The song of the Depeche Mode who did not convince Martin Gore
One of the best known and loved songs of Depeche Mode And “Enjoy the silence”. The song is included in the 1990 album tracklist “Violators”. To write “Enjoy the silence” – like the entire album, moreover – it was Martin Gorewhich, however, originally, had a completely different song in mind.
As the frontman of the English band recalled
Dave Gahan
Speaking with the American magazine Entertainment Weekly: “When Martin made a demo for the ‘Silence’ for the first time, it was more or less half of a song. Only one piano and these two very slow stanks, from ballad”. “It was more a ballad,” Gore agreed.
It was the then bandmate Alan Wilderas reported by Ultimate Classic Rock, he sensed that the song could be better enhanced by giving him more energy. Still Gore: “Alan had the idea of accelerating the rhythm and making it a little more disco, which I initially did not like, because I thought ‘the song is titled’ Enjoy the silence ‘and should speak of serenity, and serenity does not get married with the disco rhythm'”.
The manufacturer Flod He welcomed Wilder’s suggestion and tried to convince Gore to marry the change.
Several years later.Flod He declared: “We could say that Martin was doubtful. But it was good, because he added real tension. He added a touch as an underground current to the whole”.
“It’s not my kind of disc,” he complained
Martin Gore
while the song was manipulated by changing the rhythm. Then he found the suitable guitar line and everything went well. “I was in a bad mood for about two days”, explained Gore, “but after it was accelerated, I got used to me and added the guitar part, which contributed to creating the general atmosphere. He felt distinctly that he had a crossover potential. I must say that I was in a bad mood for two days for no reason”.
In full style
Depeche Mode
the song maintained the melancholy shades of the original vision of
Martin Gore
while his arrangement transformed him into a Synth-pop success.
“Enjoy the silence”
It was published as a second single of
“Violators”
– The first single was another great success of the British group,
“Personal Jesus”
– and reached eighth place in the US sales ranking.
Despite his initial reluctance to modify
“Enjoy the silence”
,
Martin Gore
he admitted to being satisfied with the song when he was published. “I think it was the only time in our story in which we looked at each other and we said: ‘This could be a hit’.”
