Then and Now: Episode Five
So, a couple of weeks ago, we featured Phil Collin's heartbreaking story of love and loss and crap like that. I believe I mentioned that that song never really did it for me, and, back then, I would have turned to Depeche Mode, if my heart was breaking. Back in the mid 80's, this song was the song of romantic love. At least if you were a teenager. I'm pretty sure that I remember transcribing the lyrics into a notebook, so I could further absorb the passionate longing. My favorite part, comes at the end:
"Though things like this
Make me sick
In a case like this
I'll get away with it"
So put your best moony face on and enjoy.
Somebody - Depeche Mode
*a lot, in case you don't know.
Comments
Comments closed on older entries, whenever I get around to it, to avoid spam.Not sure what it means about me, but this meant a lot to me back in the day as well. I distinctly remember listening to this over and over on vinyl (my college roomate had a killer turntable setup)...
To be fair, the one night I really remember it was a night that I ended up pulling an all nighter rewiring a circuit board, but hey, maybe it was telling me my focus was all wrong....
Posted by: Cam Ferroni | 7 août 2005 16h49
Ok, Veruca Salt's version is better in my opinion. Then again, a woman's voice is ALWAYS better.
Posted by: DrinkJack
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7 août 2005 18h46
i like veruca salt. and i love the cello. did you ever watch la femme nikita where michael was so distrought he played the cello?!
hauntingly beautiful. i miss that show.
Posted by: river selkie
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7 août 2005 20h18
I had no idea there even was a cover of that song - cool!
Hey! Cello! You still taking lessons?
Posted by: Marie
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7 août 2005 20h33
I gotta go with Jack on this one the Veruca Salt one is better.
On a completly unrelated note... I just noticed that you were ecto's site of the week waaaaay back in June (ok..so I don't actually look at the ecto site normally..) Congratulations (very, very, very, belated congratulations)
Posted by: Dan
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7 août 2005 23h41
Man, talk about a bittersweet flashback. Back in 1990 my girlfriend at the time gave me Depeche Mode's "Somebody" on a mixtape (kids, ask your parents or consult your local library for more information on cassette culture).
I was never quite certain if she was telling me how she felt or--because the song is from a man's perspective--how I should feel about her. Either way, I'm sure she had only the best intentions. Okay, now I've shared too much.
By the way, for my money no romantic mixtape was complete without XTC's "Earn Enough for Us" or R.E.M.'s "Perfect Circle."
Posted by: Ces | 8 août 2005 6h40
Now I am like thisclose to making a mixed tape of music only from my first 20 years of life. And on a cd. Because I don't play cassettes any more.
Marie, I have not played the cello in a few years. I had to put it down for a few months due to some surgery, and never picked it back up again. I still have it. I look at it longingly, and then remember how crap I was at it.
Posted by: Jodi
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8 août 2005 12h54