There is no funnier interview than this out there 🤣 frantic all over the place hand flailing overdramatic interviewer vs cool calm collected composed and eloquent elegant intelligent interviewee 😎 AW’s reaction to the random teddy bear gift, priceless
That little smirk Alan gets as soon as bozo says “you guys are immensely popular in Britain”. You can see Alan probably just think to himself “alright well this one’s gonna suck”
One thing i like about Alan, he's very eloquent of answering all the question.. some how he managed to keep it calm and cool in the interview.. That my awesome Alan. 😊❤❤
Dear gawd, this interviewer is horrible. Alan is such a nice guy that he's able to keep his cool with this guy's stupid questions while interjecting a little sarcasm and wit along the way keeping his adorable smile in check. He's such a consummate professional and so incredibly talented. DM was never the same without him sadly.
"It could have been, but it wasn't..." 5:48 ... and rolling his eyes for the 100th time xD. I love Alan! Without him, Depeche Mode are like a "Second hand Depeche Mode" :(
I agree with you completely. Dave seemed to be fine with Alan, but then he got into his drugged out Jesus phase during "Songs of Faith and Devotion", and became essentially useless. The tag-team of Gore and Fletch reeked of professional envy. Alan was a threat to them. Fletch's contribution to the musicality of the band still remains a rhetorical question. Gore is a good songwriter, but appears extremely insecure. He tried too hard to be dead sexy during his black leather bondage days 😁
In hindsight, during 1987-1993 they were in their most creative golden period, especially with respect to Alan's production and his innovative soundscapes. So the answer is no, the future of synth was not in danger of becoming obsolete. lol.
This interviewer was an idiot. Amazing how Alan handled it. *Ultimate* power play by Alan, when the interviewer was flummoxed by the screaming fans, and Alan said "Well, I'm used to it." Hahahaha. I'm not a DM fan who thinks DM haven't been good since Alan left, I really do like Alan. He's a very good communicator and very calm in the face of stupidity. I can't let the disrespectful fans affect my feeling towards Alan.
I can't help but think what would've happened if Dave was present there, having been renowned for being the nicest & funniest but also (at least back then) the most aggressive member of the band... 😬🤣
Very cool, the interviewer kept asking about Nitzer Ebb at the end. They had to wait until 89' before they gotten their visas granted and be able to go on tour with DM.
I have nothing but respect for Alan and I find him to be a most attractive man inside and out, but he is the kind of person that, if he doesn't remember to smile enough, his natural assurance and collected, serious personality can easily pass as self-sufficiency. Yes the interviewer was a little too much, but I do feel that his intention was good and he was just trying to be engaging and friendly and, you know, make things fun and interesting (I mean this IS MUCH Music after all, not the French Parliament..) .. and he's sitting there with ''You pathetic weirdo'' written all over his face. I don't know. That he didn't like the guy, I can understand (and maybe he even felt like he was being made fun of here and there which would have probably crossed my mind too), but the thing is, as an artist you're doing the interview for your fans (and to show your pretty face to potential new ones), and when you don't make the smallest effort to look like you actually want to be there, ultimately it's your fans that get to watch you look bored out of your mind through the whole thing.. and I don't know how that's good promo for you or your band. Had I been old enough to watch this back when it aired, all I would have seen here is a young magazine-faced bloke with an attitude.. and I would have quickly changed the channel. Dave would have laughed at at least some of this guy's jokes (and probably all of 'em), and then the whole thing wouldn't have been so painfully awkward..
I do see your point but the funny thing is...that's one of the qualities I admire most about Allan and that's his uncompromising honesty, he doesn't sugar coat and he's not a salesman.
