“…Oh, You Dark One…
…Eternal Outsider…
…Caught In The Spider’s Web You’ve Spun…”
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“…Oh, You Blind One…
…Gentle And Kind One…
…Seeing The World As A Loaded Gun…”
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“THE DARKEST STAR” Is Likely The Most Underrated Jam From The Band DEPECHE MODE Off Of Their 2005 Album “PLAYING THE ANGEL“ !!!
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“…I Don’t Want You To Change…
…Anything You Do…
…I Don’t Want You To Be…
…Someone Else For Me…”
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“…Stay As You Are…
…THE DARKEST STAR…
…Shining For Me…
…Majestically.”
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So Why Do I Consider…
“THE DARKEST STAR“
by DEPECHE MODE
…To Be The Most Underrated Song From The Album…
“PLAYING THE ANGEL“
??? ???
Well…
…Honestly…
…For ME…
…It’s The Lyrics.
The Lyrics To This Song Are Exceptionally Potent.
They’re Also Exceptionally Beautiful.
The Song Itself…
…In Regard To Sound…
…Is A Very Slow Number.
It’s Rather Quirky, To Be Honest.
It’s Not A Song Many People Bothered To Give-Up Any Time Listening To.
It’s The Last Song On The Album…
…And I Think People Just Utterly Dismissed It.
To ME…
“THE DARKEST STAR“
…Is A Song That SHOULD HAVE Been A True GRAMMY AWARD CONTENDER.
Period.
But…
…Alas…
…It Was Not Meant To Be.
Like I Said…
…I Don’t Think Many Peeps Bothered To Even Listen To This One.
It’s Very VERY Different.
But That’s Always Been One Of The Strengths Of The Music From…
DEPECHE MODE
…As They Have Often Been Very VERY Different.
I’d Say…
…In Many MANY Cases…
DEPECHE MODE
…Are WAY WAY WAY Ahead Of Their Time.
Songs Like This One…
“THE DARKEST STAR“
…Are Proof Of That.
If You’ve Bothered To Listen To This Song…
…And I Mean Really Bothered To Listen Listen To It…
…You Already Know What I’m Talking About.
“THE DARKEST STAR“
…Is An Amazing Song…
…And A Truly Forgotten Classic.
Then Again…
…I Suppose It’s NOT A Forgotten Classic…
…Simply Because Y’all NEVER Knew It Existed In The First Place.
I’ve Actually Considered This Song To Be MY LIFE’S STORY Since First Hearing It Back In 2005.
Being The Proverbial “BLACK SHEEP”…
…Or “THE DARKEST STAR” Of The Family Is Never Easy.
In Fact…
…To Be Sure…
…It’s A Full-Time Gig From Which There Are ZERO-Days-Off.
I Don’t Strive To Be Said “BLACK SHEEP”, Nor “THE DARKEST STAR“, But I Don’t Seem To Be Able To Not Be It.
I Can’t Not Be Me.
Even If That Means I’m The “Eternal Outsider”…
Right?!?
RIGHT!!!
😉
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Please Try To Have A Decent Day, My Peeps.
It’s FRIDAY EVE!
So Let’s Get Through This One.
I’ll Do What I Can To Help Y’all Out.
Of That, You Can Be Sure.
😀
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