just worst song by
Depeche Mode ever. Oh that's a good one. I don't
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like to go negative though, I just cannot. I've tried.
I have tried with that song. All right, thank you, run,
Let's see. John J. Twenty eight writes of this for
B sides, I start at the top with Dangerous, followed
by Sea of Sin and Surrender. Then I would put
Happiest Girl and my Joy awesome. Thank you for that,
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all right, let's see. Now we go to Dan, who
writes this for me. B sides are absolutely essential to
Depeche Mode's catalog. They give DM that unique flavor, and
they are the golden nail that cements our love for
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the group. My fandom for DM really took off in
nineteen eighty seven, at that post to Black celebration time.
We were all hungry for new music, and the B
sides gave us plenty of excellent food. I often understand
why the B sides weren't included on the regular albums,
as they have often have a special mood or vibe
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that would disrupt the album's concept or atmosphere. Nevertheless, of
the forty one songs listed on DM slash Live, I
selected twenty four that I cannot really rank because I
love them all, but here they are Opracorn. It's a
small town. Work Hard rout sixty six, but not tonight.
I like work Hard quite a bit too. Something about
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that era right there, I don't know. I mean, they're
kind of goofy songs, but the absolut work a fool's
ice machine. In your memory, set me free, remotiv remotivate me,
you know. And it's interesting too, because remotivate me and
set me free. Excuse me, remotivate me, set me free,
and in your memory. I remember those tracks being so
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unique and special because I was when I was just
finding out about the band, and I was only familiar
from the start of my fandom with the albums, going
and buying all the albums, purchasing all the albums prior
to the release of Music for the Masses. So as
I got caught up with their music, it was those
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B sides that I ended up discovering that were like
little treasures punintended that were little treasures in the mixt
of my burgeoning fandom of Oh my Gosh, these songs
on under the album Oh my Gosh, these are great
songs too. It was just every little bit of depeche
I can go and get my hands on. I mean
it never changed for me as a fan. I'm still
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that way. But back in the day, at that young
you know, teenage, really young, teenage, fifteen, fourteen, fifteen age,
discovering those tracks like set Me Free, Remotivate Me and
in your Memory. I mean again, they were just like
these little gems that fueled my fandom any second now,
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getting back to their list, Breathing in Fumes, Surrender, Memphisto,
All That's Mine boy, lot of love for that track
Happiest Girl. It's called a Heart. I'm coming around on
this called the Heart. By the way, I've always liked
that song, but for a while I kind of defaulted
to the band's opinion of it, and now I'm kind
of taking aback. I think that song is a bit
of a banger. Shout Christmas Island, Collide, Dangerous Saint Jarna,
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see of Sin Headstar and the Great Outdoors. They wrap
up with why don't we rank the DM songs we
don't like? That might be fun. I once saw a
list of the worst Queen songs, topped by cool Cats.
My favorite queen song Yeah, maybe we'll do that on
another show. If you want to send in your least
favorite DM songs, go for but I'm not gonna officially
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request that yet. I am looking forward to hearing your
thoughts on the promotional artwork around around the albums and
the question that I pose at the start of the show. Lastly,
friend of the show, and you're all friends of the show,
Steve Lank from North from North Lumberland says this, thanks
for another great podcast episode. Here's the list of my
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favorite DMB sides. Fly on that We're going one to ten,
Fly on the windscreen being number one in your memory,
see of Sin, my Joy, happiest Girl, one Cares but
not Tonight, Dangerous, all That's Mine, and work Hard. We
could actually very easily go and put together a set
list based off of B sides. Now that would be
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a pretty kick ass show if you were to ask me,
just saying, hey, listen. That wraps up the show for
this week, but not the only show this week. Keep
an eye out on your feeds for the bonus episode.
In the first reviews for Depeche Mode, M really looking
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forward to putting that show together on Friday. And remember,
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feedbacks and emails and comments from YouTube to share this
week as we await the debut of M a Cinematic Experience.
This is going to be debuting on Thursday this week.
I'm recording this as of Wednesday, and I want to
give you a bit of an idea of what you
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can expect in terms of coverage of this Depeche Mode
documentary here on the show. All right, so here's the deal.
