Alan looks tired and exhausted. I can now understand why he left. Thank you Alan for giving us this last great monumental album from Depeche Mode who were a complete different group afterwards.
We have to remember that we don't really KNOW what was going on in his mind or really within the band itself but the major details. Although, I do agree that he was probably exhausted from working so hard and often to create this amazing album.
@@st4rscreamsgirlHe was frustrated that it was taking longer than expected to record certain things. He hated living in that Villa. Communication was deteriorating. He was very irritated. 👍
I live in Madrid and I often go for a walk and I pass many times in front of this house where they recorded part of the album and after 31 years I have that strange feeling... They were here...
Alan Wilder ante la frustración de un trabajo sin apoyo absoluto de los demás, cansado decepcionado de su situación en aquel momento. Solo me resta decir Gracias por ese álbum magnífico
Wow , the final , beginning of the end . Who had knew that he will gone forever from Depeche Mode ... I just wish the best for him , damn i miss really him so much and i am too emotional right now 😔
Heroin Dave era...you can see it Alan’s face..he wanted out. It’s amazing that such a great album was made amidst such chaos and dysfunction. Much respect for Dave’s recovery and Martin’s sobriety.
While Alan did all the work. Remember it was Alan that found David’s gear so he knew exactly what David was doing. I remember telling Alan that he had to stop David, that the heroin would kill him. To say he was taken aback by those words coming out of my 16 year old mouth is an understatement. He truly wanted to help David. He truly cared about him. David thanks him by not standing by him and not supporting him against Andrew. Alan was entirely alone. If you watch Devotional or were close enough to the stage to watch Alan; he never took his eyes off David. Totally hyper vigilant. He was scared for him. No good eyed goes unpunished. People go on about Dave and Martin, yeah lyrics were good, but the soundscape Alan created is what made them truly great. They have never sounded as good as they did during the Wilder years. That’s not just studio sound, that covers all the live sound as well, which Ala EQed and loaded. He made all their backing tracks. Just compare devotional Stripped to every live version since. Utter shit. They didn’t need live drums. They used them frugally, now eigner and his fucking drum solos ruin everything.
Despite the claustrophobia....and the others' 'vices' and 'problems'.....and arguable ganging up.....and the legitimate feelings of under-appreciation......ALAN WILDER was able to produce a fantastic album.
What a drummer in that period Alan. And if you want, he was starting to suffer, anyway. Now, in the august 2022, all we devoted are full of hope that he will decide to come back in the band, now that Andy is dead. RIP Fletch, we always love you!
@@EtsiJuuret But he does, he’s just too proud and Fletch was too useless and arrogant to allow Alan the credit he deserved. Fletch did nothing, not even singing vocals. His mic was always off or turned waaaaay down. This is a fact. Talentless man starts band and forces out the most musically gifted. Yeah, we’re going to remember Feltch for that.
I prefer this demo version with Martin’s voice to Dave’s one. I don’t actually like I feel you too much because of Dave’s wannabe-grunge overscreaming. But this version sounds great.
I' alittle bit tired of this. I love Alan and his work, but this "never got the same after Alan left" is a bullshit call, cause DM also never get the same after some great rewards, or, violator. DM ALWAYS devolped and made way different lp to the one ago. That's always, even WITH Alan something what's DM always has been all about. Devolp and suprising, and also make a hard break to the past and try something new. SofaD is the lp who stands out and wasn't the same like Violator. It makes no difference with or without Alan, DM never has been the same again and again.
@@chaosMV You're are completely wrong, when Alan left DM were a bit of a ship without a rudder, very hit and miss, yes the DM sound always evolves but they lost a creative edge when Alan left and before that you could listen to a DM album without skipping tracks, they dropped a level in production, diversity and creative input. This is fact, I'm just glad DM are still going and we get some good new songs now and again but I don't kid myself they are anywhere as good as they used to be.
