sinisterbeauty

Taking a few moments during lunch to post about DM on Sunday. Actually, a very few brief moments because while it was a good show, the highlights for me were being close enough to see Dave Gahan’s sweat dripping from his slender, toned and tattooed body. I’ve said 1,000,000 times that I don’t “love Dave” but really, I would have considered risking bodily harm to lick the sweat off of that man. Same for Martin, just not due to any phyiscal attractive. God bless him but he looks like Death in sparkly creepers.

As far as my feelings about the actual musical performance, the band clearly had great energy onstage together - even after all these years. Lots of smiles and laughs and great crowd interaction (in my opinion). There were enjoyable “remixes” of the beloved songs from the past including an enjoyable “remix” of ETS. Probably one of the biggest highlights for me was Waiting for the Night (final song of the night). Dave and Martin came out onto a catwalk with their mics and did a very moving performance of the song together. Their vocals were in the best form I’ve heard in the 4 times I’ve seen them perform. Their “bare” performance of Waiting for the Night was absolutely delicious vocally.

Another highlight was Martin singing “Home”. That’s another of my favorite DM songs. It was over-the-top (as usual) but Martin’s voice was in such amazing shape that it nearly brought tears to my eyes. You know me though, I LOVE Martin. I LOVE MARTIN. I was also pleased that they played Fly on the Windscreen with is a personal favorite of mine. You can find the complete set-list (which I also took down so I can confirm it’s accuracy) at the website Depeche Mode dot com under the tour section and under set-lists. I’m also including a copy of the set-list below.

As far as the video screens, I found those less exciting than usual but I did enjoy one segment they did (can’t recall during which song) where there were blurbs about learning from God and Love, not being able to call oneself a Christian, Muslim, Jew etc any longer. I found that part really interesting and am wondering if there is any footage of that segment online. I did enjoy the live camera effects employed while shots of the band were displayed.

In any case, that’s my brief “review”. I could probably do better but I’m at lunch during work and my boss is asking me questions about our chat server. I’d better go for now. If you’re on the fence about going, I still think it’s worth it to see Depeche Mode because I still find after all these years that the updated versions of the old songs are very interesting and enjoyable. I enjoy the visual effects and personally, I have a great love of Martin Gore’s voice, being a fan of over-the-top operatic vocals. I’d say get the cheap seats if you’re there for the music and the visuals and invest in the more spendy seats if you can afford it. I’m certainly glad I did.

- k

Set List 17
1. Phoenix (August 23rd, 2009)
2. In Chains
3. Wrong
4. Hole To Feed
5. Walking In My Shoes
6. It’s No Good
7. A Question Of Time
8. Precious
9. Fly On The Windscreen
10. Little Soul
11. Home
12. Miles Away / The Truth Is
13. Policy Of Truth
14. In Your Room
15. I Feel You
16. Enjoy The Silence
17. Never Let Me Down Again

Encore #1
1. Somebody
2. Stripped
3. Behind The Wheel

Encore #2
1. Personal Jesus
2. Waiting For The Night (Bare Version)

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