We have today's show. I have a couple of things
I want to talk about. A lot of listener feedback
to get to as I mentioned, and then there will
be a bonus show on Friday, Rob rom and others,
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but Rob Rahm specifically from the global Depeche Mode fan
group Friend of the Show, Friend of Mine. He is
actually in New York City right now to attend the
premiere of the film and also the question and answer
session with Dave and Martin that will take place after
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the screening coming up on Thursday. Now, there's moremultiple screenings
that are taking place in New York around the Tribeca
Film Festival. But Rob assured me that he would be
sending me an audio message or at a bare minimum
text message of his review with as many details as
he can give given the format to share on the
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show Friday. So while I have no information or details
yet of what to expect in this documentary beyond what
we have already shared on the show of this is
going to be chronicling the Mexico tour dates on the
Memento Mori tour, along with an interspersing of the Mexican
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culture relating to the themes around death and the fandom
around the show. We know that the movie itself is
running about ninety minutes long, but beyond that, we don't
really have any idea of what top in terms of
how much footage from the actual tour will be in
in the movie itself, how much of it will be
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the other aspects of what the uh director has put
together for this, nor do we know what a physical
release will look like at this point in time. My
expectation at the moment, and this is purely based off
of what we have already enjoyed in terms of documentaries,
is probably something very close to what we got in
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most recently the Spirits in the Forest and prior to that,
One oh one. This is kind of my expectation, and
if we get something along those lines, I'll be happy. Listen,
I'm gonna be happy as a fan regardless. Ultimately, I'm
praying that we end up getting a full concert released
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relating to the Memento Mary tour, since we haven't received
that yet. As I've mentioned before on the show, there
has been talk of a of a live album which
make Covenside later on this year. Still expecting those four
unreleased fully produced momental more retracts. But you know, if
we get something along the lines of what we got
in One oh one, which you know, had a lot
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of music in it, from the music for the Masses
Tour or the you know, more so the Spirits in
the Forest release, of which I was not nearly as
big of a fan as I was the one oh
one documentary. You know, I'll be pleased. I'm sensing that
this is going to be a much different experience, considering
that we already have had you know, these other documentaries
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interspersed with concert footage from the Spirit Tour and the
music for the Masses Tour. You know, I would speculate
the director probably went back and looked at those films.
I have no evidence of that at all. I just
if I were going to be creating a Depeche Mode film,
I certainly would go back and look at what was
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done prior so that I wasn't being too derivative of
what was done in the past. And the little marketing
that we have of the movie so far, just billing
this as a unique cinematic experience lends itself to an
expectation that we should receive something different now. As I
do before every show, I have gone and scoured the
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internet for any new potential information, and there has not
been any promotion leading up to the Tribeca Film Festival
debut coming up on Thursday. Nothing else about any of
the other items that I've mentioned. Things have been very
quiet out of the Depeche Mode camp apart from a
few weeks ago, well, I guess maybe about a month
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or so ago, the official announcement that we would be
getting this film and the debut would be taking place
this week at the Tribeca Film Festival. Now, we've also
heard through Rob Rahm and his discussion that he had
recently with Martin Gore during that pickleball event in Santa
Barbara with Kenny Loggins and other other notable figures, that
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apparently the film will not be released to the public
until sometime in November. So I would imagine that any
sort of promotion around the movie, it's gonna start this
week in New York City. They'll be gauging the fan response,
comments from David Martin, and all of these different aspects
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revolving around the film's debut will end up becoming part
of the larger marketing platform for the movie later on
this year, when I would expect that we would see
somewhat of a proper promotion of this film. Now, whether
or not this is something that ends up getting the
same level of attention as other notable rock band documentaries
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remains to be seen. I think a lot of this
is going to depend on what the reaction is coming
out of the Tribeca Film Festival. If the reaction is
resoundingly positive, we could end up being in some really
interesting territory in terms of Depeche Mode, meaning that we
could be getting a lot of promotions surrounding this to
get even more casual fans of the band into theaters
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wherever this film ends up being screened, and also dependent
on how many screens they end up putting the movie
on when it is officially released. But I'm sort of
sitting here recording the podcast and it feels like a
bit of the quiet before the storm. We've had a
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lot of downtime and nothing coming from the band since
really the end of the tour. So this is the
first official big thing that we've had since the Momento
Mori toour ended, and this is not typically what we
usually get usually after the end of a tour. It's
a relatively short period of time to which we end
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up getting the last remaining promotional items relating to the tour,
a live album, a physical release of the tour on
Blu ray or DVD. And because there was a delay,
we've actually had a pretty long gap, a wide gap
of time where there hasn't been much to talk about,
and usually that goes on for much longer as we
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await the possibility of new Depeche Mode music being recorded.
