MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut 1 — quiet opening of “Enjoy the Silence”)

College radio — and alternative stations across the U.S. —
were playing, on February 4, 1990,
Depeche Mode’s
“Enjoy the Silence.”

(Music Cut 2 — verse settles in)

The original demo was nothing like this.

It was slow.
Stripped back.
Just Martin Gore’s voice and a harmonium —
that’s a pump organ

(Music Cut 3)

Thankfully, the band’s so-called “silent member,”
Alan Wilder, heard something else.

He sped it up.
Turned it into a dance track.
And created one of Depeche Mode’s crown jewels.

(Final Song clip)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Words are very unnecessary,
they can only do harm.” — Depeche Mode

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