![]() ![]() The electro-rock chug of their “Route 66” is undoubtedly pretty far from what Bobby Troup ever could have envisioned when he wrote the original over 40 years earlier, but the same highway-ready propulsion is there - even if the musical detours into the band’s sexual-roleplaying “Behind the Wheel” single offer interesting implications about just how Gahan & Co. U2 spent two whole albums and a documentary chronicling their late-’80s fascination with the American heartland Depeche Mode took a one-song road trip and called it a day. That release comes on the song’s soaring chorus, where the guitar rips through the clouds and bathes singer Dave Gahan’s vocal in life-affirming (life-threatening?) sunlight: “There’s something magical in the air/ Some things so tragic we have to care.” “Fragile Tension” ( Sounds of the Universe, 2009)Īccurately named the synths on the verses buzz exquisitely but nervously over a tinny drum line, sounding ready to burst at any moment. ![]() So here’s Billboard‘s take on the Depeche Mode singles that remain the most unappreciated: No “People Are People,” no “Strangelove,” no Violator, and nothing you’d necessarily expect to hear at a DM gig - but 10 songs you’d always hold out hope that they found room for.ġ0. ![]()
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