Depeche Mode & "Enjoy the Silence": From Parody to Royalty | New British Canon

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  @TrashTheory · 5 years ago · pinned

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  @JackieTheCatfox · 5 years ago (edited)

  If there&apos;s anything these episodes have taught me is that the British press is a cesspool of negativity and bullying towards new artists, with a tendency to go &quot;it will never catch on&quot;, and that if they&apos;re clutching their pearls at something you do, you&apos;re probably doing something right.

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  @fairdose · 5 years ago

  “Violator” was their best album and one of the best albums of all time. “Violator” landed like an alien in the spring of 1990 given that since 1988, most popular music in North America was firmly in the grips of hair metal.<br>I was graduating that summer but nixed going to my high school prom since it was the same night that Depeche Mode were playing Montreal that night for a sold-out—in-15-minutes show at the Montreal Forum. My high school was like a really bad John Hughes film and I would rather celebrate my favourite band of all time with 5th row seats that I had slept out for for 2 nights instead of spending all this money looking my best on a bunch of people I couldn’t stand being around.<br>It paid off. After the concert, we went to the hotel where they were staying and I ended up meeting Martin and Fletch, took pictures and I ended up chatting with Martin for about 10 minutes. He told us which goth club they were going to and invited us along. We met them at the club and I actually danced with Fletch and Alan. <br>Come Monday morning and I find out that prom was a bust, everyone hated it. When people asked me what I did, I told them and eventually showed them the pictures. NOT going to prom was the best decision of my life.

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  @joebondo2422 · 5 years ago

  When it comes to ANY documentary on Depeche Mode, I just can’t get enough.

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  @gogglespisano24 · 5 years ago

  I was a weird, goth kid in the US and I loved Depeche Mode (and The Cure, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, Siouxsie,, etc.) so while I was pleased they were getting their praise with Violator, I was mad all the kids who made fun of me loved them now

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  @girllionness5944 · 5 years ago

  “The serious UK music weeklies saw them as a joke&quot; They literally saw every good band as a joke lol, music press has always been awfully elitist.

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  @lunadaisy223 · 5 years ago

  That Rose Bowl concert was absolutely mental. Everyone was crying their eyes out, singing &quot;Everything Counts&quot; at the top of their lungs. There was also a giant food fight that almost everyone in the stands participated in! It rained but magically cleared up right before Depeche Mode came on. Best concert of my life on the weekend following my high school graduation. =)

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  @WavestateRitual · 4 years ago

  Depeche Mode are the perfect &quot;Everyone&apos;s heard of them but nobody knows them like I do&quot; band. Just that most ecstatic kind of band to be into when you&apos;re that age where everything seems like it might break your heart, and still immensely satisfying when you grow older, wiser but never leave that heart behind.

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  @londonhatred · 5 years ago

  FINALLY. Trash Theory does Depeche Mode &lt;3

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  @ralphandivette · 2 years ago

  I had just starting dating this girl back in 1990, the summer before I left for college when Enjoy The Silence started playing on the radio. &nbsp;The way she screamed out &quot;I love this song&quot; &nbsp;told me right then she was special. We&apos;ve been together since then and just celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary by going to a DM concert. I had goosebumps when they sang Strangelove.

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  @ilionatroya7129 · 5 years ago

  Policy of Truth is one of the most nostalgically amazing songs for me. It always seems relevant.

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  @jeangenie_ · 5 years ago

  Love that they consider themselves so unapologetically pop! Violator is such a fantastic album.

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