They continued to produce great material even though this was the most tumultuous time in Depeche Mode history. Amazing they’re still going today 12/22
Please excuse my bad english but I want something to express. Dave said in an interview, a few days ago ,about the "Alan question" ,something like that. "Look how short time Vince was in the band ...and also Alan was not such a long time ... 10-12 years maybe.And its now nearly 30 years ago!So what?!" I think he is right BUT ....in my opinion ....the early days ...also with Vince ...but for sure and absolutely the time with Alan , was the "biggest" time in their career.They created themselves...they created new sounds ....new clothing...attitude.....and unforgettable melodies.That was most important time for them.Without it , they couldn't have reached the position in music history that they got.They made some good music after Alan had left the band ...right.But in my opinion you can't easily say ....the time in the band is the, or a most important fact.It is what HAPPENED IN/AT THIS TIME.And that was awesome and the best ,when Alan was member of depeche Mode. The time after he left brought some good music.But without the "Alan-time" they had never reached such an awesome success...and meaning for music. Daddydarko
you're right but you forget these guys are people with their own egos. How would it make Martin look if he begged Alan do come back only to do things again to his music he didnt like? Even though it was the key to DMs success, Martin never really liked or supported what Alan did. Also, its not important for the band to make good or very good music anymore. they do if for the live shows and tickets - they dont need Alan for that.
They would never break through without Alan. How don’t they understand it? I don’t think people would pay attention to such DM’s albums as Spirit or Delta Machine if it were not for Alan’s work in the рrevious “10 years”.
@@manueloho9614if Depeche mode cared about the fans opinions would have brought Akan back or released 101 concert in it’s entirety without all the bloody cuts including the fans !!
Мартин талант по написанию стихов к альбому SOFAD. Он принес демо версии в студию. Алан из этих демо версий совершил волшебство. Алан ты гуру, волшебник и кудесник музыки, спсибо тебе за альбом!
La cara de todos era un poema. Noches locas, alcohol sin parar, drogas... El que pudo ser el último álbum de DM y sinceramente para mí, el mejor de todos. Martin y su cara de noctámbulo, el cabreo de Dave mientras ensaya, y el rostro exhausto de Alan. Aquella casa debió ser un infierno, pero de allí salió el mejor trabajo.
Donde estaba Andy ? No es que fuera importante de todos modos . Que suerte tubo este tío. Sin talento , simplemente por ser chupa culos de un compositor consiguió ser millonario . 😟
For me, there is no Depeche Mode without Alan. Alan was the real talent, the heart of the band. He was the only classical-trained musician and you can tell by the quality of their compositions.
If you listen to Ultra & Recoil's 1997 album you can see both are missing each other. Alan, Martin & Dave were a perfect combo, almost contradicting each other's style.
Have to agree with @HM MOB that '97 was the last "good" one. Even though Wilder had left there was still enough atmosphere and layered, textured sound in Ultra (Tim Simenon did a great producing job there) to make it probably their final quality product. Take the strings on "Home" for example, just beautiful. They would never be the same again after AW's departure of course, but this is a last hurrah. Having said all that, between 1986 and 1993 they were untouchable.
It must have been a gruelling time for him. Working his ass off, probably having his achievements overlooked by the other members and Dave going through his own demons.. even Martin looks out of his shoes here. That's what makes them so impressive as band. To have gone through shit and back.
That was a studio demo not a home demo. Martin only demos on guitar so this was an early Alan mix. That’s where the juice came from and what he took with him. What a fucking waste.
@@tonguepetals guitar riff and Martin’s voice are the main front elements, who did that? Man lets give Martin the real credits he deserve, his songwriting did the diference between Depeche Mode and Recoil, you remember any Recoil track after 30 minutes?
At their best and worst at the same time . I understand Alan , it’s too much to be the only conscious but you must understand that the guys were too young introduced to the bad habits and maybe without family values or estructure maybe Alan had another environmental and couldn’t follow the craziness on top they were changing to please América and leaving behind such wonderful ignition from a broken frame to music for the messes
Daryl took the video but it was Alan’s equipment. He always filmed wherever they were at. There’s the mtv music awards that are from his collection here.
