*This video was sponsored by Skillshare: The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: skl.sh/masakox10201 An in-depth and detailed song analysis of "Stripped" by Depeche Mode with detailed explanations of the song structure, the keyboard parts, piano improvisations and more.
I am gonna try it, it sounds great! Everyone always want a place where we can learn and even get better at something we already know, thank you vaughn!
@Vaughn Despite the fact that this really is one of my top 5 favourite songs, if you were to introduce Depeche Mode to someone you know, who might never have listened to DM, which song would you choose?
@@atouchofevil8079 tough choice but I’d probably play them “Enjoy the Silence” because it’s very DM and also very listenable for most people too!! VG 😎🎹👍
I discovered Depeche when I bought the Singles 86-98. Stripped is the first song there. The song is like a divide. If you dont like it you can skip the rest of the songs on the album actually. If you dont like that song your most likely not gonna like Depeche Mode at all. Its a masterpiece. Depeche Mode at their best.
You can hear the depth, dark, raw emotions of a tormented soul not reaching the level of intimacy he is longing for. That is just my personal take on this song, I just love it.
Agreed, to me is not a purely sexual song, it reminds me of being in a relationship where the other person isnt interested in opening up or developing the relationship futher, it can drive you crazy.
Such a beautiful song, based on a beautiful melody.I like the Highland mix very much too, the way it starts is so triumphal. I think is the most iconic songs from DM. Thanks for this analysis.
My interpretation is that it about revealing your soul. Your inner longing and also fear about being rejected. That's my number one favourite song and when Rammstein covered it it grew even more considering their heavy interpretation which works totally fine live same as Depeche Mode playing it live.
This, Halo and NLMDA are my top 3 DM tunes. The vibe and groove of this track just grab you and don't let go. To this day I still get goosebumps hearing it. Of course, the newer live versions leave me cold with the OTT drumming that wreck the groove of the track the idling sample and pitched down hi-hats give the track. Regarding the "doubled" part that both Alan and Martin play - I think that Martin plays the part during the second verse when Alan plays the other part on the woodblock/marimba sound (the closest "conventional" sound I can think of), as it does carry on underneath. This might explain why Martin's part is quieter in the mix as well. I think that the bend in the sample is in all of the notes - remember these samples are sped up or slowed down to get the pitches in the scale, so it may be that the bend on the low D of that riff is still in the higher note as it would just be sped up to make the appropriate pitch. If you were to take the higher pitched sample and slow it down, I suspect the bend would appear in the note. Unfortunately, I don't have the banks to confirm it :( The samples would be the shortest possible they could get away with as memory in samplers back then was scarce and expensive.
Yes, Stripped is one of my top5 DM songs. Hell, it light be top3 on my list, that's how much I love this song. It's a masterpiece. It's a shame no one write these kind of songs anymore...
Just starting to watch this and my expectations are very high because I think that "Stripped" is one of the MOST BESTIST DM track ever!! Can´t wait to see how this goes!!
Concerning the chugging sound that runs through the song... I can tell you what it is, Vaughn. It's an Emulator I patch...I can't remember just now what it's called but it's a factory E-Mu disk. There's a free Emulator I VST for PC and Mac by Digital Systemic Emulations which contains it...and other classics! Fantastic video by the way - Stripped is definitely one of DM's finest songs.
@@VaughnGeorge No worries! It's the least I can do after all the enjoyment I've had out of your videos. Fellow musician here, and it's a joy to interact with others like you and other subscribers, not forgetting our shared love of the Mode! 👍
Actually - concerning the Emulator I - the plugin I recommended seems to be missing just ONE sound, a preset called Cello I think. Depeche used it on The Landscape Is Changing. Paul Young's first album has it all over too. Since I really like that sound I'd love it, and I think I can recreate it. Muso Tech Alert.... I have a free Mellotron plugin that seems to contain that sound's origin on a C note - by sheer chance I loaded it, hit the key and it sounded identical, so I'm going to sample that, loop it and it should do the business! Construction Time Again! Sorry for the crappy humour! ;-)
I have that sound in the UVI Emulation One plugin and it's called "Motor Cycle 1". It's funny to listen to it on different keys cause the sound we hear on "Stripped" is pitched down. So if you play the sound an octave and a half upper, you clearly recognize the onIdle sound of a motorbike.
This was the first Depeche song I ever heard. My aunt gave me the Singles 86-98 compilation when it came out and it was track 1 side 1. I fell in love with DM at age 14 and have had a love affair with them, with ups and downs, ever since.
I'd definitely 100% put stripped in my top 10, but I think my top 5 currently are 1.The love thieves 2.home 3.clean 4.barrel of a gun 5.....yeah, no definitely stripped nevermind. Had to really pause on this comment. There's too many good songs. All of my song rankings change pretty regularly though except for #1
Love your videos. A thought though that maybe could improve the videos. You said you wanted suggestions 😄👍🏻. When you deconstruct the songs, e.g the idling HD, you could use a DAW with the different parts to make it clearer what the effect of the idling HD and drums have together. Rick Beato has a great series "what makes this song great", and there he uses a DAW or a mixer, but it allows him getting his point through.
25:00 The bend is on all notes. The sample playback speed is just making it harder to hear the bend in the higher pitched notes. This sound makes me think it was an attempt to make a guitar sounds on a synth.
Excellent Deconstruction Time Again Vaughn! Martin Gore may have childlike melodies but Alan Wilder made them sound adult, does that make sense? LOL. I have the US & UK CD Singles and UK & US 12" (But Not Tonight as Side A) of Stripped, and I just listened again after watching this video. Now I can picture in my head who is playing what, sort of like a new music video playing in my head. 😊 A fitting continuation would be a deconstruction of its B-side "But Not Tonight" perhaps? My fave DM B-side of all time, it was actually popular in an underground/cult radio station here in Manila in 1986.
