Depeche Mode: the podcast - Martin Plays Pickleball, Catching up with the Dream Set lists

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
Hello, this is mot and Gold from depeche Mode. Alright,
this is d Gone from depeche Mode, and you are
listening to my word Roan. It's depeche Mode the Podcast.
I'm your host, John Justice, and welcome fellow dvots. I
hope you've had a fantastic week. I saw the coolest

(00:29):
thing over the weekend, Avid star Wars fan. I just
wrapped up recording this Week's a Star Wars Show podcast,
and so if you don't subscribe to that and you
enjoy Star Wars, I hope you'll go and check out
that podcast as well. Just search for John j on
Justice and a Star Wars Show. You'll find it there.
But somebody, and I don't remember which fan group it was,

(00:52):
I think it might have been Depeche Mode Europe's group,
but somebody had taken a portion of the the cover
me video of Dave Gone in the spacesuit floating around
and used it to wish everybody a happy May the
fourth be with you, which was the sort of unofficial

(01:15):
official Star Wars Day that took place on a Sunday,
May the fourth of this past weekend. So it was
really fun to see a crossing of these two elements
in my life that I share an almost equal love
of between Depeche Mode and Star Wars. And to see
somebody go and combine that, I thought it was cool.

(01:37):
I did see there's a graphic that's been around for
a long time and it was Fletch, Martin and Dave
as some of the characters from Star Wars that I
thought was that I thought was cool. So on this
week's episode, we're gonna wrap up our dream set lists,
including mine. I finally put my dream set list together,

(01:58):
an easy task, was not and we'll go through those
that I have not had a chance to share as
of late. A little bit of news this week, so
let me go ahead and share what little has transpired
within the Star Wars universe. So I was only made
aware of this because I saw the posts as they

(02:20):
were happening at almost real time. But the head of
the Depeche Mood global fan group uber Fan, probably a
bigger fan than I am for being honest, certainly owns
more memorabilia from the band that I do. But my
friend and yours, Rob Rahm, was in Santa Barbara because

(02:40):
Martin Gore was taking part in a pickleball tournament apparently
he played poorly, which I believe he even admitted that
he didn't play pickleball very well. But he looked fantastic.
I mean, he looked like he was in great health.
Now I know that Rob did post several photographs. He
had an oppertunity to chat a bit with Martin while

(03:02):
he was there. Has not revealed what was said in
that conversation, but apparently we'll be revealing that this weekend
with another drink and chat which will include Von George,
also uber Depeche Mode fan and a member of the
band No not Muse and I forgot the band that

(03:22):
Von George is a part of. My apologies anyways, but
he's a fan. He's got his own star Wars channel
on YouTube as well, and I will also be joining
on this drink and chat. So Rob had invited me
to come on. I have not had the opportunity to
meet Vaughn and very much looking forward to. And I
believe Rob said that he would be talking about exactly

(03:42):
what he had the opportunity to discuss with Martin, so
as I mentioned, I don't know what was revealed yet,
so I'm very much looking forward to that taking place
at I believe noon on Saturday. I need to go
into my I need to go into my text back
and forth, and I was hoping he would give up
a little bit of the information, but he held it

(04:04):
close to the chest. Yeah, I don't see it here. Yeah,
ninety nine percent sure. It's going to be taking place
at noon Pacific time on Saturday. So looking forward to
that and finding out what Rob had the chance to
talk with Martin about. Of course, we're just heading to
a few weeks away from the premiere of the Depeche

(04:27):
Mode film M and I'm hoping that we'll get some
information between now and between now and then, but either way,
this weekend we should be able to find out some
of what Rob had to talk about with Martin. The
photos were fantastic, and like I said, Martin looked like
he was in really good health. So that was cool
to see. Not that I expected anything different, but hadn't

(04:47):
really seen him since he got off tour, and he
looked like he was doing great, so I hadn't really
I hadn't really mentioned this, but I guess it's because
I hadn't done it yet. But as we've been doing
the Dream set list and I titled this week's episode
catching up with the dream set list, as we'll go

(05:09):
through those that I have not had a chance to share.
As of late, I had not put together my own
dream set list, and I have to go back and
thank Glenn nineteen sixty five for suggesting this little exercise
in the first place. Next week's episode, we're going to
get into B sides, and so if you want to
send in your thoughts on your favorite B sides, I

