They've remembered to switch the tape machine on this time!
And he pronounced it correctly!
And he pronounced it correctly!
Top Of The Pops 1982 - BBC4
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Always love hearing 'See You'. They just got better and better after Vince left for me. A slight blip with their next one though. 'The Meaning of Love'.
Originally Posted by Gulftastic:
“Sorry to bring up SAW again, but Banarama were actually cool until they went with PWL.”
“Sorry to bring up SAW again, but Banarama were actually cool until they went with PWL.”
Yawn.
Great start to this show, getting better with each song.....hope we havent peaked too soon....one of Depeche Mode weakest but still better than others best
Originally Posted by Gulftastic:
“Wow. Hat trick of great tracks to open the show.”
“Wow. Hat trick of great tracks to open the show.”
agreed!
Blimey he really does look so young and fresh faced here.
I adore this Depeche Mode single. It stirs some weird emotion in me from the period. Very melancholic.
Originally Posted by Jason C:
“"Depeche Mode have changed their style"
"We'll give you a full rundown of the 30 later on"
Maybe I'm being slow but I don't see how the two statements are connected.”
“"Depeche Mode have changed their style"
"We'll give you a full rundown of the 30 later on"
Maybe I'm being slow but I don't see how the two statements are connected.”
Classic Bates presenting style — causing a sense of confusion with two statements that have nothing to do with each other.
You just know that Martin Gore's tie was probably still warm from being tied around his nadgers ten minutes prior to this performance! 
Originally Posted by highlander1969:
“Always love hearing 'See You'. They just got better and better after Vince left for me. A slight blip with their next one though. 'The Meaning of Love'.”
“Always love hearing 'See You'. They just got better and better after Vince left for me. A slight blip with their next one though. 'The Meaning of Love'.”
I didn't mind that one. Some of the lyrics are distinctly naff though.
Originally Posted by mal2pool:
“dave gahan looked about 14.”
“dave gahan looked about 14.”
Somehow he managed to make himself look younger than he had in 1981.
Originally Posted by Rich Tea.:
“I adore this Depeche Mode single. It stirs some weird emotion in me from the period. Very melancholic.”
“I adore this Depeche Mode single. It stirs some weird emotion in me from the period. Very melancholic.”
Same here Rich. Mine's was called Diane!
Originally Posted by Andy_JS:
“Classic Bates presenting style — causing a sense of confusion with two statements that have nothing to do with each other.”
“Classic Bates presenting style — causing a sense of confusion with two statements that have nothing to do with each other.
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Patridgesque.
Originally Posted by Boz_Lowdownl:
“Yawn.”
“Yawn.”
I'm not blaming PWL. It's clearly something the 'Rmas wanted to do, but their attempts to reinvent themselves as a camp disco act just rang so false with me. It was like when Lulu sang with Take That and mistakenly thought she was some kind of legendary diva.
Originally Posted by mal2pool:
“dave gahan looked about 14.”
“dave gahan looked about 14.”
I once heard a great description of Dave Gahan from this period as looking like a Saturday boy who was working in a Dolcis shoe shop.
This used to be played endlessly during the mid/late 80s in the Canary Islands. You heard it wherever you went.
Originally Posted by Straker:
“You just know that Martin Gore's tie was probably still warm from being tied around his nadgers ten minutes prior to this performance!”
“You just know that Martin Gore's tie was probably still warm from being tied around his nadgers ten minutes prior to this performance!
”
Blimey that's conjuring up images I'd rather erase! Ouch!
Originally Posted by Torch81:
“I didn't mind that one. Some of the lyrics are distinctly naff though.”
“I didn't mind that one. Some of the lyrics are distinctly naff though.”
'The Meaning of Love' always felt to me like a parting gift from Vince that they'd forgotten about.
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