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Depeche Mode's lyrical content, at times impossibly contrived, is a potential source of frustration. "I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours / But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour / And when I die / I expect to find him laughing," goes the chorus of "Blasphemous RuN
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Depeche Mode's lyrical content, at times impossibly contrived, is a potential source of frustration. "I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours / But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour / And when I die / I expect to find him laughing," goes the chorus of "Blasphemous Rumours," an antireligion song using attempted teenage suicide and fatal car accidents as testimonial. Lyricist Martin Gore always scores points for creative rhyming, but one gets the feeling the choice of subject matter is nearly arbitrary, that the band could write equally depressing songs about a bad hair day--and mean it. But this is the fun, and maybe even the genius, of Depeche Mode. When it comes to patent controversy, they are as self-indulgent as they wanna be. Depeche's first U.S. single, "People Are People," also contained on Some Great Reward, is no less of an eye roller than "Blasphemous Rumours," but its tone is inversely inspiring to the nihilistic picture painted by "Rumours." Two other opposites that attract, the naughty little industrial-lite, S/M-colored "Master and Servant" perfectly juxtaposes the leaning-on-the-windowsill-staring-at-the-moon love song "Somebody." --Beth Bessmer
""I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humour
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing."
Here we have DM, doing their thing, showing the world the way. When I first heard People Are People, I had to buy this record, and fell in love with it. This was one of the first times I ever listened to them, and thought they wee pure brilliance.
Depeche Mode extends their music of sampling, as documented on the DVD to the Rhino Collectors Edition, th"
"Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumors
Girl of sixteen, whole life ahead of her
Slashed her wrists, bored with life
Didn't succeed, thank the Lord
For small mercies
Fighting back the tears, mother reads the note again
Sixteen candles burn in her mind
She takes the blame, it's always the same
She goes down on her knees and prays
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor
And when I die I expect to find Him laughing
Girl of eighteen, fell in love w"
Jamie M. added this to a list 1 year, 6 months ago
"Ennen Black Celebrationia DM ehti julkaista tämän raikkaan poppi-albumin. Tämä on henkilökohtainen suosikkini bändin 80-luvun tuotannosta. Levyllä ei ole mitään turhaa. Jokainen biisi on kuin ilmettyä kasaria ja ne kaikki toimivat! Paikoitellen rivot biisit ovat mainioita. Tarvitseeko sanoa muuta? Noh, Master and Servant.
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