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Depeche Mode — Strangelove
Album: Music For The Masses
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Released: 1987
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There'll be times when my crimes
Will seem almost unforgivable
I give in to sin
Because you have to make this life liveable

But when you think I've had enough from your sea of love
I'll take more than another riverfull
Yes, and I'll make it all worthwhile
I'll make your heart smile

Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me
Will you take the pain
I will give to you
Again and again
And will you return it

There'll be days when I'll stray
I may appear to be constantly out of reach
I give in to sin
Because I like to practice what I preach

I'm not trying to say I'll have it all my way
I'm always willing to learn when you've got something to teach
Oh, and I'll make it all worthwhile
I'll make your heart smile

Pain, will you return it
I'll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it
I'll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it
I'll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it
I won't say it again

Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me

Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me

Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me

I give in
Again and again
I give in
Will you give it to me
I give in
I'll say it again
I give in

I give in
Again and again
I give in
That's how my love goes
I give in
I'll say it again
I give in

I give in
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 Alastair wrote:

If anyone tries to tell me no good music came out of the 80's, I point them to DM.  



U2
The Cure
The Smiths
Psychedelic Furs
Stone Roses
etc. Ad nauseum. The 80s were so much more than Madonna and Wham!
Posted 10 months ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
The first car I ever had with a CD player was christened with Violator.
I heard so many new sounds in their songs that were never present on radio or cassette.  Mind blowing to say the least. 
I'm so looking forward to see them live this spring!
Posted 1 year ago by Singletrack    [ Reply ]
 sajitjacob wrote:

Many years ago I worked next to a lady on an electronics assembly line, we used to chat about music while we assembled various things. She hated Depeche Mode which she called "Depress Mode" and loved Micheal Jackson.

Thats the end of my story 'Tak' for listening.




I always found it depressing to be around Michael Jackson fans!!  LOL!  
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 jef wrote:

you think that's bad you should try walking in my shoes....




A wise man once said "you should try walking a mile in my shoes"!  ...And then when you get there, you'll still have my shoes!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
you think that's bad you should try walking in my shoes....
Posted 2 years ago by jef    [ Reply ]
Not bad for depressed mode this 
Posted 3 years ago by Silvervanman    [ Reply ]
Many years ago I worked next to a lady on an electronics assembly line, we used to chat about music while we assembled various things. She hated Depeche Mode which she called "Depress Mode" and loved Micheal Jackson.

Thats the end of my story 'Tak' for listening.
Posted 3 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
 Alastair wrote:
If anyone tries to tell me no good music came out of the 80's, I point them to DM.  
 
Remind me not to hire you as a lawyer.
Posted 4 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by brianlay    [ Reply ]
PAIN   
Posted 4 years ago by baylees    [ Reply ]
If anyone tries to tell me no good music came out of the 80's, I point them to DM.  
Posted 4 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:
wow. when this first came on i had to check the playlist to see if this was Bobby Brown... then the lyrics started and i'll be changing the station for a few minutes now.

 
Two Zappa references. Always in order.
Posted 4 years ago by george524    [ Reply ]
Some sounds in the beginning of this made me long to hear the voice of the "Central Scrutinizer" here, on RP.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Brings me right back to the Limelight in NYC in the Big 80s...
Posted 4 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
still my favorite dance song from sophomore year in high school.
Posted 5 years ago by amyvoscas    [ Reply ]
I just deleted that previous comment, Ms. R. Sorry! Gender faux pas  happen. Even in 2019. Ok, back to where we started... great pick for exactly right now! Made my Song Du Jour. 
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
 Noni163 wrote:
 
I won't give up
Again and again
Posted 5 years ago by francesco_insyde    [ Reply ]
still great but somehow it sounds shallow. low frequencies are so empty.... sounds poorly.
Posted 5 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by Noni163    [ Reply ]
That was a heckuva transition from PF's Learning to Fly, Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by DaMoGan    [ Reply ]
Pain, will you return it
I'll say it again, pain
Posted 5 years ago by youngers    [ Reply ]
 AquaChick wrote:

:-)  I agree...my nightmare situation occurred about 15 years ago when there was only old-school radio in cars, before smart phone invention, and I was stuck in a mountainous area with only 1 radio station that was playing a "12 hour Depeche Mode Marathon" ...I kid you not...my husband and I couldn't believe it...silence ensued.
 

enjoy the silence ;)
Posted 5 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
Music for the Masses .. their best CD ever. I feel they went downhill after this. Too commercialized.
Posted 5 years ago by pontfarrer    [ Reply ]
The best part is when the song is over ;)
Posted 5 years ago by markus333    [ Reply ]
I love their darkness.
Posted 6 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Actually the best parts are when they stop singing.
Posted 6 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
I give in to sin....

