DEPECHE MODE CONCERT REVIEW! SAN JOSE 2023 MEMENTO MORI, POST-CONCERT DEPRESSION

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Now I'm gonna turn it over to my girl, Tammy, who has some on the ground

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reporting from a huge world tour.

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Tammy, what's going on?

Tammy: 00:00:54

Okay, so today's a special edition.

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We're gonna devote today's episode to Depeche Mode, and I recently saw Depeche

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Mode, their second concert in San Jose for this new tour, the Momentum MO tour.

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And just wanted to give my overall, experience and impressions and and

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recap of how fabulous it was really.

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Could we are so excited to hear, because I've been seeing in the news.

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I know a bunch.

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Everyone's been checking it out.

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I've seen, really positive reviews.

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So, you know, before we launch into the show, can you just give us a wrap up of

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how you got that ticket, because I know it was sort of like, you know, Charlie

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from Willy Wonka, how you got that golden ticket and got that made it in there.

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So how'd you get that

Tammy: 00:01:38

ticket?

Tammy: 00:01:39

Um, well first of all, let me say, you can probably tell by my voice that I

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am sick and unfortunately, I believe I did get sick from going to the event.

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It was an indoor, concert.

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It's not covid, but it's some other, or combination of other, viruses that pretty

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much took me down for like nine days.

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there's that, still recover.

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My ear is completely, plugged and like pretty much swollen this half of

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my face, but still totally worth it.

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I did not regret going.

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It was a, amazing experience.

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So anyway, that being said, the, I got the ticket through Ticketmaster.

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It.

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About six months ago, I think.

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I think, well, last October, so six months ago, and it was the sign

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up for the verified fan through Ticketmaster, and I believe I got a link.

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to, I don't remember for that particular one, you didn't have to

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sign up for a particular show, you just had to have a link and all the

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shows went on sale at the same time.

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But there were only like, maybe six shows in North America and Depeche

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Mode has not toured in five years.

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I think typically they tour about every four years is their cycle.

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And they recently lost, Fletcher, Andrew Fletcher from the band.

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So, This might be the last time they tour a Actually, we say that every time,

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this might be the last time they tour.

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This isn't, but you never know it could be.

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And the fact that they were only doing a handful of shows in North America and then

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going overseas, it was like, whoa, there's gonna be a major scramble for tickets.

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So really, I got the code.

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I was on my phone, my laptop.

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Like, you know, at the, at the time it was released and I was trying for LA

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and, San Jose and LA was like, forget it.

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it was just in line forever and the first thing that I could get on was San Jose.

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So I just grabbed it and I grabbed a ticket.

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My, the ticket itself ended up being, I was in the 100 level.

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I had decent seats.

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I chose seats that were facing the band, not right next to the band because

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I had ha I had been to a concert, a show for Johnny Mar in another city,

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and it was an arena type setting.

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And I was, I chose a seat, like closer to the band, but I was

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sitting sideways and it sucked because it was not a great ar arena.

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And everyone was like smushed together and no one was standing.

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So I'm like squished in between people and look and having to look over to the right.

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I'm like, I'm not doing that again.

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I'm gonna, I'm goodness.

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and that being said, the SAP center, I don't know if it's called

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SAP or S SAP Center or whatever in San Jose is a great venue.

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Oh, awesome.

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There is amazing.

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And I was kicking myself.

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Damnit, I should've got a seat, but I didn't know I never been there.

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Could've got a seat closer.

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it would've been, I would've been, the, the the views were great.

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I didn't feel that far away, but I just realized like,

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the, now this is a good arena.

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there's not a bad seat here, Anyway, so when I got the tickets, it was just like,

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I'm going, and I think they were out the door with ticket master fees and all that.

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I think around $200.

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Wow.

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Okay.

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Wanted to get.

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I really ideally wanna be on the floor.

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as we've talked about on this channel many times, floor seats were going for $3,000.

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By the way, who is on the floor?

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Did those people pay $3,000?

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Did they wait?

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Like it's sold out really fast?

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I don't know.

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it'd be interesting to see to know.

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People paid.

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Not, but not too bad.

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it wasn't a mortgage payment.

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It wasn't a mortgage payment.

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No.

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Or a trip to Europe.

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And that was presale, A trip to that was presale and I, and then I went on the

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day that they went on sale, and it was like a hundred dollars more for my seat.

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Oh, wow.

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Okay.

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Like the area instantly.

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and then it sold out really

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quick.

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Yeah, so you got, once you got one and got one, because we've been talking

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about this for a couple months.

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I, yeah, I've been looking forward to this for months and, so

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Sacramento was their first show on March 23rd, and then the one I went to

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was their second show on March 25th.

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And it was just electric.

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it.

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Everyone there, 19,000 people, everyone there was so happy and so excited.

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I've never seen a Depeche mode like, okay, first of all, let me set the

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stage for a Depeche Mode concert.

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If you've never been to a Depeche Mode concert, typically, Depeche

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Mode fans are a bit obsessive with the band myself for sure.

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and so it just, they have.

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And heavy themes around life and death.

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Not really life, more like death, um, you know, love, sex and religion.

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And so this, so typically when I go to a Depeche Mode concert, it's

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uplifting for sure, but it's, I always have an emotional hangover afterward

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cuz it's so just deep and connecting.

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So this was a little different because.

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People didn't go in expecting that deep brooding experience.

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I guess Was the vibe.

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It was more like, we are so fucking happy to be here.

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Oh, everybody, people were so nice.

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I, okay.

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And so when I got there, again, 19,000 people.

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Like me, similar in age, all wearing black, all dressed for

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the show, all just psyched.

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You.

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Okay, you gotta show your t-shirt, Jenna.

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Just Yes.

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this is what I was getting to, so I should, so here my sweatshirt

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of the band and, and then it has the tour dates on the back.

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But I, I noticed this really long line.

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Up the stairs and around, and I'm like, what is that?

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Is that like for the bar?

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Excuse me?

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What is she staying in line for?

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Are you

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trying to get a drink?

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It was the merch line.

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Oh, really?

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And it was two lines going up the stairs around.

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So I'm like, Damn let me get a beer and then stand in the merch wine.

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Well, that's exactly what I did got, like the, they sold

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the big can of beer, whatever.

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I'm like, okay, this'll last for a while.

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This will last for this line.

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I was in that line for an hour and I missed completely.

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Oh.

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I'm like, I'm committed now.

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I'm in line.

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I'm not gonna get outta line.

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And I can't wear these online.

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online.

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It's at the concert only.

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So I'm like, So by the time I got to the front of the line and drank that big beer,

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I was like, okay, I'll take that and that.