Having used Martin's bank many times, I can tell you that the envelope is actually much shorter, VG has added reverb or something. If you listen to Stripped from Devotional, you can hear that sound quite prominently, and it is indeed a quick release.
the more I analyse Mode stems, and use my Emaxes and Emulators, the more I realise most of these sounds are just library sounds with some basic editing. Strings, horns, percussion, ethnic instruments.
did you listen to the surround sound mixes? There are a few hook lines, like for instance, but not tonight, where the layers are split. you can really hear the guitar samples and simple horn sounds in many of these songs (probable factory sounds). amazing stuff
Tom hi!! Yes you are so right!! A lot of Emulator and Emax presets were used as the staring point for some sounds. When auditioning those sound libraries I was amazed by the quality of those sounds even after all these years!! VG :-)
@@VaughnGeorge Maybe you have the vocal stems also :D so you can make a good remix of this track.... or you can do a new mix of the original, so it would sound even better :D
"Let me hear you make decisions - without your television (cell phone these days)" - one of the most powerful lines I've ever heard. The emotion in it/behind it brings tears to this old man's eyes almost every time. I never thought of this song as a sexual one at all. It never even crossed my mind when I was younger, Rammstein's version made it sexual by dropping "to the bone" in their version. It's always been about naked emotion and wanting nothing but the purest form of closeness. My take anyway.
From the first time I heard it in 1986, Stripped has been my absolute favorite Depeche Mode song, and I come back to it over and over. It still has the same emotional impact after all these years - both devastating and beautiful.
I was 16 years old when I stood on the chairs at the Rose Bowl that June of 88’. I was there with my then high school sweetheart. It was our first concert together. Martin’s riff brought tears to her gorgeous green eyes and the song will forever remind me of young love. As I sat in the stands just two weeks ago and watched a now 62 year old Dave sing Stripped in Los Angeles, it brings me back to a bygone era. Something I will never, ever forget…
@@olfreal no. We broke up less than a year later. But you never forget your first love. My parents still live in the same house and when I go back to visit, it brings back memories.
Stripping down Stripped ! I must have listened to this song a gazillion times and 40+ versions but hats off to Vaughn for the fresh coat of paint and fun analysis. Bravo! Looking forward to each and everyone of these and will be here when you tackle all the B-sides like Flexible in 3 years from now.
Brilliant video. So, when Alan switched to live drums on "Stripped" half-way through the 1993-94 Devotional/Exotic Tour what happened to his keyboard parts? Did he allocate some to Martin and Fletch/Daryl or did he completely reprogram the track?
just found your channel, bingewatching it, for a few days now. Glad to see there are other people that love DM so much and are such a fan of Alan Wilder. Recently I got back into playing synthesizer ( I am active in a band as a bass player and starting to explore a taurus style of playing bass synth and synth pads with my feet to support the band).
I've always felt that in Stripped..there's some "east asian" taste on the sounds and maybe the "childlike"-feeling of the melody goes hand in hand with that.
Top 5 tracks Stripped, Here Is The House, In Your Room, Waiting For The Night, Clean, Sun And The Rainfall...urgh that's six. But those are the main ones.
It’s one of their best songs, to me Stripped is a better song than Enjoy The Silence because it emotionally resonates with me more. Enjoy The Silence is a good song, but the problem is, it’s so upbeat it over shadows the emotional essence of the song.
Most of the Sample presets you demonstrate are from the live banks, not the source sounds used in the studio. I'm under the impression when they put the live show together, they made samples from the synths and sounds on the original 24 track master tapes. What I mean is a lot of the "synth" sounds on the albums were originally created, sequenced, and tracked to tape with synthesizers, not these samples, then sampled later for the live show (instead of needing to take a ton of synths on tour). Obviously this doesn't include sounds like metal hits, and found sounds and things that were originally samples.
I think its musically a suicide to leave Fletcher play anything live . If I would be in the band I wouldn't let him. And I guess Alan said once Fletcher's keyboard stays switched off during live performances.
If you remember during the 2nd wave of the Devotional Tour, Fletch had a breakdown. and Daryl Bamonte had to learn his parts prior to performing in front of a HUGE crowd in Brasil and Argentina. So Fletch does play some things. He also Claps a lot. He does have the best job in the history of jobs!
I really enjoyed this🥰. Stripped is definitely on my top 5, if not actually THE number 1🤩. Love the 101 version, and can look at it on repeat. Sadly the live versions nowadays Will never top that. Stripped has, as many DM songs, that haunting, melancolic, bombastic, melodic and beautiful sound. Really appriciated that you stripped (😉) down the different parts and Who is Playing what in the song. There is something about Stripped that is hard to explain and put in words. That iconic melody (Martins part) is givivg me goosebumps every time. Loved your raw piano version and could listen for hours. Great job as always VG🖤
First heard this song on the "Say Anything" soundtrack in 1995ish. I had bought the soundtrack for the Peter Gabriel song "In Your Eyes" however "Stripped" the live 101 version once found eclipsed the Gabriel song as the reason to have that soundtrack. I already liked DM but would no become a devotee until 1999 but that's another story.
Astonishing piano playing! I always had some love-hate relationship with acoustic versions of DM songs, but your acoustic version of Stripped is simply beautiful, Vaughn
One of my favorite songs EVAH! BTW, all the notes in the A-G-F-C-A... riff are modulating in pitch (bending) but you can hear it better with the lower D because samples are slowed down and stretched out with lower frequencies.
That's how I hear it, too, David Davidson. But generally, you're absolutely right, Vaughn: Alan put an amazing effort into configuring DMs live keyboard patches.
This is absolutely correct. Having looked at the actual mapping of the bank, they're all exactly the same, it all comes down to the slower speed of the lower pitches making it easier to hear
Please release an album of DM music on piano. It's always my favorite part of your videos, I love listing to them in the background in my office. Thank you for the great content.
