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Saturday, 28 March 2020

Song 1: Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode)

Song 1: Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode)
(Level: B2 / Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate / ***) 



Credit: discogs.com 

You are going to watch a music video of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence. 


Before watching


The following words and notes could be useful:

a vow: un voeu / serment

to pierce through…: transpercer

Notes
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Depeche Mode
The group formed in 1980 now consists of a trio of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards).
Their debut album was released in 1981 and brought the band onto the British new wave scene. The subsequent albums of the 1980s established them as a dominant force within the electronic music scene.
According to Wikipedia, Depeche Mode has had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart and 17 top 10 albums in the UK chart and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Their discography consists of 14 studio albums, 6 live albums, 10 compilation albums, 15 box sets, 13 video albums, 55 singles and 70 music videos.


Enjoy the Silence was released as the second single from their seventh studio album (Violator, 1990) and won Best British Single at the 1991 BRIT Awards.  

If you want to know more about the band, get to their official site. Click HERE 

If you want to find out about the band's discography, click HERE

Photo credit: nostalgie.be   


While watching

Watch, listen and answer the question (in French) ! 
Why should we enjoy (a wordless) silence?  

Les mots...
...  aiment la violence
... rompent le silence
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       Watch the video by clicking HERE






When you are finished, you can check your answers.

If you want the song lyrics, click HERE



Les mots
-…aiment la violence
-…rompent le silence
-…viennent s’écraser dans son petit monde
-…sont douloureux
-…le transpercent
-…sont inutiles
-…ne peuvent faire que du mal
-…sont des serments qui sont prononcés pour être brisés
-…sont dérisoires
-…n’ont pas de sens et peuvent s’oublier





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