The straightforward meaning of Blue Dress is bringing a man simple release through control. The pain forthcoming from an inability to change this policy, despite feedback to a sworn path towards change, isn’t forthcoming. Policy of Truth offers the listener the notion that speaking truthfully, candidly, as decided from a point in childhood causes more pain than multiple shades of untruth between fully truthful and fiction. Is this song an answer to question of calamity from Waiting for the Night? Is this advocating for more thinking and feeling within a physical, romantic relationship? Is this a defense against external pressures of a world that won’t understand the love of two men, thus making insults harmful? My instinct is that the last is less the point than internal pressures within the relationship. Whether the tranquility is literally night, the onset of a traumatic awareness-dulling calamity, or the throws of death, the escape of the otherness offers relief from a burden that feels painful.Įnjoy the Silence is perhaps the most evocative and provocative song on the album. Waiting for the Night takes a bit of a tranquil feeling. (From left are Depeche Mode members Martin Gore, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder, and Andrew Fletcher). Halo mixes a sense of gloominess with a brightness found in love, regardless of the circumstances of surrender that seemingly enables it. As Martin Gore reportedly said as recounted by SongFacts, the song is “about being a Jesus for somebody else, someone to give you hope and care.” Elvis Presley would be Priscilla‘s husband in this case. Priscilla Presley‘s book Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N’ Roll supposedly inspired the song Personal Jesus. The realization that others recognize the artificial quality is realized yet problematic. Sweetest Perfection offers insight into a longing for fulfillment, belonging, and a strong connection that is taken through sometimes artificial means. The clearly expresses a physical encounter, metaphorically communicating feelings that the initiator hopes to convey to the partner. World in My Eyes opens the Violater album for the English electronic band Depeche Mode. (This is the album cover for the Violator album by Depeche Mode). Listen to the songs of Martin Gore, Dave Gahan, Andy Fletcher and Alan Wilder as we introduce you to Violator.

The 1990 album Violator is perhaps the most artistically complete of the bands albums, which prompts us to bring you the listening pleasure of including the album with links for your enjoyment all here in one place. Depeche Mode is due induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on November 7th, 2020.

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