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So I spent way more than I anticipated, and the prices were,

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I gotta say outrageous, like holy cow, nothing was less than $50.

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This sweatshirt was a hundred dollars.

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Wow.

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And I bought a long sleeve shirt on top of it that was like, $75.

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that was a little bit of a hangover the next day too, of damn, how

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much did I just spend on merch?

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That wasn't a drop on this show, but, but I got caught up in the moment and

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there was just this feeling of I don't know when we're gonna see him again.

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and, Everybody in line was super nice, like just chit chatting, like

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the excitement was just palpable.

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Like in the lobby, in the venue, and even the first couple of songs, the whole

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thing, people were just, Going crazy.

Tammy: 00:09:23

I've never seen a Depeche Mode concert.

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Like I think the band were blown away too.

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They were just holy cow.

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And I think there was so much compassion for, and sadness in a way,

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or celebration of the last two members.

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And that flex was no longer on the stage and the way the band

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was configured was different.

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they've got two band members that have been longtime

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touring members with them too.

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drummer and, bass player.

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but it was just like, you know, and then there were two.

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it was just weird.

Kimberly: 00:09:53

yeah.

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And if you could remind our listeners, fle, he passed away, was it last year?

Tammy: 00:09:57

He pa he passed away, don't remember, I could Google the exact

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date, but it was last year and it was during the process of them making

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their new album called Memento Mok.

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And Memento Mok literally means, remember, you must die.

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And so it's just a, again, full on with the Depeche Mode theme, but the fact

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that they started writing it before this happened, Was a, it was a little weird.

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And also that it's like where the they are as humans, each album that they've done.

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And every time I've seen them on tour, which, has been quite a number

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of times since 2005 or 2006 was the first time I've saw 'em, I never

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saw 'em in the eighties or anything.

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I've only seen them, in.

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In this, century, but, it's always been, there's a dynamic between Dave

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Gahan and Martin Gore and that's played out within the band over the years.

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And, I've watched them mature and mature in age.

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so it just seems like Memento Mori is a reflection of where they are now,

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as humans just facing, end of life.

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not end of life right now, but the last chapters of life and just

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remembering that we're all gonna die.

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So em embracing life.

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So it sounds dark, but it's really hopeful.

Kimberly: 00:11:24

And that's not easy to, it's not easy to pull that

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off, to, to navigate that.

Tammy: 00:11:29

Well, the band, the themes of the band for anybody who doesn't.

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like I said, the themes of the band are, deaf, religion, and sex.

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All those are the themes they explore.

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But it's also, but again, it's also uplifting

Kimberly: 00:11:43

Yeah, yeah.

Kimberly: 00:11:44

Would you say that this, is it Memento Mok?

Kimberly: 00:11:46

Mm-hmm.

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Would you say that that's like a departure from their traditional

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sound, or is it in line?

Kimberly: 00:11:52

Mm-hmm.

Kimberly: 00:11:52

Okay.

Tammy: 00:11:52

Um, and here's one thing I wanna say, and, wanna talk a little bit about

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the concert itself and the songs and stuff, but I did notice people around.

Tammy: 00:12:02

So there's the eighties Depeche mode.

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Like people are people and everything counts and, just can't get enough.

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So if you're an eighties fan of Depeche Mode and you're coming to

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the concert to hear, I just can't get enough, you're gonna be really

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disappointed because it's not.

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They've grown past that.

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It's been 40,

Kimberly: 00:12:23

40 I was in high school, isn't it that stuff, And

Tammy: 00:12:26

they, and they've continued, they haven't stopped as a band.

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They have continued recording and touring and evolving all this time.

Tammy: 00:12:33

It never stopped.

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So I did see a few people in front of me that I think we're thinking,

Tammy: 00:12:41

I'm gonna go see Depeche Mode.

Tammy: 00:12:43

Remember them from the eighties, if that's what you're thinking.

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you might be disappointed because they have really grown and changed since then.

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That being said, I love their music.

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I love everything that they've done after the eighties.

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I like the, I lo there's a few things from the eighties that I,

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eighties and nineties that I love, personal Jesus, there are more, but

Tammy: 00:13:05

now they closed with those songs.

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Typically they closed with, usually goodnight or usually, never let me down.

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But this time they closed with personal Jesus, which was really interesting.

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And they did do some rearranging of some of the songs too.

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So it's a walk through their music.

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Pretty, I would say from, they picked a few songs, I think from

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each era, but there's not a lot from the eighties and there's some songs

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that I love that they didn't play.

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And I think, and I've seen some online posts, like people are I don't know

Tammy: 00:13:44

about the set list, but doesn't matter.

Tammy: 00:13:46

We love Depeche Mode, but again, we're going, if you're going.

Tammy: 00:13:51

I would recommend being a hardcore Depeche Mode fan.

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If you are, it's fricking amazing.

Tammy: 00:13:58

If you're going there to expect eighties Depeche mode,

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you're gonna be disappointed.

Kimberly: 00:14:02

which is so interesting though, because I was able to, I

Kimberly: 00:14:04

was looking at the set list and I watched the, is it Ghost Stories?

Kimberly: 00:14:08

Is that the name of the song Ghost Again, ghost.

Kimberly: 00:14:12

Absolutely.

Kimberly: 00:14:13

It's a really interesting song and really interesting video.

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very, evocative maybe is the word.

Kimberly: 00:14:18

And Oh yeah.

Kimberly: 00:14:18

For me, because I'm not, I really like De Pema.

Kimberly: 00:14:21

I'm not a fan like you have been, but since I've known you,

Kimberly: 00:14:23

we've been talking about it.

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I've, I'm like really into their music and exploring more about it.

Kimberly: 00:14:28

And I think this tour and this latest, release, I think it really shows

Kimberly: 00:14:34

their depth and their, variety and their talent, to be honest with you.

Kimberly: 00:14:38

Yes.

Tammy: 00:14:39

Thank you.

Tammy: 00:14:39

that's depth.

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If there's one word to describe the band, it's depth and talent.

Tammy: 00:14:44

Amazing talent.

Tammy: 00:14:45

Amazing

Kimberly: 00:14:46

talent.

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I really didn't know.

Kimberly: 00:14:47

I'm, my experiences with them were from, the eighties people

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are people, that whole set

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song and there, their music is great, but there's just been

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a whole evolution since then.

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And it's interesting, one of.

Tammy: 00:14:59

They, they opened with a few songs.

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I'm just looking at the set list.

Tammy: 00:15:01

they opened it with a few songs from the new album and the third song

Tammy: 00:15:05

they played is Walking in My Shoes.

