Host: What's the theory that nudity entered into this recording as well?
Dave: Well, that was, actually , you see, Martin wanted to get the feeling of, just feeling totally free, actually . So the best way of doing that was to take all his clothes off, so he did.
Host: Oh dear . I thought I read somewhere that there was a girl engineer over there?
Dave: That's right, yeah. We sent Steffi down there, who's the girl taper in Germany , to check out some wires, and Martin, not knowing she was coming down and us knowing that Martin has
stripped off, and then we heard a little shriek when she got down there, and Martin going "Eh, eh, sorry , eh..."
Host: Well, you can tell he's got no clothes on, this is the track, this is called "Somebody", and it sort of fades in quietly ...
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Dave: There's another balled on the album as well that Martin sings, and right from the beginning I felt that it would be better if Martin could sing them, because they're very personal songs. And they're feelings that I didn't have at that time, I don't know, I just felt I couldn't really relate to it as well as I could sing some of the other songs. But not only that, I think it's good to be able to sort of have that thing in the band, we've always been like that with the musical part, there's no one that plays any musicalHost: -That's true, I've noticed you were kind of swapping around on different keyboards and thingsDave: -So, why should we do the vocals [that way]? Let's sort of expand with the vocals and things. It's more interesting live and everything.
Host: An extra dimension.
Dave: Y eah.
Host: For the light show as well. We're talking to Dave Gahan and Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode and playing tracks from their album "Some Great Reward". As well as the album coming out, you have a tour in the very near future, don't you, Andy?
Andy: That's right, we start on the 27th in St. AustellHost: -And I see it kind of runs up to four nights at the Hammersmith Odeon, in November .
Andy: That's right, it's probably the biggest tour we've done in this country , and it's about 30 days.
Dave: And the sampled sounds into those, like we do in the studioHost: -So it will sound like you got a piano in the room?
Dave: -a sampled clarinet, and stuff like that. And Al's got his pedals and things. [laughter]
Andy: On the last tour we did use a guitar on a few songs, but, nowDave: -Actually , live, using them, well Martin felt a bit sort of suspect about it, he sort of felt... Y ou see, a lot of the electronic bands, or [the ones that] started off electronic, gradually they start using, bringing in guitars and things, and when they do TV shows, they think, "Oh we have to use guitars, because that's what's "in" at the moment." So we sort of felt "Why do that? This is the way we are", so let's be like that.
Host: And you're gonna stick with the tapes that you use, as well, you're not gonna have an actual drummer?
Dave: No, we haven't found anyone tight enough actually [laughs] to play with usHost: Haha, oh really? Hahaha, okay . Well let's talk a bit about the tour , because it's a very long tour in Britain and then it goes into Europe, well most of Europe. How do you survive and keep the enthusiasm going for what, nearly two, three months?
Dave: Well, that's, one of the biggest problems, really , is actually keeping up the enthusiasm and sort of be able to go out every night. And what you're doing is giving people hundred percent.
Host: Y ou must be kind of thinking about what you're gonna eat for dinner , aren't you?
Dave: Well I do, sometimes, personally , myself, I drift off quite a lot and I forget what-[audio missing]
Andy: -Y ou know, bad, and they sort of like, have good criticisms. But sometimes they just criticise us as people, and that really hurts becauseDave: -Or the type of clothes you wear , which actuallyAndy: Y eah.
Host: It doesn't have a lot to do with it, it's got nothing to do with it.
Andy: We've put a lot of work into this album, and that's just disheartening, it's not so bad with a single, because they're just a laugh, the reviews.
Dave: I think journalists have like, become totally predictable, basically , to us. We, I'm sorry , but a lot of the time we can predict what they're gonna do.
Andy: Or what you can do: just go to the name at the endDave: Y eah, you give them the tune, you give them the album, you give them the tape and so on, and you could write it yourself, it's all the same.
Host: Write the review yourself. Alright, well I enjoyed listening the LP today , I must tell ya. And good luck with the album and the tour in the near future.
Dave and Andy: Alright, thanks.
Host: That's Dave and Andy from Depeche Mode.
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