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Depeche Mode — Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)
Album: Behind The Wheel
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Released: 1988
Length: 6:14
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 treatment_bound wrote:


Nope-Just creepy.
 

or perhaps pathetic
Posted 13 years ago by DoofusGeezer    [ Reply ]
 Aud wrote:
But this version of Route 66 is sooo lame! Naptime!
 
Ho hum (and I'm being generous) version of a great song

Posted 13 years ago by DoofusGeezer    [ Reply ]
Wow. A Depeche Mode song I can actually listen to from beginning to end. Not great, but better than much of their other music, IMHO.
Posted 13 years ago by tg3k    [ Reply ]
pretty fruity version. I would imagine the kicks referred to here involve toe tappin in the mens room
Posted 13 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Route 66 from space.
Posted 13 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]

And the producer of Emergency! was Jack Webb, the former husband of Julie London circa the time of the album cover picture.

.ps...a nurse wearing lalse eye lashes to work -that always was good for a laugh

 treatment_bound wrote:




Bobby Troup as Dr. Joe Early on 1970s television show, Emergency! (with wife Julie London, in the role of nurse Dixie McCall).

 


Posted 13 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
But this version of Route 66 is sooo lame! Naptime!
Posted 13 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
I like all the Depeche Mode that's been playing on RP recently
Posted 13 years ago by rpfan101    [ Reply ]
Oklahoma City looks oh-so-pretty?    I must never have been to the right part!
Posted 13 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

...and former husband of Julie London.
Julie London


Julie rocked in 70's "health care garb" as well!
 


Bobby Troup as Dr. Joe Early on 1970s television show, Emergency! (with wife Julie London, in the role of nurse Dixie McCall).

Posted 13 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
rtrudeau wrote:
This does it. I am destined for music-lover's hell. I actually like this.
 fredriley wrote:

See you down there - let's meet at the demon hop ;)

 
Ooo - me too, me too!  (Can I wear my glow-in-the-dark earrings and my five-inch CFMP's?  'Course I won't be able to dance, but I'll look frellin' HOT.)

Sorry.  Caved in to the moment there.  I do like this song, however - a surprisingly good combination of elements, pulled together and seasoned with techno and hints of Jack Kerouac. Makes me wish I had an old four-door convertible land-yacht filled with five good friends, some music on the radio, and a loooong stretch of straight, two-lane highway in the middle of the desert, with no traffic and lots of junk-food.

Oh, geez - I think I just wrote the plot for "Fandango."

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 triviagal wrote:
Well, it's not exactly Nat King Cole, but not bad.  They're keeping the song out there.  Written by Bobby Troup.  Yes, the one that played Dr. Early on "Emergency!" back in the 70's.

 
...and former husband of Julie London.
Julie London

Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]

NEVER EVER THOUGHT THIS COULD BE "DM"

lovely interpretation!

love it!!!

"9"


Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
interesting selection...you may not know it, but an NROL satellite launch happened this morning out of Lompoc, CA and the NROL number was 66! 
Posted 13 years ago by dauerweck    [ Reply ]
Well, it's not exactly Nat King Cole, but not bad.  They're keeping the song out there.  Written by Bobby Troup.  Yes, the one that played Dr. Early on "Emergency!" back in the 70's.

Posted 13 years ago by triviagal    [ Reply ]
 Rafter101 wrote:
Can a song be both creepy and catchy at the same time?
 

Nope-Just creepy.
Posted 13 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
This does it. I am destined for music-lover's hell. I actually like this.
 
See you down there - let's meet at the demon hop ;)

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
What a groove!
Posted 14 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
This does it. I am destined for music-lover's hell. I actually like this.

I am truly sorry.
 
Don't apologize.  Like the man said - There's no accounting for taste. (I think that applies here)


Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
I'd never have guessed this for DM - sounds like Alien Sex Fiend. It's fun, though :o). 7 from the tickled Nottingham jury.
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite remixes of all time.  In retrospect, might this be considered one of the first mash-ups ever?
Posted 14 years ago by Synth80s    [ Reply ]
Probably! We are talking 20+yrs ago now

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

 
 Are you sure you're not thinking of Who Do You Love?

