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A Great video watch from a person stuck in the 1980s
I think Depeche Mode were a very underrated group of musicians
From the 1980s through to the present.They were a groundbreaking
British techno-pop group,that some people were not ready for and
therefore didn't apreciate.This quartet from a london suburb'who
took its name from a french fanzine or magazine were popular mostly with the british dance crowd in the early 80s.they didn't really make their North American debut untill
late 1985,with their modest hit "People are People"(Which isn't
included on this DVD).And in 1989 they released a film\concert
album at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California,titled "Depeche Mode 101,directed by DA Pennabaker.There is one live video taken
from this concert which appears on the DVD,titled "Everything counts",which was popular at the time,I think it still looks good
today on DVD ,even after fifteen years.

This video collection captures the groups performance of the period from 86-98 as described in the title of the DVD .This DVD contains 23 videos in a total of two hours ,plus some short film at the end of the DVD ,also included are some videos from their two big albums "Violator" and "Songs of Faith and Devotion"in
the early 90s.

What i think is great about the DVD is that the better videos
are the earlier ones ,up to and including 1992.

From 86-92 i thought they were great,But from 92-98 the band were not as interesting ,I found that during that period ,the
videos looked and sounded the same ,so about half of the video
is top rate,However the sound and picture quality is excellent
all the way through. I would recommend this DVD to any Depeche
Mode fan .If you are looking for something earlier than 1986
then this is not the right DVD for you.If you want something from their last album "Exiter" live,you should purchace the DVD
"One niht in paris.

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The Personal Jesus of all music videos
This is a fantastic video to watch. The videos themselves tend to be more enjoyable and hypnotic than their early videos ( OK who really wants to see Dave, Marty and Fletch smash plates of jelly ) and in some cases the music ends up being merely incidental as the videos are awe inspiring and truly astonishing.

Stripped tends to have the feeling of being outside on wintry English suburb where the guys smash the cars to bits and act psychotic in a way when they want to see you...

A Question of Time is Anton's first video with them and it is a rather hilarious tale of a man who delivers babies on a motorbike. It's very strange but you just can't help but admire the beautiful scenery that you take in while watching these events happen.

As video after video passes by you tend to think, how can they outdo each other but then by the time Enjoy The Silence comes on it tends to get the goosebumps going and the emotions at searing point. The scenery that is on display is quite breathtaking and shows a king who is walking throughout the world to get away from the madness and to have some peace and serenity. Truly magnificent

The SOFAD songs suffer quite badly apart from I Feel You, they seem more and more like a summing up and they generally tend to be not that interesting ( save In Your Room which is actually a bit creepy ). Maybe I say this because I really don't like SOFAD because of little details that I'll keep to myself for now.

Then into the last straight of videos come in. Barrell Of A Gun is really creepy and I remember when I was young being so scared of this video that I could not watch it. But I finally did one time and thought it was a rather nice song. It's No Good follows and this is a really hilarious video. It travels to this hotel and Depeche Mode play this past-it rock stars playing in bars and wherever people may listen to them. The funny thing is Dave Gahan plays the lead singer who still lives inside a dream that he is god and he is untouchable.The rest of the video is for you to watch

The last video is a non-album track called Only When I Lose Myself and this video is very creepy. Some DM fans think that " without Anton, DM rely on what the director tells them " ( this is true in the case of Exciter's videos ( Dream On is good but other than that - yeuch )). Anyway what is basically the story is that every object is frozen apart from humans. They are either crying or are stumbling around. I wonder if the director of this video fancied the idea of imitating Cronenberg's movie Crash. If so he's got it right perfectly as what you are seeing is undoubtedly as creepy as the movie.

There's a short film to rap everything up and then everything's done. A rather good video to get if you want to see the visual side of Depeche Mode ( or if you just want to see them ). A video that is recommended to anybody that is interested in either the band or maybe even film students who want to capture the essence of visuals.

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Going On With Depeche Mode
Bonus materials with Anton Corbijn, music video director and Depeche Mode members are so precious as well as the 'cool' and sophisticated video clips. Depeche Mode in this DVD confirm that they never cease to catch up with contemporary music scenes. And even they excel any other bands.