Depeche Mode Reason Man

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Reason Man

Composer: Vince Clarke
Released: 1980
Available on: Unreleased

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Spoiler: Reason Man Lyrics

Reason Man

Not now, pressing tight
Children run, the mothers cry
All my dreams are wasting now
No more reason, I see this now
As I watch you from the road
My mind did open, the reason man
My mind did open, reason man

Government amusement, there's something to say
Propaganda, only today
They need someone known to hear
Manipulation is all to fear
Things were edging to the rise
See him laughing, the reason man
See him laughing, reason man

Everyone infected is paranoid
Old before the time
Blessed with the feeling we'll go grey
Shadow monsters will feed the flame
They're just calling, it's a rise
Now he's sending, the reason man
Now he's sending, reason man

Songwriter: Vince Clarke (?)
Publishing Information: No publishing information available.

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Reason Man All Live

Title	Date	Time	Album
	1980-09-20 Rayleigh, Crocs
-	1980-10-30 London, Bridgehouse	3:11	Bridgehouse, Every Now And Then, Depeche Mode (Hysterika - Greek DM fan club, 2000),
-	1980-10-30 London, Bridgehouse	3:06	Circuits '80 - '82, Live 80-81
Live 1980	1980-10-30 London, Bridgehouse	3:03	Rare Four

Reason Man All Cover Versions

Celluloide Version	3:05​	Bright Lights, Dark Room - An Electro B-Side Tribute To DM	Celluloide
Page Of Quire Version	3:41​	Bright Lights, Dark Room - An Electro B-Side Tribute To DM	Page Of Quire

 

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This song is assumed to have been written by Vince. It is unknown why it does not appear on "Speak & Spell" or as a B-side. It was only performed during the 1980 Tour, and only one relatively poor audience recording of this song exists from 1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK (which happens to be the earliest circulating genuine recording of Depeche Mode). A stream of the entire track, as well as lyrics transcribed to the best of our ability, are below.
This track supposedly went on to become "Unmarked" by Yazoo.

1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK

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The track is mentioned by Daryl Bamonte in Bong Magazine, Issue 24 on pages 15 and 18, see below:

Bong Magazine Issue 24, Page 15

Bong Magazine Issue 24, Page 18

To the best of our knowledge, Reason Man is confirmed to have been played 2 times during this tour, at the below concerts.
1980-09-20 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK
1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK

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