Yes, I do think that as an individual, in your one-to-one, personal relationships, it is indeed an admirable trait to have.. but the point of an interview is to make people like you, so if you have zero talent for hypocrisy, please, lend your seat to another band member who's maybe better at it. ;) And you know, I'm complaining about Alan here, but really I think none of DM members have ever been great in interviews except for Dave. He's the only one who I feel is first and foremost a ''people person'', and actually enjoys sitting down with somebody and have that kind of interaction, ''connecting'' with people. The others almost always looked like they'd rather be spending some quality time with a piece of paper/synth/accounts book.. Not all that engaging.. ;) So, yes, his honesty is admirable generally-speaking, but I can't help but cringe watching him here, :)
Well if you have to put on a persona to make people like you then you're not being yourself, you're not being real. I don't know, I quite like that they're not people persons although I've watched many of their interviews and I think they express themselves well. I just find happy, positive people irritating after a while. Blame it on too much Depeche Mode music! Lol.
captaingish Now, is it Depeche Mode's music that made you irritated by happy people or is it the other way around: You always found them irritating and therefore you find that Depeche's music speaks to you?.. ;P I think for me it's the latter. I never trusted overly happy people. They scream ''poser'' to me. On the other hand I've always loved Martin's cynical sense of humor that comes through in his lyrics, and his lucidity of how mundane and phony life and people can be.. But I'm also for making an effort to put people at ease when I'm talking to them, and not crush them under my unshakable assurance.. ;)
HijaDelMar6 I understand what you're saying, but honestly, I don't think Alan owed this guy a thing. Firstly, he was making fun of him from the start; the teddy bear, the condescending attitude, trying desperately to be funny when he was clearly not. If you watch other interviews of Alan, you'll see that he's almost shy when his turn to speak comes. Yet, if he is indulged, he'll talk for hours and hours, and you can definitely see him beaming when he speaks his mind. Lastly, and that is what *really* annoyed me with this interview, is that the guy is bloody _clueless_. Absolutely clueless. He confused the titles of the song (and _Sacred_ which is like one of the best songs in the album), he said that they were famous in Britain but not everywhere else, when it was exactly the opposite, and he expected Alan to actually agree with the crap he was saying. That's as useless as an interviewer I have ever seen in my life. And he also commented on Dave's son when Dave wasn't even around, which was a low blow for me. I, personally, want to shake Alan's hand for actually finishing the interview, with a rightfully fed up attitude notwithstanding. I'd have punched him midway through.
I would leave at the first question. this interviewer is such a waste of time but Alan is polite and understanding, right ? Love the way Alan says 'it could have be but it wasn't" he is so annoyed and we feel a touch of contempt.
Strange about nitzer ebb and their visa's. Does our governmemt think they are Nazis or something? A few of their members had issues in 2020 with their visa's also. Of course saw them in 1990 on that DM tour
I love his voice, his smile and the way he raises his left eyebrow :D Seriously, why isn't there anyone like him nowadays, we've got only shitty music and stupid celebraties v.v
What a douce way to start an interview: You’re not popular You play more than keyboards? Compares you to Georgia Satellites Your synthpop genre is dying And the whole time people are screaming for Alan
The journo starts the int the worst way possible. He obviously didn´t care to do any research. Many musicians would take a piss of him. Alan is a perfect gentleman. I grew up in Prague, behind the iron curtain and even I knew DM weren´t taken seriously in the UK. But they became huge in Germany and Switzerland. Then France, Italy, Austria, Sweden. And they were massive is Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland. Then I found out they were huge in Latin America, too. Why? I like New Order. How many times toured New Order Prague? Never! While Depeche Mode have played in Prague about 9 times. There was something mystical about them. The music. The image. They were neither pop, nor alternative. They did things their way and were somehow able to connect with fans all around the world. And they went to play live to countries where other big bands don´t bother to go.
There is no funnier interview than this out there 🤣 frantic all over the place hand flailing overdramatic interviewer vs cool calm collected composed and eloquent elegant intelligent interviewee 😎 AW’s reaction to the random teddy bear gift, priceless
I love the look Alan gave at 7:30. He was looking away to someone and did a "Get me out of here" face. 😆
He was like ffs can you believe this guy
what a beautiful and intelligent man
Who? The interviewer.
@@littlejohnnyturtle8770 Hahaha
Alan....of course !
Priceless interview! I think my favourite is "It could have been... but it wasn't..."
mine too.😄hilarious. such a class act. ahhh, i love this man so much.💗
Alan Wilder has always been an absolute class act in any situations
Alan had amazing self control, restraining himself from punching this interviewer in the head.
Yeah, but If Looks could kill😅
How could Alan be so patient with this interview! Full self-control
Alan had very comfortable position on this chair to walk and punch the cringy interviewer.