Tammy: 00:15:07

That's from the nineties, and that's one of those songs that I've always loved, but

Tammy: 00:15:13

for some reason it has evolved over time and I like it even more now than I did.

Tammy: 00:15:21

When it first came out, and I just read something about that, that the band said

Tammy: 00:15:26

the same thing, like something about that song has continued to evolve and

Tammy: 00:15:31

that's why they put it on the set list.

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And they just did a recording with the bbc, through the BBC network.

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And they recorded that song and ghost again, with an orchestra.

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I'm not sure if they did a full concert with the orchestra, if it was just

Tammy: 00:15:44

those tho they posted on YouTube, those two songs, and they're amazing.

Tammy: 00:15:49

Oh, wow.

Tammy: 00:15:50

So we'll link those, down below, so you can take a look at those.

Tammy: 00:15:53

But, it's great.

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They, they did every, everything Counts.

Tammy: 00:15:57

that's a, popular eighties song.

Tammy: 00:15:59

Some of the newer songs that I really.

Tammy: 00:16:02

Uh, they performed, but it seemed that they did a different

Tammy: 00:16:07

arrangement, which was interesting.

Tammy: 00:16:08

So, um, precious is a song from, I believe it's playing the Angel, from 2006 2007.

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which was good.

Tammy: 00:16:18

Little bit different, arrangement.

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a couple songs that are more recent to.

Tammy: 00:16:24

Oh, a paint that I'm used to.

Tammy: 00:16:25

I think that was also from Playing the Angel, which I really great.

Tammy: 00:16:29

Great song.

Tammy: 00:16:30

wrong.

Tammy: 00:16:31

That's one of, I think that's from, is that from Delta?

Tammy: 00:16:34

Delta Spirit.

Tammy: 00:16:36

Great song.

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But again, different arrangement.

Tammy: 00:16:39

John, the Revelator great song, little bit different arrangement.

Tammy: 00:16:42

So you gotta really like, know a lot of these records from new

Tammy: 00:16:46

to appreciate these songs and.

Tammy: 00:16:50

So I have to say like overall it was, I was just so happy to see him on stage

Tammy: 00:16:59

and like I knew every single song.

Tammy: 00:17:02

I didn't know all of the new songs, but I knew every single song and,

Tammy: 00:17:07

okay, so the thing about standing up at concerts, this is such a pet peeve.

Tammy: 00:17:14

I think I've talked about this a few times, but.

Tammy: 00:17:18

There have been times where I've been in front row of a concert,

Tammy: 00:17:22

but it was like I, was, heart.

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And sticks.

Tammy: 00:17:25

And it was at the, it was like a fairground tour

Tammy: 00:17:29

concert, during the summer.

Tammy: 00:17:30

And the demographic was a little bit older age, And I was in the

Tammy: 00:17:35

second row and people behind me were telling me to sit down.

Tammy: 00:17:39

I'm like, you've got to be kidding me.

Tammy: 00:17:41

Never went to a fairgrounds show again because of that reason.

Tammy: 00:17:44

But I have that problem here again, wow.

Tammy: 00:17:47

Really?

Tammy: 00:17:48

So I was in the 100 level.

Tammy: 00:17:50

Everyone below me was standing up except for the people directly, in front of

Tammy: 00:17:54

me, which I suspect were, I like the eighties Depeche mode cuz they sat

Tammy: 00:17:58

like this through the whole thing.

Tammy: 00:18:00

And then when they heard, when

Kimberly: 00:18:01

they gonna play those songs, I like, right?

Tammy: 00:18:03

And then when they heard just can't get enough at the end, then

Tammy: 00:18:06

they stood up and they were happy.

Tammy: 00:18:07

But it took until the very end, the encore for them to stand up.

Tammy: 00:18:11

And I'm like, ah, 80 people don't bother.

Tammy: 00:18:13

Everybody to the left of me, I could see were standing up for

Tammy: 00:18:17

the most part, in the same level.

Tammy: 00:18:19

So that, so somebody behind me tapped me on the shoulder and

Tammy: 00:18:23

said, do you mind sitting down?

Tammy: 00:18:25

And I was just, oh, wow.

Tammy: 00:18:27

And I was like, and.

Tammy: 00:18:29

I, and I was like, you know what, n I can't guarantee that I'm

Tammy: 00:18:32

gonna sit down through the show.

Tammy: 00:18:33

Sorry.

Tammy: 00:18:34

I love that.

Tammy: 00:18:35

I love that.

Tammy: 00:18:36

You knows really nice about it.

Tammy: 00:18:38

which the people at Sticks and Heart were like, sit down,

Tammy: 00:18:41

yelling at you, yelling at me.

Tammy: 00:18:43

throwing rotten food nice about it, but I'm just like, I'm sorry, I, I'll

Tammy: 00:18:48

sit down here and, but I'm not gonna.

Tammy: 00:18:49

and I said it very nicely, smile.

Tammy: 00:18:53

Why are you going to a concert if you are expecting people to sit down?

Tammy: 00:18:59

I just don't understand it.

Tammy: 00:19:01

I don't, especially in that style was the asshole standing up.

Tammy: 00:19:06

like whatever.

Kimberly: 00:19:09

And we have talked about this in one of our previous episodes.

Kimberly: 00:19:12

If you wanna go check that out from season one, because my whole point

Kimberly: 00:19:15

is, How are you listening to this this music and not moving anything?

Kimberly: 00:19:20

Like I don't get it.

Tammy: 00:19:21

No.

Tammy: 00:19:22

And why are you there?

Tammy: 00:19:23

Why are you here?

Tammy: 00:19:25

Stay home.

Tammy: 00:19:27

Probably got the damn virus from you.

Tammy: 00:19:28

the non-moving

Kimberly: 00:19:29

person.

Tammy: 00:19:31

It ruins it for the

Kimberly: 00:19:35

rest of us.

Kimberly: 00:19:35

And having said that,

Tammy: 00:19:37

maybe song.

Tammy: 00:19:39

Come on,

Kimberly: 00:19:40

Ryan.

Kimberly: 00:19:41

I was gonna say, having said that, maybe concert etiquette has really changed

Kimberly: 00:19:44

up where people just, feel shy or embarrassed about doing that or something.

Kimberly: 00:19:48

I don't know.

Tammy: 00:19:50

That's one thing.

Tammy: 00:19:51

Don't ask me to sit down.

Tammy: 00:19:52

Right.

Kimberly: 00:19:53

I'm standing.

Tammy: 00:19:54

Do what you want.