(05:30):
feel free to do so between now and then. But
this was not an easy task, by the way, because
there's so many options of songs that I want to hear.
So I did my due diligence and tried to craft
what I thought was the perfect playlist. So this is
my John Justice dream playlist. And I really put the

(05:51):
thought into this in terms of the flow the energy
of the show. So we'll dive into it. And I
imagined Memphisto as the instrumental opening music with curtains drawn,
and I'm bringing back the curtains for my show, but
the curtains drawn and hearing that piano from Menfisto as

(06:13):
the band goes and takes to the stage, and I
chose that song specifically because it has a bit of
a pimp vibe but as far as I know, has
not been used live before, and it lent itself and
it lends itself, in my view, really nicely into the
opening track for my dream show, and that would be

(06:35):
if You Want, And I chose that track specifically because
I wanted to start off with something old that was
really going to excite the audience for the hardcore fans
that were there to see the band, and with the
lyrics of working Week has come to its end, party
time is here again. And I did something similar with

(06:56):
the closing track for the final song of my dream
set list. I just felt like it was the perfect
opener and fits nicely with Memphisto. From there, we roll
into Nothing I Want to Keep the Energy up, and
that's a song that I absolutely love, even though I
don't revisit it nearly as much as I as I should.

(07:17):
And this would go back to sort of the straightforward
album version of the version that we ended up hearing
on the music for the Masses tour. Then we roll
into Policy of Truth and World in my eyes the
Cicada mix, which I thought would be a welcome change
to what we typically hear of World in My Eyes
and something leaning into more of what the band has

(07:39):
done with a pain that I'm used to and the
remix version that they do of that as opposed to
the album version. From there we roll into My Joy,
You're Welcome, Matt, and then we begin to slow things
down a little bit by going into Blast Rumors, followed

(08:01):
up by Don't Say You Love Me and Shake the
Disease the full version, and I like those mix of
songs because we have the energy of World in My
Eyes and then My Joy has a strength to it
that'll continue to carry the audience. And then we get
into a more emotional place with some strong cinematic tracks

(08:24):
like Blasphemous Rumors, Don't Say You Love Me, and then
pick up the pace a little bit with Shake the Disease,
going off of the way that it was performed in
the full version from the music for the Mass's tour.
And then here we go into a Martin solo. I'm
just giving Martin one solo here, and I want the
full band for it doesn't matter. We could do it acoustic,

(08:45):
we could do it piano, but I would love a
fully produced album version of It doesn't matter for Martin
to give Dave a bit of a break, but then
we're gonna bring him back to the stage relatively quickly
to follow up with I Am You off of Excier
to pick up the pace a bit into Here is
the House, moving into Ghosts Again, which is paced almost

(09:11):
exactly the same as Enjoy the Silence. I know this
because when I'm walking around my studio and the halls
of the radio station I work for, my walking pace
is almost identical and a perfect walking pace when listening
to Ghosts Again or Enjoy the Silence. Then we move
into the Spirit and Momento Maury remixed version of Everything Counts,

(09:31):
followed by Fly on the Windscreen, and then we wrap
up the traditional set with get Right with Me, another strong,
relatively shorter track to sort of close this set out.
As the band goes and takes a break. Coming back
for encore number one, we're treated with songs of faith
and devotion, versions of Walking in My Shoes and Enjoy

(09:55):
the Silence. The band would take a break, and then
we we would close out the concert with encore number two,
starting with but not tonight full band version into Root
sixty six as sung by Martin on vocals, so this
is where he gets his second track, and then we

(10:16):
close things out with Insight off of Ultra. And I
chose Insight specifically because, on the one hand, I wanted
to go out with something raucous, kind of a kind
of done with never let Me Down Again, even though
I know it's required when it comes to the shows
in terms of what it means for you know, the audience, right,

(10:39):
and the whole waving of the of the arms like
wheat okay, but we've done that for decades now. And
I like the fact of closing on a mid tempo track,
but just the the lyrics at the end of that song,
you know, give love, got got to give love, the
fire still burns. Just the messaging being scent at the

(11:00):
end of that track to close out the show to me,
would be the best possible way to end the concert.
So there you go. Thank you for this little bit
of self indulgence. That is my dream retrospective playlist. If
you want nothing, policy of truth, world in my eyes,
my joy, blasphemous rumors, don't say you love me, shake

(11:21):
the disease, it doesn't matter. I am you. Here is
the house ghost again. Everything counts. Fly on the windscreen,
get right with me walking in my shoes. Enjoyed the silence,
but not tonight, Route sixty six and insight. All right,
let's get back to some of your emails, and first
we start off with Courtney, who writes this. First off,