 


Posted 14 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
 drews wrote:

As a DM fan, this version does not work; give me the Jesus and Mary Chain version any day for sheer grunge

 
 
 Are you sure you're not thinking of Who Do You Love?

Posted 14 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]

As a DM fan, this version does not work; give me the Jesus and Mary Chain version any day for sheer grunge

Proclivities wrote:


Certainly - there are lots of tunes that fit into both of those categories.

 


Posted 14 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
"Flag-stahf, Arizona...don't forget Wynona" I love it when the Brits unselfconsciously do American classics. Great song done by a great band.
Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 Rafter101 wrote:
Can a song be both creepy and catchy at the same time?
 
Certainly - there are lots of tunes that fit into both of those categories.

Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
I don't usually like Depressed Modes other stuff but this is good...

 

{#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I vote yes.

 Rafter101 wrote:
Can a song be both creepy and catchy at the same time?
 


Posted 14 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
hmmm ... I usually champion cover versions that are done with a different twist on the originals ... but for some reason I am having trouble liking this one ... don't know why ... it just doesn't do it for me ...
Posted 14 years ago by PopKombo    [ Reply ]
Can a song be both creepy and catchy at the same time?
Posted 14 years ago by Rafter101    [ Reply ]
Wow! ... different and great! Cheahs! {#Cheers}
Posted 14 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
This does it. I am destined for music-lover's hell. I actually like this.

I am truly sorry.
 
NEVER apologize for your musical likes and dislikes (I'm learning the hard way.) I like it, too - it's fun, and 180 degrees away from the original, which makes me like it for no other reason. Depeche Mode doesn't go under or over the bar - they just bend it a bit.

Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
I don't usually like Depressed Modes other stuff but this is good...

Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Pah!
To the negativity!
Superb....then again as an 80's child headonist
am allowed to think so, no?
{#Ass}
Posted 14 years ago by Glencoe_JC    [ Reply ]
I don't care what anyone says.  These guys have hung in there and keep pumping out great music since I was an insecure teenager (well over twenty years ago).
Posted 14 years ago by Lumpy13    [ Reply ]
groovy
Posted 14 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
Well, that's different!
Posted 14 years ago by Dgradeworkunit    [ Reply ]
This does it. I am destined for music-lover's hell. I actually like this.

I am truly sorry.
Posted 14 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]

First time I ever heard both Bill & Rebecca on the air at the same time.
Happy Annivesary


Posted 14 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
DP,,not my kind of music,,but once in a while I can listen to this one,so next year again !?
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
{#Shifty}
Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

Thought this was the B52s for a moment.


 
Ditto...

Posted 14 years ago by Neil66    [ Reply ]
Not so good for the ears this one, eh Romeo?
Posted 14 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
 RadioDoc wrote:

I was thinking more like leveling one of the legs of the cut-out bin.  Blecch.
 
I enjoy this comment. On par with Col. Sherman Potter's "Lower that a gopher's basement" hyperbole.

Posted 15 years ago by Jared    [ Reply ]

This is the part where everyone looks at me and suggests changing the channel to some crappy station... Please Bill... Pull Up! Pull Up!!!


Posted 15 years ago by bkrontz    [ Reply ]

Thought this was the B52s for a moment.  Route 66 a la New Wave?

Interesting but not sure that I really like it.


Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I almost hate to admit it, but,....It's ahead of its time. Is that Wolfman Jack shilling for the Selective Service?

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
This blows.  Truly.
And not often I say that about music.

Posted 15 years ago by ThirdRail_33    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
rubbish which belongs in a cut out bin.
 
I was thinking more like leveling one of the legs of the cut-out bin.  Blecch.


Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
This is a really awful, fey, spastic version of this great song. Pure 80s rubbish which belongs in a cut out bin.
Posted 15 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
I'm sure this will enrage my hippy friends (my apologies in advance - and, please, skip the link), but this song always reminds me of that awesome PS2 ad from a couple years ago.  My fellow video gamers will appreciate it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDHN-S98N7U

Posted 15 years ago by zogma    [ Reply ]
I always thought this one was kinda dumb. Especially with little 'selective services' snippet in there. Was that supposed to make it edgy for the times or something?
Posted 15 years ago by kulbreez    [ Reply ]
Cover songs: the last bastion of artists who are out of new /creative ideas.  Why bother (1) covering this song, OR (2) recording it, OR (3) actually re-broadcasting it!?!?!  LAME


Posted 15 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
not a big depeche mode fan, but i always kinds liked this. maybe because, unlike most of their tunes, this one's a little fun. especially the snippets from "name that tune"  my eyes adored you! do that to me one more time!

