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12.05.2009
Depeche Mode keep their British accent
I was listening to Depeche Mode (one of my favorite bands that I luckily saw at Lollapalooza last summer) much of the day today, and it occurred to me that they don't do what other British bands do: they don't drop their British accent when they sing to take on an American one. Note how they pronounce their R's--not like Americans!
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ReplyDeleteThat's one of the things I liked about Depeche Mode's sound. Savage Garden and the Pet Shop Boys both seemed to retain theirs as well.
ReplyDeleteI hear it in Pet Shop Boys but don't hear it so much in Savage Garden, probably because they're Australia. Actually, their musical style sounds American as well.
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