Tammy: 00:19:55

Don't ask me to change my behavior when you can see how into the concert

Tammy: 00:20:00

and everyone around me is standing up.

Tammy: 00:20:02

Fuck you.

Tammy: 00:20:02

I'm sorry, but you can stand

Kimberly: 00:20:04

up

Tammy: 00:20:05

too.

Tammy: 00:20:06

You can stand up too.

Tammy: 00:20:07

Like it's okay.

Tammy: 00:20:08

It's okay.

Tammy: 00:20:09

You're not into it.

Tammy: 00:20:10

That's your problem.

Tammy: 00:20:12

That's not my problem.

Tammy: 00:20:13

If you came to see eighties Depeche mode, A friend drug.

Tammy: 00:20:18

You here, I'm, that's not my problem.

Tammy: 00:20:21

Don't influence my behavior when I That's so interesting.

Kimberly: 00:20:25

Yeah.

Kimberly: 00:20:26

it's not the theater folks, right?

Kimberly: 00:20:27

We don't stand up in theater like that.

Kimberly: 00:20:29

But at a rock concert, especially with that type of music, I you

Kimberly: 00:20:32

see the performers dancing.

Kimberly: 00:20:33

I saw clips, and he was moving.

Tammy: 00:20:36

Yeah, I was not alone.

Tammy: 00:20:38

I, you're not alone.

Tammy: 00:20:39

You gotta be kidding me.

Tammy: 00:20:40

So I did see, somebody had posted a few photos and videos and stuff from, I think

Tammy: 00:20:47

they were in the 200 level and they made a comment, everyone around me sucked.

Tammy: 00:20:51

like they were, yeah.

Tammy: 00:20:52

They weren't appreciating it or standing up or whatever.

Tammy: 00:20:55

And I'm just like, oh god, it's the worst.

Tammy: 00:20:57

And you can't predict that.

Tammy: 00:20:59

especially when you're scrambling to get tickets for something

Tammy: 00:21:01

like this, I don't know.

Tammy: 00:21:03

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:21:03

What is concert etiquette?

Kimberly: 00:21:04

What is con?

Kimberly: 00:21:05

And if and if you're watching, please put it into the comments section.

Kimberly: 00:21:08

I thought it was okay to move and, show your appreciation.

Kimberly: 00:21:12

And that's what we call feedback, and the performers actually like that.

Kimberly: 00:21:16

Oh my

Tammy: 00:21:16

God.

Tammy: 00:21:18

Unbelievable.

Tammy: 00:21:19

so yeah, so I guess my final impressions of the show, are really

Tammy: 00:21:23

that, and they sa they sounded amazing.

Tammy: 00:21:26

Dave Gahan had more energy than I've seen in years.

Tammy: 00:21:31

I know he was struggling.

Tammy: 00:21:32

Through the last concert, he, last couple, tours, he had some illnesses

Tammy: 00:21:38

and it looked, he just looked really tired and drained and I heard he, he

Tammy: 00:21:43

had said in some interviews, doesn't know if he is, can do this again.

Tammy: 00:21:46

He is getting older and that kind of thing.

Tammy: 00:21:47

He's, I think he's 60 now and, he looked fantastic.

Tammy: 00:21:51

He was, Fire.

Tammy: 00:21:53

He was dancing around, he was into it.

Tammy: 00:21:57

He was excited.

Tammy: 00:21:58

it was amazing.

Tammy: 00:21:59

So he was better than ever.

Tammy: 00:22:03

Sounded amazing.

Tammy: 00:22:04

just awesome.

Tammy: 00:22:05

and obviously the band, and Martin Gore, Martin Gore is such a gigantic

Tammy: 00:22:09

talent of course, he, Martin Gore got out and sang, he always sings

Tammy: 00:22:14

a couple of songs during each.

Tammy: 00:22:17

Martin sounded better than I've ever heard him.

Tammy: 00:22:21

Ever.

Tammy: 00:22:21

Like his voice, I'm like, whoa.

Tammy: 00:22:24

Amazing.

Tammy: 00:22:25

What was going on?

Tammy: 00:22:26

not that it wasn't good before, but there was just something extra.

Tammy: 00:22:30

They did a nice tribute to Fletch, not.

Tammy: 00:22:34

Really, they didn't announce it or anything.

Tammy: 00:22:36

they played Fletcher's, say, favorite song called, A World, world

Tammy: 00:22:40

In My Eyes, from Violator, which is one of my favorite songs too.

Tammy: 00:22:44

of their, I have a lot of favorite songs.

Tammy: 00:22:46

That's a great song too.

Tammy: 00:22:47

And they flashed photos of him in the background.

Tammy: 00:22:51

They just did this like kind of morphine, images of him younger and.

Tammy: 00:22:56

It was, just beautiful and moving and everybody, it's without saying

Tammy: 00:23:01

it, everybody was there to I think push the band on, keep going.

Tammy: 00:23:08

we're so happy you're here.

Tammy: 00:23:09

Just keep going.

Tammy: 00:23:10

I, that's just what it felt like.

Tammy: 00:23:12

It just felt so celebratory.

Tammy: 00:23:17

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:23:18

Unbelievable.

Tammy: 00:23:18

I'm okay.

Tammy: 00:23:19

And they have since added shows at the end of the year, they have added another

Tammy: 00:23:24

leg, in December for US and North America.

Tammy: 00:23:29

I haven't gotten tickets yet, but I'm, I've a little sick rec's rec.

Tammy: 00:23:36

I'm totally gonna get to the, I can't wait.

Tammy: 00:23:38

I can't wait to see him.

Kimberly: 00:23:40

Yeah, that's cool.

Kimberly: 00:23:40

Cause I've been, reading up on it and reading reviews and I know that this

Kimberly: 00:23:45

was the first leg of their tour and then the second leg, they're off to Europe,

Kimberly: 00:23:48

like maybe yes, this week or something.

Kimberly: 00:23:50

And then they come back and, I read a really great review from, A journalist, a

Kimberly: 00:23:56

reviewer out of la they were played down there and they said the show was amazing.

Tammy: 00:24:00

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:24:00

They went to LA after San Jose.

Tammy: 00:24:02

Mm-hmm.

Kimberly: 00:24:02

Really, really, really positive reviews of the

Kimberly: 00:24:05

concert and their performance.

Kimberly: 00:24:06

And, Tammy was hitting me up.

Kimberly: 00:24:08

She's I'm here.

Kimberly: 00:24:09

I'm like, how's it go?

Kimberly: 00:24:10

She's they sound great.

Kimberly: 00:24:10

And I was like, okay, now enjoy the show.

