Overcoming Prejudice with Depeche Mode
March 1, 2007 by Greg
Recently Urban Monarch reader Jess suggested listening to Depeche Mode’s People are People to overcome prejudice. This advice was emphatically seconded by Urban Monarch contributor and depeche mode fan boy Cash.
Well, I’ll try anything two or three times, so I gave it an objective listen. Here are the highlights from the lyrics.
People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully
So were different colors
And were different creeds
And different people
Have different needs
Its obvious you hate me
Though I’ve done nothing wrong
I’ve never even met you
So what could I have done
I cant understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
Now you’re punching
And you’re kicking
And you’re shouting at me
And Im relying on your common decency
So far it hasn’t surfaced
But Im sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fist
Ok, so from this I get:
The mode boys are upset that people don’t like them and aren’t acting nice. Their main complaint is that ‘you’ hate them, which they can’t understand, and they just want you to act with common decency.
Hahahaha.. It’s awesome to see a Depeche Mode album cover on the UM home page. I’m amazed it wasn’t put there by me
You’re pretty close I think on your analysis, those poor mode boyz.
I think the point though is to take it one step further, substituting ‘any group you’re prejudiced against- religion, race, sexual orientation, etc- for ‘them’.
Reading this makes me want to fill my iPod up with DM, which I think I’ll go ahead and do now.