Day 27: Feet on the Ground

Day 27 – Your favorite song from “Ultra”

I’ve already used up “Barrel of a Gun” and “It’s No Good,” so today’s winner is “Useless.” Song for song, Ultra is the only album who’s entire set of singles land in my personal top 15 or 20 DM songs. I think the attitude and defiance is what I find most attractive about “Useless” – sarcasm toward a person who hurt and betrayed. It’s not a pretty side of humanity but it is there. The song is topped off by a pretty cool video, too. Now if only DM would revisit it live… Dave did in 2003 and it rocked!

Amanda

Amanda is an enthusiastic, globe-trotting Mode fan who discovered the band in late 1998. Although she often feels like she got a late start in the Depeche Mode's career, she's survived nearly 20 years of the fandom, five new albums and multiple meetings with her love for the band intact (and stronger than ever). Amanda is a life-long creative, a classically trained graphic designer, working professionally as a User Experience Designer for one of the world's largest technology companies. When not at work or traveling for Depeche, she enjoys character illustration, comics, movies and Japanese Culture. And cats. Lots of Cats.