That film only exists in Martin's mind however, so it'll only be the real hardcore fans that have seen it. Greatest piece of music in the history of music, Enjoy The Silence came next and, whilst it could be said to be an insult to have that song forced to share a 7" circle of vinyl with anything other than the same song repeated again, it had a b-side and that was the nice piano led track Memphisto which is based on a film where Elvis is the devil. Personal Jesus was backed by Dangerous, a song good enough to have been a single in its own right. The Violator era is, as we all know by now, the best era of any music ever, so it's no surprise that the b-sides were outstanding too. It has metal bashing which is all any song ever really needs. This version of Nothing is far better than the album version. Everything Counts was released in its live guise to promote 101 and was back by Nothing (live) from the Rosebowl show. It is also the Swedish word for "star." This blog: fascinating AND educational. Little 15 may or may not have been a single depending on what you believe, but I say it was and its instrumental b-side Stjarna is a lovely thing. It's not too shabby and was later covered by them on the World Violation tour with Dave singing lead. Taking the motoring theme further than was perhaps necessary, the band covered Route 66 with Martin on lead vocals. Martin tired of writing tunes as good as this however, so for Behind The Wheel we were treated to our first ever Depeche Mode cover version b-side. It's a great tune and, random fact for you all, it is my Mum's favourite Depeche song. Strangelove was followed up by the mighty Never Let Me Down Again which gave us the rather smashing Pleasure, Little Treasure on side 2. B-sides featuring on albums will always puzzle me. Yes, it's a glorious track, but it also featured on Music For The Masses. We next heard from Depeche with Strangelove which featured an ace b-side but a bit of a cheat in Pimpf.
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