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For my fellow guitarists, you ever notice that Martin’s guitar parts aren’t the most technically challenging but they are catchy as can be and Martin rarely ever makes a mistake on guitar when playing live. He’s a very clean, decent guitar player. Martin is a very respectable guitarist.
Many have tried playing I Feel You or Personal Jesus and they all miss a certain, decent rhythmical feel to it. Mart plays simple stuff really really well. He brings notes to life. I totally agree with you.
There’s a similar version to Vaughn’s called the Apex Mix. I'm hanging on your words Living on your breath Feeling with your skin Will I always be here?
I was in college at the time (roughly 1989) and working with MIDI on a Macintosh using EZ Vision. I forget what keyboard was hooked up to it. Hard disk recording wasn’t a thing yet but would be soon (the computers and disks at the time couldn’t quite keep up with full 16-bit stereo audio) but full MIDI automation requires far less data and was in common use. Within a couple of years we would get SDII which became Protools. We would play back the MIDI file and record the result on a Nakamichi cassette deck.
I wonder if that’s why we love Alan Era DM so much. It’s the layers and multiple variations from just a simple tune that you don’t get Post Alan. Even great songs like No Good gets boring after awhile because well you already pickup and memorize all the tunes and layers… unlike Alan Era there’s so much incredible variation and layers in each track and it keeps you heightened.
Depeche Mode singles are usually tuned up. The tapes are sped up and therefore the frequencies are increased. The effect of this is something more energetic-something faster and higher-pitched usually has a bigger impact on the ear. Compare A Question of Time album version vs single version or any other Depeche Mode album version vs single version.
Great video. I know Vaughn is more into 83-94 era which is great but since my favourite album is ultra, I hope Vaughn’s review of this album will not be biased 😉
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It's the guitar driven tracks like this one, Personal Jesus, etc where I miss Alan's input the most. He had a way of programming bass, synths, and all manner of sonic elements to have a certain "swagger" and "swing" that matched Martin's bluesy riffs. Even with tracks like Rush, compare it to post Wilder tracks like Barrel of A Gun. The latter just feels too mechanized and lifeless IMHO, as opposed to the rolling bass flow of the former (though I'm aware he used live drums on that track, even the programmed drums in MftM, Violater, and BC have that humanized swing that Alan provided). It's one of numerous reasons why I feel, during that 84-93 period, no other bands could touch them.
He brings many facet and layered industrial sound efx of DM during his time which kinda contrast now lacks some merits to it...kinda static & monotonous.
@@VaughnGeorge in which case it must be a production thing, possibly because one of the synths had tuning issues. Or they may have very marginally speeded the recording up: It could be Alan w showing his legendary attention to detail.
I just checked, official spotify version is also around a 1/4 of a semitone sharp. No way this is an issue with any synth being not in tune, or a tape machine being fast or slow or whatever, no fckn way, trust me. It's as simple as a decision being made afterwards. They tuned up the the tape during mixing, or mastering. Most likely they thought like "it should have been a little faster" and then, 28 cents up, that's what you can do without the stuff sounding stupid, pitched up. It's totally not something bizarr. It's an option always available, during mixing or mastering. Often done the other way round though, so the singer sounds more mature (U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, originally recorded a semitone (!) higher).
I guess you were just too young to remember the days of tape. It was very common to play with the vari speed to change the tempo and pitch for a different energy. This is common on.a lot of 80s and 90s records not just Depeche Mode.
And just my opinion, but I doubt Martin really even played it that way; because he tunes his guitar so funkily on every single song it seems like. Seriously, look into it. He must have a keen sense of music to even know how to configure the tuning in such abstract ways.
I definitely do not prefer the heavier guitar based DM tracks. I loved the synth based DM sound. Guitars just wasn’t an interest of mine. Hence why DM was a breath of fresh air from most other bands who were guitar centric. When personal Jesus came out, it was a sad day.
I was sad at first to discover SOFAD wasnt the same sound we were used to but after listening to it a few times, i enjoyed it and now i look back on it like it was a small chapter in their discography and i very much like it.