Kimberly: 00:24:12

So, and wanted you to enjoy the show without me texting every five minutes.

Tammy: 00:24:16

I filmed a few things.

Tammy: 00:24:18

Amazing.

Tammy: 00:24:19

But I just, and did, and snapped a few photos and stuff, but I really just wanted

Tammy: 00:24:24

to enjoy the concert as much as I could.

Tammy: 00:24:26

cuz it was so fabulous.

Tammy: 00:24:27

So I heard in Amazing, it was, there is a part where Martin Gore and Dave

Tammy: 00:24:34

Gahan come down and sing together.

Tammy: 00:24:37

I think even just a very like acoustic version of, I think it was soul with me.

Tammy: 00:24:41

Um, but I heard in.

Tammy: 00:24:45

I think it was La Dave Gohan said, everybody put down your damn phones and

Tammy: 00:24:51

watched the show to when they did that.

Tammy: 00:24:53

Cause it's such a nice moment between the two of them singing to each other,

Tammy: 00:24:57

which doesn't happen very often.

Tammy: 00:24:58

And then they hug at the end, which is for all of us who know Depeche Mode.

Tammy: 00:25:03

Dave and Martin have had this kind of contentious relationship for many years.

Tammy: 00:25:10

And to see them coming together now, Fletch is no longer there

Tammy: 00:25:14

to mediate or bridge that they have to work with each other now.

Tammy: 00:25:17

And to see them embracing each other and really in sync with each other was

Tammy: 00:25:23

just made everybody, it made me happy.

Tammy: 00:25:26

It made everybody so happy.

Tammy: 00:25:27

Yeah.

Kimberly: 00:25:27

I thought that was such a beautiful moment.

Kimberly: 00:25:29

they, first of all, their vocal performance was really, they brought their

Kimberly: 00:25:33

A game, obviously they came out swinging.

Tammy: 00:25:35

They're on their A game.

Tammy: 00:25:37

They really are fan.

Tammy: 00:25:39

Do what you have to do to go, because this is an A level show.

Tammy: 00:25:43

It's amazing.

Kimberly: 00:25:44

Killed it.

Kimberly: 00:25:45

and like I said, I love them.

Kimberly: 00:25:46

I, haven't been like a huge fan and followed them since

Kimberly: 00:25:49

my high school days, just.

Kimberly: 00:25:50

You know, that's just way it is sometimes

Tammy: 00:25:52

with your, your grow outta band grow in different phases.

Tammy: 00:25:55

Yeah.

Kimberly: 00:25:55

after we've been talking about it and I was checking out, some clips

Kimberly: 00:25:58

from the concerts and even some previous years, I just really didn't realize what

Kimberly: 00:26:03

strong vocal performers they really were.

Kimberly: 00:26:05

I just really never knew.

Kimberly: 00:26:07

And to hear them like that and to end with that heartfelt hug, you could

Kimberly: 00:26:12

tell there was just so much going on.

Kimberly: 00:26:15

I can only imagine the kind of courage and strength it took

Kimberly: 00:26:18

to do this tour without Fletch.

Kimberly: 00:26:19

Cause he was such an right, integral part of the group.

Kimberly: 00:26:22

I'm like, hats off to my boys.

Kimberly: 00:26:24

Yes.

Kimberly: 00:26:24

Your boys, they sound they really sounded amazing.

Tammy: 00:26:27

Absolutely.

Tammy: 00:26:28

And they have quite a following.

Tammy: 00:26:30

this is an underground, really popular band with their core fan base.

Tammy: 00:26:38

We're all a bit obsessive about this band.

Tammy: 00:26:41

It's what they, I don't know, inspire there, there's just something

Tammy: 00:26:45

about it, but, there's a lot.

Tammy: 00:26:47

There's a huge worldwide fan base, which is interesting cuz

Tammy: 00:26:51

they're not, like a top 40 or even just, I don't know, they're not.

Tammy: 00:27:00

A u2, like they're, a band that attracts all of the deep slash goth.

Tammy: 00:27:08

I don't consider myself goth, but certainly there a lot of

Tammy: 00:27:12

goth are attracted to them, and.

Tammy: 00:27:14

So of all of the misfits, it's the misfit people and Gen X people, the people

Tammy: 00:27:21

who feel like they've been, misplaced or outside the norm or, don't fit in.

Tammy: 00:27:27

Like all those kinds of themes all come together for these shows and it's great.

Tammy: 00:27:31

That's what makes it so great too, is you just look around there, you're just like,

Tammy: 00:27:34

yeah, these are all my outsiders people.

Tammy: 00:27:37

This is my.

Tammy: 00:27:39

Because, yeah, so there's just such a, um, and, you know, people from

Tammy: 00:27:42

all walks of life, but, one thing you have in common, if you love

Tammy: 00:27:46

Depeche Mode, you're an outsider.

Tammy: 00:27:48

And, um, that's what we all have in common and it's a great sense of community.

Tammy: 00:27:52

Well,

Kimberly: 00:27:52

and, and I think it's awesome that they, Played, had this tour

Kimberly: 00:27:55

with, new music and didn't necessarily go back to some of those old tunes

Kimberly: 00:27:58

because for a lot of bands, they maybe don't have the courage to do that.

Kimberly: 00:28:01

They're like, the fans are expecting, people are people,

Kimberly: 00:28:04

my God, we better play that.

Kimberly: 00:28:06

That's, or people will feel cheated or something.

Kimberly: 00:28:08

And I think it's great.

Kimberly: 00:28:09

It's like they're playing for their fans and they're playing for themselves.

Kimberly: 00:28:12

Right?

Tammy: 00:28:13

They are, they are a hundred percent, like they're, I don't

Tammy: 00:28:16

think they would put in anything that they didn't feel good about.

Tammy: 00:28:22

For this tour in particular, I don't know about other tours, but for this

Tammy: 00:28:26

tour, and I think I read something about that, like not everybody's gonna be

Tammy: 00:28:29

happy with the fan list or with the set list because there are some things that

Tammy: 00:28:34

people are probably gonna wanna hear that aren't on there, but we're just.

Tammy: 00:28:37

It's, it's not where we are.

Tammy: 00:28:39

So I respect

Kimberly: 00:28:40

that.

Kimberly: 00:28:41

Totally.

Kimberly: 00:28:41

I'm just so happy that you know it

Tammy: 00:28:43

in, I don't wanna go hear a shitty version of, one of my favorite songs cause

Tammy: 00:28:47

I don't feel like performing it anymore.

Tammy: 00:28:49

Just to please, this is great version.

Tammy: 00:28:50

the album version.

Kimberly: 00:28:51

Right.

