Depeche Mode CANCELLED!
Daniel Martin 
They will be forced to change "Master and Servant" to something that doesn't reinforce the racist patriarchy!
The song is LITERAL VIOLENCE!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 100 | September 26, 2020 9:02 PM |
Good thing I kept my CDs. I'm not convinced there will be nothing left on those streaming services by the time this fascism is over.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 28, 2020 2:28 AM |
Oh bullshit.
It's one of the proto-wokest songs of the '80s. It criticized capitalism and the patriarchy with a bunch of hot BDSM talk.
Those twinks were kinky.
And Martin Gore, who wrote the song, is biracial — his dad is black, BTW.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 28, 2020 2:35 AM |
Death in a grease fire is too good for OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 28, 2020 2:39 AM |
Yes, Depeche Mode are the EPITOME of PROBLEMATIC
What with their history of hitting the pop charts with messages like this all the way back in 1984
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 28, 2020 2:42 AM |
R6 Sounds too much like all lives matter for my taste.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 28, 2020 2:51 AM |
This video hit MTV when I was 8, and Alan Wilder (center) has been my ideal boyfriend prototype ever since.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 28, 2020 2:58 AM |
Depeche Mode were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in January.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 28, 2020 5:30 AM |
What are you going to do, cancel all of BDSM culture?
There are hundreds of rock and hip-hop artists with more offensive songs out there. Leave them alone!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 28, 2020 5:35 AM |
R7, you should address that objection with Martin Gore, who also wrote that song — along with most of DM's songs — and is, again, biracial with a black biological parent.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 28, 2020 5:43 AM |
I'm not a big fan, but when Pandora unexpectedly throws this song at you, it stops you cold for a moment. I think it was banned on many radio stations in the US eons ago. So they are no strangers to controversy.
It would be a great theme song for the Year 2020.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 28, 2020 5:56 AM |
OP is just making shit up
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 28, 2020 6:24 AM |
(R13) He is, really. However, given the stupidity of this cancel culture, which has already claimed Aunt Jemima as a victim, it isn't too far of a stretch.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 28, 2020 6:45 AM |
R2, this isn't even real.
What is wrong with people like you, who immediately believe the trolls who make shit up (and that's all OP does, he's a complete waste of space) and start crying like babies about "fascism"? Pull yourself together.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 28, 2020 6:50 AM |
I would have guessed these boys would have all been overdosed and dead by now. See just how the lies and deceit gained a little more power. Confidence taken in by a sun tan and a grin.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 28, 2020 6:52 AM |
R15 what's wrong with us is that the jokes now look just like the news so no one's common sense alarm goes off anymore.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 28, 2020 7:14 AM |
Oh, bullshit, R17.
It means people are joking about obviously ridiculous things, but you're not honing your common sense alarm.
Objection 1: "I can't believe they're taking everything! What will be left in pop music?"
Objection 2: "Um, are they really canceling this band that was highly progressive in the '80s and whose main songwriter is half-black?"
What's the difference between #1 and #2? Knowledge; whatever's missing can be provided by a quick Google search.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 28, 2020 7:22 AM |
🙄 So OP got #thefeels over a fucking song that had nothing to do with racism, and made it out to be so because of the title. Seriously, fuck off with your fascism and cancel culture over words you don’t like.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 28, 2020 7:32 AM |
There is actually a huge stretch between Aunt Jemima and Depeche Mode, R14.
It could actually be argued that this stretch could not possibly be bigger.
But you know that.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 28, 2020 7:39 AM |
Yeah, Depeche Mode, why it gotta be a BLACK Celebration?! Cancelled!
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 28, 2020 8:01 AM |
Yes, (R20), I know. We're living in a theater of the absurd.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 28, 2020 8:16 AM |
Pretty sure OP is joking, ladies.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 28, 2020 8:22 AM |
Thanks, we have determined that, Barb @ R23.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 28, 2020 8:23 AM |
The most fey straight guys ever.