HELL! YEAH!  

Posted 6 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Original version with the long pad introduction! Looooove it!
Posted 6 years ago by Marce_El_Pela    [ Reply ]
 Ptijoc wrote:
I've tried all my life to find a radio without these guys. I thought I'd found it...
 But I have to resume my quest, that's my fate...

 
I envy you if that's your biggest problem in life. Pompous elitism at best.
Posted 6 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
 Ptijoc wrote:
I've tried all my life to find a radio without these guys. I thought I'd found it...
 But I have to resume my quest, that's my fate...

 

 

Hahaha. That's funny. I kind of enjoy Duran Mode these days because I ignored bands with this sound at the time. There was so much other better stuff to listen to. This was like elevator music. Still is!

Posted 6 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
I just love how cheeky Depeche Mode lyrics are!
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 Ptijoc wrote:
I've tried all my life to find a radio without these guys. I thought I'd found it...
 But I have to resume my quest, that's my fate...

 
:-)  I agree...my nightmare situation occurred about 15 years ago when there was only old-school radio in cars, before smart phone invention, and I was stuck in a mountainous area with only 1 radio station that was playing a "12 hour Depeche Mode Marathon" ...I kid you not...my husband and I couldn't believe it...silence ensued.
Posted 7 years ago by AquaChick    [ Reply ]
They were so much better with Vince Clarke
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
I've tried all my life to find a radio without these guys. I thought I'd found it...
 But I have to resume my quest, that's my fate...
Posted 7 years ago by Ptijoc    [ Reply ]
I Like DM, especially Violator....but this is cheese.
Posted 7 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
Heard it in the 80s till my ears bled.
Maybe too often. Still like some of the remixes from DM.

Btw: The best DM-song is "Behind the wheel/Route 66". {#Exclaim}
Posted 8 years ago by Astardis    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}
Posted 8 years ago by kanga311    [ Reply ]
I thought it was the James Bond song..wrong song.
Posted 8 years ago by ddog    [ Reply ]
Plain...want nothing on it...I'll say it again...PLAIN.
Posted 9 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 jnhashmi wrote:
At first I thought this was "Word Up" by Cameo.

 
Yes! {#Exclaim}
Posted 9 years ago by Skid_Mark    [ Reply ]
 taswegian wrote:
Swam at Kakadu once in a pool until I noticed the watch out for crocodiles sign ... 


 

Posted 9 years ago by JoeHaarlemNL    [ Reply ]
Double YEAH
Posted 9 years ago by JoeHaarlemNL    [ Reply ]
 Andrew_C wrote:
Yuk

 
Double Yuk.
Posted 9 years ago by geist    [ Reply ]
When this album came out after Black Celebration, it took me some time to get used to the "new" sound (all the sampling in use etc.). However, meanwhile it is one of my favourites.
 
Posted 9 years ago by greyghost    [ Reply ]
Tazzie brews are the best.Cascade Green label from Hobart.Amber at its best.
Posted 9 years ago by taswegian    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Forever reminds me my 1st of 3 Walkabouts of Oz: Darwin, Litchfield, Kakadu, Barramundi Gorge, Mataranka, Townsville, Cairns, Port Douglas, Cape Trib; lotsa all-nighters, the coolest people; lotsa Green Cans&Tazzie Brews; lotsa roos&cockatoos. Specky Mark, mate!

