16 December 2009

Best Night Of My Life :)

I had one of the best nights of my life yesterday. Having been a fan for about 20 years, I have never had a chance to see them life for some reason. I finally saw them yesterday at the o2 Arena in London.

The Depeche Mode concert was fantastic!!! The show was amazing!!! It started at about 8pm with Soulsavers as the opening act. Then, right after 9pm The Boys came out and the magic started... DM played about 20 songs, from their newest LPs (Wrong, Hole To Feed, In Chains, Miles Away/ The Truth Is) to their brilliant pieces from the 80s (A Question Of Time, Never Let Me Down Again, Stripped, Behind The Wheel) and 90s (Walking In My Shoes, It's No Good, Policy Of Truth, In Your Room, I Feel You, Enjoy The Silence, Personal Jesus, World In My Eyes) and Martin, of course, gave us his Freelove, Home and One Caress.

The Arena was packed with DM lovers. It was such a mix of people, from over 50s adults to young teenagers and even kids with their parents :) It was great to be amongst the younger audience for a change. Everybody had a great time. The atmosphere was HOT, HOT, HOT!!! The boys still got IT, Dave is charming and sexy as ever and their music is simply inspiring...

They rocked the show pretty damn hard. I danced, sang along and had the time of my life! I don't even care about the fact that I've lost my voice - it was that brilliant!!!

I will definitely be the first person to buy tickets for their future shows!

And for now... Enjoy The Silence...

2 December 2009

Dreams In Tatters...

I knew it would happen eventually but I didn't know it would happen in an overcrowded train on the Central Line in London...

I was on my way back home from work. It was 6pm and even though the tube was pretty crowded, I was one of those few lucky ones who was able to sit down. I was listening to Sounds Of The Universe - the latest Depeche Mode record. With headphones tightly covering my ears, I completely forgot about the whole world and, most importantly, about the fact that I was surrounded by dozens of commuters not necessarily listening to music on their own ipods... I was so withdrawn and disconnected from everything around me that I didn't even realise I was singing In Sympathy along with the band's frontman, Dave Gahan. Out loud...

I suddenly became aware that someone was looking at me and smiling. Politely, I smiled back. Then I saw another person gazing at me and then another one and another one... Can you imagine the embarrassment appearing on my face when I finally realised why people were watching my with strange smiles (read: grins) on their faces... I think my cheeks became as red as they possibly could... Feeling abashed, I turned off the ipod immediately. I heard someone saying something like "Nice voice but please don't sing anymore" with a sarcastic tone... Just great... Judging from people's faces, I had a feeling that nobody really appreciated my vocal skills... And I had seriously considered changing my career and becoming an international diva next year... my dreams were left in tatters...