Monday, September 12, 2011

My Music Mondays: Depeche Mode

Every summer I packed my bags and moved out to grandma Birgit and grandpa Harry's summer place where I lived the whole summer.
I had my very own set of summer friends and I was always happy to see them.
This might seem so far away from who I am today, but as a kid and pre-teens, I loved to be out in the nature by my self or go fishing fresh bass for breakfast at 04.00 AM with grandpa.
One day I was hanging out with my funny friend "Ulle", it was the summer break between 6'th Degree and 7'th Degree, I was 11, and as we sat in her room taking about far out stuff she put a cassette on.
Immediately I lost track of everything and felt like I was having an outer body experience and I amost got light headed.

"-What's this? WHAT'S THIS, ULLE!!!
-It's some tape I got from a guy I'm in love with.
- But, what is this pure and strange sound?
-They are called Depeche Mode.
Depeche Mode, I mumbled to myself."
That second my life changed forever.
I've found home.


I went back and got a cassette and we sat down in her bed as she copied the two sides with the records: Some Great Reward and Construction Time Again from my new House Gods; Depeche Mode.
I listened to my cassette every day. By this time I knew nothing about the subculture followed with this clean sound, I just tripped and fall by the music.

Still to this day nothing makes me feel better then really good electro music (love excluded).
I have Ulle to thank for finding this life. Thank's, Ulle!
Depeche Mode had such a great impact of my life so it will be next My Music Mondays as well

7 comments:

  1. I must agree with the outer body experience feeling, that is exactly what I feel when I hear good Depeche mode songs I haven't heard before. I always say I use drugs and by that I mean Depeche Mode

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  2. Ahh. That was so lovely! It realy touched me Adora!
    And I must say when I feel a lil'down Depeche mode always makes me feel good!

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  3. aww i can't watch them says something about not being viewable in my country.

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  4. Haha! The first girl I ever had a crush on was a "new wave" girl who was friends with my cousin. She was 8 years older than me though. Just couldn't work it out. ANYWAY... yeah, she used to bring her records (actual records - this was a long time ago) and we'd sit around my cousin's basement and listen to them.

    That's what Depeche Mode makes me think of. Good times...

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  5. cool cool sound...i like to hear them all time... DM had although changed my mind in the time when i am in bad love, turned to happy... i get a tape from my older brother an we danced to the music so badly...
    greets from germany... and please go on with Iva

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  6. gosh, I can totally understand your feelings about depeche mode! I love them since I was about 13. I'ts a shame that almost no one of my age (I'm 18 nom) knows them today!!

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  7. I was at summer camp when I first heard DM...it must be summer love

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