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#TBT: Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan remembers performing with chickens on German TV
"We'd go where we were told to go," says Dave Gahan, "and we'd end up on these TV shows — this was one in particular where some sort of farmyard scene was the set."
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Rod Still Rocks, Dave Gahan Gets Real, Joanna Newsom Reads A Lot & More
Rod Stewart: Another Country (Capitol) While it feels either critically reckless or lazy—I can’t decide which—to single out the latest album by Rod Stewart as the week’s most compelling new album, there is this: In the course of the man’s very lengthy career (most non-Brits first heard him singing with Jeff Beck in 1968), his best work has always been 1) well-sung, 2) emotive and 3) immensely rocking.
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#TBT: Dave Gahan Remembers Performing With Chickens on German TV
Ah, the ‘80s. It was a wacky and wonderful time for pop music, especially when it came to visuals. MTV’s programming schedule was packed with gender-bending, genre-crossing new-wavers starring in colorful videos shot in far-flung, exotic locales. Related: Dave Gahan at 53: ‘I’m Doing the Best Work I’ve Ever Done’ But television in far-flung, exotic Europe was apparently even wilder – and sometimes a bit foul, or at least fowl.
