"ENJOY THE SILENCE + PERSONAL JESUS". DEPECHE MODE.

Depeche Mode es un grupo de música electrónica formado en Basildon, condado de Essex, en Inglaterra. El grupo puede ser considerado como uno de los más importantes exponentes del Synth Pop. Su álbum Violator de 1990 es considerado por algunos como una joya del movimiento Techno de las décadas de los ochentas y noventas. El grupo está integrado por:
David Gahan (vocalista y actualmente también compositor), de 1980 a la fecha.
Martin Lee Gore (compositor, ocasionalmente vocalista, tecladista y guitarra), de 1980 a la fecha.
Andrew John Fletcher (tecladista y actualmente también bajista), de 1980 a la fecha.

Depeche Mode proviene de una revista de moda francesa con el mismo nombre y que traducido significa Revista de Moda, contrariamente a lo que generalmente se piensa -Moda Pasajera o Moda Rápida-, ya que el nombre francés dépêche -noticia, boletín- no tiene que ver con el verbo se dépêcher, que significa "darse prisa".

El surgimiento de Depeche Mode se encuentra en un primer intento de dúo llamado No Romance in China formado por Vince Clarke y Andrew Fletcher en 1976, el cual no logró nada. Despúes Clarke formó con Martin L. Gore y con Rob Marlowe un nuevo grupo llamado French Look al cual se integraría nuevamente Andy Fletcher en lugar de Marlowe en 1979 dando origen al trío Composition of Sound en donde Martin Gore y Andrew Fletcher eran guitarristas y vocalistas, y Vince Clarke era compositor y tecladista. Para 1980 reclutaron al vocalista David Gahan después de que Clarke lo contactara tras oírlo cantando Heroes de David Bowie cuando ensayaban.

Desde aquel momento Gore y Fletcher cambiaron las guitarras por los sintetizadores, se convirtieron en un grupo de música tecnopop y cambiaron su nombre a Depeche Mode por sugerencia del mismo Gahan quien lo tomó de estar hojeando una revista de moda francesa llamada así. Después de estar tocando puertas, el grupo pudo grabar una canción para un sello independiente de música electrónica llamado Some Bizarre, la canción era Photographic y apareció en un recopilatorio de nuevas promesas de ese sello, convirtiéndose así en su primera grabación para un disco. Semanas después el productor Daniel Miller, fundador del sello Mute Records y quien era uno de los que antes les había cerrado la puerta, los oyó tocar en directo y reconsideró su decisión por lo cual les dio una oportunidad al permitirles grabar su primer álbum a través de Mute y produciéndoselos él mismo, todo en un contrato únicamente verbal. Ese primer disco de 1981, Speak & Spell, logró posicionarse en listas de éxitos sobre todo gracias al tema bailable Just Can’t Get Enough y obtuvo buenas críticas gracias al talento de Clarke para manejar el teclado por lo cual se le consideraba el “mago de los teclados”.

ENJOY THE SILENCE
Words like violence
break the silence
come crashing in
into my little world

painful to me
pierce right through me
can´t you understand
oh my little girl

all I ever wanted
all I ever needed
is here in my arms
words are very unnecessary
they can only do harm

vows are spoken
to be broken
feelings are intense
words are trivial
pleasures remain
so does the pain
words are meaningless
and forgettable

all I ever wanted
all I ever needed
is here in my arms
words are very unnecessary
they can only do harm


PERSONAL JESUS
Reach out and touch faith

Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who´s there

Feeling unknown
And you´re all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
I´ll make you a believer

Take second best
Put me to the test
Things on your chest
You need to confess
I will deliver
You know I´m a forgiver

Reach out and touch faith
Reach out and touch faith

Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who´s there

Feeling unknown
And you´re all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
I´ll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I´m a forgiver

Reach out and touch faith

Your own personal Jesus

Reach out and touch faith.

"WORLD IN MY EYES". DEPECHE MODE.

WORLD IN MY EYES
Let me take you on a trip
Around the world and back
And you won´t have to move
You just sit still

Now let your mind do the walking
And let my body do the talking
Let me show you the world in my eyes

I´ll take you to the highest mountain
To the depths of the deepest sea
And we won´t need a map
Believe me

Now let my body do the moving
And let my hands do the soothing
Let me show you the world in my eyes

That´s all there is
Nothing more than you can feel now
That´s all there is

Let me put you on a ship
On a long, long trip
Your lips close to my lips

All the islands in the ocean
All the heaven´s in motion
Let me show you the world in my eyes

That´s all there is
Nothing more than you can touch now
That´s all there is

Let me show you the world in my eyes.

"POLICY OF TRUTH". DEPECHE MODE.

POLICY OF TRUTH
You had something to hide
Should have hidden it, shouldn´t you
Now you´re not satisfied
With what you´re being put through
It´s just time to pay the price
For not listening to advice
And deciding in your youth
On the policy of truth

Things could be so different now
It used to be so civilised
You will always wonder how
It could have been if you´d only lied
It´s too late to change events
It´s time to face the consequence
For delivering the proof
In the policy of truth

Never again is what you swore
The time before
Never again is what you swore
The time before

Now you´re standing there tongue tied
You´d better learn your lesson well
Hide what you have to hide
And tell what you have to tell
You´ll see your problems multiplied
If you continually decide
To faithfully pursue
The policy of truth

Never again is what you swore
The time before
Never again is what you swore
The time before.

"EVERYTHING COUNTS". DEPECHE MODE.

EVERYTHING COUNTS
The handshake
Seals the contract
From the contract
There's no turning back
The turning point
Of a career
In Korea, being insincere
The holiday
Was fun packed
The contract
Still intact

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all

It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts

The graph
On the wall
Tells the story
Of it all
Picture it now
See just how
The lies and deceit
Gained a little more power
Confidence
Taken in
By a sun tan
And a grin

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all

It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts.

"PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE". DEPECHE MODE.

PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

So we're different colours
And we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me
Though I've done nothing wrong
I never even met you
So what could I have done

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

Help me understand

Now you're punching and you're kicking
And you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced
But I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fist.

"STRANGELOVE". DEPECHE MODE.

STRANGELOVE
There´ll be times
When my crimes
Will seem almost unforgivable
I give in to sin
Because you have to make this life livable
But when you think I´ve had enough
From your sea of love
I´ll take more than another riverful
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 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
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 won´t say it again

I give in
Again and again
I give in
Will you give it to be
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.

"ENJOY THE SILENCE". DEPECHE MODE.

ENJOY THE SILENCE
Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world

Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand
Oh my little girl

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Enjoy the silence

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