“The Mercy in You” is another one of my highlights because it not only has a good beat but you can feel the depth in the lyrics when Gahan sings, “ When here in my mind/ I have been blind/ emotionally behind/ I have faith I will find/ the mercy in you.” The search for that intimate connection, beyond words, beyond touch and feel is what I believe Gore was writing about in this song. Some of us have been there and Gahan brings this agony to life with his amazing vocal performance on this standout track. Sometimes you get hurt for taking a risk for love and are blamed when it all falls apart. One of my favorite songs on the album, “Condemnation” starts with a holy drum beat that you would find in a Southern Church and finds singer Gahan singing some of his most heartfelt lyrics ever recorded on a Mode record as he sings, “ If you see purity as immaturity/ well it’s no surprise/ if for kindness/ you substitute blindness/ please open your eyes.” Lyrics like this didn’t connect with the younger Mode fans but the older ones related with the idea of being judged by acting out on your emotions for love. To me it sounds like an older and wiser “Policy of Truth.” It has that same kind of rhythm but the Gahan’s vocal is more grown when he sings, “ Now I’m not looking for absolution/ forgiveness for the things I do/ but before you come to any conclusions/ try walking in my shoes.” There’s an underlining theme in Faith and Devotion that appears in “Walking in my Shoes” about being judged about the reasons love fades and who’s to blame that you can also hear in the gospel-like choruses of “Condemnation.” I can relate to this song now more that I am on my own again. “Walking in my Shoes” was always my older brother’s favorite Mode song. The album starts off with the screeching breaks that symbolize the singer stopping his life to serenade his lover as he sings- “ You take me where/The kingdom comes/you take me to/and lead me through Babylon.” Now what a way to kick off an album, with that killer “Personal Jesus”-esque guitar riff and pounding heart like drum beat when you see your love walking down the street and then David Gahan’s vocal brings this all to life when he sings, “ This is the morning of our love” on “I Feel You.” This is so unfair, and not just Martin’s fault the majority of the music whether it be by Dylan, Cohen and singers like Buckley, that I have adored and listened to, since I was a niño pequeño, have all taken the subject of love and made them into a perfect melody of longing in five minutes or less, but an other wise unreachable goal.Īnd no Depeche Mode album truly reflects this more than Songs of Faith and Devotion. Thanks to singers like Martin Gore I have had this habit of making the love of my life into angelic creations brought down from the heavens to bring each other love and eternal happiness.
Thinking about it now, that’s a sweet and beautiful thing to do for someone but on the other hand there’s a lot of pressure on the receiver to live up to your expectations of love, in regards to the music on the mix. Here, all of the songs on this disc are how I feel about you and how I want our love to be. Whenever I like and/or in love with someone my first reaction is to make them a mix CD.
Now that I am older, could it be that subconsciously that all of those beliefs that I thought were true in my younger days have affected me and my later years, relationship wise? I’ve always had this connection with music and love. I was naïve, lovelorn and influenced by the music that became the soundtrack to my life.
#DEPECHE MODE SONGS IN MOVIES MOVIE#
Looking back, it’s not right to take a peace of art, book, movie or music and use that as a foundation for your own life, especially your love life. They along with New Order and The Cure and their just like heaven melodies gave me an hopeful impression that love could be like the lyrics in my favorite songs. Growing up a teenager in the ’80s and early ’90s, I loved myself some Depeche Mode. I’m the old-school, post modern romantic who believes in lifting my very own present day relationships and turning into them into an unrealistic higher loves.
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