par STUMM101 » 28 Mar 2012, 16:19
Salut,
C'est bien ça Jb, anecdote rapporté par Robert Marlow :
This pronouncement would be Vince’s last word on the band. On July 13 1981, Depeche Mode featured in the tabloid newspaper the Daily Star – a breaking point for Vince, who would subsequently refuse to take part in any other interviews. The article was titled ‘Looking Good’ and went on to claim that “Depeche Mode are one of the best-looking bands around” and that “they reckon that gives them an edge over the competition”.
The bit that really got to “Vince Clarke, 21,” was a quote attributed to him that read: “Ugly band really don’t get anywhere in this business. But let’s face it: being good-looking gives you a real advantage in life. It opens a lot of doors.”
In response to the article, Vince went into a strop and wrote a song called ‘What’s Your Name?’ for the band’s debut album. The other band-members would later cite the song, with its chorus line of “Hey, you’re such a pretty boy”, as the worst they ever recorded. In fact, it is one of their finest: a camp classic on a par with the magnificent early work of the Four Seasons.
“’What’s Your Name?’ was Vince’s albatross for a long time in many respects,” his pal Rob Marlow recalled. “I remember going round to his flat in Vange Hill Drive and he was in a foul mood. I asked what the matter was and of course it takes you an hour or so to get the story out. Vince never rated himself as a good-looking person but some tosser from the Star had written that Vince Clarke thinks it’s great to be good-looking, and of course misconstrued his comments. Vince had said obviously in life it’s great to be good-looking. That’s what that song is about, not ‘hey I’m such a pretty boy’. That was a real big thing – that was in the mix over the split because the others didn’t understand why he’d taken such umbrage to this. They didn’t understand the dark and sensitive soul of an artist! The worse thing you could say to Vince was that you’re self-aggrandising.”
Suite à ceci Vince refusera toute interview et écrira What's Your Name? qui n'est certes pas un brulot mais assez ironique, chose qu'il faisait rarement concernant les paroles de ses chansons.
Du fait que le reste du groupe ne comprit pas l'allusion, le fossé s'agrandit entre eux et c'est ce qui fut le point de départ du futur départ de Vince de DM.
On peut dire effectivement que What's Your Names? (ainsi que l'interview) eut une grande incidence, qu'on ne pourrait soupçonner en l'écoutant, sur l'histoire de DM.
A+
STUMM "A toi Jb" 101
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