Depeche Mode live in Liverpool University 06.11.1981

[@jeshkam]

Dave's vocal is still to this day so criminally underappreciated in my opinion. Everyone praises Clarke's or Gore's songwriting, Wilder's technnical skills, Fletch's dancing 😁, but so rarely people mention David's otherworldly singing skills, let alone him being one of the greatest entertainers in music's history along with Mick, Freddie and Elvis.

[@privatevasquez731]

He is the one, who is named "Dancing with the microphone" -

[@MFiles-ze5lb]

Underappreciated? Are you kidding? His voice and singing are COPIED by dozens and dozens of wanna-be Dave since mid 80s till now!

[@jeshkam]

@@MFiles-ze5lb Underappreciated by the general public.

[@ATXviIIIe]

Dave is King Martin is God Alan is a Wizard Andy is a Prince Vince is a Founding Genius?

[@Lofote]

@@jeshkam Especially the general public doesn't know any detail about the detail (especially about Wilder or Clarke) and always only sees the singer ;)

[@jonusiak5123]

I've been a fan of DM for 40 years and never heard television set before! Omg how did I miss this song!

[@steveninverse9579]

That's funny man, I've done that with a few groups I like before. Most recently ACDC, been into them for damn near 20 years and completely skipped over the whole Powerage album. Was fun to find it finally.

[@jonusiak5123]

@@steveninverse9579 I hear ya. I actually do like when I find songs like this that I never heard. Brings me back to my youth! I looked this song up and one of the reason's I haven't heard it was because it never went to a recorded studio, (at least that is what I think I read).

[@beitos44]

I think Vince was fantastic. He wrote great and extremely catchy songs, he played the keyboard superbly, and he even sang backing vocals on several tracks here.

[@rbrtck]

Well, Vince did start Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure, so undoubtedly there is something to this guy and his music.

[@Lofote]

Actually I never liked his tracks for Depeche except maybe Photographic and Ice Machine. His songs dont work well with Dave, they however then did with Alison and Andy Bell. His keyboard play is good, but not outstanding compared to many others.

[@kippiten6949]

I love Speak And Spell. What a music. Puppets and Photographic are the masterpieces.

[@marilynhughes-bs1hh]

Absolutely love this ...early depeche mode at their very best...I'd love to have been there ..I have seen them 25 times but this ! Wished they played all these old songs again ❤

[@rmgwheelsspokeslab.7767]

WOW. What a real LIVE performance. Not only because it seems to be all played live but because songs are played different from the album, giving some room to a little "improvisation"?. It´s a gem of video.

[@MrAlexhollins]

I was there!

[@Streamer20four7]

Alex Hollins Do you r ember who the support act was?

[@MrAlexhollins]

Blancmange.

[@Streamer20four7]

Cheers Alex, so I was there almost thirty four years ago with my two sisters, we even got back stage got some autograph's! Oh I feel old now. Wow!

[@andymcminn942]

This is from October 23rd 1981 at BBC Studios in London , this TV show was Broadcast November 6th 1981 the same night DM played in Liverpool , the TV show was called "Something Else" .

[@benjaminschmidt6363]

So cool, awesome, i need a time machine

[@chrisharden2035]

Tora! Tora! Tora! is brilliant at 20 minutes!

[@psiconauta21]

This was another way to live your life with distinction and pride. Individuality and passion were trademark of this era

[@DepecheGamer]

Wonderful rare recording! Thank you for uploading! Depeche Mode FOREVER!

[@gregmartinez6387]

Tora Tora Tora they need that track back on this new tour!

[@Red_Ford]

Yeap. This perfromance was brilliant. But right now they can kill this song with their massive rock sound...

[@gabrieledersch6003]

Perfect. Great. Fantastic. Thank you DM. Bless you. 💗➕💗😇

[@markg3293]

I like the DM 80's sound, just give us a world tour with 80's songs

[@marilynhughes-bs1hh]

I too would love DM to play all their old songs it's what made me a huge fan in the first place ...but they seem to play the same songs on their tours ...give us ..leave in silence ..puppetts..tora and more early 80s stuff pls ! Devoted forever❤

[@johnladoe6860]

What an awesome live version of No Disco. That synthesizer. Day dreaming of the 80's.

[@Universe021]

No Disco the best dm song's at the time

[@andymcminn942]

This is a TV show called "Something Else" filmed on October 23rd 1981 , Broadcast on November 6th 1981 the same night Depeche played in LIverpool , this is where the confusion comes in about this footage , there are people i know in the audience .

[@bucksatanII]

Wow. I was a day old when they shot this

[@nelsonmoura5662]

Nossa isso é uma raridade, Depeche Mode

[@bklyn40]

best version of tora tora tora Ive heard so far. Watching Martin and Vince jam side by side is the best in these old concerts.

[@Universe021]

Yeah

[@yamilkaaraya9823]

Es un encanto escucharlos y verlos tan jóvenes ..GRACIAS ..

