Duran Duran and Spandau were feuding in the 80s. OMD were kinda on their own... maybe pit them against Heaven 17? ;)
---------- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "sean deason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'J. T.'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <313@hyperreal.org> >Subject: Re: (313) How about Depeche Mode? was: new order. >Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 6:35 AM > >>I cant seem to think of any group to compare to OMD at the moment...:^) > spandau ballet? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sean deason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'J. T.'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 12:49 PM > Subject: Re: (313) How about Depeche Mode? was: new order. > > >> Duran2!? Cheesy!?? Heretic!! :^) >> I'm with Cyclone on this issue. If we werent so busy trying to be cool and >> rejecting all things "popular" we'd realize the beauty of tracks like "The >> Chauffer" and "Save a Prayer" and the sheer brilliance of the "Arcadia" >> album. I never realized there was such a divide on this list between Duran >> fans and Depeche fans. Next thing you know we'll be feuding over OMD >> verses...ummmmmmmm... funny... I cant seem to think of any group to > compare >> to OMD at the moment...:^) >> >> sean >> >> "I want to go down to Detroit. I want to lie in the shade. I wanna visit > the >> president. And then I wanna get laid." Name that tune! I defy Eminem to > deny >> he's not influenced by those brilliant words! >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "'J. T.'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; >> <313@hyperreal.org> >> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 1:12 PM >> Subject: RE: (313) How about Depeche Mode? was: new order. >> >> >> > You guys gotta be kidding, Duran Duran is so cheesy! >> > >> > Whereas Depeche Mode I like musically--they had a pretty innovative >> > sound for the time, and also find the things they sing about to be >> > pretty interesting. Of course one could fault them with providing lots >> > of ammo for future goth posers, but really is that fair? I feel that >> > there is a relationship between techno and (esp. early) "goth" and >> > industrial; I think this is a difference between techno and the deep >> > house scene, although they do have many things in common. It's just a >> > little hard for me to see much of a connection between deep >> > house/neosoul/broken beat stuff and the old goth and industrial stuff, >> > whereas with techno (and maybe stuff coming out of acid house) I >> > definitely see a connection. >> > >> > We hear too much the "getting old" theory of musical taste, but maybe >> > whether people came to techno through an enjoyment of some type of >> > industrial music also has a lot do with the direction of their musical >> > tastes??? Please discuss. >> > >> > Regardless, I like it all. Actually after repeated listens I've started >> > to dig some stuff I didn't get into at first, most especially Amp >> > Fiddler's Basementality, and Love and War, neither of which I really dug >> > on first listen. Now I am almost considering trying to find them and >> > buying. >> > >> > BTW, our own Sean Deason must have liked DM cus he sampled that "I Just >> > Can't Get Enough" song on the white label Matrix record he made a little >> > while ago. Although personally I prefer the material that came about a >> > little later, when they moved from synthpop into a slightly darker vein. >> > The album with "Lie to Me" and "Blasphemous Rumors" is really great in >> > my opinion, and the use of electronics and production on the album is >> > just excellent. >> > >> > _Dave >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: J. T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 8:36 AM >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org >> > Subject: Re: (313) How about Depeche Mode? was: new order. >> > >> > >never liked Depeche Mode as much but *every* electronic musician will >> > >namecheck them. I preferred Duran Duran. They were really underrated, >> > >probably as they were too pretty. ;) The Chauffeur was amazing. Their >> > >remixes (or extended versions) are great. >> > >> > hehe. i gotta confess that i was always more into the durans than >> > depeche >> > mode too, but that could've been because DM just wasnt on the radio on >> > much >> > where i grew up, compared to dd...plus the durans had sexy girls in >> > their >> > videos while depeche mode were usually wandering around some london >> > streets >> > or something looking upset....haha actually i am a big fan of either one >> > of >> > those settings.. >> > >> > anyways speaking of good 80's pop/romantic, i still love the fixx's >> > "reach >> > the beach". some really nice sounds.... >> > >> > jt >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* >> > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >> > >> > >
