Pearson Choose Hellth Remix)вЂќ by someone who clearly doesnвЂ™t know the difference between a remix and a cover. It was officially sanctioned by the band, released as a b-side to the вЂњCover MeвЂќ single, titled вЂњCover Me (Josh T. ItвЂ™s a hell of a deep cut вЂ“ whoвЂ™s covering Depeche Mode songs from the 2010s? Josh T. You know we had to have a cover of the Depeche Mode song that shares our name. ThereвЂ™s a squall of feedback, a scream, and then youвЂ™re right into it: Hitchcockian chords, mean bass playing, Moreno totally believable as the guy who вЂњneeds to be cleansedвЂќ with the help of вЂњsomeone who cares,вЂќ and frenzied guitar noise that totally messes up your brain. Result: The Californian alt-metal band used the energy from their Around The Fur sessions to turn it into three minutes of unrelenting tension, menace, and extreme guitar aggression. HeвЂ™d chosen a deep cut, clearly untroubled by the fact that it had no chorus, went nowhere, and could pretty well be described as three minutes of unrelenting tension and menace. Deftones вЂ“ To Have And To HoldДeftones singer Chino Moreno proved himself a bona fide fan of Depeche Mode when he persuaded his group to record вЂњTo Have and to HoldвЂќ for the 1998 tribute album For the Masses. Though this cover doesnвЂ™t quite match that one вЂ“ few do вЂ“ the masked metal band bring a gothic grandeur to the key changes. Why not? Because another song on that same covers EP, the Roky Erickson cover вЂњIf You Have Ghosts,вЂќ did. вЂњWaiting for the NightвЂќ did not appear on our Best Cover Songs of 2013 list. Erica Mulvey makes it count, though, on the wonderfully looped вЂњBlasphemous Rumours.вЂќ (And, yes, she also made our Best Cure Covers Ever list.) вЂ“ Ray Padgett 13. Frankly, IвЂ™m surprised sheвЂ™s only done it the once. If you made a list of bands youвЂ™d expect a gothic-electronic cellist to cover, The Cure would probably top the listвЂ¦ but Depeche Mode wouldnвЂ™t be far behind. The vocals are faithful to the original melody, complete with the occasional background vocal echoes chiming in during the choruses. Attention to percussion even in this stripped-down version keeps the slightly syncopated bass drum complete with lighter, yet steady, tambourine. KeaneвЂ™s take on вЂњEnjoy the SilenceвЂќ is stripped down, focusing on a pair of keyboards but without the dance-pop synths characteristic of the original. Which of course is a good deal of the point. When RuPaul made it a dance floor smash, lyrics like вЂњdifferent people have different needsвЂќ and вЂњItвЂ™s obvious you hate me though IвЂ™ve done nothing wrongвЂќ resonate in a whole new way, coming from the LGBTQ icon. But its message, however unambiguous, can still find new meaning in its singer. вЂњPeople Are PeopleвЂќ was Depeche ModeвЂ™s breakthrough hit in America, but the band has been ambivalent about the song in the years since, saying it was a little too on-the-nose lyrically and not playing it live in over thirty years. Towards the end James scats the opening line in tandem with the acoustic guitar to further connect us to the originalвЂ™s iconic synth line. JamesвЂ™s vocals are crisp and soothing, and throughout we occasionally hear faint whispering вЂњjust canвЂ™t get enoughвЂќ in the background. This cover is less of a toe-tapper than the original, but it is still heartfelt, taking a dance hall bop into a romantic declaration. It retains some darkness even while lightening up the instrumentation. Nevertheless, on 2011 album Covers 80вЂ™s, he refashioned вЂњStrippedвЂќ into a banjo-and-xylophones folk-rock number.

If you know anything about Duncan Sheik, be it his first single вЂњBarely BreathingвЂќ or his Tony-winning work on Spring Awakening, you know his music shares little in common with Depeche Mode.

Her version of вЂњFreeloveвЂќ takes its cue from the original, then takes it even further, stripping things down to expose the songвЂ™s sublime melody and uncovering the undeniable emotional elegance in its bones. YouTuber Vkgoeswild, has covered a myriad of rock songs some of which truly have to be seen and heard to be believed.

Had it existed in the bandвЂ™s вЂ™80s or early вЂ™90s heyday, it might have been as beloved its melodic forerunners вЂњSomebodyвЂќ or вЂњQuestion of Lust.вЂќ Pianist Vika Yermolyeva, a.k.a. вЂњFreeloveвЂќ from 2007вЂ™s Exciter is an underrated latter-day Depeche Mode classic. Best of the bunch, by a hair, is вЂњQuestion of Lust,вЂќ but the whole EP is worth tracking down. TheyвЂ™re all great, spare and angelic electro-folk ballads. She released an entire EP titled, simply, Covering Depeche Mode, then did yet another Depeche track on this yearвЂ™s album Covers, Vol. Lotte Kestner loves covering Depeche Mode.

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