So this is kind of an exciting time, just a big,
massive question mark of how the response is, how is
the movie received, and because of that reception, what kind
of promotion follows afterwards? And of course, on top of
all of this is the fact that Dave and Martin
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are going to be together as Depeche Mode in this
unique circumstance of talking about this film, of which you
have to assume they would have seen something of it, right,
So I'm incredibly excited. I look forward to the bonus
episode that I'll have coming up on. Rob Brahm said
he would be messaging me again this evening he's going
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to a special DJ event in New York City after
the film's debut. Not this evening, excuse me tomorrow night, Thursday,
as I'm recording this on Wednesday. So I'm looking forward
to tomorrow night, or at least waking up in the
morning because I get I have to go to betterly
because of my full time gig. I'm in bed by
six thirty, for crying out loud. So I would anticipate
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that I'll be waking up in the morning to hear
Rob Rohm's thoughts and as soon as I can on Friday,
sometime before the afternoon here Central time in America, I'll
be posting his thoughts and the first initial review and
whatever else I can find from other fans that may
have had the opportunity to be in New York City
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this week to see the debut of the film. And
of course, if you happen to be one of those
individuals who is in New York City, feel free to
drop me an email talkshow Nerd at gmail dot com.
I'd love to get as many responses as possible to
the film's debut as I can to share on Friday show.
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But it certainly is going to be a very exciting
week to be a Depeche Mode fan, all right, And
with that, I just want I want to toss something
out this week. I do have some listener feedback I
want to get to in light of not doing a
proper show last week, but just a question I want
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to pose for you, And it's something that has been
in the back of my mind of a subject I
wanted to bring up on the on the show. And
it's a little bit of an odd one, So, you know,
oftentimes when I have these thoughts, I'm surprised to learn that, Hey,
I'm not the only Depeche Mode fan that has thought this,
But what kind of impact has the art ork surrounding
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a Depeche Mode release, whether this is an album or
a single, what kind of impact has that had on
you as a fan and your enjoyment of the music.
Is there a correlation to you? Have you thought much
about that? I think you know, ultimately it's the music, right,
I mean, that's that's what it comes down to. But
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you can't escape the entire artistic package that has been
so fundamental in shaping the image of the band. Less
so the sound, but the image of the of the
band and the impact that it has on particular releases.
I'm just curious to get your thoughts of what is
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your relationship with the artwork and the promotional artwork surrounding
the singles and the albums in relation to the songs themselves,
does an impact your enjoyment of that music at all?
For me, it's more of a and I'll just share
my quick thoughts on it. The artwork that works works
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for me where we're in. The artwork on particular releases
seems to sort of amplify the negative aspects of that
album for me, if that makes sense. So Sounds of
the Universe, which is an album. I enjoy all their albums, right,
I'm not going to go through ranking them, We've done
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that a ton on the show, but Sounds as a Universe,
Sounds of the Universe as an album that I quite enjoy.
But I did not like what Anton KORbin did in
terms of the artwork presentation for that album. Whether it's
the album cover itself with the multi colored sticks and
the circle, right, I get the representation Sounds of the
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Universe and kind of what he was going for. I
just didn't feel it was very effective. It didn't translate
well when it came to the purchase of the promotional
items on the tour. I also felt like his artistic
endeavors on that tour specifically, and the stage design didn't
work either, And While I enjoy joy many of the
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songs on that album, the songs I don't care for
are kind of lumped in also with the artwork as well.