ThAtS RIGHT hahahahahahaha
What snob and disinformed that interviewer. Dumb interviewer
u r right ! :D
thank you. be healthy. :)
He is so classy to not react to the interviewer's crass, ignorant persona. Not half as charming and funny as he thinks himself. Ugh!
@@jonise2524 he sounds very ignorant
Alan's faces. They kill me.
"his name is jack, so it's a boy" look at alan's face LOL!!!
francesca albarello ..My son and I love imitating his "That's Riiighht!!" Hilarious
Hahahaha he is greattttttttttttt! I laught a lot!
He looked at the interviewer like get this s*** out of my face...Lol
What did he say afterwards something about perception?
@Juan Perez you say that, but I don’t think you realise how vastly different things would have been if history worked out that way.
That little smirk Alan gets as soon as bozo says “you guys are immensely popular in Britain”. You can see Alan probably just think to himself “alright well this one’s gonna suck”
Alan ist great there. He tried to find an answer to every stupid question.
One thing i like about Alan, he's very eloquent of answering all the question.. some how he managed to keep it calm and cool in the interview.. That my awesome Alan. 😊❤❤
Dear gawd, this interviewer is horrible. Alan is such a nice guy that he's able to keep his cool with this guy's stupid questions while interjecting a little sarcasm and wit along the way keeping his adorable smile in check. He's such a consummate professional and so incredibly talented. DM was never the same without him sadly.
4:00 the interviewer saying "Sacrifice" instead of "Sacred" lol 😂😂
I still have this on VHS somewhere. Oh my god, I still love this man.
that Canadian is a git. Alan's hot. What a beautiful man.
lol interviewer thought "Music for the Masses" meant Music for church mass
I think Wilder sensed from the very beginning that the interviewer doesn't know much about the band and doesn't care.
gosh, the best interview ever, the permanent "resting b*tch face" and 7:30 - my absolute fav of all time I swear 😂
His smile ... ahhh
He soooo doesn't want to be there lol
"It could have been, but it wasn't..." 5:48 ... and rolling his eyes for the 100th time xD. I love Alan! Without him, Depeche Mode are like a "Second hand Depeche Mode" :(
my favourite part of this interview. 😅 there are some more though. alan is pure class. i love him.
A CRIME THAT ALAN WAS NOT GIVEN THE SAME RESPECT, LOYALTY AND CONSIDERATION HE GIVES TO HIS BANDMATES IN THIS ONE INTERVIEW
I agree with you completely. Dave seemed to be fine with Alan, but then he got into his drugged out Jesus phase during "Songs of Faith and Devotion", and became essentially useless. The tag-team of Gore and Fletch reeked of professional envy. Alan was a threat to them. Fletch's contribution to the musicality of the band still remains a rhetorical question. Gore is a good songwriter, but appears extremely insecure. He tried too hard to be dead sexy during his black leather bondage days 😁
7:26 oh God I love you my little sassy fox!
Mi gran aventura griega I could watch this on loop forever! 😂❤️
I just love him so much ♥️
In hindsight, during 1987-1993 they were in their most creative golden period, especially with respect to Alan's production and his innovative soundscapes. So the answer is no, the future of synth was not in danger of becoming obsolete. lol.
pure class.
Alan, on behalf of Canada, I'm sorry.
His chick bones were sculpted by the angeles💖
That interviewer was a complete clown. Alan Wilder was very professional.
so smart and polite and well-tempered
This interviewer is like "By the way, which one is pink..."
I think , Dave , Martin ,
and Alan ......
.Transpocalypse
Cool and classy against all odds :)
This interviewer was an idiot. Amazing how Alan handled it.
*Ultimate* power play by Alan, when the interviewer was flummoxed by the screaming fans, and Alan said "Well, I'm used to it." Hahahaha. I'm not a DM fan who thinks DM haven't been good since Alan left, I really do like Alan. He's a very good communicator and very calm in the face of stupidity. I can't let the disrespectful fans affect my feeling towards Alan.
lindo alan wilder, excelente musicalmente
Cute!!
Alan Wilder doesn't suffer fools gladly!! That dwindling population must have been way small at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
samsuiza. a great composer and keyboardist. I hope Wilder continues to compose and produce .
Yeah, this interviewer is a total stooge. Alan composed himself well. HE was the sound of Depeche Mode.
