Today, around the world, there is a screening of a Depeche Mode concert video. Its apparently more documentary, focusing on some fans of the group, interspersed with recent concert footage. I am going along, for better or worse, because they are one of my favorite bands and much of what they pioneered in terms of electro pop and computer-based music has been copied by so many bands after them. The movie is titled Depeche Mode: Spirits in the Forest. I am not a big fan of the juvenile lyrics written by most pop bands, but Depeche Mode always kept it simple and true to life. By way of example, talking about the world we live in now, the song Everything Counts deals with materialism, con artists and how people will do everything to keep that graph, of how much money and power they have, increasing:
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
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