@@garryiglesias4074 I meant 16mm. Anton’s work from Violator and Sofad was shoot with 16mm. Kind of his trademark. Even from the Music for the masses era. Strange compilation was completely shoot with 16mm. Same for some Strange too videos.
As a musician who knows Depeche Mode, all those analog synth in the back are just for the picture. They were not used in the album. They have an Atari ST computer probably with Notator Logic. Alan was 33. I am 47 and I still not better than him =)
And the Andrew and his massive ego just couldn’t hack it. He knew he was useless and Alan told him so. He contributed nothing. You could stick a cardboard cut out of him and nobody would notice. Didn’t even notice on the exotic tour. No Fletch? Don’t care, didn’t notice.
Alan looks tired and exhausted. I can now understand why he left. Thank you Alan for giving us this last great monumental album from Depeche Mode who were a complete different group afterwards.
We have to remember that we don't really KNOW what was going on in his mind or really within the band itself but the major details. Although, I do agree that he was probably exhausted from working so hard and often to create this amazing album.
@@st4rscreamsgirlHe was frustrated that it was taking longer than expected to record certain things. He hated living in that Villa. Communication was deteriorating. He was very irritated. 👍
You cannot rely on a particular day.
Élucubrations. Alan leave DM about touring two Years later.
well keep in mind this probably was filmed during the first batch - Alan described this as a "complete f*cking waste of time".
Seeing Alan here breaks my heart. That must have been one sad birthday. 😢🖤
I live in Madrid and I often go for a walk and I pass many times in front of this house where they recorded part of the album and after 31 years I have that strange feeling... They were here...
can you clarify where this villa is located?
@@dynaaOwO www.google.pl/maps/dir/40.522092,-3.631642/Madryt,+Madrid,+Hiszpania/@40.5220272,-3.6318313,86m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m1!4e1!1m5!1m1!1s0xd422997800a3c81:0xc436dec1618c2269!2m2!1d-3.7037902!2d40.4167754?hl=pl
@@dynaaOwOin a posh neighbourhood called La Moraleja . Los Gaitanes 54 .
@@verucasalt9182 huge thanks!!
i miss Alan Wilder in DM so so much
Alan Wilder ante la frustración de un trabajo sin apoyo absoluto de los demás, cansado decepcionado de su situación en aquel momento. Solo me resta decir Gracias por ese álbum magnífico
Parabéns pelo comentário
I miss Alan's input. I miss the dark edgy quality of their music. Guess I will have to revisit SOFAD
Wow , the final , beginning of the end . Who had knew that he will gone forever from Depeche Mode ... I just wish the best for him , damn i miss really him so much and i am too emotional right now 😔
Heroin Dave era...you can see it Alan’s face..he wanted out. It’s amazing that such a great album was made amidst such chaos and dysfunction. Much respect for Dave’s recovery and Martin’s sobriety.
That's why it's about faith and devotion
Alan did all the work while the 3 partied no wonder alan left.
While Alan did all the work. Remember it was Alan that found David’s gear so he knew exactly what David was doing. I remember telling Alan that he had to stop David, that the heroin would kill him. To say he was taken aback by those words coming out of my 16 year old mouth is an understatement. He truly wanted to help David. He truly cared about him. David thanks him by not standing by him and not supporting him against Andrew. Alan was entirely alone. If you watch Devotional or were close enough to the stage to watch Alan; he never took his eyes off David. Totally hyper vigilant. He was scared for him. No good eyed goes unpunished. People go on about Dave and Martin, yeah lyrics were good, but the soundscape Alan created is what made them truly great. They have never sounded as good as they did during the Wilder years. That’s not just studio sound, that covers all the live sound as well, which Ala EQed and loaded. He made all their backing tracks. Just compare devotional Stripped to every live version since. Utter shit. They didn’t need live drums. They used them frugally, now eigner and his fucking drum solos ruin everything.
@@tonguepetals Amen!! Keep Preaching forever!!! Alan Wilder for Life!
@@tonguepetals wow, so you know Alan personally? Could you please tell about him more? I've only recently discovered the sheer scale of his talent
Despite the claustrophobia....and the others' 'vices' and 'problems'.....and arguable ganging up.....and the legitimate feelings of under-appreciation......ALAN WILDER was able to produce a fantastic album.