I would have happily served all of them as long as they wanted.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 28, 2020 9:45 AM |
not 100% straight. See DL thread from 2008!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 28, 2020 9:52 AM |
Oh fuck...Dude doesn’t LOOK like a lady....Dude IS a lady. Don’t cancel us!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | June 28, 2020 10:01 AM |
[quote]OP is just making shit up
OMG, it was A FUCKING JOKE.
Some of you have a giant stick up your asses.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 28, 2020 4:31 PM |
[quote]Who?
All I ever wanted, all I ever needed
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 28, 2020 7:07 PM |
You're an idiot, OP. I bet you voted for Trump.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | June 28, 2020 8:29 PM |
OP is an asshole with no supporting link because there isn't one. This is becoming tiring.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 28, 2020 8:34 PM |
R14, if you don’t understand why Aunt Jenima had to go, then you are either an idiot or a racist yourself. Give me a fucking break.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | June 28, 2020 8:51 PM |
Dave Gahan's biological father is of Indian-Malaysian descent.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 37 | June 28, 2020 10:57 PM |
Who cancelled them, OP? You, you trolling piece of shit. Only you. No material, but needed to make a thread. ANYTHING FOR ATTENTION.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | June 28, 2020 11:42 PM |
Black people don't own the words master and slave. Whatever happened in the U.S., which is basically a nation in it's infancy doesn't hold a candle to what has happened in the world prior to it's creation. Everyone has enslaved everyone so everyone can use the fucking words MASTER or SLAVE (servant) whenever they want.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | June 29, 2020 12:41 AM |
"it" meaning the United States.
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | June 29, 2020 12:42 AM |
Dave Gahan has aged well.
Shown here with his daughter and stepson.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 41 | June 29, 2020 5:34 AM |
I found Dave Gahan very sexy, without being conventionally attractive. On the stage, he is hypnotic.
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | June 29, 2020 6:15 AM |
R42 I agree.
Even in his 50's, Dave still looked quite sexy while performing onstage in Berlin in 2018.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 43 | June 29, 2020 6:53 AM |
R42 and R43, couldn't agree more. Gahan just has a certain something! Here's he is doing Enjoy the Silence (a bit earlier, maybe late 30's or early 40's). Rawr! But I also remember his little clean-cut early mtv days doing "I just can't get enough" and being charmed as hell.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 44 | June 30, 2020 6:36 AM |
Andy McCluskey from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark talking about Depeche Mode
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 3, 2020 3:33 AM |
Martin, just as naked in life as in his lyrics 😀
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 4, 2020 3:43 PM |
I love Depeche Mode. Glad I saw them in concert a few years ago. Dave is soooo good live! Voice is great! Dave still looks great!
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 4, 2020 4:00 PM |
Martin is naked at the beginning of the video at R47. LOL
Here is a funny interview from 1983.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 4, 2020 9:15 PM |
R26 This is what extremely heterosexual men looked like in the 80's. It was a more civilized time.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 4, 2020 10:03 PM |
All four of them were, and still are, sexy as hell.
One of my favorite b-sides
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 4, 2020 10:15 PM |
R51 I agree. They look pretty good for being either close to or around 60 years old.
Here's another good song.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 4, 2020 10:53 PM |
“Master and servant” in an English context is probably more like Downton Abbey than Gone with the Wind.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 4, 2020 10:59 PM |
R26, R27 Maybe, some of them are actually bisexual. Here's an old photo of Martin sitting on the lap of another band member (Andy Fletcher). One time when Martin and Andy were having an argument, Alan Wilder referred to them as having a lovers' tiff.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 23, 2020 7:15 AM |
Haven't read the thread, but the Lincoln Project seems to have revived "Everything Counts in Large Amounts." I've heard Rick Wilson quote it to justify their ad spending. I've also seen it quoted on anti-Trump Twitter.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 23, 2020 8:09 AM |
Martin was a fan of Gary Glitter. In an old clip below, he seems to imply that he had a crush on Gary.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 58 | July 24, 2020 3:28 AM |
Happy Belated Birthday to Martin Gore who turned 59 on July 23rd.
