It is in rarefied company that three decades into their career Depeche Mode still manage to sell out mega-venues like Madison Square Garden. I went to the first night of the two night NYC stand. It never ceases to impress – especially in a venue of that size – that nearly every song was accompanied by audience-wide sing alongs.
I can’t say I have kept up with DM too much since my Mom (!), unprompted by me, bought Violater, although I must note that the Kruder and Dorfmeister remix of “Useless” is beyond killer. After the K+D take on the Ultra single, I was hoping that DM would take the cue and continue in that vein and perhaps even have K+D produce their future records. That didn’t happen of course, but if I run into any of the remaining goons in DM, I will be sure to bring it up. Here is the other main single off of Ultra as recorded live at the August 3 show.
[audio: http://www.thesoundofindie.com/archive/2009/20090818/DM-ItsNoGood.mp3|titles=It’s No Good (Live)|artists=Depeche Mode]Download: Depeche Mode – It’s No Good (Live)