I believe this song d3serves a real in debth series...the majic in those keystrokes is like katnip for all depeche Mode Fans...in the ether of the efforts of a single keystroke the time they spent would make for addictive you tube content, much like your album breakdowns..if we ever get a Wilder interview, this song and or any other song he may recall the production of these sounds would be the things that could make our year...or at least mine. I know id appreciate and buy a documentary of what these bands did before digital age to create, store, and recall these sounds. People dont realise today...that even with the top of the line emulator...in one concert those keyboardist were shuffeling floppy disks some times three a song and went thru over a hundred different floppys....all being loaded in the time it takes for a modern comouter to boot up. I recall Alan recalling they often had loads of emulators and emax backstage as some would flake out, and the show must go one...and it took time to reboot a new synth mid song and the other bandmembers would drag out notes and or do solos while the grips were ripping the old synth off stage and the new one was being adjusted and set then load3d with the correct disk... They had 16kbs disks to hold music...we simply didnt have the capacity we take for granted on a simple sim card for a phone...some in 3 terabyte size..
It's really amazing how much effort, heart and soul were put into each note! That's why this song is on everyone's favorite list and why 101 version is universally considered the best! Even if the majority of people cannot really understand and explain the structure of the song the way Vaughn does (he's a pro after all), they can certainly feel the beauty of it! You can never cheat the audience, it always feels everything even if it cannot explain it...
@@VaughnGeorge Thank you!!! By the way, Vaughn, you mentioned you're not a huge fan of how it's being played live nowadays, and I totally agree. The last live DM show I've been to was in 2017 in Moscow. Stripped went right after Everything Counts in the setlist. As much as I love live drums (I play some drums myself) and I really appreciate Christian Eigner's work, I really felt live drums were absolutely out of place there. There were perfectly fine in Everything Counts, it gave a song a kind of new feel, a lot of beat that really suits it, but in Stripped they are really unnecessary. This song is much more about its melodic than rhythmic part in my mind...
@@andreymalov9602 но ведь именно Ал начал играть её с барабанами на Экзотик туре! Интересно, его партии были распределены между оставшимися за клавишами коллегами, или были записаны на плёнку?
Not in my top 5 but definitely in my top 10. Black Celebration is my favorite album and to me...it is their most complete album to date. It weaves a musical story. I think Violator does that, and SoFad does that...but Black Celebration does it the best. Plus the atmosphere on that album is unmatched. Sort of weird Neo-Future Apocalyptic Distopian thing. It's awesome and I never tire of listening to it. It's perfect.
Oh Vaughan, you missed the engine start of Stripped in your intro! 2021 is the year you’ll get Dave, Martin and Fletch on your channel, and it will be Fletch that reaches out to you. Mark my words! Post Edit: don’t comment till you’ve seen the whole video. Correction, but, my prediction for 2021 stands.
And by the way Vaughn, thank you so much for the vid. Really enjoyable. I’ve been with you since the start abs 20!subs back in the days when you introduced the channel as “including artist development”. Wonderful to see you succeeding in this tricky world
Fletch is a glorified banker. He contributed nothing to the band. Not. A. Fucking. Thing. Alan Wilder is Depeche Mode's sound. I cannot imagine that Black Celebration would have ever been made if the original line up stayed the same. Everything changed when Alan showed up. He was a gift for Gods and that's how we got albums like BC to go back to. Stripped was the track that held the B side to the casette together (Stripped was the second track on the B side) and it's just so fucking good. When you hear that opening and the engine idle, you know the shit is going to hit. And it does. This is one track they can't screw up live ( meaning it better not get screwed up ) The missing bend on the final note is obvious! I'm glad someone else hears the bend. This is the track I have watched evolve over every tour. This song still has the effect of making you not know if you want to fight or fuck, or do both at the same time. My CD of Black Celebration is coming today and I can't wait to hear it on CD for the first time in close to 20 years. I'm sure my brain is going to stroke out.
I initially hated Stripped. Don't even remember how or why. But a few months later I heard Breathing In Fumes and I loved that and realized it was basically Stripped. So I started listening to Stripped again and...it's definitely in my Top 5. It and Fly On The Windscreen, Top 5 also, are the best tracks on BC. Keep at it VG well done. Someone mentioned a Japanese vibe to the song and I agree, I ve always felt that and wondered if others had too.
The switch from the Staccato to the longer held notes live was the starkest change to the song live. It's amazing how many people who don't notice. I thought it was only my autistic ear that picked up this shit. I'm going to watch more because I absolutely went overboard as a kid analyzing every song. The Highland mix is mental and so good. I think I'm going to join the patron because I need someone to geek out with.
Stripped is my favourite song from my favourite band since I listened to it for the first time in my mum’s car, when I was fifteen . I just can’t move ...and my mind flies Thank you for your devoted videos
Vaughn, your piano parts are playing around in my head still 20 minutes after listening to the video. I suggest you post a video of you playing Stripped on the piano entirely, just like you did with Agent Orange. It would be beautiful to hear. Excellent video by the way. Good job, man. Cheers!
"Stripped" is and always will be my favorite song of all time! Your piano versions are delicious. Thank you, Vaughn! Now, I'll go listen to the Highland Mix (again). 💜🙌
My top ten Depeche mode song and the track on Black Celebration that made me a devotee. Dark,Industrial synthwave. Alan Wilder's lead part are quite integral with powerful drum that has manufacture steel pound.
Hey Vaughn, props to your DM videos! Would be cool if you could do a video about some of the gear DM used on every album. Unfortunately there’s not much info regarding that. I know they’re not the kind of group that only uses drummer X on this album etc. But it would still be cool to know for example what kind of drum machine or drum sample was used for the kick in ‘behind the wheel’ etc. It would also be beneficial for historical uses to gather this knowledge and extract all you/the internet knows in a video or even just an article. Thanks!!