Kimberly: 00:28:51

And I, and I think it's great because I think for, you know, you see the arc of

Kimberly: 00:28:55

some bands, they just, they get stuck playing those songs from 30 years ago,

Kimberly: 00:29:00

and the performers and the singers can no longer sing them the way they did.

Kimberly: 00:29:03

So, yeah.

Kimberly: 00:29:04

So it's kind of disappointing, And I was really impressed with hearing

Kimberly: 00:29:08

how great they sounded live because I know with some of that type of

Kimberly: 00:29:12

music, it sounds great in the studio, but it's really hard to, replicate

Kimberly: 00:29:16

in a live stadium setting like that.

Kimberly: 00:29:19

So I'm like, that's off to them cuz they sounded great.

Kimberly: 00:29:21

the music sounded great and their voices were just, Over the top.

Tammy: 00:29:25

There's one other, component of this band that's been really

Tammy: 00:29:29

important since the beginning, and that is the collaboration with, Anton

Tammy: 00:29:33

Corbin, who does all their imagery.

Tammy: 00:29:36

He's done all of their videos from the very beginning.

Tammy: 00:29:40

He does the backdrop of the, all of the video and imagery

Tammy: 00:29:45

for the show, and it's stunning.

Tammy: 00:29:47

And without him, he creates such.

Tammy: 00:29:52

What is it?

Tammy: 00:29:53

Such a vibe.

Tammy: 00:29:54

he's like the fifth member of the band because without him and that

Tammy: 00:29:58

imagery and how he is portraying the band, I don't think they

Tammy: 00:30:04

would be as popular with mm-hmm.

Tammy: 00:30:07

US outsiders.

Tammy: 00:30:07

I really don't.

Tammy: 00:30:08

He, there's something about how he's able to translate that and

Tammy: 00:30:12

they have never veered from.

Tammy: 00:30:14

They've smart with them the whole time.

Tammy: 00:30:17

Smart.

Tammy: 00:30:17

And if you look back on their eighties videos, never Let me Down.

Tammy: 00:30:20

Or Even Personal, Jesus, he did those.

Tammy: 00:30:23

Look at those.

Tammy: 00:30:23

They're stunning.

Tammy: 00:30:24

Yeah, they are.

Kimberly: 00:30:26

Even now, even you look at them now, even

Tammy: 00:30:28

now.

Tammy: 00:30:29

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:30:29

still stunning.

Kimberly: 00:30:31

Ahead of the time, ahead of their time.

Tammy: 00:30:33

the fact that, what, 45, 40, I don't know how many years

Tammy: 00:30:38

we're still listening to that.

Tammy: 00:30:40

It's still relevant.

Tammy: 00:30:41

It's still, there's still amazing songs.

Tammy: 00:30:44

They still just blow away most other songs.

Tammy: 00:30:48

is just incredible.

Tammy: 00:30:49

Like, you can go back today and listen to those and just go and just be like moved

Kimberly: 00:30:55

by them.

Kimberly: 00:30:55

Absolutely.

Kimberly: 00:30:56

Absolutely.

Kimberly: 00:30:56

that's a, you know, know, the sign of some great music, some great artistry where.

Kimberly: 00:31:01

You can listen to their songs now and they still sound, fresh

Kimberly: 00:31:03

and they still pop, right?

Kimberly: 00:31:05

Because I'll be, you know, sometimes driving out on the road and I'll,

Kimberly: 00:31:07

catch one of those, eighties, eighties nineties stations and they'll, people

Kimberly: 00:31:11

are, people will pop out and like, Like still my song, you know, these still.

Kimberly: 00:31:15

Mm-hmm.

Kimberly: 00:31:15

It still sounds great.

Kimberly: 00:31:16

I love that.

Kimberly: 00:31:17

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:31:17

Yeah,

Kimberly: 00:31:19

absolutely.

Kimberly: 00:31:19

I'm so excited and so happy that you had that opportunity to go there.

Kimberly: 00:31:24

And, before we head out, I, I did want to, talk to you just about some of those,

Kimberly: 00:31:27

what do they call it, post-production blues, post show blues, where it's

Kimberly: 00:31:32

like the endorphins have worn off.

Kimberly: 00:31:35

And, so

Tammy: 00:31:35

tell us about that.

Tammy: 00:31:36

That's really interesting point.

Tammy: 00:31:37

I wanted to pull up an article, we'll link it down below.

Tammy: 00:31:40

it's from a therapy site, but it's, called Post Concert

Tammy: 00:31:44

Depression, and it's very real.

Tammy: 00:31:47

And I'll just read, post concert depression is a type of depression that

Tammy: 00:31:50

occurs after one attends a concert.

Tammy: 00:31:52

Causing them to feel sad, particularly after a show that was much anticipated.

Tammy: 00:31:58

The excitement and energy a person feels when looking forward to a

Tammy: 00:32:02

concert can make them feel more motivated, hopeful, and happier.

Tammy: 00:32:06

Additional thrilling aspects include travel, hotel

Tammy: 00:32:10

accommodations, or a new outfit.

Tammy: 00:32:12

A person may also experience some nostalgia and surrealness when seeing

Tammy: 00:32:16

a band performing live for sure.

Tammy: 00:32:18

returning to the real world post concert can feel like a culture shock,

Tammy: 00:32:22

similar to returning from a vacation or a memorable, fun wedding reception

Tammy: 00:32:27

that goes on to, describe it more.

Tammy: 00:32:29

But that's, that's exactly it.

Tammy: 00:32:31

I didn't, I did have.

Tammy: 00:32:35

I never thought about it in that way, but I remember the first time I saw Depeche

Tammy: 00:32:41

Mode in, which was, I think in 2006, time, 2005, 2006, whenever that was.

Tammy: 00:32:48

And I remember, oh my God, did I go through, I had no idea it was

Tammy: 00:32:53

gonna be such a emotional experie.

Tammy: 00:32:57

Such a spiritual experience, such a outta my body experience show.

Tammy: 00:33:03

And I came back I can't adjust.

Tammy: 00:33:06

I don't wanna be back in the real world like this feels awful.

Tammy: 00:33:10

It felt better at the sh I wanna feel like that.

Tammy: 00:33:13

and so that's when I started becoming obsessed with them and seeing

Tammy: 00:33:16

them, you know, multiple times.

Tammy: 00:33:17

But, you know, fast forward to now, I didn't have that level of depress.

Tammy: 00:33:22

But it did hit me.

Tammy: 00:33:23

It hit me on Monday, like I was still on a high on Sunday, and then

Tammy: 00:33:28

Monday it, like, you know, going back to work and wrecked a real life.

