Comments on: OTB Latenight – Depeche Mode

By: Dodd

Dodd — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:54:44 +0000

I was really referring to the band in general, rather than just this specific song. I was in college myself when Violator was released. But it was their 7th album (IIRC - and, see, I said "album" thereby hopelessly dating myself).

By: Gary Gore

Gary Gore — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:09:49 +0000

Ahhh... Good stuff. I made a great Washington DC weekend, up from South Carolina, a few years ago when they performed at Nissan Pavilion out towards Manassas.

By: Boyd

Boyd — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:41 +0000

...one hates to use the word "classic" for the music one grew up with...

Even worse, one hates to hear music labeled "classic" when it was released only a few short years before one retired from the Navy.

By: markm

markm — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:10:24 +0000

Heh, when my wife had trouble loading that Depeche tune on her iPod she called for some tech assistance....which happened to be an 18ish year old kid. He said something to the effect that "WOW, that's really retro..."

She wasn't totally amused.

By: jeff b

jeff b — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:15:25 +0000

Shoot, that's not even 20 years old yet.

My benchmark for old is whether I will have to interview and hire some kid who wasn't even alive when the album came out. Murmurs: old. Violator: not old (yet).