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| title = Mother Me
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|screenshot=Album-Violator.jpg
| screenshot = Album-Violator.jpg
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
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|workingtitle=Mother Me, Smother Me<ref name="HOME">Source: [http://web.archive.org/web/20070206071804/http://www2.depeche-mode.com/home/article.php?article_id=96 Depeche-mode.com - "INSIGHT: Daryl Bamonte ... part 1"], 2006.</ref>
| workingtitle = "Mother Me, Smother Me",<ref name="HOME">Source: [http://web.archive.org/web/20070206071804/http://www2.depeche-mode.com/home/article.php?article_id=96 "INSIGHT: Daryl Bamonte ... part 1"] – ''Home'', 2006. (archived)</ref><br>"Mother Me"
|album=[[Violator]]
| songwriter = [[Martin L. Gore]]
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]]
| producer = [[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Flood]]
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Flood]]<br>[[François Kevorkian]]
| recordingdate = 1989–1990
|recordingdate=1989-1990
| colorscheme = Violator
|releasedate=Unreleased
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
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'[[Mother Me]]' is the working title of an unfinished and unreleased song produced during the recording of 1990 album <i>[[Violator]]</i> by [[Depeche Mode]].
{{S|Mother Me}} is the working title of an unreleased song produced during the recording of 1990 album ''[[Violator]]'' by [[Depeche Mode]]. Due to its nature as an unreleased song, it is unclear if "Mother Me" was intended to be the final song title.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==


The demo for 'Mother Me' appears on the [[Demos & Studio Outtakes#"Perversion" Demo Tape|''Perversion'']] demo tape and features [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]] performing lead vocals. The demo does not currently circulate and its lyrics are not publicly known. The unreleased song is often erroneously confused with the instrumental song '[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_EznvY0JU Monghi]' by Vienna, which appears on the ''Rarities Of Mode'' CD bootleg mislabeled as 'Mother Me'.<ref name="rom">[https://www.discogs.com/Depeche-Mode-Rareties-Of-Mode/release/1245686 Discogs info page for the CD bootleg "Rarities Of Mode".]</ref>
The demo for "Mother Me" appears on the ''[[Demos & Studio Outtakes#"Perversion" demo tape|Perversion]]'' demo tape and features {{MLG}} performing lead vocals. The unreleased song is often erroneously confused by fans with the instrumental song "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_EznvY0JU Monghi]" by Vienna, which appears on the ''Rarities Of Mode'' CD bootleg mislabeled as "Mother Me".<ref name="rom">{{EL|https://www.discogs.com/release/1245686-Depeche-Mode-Rareties-Of-Mode Discogs info page for the CD bootleg ''Rarities Of Mode''}}</ref>


=== Alan Wilder's comments ===
[[Alan Wilder]] recalls the composition of 'Mother Me' on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website: "There was a song called 'Mother Me' which we also recorded during this period but never finished<ref>Source: {{EL|http://shunt3.0.recoil.co.uk/editorials/8698/violator/violator_13.html A Recoil RETROSPECTIVE > Violator}} – {{Shunt}}</ref> [...] It sort of got started with some drums, bass [and] a couple of other parts but was shelved quite quickly. It was medium tempo and if I remember correctly it slipped into {{music|time|7|8}} time signature for the chorus - oops. I think [[Dave Gahan|Dave [Gahan]]] would have sung it."<ref>Source: {{EL|https://web.archive.org/web/20030218224321/http://www.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmviol.htm Shunt Q&A: Violator, circa 18 February 2003}}, toward the bottom of the page</ref> Based on that quote, it can be inferred that a "work-in-progress" version of "Mother Me" exists in the vaults.
[[Alan Wilder]] reveals a bit of info on Shunt Q&A about this track:<ref>Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmviol.htm Shunt Q&A: Violator], toward the bottom of the page</ref>


<blockquote>
[[Daryl Bamonte]] said regarding 'Mother Me': "I remember a track called 'Mother Me, Smother Me' that I believe was recorded for ''Violator'', but didn't make the final cut for some reason. It was a really good song, but I don't think it was even used for a B-side."<ref name="HOME"></ref></blockquote>
*From: Eddie
 
<blockquote>The song you mentioned for 'Violator' called 'Mother Me', will you please give a description of what it sounded like, any possible lyrics, whether this song was ever actually recorded and who sang it, [[Dave Gahan|Dave]] or Martin?</blockquote>
 
'''Alan Wilder:''' It sort of got started with some drums, bass + a couple of other parts but was shelved quite quickly. It was medium tempo and if I remember correctly it slipped into 7/8 time signature for the chorus - oops. I think Dave would have sung it.
</blockquote>
 
Wilder also says in [http://shunt3.0.recoil.co.uk/editorials/8698/violator/violator_13.html his editorial on Violator]: "There was a song called 'Mother Me' which we also recorded during this period but never finished."
 
=== Daryl Bamonte's comments ===
 
[[Daryl Bamonte]] said regarding 'Mother Me':
<blockquote>
"I remember a track called 'Mother Me, Smother Me' that I believe was recorded for Violator, but didn't make the final cut for some reason. It was a really good song, but I don't think it was even used for a b-side."<ref name="HOME"></ref></blockquote>


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<metadesc>'Mother Me' is the assumed working title of an unfinished and unreleased song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode.</metadesc><nowiki/>
<metadesc>"Mother Me" is the working title of an unreleased song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode.</metadesc><nowiki/>

Latest revision as of 16:03, 20 February 2023

Mother Me
Album-Violator.jpg
Song Mother Me
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Working title "Mother Me, Smother Me",[1]
"Mother Me"
Produced by Depeche Mode
Flood
Recorded 1989–1990
Live performances as Depeche Mode 0 times *
Total live performances 0 times *

"Mother Me" is the working title of an unreleased song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. Due to its nature as an unreleased song, it is unclear if "Mother Me" was intended to be the final song title.

Notes

The demo for "Mother Me" appears on the Perversion demo tape and features Martin Gore performing lead vocals. The unreleased song is often erroneously confused by fans with the instrumental song "Monghi" by Vienna, which appears on the Rarities Of Mode CD bootleg mislabeled as "Mother Me".[2]

Alan Wilder recalls the composition of 'Mother Me' on Shunt, the official Recoil website: "There was a song called 'Mother Me' which we also recorded during this period but never finished[3] [...] It sort of got started with some drums, bass [and] a couple of other parts but was shelved quite quickly. It was medium tempo and if I remember correctly it slipped into 7
8 time signature for the chorus - oops. I think Dave [Gahan] would have sung it."[4] Based on that quote, it can be inferred that a "work-in-progress" version of "Mother Me" exists in the vaults.

Daryl Bamonte said regarding 'Mother Me': "I remember a track called 'Mother Me, Smother Me' that I believe was recorded for Violator, but didn't make the final cut for some reason. It was a really good song, but I don't think it was even used for a B-side."[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Source: "INSIGHT: Daryl Bamonte ... part 1" – Home, 2006. (archived)
  2. ↑ Discogs info page for the CD bootleg Rarities Of Mode
  3. ↑ Source: A Recoil RETROSPECTIVE > Violator – Shunt
  4. ↑ Source: Shunt Q&A: Violator, circa 18 February 2003, toward the bottom of the page

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