Thanks Vaughn for this beautiful and very extensive review of this masterpiece. Excellent analysis as always, intimate, full of passion and details. Stripped reminds me of when I used to listen to the radio with the cassette deck ready (I was still 16 at the time). Then I recorded the Depeche Mode single and I literally destroyed both the cassette and the tape recorder. Then I bought the album, also on cassette (shortly after I switched to vinyl, of course), and listened to it twice a day for a whole year. To date the album I love the most. Stripped is definitely in the top 5, if not my absolute favorite. The sound of strings is iconic and the Highland Mix is possibly the most beautiful remix ever of all the DM tracks
An interesting thing I've noticed is that when they first played stripped live on the Black Celebration tour, Martin's sound was not sustained like the album version and it sounds very different, but that was the original version. They still played it really well back then of course!
I heard this song for the first time in 94 on the say anything soundtrack (bought it for Gabriel's in your eyes) which lead me to buy black celebration which blew me away making me a devotee leading to wanting to get my hands on every piece if their music.
Hi Vaughn, once again, a great video. I'd like to point out, that I think that sound that Alan and Martin play at the same time after the first chorus is actually not played parallel. Listen to the sound again. Martin plays the line during the second verse (metropolis, has nothing on this...), while Alan plays his line from the first verse over that. That is why Alan's line after the first chorus is so prominent, because Martin could actually not be playing his line at the same time. Just an observation, I could be completely wrong. Thank you for your video. Simon
the programming and the work on the rhythm and the drums and also incredible moreover recently I discovered the Backing Tapes of Stripped on the SOFAD Tour: And it's just incredible because we discover new sounds and super worked and very progressive with incredible effects it's funny this song it's been 35 years since I discovered it and it opened me to become a fan of the group and it still intrigues me as much and I still discover new things thank you again for the share Vaughan 😎👍
I got in to DM at 15, right before 101 came out. I got Music for the Masses and absolutely loved it! Rushed out to get 101 on double vinyl the day it came out and it changed my life! So good! And the 101 version of this song is just brilliant! So many hooks and layers of pure gold! They would make 5 songs just from the hooks on Stripped these days🙄
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An in-depth and detailed song analysis of "Stripped" by Depeche Mode with detailed explanations of the song structure, the keyboard parts, piano improvisations and more.
Imagine making a Depeche Mode tribute album only acapella, doing all the sounds with your mouth. That would be great!
I am gonna try it, it sounds great! Everyone always want a place where we can learn and even get better at something we already know, thank you vaughn!
@@miqueasvalentinhernandez3998 well Vaughn has got the Boom da Bah Bah right, so the rest is up to you.. :)
@Vaughn Despite the fact that this really is one of my top 5 favourite songs, if you were to introduce Depeche Mode to someone you know, who might never have listened to DM, which song would you choose?
@@atouchofevil8079 tough choice but I’d probably play them “Enjoy the Silence” because it’s very DM and also very listenable for most people too!! VG 😎🎹👍
Dave's vocals on this...brilliant
Indeed!! VG :-)
I discovered Depeche when I bought the Singles 86-98.
Stripped is the first song there.
The song is like a divide. If you dont like it you can skip the rest of the songs on the album actually. If you dont like that song your most likely not gonna like Depeche Mode at all.
Its a masterpiece. Depeche Mode at their best.
For sure!! VG :-)
You said the same thing twice😆
I love how it’s starts with the chorus. That was their signature back then on many songs.
You can hear the depth, dark, raw emotions of a tormented soul not reaching the level of intimacy he is longing for. That is just my personal take on this song, I just love it.
Agreed, to me is not a purely sexual song, it reminds me of being in a relationship where the other person isnt interested in opening up or developing the relationship futher, it can drive you crazy.
@@ricochetsixtytenit almost seems like a love song to politicians
This is a 5-star analysis for my top 1 DM song!!! I'd love to hear the full classic version on piano.
Hats off!!
Such a beautiful song, based on a beautiful melody.I like the Highland mix very much too, the way it starts is so triumphal. I think is the most iconic songs from DM. Thanks for this analysis.
The Highland mix is the absolute BEST!!!
no hand clapping during this song, Fletch!
Hahhaha No way!! Fletch has his hands full with this one!! VG🎹👍😎
Maybe they added that short drums-only section on the live versions to give him some clap time before the rest of the song kicks in 😂
My interpretation is that it about revealing your soul.
Your inner longing and also fear about being rejected.
That's my number one favourite song and when Rammstein covered it it grew even more considering their heavy interpretation which works totally fine live same as Depeche Mode playing it live.
Hi Vaughn-excellent & enjoyable to listen to-many thanks & regards Andrew!
🙏🏼 Thank you! I really enjoyed this one, love the song and your piano version of it
You are very welcome Juul!! VG :-)
This, Halo and NLMDA are my top 3 DM tunes. The vibe and groove of this track just grab you and don't let go. To this day I still get goosebumps hearing it. Of course, the newer live versions leave me cold with the OTT drumming that wreck the groove of the track the idling sample and pitched down hi-hats give the track.
Regarding the "doubled" part that both Alan and Martin play - I think that Martin plays the part during the second verse when Alan plays the other part on the woodblock/marimba sound (the closest "conventional" sound I can think of), as it does carry on underneath. This might explain why Martin's part is quieter in the mix as well.
I think that the bend in the sample is in all of the notes - remember these samples are sped up or slowed down to get the pitches in the scale, so it may be that the bend on the low D of that riff is still in the higher note as it would just be sped up to make the appropriate pitch. If you were to take the higher pitched sample and slow it down, I suspect the bend would appear in the note. Unfortunately, I don't have the banks to confirm it :(
The samples would be the shortest possible they could get away with as memory in samplers back then was scarce and expensive.
