This was the band's first appearance in three years and the first single since the triplet from Violator ("World in My Eyes," "Policy of Truth," and of course "Enjoy the Silence"). I feel like I remember there being a story about Gahan's relapses explaining the absence, but coming in rapid succession with the awaited returns of both Duran Duran and New Order, it seemed like a clarion for a return of 80s British New Wave.
And for children of the suburbs with no drivers' license, bored after dark with nothing but Alternative Nation to look forward to after their homework was done, the videos from these albums... well, this might have been the first moment you got the notion there was something cooler out there beyond high school and the Grateful Dead album covers reproduced on your pretend-stoners' tie-dye tees and the Paul Simon lyrics the nerdy kids pored over. You didn't quite understand that what was cool for a lithe, addicted Brit wouldn't have the same effect coming out of someone still working on the same teenage mustache for six months now, but the walk back from the lockers is where you learn that sort of thing.
If you really got the wrong idea, maybe this was the moment you decided to grow your hair out and wearing British-style jackets to high school.
... and happy Valentine's Day, you sickening, saccharine, lovesick loons.
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