I always thought People Are People was wack as a kid. I liked early Depeche but I wasn't a devout fan. I think there's a longheld stigma against Duran Duran because of the UK rock press - and the videos. Don't forget Carl Craig sampled The Reflex on the Piece track Free Your Mind. ;)
---------- >From: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'sean deason'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: (313) How about Depeche Mode? was: new order. >Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 8:36 AM > > I am actually going to give those two tracks another listen with an open > mind, maybe my appreciation for them will increase. I admit I'm a > little biased against Duran Duran because whenever I think of them I > hear the chorus of Rio going through my mind!!! Lol > > _Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: sean deason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 2:50 PM > To: David Powers; 'J. T.'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: (313) How about Depeche Mode? was: new order. > > Duran2!? Cheesy!?? Heretic!! :^) > I'm with Cyclone on this issue. If we werent so busy trying to be cool > and > rejecting all things "popular" we'd realize the beauty of tracks like > "The > Chauffer" and "Save a Prayer" and the sheer brilliance of the "Arcadia" > album. I never realized there was such a divide on this list between > Duran > fans and Depeche fans. Next thing you know we'll be feuding over OMD > verses...ummmmmmmm... funny... I cant seem to think of any group to > compare > to OMD at the moment...:^) > > sean > > "I want to go down to Detroit. I want to lie in the shade. I wanna visit > the > president. And then I wanna get laid." Name that tune! I defy Eminem to > deny > he's not influenced by those brilliant words! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'J. T.'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 1:12 PM > Subject: RE: (313) How about Depeche Mode? was: new order. > > >> You guys gotta be kidding, Duran Duran is so cheesy! >> >> Whereas Depeche Mode I like musically--they had a pretty innovative >> sound for the time, and also find the things they sing about to be >> pretty interesting. Of course one could fault them with providing > lots >> of ammo for future goth posers, but really is that fair? I feel that >> there is a relationship between techno and (esp. early) "goth" and >> industrial; I think this is a difference between techno and the deep >> house scene, although they do have many things in common. It's just a >> little hard for me to see much of a connection between deep >> house/neosoul/broken beat stuff and the old goth and industrial stuff, >> whereas with techno (and maybe stuff coming out of acid house) I >> definitely see a connection. >> >> We hear too much the "getting old" theory of musical taste, but maybe >> whether people came to techno through an enjoyment of some type of >> industrial music also has a lot do with the direction of their musical >> tastes??? Please discuss. >> >> Regardless, I like it all. Actually after repeated listens I've > started >> to dig some stuff I didn't get into at first, most especially Amp >> Fiddler's Basementality, and Love and War, neither of which I really > dug >> on first listen. Now I am almost considering trying to find them and >> buying. >> >> BTW, our own Sean Deason must have liked DM cus he sampled that "I > Just >> Can't Get Enough" song on the white label Matrix record he made a > little >> while ago. Although personally I prefer the material that came about > a >> little later, when they moved from synthpop into a slightly darker > vein. >> The album with "Lie to Me" and "Blasphemous Rumors" is really great in >> my opinion, and the use of electronics and production on the album is >> just excellent. >> >> _Dave >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: J. T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 8:36 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: (313) How about Depeche Mode? was: new order. >> >> >never liked Depeche Mode as much but *every* electronic musician will >> >namecheck them. I preferred Duran Duran. They were really underrated, >> >probably as they were too pretty. ;) The Chauffeur was amazing. Their >> >remixes (or extended versions) are great. >> >> hehe. i gotta confess that i was always more into the durans than >> depeche >> mode too, but that could've been because DM just wasnt on the radio on >> much >> where i grew up, compared to dd...plus the durans had sexy girls in >> their >> videos while depeche mode were usually wandering around some london >> streets >> or something looking upset....haha actually i am a big fan of either > one >> of >> those settings.. >> >> anyways speaking of good 80's pop/romantic, i still love the fixx's >> "reach >> the beach". some really nice sounds.... >> >> jt >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* >> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >> >> > >
