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Depeche Mode live at KROQ Acoustic Festival 1998. Never Let Me Down Again with Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins. Also, Enjoy The Silence was interpreted acoustic.
Almost Acoustic Christmas is an annual concert run by the Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM.
The first show was held in December 1989, though then it was simply called the KROQ Xmas Bash. In 1990 the show became bigger and attracted increasingly popular alternative rock bands and singers.
It takes place over a weekend in mid-December, and has in recent years been broadcast for free on KROQ-FM's website.
The festival started off as a one-day event, and every year, since 1992, it has been held as a two-day festival (although the 1999 show was a one-day festival).
From 1989 through 2012 the show took place at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, except for 1998 where it was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and in 1999 where it was held at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim. After the Universal Amphitheatre closed in September 2013, the show performed again at the Shrine Auditorium in December 2013. In 2014 the event was moved to The Forum.
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas concerts benefit Para Los Ninos and the Al Wooten Jr Heritage Center, plus other local charities.
In 1999, a compilation of live recordings, The Best of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas, was released.
On December 18, 2009, KROQ-FM released a compilation called KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2009, a benefit album with proceeds benefiting Para Los Ninos and the Al Wooten Heritage Center.
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Depeche Mode live at KROQ Acoustic Festival 1998. Never Let Me Down Again with Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins. Also, Enjoy The Silence was interpreted acoustic.
Almost Acoustic Christmas is an annual concert run by the Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM.
The first show was held in December 1989, though then it was simply called the KROQ Xmas Bash. In 1990 the show became bigger and attracted increasingly popular alternative rock bands and singers.
It takes place over a weekend in mid-December, and has in recent years been broadcast for free on KROQ-FM's website.
The festival started off as a one-day event, and every year, since 1992, it has been held as a two-day festival (although the 1999 show was a one-day festival).
From 1989 through 2012 the show took place at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, except for 1998 where it was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and in 1999 where it was held at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim. After the Universal Amphitheatre closed in September 2013, the show performed again at the Shrine Auditorium in December 2013. In 2014 the event was moved to The Forum.
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas concerts benefit Para Los Ninos and the Al Wooten Jr Heritage Center, plus other local charities.
In 1999, a compilation of live recordings, The Best of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas, was released.
On December 18, 2009, KROQ-FM released a compilation called KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2009, a benefit album with proceeds benefiting Para Los Ninos and the Al Wooten Heritage Center.
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![Depeche Mode 》 Was New Life written by Vince Clarke?
Was New Life written by Vince Clarke?
Info from DMlive wiki: https://dmlive.wiki/wiki/New_Life
In May/June 2020, one of Vince Clarkes cousins, named Adam Spector, claimed the following on Facebook:(https://www.facebook.com/groups/depechemodeclassic/permalink/2735480466740590/?comment_id=2735529236735713)
My brother Paul Spector wrote the lyrics to this song. He didnt want any or got any credit for it. I remember quite clearly Vince borrowing them from him. Its about a Chinese Philosopher. I read a whole page about it in a Depeche Mode book and every word about it was true except who wrote it. Vinces highest qualification is in Woodwork and my brother has a Masters Degree in Philosophy from Kings College, London. Vince wouldnt be able to explain what it was about other than what he was told by Paul. I did ask Vince for the original, written lyrics back but he said hed lost them.
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In July 2020, Adam Spector uploaded a version of New Life on YouTube (see the original video for the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aRmZwViK0Y), claiming in the description that his brother Paul wrote the lyrics, with Vince Clarke having written the music. Adam later clarified to DM Live that he was singing vocals in this clip, with Vince playing keyboards. Susan Ryder Paget, who was in the band No Romance In China along with Vince Clarke, posted a comment on Facebook in which she recognizes Vince speaking at the beginning of the recording (seen in the screenshot to the right), and further feels that the ending of the song is characteristic of Vince Clarkes keyboard playing style of the time.
In the 1982-01-22 issue of Smash Hits:
Andy Fletcher: Words were never Vince [Clarke]s strong point. As a matter of fact, we were sometimes quite embarrassed by his stuff! We didnt understand a lot of his songs. He’d never tell us what they were about!
Dave Gahan: I remember walking through town in Basildon one night and I saw these two girls following along behind me. I knew theyd recognised me. And they start singing, [high-pitched squeak] I stand still stepping on a shady street. And I start walking a bit faster, turns me collar up like this! And then... [wails] And I watch that man to a stranger. And Im thinking: Oh no, this is embarrassing! Do they understand these lyrics?! Perhaps they do and we dont!
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