When I'm with you baby, I go out of my head
Subtitle: a conversation with myself
So, Han, you went to see Depeche Mode again, right?
YES. YES I DID.
You enjoyed yourself, I'm guessing?
YES LOTS
In the O2 arena again?
Yes, Row R which as it turns out IS ONLY THE SECOND ROW FROM THE TOP. Spent more time standing up than last time as once the people in front of us stood up we couldn't see anything.
Who were the support act this time?
The Jezabels, who can be found here: www.youtube.com/user/TheJezabelsVideos
So was it the same setlist as last time?
Not exactly. Most of the songs were the same, but they dropped Barrel of a Gun, Higher Love, When the Body Speaks, Soothe My Soul, Secret To The End and Home.
They added But Not Tonight, The Child Inside, Behind the Wheel and Leave In Silence (which was amazing). They're all Martin Gore vocals except BTW, so presumably this was to give Dave Gahan a bit less to do this late on in the tour.
Speaking of, is he still a massive ham onstage?
Yep!
Did he spend a frustratingly short amount of time shirtless again?
Yep. Thankfully I have a Tumblr account and I'm not afraid to use it to look at ALL THE DM PHOTOS.
Okay, but how was the music?
It was SO GOOD! The acoustic parts with Martin singing were particularly amazing, but Dave Gahan's voice was as wonderful and clear as ever. Leave In Silence has never been one of my favourites but it was fantastic live, Black Celebration was brilliant now I know the words, Policy of Truth was great again.
The only low point was Behind the Wheel, which is probably in my bottom 5 Depeche Mode songs. I knew it was on the setlist and it was okay but ugh, why that of ALL THE DM SONGS?
The encore was really good this time - Leave In Silence, Halo, Just Can't Get Enough, I Feel You and OF COURSE Never Let Me Down Again, which is still the absolute best.
They still didn't do Everything Counts though, did they?
Sadly, no.
But Dave Gahan did end it by saying 'See you next time', so if there's another tour there's a chance they will in future, isn't there?
Yeah, Han, you keep telling yourself that.
...so that was my second Depeche Mode concert. It was really great again, although I think the sound was a bit different being further up - it wasn't quite as blasting, as I could hear
kikishua when she talked to me, unlike last time. I definitely hope there will be another tour as I would love to see them again.
This entry was originally posted at http://hestia8.dreamwidth.org/56151.html.
So, Han, you went to see Depeche Mode again, right?
YES. YES I DID.
You enjoyed yourself, I'm guessing?
YES LOTS
In the O2 arena again?
Yes, Row R which as it turns out IS ONLY THE SECOND ROW FROM THE TOP. Spent more time standing up than last time as once the people in front of us stood up we couldn't see anything.
Who were the support act this time?
The Jezabels, who can be found here: www.youtube.com/user/TheJezabelsVideos
So was it the same setlist as last time?
Not exactly. Most of the songs were the same, but they dropped Barrel of a Gun, Higher Love, When the Body Speaks, Soothe My Soul, Secret To The End and Home.
They added But Not Tonight, The Child Inside, Behind the Wheel and Leave In Silence (which was amazing). They're all Martin Gore vocals except BTW, so presumably this was to give Dave Gahan a bit less to do this late on in the tour.
Speaking of, is he still a massive ham onstage?
Yep!
Did he spend a frustratingly short amount of time shirtless again?
Yep. Thankfully I have a Tumblr account and I'm not afraid to use it to look at ALL THE DM PHOTOS.
Okay, but how was the music?
It was SO GOOD! The acoustic parts with Martin singing were particularly amazing, but Dave Gahan's voice was as wonderful and clear as ever. Leave In Silence has never been one of my favourites but it was fantastic live, Black Celebration was brilliant now I know the words, Policy of Truth was great again.
The only low point was Behind the Wheel, which is probably in my bottom 5 Depeche Mode songs. I knew it was on the setlist and it was okay but ugh, why that of ALL THE DM SONGS?
The encore was really good this time - Leave In Silence, Halo, Just Can't Get Enough, I Feel You and OF COURSE Never Let Me Down Again, which is still the absolute best.
They still didn't do Everything Counts though, did they?
Sadly, no.
But Dave Gahan did end it by saying 'See you next time', so if there's another tour there's a chance they will in future, isn't there?
Yeah, Han, you keep telling yourself that.
...so that was my second Depeche Mode concert. It was really great again, although I think the sound was a bit different being further up - it wasn't quite as blasting, as I could hear
kikishua when she talked to me, unlike last time. I definitely hope there will be another tour as I would love to see them again.
This entry was originally posted at http://hestia8.dreamwidth.org/56151.html.