Co-produce
@@iamarjanib6784no...pretty much produce...we now know Flood had left him to his own devices to be with U2😂
@@iamarjanib6784watch the Steve Lyon interview
I love this raw Martin's demos, flawless
I see Alan, I click 😀
We see Alan... we cry! :)
@@alwaysmusicrecords We see Alan, we see DM! :)
What a drummer in that period Alan. And if you want, he was starting to suffer, anyway. Now, in the august 2022, all we devoted are full of hope that he will decide to come back in the band, now that Andy is dead. RIP Fletch, we always love you!
@@maurosasso7988 but Mart don't want him back, he doesn't need him in the band.
@@EtsiJuuret But he does, he’s just too proud and Fletch was too useless and arrogant to allow Alan the credit he deserved. Fletch did nothing, not even singing vocals. His mic was always off or turned waaaaay down. This is a fact. Talentless man starts band and forces out the most musically gifted. Yeah, we’re going to remember Feltch for that.
0:47 Alan’s Birthday 01.06.1992. Three years later he left the band on 01.06.1995.
definitively the most Alan-influenced Album!
And in this darkness and despair was borne their greatest album
Some serious brain power there between them all….what a group 👌
I really love this version in Martin voice
I prefer this demo version with Martin’s voice to Dave’s one. I don’t actually like I feel you too much because of Dave’s wannabe-grunge overscreaming. But this version sounds great.
DM never got the same after AW left, I’ll miss his sound.
I' alittle bit tired of this. I love Alan and his work, but this "never got the same after Alan left" is a bullshit call, cause DM also never get the same after some great rewards, or, violator. DM ALWAYS devolped and made way different lp to the one ago. That's always, even WITH Alan something what's DM always has been all about. Devolp and suprising, and also make a hard break to the past and try something new. SofaD is the lp who stands out and wasn't the same like Violator. It makes no difference with or without Alan, DM never has been the same again and again.
@@chaosMV You're are completely wrong, when Alan left DM were a bit of a ship without a rudder, very hit and miss, yes the DM sound always evolves but they lost a creative edge when Alan left and before that you could listen to a DM album without skipping tracks, they dropped a level in production, diversity and creative input. This is fact, I'm just glad DM are still going and we get some good new songs now and again but I don't kid myself they are anywhere as good as they used to be.
@@chaosMVSo yes, DM never got the same after AW left.
Alan Wilder was the sound of Depeche MOde
Ultra is their best album
Yeah Alan Wilder us overrated who needs him.
He made DM more comercial to the american market and the world,wich is not a bad thing
@@Hiajarock Yes it is.
@robertisham5279 Devotees need him, but you won’t understand it.
Alan increíble
I’m only here cuz of Alan❤
They continued to produce great material even though this was the most tumultuous time in Depeche Mode history. Amazing they’re still going today 12/22
Así es!
Please excuse my bad english but I want something to express.
Dave said in an interview, a few days ago ,about the "Alan question" ,something like that.
"Look how short time Vince was in the band ...and also Alan was not such a long time ... 10-12 years maybe.And its now nearly 30 years ago!So what?!"
I think he is right BUT ....in my opinion ....the early days ...also with Vince ...but for sure and absolutely the time with Alan , was the "biggest" time in their career.They created themselves...they created new sounds ....new clothing...attitude.....and unforgettable melodies.That was most important time for them.Without it , they couldn't have reached the position in music history that they got.They made some good music after Alan had left the band ...right.But in my opinion you can't easily say ....the time in the band is the, or a most important fact.It is what HAPPENED IN/AT THIS TIME.And that was awesome and the best ,when Alan was member of depeche Mode.
The time after he left brought some good music.But without the "Alan-time" they had never reached such an awesome success...and meaning for music.
Daddydarko
you're right but you forget these guys are people with their own egos. How would it make Martin look if he begged Alan do come back only to do things again to his music he didnt like? Even though it was the key to DMs success, Martin never really liked or supported what Alan did. Also, its not important for the band to make good or very good music anymore. they do if for the live shows and tickets - they dont need Alan for that.