Tammy: 00:33:32

That's when I really started to crash and feels like a withdrawal almost.

Tammy: 00:33:38

and then I couldn't like, and then I got sick On top of it

Tammy: 00:33:42

and I couldn't really look.

Tammy: 00:33:45

For a while, for that first week, I couldn't look online at people

Tammy: 00:33:50

going to shows because I was just so bummed that it was over.

Tammy: 00:33:55

I couldn't, I just couldn't look at it.

Tammy: 00:33:58

but I can now, but that first week I was just like, I can't

Tammy: 00:34:01

hear what's going on in la.

Tammy: 00:34:02

I can't, I can't, you know, like that anticipation of going to the show

Tammy: 00:34:06

and just, and how great it was and how connecting it was and then you

Tammy: 00:34:11

go back to, yeah, just normal life and, so it's a very real thing for.

Tammy: 00:34:16

Um, not every show, not every concert I go to, but those ones that you really look

Tammy: 00:34:20

forward to or you really love the band and it's just, I've talked on the show

Tammy: 00:34:25

about other concerts that I've been to.

Tammy: 00:34:27

I had that experience seeing the fix a few years in 2019.

Tammy: 00:34:33

I had just a deeply spiritual experience seeing them at the show.

Tammy: 00:34:37

And boy did that take a while to get over that.

Tammy: 00:34:41

So I wonder if anybody else experiences that or if anybody else can relate.

Tammy: 00:34:45

And if you can, please comment below.

Tammy: 00:34:48

So I know that I'm not alone.

Tammy: 00:34:50

I must not be alone cuz someone wrote an article about it so, well

Tammy: 00:34:54

there's more posted down below.

Kimberly: 00:34:55

So there's Tammy in that, that one jar list, right?

Kimberly: 00:34:58

Yes.

Kimberly: 00:34:59

No, but I think you're onto something.

Kimberly: 00:35:00

I mean it's, it's kind of similar cause I do, know, the.

Kimberly: 00:35:03

Theatrical type, productions as well.

Kimberly: 00:35:04

It's like there's so much energy goes into it and it's I'm looking forward to it.

Kimberly: 00:35:08

Looking forward to it.

Kimberly: 00:35:10

Little tension.

Kimberly: 00:35:11

Oh my god, it gonna work out, huh.

Kimberly: 00:35:12

You know, and it's, you know, the energy's running high

Tammy: 00:35:16

and

Kimberly: 00:35:16

then it's over, then it's over.

Kimberly: 00:35:18

And you can't go back.

Tammy: 00:35:19

And you don't know when it's gonna happen again.

Tammy: 00:35:21

Or it's at the end of it.

Tammy: 00:35:22

and then you were like, you have to kind of go through a bit of a grieving pro if.

Tammy: 00:35:27

You know, like they mentioned the, show or a wedding or an event.

Tammy: 00:35:31

same thing.

Tammy: 00:35:32

there's a loss that occurs after it.

Tammy: 00:35:34

Mm-hmm.

Kimberly: 00:35:34

Yeah.

Kimberly: 00:35:35

And

Tammy: 00:35:35

also, and I don't, I'm not looking forward to that anymore.

Tammy: 00:35:39

Like, yeah.

Kimberly: 00:35:41

And also the, you know, the coming together of the

Kimberly: 00:35:43

people and you have to disperse and there's a lot that goes on.

Kimberly: 00:35:47

Yeah.

Kimberly: 00:35:47

With that.

Kimberly: 00:35:47

And I think it's important to, to acknowledge, be so people don't

Kimberly: 00:35:50

feel like, oh, it's not just me.

Kimberly: 00:35:51

Oh, I'm crazy.

Kimberly: 00:35:52

It's no, you had this.

Kimberly: 00:35:53

First of all, this is the first, their first tour in, what, four

Kimberly: 00:35:56

years or something like that?

Kimberly: 00:35:57

Mm-hmm.

Kimberly: 00:35:58

Mm-hmm.

Kimberly: 00:35:58

Five years.

Kimberly: 00:35:59

So that, that element after the pandemic and then with Fletches.

Kimberly: 00:36:03

Yeah.

Kimberly: 00:36:03

passing also in the mix.

Kimberly: 00:36:04

So it's very emotional.

Kimberly: 00:36:06

It's like a recipe for a lot of emotions to be flying around.

Kimberly: 00:36:09

That's for sure.

Tammy: 00:36:11

And actually, their shows are emotional anyway.

Tammy: 00:36:14

Mm-hmm.

Tammy: 00:36:14

They're always very emotional, like very spiritual on some.

Tammy: 00:36:20

Cosmic level, at least in my experience, and I'm sure many others too.

Tammy: 00:36:24

But yeah, the depth of emotion that you feel at the show and then the.

Tammy: 00:36:29

Uplifting, happiness and joy and spirituality, you know,

Tammy: 00:36:34

just being transported somewhere during the whole thing.

Tammy: 00:36:37

And then you go back to the, your real life, like, wait.

Kimberly: 00:36:40

And then on top of that, you're sick too, right?

Tammy: 00:36:42

I mean, yeah.

Tammy: 00:36:43

You know, it's, it's no wonder you hear of bands that.

Tammy: 00:36:47

Have trouble coming off the road.

Tammy: 00:36:48

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:36:49

And it's probably similar to that.

Tammy: 00:36:51

You're on this high on stage and you're getting this energy, you're

Tammy: 00:36:56

exchange this exchange of energy with the crowd and you, and it's real.

Tammy: 00:37:01

And then they come off stage and then if they're touring, they go to another

Tammy: 00:37:05

city and they keep repeating and then, What do you do when you have to go home?

Tammy: 00:37:10

In fact, James Hetfield from Metallica talked about this and

Tammy: 00:37:14

said that some of his addiction that he was struggling with was that

Tammy: 00:37:19

transition to going home after tour.

Tammy: 00:37:21

That he just couldn't, he couldn't adjust.

Tammy: 00:37:24

What do you mean I have to take out the trash bin or what do I do now?

Tammy: 00:37:29

And.

Tammy: 00:37:30

I think that's true for a lot of our, that struggle is true for a lot of people.

Tammy: 00:37:34

Some people don't like to tour as much and wanna be home more, I

Tammy: 00:37:38

think, especially as they get older.

Tammy: 00:37:39

But, uh, I can imagine just as a fan, totally experiencing

Tammy: 00:37:43

that and having to go back.

Tammy: 00:37:44

What if it's every other night for a year and then it's over?

Tammy: 00:37:50

So I think they call that post tour depression.