(11:41):
I found your podcast in late twenty twenty three. It's
been wonderful listening to someone other than myself talk about
our favorite band. I always appreciate your perspectives. Thank you
so much for what you do. Thank you so much
for the kind words. My DM story, like most of ours,
is pretty long, so I'll keep it to this. Their
music became my lifelong companion when I first heard People
on People are People on ki Rock in the summer

(12:04):
of eighty five, at a ripe old age of nine,
I heard Martin sing the hook and it was a
done deal. Man. I just I love hearing from people
that grew up in southern California. I feel like we
must have been running in the same circles. I mean
that certainly happened with Rob and I. It's been great
listening to everyone's dream set list and the house and
whyse they made the choices they did. I've been mulling

(12:26):
over what I would choose and my parameters would be today,
and what my parameters would be today. I put pen
to paper to see what I've come up with, and
I have to admit I'm pretty surprised with my end result.
So here's my loose guidelines. They write, Try to come
up with at least one song per era. I tried
from each album, but that didn't work out. Limit the

(12:49):
usuals as in I've never got to see them if
I never got to see them again past this show.
What are the songs I would love to hear or
never heard, or songs that I love and I've only
heard live once or twice. But also, do I have
to keep this specific song because it wouldn't be a
DM concert without it. Keep to the twenty songs, but

(13:10):
I did fudge a bit with Night two alternatives follow
their traditional concert tempo flow, which is what I did
as well. Structure, make sure the songs build, keep the
slower ones grouped together, and only two Martin songs plus
a possible additional one for the encore. You know what's funny,
I think we all kind of followed these rules right,
even if we didn't do it on a conscious level.

(13:30):
We did it on a subconscious level. So here's Courtney's list.
Intro would be headstar in to Rush, the Spiritual Guidance mix,
something to Do, get the Balance right, or a night
two leave in Silence. Here is the House mercy in
You Boy, more love for mercy in You again, nothing
with the second night of Being Halo Hey, another hat

(13:52):
tip for Nothing Dangerous. It almost made my list, by
the way, I just want to say that fly on
the windscreen devotional to her mix Martin segment Sweetest Perfection
full track not just Peter accompanying, and then home album version,
not the slower, stripped down one that's often done live.
Then we get back to Dave in your Room, the

(14:12):
original Songs of Faith and Devotion version, also my favorite
song of theirs ever, writes Courtney into stripped My Joy
another one for my joy man. I hope listen, Phil Gone,
I know you listen to the show. Fill up. You
gotta tell Dave and Martin my joy needs more credit.
We need a re release of Songs of Faith and

(14:33):
Devotion with Martin and Dave deciding where they want to
put My Joy on the album because it deserves to
be there. Newborn and Shine on Night two interesting, then
closing things out with higher Love Encore number one, we
get one Caress Songs of Faith and Devotion version Full

(14:54):
Strings Heaven interesting, soothe my soul. Shout out to delt
a machine on Core number two it's no good, and
then we close out with black Celebration the O Nip mix.
I couldn't believe how tough of a choice these all were,
Courtney continues. In fact, I'm still kicking myself with the

(15:14):
ones I left out walking in my shoes see of Sin, Pleasure,
Little Treasure puppets should be higher in chains. They've all
been in possible choices, but only in the best way possible.
Thank you for continuing to share everyone's lists. I hope
everyone in your world is happy and well. We are.
Cheers Courtney, Thank you Courtney, and you're still living in

(15:35):
southern California. I got a curiosity, all right, Uh, let's
go to let's see here. Sorry I didn't put the
individual's emails on top, so we need to go to
This comes from Lewis, and Lewis writes this, I hope

(15:56):
you and your family are doing well. Apologies in advance
for the length of this email. I've been an avid
listener of the podcast since the build up of a
Mento Mare in late twenty twenty two, when I look
forward to catching up with you every Thursday. I've been
close to emailing you quite a few times over the
past couple of years, but I've always thought better of it.
But here it goes. After you've read through this, you'll

(16:18):
no doubt be hopeful of another few years of respite
before I contact you again. I anticipate I may be
one of your younger listeners. I'm twenty six years old,
but please don't hold that against me, absolutely not. As
you talk. As I talked about last week, I appreciate
our younger audience and based in East Yorkshire, England, Depeche
Mode have played a huge part of my life, from
growing up with my dad who used to sing New

