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Depeche Mode — I Feel Loved
Album: Exciter
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Total ratings: 2689









Released: 2001
Length: 4:06
Plays (last 30 days): 2
It's the dark night of my soul
And temptation's taking hold
But through the pain and the suffering
Through the heartache and trembling

I feel loved
I feel loved

As the darkness closes in
In my head I hear whispering
Questioning and beckoning
But I'm not taken in

I feel loved
I feel loved

From the depths of my emptiness
Comes a feeling of inner bliss
I feel wanted, I feel desired
I can feel my soul on fire

I feel loved
I feel loved

I feel loved
I feel loved
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Dave Gahn is one of the coolest.
I did not think DM's music would stand the test of time but it does. One band I never had the chance to see regretfully
 tinypriest wrote:

So does everything.

(Sound better with FLAC 2/great phones, amp, and DAC)

Not necessarily, Good equipment will bring out the best and worst of a recording. For example, for a while recording engineers compressed  the daylights out of recordings because we naturally think louder sounds better. But it just muddied and distorted the music. Sounds ok to the casual listener on casual equipment , but is really sad on good equipment under critical listening. It's interesting that some of the most critically acclaimed recordings are from the late 50's and early 60's when the recording equipment had reached a good level of fidelity but the limited number of effects and tracks kept production minimal

Depeche Mode usually has superb production, so here good playback equipment is a wonderful thing.. 
 nutrod42 wrote:

Not such a good sound for them. Too much goofy synth crap.



Given that they are one of the godfathers of synth pop this is right in their wheelhouse.
 Cara_Allosaurus wrote:

Muse exists because of this.

I've always made more of an inspiration connection of Muse with Queen, but I see your point and agree with it - thanks for expanding my musical connections!
 nicknt wrote:

One of the most overrated bands of all time.


This started out back in the 1980s and still goes on! Crazy shit. 
 tinypriest wrote:

So does everything.



You bet!!  
 vatt wrote:

The weirdest thing just happened: I was unconsciously playing I Feel Loved in my head and thought, "let's listen to RP", and turned out this exact song is on!



we've always said Bill (William) has a psychic playlist, and it's true!
 joejennings wrote:

SURPRISE!!  ...They used to play them on the Rock  FM stations near me.  They sound much better in FLAC w/ great phones, amp & DAC! 

So does everything.
Proper rock stars.
No yoga hiatus for these lads. oh no.
They meet the 'rock band' brief, for sure.
 R_P wrote:

8) but this seems a remixed version...Danny Tenaglia?



Danny's version is longer, faster and has more tribal drums  
The weirdest thing just happened: I was unconsciously playing I Feel Loved in my head and thought, "let's listen to RP", and turned out this exact song is on!
 Dalsir wrote:

Surprized to hear this on rock mix. Never did I consider them 'rock' 




SURPRISE!!  ...They used to play them on the Rock  FM stations near me.  They sound much better in FLAC w/ great phones, amp & DAC!  Thanx RP!   
Surprized to hear this on rock mix. Never did I consider them 'rock' 
Thank you Bill for playing this today. RIP, "Fletch".
 doktorkev wrote:


Who would thumbs down a comment like that? JFC

There's always someone.  Same person every time, probably...
These guys brought down the wall, the other guys sang about it. But that doesn't matter, they're my favorite bands.
Days go By being sampled to lesser effect? Depeche out of Mode. 
I'll go with Dirty Vegas
If Michael Hutchence had fronted DM...
 ziggytrix wrote:


The ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME does not agree. :P
 
Who cares what the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thinks.
This song is going to be 20 years old and it looks like it's DM's new single, nice!
One amazing thing about DM is that they kept upgrading their sound in such a natural, homogeneous way., almost never really 'conflicting' with the earlier material.

I'm a big, although late, fan
 bagpipe wrote:
This is awful. {#Stop}
 
I totally agree, but I applaud them for trying something out of the ordinary for them, and I applaud Bill for playing it.
 justin4kick wrote:
Muse does this better


 
Muse exists because of this.
 sajitjacob wrote:
This is the first time in 18 years that I have rated something below a 5. Usually if I don't like something I don't rate it. But this is truly awful.
 

Long time listener also, recently became a member... and totally agree!  1st time i've heard this... and hopefully the last!  Felt no Love!  Pain... lots of Pain!
This is the first time in 18 years that I have rated something below a 5. Usually if I don't like something I don't rate it. But this is truly awful.
I like it!
 bagpipe wrote:
This is awful. {#Stop}
 

Yeah, not that good.
 Isabeau wrote:
 Caturman wrote:
I probably should not like this. but i do 
 You posed that so curiously, I simply must know now! Why should you not?
 nicknt wrote:
One of the most overrated bands of all time.
 

The ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME does not agree. :P
 Caturman wrote:
I probably should not like this. but i do 
 

I probably should not like this. but i do 
just horrible!
One of the most overrated bands of all time.
Hmmm, I am liking this quite a bit.  Dark (so Depeche Mode), intermixed with upbeat, jamming guitar with a nice background of synth.
Oh, never thought I would rate a Depeche Mode song more than 0, but this one is definitely excellent, that's a 7.
 kingart wrote:
I'm glad he feels loved. I'd be more glad if he'd buy some more lyrics. 

 
He's got more than Donna Summer.

(I might thought this song was a cover for a brief moment when I was only half paying attention)
I'm glad he feels loved. I'd be more glad if he'd buy some more lyrics. 
Not such a good sound for them. Too much goofy synth crap.
 thewiseking wrote:
Depeche Mode tryin to sound like Dirty Vegas. Straight up Wackness.

