Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Sunday Song Lyric:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_03-2009_05_09.shtml#1241365958
[1]Depeche Mode has a new album. No, really Here's the opening of
NME's review:
While it�s obvious what to do when you�re too old to rock (buy a
stool, invest in an acoustic, learn how to play �In The Pines�),
there�s no real career path for synth-pop acts like Depeche Mode to
follow. After all, they can�t play unplugged gigs, can they? On
their 12th album and 29 years into their career, the Basildon
bondage boys have switched down a gear by hunting for vintage
synths and drum machines on eBay, imagining an alternative past
where technology froze at some point round 1990, but their desire
to make futuristic music didn�t.
I'm not sure if I'll pick up the CD. I rarely listen to all the old DM
CDs I have now, though there was a time I couldn't get enough of
[2]Some Great Reward. The album title came from "Lie to Me," a song
that could just has easily been about politics as seduction.
Promises made for convenience
Aren't necessarily
What we need
Truth is a word
That's lost its meaning
The truth has become
Merely half-truth
So lie to me
Like they do it in the factory
Make me think
That at the end of the day
Some great reward
Will be coming my way
Here's a [3]live performance. And for those curious, here's the
[4]video for new single, "Wrong."
References
1. http://www.depechemode.com/
2. http://www.depechemode.com/discography/albums/05_somegreatreward.html
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf77rV8Wp1M
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsXOcK9_Cw
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