 

Posted 9 years ago by taswegian    [ Reply ]
Yuk
Posted 9 years ago by Andrew_C    [ Reply ]
Forever reminds me my 1st of 3 Walkabouts of Oz: Darwin, Litchfield, Kakadu, Barramundi Gorge, Mataranka, Townsville, Cairns, Port Douglas, Cape Trib; lotsa all-nighters, the coolest people; lotsa Green Cans&Tazzie Brews; lotsa roos&cockatoos. Specky Mark, mate!
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
At first I thought this was "Word Up" by Cameo.
Posted 10 years ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]
I'll be seeing them in concert in exactly one month. Thank you, RP!
Posted 11 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
Love the melody.
Hate the lyrics.
Posted 11 years ago by reindeer    [ Reply ]
 Lumpy13 wrote:


 
"Mein Führer! I can walk!"
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

Yeah, I remember some pretty good times at discos, too... I could actually dance back then! {#Roflol} Didn't get into Depeche Mode until around 1996 though (well, I'm a late bloomer...)

 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
From my faaaaaaavorite album. Dear RP, thanks!
Posted 12 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
 obstetricus wrote:
Burned out on DM in high school...what exactly did I see in this way back when?
 

In the clubs it was fun, if nothing else.  They had some good tunes but not quite enough to make me go out and buy their recordings.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
the same drum computer that Cameo used. oh and probably every band in the eighties. Dont date too well does it?
Posted 12 years ago by mandolineman1972    [ Reply ]
...i can't hear this track anymore without expecting the flaming lips afterward...
Posted 12 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Burned out on DM in high school...what exactly did I see in this way back when?
Posted 13 years ago by obstetricus    [ Reply ]
wow. when this first came on i had to check the playlist to see if this was Bobby Brown... then the lyrics started and i'll be changing the station for a few minutes now.

Posted 13 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
I picture Axel Foley scaling the wall while furtively looking to see if he's been spotted...
Posted 13 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Nobody under age 25 (30?) will generally like this band, I have found. Sigh...   
Posted 13 years ago by Storyman    [ Reply ]
YES, this is sweet...this album was playing almost constantly as I went round Oz my first time back in '90...and still sounds as grand and impressively eerie — in a very good way...  Hey, and DIG the Dr. Strangelove pic below!  That movie bears watching every few years (until it finally goes down)...

Posted 13 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]

Posted 13 years ago by Lumpy13    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


Reminds me of good times at discos... sigh...  love it...

 
 
Yeah, I remember some pretty good times at discos, too... I could actually dance back then! {#Roflol} Didn't get into Depeche Mode until around 1996 though (well, I'm a late bloomer...)

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Yes! Depeche Mode!

Posted 13 years ago by rpfan101    [ Reply ]
 Fi-Wi wrote:

Just out of sentimental reasons: a solid 8!


 
Yep...SOLID.

Posted 13 years ago by htowncoog    [ Reply ]
I wonder what the back to school bugs get paid for singing backup?
And do they get to go on tour?
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]

Just out of sentimental reasons: a solid 8!


Posted 13 years ago by Fi-Wi    [ Reply ]
{#Clap}  Very nice down tempo set Bill:

David Gilmour - No Way
Fun Lovin' Criminals - There Was A Time
Thievery Corp - Air Batucada
Depeche Mode - Strangelove

Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep}
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Love it
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
 jackiebd wrote:
Depeche Mode can do no wrong. Their music ages well - just like me {#Daisy}
 
Don't flatter yourself.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Say it again.....P A I N !!!! Love this track...
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
This was boring in the 80s and it's boring now.
Posted 14 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
{#Cool}
Posted 14 years ago by stephanier    [ Reply ]
Depeche Mode can do no wrong. Their music ages well - just like me {#Daisy}
Posted 14 years ago by jackiebd    [ Reply ]
8 ==> 9
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
 rachlan wrote:
this song really brings me back.   i'm getting that weird feeling in my heart.  time is moving differently.  this music was so ..... urgent back then.

 
I know what you mean ... the first few bars of DM, Pet Shop Boys, Talk Talk from this era and I'm ... well ... younger, for sure.


Posted 14 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
this song really brings me back.   i'm getting that weird feeling in my heart.  time is moving differently.  this music was so ..... urgent back then.