They would never break through without Alan. How don’t they understand it? I don’t think people would pay attention to such DM’s albums as Spirit or Delta Machine if it were not for Alan’s work in the рrevious “10 years”.
@@manueloho9614if Depeche mode cared about the fans opinions would have brought Akan back or released 101 concert in it’s entirety without all the bloody cuts including the fans !!
This demo version is also very cool.
I Never heard this single with singing Martin.Thanks.🕯
El genio de Alan Wilder pensando que nueva dirección musical iba a tener aquel nuevo disco !!!
Martin's voice definitely. Maybe a demo of some sort but for sure is MG.
Is the I Feel You Demo by M.Lee Gore
This is I Feel You Demo version from Sounds od the Universe deluxe version
No I'm pretty sure it's Dave singing.
Alan por siempre
Alan❤️
Мартин талант по написанию стихов к альбому SOFAD. Он принес демо версии в студию. Алан из этих демо версий совершил волшебство. Алан ты гуру, волшебник и кудесник музыки, спсибо тебе за альбом!
The best and worst era of DM ❤
Lo mejor que tuvo D. M...
Alan Wilder.... Profesional, dedicado y perfeccionista en su trabajo...
Y se ve tan hermoso con ese cabello❤️👌💯🔥💋 lo amo..
Alan!!!
Ok boys. Let's make a master piece.
What a precious footage, thank you for uploading!! Is there more...?
That demo of "I feel you" sounds better then most of the songs that this band has release during the last fifteen years.
So true 👍🏻
If this was current. This could have been the album version
That’s right.
Merci youtube pour ses archives de DM ❤❤❤👍👍👍👍 heureusement qu internet et youtube existent 🙏🙏🙏🙏 love DM
La cara de todos era un poema. Noches locas, alcohol sin parar, drogas... El que pudo ser el último álbum de DM y sinceramente para mí, el mejor de todos. Martin y su cara de noctámbulo, el cabreo de Dave mientras ensaya, y el rostro exhausto de Alan. Aquella casa debió ser un infierno, pero de allí salió el mejor trabajo.
Donde estaba Andy ? No es que fuera importante de todos modos . Que suerte tubo este tío. Sin talento , simplemente por ser chupa culos de un compositor consiguió ser millonario . 😟
Tal cual.Songs of locura y depresión.Y salió de allí 1 disco fabuloso.
Demo de Martin = voz fantástica.👌✨😍
For me, there is no Depeche Mode without Alan. Alan was the real talent, the heart of the band. He was the only classical-trained musician and you can tell by the quality of their compositions.
What compositions?
@@Hiajarock Musical pieces.
I can see that somber mood :(
El album que cambio todo
I do like this less bombastic version of I feel you
Alan's face
2:15 is life.
the best thing about this album was Wilder on drums.
flood brings some good cups of coffee
Hence the nickname!
Bless Flood
And then left to work with U2😂
@ninawildr4207 That was more safe for him to work with U2 😅
Que bueno gracias
Buen trabajo
Me desmayé😍
If you listen to Ultra & Recoil's 1997 album you can see both are missing each other. Alan, Martin & Dave were a perfect combo, almost contradicting each other's style.
Besutiful 1992
Back when they were good.. last good album was in 93!!
97
Have to agree with @HM MOB that '97 was the last "good" one. Even though Wilder had left there was still enough atmosphere and layered, textured sound in Ultra (Tim Simenon did a great producing job there) to make it probably their final quality product. Take the strings on "Home" for example, just beautiful. They would never be the same again after AW's departure of course, but this is a last hurrah. Having said all that, between 1986 and 1993 they were untouchable.
Where’s Fletch? 😄
Glaring at Alan.
making pancakes
Somewhere clapping.
Fletch is in there, briefly
In the grave.
I wonder how Martin comes up with these ideas. He makes the kind of music I want to. 🤔
My beloved Dave was going through hell but so glad he overcame those 👿 times.
is it just me or does Alan not in a happy mood.
