DM Rules!

Okay, here I am, late at night, and so absolutely and completely giddy in the aftermath of the most fabulous concert EVER that I just HAD to sit down and post about it.  Tonight was the long awaited Depeche Mode concert.  While I know that there are those who would disagree with this statement, I'm going to make it anyway.  Depeche Mode is the greatest band in the WORLD!!!!!  LOL.  (for those who  know my buddy Jim, picture me saying that in his voice... that's how it comes out in my head, anyway...lol).   They've totally regained their concert-master status with me.  I have to admit, last year I had put Linkin Park into top concert slot after seeing them in two very excellent shows.  After tonight, however, their short-lived reign on top of my list of favorite concerts came to a very definitive end.    So... Stephanie, Rachel and Amber met me at the Patriot Center where I had arrived early along with my trusty camera.  I knew from previous experience that the security check would consist of checking my purse only, so ladies, you all know where the camera went :D  I think it will take a few weeks to get rid of the bruise it left, however.  In any case, I refuse to own up to the number of photos I took at the concert... let me just say that I drained both of my camera batteries in the process, and I wasn't even using the flash!  I think I got some great shots, though, considering that I kept the flash turned off.   All I can say is, thank goodness for digital!  But enough of that... back to the show!

Dave is still my all time favorite performer.  Love the charisma!  He sounded great, too... they look the same now as they did when I first saw them in concert um... let's just say it was a long time ago and leave it at that, shall we? 

The setlist:

> Intro
> A Pain That I'm Used To
> John The Revelator
> A Question Of Time
> Policy Of Truth
> Precious    
> Walking In My Shoes
> Suffer Well
> Damaged People
> Home
> I Want It All
> The Sinner In Me
> I Feel You
> Behind The Wheel   
> World In My Eyes 
> Personal Jesus
> Enjoy The Silence
  encore
> Somebody
> Just Can't Get Enough
> Everything Counts
encore #2
> Never Let Me Down Again
> Goodnight Lovers

Anyway, it was an awesome setlist... I loved every single song they played, and they had some killer arrangements.  They could have played for hours without running out of concert-worthy material, but they played my all time favorite (World in My Eyes) along with Steph's (Personal Jesus) and Amber's (Enjoy the Silence), so we all left happy.  I wish my second camera battery hadn't died in the first encore... Goodnight Lovers was awesome... they way they all gathered together at the end to take a bow made me just hold my breath and hope that it isn't the last time I see them on stage.  I've been a fan for over 20 years, it can't stop now!!!  Long live the Mode :D

(And, in case you missed the first link, here are the best of the photos I got at the show.)

Comments

[Danite]

"Depeche Mode is the greatest band in the WORLD!!!!!"

Any statement is made more convincing by the addition of extra exclamation points.

[Gwen]

Yes. Yes it is ;)

So, I'm caught red-handed. Sigh. I confess to being a huge fan of using multiple exclamation points to convey excitement, regardless of everything I was taught in grad school about the grammatical incorrectness and general inadvisability of so doing. However, I frequently (and obviously) choose to disregard the rules of the nebulous *they* as pertains to said subject. Because I can...lol :D

[Tara]

wow! you got some great shots! sounds like you had a blast!

[Gwen]

Yeah, my poor SLR has been completely neglected ever since I allowed you to seduce me over to the digital side of the photography universe :0P Worth it, though!