Playing the Angel had a lot of potential in terms
of its artwork, but I felt like the singles themselves
kind of fell flat and short of what Anton had
initially designed with that feather character on the cover of
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the of the album. So I'm just curious. Again, this
may not yield a lot of responses. It's just a
question that has been in the back of my mind,
and I'm just wondering what kind of impact has Depeche
Mode had on you in terms of the enjoyment that
you have of the music and the albums based solely
on the artwork. So I could be out on a
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limb here and maybe it doesn't matter to you at
all and you don't give a rip what the album
looks like, the songs of the songs, and that's the
that's the end of it. But in terms of the
total package, I feel like the really good albums are
amplified by their amazing art work. Violator, I feel like
Exciter to Me is a stronger album when you consider
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it as a whole, because I really enjoyed the artwork
and what Anton put together, especially for the cover art
and the singles that were produced afterwards. I feel like
it's an incredibly missed opportunity that we did not have
specific artwork related to the singles that were released on
Memento moriy It really seemed like, Wow, this was one
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of their more successful efforts that they've had in a
number of years. Right the fact that they really sort
of stripped back a lot of what they would typically
do for the release of an album, and I started
a bit with spirit. We didn't get the documentaries that
we typically get, and we didn't get the individual artwork
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for every single single. I feel like that was a
missed opportunity, especially with the quality of the album that
Memento Moriy is. I don't know if it was a
matter of cutting costs Anton you know, doesn't do this
stuff for free, or what the ultimate choice was, or
just the fact that we're now in the digital age
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of streaming and we're not buying so many physical copies
and therefore having the artwork isn't necessarily as fundamental as
it used to be in supporting the overall endeavor of
marketing an album. That being said, I would have loved
to have seen what Anton Corbin could have done, considering
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how good of a job he did with the cover
art Formamento Mori and the photographs along with it. I
thought the photos attached to the in the booklets and
on the back of the album cover itself was, you know,
some of Anton's Anton's best work that he's done in
many years. I certainly appreciated it more than I did
Delta Machine. I felt that that was a bit lazy
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in terms of the artwork relating to that album. So again,
just love your general feedback regarding the promotional aspect of
the albums and Anton's work and what kind of impact
that has had on your enjoyment. As always, talkshow Nerd
at gmail dot com or leave a comment up on
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all Right, let's get to your listener feedback this week,
of which I have quite a few since I didn't
get to any of it last week. First off, Javiercane writes, this,
has anyone noticed that Depeche Mode never wanted to do
a co headlining Big US tour with let's say New Order,
The Cure or the Pet Shop Boys. The closest was
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the Rose Bull in eighty eight with omd or in
nineteen ninety with Electronic. They have chosen successful fringe alternative
acts as their opener, which I always thought was cool.
He says. My exposure would have been on the Black
Celebration Tour, Book of Love, Book of Love, Violator Knights
or eb on the Song the Faith and Devotion Tour,
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which I thought was just an amazing pairing, Stabbing Westward
on the Singles Tour, Primal Scream on the Exotic Tour,
and also a Poe on the Exciter Tour. These are
obviously out of order in terms of when those tours
actually went and took place. No listen, I wonder if
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it's a matter of the band not being asked to
do a co headlining tour. They've always been big enough
to go and carry a tour on their own, in
which case there was never really a reason to go
and partner up with another big name, big name act.
And on top of that, you look at something like
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the Carr of the Pet Shop Boys and you can't
help but wonder if there would have been some jockeying
back and forth as to who would have been the
opener and who wouldn't have been the opener. On top
of that, when you consider the production value that Depeche
Mode puts into all of their gigs, apart from sort
of one off shows like the Ultra Launch Party shows, right,
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they put a lot of production value into that, in
which case it would be I would think a rather
difficult task to have full two, full, fully produced stages
ready to go for both acts with acts such as
Big as you know, as Big as the Petch Shop
Boys and The Cure, considering what they do for their
own shows as as well. Now granted, as the years progressed,
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I was less in tuned with emerging alternative acts. But
you know, to be honest with you, Poe was really
the last opening act for Depeche Mode that I really
got into. I tried to. I like a little bit
of Lady Tron I tried to get into. It was
a crystal castles. I haven't heard anything of them, but
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none of them really stuck with me. But you go
back to the ones you listed and the the nightter
eb On Violators toab Westward on the Singles Tour and Poe.
Those were fantastic opening acts of which I would arrive
there early to see them on this last tour for
the Memento Moriy tour. I mean we arrived before the
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proper show started and didn't even bother with the opening act,
just because of the unfamiliarity there, all right, prid to
the show, Chris Culpeper writes this, I am confident that
Depeche Mode will tour again in the near future, but
I don't know if an accompaniment an accompanying mint new
record will coincide. What pre some what pre some Great
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Reward songs? Would you like to see redone or reimagined live?
