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Martin Lee Gore (born 23 July 1961) [1] is an English musician and songwriter. He is one of the founding members of the electronic music band Depeche Mode and is the band's main songwriter. [ 2 ] He is the band's guitarist and keyboardist, and occasionally provides lead vocals. [ 3 ]
Gore's lyrics include themes such as sex, religion, and politics. [156] Gore has stated he feels lyrical themes which tackle issues related to solitude and loneliness are a better representation of reality, whereas he finds "happy songs" fake and unrealistic. [157] At the same time, he asserts that the group's music contains "an element of hope ...
[3] Gore also stated that the song is a very positive song. "It's saying that love and sex and pleasure are positive things." [4] Additionally, Gore explained the stages it went through in terms of the original demo version. "I remember the original demo of "World in My Eyes" being slightly faster and maybe slightly more obvious.
It is the second Depeche Mode single to feature Martin Gore on lead vocals, following "Somebody", and the first to be released in its own right. However, the 12-inch single was, like "Somebody", released as a double A-side with " A Question of Time " in the United States.
As with many Depeche Mode songs, the band members see different meanings in "People Are People". According to Martin Gore, the song is about racism. Alan Wilder adds that it could also be about war. [6] In 1990, Dave Gahan listed the song among some of the music he "regrets", calling "People Are People" "too nice, too commercial". [7]
Sex, gore and double roles: How A24 slasher 'X' mines the horrors of growing old. ... "X" follows the ragtag crew of "The Farmer's Daughters," led by executive producer Wayne (Martin Henderson), a ...
"Love, in Itself" and "A Photograph of You" were written by Martin Gore. "Fools" was written by Alan Wilder. "Just Can't Get Enough", "Photographic", and "Shout!" were written by Vince Clarke. "Just Can't Get Enough" became a hit of its own in the Netherlands and Belgium in early 1985.
"Queer" was the first Garbage single to include remixes as a commercial B-side; Mushroom spread four across the UK formats. These were completed by producers Adrian Sherwood, Danny Saber, Depeche Mode's Martin Gore, and Florida-based group Rabbit in the Moon. [38]