如果要我選出Depeche Mode裡面最接近流行音樂、旋律最悅耳流暢的無敵芭樂歌,那肯定是A Question Of Lust。這首歌幾乎不帶任何達氛取莫得該有的黑暗氣質,反而更接近於之前夥伴Vince Clarke的扎實上升旋律,歌詞也寫得十分巧妙簡單但是寓意深遠,Martin L.Gore一代宗師的寫歌能力在這裡展露無疑,非常適合在卡拉OK裡歡唱,不知道為啥超級西瓜幫還沒有人唱這首歌。
而 A Question Of Lust更是破例地讓Martin演唱,而不是讓David Gahan低沈性感的嗓音去詮釋,Martin的男孩清澈嗓音令人驚艷,雖然不Gahan那麼有特色,但是反而更貼近於新浪潮諸多Synth-Pop樂團的共同音質。另外這個歌還有個有趣之處,那就是由Flood幫他們混音的版本也非常受到歡迎,甚至跟原曲旗鼓相當,Flood把原本光亮憂傷的Synth味道慢慢脫去,還添加了一點本屬DM的黑色黯淡、以及一點Trip-Hop的時尚,非常簡斂但又出色的混音。
新的電子團好像漸漸地沒辦法寫出這樣的歌了。It’s A Question Of Lost。
A Question Of Lust
Fragile
Like a baby in your arms
Be gentle with me
I'd never willingly
Do you harm
Apologies
Are all you seem to get from me
But just like a child
You make me smile
When you care for me
And you know
It's a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's a question of not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together
Independence
Is still important for us though (we realise)
It's easy to make
The stupid mistake
Of letting go (do you know what I mean)
My weaknesses
You know each and every one (it frightens me)
But I need to drink
More than you seem to think
Before I'm anyone's
And you know
It's a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's a question of not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together
Kiss me goodbye
When I'm on my own
But you know that I'd
Rather be home