DEPECHE MODE

[FULIGIN%UMass.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU (Peter E. Lee)]

RE: Depeche Mode
     Personally, I thought that the 'Highland Mix' of "Stripped" was the
best thing the band has done in years...  It finally broke away somewhat
from the mold which all of their songs have struck me as falling into since
somewhere around "Construction Time Again".  I'd say it's closest cousin
(the highland mix, that is) would be some of Vangelis's music for Blade
Runner.  I haven't heard the 7" version though, which is what Joe (Turner)
was talking about...  As to the new album, I have yet to hear anything from
it that would entice me to buy it.  There was a time when I would blindly
buy anything the band put out (I have all of their previous albums, and once
had a ton of their singles), but lately all of the new stuff has started
to sound the same to me.  I was especially dissapointed by
'Shake The Disease' and "It's Called A Heart" - some of the most hackneyed
lyrics I've heard in ages!
     Anybody else staring to feel the same way about them?

                                       -Peter Lee
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