(16:41):
Life to me when I was in my early years,
then developing my own music taste and taking a shine
to songs like Everything Counts, People Are People and Useless,
which I had on homemade burned CDs containing my favorite
songs when I was around ten years old. I remember
listening to Shake the Disease in my bedroom when I
was thirteen. Whilst it's changing messages with a girl that

(17:03):
I absolutely adored at the time, and she asked me
what I was doing. I told her that I was
listening to a band she'd probably never heard of called
depeche Mode, only for her to tell me that her
dad absolutely loves depeche Mode. Fast forward to today, and
I've now been with that girl for twelve years and
married for nearly two Congratulations got a winner. The first

(17:25):
time I went to her house after school, I was
fourteen years old, her dad played his favorite DM track ever,
Never Let Me Down Again from downstairs, whilst I was
upstairs with his daughter. I remember hearing the intro vividly
and smiling. It's a memory I'll never forget. My love
for this band continued to grow through my teen years
and into my twenties. As my father in law says,

(17:46):
nobody makes music like Depeche Mode, and he's spot on
as a fan. In my twenties, I know I've unfortunately
missed a large part of the band's touring history, but
I'm now trying to best make up for the lost
to time. Time. Let's see here. I managed to attend
to eight shows on the Momento Mary tour, starting with

(18:07):
the Twickenham gig in June of twenty twenty three, also
ending with the final concert of the tour in Cologne
last April. I also managed to get stood at the
barrier for four of the concerts. I still can't believe that,
and those nights will be among the best of my life.
The second to Arena show in London on January twenty seven, seventh,

(18:30):
with the setless changes in the live debut of Before
We Drown, plus the tour debuts of Somebody and Behind
the Wheel, as well as the full band version of Home,
was a phenomenal night, but of course they all were anyway.
I feel like I'm blabbing about me, me, me. It's
just nice to be able to share my passion with
someone who I'm sure will understand me absolutely. I'm already

(18:52):
saving in the hope that the boys have got more
in them, which, for what it's worth, I think and
I really really hope that they do, which brings me
on to one of my reasons for emailing. Not a
day has passed since the end of the tour. I
haven't thought about the prospect of future new music and touring.
You could say they've left me empty and wanting more,

(19:13):
and no doubt what I'm about to say will be
probably miles away from what the truth is. Nice nevertheless,
I'll throw my two pence in. I'm pretty sure I've
watched and or listen to every interview both Dave and
Martin did in the run up to Momento Mory's release,
and in one of those interviews with Dave, he mentioned
that management were showing him spreadsheets of what the next

(19:33):
two years looked like for the band. My theory is
that in the run up to Momento Moury, after going
through the pandemic, losing Fret Fletch so suddenly, and having
six years between albums and five years between tours, plus
the frack of the fractious relationship between Dave and Martin
during the recording of Spirit, that only came to light

(19:54):
when doing the press interviews for Momento, Moury that they
weren't sure whether this would be their last album and tour.
As a result, they had penciled in an extended tour
to the back end of twenty twenty four, perhaps South
America and Australia. And that is absolutely true, And again
going back to what I've heard from a few different

(20:14):
sources was that those four unreleased tracks would have potentially
come out if they had extended the tour, which they
were talking about doing, and David Martin decided not to. However,
due to the success of the album both critically and
commercially as well as with the fans, plus the success
of the tour and the clear enjoyment both Dave and
Martin as well as Pete and Christians seem to get

(20:36):
from each night, they decided to collectively not overdo it
and push it too far into the back end of
twenty twenty four, but instead finish in April, then allow
themselves twelve to eighteen months to rest and recuperate, spending
time with their families and loved ones, before going at
it again sometime in late twenty five or twenty six.

(20:57):
With the announcement regarding the M five film delays being
due to the initial anticipation of the previous tour may
carry on has also fed to further into my delusion.
I know we love to speculate, and I would be
curious to hear your thoughts. No, actually, and like I said,
I think you're I think you're you're You're onto something
here and I'm really hoping that, As I mentioned before,

(21:20):
I'm really hoping that perhaps uh Rob Rahm during the
drink and chat on Saturday can maybe fill a sin
if Martin ended up, you know, letting him know about
any future plans for the band. I'm also emailing as
I didn't want to miss the opportunity to share my
dream set list for a retrospective tour. Now I must
admit it a disclaimer in that these aren't necessarily my