I think you are absolutely right in saying that Gary !! VG :-)
Halo is one of my favourites as well.
Yes, Stripped is one of my top5 DM songs. Hell, it light be top3 on my list, that's how much I love this song.
It's a masterpiece. It's a shame no one write these kind of songs anymore...
Just starting to watch this and my expectations are very high because I think that "Stripped" is one of the MOST BESTIST DM track ever!! Can´t wait to see how this goes!!
Concerning the chugging sound that runs through the song... I can tell you what it is, Vaughn. It's an Emulator I patch...I can't remember just now what it's called but it's a factory E-Mu disk. There's a free Emulator I VST for PC and Mac by Digital Systemic Emulations which contains it...and other classics!
Fantastic video by the way - Stripped is definitely one of DM's finest songs.
Thank you for the clarification !! VG :-)
@@VaughnGeorge No worries! It's the least I can do after all the enjoyment I've had out of your videos. Fellow musician here, and it's a joy to interact with others like you and other subscribers, not forgetting our shared love of the Mode! 👍
Actually - concerning the Emulator I - the plugin I recommended seems to be missing just ONE sound, a preset called Cello I think. Depeche used it on The Landscape Is Changing. Paul Young's first album has it all over too. Since I really like that sound I'd love it, and I think I can recreate it.
Muso Tech Alert....
I have a free Mellotron plugin that seems to contain that sound's origin on a C note - by sheer chance I loaded it, hit the key and it sounded identical, so I'm going to sample that, loop it and it should do the business! Construction Time Again!
Sorry for the crappy humour! ;-)
I have that sound in the UVI Emulation One plugin and it's called "Motor Cycle 1". It's funny to listen to it on different keys cause the sound we hear on "Stripped" is pitched down. So if you play the sound an octave and a half upper, you clearly recognize the onIdle sound of a motorbike.
@@vincee4191 awesome!! Thank you for clarifying this my friend!! VG 😎🎹👍
Beautiful playing Vaughn
Thank you Sir!! VG :-)
Brilliant as always Vaughn.
Thank you !! VG :-)
The sound of idling HD is in the UVI Emulation VST, I think that is the one from the EMAX.
Very cool thanks Vaughn 🙇♂️
This was the first Depeche song I ever heard. My aunt gave me the Singles 86-98 compilation when it came out and it was track 1 side 1. I fell in love with DM at age 14 and have had a love affair with them, with ups and downs, ever since.
Yes man. It's in my all time top 5
It's such a gorgeous piece. Now if someone can please call up Alan Wilder and ask him if ge can play it on the piano for us and post it. ❤
Vaughn, Alan explains everything when it comes to all the engine sounds in "Stripped" in the following link:
ruclips.net/video/5gdEt4rsmJo/видео.html
When you set the stick sounds it was so much like here is the house 😮
Your voice is nice , great job
Bless you Kamil! Thank you !! VG 🎹😎👍
I think it was Dave Gahan's Porsche, not a Harley? I read that somewhere. The bass part was a minimoog.
Way to start the vid, Vaughn!
cheers Maggie!! VG :-)
One important aspect deep into the core of this song is NAKED PEOPLE.
Indeed!! The core !! VG :-)
I'd definitely 100% put stripped in my top 10, but I think my top 5 currently are 1.The love thieves 2.home 3.clean 4.barrel of a gun 5.....yeah, no definitely stripped nevermind. Had to really pause on this comment. There's too many good songs. All of my song rankings change pretty regularly though except for #1
Love your videos. A thought though that maybe could improve the videos. You said you wanted suggestions 😄👍🏻. When you deconstruct the songs, e.g the idling HD, you could use a DAW with the different parts to make it clearer what the effect of the idling HD and drums have together. Rick Beato has a great series "what makes this song great", and there he uses a DAW or a mixer, but it allows him getting his point through.
Thank you for your feedback and suggestion Patrik !! It Is very much appreciated !! VG :-)
Thank you Vaughn. Metropolis has nothing on this.
Vaughn do you have any idea how this hi-hat (?) sound at 1:22 - 1:33 could have been made?
101 is the version of the song .....live ....101 is one of the best live albums ever made ....from start 2 finish ...
I'll drink to that !! VG :-)
@@VaughnGeorge any news on interview with Andy mccluskey....? Quality as per ...
@@wawawswfc4957 hi and thank you!! Yes , I am still perusing an OMD interview !! VG :-)
"Live" is a big word, there was much post-production in the studio by Alan afterwards
Devotional version is also so cool
25:00 The bend is on all notes. The sample playback speed is just making it harder to hear the bend in the higher pitched notes. This sound makes me think it was an attempt to make a guitar sounds on a synth.
Excellent Deconstruction Time Again Vaughn!
Martin Gore may have childlike melodies but Alan Wilder made them sound adult, does that make sense? LOL. I have the US & UK CD Singles and UK & US 12" (But Not Tonight as Side A) of Stripped, and I just listened again after watching this video. Now I can picture in my head who is playing what, sort of like a new music video playing in my head. 😊
A fitting continuation would be a deconstruction of its B-side "But Not Tonight" perhaps? My fave DM B-side of all time, it was actually popular in an underground/cult radio station here in Manila in 1986.
Oh and the sound with the obvious loop point - if that was me I'd shorten the envelope so it's a quick sound as opposed to a long release....;-)
Having used Martin's bank many times, I can tell you that the envelope is actually much shorter, VG has added reverb or something. If you listen to Stripped from Devotional, you can hear that sound quite prominently, and it is indeed a quick release.
