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“Every day I grow more powerful” I say as I get more stupid and unnecessary things for my media collection
Depeche Mode was invented for gay sex and ford focus commercials specifically
My shift in music taste like two years ago-
Would have drawn my Sona but I genuinely did not feel like it 😔
Round 7 of The Hottest 80s Bands Tournament
Queen
Defeated opponents: Green Day, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Psychedelic Furs, R.E.M., Duran Duran, INXS
Formed in: 1970
Genres: rock, glam-rock, hard rock, pop-rock, pop, disco
Lineup: Freddie Mercury- vocals
Brian May- guitar
John Deacon- bass
Roger Taylor- drums
Albums from the 80s:
The Game (1980)
Hot Space (1982)
Flash Gordon (1982)
The Works (1984)
A Kind Of Magic (1986)
The Miracle (1989)
Propaganda: “HAVE YOU SEEEEN THEMMMM???? these men never lost their looks as they aged. smoking hot 20 somethings to smoking hot 40 somethings. in their own words, "we was glam" and "we were all stunning". all four had impeccable style choices 99% of the time, from leather jackets and wraps to monochrome to undone blazers and ties to brightly coloured /everything/. Deacon changed his hair style every few years and even in just tshirts and booty shorts, never missed. Roger had a sleazy mullet and sunglasses for what felt like forever, hot Persian dad, did not miss. Brian forgot how to fully button shirts. bell bottoms. same hair for 50 years. no misses. even after Freddie got sick and started wearing makeup and had to grow a beard to cover up, MAN NEVER FUCKIN MISSED. he was beautiful to the day he died. and thats not even touching on the leather daddy look from the early 80s.king shit. we love wrinkles and laugh lines in this gd house. if they don't sweep I’m blowing this whole website up we was glam”
“a few years back i was obsessed with these guys and i would find it hard to not have a crush on all of them. in the 80s especially Brian was GORGEOUS.. BEAUTIFUL”
Depeche Mode
Defeated opponents: Anthrax, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, The Kinks, Wham!, Joy Division, Warrant
Formed in: 1980
Genres: Synth-pop, electronic rock, new wave, dark wave, alternative rock
Lineup: Dave Gahan - vocals
Martin Gore - guitar and keyboard
Alan Wilder - drums and keyboard
Andy Fletcher - bass
Albums from the 80s:
Speak & Spell (1981)
A Broken Frame (1982)
Construction Time Again (1983)
Some Great Reward (1984)
Black Celebration (1986)
Music for the Masses (1987)
Propaganda: The music. The LOOKS. The voice. (The sexual tension?) And they’re still going strong. My colleague saw them in the UK when they were only starting out and said they were so nervous. I find the juxtaposition of the confidence of their sound (not to mention the black leather) and that anecdote really endearing.
idk how much this counts as propaganda but I feel like it's very important to acknowledge that Depeche Mode specifically makes kinky synth for bisexual sluts. Like that's it, that's the band. They even managed to make their cover of "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" sound like it's about selling ass on the interstate. Slutty legends.
Visual propaganda for Queen:
Visual propaganda for Depeche Mode:
international cut your hair like your icon day how screwed are you
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTIN GORE!!🎂🎸🌹
Congratulations to our dear cute and genius composer Martin Gore! We love you Martiiinn!slaayyy😭🌹🎸🎵🛐
Me core edit but I can’t edit and basically gave up halfway through
I figured here of all places would be the best to share the best photos I’d gotten during my Depeche Mode concert :) camera quality isn’t great and I apologize for that but I still think they’re gorgeous and amazing memories!
“Damn I can’t wait to go home and listen to Depeche Mode,” I say as I’m listening to all of Depeche Mode in chronological order on my broken wired headphones.
NEW VIDEO GANGGG
Tai Lung my beloved
“Tainted Love” (1964) by Gloria Jones (1950’s-present)
You’ve probably heard Soft Cell or Depeche Mode’s version(s) of this hit song. Although it didn’t receive similar success, Gloria Jones sang and recorded the original version. Jones wrote and produced for well known acts such as The Supremes and Jackson 5. She also sang backup for T. Rex and became romantically involved with Marc Bolan until his death, an unfortunate result of her driving drunk.
Further Reading:
Interview on Goldmine Magazine (2010)
Marc Bolan School of Music & Film
Quebec City - Memento Mori Tour 2023
i have made a terrible mistake in following a bunch of Depeche Mode and The Damned blogs at the same time and now I don't know which Dave you guys are talking about.
when another 80s band is driving into the supermarket car park and you’ve bought the last of the hairspray
so much new music coming out by my favourite bands soon. i'm vibrating.
Depeche Mode, 1983: Hey, we know that our latest single is strongly anti-capitalist and that there’s a lot of symbolism in our album’s lyrics and the cover and all that, but come on, we’re not Marxists…that’d be ridiculous.
Depeche Mode, 2017:
Depeche Mode photographed by Kevin Westenberg in London (1990)