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The story could possibly be related to the following explanation given by Martin Gore when [http://community.depechemode.com/viewtopic.php?p=543581#p543581 a fan asked him in a letter] (''dead link; unavailable on archive.org'') in 1982 about the etchings on DM's vinyl single copies, including 'Leave In Silence', which has the etchings "LITTLE BIRD'S PECKING / LITTLE BIRD'S TAKEN THE WORM!"<ref>Etching of Mute 7Bong1 "Leave In Silence" 7 inch UK vinyl; [https://www.depmod.com/singles/leave_in_silence/b0690.html Depmod page]</ref> Martin responded to him: "[...] These are our studio nicknames and sayings. Little Bird is the two track machine and Big Bird is the 16 track machine. Little bird's pecking means that the two track is running and LB's taken the worm means that a signal has shown that it is recording from the 16 track (Big Bird). Very stupid isn’t it (Andy's idea)." | The story could possibly be related to the following explanation given by Martin Gore when [http://community.depechemode.com/viewtopic.php?p=543581#p543581 a fan asked him in a letter] (''dead link; unavailable on archive.org'') in 1982 about the etchings on DM's vinyl single copies, including 'Leave In Silence', which has the etchings "LITTLE BIRD'S PECKING / LITTLE BIRD'S TAKEN THE WORM!"<ref>Etching of Mute 7Bong1 "Leave In Silence" 7 inch UK vinyl; [https://www.depmod.com/singles/leave_in_silence/b0690.html Depmod page]</ref> Martin responded to him: "[...] These are our studio nicknames and sayings. Little Bird is the two track machine and Big Bird is the 16 track machine. Little bird's pecking means that the two track is running and LB's taken the worm means that a signal has shown that it is recording from the 16 track (Big Bird). Very stupid isn’t it (Andy's idea)." | ||
The singing heard in the background of the reversed section is Martin singing "when I am king, you will be queen" several times. | The singing heard in the background of the reversed section is Martin singing "when I am king, you will be queen" several times. These appear to be lyrics from the traditional English folk song and nursery rhyme [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender%27s_Blue Lavender's Blue]. A clearer excerpt of this audio created using phase cancellation of certain channels of the 2006 multichannel remaster can be heard below. | ||
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9. Shouldn't Have Done That List of A Broken Frame songs |
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Shouldn't Have Done That
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Song | Shouldn't Have Done That |
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By | Depeche Mode |
Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
Produced by | Daniel Miller Depeche Mode |
Recorded at | Blackwing Studios (London) |
Length (mm:ss) | 3:12 |
Tempo | 132 BPM |
Time signature | 3 4 |
Key | D♭ Minor |
Engineered by | John Fryer Eric Radcliffe |
Photography | Brian Griffin |
Calligraphy | Ching Ching Lee |
Recorded | December 1981 - July 1982 |
Originally released | 27 September 1982 |
Live performances as Depeche Mode | 47 times * |
Total live performances | 47 times * |
"Shouldn't Have Done That" is a song from the 1982 album A Broken Frame by Depeche Mode.
Notes
In the middle of the song, some chatter can be heard that seems to have been reversed. When this audio is reversed again, it reveals Martin Gore telling a children's story:
The big bird is pecking
The little bird is pecking as well
But the big bird has got more worms than the little bird
So the little bird doesn't like this
He's after the worms that are really owned by the big bird
He flies over to the big bird's worms
Oh and what joy it was when he got those worms
And he flew away
He flew onto the top of the mountain [Martin starts laughing]
And the big bird was too fat
He couldn't fly [Martin laughs some more]
The un-reversed audio, generated using several channels from the 2006 multichannel remaster, can be listened to here:
The story could possibly be related to the following explanation given by Martin Gore when a fan asked him in a letter (dead link; unavailable on archive.org) in 1982 about the etchings on DM's vinyl single copies, including 'Leave In Silence', which has the etchings "LITTLE BIRD'S PECKING / LITTLE BIRD'S TAKEN THE WORM!"[1] Martin responded to him: "[...] These are our studio nicknames and sayings. Little Bird is the two track machine and Big Bird is the 16 track machine. Little bird's pecking means that the two track is running and LB's taken the worm means that a signal has shown that it is recording from the 16 track (Big Bird). Very stupid isn’t it (Andy's idea)."
The singing heard in the background of the reversed section is Martin singing "when I am king, you will be queen" several times. These appear to be lyrics from the traditional English folk song and nursery rhyme Lavender's Blue. A clearer excerpt of this audio created using phase cancellation of certain channels of the 2006 multichannel remaster can be heard below.
Daniel Miller wrote in the sleeve notes for the A Broken Frame Remaster CD in 2006:
"I remember we got Blancmange in to do some on-the-spot marching for 'Shouldn't Have Done That' because they were in the studio next door, making their record, and they were mates with Depeche Mode."
Someone, likely Andrew Fletcher, can also be heard shouting "Left! Right!" at the beginning of the audio above, as if he were conducting the march. This originally reversed audio is heard directly before the marching audio begins in the song.
Lyrics
Shouldn't Have Done That
Plans made in the nursery
Can change the course of history
Remember that
Mummy's annoyed, says go and play
Don't show your face
Stay away all day
Shouldn't have done that
A small boy and his infantry
Marching around so naturally
Shouldn't have done that
Grows up and goes to school
Such a nice boy
Obeys all the rules
Mummy's proud of that
Leaves school to follow his ambition
Knows what he wants
To be a politician
Shouldn't have done that
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1982 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Shouldn't Have Done That"
- Main article: List of dates where "Shouldn't Have Done That" was played
References
- ↑ Etching of Mute 7Bong1 "Leave In Silence" 7 inch UK vinyl; Depmod page