Woow
the more I analyse Mode stems, and use my Emaxes and Emulators, the more I realise most of these sounds are just library sounds with some basic editing. Strings, horns, percussion, ethnic instruments.
did you listen to the surround sound mixes? There are a few hook lines, like for instance, but not tonight, where the layers are split. you can really hear the guitar samples and simple horn sounds in many of these songs (probable factory sounds). amazing stuff
Tom hi!! Yes you are so right!! A lot of Emulator and Emax presets were used as the staring point for some sounds. When auditioning those sound libraries I was amazed by the quality of those sounds even after all these years!! VG :-)
I love your boum tiki tcha - boum tcha, congratulations for this review ;-)
I know where Alan's parts are from, but what about Martin's and Fletch's parts ???? Where did you get them from ? :D
I am a gangster....VG
@@VaughnGeorge Maybe you have the vocal stems also :D so you can make a good remix of this track.... or you can do a new mix of the original, so it would sound even better :D
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"Let me hear you make decisions - without your television (cell phone these days)" - one of the most powerful lines I've ever heard. The emotion in it/behind it brings tears to this old man's eyes almost every time. I never thought of this song as a sexual one at all. It never even crossed my mind when I was younger, Rammstein's version made it sexual by dropping "to the bone" in their version. It's always been about naked emotion and wanting nothing but the purest form of closeness. My take anyway.
From the first time I heard it in 1986, Stripped has been my absolute favorite Depeche Mode song, and I come back to it over and over. It still has the same emotional impact after all these years - both devastating and beautiful.
I was 16 years old when I stood on the chairs at the Rose Bowl that June of 88’. I was there with my then high school sweetheart. It was our first concert together. Martin’s riff brought tears to her gorgeous green eyes and the song will forever remind me of young love. As I sat in the stands just two weeks ago and watched a now 62 year old Dave sing Stripped in Los Angeles, it brings me back to a bygone era. Something I will never, ever forget…
Are you still together with her?
@@olfreal no. We broke up less than a year later. But you never forget your first love. My parents still live in the same house and when I go back to visit, it brings back memories.
Stripping down Stripped ! I must have listened to this song a gazillion times and 40+ versions but hats off to Vaughn for the fresh coat of paint and fun analysis. Bravo! Looking forward to each and everyone of these and will be here when you tackle all the B-sides like Flexible in 3 years from now.
Cheers Eric !! I am glad you enjoyed this !! VG :-)
Brilliant video. So, when Alan switched to live drums on "Stripped" half-way through the 1993-94 Devotional/Exotic Tour what happened to his keyboard parts? Did he allocate some to Martin and Fletch/Daryl or did he completely reprogram the track?
just found your channel, bingewatching it, for a few days now. Glad to see there are other people that love DM so much and are such a fan of Alan Wilder. Recently I got back into playing synthesizer ( I am active in a band as a bass player and starting to explore a taurus style of playing bass synth and synth pads with my feet to support the band).
Bless you Jan!! glad you found me!! Welcome onboard my friend!! VG :-)
I've always felt that in Stripped..there's some "east asian" taste on the sounds and maybe the "childlike"-feeling of the melody goes hand in hand with that.
Top 5 tracks Stripped, Here Is The House, In Your Room, Waiting For The Night, Clean, Sun And The Rainfall...urgh that's six. But those are the main ones.
Is that an Alan Wilder alarm? I love you.
Bless you and lots of love to you too!! VG :-)
Fan Boy Alert!
It’s one of their best songs, to me Stripped is a better song than Enjoy The Silence because it emotionally resonates with me more.
Enjoy The Silence is a good song, but the problem is, it’s so upbeat it over shadows the emotional essence of the song.
Most of the Sample presets you demonstrate are from the live banks, not the source sounds used in the studio. I'm under the impression when they put the live show together, they made samples from the synths and sounds on the original 24 track master tapes. What I mean is a lot of the "synth" sounds on the albums were originally created, sequenced, and tracked to tape with synthesizers, not these samples, then sampled later for the live show (instead of needing to take a ton of synths on tour). Obviously this doesn't include sounds like metal hits, and found sounds and things that were originally samples.
John hi, yes of course, you are right !! These are indeed the I've banks I am demonstrating here. VG :-)
I think its musically a suicide to leave Fletcher play anything live . If I would be in the band I wouldn't let him. And I guess Alan said once Fletcher's keyboard stays switched off during live performances.
I have heard many people say the same thing my friend !! VG :-)
He's good at clapping his hands though..
I can't believe that
If you remember during the 2nd wave of the Devotional Tour, Fletch had a breakdown. and Daryl Bamonte had to learn his parts prior to performing in front of a HUGE crowd in Brasil and Argentina. So Fletch does play some things. He also Claps a lot. He does have the best job in the history of jobs!
It was about mics, not synths
I really enjoyed this🥰. Stripped is definitely on my top 5, if not actually THE number 1🤩. Love the 101 version, and can look at it on repeat. Sadly the live versions nowadays Will never top that. Stripped has, as many DM songs, that haunting, melancolic, bombastic, melodic and beautiful sound. Really appriciated that you stripped (😉) down the different parts and Who is Playing what in the song. There is something about Stripped that is hard to explain and put in words. That iconic melody (Martins part) is givivg me goosebumps every time. Loved your raw piano version and could listen for hours. Great job as always VG🖤
Thank you Kindly my friend !! I agree with your comments and feelings on the great track!! Catch you soon one the next video !! VG :-)
Waiting patiently🥰
First heard this song on the "Say Anything" soundtrack in 1995ish. I had bought the soundtrack for the Peter Gabriel song "In Your Eyes" however "Stripped" the live 101 version once found eclipsed the Gabriel song as the reason to have that soundtrack. I already liked DM but would no become a devotee until 1999 but that's another story.
Astonishing piano playing! I always had some love-hate relationship with acoustic versions of DM songs, but your acoustic version of Stripped is simply beautiful, Vaughn
One of my favorite songs EVAH! BTW, all the notes in the A-G-F-C-A... riff are modulating in pitch (bending) but you can hear it better with the lower D because samples are slowed down and stretched out with lower frequencies.
