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Wednesday, August 25, 2010


It's a tough thing to remake a song, especially one people like. Most artists try to "make it their own" by singing it as it was never intended to be sung. That's why, with these exceptions:
  • I will survive: Cake
  • Mrs. Robinson: Lemonheads
  • Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight: Michelle Shocked
Most remakes suck. Such is the case with Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence:
While this account can’t be completely authenticated, DM’s chief songwriter Martin Gore allegedly wanted the song to be much slower and balled-esque—and to primarily feature his vocals. Fortunately for us, Gore was convinced by keyboardist Alan Wilder and producer Mark “Flood” Ellis to mold the track into its now infamous sound, which in addition to lead singer Dave Gahan at the forefront features a guitar line Gore wrote that will forever be proof that musical genius often takes the simplest forms.
Today, what really gets me is that the album is now 20 years old. The same time has passed since Violator as had passed between that time and the release of Led Zeppelin III.



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