Alan Wilder said in the May 1993 issue of Keyboard magazine - ' In your room " : "That song was quite difficult. We recorded the song three or four different ways. One was entirely as you hear it in the second verse, with the smaller drum kit and the "groovy" bass line. But the whole song with that rhythm wasn't strong enough; it didn't go anywhere. We had the song structure from a fairly early stage. We knew where we wanted the verses, choruses, and middle eights. So [...] I went in and played drums along with the track in one particular style, then did it again in a funkier style, and so on. [...] [The cymbals after the word "flames"] was a late addition. Since that's such an up part of the song, it felt necessary to add something at that point. We put it in at the mix. It's often not until you get to the mix stage that it becomes obvious that another part is required. When you're in the recording process, you've never got it sounding good enough to tell. So quite a few of those embellishments get put on at the mix stage, like backwards cymbals."
Dave G. seems angry in his almost eerie vocal rendition. Is it a love song? Or is space the abyss? Mr. Gahan is a genius. Martin hat ihn geschrieben und komponiert.👏👌👍🌹👏
He still has a velvet smooth baritone. But he's 62. He doesn't have the lung capacity to get the breathless quality that was behind the vocals in his 30s and 40s. It's a miracle he's still here to perform it. It's a different performance now than it was even 10 years ago. Enjoy your memory of how it was and embrace how it is.
