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On Tuesday evening the incomparably excellent kikishua (she booked it) and I went to see Depeche Mode at the O2. It was THE BEST. I have not quite come down from it yet. People who follow me on twitter should be grateful I haven't posted as many lyrics tweets as I've wanted to.
We were late (because I am a total twit and somehow managed to fuck up pasta that evening: idek) and so missed most of the support act, but they are called How To Dress Well and you can find their stuff here: http://www.last.fm/music/How+to+Dress+Well
The amazing thing about Depeche Mode is that really, no matter how long a show they do, no matter how many singles they include, there are still loads they've missed out. Just off the top of my head, some of my favourite songs they didn't do: Useless, Strangelove, Peace, Wrong, Stripped, Everything Counts. I could go on, and still, this show was AMAZING.
Setlist: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/depeche-mode/2013/o2-arena-london-england-13d99dc1.html TWENTY-THREE SONGS. You could add another ten and still be leaving out some really good music.
I really like the new album, having had time to listen to it over and over (still possibly slightly prefer Sounds Of The Universe, but there's very little to choose between them). I was really pleased with the songs they played from the new album - Welcome to My World, Angel, Should Be Higher, Secret To The End, Goodbye, Soothe My Soul - and Soothe My Soul turned out to be far more of a crowd-pleaser than I'd expected from hearing it on the album.
I LOVED the live versions of the older songs. A couple (one of them was A Pain That I'm Used To, I can't remember the other) were different enough that it wasn't until Dave Gahan started singing that I definitively knew what they were. I haven't been to a concert like that before. Alright, I haven't been to that many concerts, but when I have they've been fairly straight live versions of the songs. I loved it this way.
There were only two songs I didn't know well enough to sing along to: Black Celebration (which actually I really like) and Higher Love (which I know but don't like hat much).
The choice of older older songs was absolutely brilliant: Enjoy the Silence (!), Personal Jesus (!!!) , Never Let Me Down Again (!!!!!! PERFECT end to the evening btw) and Just Can't Get Enough (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) particularly. I was both surprised and SUPER pleased that they did Barrel of A Gun.
I loved that Martin Gore got to do a few songs; I actually really love his voice, and I love Home and When the Body Speaks so I was very happy with those.
I liked the pacing of the show, the mix of fast bouncy dancey stuff and slower calmer songs worked really well.
As to the actual band: Dave Gahan was incredibly energetic all evening and is looking rather good. Sadly did not actually take his waistcoat off until near the end, oh well. He seemed to be having fun slinking around the stage though /shallow. His voice is amazing. Martin Gore still has terrible, terrible taste in clothing (shiny metallic tartan WHAT) and had a collection of oddly-shaped guitars. Andrew Fletcher... stood behind his keyboards and barely moved all evening.
Some photos from kikishua:
They're back at the O2 later in the year and I am seriously thinking about it. If you're a fan, I'd really recommend going to one of the shows (they're touring *everywhere*). It's the best concert I've ever been to and I enjoyed it SO MUCH.
We were late (because I am a total twit and somehow managed to fuck up pasta that evening: idek) and so missed most of the support act, but they are called How To Dress Well and you can find their stuff here: http://www.last.fm/music/How+to+Dress+Well
The amazing thing about Depeche Mode is that really, no matter how long a show they do, no matter how many singles they include, there are still loads they've missed out. Just off the top of my head, some of my favourite songs they didn't do: Useless, Strangelove, Peace, Wrong, Stripped, Everything Counts. I could go on, and still, this show was AMAZING.
Setlist: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/depeche-mode/2013/o2-arena-london-england-13d99dc1.html TWENTY-THREE SONGS. You could add another ten and still be leaving out some really good music.
I really like the new album, having had time to listen to it over and over (still possibly slightly prefer Sounds Of The Universe, but there's very little to choose between them). I was really pleased with the songs they played from the new album - Welcome to My World, Angel, Should Be Higher, Secret To The End, Goodbye, Soothe My Soul - and Soothe My Soul turned out to be far more of a crowd-pleaser than I'd expected from hearing it on the album.
I LOVED the live versions of the older songs. A couple (one of them was A Pain That I'm Used To, I can't remember the other) were different enough that it wasn't until Dave Gahan started singing that I definitively knew what they were. I haven't been to a concert like that before. Alright, I haven't been to that many concerts, but when I have they've been fairly straight live versions of the songs. I loved it this way.
There were only two songs I didn't know well enough to sing along to: Black Celebration (which actually I really like) and Higher Love (which I know but don't like hat much).
The choice of older older songs was absolutely brilliant: Enjoy the Silence (!), Personal Jesus (!!!) , Never Let Me Down Again (!!!!!! PERFECT end to the evening btw) and Just Can't Get Enough (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) particularly. I was both surprised and SUPER pleased that they did Barrel of A Gun.
I loved that Martin Gore got to do a few songs; I actually really love his voice, and I love Home and When the Body Speaks so I was very happy with those.
I liked the pacing of the show, the mix of fast bouncy dancey stuff and slower calmer songs worked really well.
As to the actual band: Dave Gahan was incredibly energetic all evening and is looking rather good. Sadly did not actually take his waistcoat off until near the end, oh well. He seemed to be having fun slinking around the stage though /shallow. His voice is amazing. Martin Gore still has terrible, terrible taste in clothing (shiny metallic tartan WHAT) and had a collection of oddly-shaped guitars. Andrew Fletcher... stood behind his keyboards and barely moved all evening.
Some photos from kikishua:
They're back at the O2 later in the year and I am seriously thinking about it. If you're a fan, I'd really recommend going to one of the shows (they're touring *everywhere*). It's the best concert I've ever been to and I enjoyed it SO MUCH.
