I Love 1981 - pt 5Phew! Things are already getting pretty hot here at the I Love 1981 camp as yet another classic single celebrates it's 30 year anniversary. It's even got it's own website and 'fan-action' campaign to get it into the charts..unlike the first time around.
Basildon group Depeche Mode (né Composition of Sound) were initially featured on the Some Bizzarre label's showcase LP, albeit with a song called Photographic, but then duly signed to Daniel Miller's electro-based Mute label, fitting along nicely with Silicon Teens and Fad Gadget, with whom they recorded Dreaming of Me b/w Ice Machine. The 7" was released in Feb 1981, but didn't actually scrape into the top 100 at 75 until April.
(I know it's easy to say 'Oh I was listening to Depeche Mode before you were having hot dinners'..or something like that..but it's true! Although Depeche Mode's vinyl debut failed to set the charts alight, it was being played by DJ's like Kid Jensen and Richard Skinner and there was a bit of a buzz going around for this all synth outfit from some place called Basildon...and some of us were taking notice and taping their songs off the radio...end rant)
As for Dreaming.. itself, it's a catchy enough synth-choon but with totally meaningless lyrics in true Depeche-Clarke style: "so we left - understanding - clean-cut so we're sounding fast" (erm...)Sure, the band were still a million miles away from playing to stadium audiences and worldwide fame and recognition, but you gotta start somewhere ... filming and dreamiiiing ...
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