Any Depeche Mode Fans in hte House?

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16 Mar 2008, 2:19 am

try walking in my shoes...

yup...have a lot of their stuff, from about the 2nd album on...even have some Sisters of Mercy (the rest of the band, prior to the split-up..

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22 Mar 2008, 8:57 pm

If you're a true fan, buy "Singles Box 4" on iTunes. It's only $25 and you get 52 songs including every remix of "Strangelove", "Personal Jesus", "Everything Counts", "Enjoy the Silence" (the 1990 version), and more--plus some B sides. I also recommend the track "Big Muff" from "Speak and Spell".

The Singles box contains a rare version of "Enjoy the Silence" called "The Quad Final Mix". It's 15+ minutes long and has a little bit of everything. You can't buy it on its own, but the whole box is worth it even if it's just for this song alone.

If anyone else has heard this incredible remix, let me know!

Oh, and about Exciter: I don't really mind it, I actually like blaring "I Feel Loved" at ear-splitting volumes.

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25 Mar 2008, 5:54 pm

I am a HUGE DEPECHE MODE FAN! So die hard that I have 12 Depeche Mode tattoos. So die hard that I have MET them! I went to a concert for their Exciter tour, saw Dave Gahan's solo tour for three shows, met him quite a few times during that, went to four DM shows in 2005, met the band there. No one believed I could do it. But I did. I fulfilled one of my biggest goals.

My favorite album of theirs is Songs of Faith and Devotion. And I also have written Depeche Mode fan fics.

And my collection is HUGE! And of course getting bigger. As for ITUNES, I am waiting to get an IPOD before I buy anything from there.

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22 Apr 2008, 10:58 pm

Devoted fan since 1983 here. Still collect vinyls, mostly rare test pressings and promos from my favourite era which is 81-93. They really were relentless during this period. Just getting better and better... I also love Ultra and Playing The Angel but I have to say Exciter was a disappointment. Lets see what they will come up with this time.

LonelyCat- 12 DM tattoos? Wow.

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22 Apr 2008, 11:46 pm

stjarna wrote:

1983 was the year they released Construction Time Again

. I have a CD of extremely rare DM bootleg tracks which are probably on some of the vinyl test pressings and promos you've got Stjarna. I wanna make a compilation of all the DM instrumental tracks; some of which I have on CD singles[Big Muff, Nothing to Fear, The Great Outdoors! Pimpf, Agent Orange]
I really like the ultra-rare tracks: Violence and Until you saw the sea. Very Alan Wilder!

So stjarna, who's your favorite Mode member-past or present? Mine is Alan Wilder of course. Are you also a fan of Alan's Solo
project, called 'Recoil'? I should check on Limewire and see if I can find some of those rare tracks as the CD of them I had is badly damaged :cry:

. I became a fan in 1990 at the age of 11 when I heard Policy of Truth on the radio and at the end of the summer went out and bought Violator on tape.

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23 Apr 2008, 7:38 am

D1nk0 wrote:

1983 was the year they released Construction Time Again

. I became a fan in 1990 at the age of 11 when I heard Policy of Truth on the radio and at the end of the summer went out and bought Violator on tape.

Hi! Yes, those were the good old days.

You are right that many remixes on those bootlegs originate from exclusive and officially released promos. But beware of some of the so-called "unreleased" tracks... Many are just fakes. 'Violence' for example is not DM at all I'm afraid. I think unreleased tracks mostly exist on live bootlegs from 1980. Like 'Reason Man' (+ a few more) from the legendary Bridgehouse gig for example.

I do have a few bootleg LP's (live shows between 80-90) but my real obsession has always been official rarities on vinyl. Below is one example from my collection. It's a test pressing for the US LP release of 'Speak & Spell'. It comes with a studio report dated October 9th 1981.

Fave member past or present? Well, I have to agree with you! Absolutely! I always thought Alan Wilder was the coolest guy on the planet behind his Emulator II. I am indeed a fan of Recoil but it's his work in Depeche I love the most. Insanely talented musician, really.

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25 Apr 2008, 9:09 pm

My favorite Depeche Mode songs are:

Personal Jesus
Enjoy the Silence
Shake the Disease

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26 Apr 2008, 10:18 pm

oh damn i love depeche mode. own all the albums. yup. my favorite song is probably "blue dress" but i dont know i dont like to pick favorites so much.

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03 May 2008, 12:19 pm

Me too. I'm a fan.

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04 May 2008, 6:44 am

I love Depeche Mode.

Some of my fave tracks are:

Black Celebration
A Question of Lust
Strangelove
Stripped
World Full of Nothing
The Things You Said
Behind The Wheel
People are People
Blasphemous Rumors
World in My Eyes
Personal Jesus
Halo
Enjoy The Silence
Clean
*Shake The Disease

Those are all of Depeche Mode's MINT songs.

Here's a Depeche Mode video for you guys to check out (I just watched this video for the first time now)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caB9aVh_Exc[/youtube]

*Sorry, I'll now add "Shake The Disease" to my list.