Flexible
Flexible
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| Song | Flexible |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Daniel Miller Gareth Jones |
| Recorded at | Hansa Mischraum (Berlin) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 3:11 (7"/single version) 6:15 (12" version) |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Recorded | March 1985 |
| Originally released | 29 April 1985 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 0 times * |
| Total live performances | 0 times * |
"Flexible" is a song recorded by Depeche Mode during the production of the 1985 compilation album The Singles 81→85. It was released as a B-side on the "Shake The Disease" single on 29 April 1985.
Notes
Martin Gore told Record Mirror in May 1985:
"[The song is] a kind of a joke. Cos I'm sure for instance if my mum looked at me now, she'd think 'what has [success] done to you?' And the actual style of the music was meant to be quite jokey, cos if you imagine after the initial New Romantic/Futurist thing, a lot of bands thought we can't make it playing this kind of music, so they all went into salsa, all those trends, trying to hit on something that might be successful. This was trying to combine all these jokey styles."
Lyrics
Flexible
Fame
Can have strange effects
Money
Can have strange effects
I ask myself
Is it a sin
To be flexible
When the boat comes in
Open the window and out go ideals
Drink
Can alter you
Girls
Can have strange effects, too
We all know boats don't last
We all know cars are fast
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1985 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Dates where Flexible was played
Flexible has never been played live.
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