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Rating: Great expectations regarding the release of "aMOTION" are only partially met, despite this DVD-CD containing all the knowledge of Billy Howerdel and company.
In fact, it's hard to be impressed by such a product if, like me, you still can't take "Thirteenth Step" out of your player after three years. In any case, the box set contains nothing new, perhaps just some rare material. Indeed, it is a collection of their videos, with background commentary by Maynard or Billy, as you prefer, from the group's beginnings to the latest two more political ones ("Counting Bodies" and "Imagine") taken from eMOTIVe. A lot of space is dedicated to the amusing Bikini Bandits, who are the sexy protagonists of the video for "The Outsider", here in both edited and uncensored versions, and for "Thinking Of You", in which the protagonist and bandleader Heather is cleverly projected into the future of the story, even though the video is older.
A song like "Blue" is presented in a video four times by emerging directors, one of whom won the Contest and imagines a very romantic necrophiliac love story complete with corpse exhumation. One of the most interesting things is the live version of "The Noose", much more engrossing than on the record, with Maynard barely visible but sounding fantastic. Among the Bonuses, besides three Bikini Bandits Trailers, which are quite typical, there is an excellent photo gallery and a mini-documentary that is worth purchasing the DVD for those few minutes alone, filmed by the Band members themselves during the "Mer De Noms" and "Thirteenth Step" tours with their respective line-up changes. This video clip Part One is truly the highlight of the collection, with Maynard as Santa Claus and Clown, Jeordie White and James Iha inseparable and causing havoc, band rehearsals, promotions, behind-the-scenes, etc.; their fun is so evident it makes you want to start a band.
On the ‘rEMIXED’ CD, which will delight those who love Depeche Mode's single remix album, there isn’t much to say other than it consists simply of nine electronic reinterpretations of the singles made by some band members and other musicians like Massive Attack, with "The Hollow" sung and arranged by Paz standing out.
Overall, it is not a poorly done work; on the contrary, since it is clearly a "Best of" with a twist, it could be the starting point for those who are still unfamiliar with the band. However, I strongly recommend you go and buy the first two albums because only then will you understand what they have truly accomplished.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 3 Libras ()
Threw you the obvious,
And you flew with it on your back -
A name in your recollection,
Down among a million same.
Difficult not to feel a little bit
Disappointed and passed over,
When I look right through
To see you naked, but oblivious;
And you don't see me.
But I threw you the obvious,
Just to see if there's more
Behind the eyes of a fallen angel,
Eyes of a tragedy.
Here I am expecting just a little bit
Too much from the wounded;
But I see, see through it all,
See through, see you.
'Cause I threw you the obvious
To see what occurs
Behind the eyes of a fallen angel,
Eyes of a tragedy.
Oh well, oh well.
Apparently nothing.
Apparently nothing at all.
You don't, you don't, you don't see me.
You don't, you don't, you don't see me.
You don't, you don't, you don't see me.
You don't, you don't, you don't see me.
You don't see me, you don't.
You don't, you don't see me at all.
05 Thinking Of You ()
Lying all alone and restless
Unable to lose this image
Sleepless, unable to focus on
Anything but your surrender
Tuggin' a rhythm to the vision that's in my head
Tuggin' a beat to the sight of you lying
So delighted with a new understanding
Something about a little evil that makes that
Unmistakable noise I was hearing
Unmistakable sound I know so well
Spent and sighin' with a look in your eyes
Spent and sweatin' with a look on your face like
Sweet revelation, sweet surrender
Surrender, surrender, surrender
Tuggin' a rhythm to the vision that's in my head
Tuggin' a beat to the sight of you lying
So delighted with a new understanding
Something about a little evil that makes that
Unmistakable noise I was hearing
Unmistakeable sound I know so well
Spent and sighin' with a look in your eyes
Spent and sweatin' with a look on your face like
Sweet revelation, sweet surrendering
Sweet revelation, sweet
Thinking of you, thinking of you
Thinking
Sweet revelation, sweet surrendering
Sweet revelation, sweet
06 Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums ()
Don't fret precious, I'm here
Step away from the window
And go back to sleep
Safe from pain, and truth, and choice
And other poison devils
See they don't give a fuck about you
Like I do
Countin' bodies like sheep
Countin' bodies like sheep
Countin' bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums
Countin' bodies like sheep
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Countin' bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Countin' bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Countin' bodies like sheep
Go back to sl...
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Countin' bodies like sheep
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Countin' bodies like sheep
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Countin' bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Countin' bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Countin' bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums
Just sleep, just sleep, just sleep
Go back to sleep
I'll be the one to protect you from
Your enemies and all your demons
I'll be the one to protect you from
A will to survive, and a voice of reason
I'll be the one to protect you from
Your enemies and your choices, son
One in the same I must isolate you
Isolate and save you from yourself
07 Blue ()
I didn't want to know
I just didn't want to know
Best to keep things in the shallow end
'Cause I never quite learned how to swim
I just didn't want to know
Didn't want, didn't want, didn't want...
Close my eyes just to look at you
Taken by the seamless vision
I close my eyes
Ignore the smoke
Ignore the smoke
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
While I just sit and stare at you
Because I don't want to know
I didn't want to know
I just didn't want to know
I just didn't want
Mistook their nods for an approval
Just ignore the smoke and smile
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a perfect color for your eyes
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
While I just sit and stare at you
I don't wanna know
09 Imagine ()
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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