I've always envisioned a medley of old school tracks with
eighty one through eighty three images on the backscreen photographic
ice machine two minute warning. I also pray for the
Memento Moriy tracks with the Richard Butler vocals. Highly recommend
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Mirror Moves by the Psychedelic First to everyone, Thank you,
John Justice, well, Chris, thank you very much. Let me
go through a few of your comments here. Sorry, I
was kind of stumbling over my words there for a bit. Listen,
you know, in terms of going back to you know,
pre some Great Reward I don't know why I can't
get that word out of my mouth today. Some great
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reward songs I would like to see redone or reimagined live.
I would have to go back to my my dream
set lists that I shared I believe on not last
week's shorter episode, but the week the week prior. I mean,
there's several tracks in there to see back out on
tour again and immediately like blasphemous rumors comes to mind
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if you want, which I had leading the last show.
Those are tracks that I would love to see sort
of beefed up for a modern a modern tour. I
don't know if the band would ever go the route
of a medley of the old school tracks. I feel
like depeche Mode has always tried to stay current and relevant,
even while honoring the catalog of the past. You know,
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they go out to promote like they did on this album.
They went out to promote Memento Moriy. That was the
main focus, and while there were a handful of tracks
from that record, the majority of the of the set
list is the standard tracks that the band chooses to
make sure that the crowd is happy. But that tour
is still the Momento Moriy tour for the band to
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go out and do something akin to an end of
their career, which I wouldn't necessarily put it past them.
I just don't see them doing that. If they recorded
another album and wanted to go back out on tour,
it would be in support of that album. And because
they pull so many tracks from their back catalog, you know,
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the tours, whether it's Spirit or Momento Moriy, end up
becoming a greatest hits if you will, without a lot
of deep tracks. So I'm not sure the difference would
be all that stark, but again, sort of a medley
of old school tracks. I just I can't see them
putting something like that together. I agree with you, though,
I am dying to hear the Memento Mariy demos with
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Richard Butler's vocals. I've mentioned many times on the show
how much I love Ghosts Again, and I can hear.
And I'm not the biggest Richard Butler or you know,
Psychedelic FIRS fan. As a matter of fact, I don't
think I own a psych first album, but I do
own a Love Spit Love album for what it's worth.
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But I can hear Richard Butler, just being familiar with
the Psychedelic First, I can hear what his vocals would
have sounded like in the way that that song was crafted.
So thank you for the opportunity for commentary, Chris, I
appreciate it. Aaron Anderson eighty nine to seventy four rights
top three to my top three in terms of B sides,
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Ice Machine in Your Memory and My Joy. I know
it's an instrumental, but Christmas Island is a banger. Totally agree.
Love to see My Joy getting further credit and love
as as well. All Right. Tool for six and forty
six twenty eight writes this, let's see here some good
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word salad in there. Not share exactly what he was
referring to it with somebody else's comment, but totally agree
with you on their number one and number two. I
was Oh, he was talking about the set list that
had some really bizarre tracks in there, including Hole to Feed.
I believe I thought the same with this as fun
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as an early fan, so many parallels. I will put
some thought into this and email my top ten B sides.
I'm super interested in you. Thank you for the show
so till forty six and two. So sorry about that.
Like I said, I think the context was lost relating
to what it was you were referring to, and this
was probably incredibly confusing for the audience, So I apologize. Listen,
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I've always said this, and I'll go ahead and make
the comment now for those that aren't aware. I don't
treat my podcasts like typical people treat their podcasts. Most podcasters,
they go back, they record their podcast, and then they
edit it. I don't do that because I'm a live
radio show host. I just always do my shows live.
It's what I know. So it may not always sound
(24:38):
the cleanest, especially after doing a full radio show and
having just woken up for a nap, which is what
happened today. But that's why you end up with some
jumbled nonsense like me getting confused over what a comment
was because I don't do any editing. See, then you
get to reap the benefits and then think about what
a horrible podcaster I am. All right, Goothel writes this,
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Saint Jarna is that how we're pronouncing it, By the way,
I've always just pronounced it Saint Jarna, but I feel
like there's a better proper regional pronunciation to that. Anyways,
Lars says, Saint Jarna remains one of my all time favorites.
So is Christmas Island another Christmas Island. Shout out there,
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all right, let's go in. Hear from Jim who writes
this love your podcast, thank you very much. May not
enjoyed this one quite as much, but I appreciate you
saying that I only discovered it a little over a
year ago, but I've been a devoted listener ever since.