It must have been a gruelling time for him. Working his ass off, probably having his achievements overlooked by the other members and Dave going through his own demons.. even Martin looks out of his shoes here. That's what makes them so impressive as band. To have gone through shit and back.
@@Kamiknicks and it only cost them the most talented of them when it came to creating a soundscape. They’re utter shit now.
@@Kamiknicks All true. Although Alan always looked pretty salty, IMO. Bless him :)
Carita de aburrido...🤐Un sufrimiento...just hang on,suffer well!
Alan Wilder come back now.
рок-н-ролл! 🤘
¿Does anybody wonder where Andrew is? Yes...! He was playing with a floating toy in the pool under the rain
He was in Madrid during the first sessions. The band then moved to Hamburg. Andy wasn´t there.
There wasn’t clapping or unplugged keyboards to play with .
Dave was so gorgeous grunge
Did you mean gorgeous high?
@InfraRedLight I mean he looked hot. Period.
@@pepper1188 Even though he was a mess internally, he was VERY hot. But Alan will always be the most beautiful one for me.
2:15
❤️
demo shows where the “juice” is really coming in the golden age of DM even tho Alan did put his nice touch as well
That was a studio demo not a home demo. Martin only demos on guitar so this was an early Alan mix. That’s where the juice came from and what he took with him. What a fucking waste.
@@tonguepetals guitar riff and Martin’s voice are the main front elements, who did that? Man lets give Martin the real credits he deserve, his songwriting did the diference between Depeche Mode and Recoil, you remember any Recoil track after 30 minutes?
La Moraleja, Alcobendas (Madrid)
Can't believe just how much Alan looks like Liam Howlett from the Prodigy in this video
Депеш Мод рулит! 🥁🎸👑🎹🎙️🥀👍🎼🎶🎤😎🇬🇧📢👏
Cubase on atari ;)
Is this bloke in red sweater Flood?
Yes
At their best and worst at the same time . I understand Alan , it’s too much to be the only conscious but you must understand that the guys were too young introduced to the bad habits and maybe without family values or estructure maybe Alan had another environmental and couldn’t follow the craziness on top they were changing to please América and leaving behind such wonderful ignition from a broken frame to music for the messes
Martin singing demo "i feel you"
No Andy in the video?☹️
They looked perfectly miserable.
What for Times
Vedere queste immagini mi fa male...
damn that shit they using old as hell bruh. get some protools.
They were most likely using Soundtools the early version of protools as it was called in the early 90's.
@@OnAPlain88 u mean like turbosynth and samplecell 🤔
Сердце сжимается от того, насколько Алан замученно выглядит..😭
Не то слово. Пахал за всех и терпел их выходки ради общего дела, чтобы потом ему в спину плевали.
8mm?
??? You've obviously never seen a 8mm film...
This is more probably s-vhs or vhs-8, or something like that.
No, it’s aged VHS Material.
Daryl took the video but it was Alan’s equipment. He always filmed wherever they were at. There’s the mtv music awards that are from his collection here.
@@garryiglesias4074 I meant 16mm. Anton’s work from Violator and Sofad was shoot with 16mm. Kind of his trademark. Even from the Music for the masses era. Strange compilation was completely shoot with 16mm. Same for some Strange too videos.
@@Aurum1977 4 years ago ? Hahahaha. No problem, it's so old we can mess up the medium sizes.
After Andy passed away Alan return to the band
As a musician who knows Depeche Mode, all those analog synth in the back are just for the picture. They were not used in the album. They have an Atari ST computer probably with Notator Logic. Alan was 33. I am 47 and I still not better than him =)
❤
Suffering for your art, never truer than in this band.
When they were good....
And the Andrew and his massive ego just couldn’t hack it. He knew he was useless and Alan told him so. He contributed nothing. You could stick a cardboard cut out of him and nobody would notice. Didn’t even notice on the exotic tour. No Fletch? Don’t care, didn’t notice.
Aquí está la muestra que Martin compuso uno de los grandes hits de la banda. No quieran darle toooooodo el crédito a Alan