(21:41):
favorite DM tracks, so they are all outstanding in their
own right. I've tried to base it purely off of
what I would love to hear live that I don't
think the band has rent any real inclination to perform,
plus a few bangers that you couldn't have DM a
DM live show without in my opinion, of course. So
here is the dream set list coming from Lewis. We

(22:05):
will open up with an excerpt from Clean as the intro.
Hope this isn't cheating. Use an instrumental version of Clean
and rework it to extend to build the atmosphere for
the night ahead going into Sea of Sin. This would
be a brilliant track to see performed live. Rush. How
Rush has been abandoned for over thirty years. I do

(22:27):
not know. I would. It would be a dream if
it were performed on a future tour. Surrender a song
that many bands would have had as a lead single,
a mere B side for DM, but top quality. Suffer
Well had to have at least one day written track
in the set list. Bearing in mind the amount of
airtime that's been given to a pain that I'm used
to on the tour since touring The Angel, I'd love

(22:49):
to see Suffer Well brought back in as a playing
the Angel representative. Here is the House A crying shame.
This hasn't been performed by Dave since the Black Celebration tour.
This would be a full band version, as opposed to
the Martin version from the World Violation tour. Nothing Boy
another shout out for nothing, another song not touched in

(23:09):
going on forty years. Bring it back Boys Don't Say
You Love Me? We are brothers from another mother. Would
love to have seen this on the Memento Mary tour.
Would be interested to know whether there was any specific
reason it wasn't perform despite it being rehearsed. Yeah, I
don't know either, I just I wonder how difficult that

(23:30):
song is to perform live and sing. I don't know.
It's one of the ones off the album that I
sing quite a bit to myself, But I don't know
how difficult that one beat would be for Martin. Oh,
excuse me for Dave, my bad number nine sweeth this perfection,
giving Dave his usual middle to a song slot reset

(23:50):
would be a real pleasure to see the full band
version of this. I can't believe it hasn't been performed
by the band since World Violation. The bottom line an
underrated Martin track in my opinion, again, full band version, preferably.
If Christian needs to take a quick break too, I
gladly swap it out for it doesn't matter too with
Martin and Pete. Then Policy of Truth my first selection

(24:14):
of a tour regular or a brilliant song to reintroduce
Dave for the second half of the show. I am
you look at that love for I am You never
performed live? How would be very interested to hear what
Dave and Martin's view of Exciter is now. Bearing in
mind the songs from the album have rarely made any
live appearances since the tour for the album. Then we

(24:35):
go in to lie to me not perform since some
great reward? How is this song over forty years old?
Another that needs bringing back? Mercy in You? Right up
there with one of Dave's best vocals in my opinion,
would love to see it thirty years on from Devotional
My Joy My Goodness again a monster thumper of a track,
but a mere B side for DM, once again underlying

(24:59):
their quality. Think it would be great live. All That's
Mine probably coming in from even further than left Field
my favorite from the Delta Machine B sides, another one
written by Dave, but I feel like it would deliver
really well live Enjoy the silence, need I say more?
Can't have a DM show without it. And then for
the encore, the Sun and the Rainfall and absolute masterpiece.

(25:21):
This can't be left as last performed in nineteen eighty three.
It deserves a runout. Never Let Me Go one of
my favorites from Amento. Morian was surprised it didn't make
the cut for the live performances during the tour, David
Martin harmonizing for watch Your Dreams Unfolding Color would be
heavenly and then twenty never Let Me Down Again. No

(25:43):
better way to end the night, a monumental track which
takes on a life of its own live and could
not be left out. Absolutely colossal. I'm sure you and
the other listeners can sympathize with. Putting this together was
far from straightforward. It could quite easily have in twenty
different tracks, such as the quality and quantity of the

(26:04):
Depeche Mode back catalog. I've probably changed my mind by
the time I press send on the email just looking
through my choices again, and it's probably definitely not a
set list for the casual. I may have even lost
some of the more ardent fans with a few of
my choices or omissions. Now I think you're good. You
didn't include a hole to feed in there, so I

(26:25):
think you're all right. Sorry, it's a bit of a
callback to last week. Ultimately, they could announce a tour
with a set list of what's your name twenty times
that I'd want to be there front and center. If
you've managed to persevere and read through all of this,
thank you so much for your time. You're very welcome,
and if you've opted to read this out on the show,

(26:47):
my sincere apologies to you and my fellow listeners. I
can assure you. It's nearly over all the best to
those trying to secure tickets to the m screenings at
the Tribeca Film Festival, and my fingers crossed, we have
even more positive news to come about the greatest band
in the world in the coming months ahead. To Dave
and Martin, a simple message that I think we all share,
come back, come back to me. I'll be waiting patiently.