It's great how we can love the same band and
have different opinions about best songs or albums in reference
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to the best B sides. I don't really understand how
Flying the Windscreen and Pleasure Little Treasure could make the
Far Out magazine list since they appear on the actual
DM albums, or at least we're on the albums that
I remember buying. Let me stop here really quick. Yeah,
I'm with you on that now. Fly on the wind
Screen is different because Fly on the Windscreen initially came
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out with the best of catching up with Release here
in America and was a different version in terms of
what the band did in adding excuse me in adding
more layers and atmosphere to the final version on Black Celebration.
But I don't consider that a B side unless you
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just specifically like the more stripped down version as opposed
to the one with the added elements on Black Celebration.
But I'm also with you on Pleasure on Pleasure Little Treasure.
As a matter of fact, if you had given me
or handed me the track listing for Music for the
Masses and left Pleasure Little Treasure off of it and
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said and asked me, is it complete, I would have said, no,
it's missing Pleasure a Little Treasure, even though I know
it wasn't officially a part of the album and was
considered more of a B side. So I'm with you
on that, and especially with its addition to the Far
Out Magazine. And I think this goes to the difference
between the US versions and the UK versions, kind of
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like but Not Tonight being an official album track on
the US version, but it wasn't officially on the UK version.
Chris goes on to say this though, for that matter,
I recall but Not Tonight was on the US release
of Black Celebration as a bonus track, so I don't
really consider it a B side either, But that's just me. No,
We're on the same page. So my favorite Depeche Mode
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B sides are ten to one, Deak Door Fools, Oh Well,
Ice Machine, Ghost, Sea of Sin, All That's Mine at
number four, Happiest Girl Newborn at number two, and Dangerous
at number one. Take care, Jim, All That's Mine gets
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a lot of love. Maybe I need to spend some
more time with that track. I mean, I know it.
I listened to it. It's just it's really high up
on people's list and I'm wondering what it is. Then
I'm missing out because I wouldn't put it that high.
But again, it's all subjective. All right, let's see this
is from Ron. Please accept my top ten B sides.
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I included instrumentals too, so ten to one we Go,
Surrender always Light like Light, quite a bit, Newborn Opracorn,
It's a small town that always made me laugh, Saint Jarna,
Dangerous in your memory Now this is fun and my
joy honorable mentions, then Station All That's Mine, Ice Machine,
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and Happiest Girl. Sadly, my set list for the best
show was not read, so I submit to you my worst.
I don't know why I missed your set list there, buddy,
I'm sorry, my worst least favorite set list. I took
the time to at least make it flow. Well, I
understand that this will make me some enemies. So this
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apparently is the least favorite set list that he could
come up with. Okay, so here we go. We open
with Welcome to My World into hold to Feed? What's
your name? Suffer Well, the meaning of love when the
body speaks Home, Acoustic, Acoustic, and eternal fail Heaven should
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be higher alone, Corrupt, Oh, I like corrupt, Dead of Night,
personal Jesus, Sorry but I'm so tired of hearing it, Matt,
is that you just kidding the Worst Crime on No
Love for the Worst Crime. I like that song on
Core number one, Photographic Photographic and just can't get enough.
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And then our Oddcore number two hal the gold Frap
version and good night, good Night lovers. Let the hate
mail roll, says Ron. Listen, that's a tough exercise to
go and put together a full twenty track set list
to make it your worst set list, because there's just
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so many good songs out there that well, they may
not be your go tos. I mean, hold to Feed's
the only one that really sticks out to me. Is like, yes,
hold to Feed needs to be on any worst set
list set list. I'm sorry, I just worst song by
Depeche Mode ever. Oh that's a good one. I don't
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like to go negative though, I just cannot. I've tried.
I have tried with that song. All right, thank you, run,
Let's see. John J. Twenty eight writes of this for
B sides, I start at the top with Dangerous, followed
by Sea of Sin and Surrender. Then I would put
Happiest Girl and my Joy awesome. Thank you for that,
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all right, let's see. Now we go to Dan, who
writes this for me. B sides are absolutely essential to
Depeche Mode's catalog. They give DM that unique flavor, and
they are the golden nail that cements our love for
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the group. My fandom for DM really took off in
nineteen eighty seven, at that post to Black celebration time.
