Richard Spencer, an american racist jackass, told recently that "Depeche Mode was the official band of the alt-right". Obviously, the band said that they have nothing to do with that guy and don't support his movement.
However, the press took (as always) advantage of it, in order to create a scandal, etc.
Titles like "Personal Hitler" "Depeche Mode related with the alt-righ" "Depeche Mode is the alt-right band" surfaced online and that is a pity. In order to see the main message (that Depeche Mode denies any relation with this kind of ideology) you would have to open the link and read everything until the end.
And I think that the band don't deserve nothing like that, specially, as a fan, this is, undoubtedly, very unfair. Depeche Mode have a long list of love song and songs about community tolerance. Yes, their main topics are pain and suffering (from relationships), but they have a some beautiful songs about acceptance.
Martin Gore (born from a black american man) wrote some beautiful lines like "When you're born a lover, you're born to suffer, like all soul sisters and soul brothers", "If for kindness, you substitute blindness please open your eyes" or the new line "Scare you till you're stupefied, wear you down until you're on their side, where's the revolution?"
Take a look on this songs and you'll understand what I'm saying:
- Everything Counts
- Somebody
- Condemnation
- Freestate
- Freelove
- Goodnight Lovers
- Peace
- Where's The Revolution
Everyone should remember now, more than ever, the contribute Depeche Mode has given to cultural acceptance and not that some freak guy talked about them.
Titles like "Personal Hitler" "Depeche Mode related with the alt-righ" "Depeche Mode is the alt-right band" surfaced online and that is a pity. In order to see the main message (that Depeche Mode denies any relation with this kind of ideology) you would have to open the link and read everything until the end.
And I think that the band don't deserve nothing like that, specially, as a fan, this is, undoubtedly, very unfair. Depeche Mode have a long list of love song and songs about community tolerance. Yes, their main topics are pain and suffering (from relationships), but they have a some beautiful songs about acceptance.
Martin Gore (born from a black american man) wrote some beautiful lines like "When you're born a lover, you're born to suffer, like all soul sisters and soul brothers", "If for kindness, you substitute blindness please open your eyes" or the new line "Scare you till you're stupefied, wear you down until you're on their side, where's the revolution?"
Take a look on this songs and you'll understand what I'm saying:
- Everything Counts
- Somebody
- Condemnation
- Freestate
- Freelove
- Goodnight Lovers
- Peace
- Where's The Revolution
Everyone should remember now, more than ever, the contribute Depeche Mode has given to cultural acceptance and not that some freak guy talked about them.
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