That's how I hear it, too, David Davidson. But generally, you're absolutely right, Vaughn: Alan put an amazing effort into configuring DMs live keyboard patches.
This is absolutely correct. Having looked at the actual mapping of the bank, they're all exactly the same, it all comes down to the slower speed of the lower pitches making it easier to hear
Please release an album of DM music on piano. It's always my favorite part of your videos, I love listing to them in the background in my office. Thank you for the great content.
Bless you Bryan !! Thank you so much Sir!! VG :-)
I believe this song d3serves a real in debth series...the majic in those keystrokes is like katnip for all depeche Mode Fans...in the ether of the efforts of a single keystroke the time they spent would make for addictive you tube content, much like your album breakdowns..if we ever get a Wilder interview, this song and or any other song he may recall the production of these sounds would be the things that could make our year...or at least mine.
I know id appreciate and buy a documentary of what these bands did before digital age to create, store, and recall these sounds.
People dont realise today...that even with the top of the line emulator...in one concert those keyboardist were shuffeling floppy disks some times three a song and went thru over a hundred different floppys....all being loaded in the time it takes for a modern comouter to boot up. I recall Alan recalling they often had loads of emulators and emax backstage as some would flake out, and the show must go one...and it took time to reboot a new synth mid song and the other bandmembers would drag out notes and or do solos while the grips were ripping the old synth off stage and the new one was being adjusted and set then load3d with the correct disk...
They had 16kbs disks to hold music...we simply didnt have the capacity we take for granted on a simple sim card for a phone...some in 3 terabyte size..
It's really amazing how much effort, heart and soul were put into each note! That's why this song is on everyone's favorite list and why 101 version is universally considered the best! Even if the majority of people cannot really understand and explain the structure of the song the way Vaughn does (he's a pro after all), they can certainly feel the beauty of it! You can never cheat the audience, it always feels everything even if it cannot explain it...
Bless you Andrey !! Thank you for your kind words!! VG :-)
@@VaughnGeorge Thank you!!! By the way, Vaughn, you mentioned you're not a huge fan of how it's being played live nowadays, and I totally agree. The last live DM show I've been to was in 2017 in Moscow. Stripped went right after Everything Counts in the setlist. As much as I love live drums (I play some drums myself) and I really appreciate Christian Eigner's work, I really felt live drums were absolutely out of place there. There were perfectly fine in Everything Counts, it gave a song a kind of new feel, a lot of beat that really suits it, but in Stripped they are really unnecessary. This song is much more about its melodic than rhythmic part in my mind...
@@andreymalov9602 но ведь именно Ал начал играть её с барабанами на Экзотик туре! Интересно, его партии были распределены между оставшимися за клавишами коллегами, или были записаны на плёнку?
Vaughn deserves way more subscribers, thats all i feel like saying, great video Vaughn!
Thank you bro !! Trying my best to grow the channel !! VG :-)
When you took part of a concert, the first notes were hypnotics and you filled like a cord that vibrates through all of your body. Unforgettable.
Not in my top 5 but definitely in my top 10. Black Celebration is my favorite album and to me...it is their most complete album to date. It weaves a musical story. I think Violator does that, and SoFad does that...but Black Celebration does it the best. Plus the atmosphere on that album is unmatched. Sort of weird Neo-Future Apocalyptic Distopian thing. It's awesome and I never tire of listening to it. It's perfect.
7:47 That’s it. Vaughn is going nuts. 😳
As I do !! VG :-) :-) :-)
i mean
that's just to be expected of depeche mode followers
Oh Vaughan, you missed the engine start of Stripped in your intro! 2021 is the year you’ll get Dave, Martin and Fletch on your channel, and it will be Fletch that reaches out to you. Mark my words! Post Edit: don’t comment till you’ve seen the whole video. Correction, but, my prediction for 2021 stands.
Bless you my friend !! Thank you so much !! VG😎🎹👍
It’s Dave’s 1986 Porsche 911 turbo to be precise apparently. Soz.
@@mhoppy6639 👍
And by the way Vaughn, thank you so much for the vid. Really enjoyable. I’ve been with you since the start abs 20!subs back in the days when you introduced the channel as “including artist development”. Wonderful to see you succeeding in this tricky world
When anyone likes my comments anonymously, I secretly hope its Alan Wilder liking it 😊
Fletch is a glorified banker. He contributed nothing to the band. Not. A. Fucking. Thing. Alan Wilder is Depeche Mode's sound. I cannot imagine that Black Celebration would have ever been made if the original line up stayed the same. Everything changed when Alan showed up. He was a gift for Gods and that's how we got albums like BC to go back to. Stripped was the track that held the B side to the casette together (Stripped was the second track on the B side) and it's just so fucking good. When you hear that opening and the engine idle, you know the shit is going to hit. And it does. This is one track they can't screw up live ( meaning it better not get screwed up ) The missing bend on the final note is obvious! I'm glad someone else hears the bend. This is the track I have watched evolve over every tour. This song still has the effect of making you not know if you want to fight or fuck, or do both at the same time. My CD of Black Celebration is coming today and I can't wait to hear it on CD for the first time in close to 20 years. I'm sure my brain is going to stroke out.
I initially hated Stripped. Don't even remember how or why. But a few months later I heard Breathing In Fumes and I loved that and realized it was basically Stripped. So I started listening to Stripped again and...it's definitely in my Top 5. It and Fly On The Windscreen, Top 5 also, are the best tracks on BC. Keep at it VG well done.
Someone mentioned a Japanese vibe to the song and I agree, I ve always felt that and wondered if others had too.
The switch from the Staccato to the longer held notes live was the starkest change to the song live. It's amazing how many people who don't notice. I thought it was only my autistic ear that picked up this shit. I'm going to watch more because I absolutely went overboard as a kid analyzing every song. The Highland mix is mental and so good. I think I'm going to join the patron because I need someone to geek out with.
