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British Band Tournament - Round 2. The Verve vs Depeche Mode

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British Band Tournament - Round 2. The Verve vs Depeche Mode  

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  1. 1. British Band Tournament - Round 2. The Verve vs Depeche Mode

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Depeche Mode, easily.  

I like The Verve, love Richard Ashcroft's voice (though not as good as Dave Gahan's baritone), but has their blatant ripoff of / tribute to Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy ever been acknowledged?

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4 minutes ago, Moo said:

Depeche Mode, easily.  

I like The Verve, love Richard Ashcroft's voice (though not as good as Dave Gahan's baritone), but has their blatant ripoff of / tribute to Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy ever been acknowledged?

What?! 

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7 minutes ago, Moo said:

Depeche Mode, easily.  

I like The Verve, love Richard Ashcroft's voice (though not as good as Dave Gahan's baritone), but has their blatant ripoff of / tribute to Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy ever been acknowledged?

They have to pay the Stones for nicking an Andrew Loog Oldham cover of Last Time on Bitter Sweet Symphony. 

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Two of the best front men in these early R2 ties, Freddie and Dave Gahan.  Never saw Queen live but Freddie's legend is well documented, Dave's not so much.  I have seen some very notable, acclaimed bands and artists live in my time as I'm sure we all have, but none of compare to the experience of Depeche Mode live.

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2 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

What song ripped off Unfinished Sympathy? 

Well I don't know about ripped off that was only a possibility but Bitter Sweet Symphony of course, less the song more the video.  Put it all together, the title, the strings, the video -  truly I don't know their stance on it, it may well be an acknowleged tribute or homage I just haven't been able to find anything definitive on it but I have not looked extensively to be fair.

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