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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
I always liked Devo's "Whip It" (1980) and, of course, one of my favorite songs of all time, Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus"  (released 1989). Do you think "Pesonal Jesus" still counts as synth pop, adidasss? It seems to use less synthesizer than their other songs.
Before I watched the "Personal Jesus" video, I always thought it was simply a great song that opposes religion in an appealingly sacrilegious way. Then, after watching the video, I thought it was about prostitutes. (I was disappointed, because I love atheist songs.) But today I learned something new about the intended meaning behind "Personal Jesus":
So...thinking back to the "Personal Jesus" video, if prostitutes are like Jesus, then I guess paying for sex is just a variation of a religious tithe! How convenient!
Devo - "Whip It" (1980):
Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus" (1989):
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I would say anything before Music for the Masses was sync pop for DM. After that they really evolved. Violator was the fist album to introduce their use of guitar and pull away from the sync stuff.