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— Wed, Apr 18, 2007 —
Afternoon Aural: Depeche Mode
"Policy of Truth"
Much like the New Order ditty we offered earlier, "Policy of Truth" is another product of the early MTV era, and—much like today's earlier offeringmdash;the video totally sucks. Like, totally. Like "True Faith," it's another one of those tunes whose lyrics are total poetry and the song itself can rock you to your core...if you can get past all the pretentious visuals. Good luck!
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The video done by Dutch director Anton Corbijn was at the time a hit in Europe and well recieved in the United States. To say it "totally sucks" is an insult to the visual genius of Corbijn. I admit that Depeches' early videos were LESS than good but this is not one of them.
I agree with brian. Corbijn's videos he made for Depeche Mode (and to all the other bands) are practically all pieces of art. Corbijn is a master of using light and shadows in his high contrasty style, and he's just great. Policy Of Truth-video has a very nice dreamy atmosphere in it that flows on with beautiful images. It's not the greatest thing in the history of music video, but it certainly is near the top. And the song's from 1990, hardly from the MTV's infancy.
Comments like "the video totally sucks" tells more about the writer's knowledge (and age?) than about this video. But we all like different things. Some like art and some like Britney Spears' pussy, and I guess there's nothing wrong with that.
This video has nothing with the MTV and the MTV era, it's a great work of Anton Corbijn - as it was written. The song and the video has in perfect sync, a really great vision of the song's athmosphere.
"Comments like "the video totally sucks" tells more about the writer's knowledge (and age?) than about this video."
You're damn right! I totally agree with the KodekN and Brian.
Anton Corbjin was very important in helping break Depeche Mode in the US. The band credits him with giving them a visual identity. Pretty imporant when they appear live, as when Policy of Truth was toured on the Violator tour, it really was three guys behind keyboards and a manic frontman.
Oh yeah, it is a kick ass song, from one of the greatest electronic albums of all time.