Posted 15 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
what a bizarre cover! I can't imagine DM ever having made the trip to Kingman, AZ, personally
Posted 15 years ago by manzanitafire    [ Reply ]
OOOooh nice {#Dancingbanana} The megamix of Behind the Wheel and Route 66 also rocks very hard... The limited 12" of which the Beatmasters remix of Route 66 is taken from has a rather "heavy" (not in metal sense) remix of Behind The Wheel remixed by Shep Pettibone on the A side. Highly recommended!
Posted 15 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
 horstman wrote:

The first 3 digits of my NY license is 666.

I kid you not.
 
I bough a book recently that had over 800 pages. While reading it, I noticed that one of them was page 666. Obviously the book was possessed by Satan, so I immediately threw it into the incinerator. Please pray for me.
Posted 15 years ago by startatZ    [ Reply ]
actually, one of the better / more unique versions of this song!
-which has been re-made by "thousands" since Nat King Cole original....
Posted 15 years ago by VicEdee    [ Reply ]
 jksteacher wrote:
In Gallup, NM, there is a highway that intersects with Route 66. It is Highway 666.  Truly. 
 
The first 3 digits of my NY license is 666.

I kid you not.

Posted 15 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Love this, Essex synth boys go to the US,,,,, ;) Cool version{#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by naviganter    [ Reply ]
 jksteacher wrote:
In Gallup, NM, there is a highway that intersects with Route 66. It is Highway 666.  Truly. 
  Saw a thing on cable about that.  Apparently, many accidents have happened on that stretch of highway, which I think is called "the devil's highway" or something in Spanish.


Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
LOVE IT!!!!

Thanks BillG!
Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
I like DM, but have never heard this version. I like this much, much better!! {#Motor}
Posted 15 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
to my surprise, I like this version a lot.  Although, I can see where if I heard it too much, I might get tired of it.
Posted 16 years ago by paraclete    [ Reply ]
well f*** me is right! flashback... a good one
Posted 16 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
Well, f*** me! I'd never have twigged this as Depeche Mode, and I'm a big DM fan. I've never heard this before, and it reminded me of Colour Box with all the sampling. Very likeable, though, and an interesting departure from DM's usual electro-pop-goth output. 7 from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 16 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 jksteacher wrote:
In Gallup, NM, there is a highway that intersects with Route 66. It is Highway 666.  Truly. 
 

DIGGIN' that...and this...
Posted 16 years ago by denmom    [ Reply ]
Aak! It got my attention...but not in a good way.
Posted 16 years ago by wmstadler    [ Reply ]
Love me a crazy cross-genre cover!
Posted 16 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
Pretty cool....
Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Outstanding!
Posted 16 years ago by stevematic    [ Reply ]
 mongoose01ca wrote:
Hey, who knew DM could sound happy?  A welcome change!
 
Exactly! This is fantastic!


Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Hey, who knew DM could sound happy?  A welcome change!
Posted 16 years ago by mongoose01ca    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajumprope}{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}{#Bananajumprope}{#Dancingbanana}
{#Motor}
Posted 16 years ago by aquadonia    [ Reply ]
This is a fun version, I like!
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
In Gallup, NM, there is a highway that intersects with Route 66. It is Highway 666.  Truly. 
Posted 16 years ago by jksteacher    [ Reply ]
Very original arrangement - absolutely love it far more than the original
Posted 16 years ago by top20    [ Reply ]
I think I actually like this better then the original, very nice work.
Posted 16 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
This is a very groovy version of a classic. Dig.
Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Rather un-Depeche Modeish, yet good all the same. Pleasantly unexpected surprise. {#Mrgreen}
Posted 16 years ago by gekkosan    [ Reply ]
sah-weet!
Posted 16 years ago by stevematic    [ Reply ]
Yeah!  Love this one!
Posted 16 years ago by skdenfeld    [ Reply ]