 
You can't beat a bit of Dirty Vegas on the way home after a V-Festival in a very low-slung Mazda at 3 in the morning blasting through the cones of a contraflow on the M5 ...
Haha! A treat! So good to hear this again.
 papaold wrote:
I can't rate on the web site from my iPhone ;(
7/10 

 
I'll do it for you
This Most Excellent retro dance groove from DM is right for the times.  Everyone needs to feel loved today!  So it's a 9 today!
I can't rate on the web site from my iPhone ;(
7/10 
Depeche Mode tryin to sound like Dirty Vegas. Straight up Wackness.
This is awful. {#Stop}
For a band I used to hate in my youngster metal days, I sure like them now.
Ooofff, I tried to find something good about this but nope, it's a stinker all right  : (
Gargh.  Pretty bad.
 

Muse does this better


I have never heard this song, even though I am big DM fan.  Don't like it much though, so no big loss.  Just Decent (5)
 aspicer wrote:
What happened during the 7 year gap between the 2005 comments and 2012?!!!  Hmm.......?  ....the song got lost?
 
...simply did not get played? so... ...no commenting?

I LOVE(d) the video to the song (in 2001). makes you want to go out, visit a big, fat rock concert, drink, laugh, dance all night & get lost in a metropolis till dawn... ;o)
 aspicer wrote:
What happened during the 7 year gap between the 2005 comments and 2012?!!!  Hmm.......?  ....the song got lost?
 




Hey!!! Looks like Bill didn't play that song for nearly 7 YEARS!!!!!!   Ah Bill...this song certainly deserves more play than all those Morphine songs.  {#Eek}
This song is sucko-barfo times 10, the worst song I've ever heard on RP. It hax zero soul.
What happened during the 7 year gap between the 2005 comments and 2012?!!!  Hmm.......?  ....the song got lost?
 jbtidwell wrote:
it sounds like a mashup of that Dirty Vegas song
 
I'm glad I'm not the only one hearing that.
 
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii feel loved (by RP for playing this)!

Holy shit, comments for this song go back over 10 years.

I liked the song.
I USUALLY like all DP Mode...

This one, not so much
 
These beats are goooooooooood!! The video makes it even better, Dave looks yum :P
:P
I have the urge to try to catch the keyboard as it flys around the room. I... feel... sick... oh no, here it comes... :fever.gif: :fever.gif: ...
rgj13 wrote:
Listening to this song and reflecting upon its musical contours, its lyrics, its orchestration--in short, its entire musical conception, I find that I can only reiterate my wish for an emoticon expressing in as graphic a form as is palatable the action of retching, which I deem the only sane response to this soulless crap. In the meantime:
you mean ?
this one always grabs my brainwaves. good times.
i feel hated... and hatred...
it sounds like a mashup of that Dirty Vegas song
8) but this seems a remixed version...Danny Tenaglia?
laytin1119 wrote:
IIIIIIIIIIIIIII feel sick Ok, so it's not really that bad, but there is much better stuff, even Depeche Mode stuff, to be played.
Yes, it's that bad.
I have the sudden urge to kill myself now
IIIIIIIIIIIIIII feel sick Ok, so it\'s not really that bad, but there is much better stuff, even Depeche Mode stuff, to be played.
Dave, you can sing anything to me...
Why oh why?
This mix (is it a mix) of this song sounds a lot like one of the dance tracks that was in the orgy scene in The Matrix Reloaded. Perhaps it\'s just the vwoopdoop keyboard sound that\'s doing this to me. I dunno.
Great song.....
worst song ever. except maybe the lesbian one, but i wasn\'t tuned in when that was playing.
Originally Posted by newwavegurly: Oh, I'm so disappointed in you.
I know, I know...there there. I knew you'd find out sometime. Honestly, I liked it more (or minded it less) this time, though that may be b/c I switched from the 128 stream to the 32. ;) :p Just not my thing....
i like depeche mode, but their newer stuff is just...not good. i think they were pretty deeply rooted in a certain point in time. the newer stuff just doesn\'t do it for me.
Oh, I'm so disappointed in you.
Originally Posted by rgj13: Listening to this song and reflecting upon its musical contours, its lyrics, its orchestration--in short, its entire musical conception, I find that I can only reiterate my wish for an emoticon expressing in as graphic a form as is palatable the action of retching, which I deem the only sane response to this soulless crap. In the meantime:
Listening to this song and reflecting upon its musical contours, its lyrics, its orchestration--in short, its entire musical conception, I find that I can only reiterate my wish for an emoticon expressing in as graphic a form as is palatable the action of retching, which I deem the only sane response to this soulless crap. In the meantime:
This doesn\'t sound like the album version I\'ve heard... it sounds a bit sped up...
This song is eh. The last DM song I really liked was \"It\'s No Good\".
Originally Posted by pilgrim: I like it, as with most DM, it gets me moving...my productivity always spikes when they come on.
I agree, great music to work to.
Originally Posted by Yiftach: It might get some people moving, but there's no reason to ever play two DM songs in one day on this station. That kind of limited rotation imagination is appropriate for on air stations.
What a great idea, maybe other artist could suffer the same fate, Marley for one could do with A LOT less airplay IMHO. This song however, rocks! :D
When it\'s nothing more than the right mix, beat and sounds, you can count me out. With this song it\'s little more than that and even that\'s questionable.
It might get some people moving, but there\'s no reason to ever play two DM songs in one day on this station. That kind of limited rotation imagination is appropriate for on air stations.
I like it, as with most DM, it gets me moving...my productivity always spikes when they come on.