Depeche Mode, Part 2: "Enjoy The Silence"

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Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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All you ever wanted and all you ever needed from Diallo and LUXXURY is here in this episode. Okay, well, not *everything,” but in Part Two of our Depeche Mode special, the guys break down band’s biggest hit, “Enjoy The Silence.” Get ready to learn Depeche Mode’s techniques for crafting moodier, darker, and more atmospheric sounds, why this song took them to global superstar status, and how they paved the way for countless bands to create synth-driven, danceable music.

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0:00.0	Hello, One Song Nation. This is Diallo, and this is part two of our two-part episode on Depeche Mo. So if you haven't already heard part one, we highly recommend that you go back before diving into this.
0:13.2	In fact, we demand it because you won't understand this episode. No, no, we're not telling you what to do. We're not telling you what to do. Go back on us in the first one.
0:19.6	Two parts, Depeche Mode.
0:21.0	Let's go.
0:23.2	Luxury.
0:24.0	Yes, sir.
0:24.3	On this episode, we are going to talk about another Depechevost song.
0:28.1	How lucky are we?
0:28.9	Maybe their biggest hit.
0:29.9	Definitely their biggest hit.
0:30.9	Yeah.
0:31.4	If you go by streams and popularity.
0:34.1	You care about numbers.
0:34.8	If you care about numbers. It's certified gold and hit number one on the
0:39.1	Billboard Alternative Airplay chart in 1990, as well as number one in Spain and Denmark,
0:44.9	Depeche Mode going global. What we're going to talk about on this episode is how the band
0:48.9	started to evolve and grow and bring new sounds into the fold and new people into the team.
0:54.0	We're going to be
0:54.3	talking about all of the above on this episode because there's no denying that this song
0:58.6	took the group to global superstar status. And all we ever wanted, all we ever needed was to be
1:04.4	here in your ears telling you how much we love this song. I love that you with them. I'm almost sorry,
1:11.3	but not sorry. It's one song and I love that you went there. I'm almost sorry, but not sorry.
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