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• #Famous depeche mode songs series#

My own personal celebration of Mode’s 40 years can still continue, as it must, albeit perhaps at a slower pace than I was planning. Everything ‘normal’ has pretty much ground to a halt and our purveyors of music have had to find innovative ways, mostly via social media, to stay creative and relevant. Indeed, the pandemic likely had a huge impact on whatever plans the three remaining members of Depeche Mode were hatching to celebrate this year, much as it has for musicians the world over, whether it be album releases or tours or music festival appearances. You might have also heard talk about this thing called COVID-19 and the havoc it is wreaking on what we have all come to know as our ‘normal lives’. And I’m not just talking about the announcement that Mode was named part of the class of 2020 for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though that ceremony has been delayed now until the end of the year.

#Famous depeche mode songs series#

However, I’m still optimistic that I can wrap this one up before the year is out.Ī lot has transpired since I started writing for this series back in January (and since I actually started writing this post at the end of March). And it’s pretty obvious by now that my plans of wrapping things up with a final post on the rest of their work before the end of July is dead in the water. I focused on their 1980s back catalogue in that first post and I was hoping to post this second part focusing on their output from the 1990s back in March but that obviously didn’t happen. I got the idea to do a three part “Top five tunes” series of posts on Depeche Mode when I read the news late last year that they would be celebrating their 40th anniversary together in 2020. It was way back at the end of January that I posted the first part of this series. Vince Clarke (keyboards, lead and backing vocals, guitars) 1980–1981Īlan Wilder (keyboards, piano, drums, backing vocals) 1982–1995 Without further ado, I present you my favorites (well some of them anyway).Martin Gore (vocals, keyboards, guitars) 1980-presentĪndy Fletcher (keyboards, backing vocals) 1980-present But Depeche Mode had already left an indelible mark on my heart. I have seen Ghost a few times and I think they have come very close to being as intriguing and exciting to see live. Let me just say, I am not sure any other show has topped that for me. I was also allotted a great chance to see Poe live, as she opened for them the second time I saw them. I eventually did, twice, and they were just as amazing as I thought they would be. It was an awesome prospect to see them live. While I had been to a few other concerts before Depeche Mode, namely the Monkees when I was 14, knowing that they were still touring and releasing new albums just gave me something to be excited for. But I think after hearing a few of the songs and clicking with me, it just gave me the drive to put pen to paper with vigor. Mind you I was already writing before I “discovered” them. Hence, they inspired me to write and write with passion. They were able to put into words what I could not.

Whenever I needed to express those emotions, they provided the background music.

Depeche Mode was, and still is really, my calming salve. An angsty teenager, not a lot of friends, bullied and hating oneself. I think mainly due to their darker overtones in the music and lyrics. So, in this special edition of my TOP 5, I have ten songs to present to you.ĭepeche Mode have been a constant for me since high school. It is impossible to put a number on the great songs they have. It just confirms that they are my favorite band. Then I started to go back and listen to the songs to properly rate them. When I went in to write this list, I initially was going to do my normal top five.