Depeche Mode has a new song out - but no new record.
They contributed a song to Help(2), a record where proceeds are slated for relief for the children across the Middle East due to the growing impact of war.
Apparently there was a first disk back in 1995. It seems unlikely this region hasn't been affected over the last 31 years, but yay for someone taking up the cause again.
As I am old as fuck, I have heard of a little less than half the artists who participated on this disk. Some are new songs, some are covers. Fontaines DC do an underwhelming cover of Sinéad O'Connor's "Black Boys on Mopeds". To be fair to the band, no one is going to record that song better than O'Connor.
"Universal Soldier" is Depeche Mode's contribution to the cause. This is also a cover of a song written and performed by Buffy Sainte-Marie some 62-63 years ago. Donovan and Glenn Campbell also recorded the song (both in 1965).
It was an anti-war song back in 1963, and remains so n 2026.
I have never heard any version of this song before a few weeks ago. Obvi, Depeche Mode isn't as folksy about their arrangement as Sainte-Marie, Donovan or Campbell. It's a bit more electronic, as you'd expect.
The message is timeless though.
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