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== Notes ==
== Notes ==


Radio News is an unreleased Depeche Mode song that appears on the [[Summer 1980 Demo Tape]]. The song is written by Vince Clarke. It was purportedly played at several early live concerts, although nobody has yet been able to confirm a setlist including the track. You can listen to the entire track below:
{{S|Radio News}} is an unreleased [[Vince Clarke]]-penned song by [[Depeche Mode]] that appears on the [[Summer 1980 demo tape]]. It was played at several early live concerts. Currently, [[1980-09-20 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK]] is the only confirmed performance. You can listen to the entire track below:


<html5media>File:demo-rn.mp3</html5media>
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/demos2018/07.m4a</html5media>


A lossless version is also available for download at the [[Summer 1980 Demo Tape]] page.
A lossless version is also available for download on the [[Summer 1980 demo tape]] page.


== Lyrics ==
The track was refutably described by [[Daryl Bamonte]] in ''BONG'' magazine, [[BONG 24|issue 24]] as having never been recorded. It is possible that he meant that the song was never recorded in the studio with intent to appear on an album or single. See below:


<poem style="border: 2px solid #d6d2c5; background-color: #f9f4e6; padding: 1em;">
<gallery>
bong24-18.jpg|Bong Magazine Issue 24, Page 18
S-1980-09-20.jpg|[[1980-09-20 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK]]; found in Martin's scrap book as seen in the "Making The Universe" short documentary.
</gallery>
 
{{Template:Lyrics|Radio News|
I heard it on
I heard it on
The radio news
The radio news
The mass decision
The mass decision
The mass view
The mass view


Concealing
Concealing
Concentration
Concentration
We spoke then
We spoke then
Of a nation
Of a nation


They seem to be
They seem to be
In my doorway
In my doorway
In my stairway
In my stairway
And in my hallway
And in my hallway
In my head
In my head
And in my action
And in my action
The self-inflicted
The self-inflicted
Contraction
Contraction


And I can speak
And I can speak
And I can walk
And I can walk
And I can move
And I can move
And I can talk
And I can talk
And I can speak
And I can speak
And I can walk
And I can walk
And I can move
And I can move
And I can talk
And I can talk
Yes I can talk
Yes I can talk
I can talk
I can talk
I can talk
I can talk
I can talk
I can talk
Talk
Talk
Talk
Talk
Talk
Talk
Talk
Talk
</poem>
|Vince Clarke|No publishing information available.}}
 
== Live performances ==
{{Live section}}


[[Category:Song]]
[[Category:Depeche Mode songs]]
[[Category:Early live-only song]]
[[Category:Songs not included on a Depeche Mode release]]
[[Category:Live-only songs]]

Latest revision as of 21:15, 25 November 2023

Notes

"Radio News" is an unreleased Vince Clarke-penned song by Depeche Mode that appears on the Summer 1980 demo tape. It was played at several early live concerts. Currently, 1980-09-20 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK is the only confirmed performance. You can listen to the entire track below:

A lossless version is also available for download on the Summer 1980 demo tape page.

The track was refutably described by Daryl Bamonte in BONG magazine, issue 24 as having never been recorded. It is possible that he meant that the song was never recorded in the studio with intent to appear on an album or single. See below:

Lyrics


Radio News

I heard it on

The radio news

The mass decision

The mass view


Concealing

Concentration

We spoke then

Of a nation


They seem to be

In my doorway

In my stairway

And in my hallway

In my head

And in my action

The self-inflicted

Contraction


And I can speak

And I can walk

And I can move

And I can talk

And I can speak

And I can walk

And I can move

And I can talk

Yes I can talk

I can talk

I can talk

I can talk

Talk

Talk

Talk

Talk


Songwriter: Vince Clarke
Publishing Information: No publishing information available.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Radio News"
Main article: List of dates where "Radio News" was played