Posted 14 years ago by rachlan    [ Reply ]
DM gets wayyyyyyyyyyyy to much airplay on RP
Posted 15 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]
Ahhh, Depressed Mode!
Posted 15 years ago by drife    [ Reply ]
well I love it!!!!
Posted 15 years ago by songbirdfemme    [ Reply ]
Yep, thats Depeche Mode alright!{#Sleep}{#Puke}
Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Once again...{#Notworthy}
Posted 15 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:

Great song, yes. But my personal vote is for best DP album is 'Black Celebration.' And I was 27 when 'Masses' was released.... ugh.
 
There are a few songs on the new DP 'Sounds Of The Universe' that take me back to Black Celebration (especially Jezebel).
Posted 15 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]

snowcat wrote: Oh boy am I getting old...20 years ago. Seems like yesterday we were driving around playing this TAPE so loud our ears were begging mercy.

 martindi wrote:

{#Daisy} Agree!!!!!!!! I am still doing it and I am 30 :)

 

You were driving around when you were 10?
Posted 15 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
 posworld wrote:
I always feel like...somebody's watching me.
 
Get away from the window and put some clothes on for gods sake.

Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
 newyorkone wrote:
Totally agree. I just put on Music for the Masses a couple of weeks ago and listened straight thru. Can't say that for most artists these days. Great song from their best album indeed.
 
Great song, yes. But my personal vote is for best DP album is 'Black Celebration.' And I was 27 when 'Masses' was released.... ugh.


Posted 15 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
 snowcat wrote:
Oh boy am I getting old...20 years ago. Seems like yesterday we were driving around playing this TAPE so loud our ears were begging mercy.
 
{#Daisy} Agree!!!!!!!! I am still doing it and I am 30 :)