Welcome to my team !! I also tend hear things that others don't !! VG :-)
I really like the whole analysis of each sound and how beautifuly the song is put together almost subconsciously.
Stripped is my favourite song from my favourite band since I listened to it for the first time in my mum’s car, when I was fifteen . I just can’t move ...and my mind flies
Thank you for your devoted videos
Best Depeche mode song in my opinion,always thought the sounds on this track were japanese/oriental style in a synth way.
You are right !! The scales (and some sounds) that DM used on this song and many others does indeed often have an "oriental flavour". VG :-)
@@VaughnGeorge Thanks for confirming that for me.
@@VaughnGeorge Thanks for conferming that
This was awesome! Stripped is second only to Shake the disease on my list. Loved the piano part so much and drifted far away inside my headphones 😊
Vaughn, your piano parts are playing around in my head still 20 minutes after listening to the video. I suggest you post a video of you playing Stripped on the piano entirely, just like you did with Agent Orange. It would be beautiful to hear. Excellent video by the way. Good job, man. Cheers!
THANK YOU my friend I am glad you liked it !! VG :-)
Stripped is definitely one of my favourites but I really love welcome to my world
"Stripped" is and always will be my favorite song of all time! Your piano versions are delicious. Thank you, Vaughn! Now, I'll go listen to the Highland Mix (again). 💜🙌
woodblock sound is a Japanese ethnic sound
The duck a duck duck a duck Intro is a Soundsample from Daves first Porsche 911.
Stripped is definitely in my top 3 Depeche Mode songs of all time. The groove and the rhythm is so infectious.
I can watch and watch these Vaughn - I can’t play a note, but can appreciate these vids sooooo much
@@Glynn1965 you are so welcome ! VG 🙏
5:35 I always imagined it being the engine of an old dilapidated fishing boat... there are some that really sound like that... 😄
My top ten Depeche mode song and the track on Black Celebration that made me a devotee. Dark,Industrial synthwave.
Alan Wilder's lead part are quite integral with powerful drum that has manufacture steel pound.
Brilliant! And thanks for including the Fletch Synth Bass part - I studied that intensely when I watched your "What does Fletch do?" video in 2019 🤣
Excellent. I love the piano arrangement too.
Hey Vaughn, props to your DM videos! Would be cool if you could do a video about some of the gear DM used on every album. Unfortunately there’s not much info regarding that. I know they’re not the kind of group that only uses drummer X on this album etc. But it would still be cool to know for example what kind of drum machine or drum sample was used for the kick in ‘behind the wheel’ etc. It would also be beneficial for historical uses to gather this knowledge and extract all you/the internet knows in a video or even just an article. Thanks!!
Thanks Vaughn for this beautiful and very extensive review of this masterpiece. Excellent analysis as always, intimate, full of passion and details.
Stripped reminds me of when I used to listen to the radio with the cassette deck ready (I was still 16 at the time). Then I recorded the Depeche Mode single and I literally destroyed both the cassette and the tape recorder. Then I bought the album, also on cassette (shortly after I switched to vinyl, of course), and listened to it twice a day for a whole year. To date the album I love the most. Stripped is definitely in the top 5, if not my absolute favorite. The sound of strings is iconic and the Highland Mix is possibly the most beautiful remix ever of all the DM tracks
I don't like when Martins part appears in the intro. When it's saved for the second chorus, the song elevates from amazing to out of the world.
Love this song, absolutely top 5! Beautiful, haunting, timeless. What do you think of German rock super group Rammstein’s version?
An interesting thing I've noticed is that when they first played stripped live on the Black Celebration tour, Martin's sound was not sustained like the album version and it sounds very different, but that was the original version. They still played it really well back then of course!
Right you are!! VG :-)
Stripped is definitely top ten, likely top 5. One of the best reviews yet. Love the depth and the improv at the end was gorgeous!
Thank you Lauren !! Glad you liked it!! VG :-)
Top man Vaughn, thanks again, you are magic!!
@@pinkdamson bless you my friend ! Thank you ! VG
Don't forget Alan probably uses both hands
And both feet too !! VG :-) :-)
I heard this song for the first time in 94 on the say anything soundtrack (bought it for Gabriel's in your eyes) which lead me to buy black celebration which blew me away making me a devotee leading to wanting to get my hands on every piece if their music.
Hi Vaughn, once again, a great video. I'd like to point out, that I think that sound that Alan and Martin play at the same time after the first chorus is actually not played parallel.
Listen to the sound again. Martin plays the line during the second verse (metropolis, has nothing on this...), while Alan plays his line from the first verse over that. That is why Alan's line after the first chorus is so prominent, because Martin could actually not be playing his line at the same time.
Just an observation, I could be completely wrong.
Thank you for your video.
Simon
Simon I think you may be onto something here!! I am going to have another listen and may have to address this in another video!! Thanks man!! VG :-)
My favourite song
the programming and the work on the rhythm and the drums and also incredible moreover recently I discovered the Backing Tapes of Stripped on the SOFAD Tour: And it's just incredible because we discover new sounds and super worked and very progressive with incredible effects it's funny this song it's been 35 years since I discovered it and it opened me to become a fan of the group and it still intrigues me as much and I still discover new things thank you again for the share Vaughan 😎👍
Stripped was my first favourite song by DM. A song like no others.
Yes, definitely top of the list. This song also reminds me of the terminator 1 intro generic sort of with the metallic sounds and beat.
JAPANESE INFLUENCE AS WELL
I got in to DM at 15, right before 101 came out. I got Music for the Masses and absolutely loved it! Rushed out to get 101 on double vinyl the day it came out and it changed my life! So good! And the 101 version of this song is just brilliant! So many hooks and layers of pure gold! They would make 5 songs just from the hooks on Stripped these days🙄