We were all hungry for new music, and the B
sides gave us plenty of excellent food. I often understand
why the B sides weren't included on the regular albums,
as they have often have a special mood or vibe
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that would disrupt the album's concept or atmosphere. Nevertheless, of
the forty one songs listed on DM slash Live, I
selected twenty four that I cannot really rank because I
love them all, but here they are Opracorn. It's a
small town. Work Hard rout sixty six, but not tonight.
I like work Hard quite a bit too. Something about
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that era right there, I don't know. I mean, they're
kind of goofy songs, but the absolut work a fool's
ice machine. In your memory, set me free, remotiv remotivate me,
you know. And it's interesting too, because remotivate me and
set me free. Excuse me, remotivate me, set me free,
and in your memory. I remember those tracks being so
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unique and special because I was when I was just
finding out about the band, and I was only familiar
from the start of my fandom with the albums, going
and buying all the albums, purchasing all the albums prior
to the release of Music for the Masses. So as
I got caught up with their music, it was those
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B sides that I ended up discovering that were like
little treasures punintended that were little treasures in the mixt
of my burgeoning fandom of Oh my Gosh, these songs
on under the album Oh my Gosh, these are great
songs too. It was just every little bit of depeche
I can go and get my hands on. I mean
it never changed for me as a fan. I'm still
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that way. But back in the day, at that young
you know, teenage, really young, teenage, fifteen, fourteen, fifteen age,
discovering those tracks like set Me Free, Remotivate Me and
in your Memory. I mean again, they were just like
these little gems that fueled my fandom any second now,
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getting back to their list, Breathing in Fumes, Surrender, Memphisto,
All That's Mine boy, lot of love for that track
Happiest Girl. It's called a Heart. I'm coming around on
this called the Heart. By the way, I've always liked
that song, but for a while I kind of defaulted
to the band's opinion of it, and now I'm kind
of taking aback. I think that song is a bit
of a banger. Shout Christmas Island, Collide, Dangerous Saint Jarna,
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see of Sin Headstar and the Great Outdoors. They wrap
up with why don't we rank the DM songs we
don't like? That might be fun. I once saw a
list of the worst Queen songs, topped by cool Cats.
My favorite queen song Yeah, maybe we'll do that on
another show. If you want to send in your least
favorite DM songs, go for but I'm not gonna officially
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request that yet. I am looking forward to hearing your
thoughts on the promotional artwork around around the albums and
the question that I pose at the start of the show. Lastly,
friend of the show, and you're all friends of the show,
Steve Lank from North from North Lumberland says this, thanks
for another great podcast episode. Here's the list of my
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favorite DMB sides. Fly on that We're going one to ten,
Fly on the windscreen being number one in your memory,
see of Sin, my Joy, happiest Girl, one Cares but
not Tonight, Dangerous, all That's Mine, and work Hard. We
could actually very easily go and put together a set
list based off of B sides. Now that would be
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a pretty kick ass show if you were to ask me,
just saying, hey, listen. That wraps up the show for
this week, but not the only show this week. Keep
an eye out on your feeds for the bonus episode.
In the first reviews for Depeche Mode, M really looking
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forward to putting that show together on Friday. And remember,
if you enjoy reading science fiction, and I already know
you'll love depeche Mode. I hope you'll take a moment
and check out my science fiction adventure series, Embark said
in the future where spaceflight culture has replaced car culture.
It is inspired in part by depeche Mode, life in
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the so called space age, the world we live in
in life in general, depeche Mode plays a large part
in the underlying themes of the story, and the main
character himself is a massive depeche Mode fan at a
time when the music of the eighties through the two
thousands is nostalgic and popular. Among the characters of the story,
they can feature references to your band, both in your
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your favorite band depeche Mode, both directly and indirect while
telling an exciting science fiction space opera saga without an agenda.
As Earth faces its end, you'll follow Pilot's task Katha,
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packed science fiction adventure filled with romance, action, really cool technology.
Listen if you enjoy any of those things in science fiction,
Trust me. Embark is perfect for you. I wrote my
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on Amazon dot com. Thank you so much for checking
out the episode. I'll talk to you guys in just
a few days. I hope wherever you are you're happy,
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you're healthy, and you're safe. Talk to you then. Bah. Hello,
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