Posted 15 years ago by martindi    [ Reply ]
I always feel like...somebody's watching me.
Posted 15 years ago by posworld    [ Reply ]
I just love depeche mode!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 15 years ago by martindi    [ Reply ]
Doesn't sound like Slayer
Posted 15 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of me being a lot younger then I am now. Still I love life as much as I did then.
Posted 16 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
Oh boy am I getting old...20 years ago. Seems like yesterday we were driving around playing this TAPE so loud our ears were begging mercy.
Posted 16 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
a_genuine_find wrote:
Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned? Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.
Woo-hoo! Yee-haw! Or how I stopped worrying about nuclear annihilation instead of living in a world repopulated by politicians.
Posted 16 years ago by js5280    [ Reply ]
Yeah, baby! Just when I was thinking of some songs I'd rather hear on RP than some in current rotation, this comes along and bends me nice and strange...and being above standard orbit while doing prep for almond chicken prep, well, man, it just takes it all to the next level entirely...YOW! DIG IT THANKS Bill & Co.!
Posted 16 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
una masa para las for the masses.
Posted 16 years ago by turbodroga    [ Reply ]
huebdoo wrote:
The club was Loveafair in Vancouver BC, I was dancing out on the floor by myself and this came on and the crowd filled the dance floor. I remember this beautiful woman (like super model kind of beautiful) came up to me and we started dancing very provocatively, it was almost like a primal moment that you would read about when people go into a trance. I remember that she had the greatest smile on her face, she was so happy and it was obvious she was having a great time (if it was drug induced I have no idea) When the song ended her boyfriend came, the guy looked like the statue of David except with a tan, His glare at me was something to behold, there was no way in hell that a woman like her would have ever talked to a guy like me in the real world. They marched off with her eyes locked on mine until they disappeared into the crowd and I never saw her again, man here I am in my cube writing this smiling thinking that was my moment and I let it slip, its funny how music can trigger memory banks that have laid dormant for so long. Thanks, Ok Back to work
You should have nailed her right there on the dance floor.
Posted 16 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
Ewwwwwwwwwwww, that is all that comes to mind, sorry.
Posted 16 years ago by ZarSU    [ Reply ]
scott4261 wrote:
It's hard to believe that was 20 years ago....
No kidding! When the songs we liked in high school turn 20 and become classics (20 years is enough to make a classic, right?), we know we're not getting any younger.
Posted 16 years ago by musikalia    [ Reply ]
huebdoo wrote:
The club was Loveafair in Vancouver BC, I was dancing out on the floor by myself and this came on and the crowd filled the dance floor. I remember this beautiful woman (like super model kind of beautiful) came up to me and we started dancing very provocatively, it was almost like a primal moment that you would read about when people go into a trance. I remember that she had the greatest smile on her face, she was so happy and it was obvious she was having a great time (if it was drug induced I have no idea) When the song ended her boyfriend came, the guy looked like the statue of David except with a tan, His glare at me was something to behold, there was no way in hell that a woman like her would have ever talked to a guy like me in the real world. They marched off with her eyes locked on mine until they disappeared into the crowd and I never saw her again, man here I am in my cube writing this smiling thinking that was my moment and I let it slip, its funny how music can trigger memory banks that have laid dormant for so long. Thanks, Ok Back to work
Written with the atmospherics of the Great Gatsby - rising from the shadows and mists - relish it!
Posted 16 years ago by ppak    [ Reply ]
Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned? Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
radiofood for the masses,have mercy
Posted 16 years ago by loversclub    [ Reply ]
aronson wrote:
"Nothing" is still the best track from this album...
As I am not a fan of DM, I consider this statement to be true, in an unintended way I'm sure. Looks like there are a whole lot more fans out there than not, so OH Well! I'll have to take a dud every now and then, but I get mostly absolute quality from RP. Long live RP!
Posted 16 years ago by AaronOfMackenzie    [ Reply ]
The club was Loveafair in Vancouver BC, I was dancing out on the floor by myself and this came on and the crowd filled the dance floor. I remember this beautiful woman (like super model kind of beautiful) came up to me and we started dancing very provocatively, it was almost like a primal moment that you would read about when people go into a trance. I remember that she had the greatest smile on her face, she was so happy and it was obvious she was having a great time (if it was drug induced I have no idea) When the song ended her boyfriend came, the guy looked like the statue of David except with a tan, His glare at me was something to behold, there was no way in hell that a woman like her would have ever talked to a guy like me in the real world. They marched off with her eyes locked on mine until they disappeared into the crowd and I never saw her again, man here I am in my cube writing this smiling thinking that was my moment and I let it slip, its funny how music can trigger memory banks that have laid dormant for so long. Thanks, Ok Back to work
Posted 17 years ago by huebdoo    [ Reply ]
Different strokes for different folks. I liked it then and I still like DM's 'Music for the Masses' today.
Posted 17 years ago by rbigelo    [ Reply ]
Shaxx wrote:
OMG It's remembering me twenty years ago...
yeah, a blast from the past.
Posted 17 years ago by rachlan    [ Reply ]
OMG It's remembering me twenty years ago...
Posted 17 years ago by Shaxx    [ Reply ]
This takes me back to the swinging single days of my 30's, hanging out in dance clubs in Dallas. Oh, to get those days back!
Posted 17 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
scott4261 wrote:
Great song from DM's best album. It's hard to believe that was 20 years ago....
Totally agree. I just put on Music for the Masses a couple of weeks ago and listened straight thru. Can't say that for most artists these days. Great song from their best album indeed.
Posted 17 years ago by newyorkone    [ Reply ]
Drunkenlilacwine wrote:
This is a 10. Quintessential 80's tune
I swear, the hairs on the back of my neck start to go mullet as soon as the synth intro hits :oD.
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
Just one god like track after another!!!!!
Posted 17 years ago by lordgeezer    [ Reply ]
pret-a-porter wrote:
kidding mostly - just not sure why else you'd play depeche mode in this day and age - not one of the 80's groups that has aged well
I disagree. I would say this one has stood the test of time.
Posted 17 years ago by esotericderek    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
This is a 10. Quintessential 80's tune
Posted 17 years ago by Drunkenlilacwine    [ Reply ]
Yay Depeche!
Posted 17 years ago by Kristi    [ Reply ]
oh! some ass kicking male tunes!
Posted 17 years ago by niv    [ Reply ]
jagdriver wrote:
Anyone hear Tears For Fears?
Who was influenced by whom those days??
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Great song from DM's best album. It's hard to believe that was 20 years ago....
Posted 17 years ago by scott4261    [ Reply ]
"Nothing" is still the best track from this album...
Posted 17 years ago by aronson    [ Reply ]