Tammy: 00:37:53

I'm sure there's an article on that stuff, right?

Tammy: 00:37:55

I'm sure there's a couple articles.

Tammy: 00:37:56

Sure.

Tammy: 00:37:56

It's real.

Tammy: 00:37:56

I'm sure it's very.

Kimberly: 00:37:58

True.

Kimberly: 00:37:58

and for any, performers that wanna come on our show and talk about it, give us

Kimberly: 00:38:02

their firsthand experience with that.

Kimberly: 00:38:04

We welcome you, we, we would love to know more about it because, we as

Kimberly: 00:38:07

fans and as people that participate, we have our own range of feelings.

Kimberly: 00:38:11

But yeah, you, I can imagine what that would be like to, you know, you've been

Kimberly: 00:38:14

out on the road for a year and all of a sudden that it just stops and that whole.

Kimberly: 00:38:19

Community that you built is now dispersed.

Tammy: 00:38:22

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:38:22

That whole community and then returning to, yeah, normal life's boring.

Kimberly: 00:38:27

Where it's I gotta take out the garbage and cook tonight.

Kimberly: 00:38:30

Wait, what?

Kimberly: 00:38:30

where's my tour?

Kimberly: 00:38:31

Or where's my stage?

Kimberly: 00:38:32

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:38:33

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:38:33

Where's shouting my name and where what happened to that?

Kimberly: 00:38:38

It's like, sure, here's the garbage and you know where it goes, dear.

Tammy: 00:38:42

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:38:42

Right, right.

Kimberly: 00:38:43

I'm, and I'm your number one fan, so I'm saying that with love.

Kimberly: 00:38:46

Right,

Tammy: 00:38:47

right.

Tammy: 00:38:48

Get to work, get your kid together and pitch in around the house.

Tammy: 00:38:51

You've been gone for a year.

Kimberly: 00:38:52

Yeah.

Kimberly: 00:38:52

But that's, you know, not everyone can make those transitions.

Kimberly: 00:38:55

Some people love to be back at home and they love that.

Kimberly: 00:38:58

Yeah.

Kimberly: 00:38:58

Seems like, you know, some type of balance is probably a good idea.

Tammy: 00:39:02

Probably,

Kimberly: 00:39:02

probably.

Kimberly: 00:39:03

Awesome.

Kimberly: 00:39:03

Well, I'm so glad you had a chance to make it to that concert.

Kimberly: 00:39:06

I'm sorry you got sick, but I'm so glad you're back at it.

Kimberly: 00:39:10

I was like, where's my girl, Tammy?

Tammy: 00:39:12

I know this would've gotten sooner had I not, been down with the

Tammy: 00:39:17

plague or whatever I have, but, but we wanted to get this out and just really.

Tammy: 00:39:22

Give a shout out to Depeche Mode and all the Depeche Mode fans.

Tammy: 00:39:26

I see you,

Kimberly: 00:39:27

we, we see you and hear you

Tammy: 00:39:29

like, yes, uh, uh, we're here with you and, please, please comment and

Tammy: 00:39:35

share and for other Depeche Mode fans as well, and would love to hear from you.

Kimberly: 00:39:40

Absolutely.

Kimberly: 00:39:40

And we hope that we'll have, Tammy back on specifically talking.

Kimberly: 00:39:44

The second, at least the second, concert you get a chance to

Kimberly: 00:39:48

go to, if not more, right?

Tammy: 00:39:50

Yeah, I do.

Tammy: 00:39:51

I have some con some more concerts, coming up, so there'll be more reports.

Tammy: 00:39:55

It'll be a good concert year.

Tammy: 00:39:56

Hopefully I won't get sick at the others.

Tammy: 00:39:58

Hopefully this is just the, maybe, hopefully I'm getting

Tammy: 00:40:00

this outta my system now and I'll be, my immunity will be good to.

Tammy: 00:40:05

Absolutely awesome.

Tammy: 00:40:07

But you know, it's kind of a real issue now with, we're still facing covid and

Tammy: 00:40:10

that kind of thing and it is a risk.

Tammy: 00:40:13

It's still a risk to go to these shows.

Tammy: 00:40:15

And this one was indoors and I knew it was a risk, it was just a

Tammy: 00:40:21

risk I was willing to take because I just had to see Depeche mode.

Kimberly: 00:40:25

and that's, that's completely understand.

Kimberly: 00:40:27

Yeah.

Kimberly: 00:40:27

Got it.

Tammy: 00:40:28

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:40:28

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:40:29

I would rethink other indoor shows.

Tammy: 00:40:31

me personally, now I'm like, And the next shows I have coming up are all outdoors.

Tammy: 00:40:35

Cool.

Kimberly: 00:40:37

Great.

Kimberly: 00:40:38

I'll be in the breeze with everybody else.

Kimberly: 00:40:40

Yeah, right.

Kimberly: 00:40:41

But it's, it's something to think about.

Kimberly: 00:40:42

It's like, and we've talked about this, before it's real, you know,

Kimberly: 00:40:45

these, our favorite groups that we came up with are getting older.

Kimberly: 00:40:48

They're not gonna be on tour forever.

Kimberly: 00:40:50

we hope they go on as long as they can, but that's reality.

Kimberly: 00:40:54

So it's like if you're a super fan, you wanna catch 'em when you can.

Kimberly: 00:40:56

That makes total sense, right?

Tammy: 00:40:58

Yeah.

Tammy: 00:40:59

Yep.

Tammy: 00:41:00

Had to do it.

Kimberly: 00:41:02

Awesome.

Kimberly: 00:41:02

Well, that is our, uh, on the ground reporting of that, concert coverage.

Kimberly: 00:41:07

And we'll have some special footage also related to that concert.

Kimberly: 00:41:10

And, like we said, let us know how you're handling all this, business with touring.

Kimberly: 00:41:16

Have you been out there?

Kimberly: 00:41:17

What shows have you seen?

Kimberly: 00:41:18

Did you get sick too?

Kimberly: 00:41:19

we able to and what worked for you as far as your recovery,

Kimberly: 00:41:25

ginger tea, and chicken soup.

Kimberly: 00:41:26

Now we'd love to, hear, what other people's experiences are and we'll

Kimberly: 00:41:30

be back for a full episode of all the goings on, cause there's

Kimberly: 00:41:33

plenty happening right now, too.

Tammy: 00:41:36

Awesome.

Tammy: 00:41:37

Thanks everyone.

Tammy: 00:41:38

Thanks for

Kimberly: 00:41:38

watching.

Kimberly: 00:41:39

Thanks.

Kimberly: 00:41:39

Thanks for watching.