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How I became a Depeche Mode Fanatic
I first heard Depeche Mode sometime in '82 or '83. Probably '83 because America didn't catch on to DM at first. The first song I heard was, "I Just Can't Get Enough". "What a catchy, danceable tune!", I thought. But I lived in Carlsbad, NM and they never played it on the radio. The only way I got to hear "new music" was to watch MTV. That was the only channel I watched all through high school. But, even MTV rarely played the video, which was cheesy to say the least. I thought, "The lead singer looks so cute at the club, but so geeky with the band, singing!!" So, at that point, I liked Depeche Mode, but didn't get to hear them enough.
At this time, Duran Duran was all the rage and I was in the thick of it!! I prayed to God to let me marry John Taylor every night before I went to bed!! When I heard DD music, it moved me almost as much as DM music now. I still think DD music is good, but Depeche Mode is just gobs better! Anyway, when I went away to Texas Tech University in '85, they played Depeche Mode in all the clubs and on the radio!! "People are People" was getting lots of airplay. I bought the "Some Great Reward" cassette. I really like Depeche Mode now. I loved "Master and Servant". They had such a different sound than other popular bands at that time. Except for Duran Duran, I usually like more obscure bands, ones that are not "pop mainstream". Anyway.........
In 1986, I got totally involved with the man I would soon call "my husband". Music, school and most everything else took a back seat. I was married at the end of 1986 and had a child in 1987. Getting married and having a child took precedence over everything else. We had very little money too, so I couldn't just go out and buy the music I liked; I had to buy necessities like food and shelter. To make a very long story, semi-short; I didn't get back into DM until 1990 when Violator came out.
At the time, our little family was very involved in our church, and most of what I was listening to was "Contemporary Christian" or praise music. Somehow I had heard "Policy of Truth" and "Enjoy the Silence". I absolutely loved those songs! Then my sister bought "Violator". I listened to it and asked her to please record some songs off of it for me. ( I was still concerned about some of the songs lyrics at this point!) I listened to the songs over and over! I was hooked again!! From that point on, I have been a Depeche Mode fanatic!! I became even more fanatical after "Songs of Faith and Devotion". I don't know why, I just did. By then, I had lots more disposable income and set off on a DM buying binge!! My binge is still going strong, except now, the things I don't have are getting harder and harder to find. I especially want videos. I have all of the ones that were released, I want ones that were on European TV shows and what not. I also need the videos for SoFaD, not the ones on the Devotional video, the ones they played on MTV. If you have them or know where to get them, let me know myjoy@airmail.net
Wow!!! If you got this
far, I really don't know what to say, except "thank you for listening to
me go on and on and on and on..............."
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