Here's an old photo of Martin staring deep into Andrew Fletcher's eyes.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 25, 2020 3:37 AM |
Andrew Fletcher is Martin Gore's work spouse.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 25, 2020 3:45 AM |
Martin Gore always finds a reason to sit very close to Andrew Fletcher.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 25, 2020 4:02 AM |
R4 Martin Gore was really into the leather scene.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 63 | July 30, 2020 9:13 AM |
Violator is the group's all-time best album. Every track on it is great. LOVE.
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | August 1, 2020 5:12 AM |
Meh. They were no Pet Shop Boys.
| by Anonymous | reply 66 | August 1, 2020 5:15 AM |
Martin Gore had the voice of an angel in the 1980's.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 67 | August 1, 2020 6:17 AM |
It seems impossible to me that Martin hasn't dabbled in the homosex.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 69 | August 6, 2020 4:31 AM |
It seems impossible to me that Martin hasn't dabbled in the homosex.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 70 | August 6, 2020 4:31 AM |
A friend of mine who likes DP - always talks about Fat Bob? Who is he? Seriously I know hardly anything about DP though I love their music.
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | August 6, 2020 4:43 AM |
Dave Gahan has an amazing voice, one of the best.
| by Anonymous | reply 72 | August 6, 2020 5:44 AM |
Are they still heroin addicts? Once an addict...
| by Anonymous | reply 73 | August 6, 2020 7:19 PM |
Actually, Martin in the picture at R55 looks similar to Andrew Fletcher's wife, here.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 74 | August 9, 2020 7:42 AM |
R71 - I thought that, 'Fat Bob' was the nickname given to Robert Smith by Siouxsie Sioux back in the 80s..
| by Anonymous | reply 75 | August 11, 2020 9:08 PM |
Reach out and touch faith!
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | August 12, 2020 9:48 PM |
"Policy of Truth" is on the soundtrack of Kenneth Branagh's new film, "Death on the Nile".
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 78 | August 20, 2020 3:58 AM |
Depeche Mode is great music. It aged extremely well. I loved Personal Jesus. Martin Gore is very cute and fun fact, he's half black!
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | August 20, 2020 4:08 AM |
I love them and my heart seriously skipped a beat at the title of this thread.
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | August 20, 2020 4:13 AM |
Martin Gore is so fucking cute.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 81 | August 20, 2020 4:21 AM |
Gahan channeling Brando/Dean here
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 84 | August 20, 2020 4:45 AM |
Here's another cute picture of Martin Gore.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 85 | August 20, 2020 4:50 AM |
You would never guess that Martin Gore has a black father. He looks so lily white.
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | August 20, 2020 5:49 AM |
[quote] You, you trolling piece of shit. Only you.
No, honey. Only You is Yazoo, not Depeche Mode!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 87 | August 20, 2020 5:55 AM |
Dave Gahan is heroin fit.
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | August 20, 2020 6:53 AM |
R70 Martin Gore was known for wearing dresses.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 89 | August 29, 2020 2:34 AM |
Have they been cancelled yet, hysteric OP?
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | August 29, 2020 2:36 AM |
R90 Do you still NOT understand it was a fucking joke?
| by Anonymous | reply 93 | September 1, 2020 1:52 AM |
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| by Anonymous | reply 94 | September 1, 2020 1:53 AM |
I still listen to Violator all the time
| by Anonymous | reply 95 | September 1, 2020 7:35 AM |
I still remember a hot, hung British guy fucking me while this song played, and he thrusted to the rhythm.
It was amazing.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 96 | September 1, 2020 10:03 PM |
Everyone knows that including me, nutbar at r94. I was just bored and figured I stir up a few over reactors. Worked better than expected.
| by Anonymous | reply 97 | September 1, 2020 11:34 PM |
Someone started a blasphemous rumour!
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | September 2, 2020 4:25 AM |
Some of the songs written by the original band member, Vince, sound pretty gay like "Boys Say Go" and "What's Your Name".
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 99 | September 26, 2020 8:56 PM |
