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A Depeche, Pseudo-less 80s songs list is a list I certainly do NOT want.

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Could not agree more!

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Sex jibe, husband murders wife Bomb blast victim fights for life Girl, thirteen, attacked with knife Princess Di is wearing a new dress Jet airliner shot from sky Famine, horror, millions die Earthquake terror figures rise Princes Di is wearing a new dress You can't change the world But you can change the facts And when you change the facts You change points of view If you change points of view You may change a vote And when you change a vote You may change the world

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Happy Birthday Depeche Mode with your single ‘World In My Eyes’ released on 17|9|1990, 23 years ago today ! 

The cover art (Anton Corbijn) for “World in My Eyes” has a photo of one of the band members making a shape similar to that of glasses with their hands. On the Limited 12”, there are pictures of all four members.

"World in My Eyes" has two exclusive B-sides, making Violator the only Depeche Mode album with all four singles having at least one exclusive B-Side, including instrumentals. The B-sides for “World in My Eyes” are “Happiest Girl” and “Sea of Sin”.

"Happiest Girl (Jack Mix)" and "Sea of Sin (Tonal Mix)" are the main 7" versions. "Original" versions were never released, or rather, these mixes are the regular versions, according to interviews and the official website.

Reaching No.17 in UK, and only No.52 on the Hot 100, it is the least successful single from Violater, Highest Chart Position; Spain #2.

The 2004 re-release of the EU single includes a longer-intro version of “World in My Eyes (Oil Tank Mix)”.

The music video for “World in My Eyes” is directed by Anton Corbijn. There are two versions; the original version was not originally released to the public until The Videos 86-98. The original music video features some footage from the World Violation Tour, while Dave Gahan  and a girl he’s with watch it from a drive-in cinema. The alternate version on Strange Too (Video Tape Only) features the band in the car instead, more live footage, and the silent ending with Gahan is longer.

Link for the video via Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ib-QA3hADU

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Happy Birthday, Personal Jesus!

Released as the debut single from their seventh studio album, "Violator," on August 29th, 1989--24 years ago today. Inspired by the book "Elvis and Me" by Priscilla Presley, songwriter Martin Gore said: "It's a song about being a Jesus for somebody else, someone to give you hope and care. It's about how Elvis was her man and her mentor and how often that happens in love relationships; how everybody's heart is like a god in some way, and that's not a very balanced view of someone, is it?" Reach out, touch faith!

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Things could be so different now It used to be so civilized You will always wonder how It could have been if you'd only lied

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Bong 13 - "Strangelove"

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Depeche Mode's "BONGs"

BONG 13, better known as “Strangelove,” was Depeche Mode’s first single from their “Music for the Masses” album in 1988. The decision to use a megaphone stenciled with “BONG 13” as the single’s album cover prompted much curiosity.

Referring to their singles as “BONGs” was a trend that first started with 1982’s “Leave in Silence,” and has persisted to today, with BONG 40 as 2009’s “Wrong.”

Prior to 1982, DM’s singles were numbered as “Mute #___,” with ‘81’s “Dreaming of Me” as Mute 13 (Mute Records’ 13th Single). Because of their popularity, Mute opted to award Depeche Mode with their own, unique identifier, and thus, the “BONGs” were born.

Depeche Mode has continued Mute’s practice of identifying their Albums as “Stumm,” having Stumm 5 as the album “Speak & Spell” (1981) and Stumm 300 as the “Sounds of the Universe” album.

Using a unique identifier to simplify track cataloguing has prompted other well-known musicians to follow suit, like Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, who catalogues his singles as “HALOs.” 

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Life needs more Depeche Mode instrumentals.

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You can say that again!

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[brand0n63]

BATTLE OF THE FRONTMEN

Who’s Best?

Matt Bellamy Kurt Cobain Brandon Flowers Dave Gahan  Freddie Mercury Robert Plant 

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DAVE GAHAN!