[@Universe021]

Si amor 😻

[@simonespanu7768]

October 05, 1981: 40 years of Speak & Spell. I still can't get enough.

[@Dylan_Collie]

Setlist! 0:00 Television Set 3:11 Photographic 6:40 New Life 10:44 Puppets 14:15 Just Can't Get Enough 18:17 Tora! Tora! Tora! 21:23 No Disco

[@madelcarmenloera5230]

Thanks!!

[@marilynhughes-bs1hh]

Omg ..I absolutely lovvvvve all these old depeche mode songs ..80s my favourite DM era ..however il be a devotee for life ❤

[@Smith19722011]

Вот это крутой концерт!!! Совсем дети еще :!!! КЛАСС!!!!!!

[@spliffyfishy9541]

What a brilliant version of Tora Tora Tora 👍

[@frantomo]

Very funny to watch after all those years... They were so new and fresh and I still love this Vince's era of their career.. Hilarious that the crowd is so still and quiet like they didn't new how to react :))

[@elintrepidomoncho2779]

Primera vez que veo a vince Clark cantando 😳. Que joya de registro!!!! Saludos desde Chile.

[@pouchklepper]

great! vince on synth and singing!! what a cool document!

[@AtollK1950]

Oh yes and it has the best version of Tora Tora Tora. Epic.

[@jannethtalamantes6408]

This is amazing!! And Gahan adorable as always!! 😍💝

[@frantomo]

You lucky Man :) I wish I was too... but I was 14. back then and lived behind the Iron Courtain.. but I managed to see them in 1985 in Warsaw during their tour for Some Great Reward - the best show ever... Today I'm almost fifty and still think so :)

[@hubert12125]

Its amazing how modern it sounds in 2024

[@trancer4e4life]

This is precious. This is treasure. THANK YOU!

[@sanalvaro68]

Guauuuuu. Historia Viva, los mejores antes y ahora. Vaya material. Gracias por compartir!!!!

[@dpiedra1520]

It's too bad DM have given up on most of the songs from their first few albums in their current shows. Speak and Spell was magic!! Vince was still with them on this tour.

[@stockholm7130]

Agree

[@afflicta]

Sadly now they seem more like a rock band than an electro synth band.

[@NOWtheband]

While looking through setlist.com I was really surprised to see that they played "Photographic" as recently as 2010! Yes, they definitely should be playing stuff from 1981 & 1982. Some tracks from A Broken Frame would sound sooooo good live now.

[@NOWtheband]

​@@afflicta - I totally agree! It's also GREAT to hear them without David shouting "Come on!" or "Yeah" during every song! It was kind-of ok when there was a little bit of guitar or when Alan played live-drums on a song or two but now they have guitar & live-drums on almost every track throughout their concerts. Guitars & live-drums have "normalised" them. The same happened when Cocteau Twins replaced their drum machine with a live drummer.

[@danpiedra3910]

Great comments - for whatever reason they have spotted a rock band look and feel now which to me detracts from who they were from 1981-2000. The reality is rust most of their audience at their shoes wants to hear music from that period. Today's sites for DM should be 80% content from 1981-90's and 20% for their newer stuff which to be honest is filler.

[@tyreemixer]

For this timeframe the band were in , their live shows were about as tight as could be in that they had just finished recording Speak & Spell around Oct. of '81 so the studio time they had shows in this recording . At the end of this " tour " sometime in Dec. of '81 Vince Clark would be gone and shows in jan. of '82 and onwards started to include tracks from A Broken Frame & their synths were sounding like something you'd hear at a carnival . Still an awesome set . Great wardrobe . My 2 cents

[@ElenGlare]

Gosh, such a gem! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing!!!

[@MrHotrod75]

Wow! Thats nice! Well done!

[@NYyazoofan]

Digging deep into the archives...fantastic! Thanks!

[@1BSDjunkie]

This is my favorite video/recording Tora, Tora, Tora! Love the slightly quicker tempo and Dave really inflects his voice while singing. I can imagine the bombs going down and falling from the sky as the Japanese bomb Perl Harbor. Blown AWAY!!! 🤯

[@NumanFanlfc]

Was there with my bird at the time , god i feel old lol great gig , brings back memories :-) thanx for putting up .

[@47thdarkdimension]

They were all so young!

[@jacquelineiona1996]

Wow, this is a nice share so thank you for sharing this. I’m amazed Depeche Mode only formed their band the year before this performance. I love the early stuff but really I just like them a lot I always have for years I was young when this came out! I don’t think I first heard them until around 1983. I was 19 then ❤ Great band ✨ RIP Andy

[@franker69]

GREAT!!! Thanks for upload, that is so epic :')

[@jestx101]

Start: Television Set 3:11 Photographic 6:40 New Life 10:44 Puppets 14:15 Just Can't Get Enough 18:17 Tora! Tora! Tora! 21:23 No Disco

[@Universe021]

"No Disco" the best song

[@achilleasza]

@@Universe021 i prefer photographic

[@1BSDjunkie]

Tora, Tora, Tora 25:13 repeats at the end

[@shelleypulcini3689]

This is AMAZING!! ❤ 😍

[@ionia23]

They were NEVER this young :) I love it.

