Like all good art, the lyrics to Depeche Mo songs such as "Master and Servant" and "Strangelove" leave room for terpretatn. In the small mds of young homophob, most terpretatns erred on the si of man-on-man dungeon sex ssns filled wh dgs, oils and punishment. In "Strangelove," lead volist Dave Gahan sang: "strange highs and strange lows. Strangelove, that's how our love go. …Pa. Will you return ?" In "Master and Servant" he sang about a new game that's a lot like life, a "play between the sheets. Wh you on top and me unrneath, fet all about equaly." The latter song only fed mors that the band was gay by featurg a crackg whip sound as part of the beat.
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ARE DEPECHE MO GAY? DO THEY HAVE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA?
In the small mds of young homophob, most terpretatns erred on the si of man-on-man dungeon sex ssns filled wh dgs, oils, and punishment. The latter song only fed mors that the band was gay by featurg a crackg whip sound as part of the beat.
Judgg om the huge crowds at their 1988 US Mic for the Mass tour, the gay rap didn’t much dimish the band’s creasg popular appeal, but did threaten to curtail me. As ludicro as the “gay prep school” rep was, didn’t change the facts: wearg a Depeche Mo shirt at Brophy was as socially damng a move as holdg your buddy’s hand. To be labeled gay this environment is to potentially be ostracized om the entire stunt body: some 1029 stunts, around 243 my class.