(27:11):
Thanks again, John, and take care Lewis. Now, thank you Lewis.
That was quite quite enjoyable. Then, I'm glad that I
read every word of it all right, got a few
more here. Friend of the show, Dave Hudson, he writes
this in my last email, there might have been a
misunderstanding about Depeche Mode feeling free to play any song
they live, they choose. I didn't mean that they should

(27:34):
change the set list nightly, and that's not practical for them.
I only meant that they should feel more freedom to
choose any song in their catalog to be included in
the predetermined set list. And my apologies, Dave, please for
misunderstanding what you meant in your previous email. Thank you
so much for the clarification that's on me as far

(27:55):
as my dream set list. Dave goes on to say,
I'm just happy that they're still around him to play anything.
If I put together a list, I think it'd be
more practical than the typical devotee, in that I understand
that a lot of people going to a show might
be seeing them for the first time and would hope
to hear some familiar songs. So I wouldn't want to
compile a whole list comprised of B sides like Ice

(28:16):
Machine and in Your Memory. Although though we'll be rad
At my first concert on the Black Celebration tour at
Berkeley's Greek Theater, I'll never forget the excitement of hearing
boys say go live and on the Music for the
Masses tour at the San Francisco Cow Palace, I was
incredibly surprised when they played Pipeline. So if they would
occasionally include a beloved or rarely or never played live

(28:39):
track or two on the tour, it would be incredibly unforgettable.
If I were crazy, i'd say something like, now this
is fun. Yes, absolutely, now this is fun. Almost made
it on my list. It was actually in the stack
of songs that I put on my master list, but inevitably,
I removed it to put it back because I absolutely

(29:01):
love that song. But realistically, Dave writes, I'd be happy
if they brought any popular single like Shake the Disease.
Dave's version of course back that is, if we're lucky
enough to get another tour. Really appreciate the show. Thanks
Dave Hudson, Thank you, Dave. All Right, we got one
more and are catching up with the dream set list.
And this comes from Chris Mayu, who writes, this, here

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is my perfect set list for the upcoming Corruption tour
by that eighty synth band Duran Duran? Are they still going?
I thought he died anyway, here it is. So here's
the depeche Mode list that he made. Corrupt, stripped, sweetest, perfection, useless,
I feel loved, nice, inclusion, should be higher, enjoyed. The

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silence Sea of sin behind the wheel Root sixty six
A question of time, It's no good, I want it all, Newborn,
a question of lust, waiting for the night. I am you,
barrel of a gun, Suffer well and higher love all
great for singing, dancing and jumping around with your DM family.

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No weird songs at the start that kill the mood
and no duff rubbish that you don't know the words
to most of Spirit because it's rubbish, writes Chris love
you too, esclamation points Chris Mayu, I love you too, Chris,
I love all you guys. You guys are fantastic. Just
a side note on this observation, very few picks for

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Behind the Wheel or Strange Love for that matter. It
is interesting to me when you go back to think
of the success of Music for the Masses, and I
mean just how important those tracks were during that period
approaching the apex mountain of the band, and yet not
a lot of requests for those really interesting. This is

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one of those things where man again having the opportunity
to in of you, Dave or Martin and to toss
at them. How many times my Joy was chosen on
our set list mercy In you got a lot of
love I am you this week surprisingly as well, so
some interesting standouts and some consistency in these set lists

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and things that I never would have predicted that you
would have chosen. But it also is a reminder too
of how many of us sort of have that same
love of similar tracks for a band that has such
an extensive playlist with some of those tracks is really

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it's really interesting, you know. I think it speaks to
the quality, as the previous email, said Lewis of the
band's material. But I would be curious to ask them
if presented with, say, hey, there was a lot of
mentions of Mercy in You, I Am You and my
joy in these Dreams set lists. Were these songs that

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the band wrestled with in terms of including them on
the original albums. I'd also be wonder, you know, I'd
be curious too how much knowledge they still retain of
which tracks to choose. And I still, man, my curiosity
is so high for those four unreleased tracks. I just
I got a feeling that they're really strong tracks from
a Mento Moury that didn't make the album. So hopefully

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we'll be hearing them in the course of the of
the next few months as we head into the release
and promotion of M. It's a Weird title Depeche Mode
M was in that wraps up this week's episode. I
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