[@jeanmarcruchat9117]

Le talent déjà présent, la voix de David déjà posée.

[@Jauly]

WOW dave's voice sounded fantastic to the instable analog synths, and that without any classical training

[@jeshkam]

Indeed.

[@olgafrau238]

Большое спасибо за ролик

[@Elena-gd5qu]

Thank you so much for the rare video!

[@Funckle73]

Amazing!!

[@barbarasarkozi3025]

Love Depeche mode

[@NumanFanlfc]

Me too i was there too ;-) Thanks for posting .

[@SteveRes]

Mind blowing, thanks :)

[@RicardoDiLago]

Wauw! thanks for another nice video.

[@JaffaGaffa]

I was gonna send this link to a friend that never herd of DM. Keep this one for my self. Love it

[@Mortizul]

Love the dissonant thing they did on Photographic.

[@Алексей-ш4в8л]

Редчайшая запись. Телевизор - слышу первый раз в жизни 😯😲

[@evgeny0503]

Такая же ерунда, первый раз в жизни. Прифигел помелочи...

[@mikewhite9296]

Thank god for you tube

[@davemagro5804]

speak and spell live!!! Great

[@Spendarellaa]

Went to the gig at Hammersmith Odeon around this time with Vince still present. Remember the tape player and the playlist. The sound track of my teens. It was a brilliant gig and we danced, oh we danced.

[@jeffwilson2982]

I was there. Oh the great memories.

[@nicprice6271]

Loving this

[@mrsxierox9]

Baby Dave....so cute

[@luiscarvajal5982]

Yan ang paborito ko TORA,TORA MY SECRET GARDE, sobrang dami pa grabe ang DEPECHE MODE

[@neilgregory1157]

Fantastic

[@MrTinadm]

Thank You!!!

[@tonimarti5103]

Ma quanto erano bravi! Ragazzi di 19 anni

[@stormygrayblue]

Martin looks so sweet, even with this look covering up his blond curls. Reminds me of young Jared Leto here. Idk, but he looks adorable.

[@PacoCCepas]

¡Excitante arqueología!

[@peppone68]

Vaya joya👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@АлександрНагайцев-т1я]

Депеши -это эпоха 👍👍👍

[@BaronBorisovich]

Wow First time isaw this concert full time

[@SRDhain]

Great quality on this. The timecode on the bottom margin suggests this is from the actual VT in the vaults or a copy of it which is transcribed up to mpeg

[@rovostror1]

maybe poor quality but true pearl amongst first recorded appearances! ;)

[@haager7113]

Absolut Klasse !!!

[@АлександрНагайцев-т1я]

Светлая память Флетчеру.

[@Krzysior101]

Tora Tora Tora!

[@ФотоРедактор-у6и]

Нормально так в Ливерпульсоком университете, Две профессиональные камеры для съёмок проходных групп на дискотеке. И главное архив сохранился

[@V3CZ]

I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead & Puppets are my favorite tracks on S&S and at least they presented the second one.

[@diggledoggle4192]

V3CZ They do play ISWIWD on occasion.

[@dietermanusteinmann8988]

great old stuff...

[@baschel9818]

Good old Time...

[@vilhjalmrwt]

Holy shit...I haven't heard the first song!!! Oh my

[@strychnyne3530]

Gr8 video!! Thanx for sharing it!!

[@chaidirbasman5562]

pure & simple

[@AnalogueAndy]

Thhanks for sharing :-)

[@benjaminschmidt3519]

Super Video. DM noch mit Vince, cool

[@Ikasaswarrior]

Photographic super 😎

[@Tommi6810]

They were years ahead of their time, at a time when you still needed instruments to make music.

[@pcpanikMusik]

Thank you for sharing. I think No Disco sounds like a precursor to Don't go.

[@davidpeters1543]

Genial

[@defelix7]

soooo fun to watch!

[@jeydmode]

Many thanks !! ;-)

[@elenastef]

i sometimes feel like i'm the only one who got into Depeche Mode because of Dave's voice. I don't even remember what was the first DM song i heard but i was 'his voice!!! his accent!!!. ' I couldn't care less who wrote what or who played the keyboards. DM is a band, not an individual but Dave always was the human part of DM and the reason their live performances became legendary.

[@philphilly4777]

Reminds me of a DM concert.I went to in the early 80's.There was only like 30 people at the concert.

[@urbanshaman9569]

Wow!

[@DANTESUKER10]

Tsss... No disco ❤️❤️❤️❤️♥️♥️♥️

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

just a blurry old video yet so perfect perfect perfect

[@darrecotta]

T O R A ! 😗✊

[@blizanka]

amazinG

[@iliapopovich]

from boy i always liked more their first 3-4 albums,actually it's valid for most of my favourite groups.

[@gahan727]

Excelente!