It’s the post modernist National Anthem. Advertising is the holiest thing - and slogans are here to guide you and give you a nebulous purpose. And we’re not spying on you every second to keep you in line - heavens no! We’re looking after you in case you’ve lost your way! We’ll redirect you from any reasonable skepticism because we care that much! The song isn’t angry - it’s having too much fun for that.
It’s the post modernist National Anthem. Advertising is the holiest thing - and slogans are here to guide you and give you a nebulous purpose. And we’re not spying on you every second to keep you in line - heavens no! We’re looking after you in case you’ve lost your way! We’ll redirect you from any reasonable skepticism because we care that much! The song isn’t angry - it’s having too much fun for that.
i remember listening to this on my stereo at 14 thinking im the coolest mf ever LMFAO still a good song...
i remember listening to this on my stereo at 14 thinking im the coolest mf ever LMFAO still a good song...
this is just abt the band,like, straight up. 99% of the lyrics are the titles. kunst is german for art. people thought kmfdm standed for "kill mother fucking depeche mode" luv kmfdm
this is just abt the band,like, straight up. 99% of the lyrics are the titles. kunst is german for art. people thought kmfdm standed for "kill mother fucking depeche mode" luv kmfdm
1999...........
1999...........
Remember this one well. Shimmering intro was unforgettable, and the whole feel of the thing said it well. To me the song was about what most OMD singles were about: very intense desire for a distant, unattainable girl of "upper class" looks and status, felt (largely in secret) by an intellectual, emotional male who saw himself as beneath her in status. John Hughes, who understood 80s pop music well, caught on and utilized OMD throughout his movies because they often said the same thing. As a result this song cannot escape a certain Molly Ringwald-ness (and...
Remember this one well. Shimmering intro was unforgettable, and the whole feel of the thing said it well. To me the song was about what most OMD singles were about: very intense desire for a distant, unattainable girl of "upper class" looks and status, felt (largely in secret) by an intellectual, emotional male who saw himself as beneath her in status. John Hughes, who understood 80s pop music well, caught on and utilized OMD throughout his movies because they often said the same thing. As a result this song cannot escape a certain Molly Ringwald-ness (and this is a good thing). That chilly night at the ferris wheel on the broadway overlooking the sea, catching that glimpse of The Upper Class Girl, her eyes meeting yours, and everything that young man hoped and dreamed, the perfect kiss, the perfect returned love, all captured in a single 3:38 pop song. 1986 seemed full of these moments and I still look back on it. I for one was that upper class girl, dressed quite a bit like Molly, and wishing just once that rugged impossible lower class boy would go for it, announce his love, and kiss me forever in a slow romantic round and round steadicam shot that never ended. I never got that kiss, not as a teen in 1986, or ever after... until 2025. We marry this year. To me, Forever Live and Die was simply a snapshot moment of that mutual Gen X longing, and OMD created so many of them.
These lyrics were written by Ian and Elaine Churchward
These lyrics were written by Ian and Elaine Churchward
This is a song about an archer who fought at the battle of Flodden during the reign of Henry VIII
This is a song about an archer who fought at the battle of Flodden during the reign of Henry VIII
This is a song about a conversation that took place on a summer evening in the 1920's and which resulted in a society being formed called the Fellowship of the White Boar which would later become the Richard III Society.
This is a song about a conversation that took place on a summer evening in the 1920's and which resulted in a society being formed called the Fellowship of the White Boar which would later become the Richard III Society.
This is a song about Richard III
This is a song about Richard III
The transition from Dance on Your Knees into Out of Touch is nothing short of amazing, really you need to listen to the album on vinyl. The song though does feel like a man kind of on the edge of this rope, that he wants to be with this woman, yet she is just out of reach. I like that line where he sings "Broken ice still melts in the sun, And ties that are broken can often be one again." I find there to be a nice meaning behind the former, because regardless if your relationship is good or...
The transition from Dance on Your Knees into Out of Touch is nothing short of amazing, really you need to listen to the album on vinyl. The song though does feel like a man kind of on the edge of this rope, that he wants to be with this woman, yet she is just out of reach. I like that line where he sings "Broken ice still melts in the sun, And ties that are broken can often be one again." I find there to be a nice meaning behind the former, because regardless if your relationship is good or struggling, everyone is still subject to the same issues/experiences. The latter speaks to me with a sense of optimism, that broken things can be fixed. As someone who is going through a breakup, there is definitely a personal emotional investment in that idea. Life is too short to not work on things you find worth fixing.