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An uncredited band member tells ''Poster Seductores'' magazine in 1990: "We like cinema and we like to create special [atmospheres] with our music. In a way, 'Memphisto' is our homage to that esoteric cinema." | An uncredited band member tells ''Poster Seductores'' magazine in 1990: "We like cinema and we like to create special [atmospheres] with our music. In a way, 'Memphisto' is our homage to that esoteric cinema." | ||
[[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]] clarifies the origin of the song's title in an April 1993 interview for ''Bong'' magazine: "It was the name of a make believe film I invented about Elvis as the devil."<ref>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303183428/http://www.sacreddm.net/fanclub/bongmag/bong18/text1.htm Bong 18, April 1993 ASK MARTIN]</ref> | [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]] clarifies the origin of the song's title in an April 1993 interview for ''Bong'' magazine: "It was the name of a make-believe film I invented about Elvis as the devil."<ref>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303183428/http://www.sacreddm.net/fanclub/bongmag/bong18/text1.htm Bong 18, April 1993 ASK MARTIN]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:30, 7 May 2020
Memphisto
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| Song | Memphisto |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Flood |
| Recorded at | Puk Studios, Denmark Logic Studios, Milan |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:02 |
| Tempo | 109.936 BPM |
| Time signature | 3 4 |
| Key | G Major |
| Engineering assistance | Daryl Bamonte Dick Meaney David Browne Mark Flannery |
| Mixed by | François Kevorkian |
| Recorded | 1989 |
| Originally released | 16 January 1990 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 0 times * |
| Total live performances | 0 times * |
"Memphisto" is an instrumental song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a B-side to the single "Enjoy The Silence" on 16 January 1990.
Notes
An uncredited band member tells Poster Seductores magazine in 1990: "We like cinema and we like to create special [atmospheres] with our music. In a way, 'Memphisto' is our homage to that esoteric cinema."
Martin Gore clarifies the origin of the song's title in an April 1993 interview for Bong magazine: "It was the name of a make-believe film I invented about Elvis as the devil."[1]
Dates where Memphisto was played
Memphisto has never been played live.
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References
- ↑ Source: Bong 18, April 1993 ASK MARTIN
