Comments on: Depeche Mode – Wrong

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:53:05 +0000

At least the Doves song is pretty.

By: kevin k

kevin k — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:05:46 +0000

And I’m pretty sure I heard the word “beseech” in one of the first two songs.

By: kevin k

kevin k — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:36:10 +0000

I didn’t even get to this song on the album before having to turn it off. What i heard was the opposite of “fun” – dreary, plodding songs too wrapped in their own self-importance to allow me to feel much of anything else. Almost as bad as Doves.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:01:01 +0000

“Fun” is just about the last word I’d use to describe this.

By: Alex W

Alex W — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:22:58 +0000

I just find the picture somewhat offputting, to be honest, if only because I clearly missed the memo about Alan Bennett joining Depeche Mode…

By: Briony Edwards

Briony Edwards — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:26:50 +0000

I am so surprised by the low scores! It’s just a bit of fun, obviously, but it’s good fun none the less.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:48:19 +0000

But then again, I suppose this isn’t called the Interesting Idea You Had There Jukebox.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:47:53 +0000

I think it’s a weird/terrible choice for a single, but to e.g. think of “WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!” as a “chorus” doesn’t really get at what the song seems to be doing, which is a lot of mood and a lot of ideas (some good and some not so good) rubbing against each other in a harsh and…um, dire way. Which is I guess to say that to me it sounds like it’s supposed to sound dire (not in the “this is dreck” sense) and ugly, and accomplishes this quite well. Why they’d think it’s actually a single is another question…

By: edwardo

edwardo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:19:22 +0000

The one point I gave it was for the mildly diverting 8-bit noises in the last chorus. Apart from that this is.. well, it’s just dire in every way and I am absolutely befuddled that anyone could have given it more than a 5! And I am generally very pro-DM, in fact, I’d give both songs this resembles, “I Feel You” and “Useless” probably 7 and 9 respectively.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:03:35 +0000

Really surprised at the low scores — I thought my (purely hypothetical) “6-ish” seemed a little harsh!