As long as we listen to music and write about it, but not talk about it publicly like our colleagues on the radio, we have a problem: we sometimes have no idea how to actually pronounce the names of certain bands, solo artists or actors. That started at The Artist Formerly Known As Prince and continued at !!! not up. Fortunately, those affected often provide the explanation themselves (“pronounced: Chk Chk Chk”).
In the case of Depeche Mode and their famous singer, it’s a little different: For over 40 years, everyone here, if over 40 years old, thinks they know this band. When they announced their new album in 2017 and we began to consider dedicating our then current cover story to Depeche Mode, the attentive editorial spy stumbled on an anomaly: with so many people you were also talking about Martin Gore, Andrew Fletcher and Dave Gahan , so many different versions of how the Depeche Mode singer is pronounced. The same observation is piling up again these days, weeks and months as Depeche Mode release a new album and tour with MEMENTO MORI (but without Andrew Fletcher who died in 2022).
Don’t you think so? See for yourself:
Dave Gahan provides the solution at the end of the clip. Hopefully that settles that once and for all.
Photos: Getty Images
Camera and editing: Ines Punessen
EXCLUSIVE VINYL SINGLE IN MUSIC EXPRESS AND ROLLING STONE:
With our April 2023 issue of MUSIKEXPRESS, which will be released on March 9, 2023, we are releasing a special collector’s item from one of the biggest bands in the world: an exclusive vinyl single by Depeche Mode with the single: “Ghosts Again“ from the new album MEMENTO MORI on the A-side. The B-side graces one Depeche Mode logo engraving.
The 7” single comes in a sturdy, carefully designed cardboard sleeve and on heavyweight vinyl.
It is only available with MUSIKEXPRESS and not in record stores.
A – Side: “Ghosts Again”
B – Side: Depeche Mode logo engraving
The magazines will be dispatched from March 09, 2023.
But be careful, that’s not all:
At the same time, ROLLING STONE will be released with a Depeche Mode single. In addition to “Ghosts Again” on side A, the famous song “Never Let Me Down Again” can be heard on side B. Depeche Mode’s new album and their Germany tour in June and July are among the biggest music events of the year. That’s why ROLLING STONE and MUSIKEXPRESS have teamed up for this unique cooperation.
+++ HERE YOU CAN PRE-ORDER BOTH BOOKS AND VERSIONS +++
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