I can't help but think what would've happened if Dave was present there, having been renowned for being the nicest & funniest but also (at least back then) the most aggressive member of the band...
😬🤣
Allen Wilder the best in the game
wtf it's alan
that's not his name wtf
happy birthday alan wilder
Alan rules!!!
Alan really tried his best to keep his cool during this Interview and I appreciate that.
Alan! How you are missing in the current line - up !
Love when hosts begin on the proper note of not knowing a thing about the people they interview lol!!
Depeche Mode is the shit and Alan Wilder looks realy good hear. No doubt about that.
He still does ♡
@Gorgeous George Well I am 19 & I still think that he looks great.
Alan shut down the dumb questions from the git go🤣
Papasote
Many greats of music got this kind of treatment around the world by the same kind of reporters when they were young.
Interview for the masses...
interviewer was a clueless, condescending tool...good on Alan for keeping cool
Alan's face in this interview hahahahahaha
@ 7:29 ... Alan wants to kill Steve Anthony.
Alan is a genius and ist a gear los for DM that he is out on the ringside.
I'm glad to hear it :)
Interviewer trying to mug Alan off - but he sets him straight
I keep seeing interviews where they are asked those super stupid questions.
5:48 it could have been, but it wasnt. He really hates the interviewer
✨ your powers of perception ✨
Very cool, the interviewer kept asking about Nitzer Ebb at the end. They had to wait until 89' before they gotten their visas granted and be able to go on tour with DM.
Wauw! Alan usualy's a gentleman to everybody, but this guys and the interview really annoys him. Excellent stuff!
how annoying is this interviewer!!!!
This interview was going swimmingly well in the beginning.
I have nothing but respect for Alan and I find him to be a most attractive man inside and out, but he is the kind of person that, if he doesn't remember to smile enough, his natural assurance and collected, serious personality can easily pass as self-sufficiency.
Yes the interviewer was a little too much, but I do feel that his intention was good and he was just trying to be engaging and friendly and, you know, make things fun and interesting (I mean this IS MUCH Music after all, not the French Parliament..) .. and he's sitting there with ''You pathetic weirdo'' written all over his face. I don't know. That he didn't like the guy, I can understand (and maybe he even felt like he was being made fun of here and there which would have probably crossed my mind too), but the thing is, as an artist you're doing the interview for your fans (and to show your pretty face to potential new ones), and when you don't make the smallest effort to look like you actually want to be there, ultimately it's your fans that get to watch you look bored out of your mind through the whole thing.. and I don't know how that's good promo for you or your band.
Had I been old enough to watch this back when it aired, all I would have seen here is a young magazine-faced bloke with an attitude.. and I would have quickly changed the channel.
Dave would have laughed at at least some of this guy's jokes (and probably all of 'em), and then the whole thing wouldn't have been so painfully awkward..
I do see your point but the funny thing is...that's one of the qualities I admire most about Allan and that's his uncompromising honesty, he doesn't sugar coat and he's not a salesman.
Yes, I do think that as an individual, in your one-to-one, personal relationships, it is indeed an admirable trait to have.. but the point of an interview is to make people like you, so if you have zero talent for hypocrisy, please, lend your seat to another band member who's maybe better at it. ;)
And you know, I'm complaining about Alan here, but really I think none of DM members have ever been great in interviews except for Dave. He's the only one who I feel is first and foremost a ''people person'', and actually enjoys sitting down with somebody and have that kind of interaction, ''connecting'' with people. The others almost always looked like they'd rather be spending some quality time with a piece of paper/synth/accounts book.. Not all that engaging.. ;)
So, yes, his honesty is admirable generally-speaking, but I can't help but cringe watching him here,
:)
Well if you have to put on a persona to make people like you then you're not being yourself, you're not being real. I don't know, I quite like that they're not people persons although I've watched many of their interviews and I think they express themselves well. I just find happy, positive people irritating after a while. Blame it on too much Depeche Mode music! Lol.
captaingish
Now, is it Depeche Mode's music that made you irritated by happy people or is it the other way around: You always found them irritating and therefore you find that Depeche's music speaks to you?.. ;P
I think for me it's the latter. I never trusted overly happy people. They scream ''poser'' to me. On the other hand I've always loved Martin's cynical sense of humor that comes through in his lyrics, and his lucidity of how mundane and phony life and people can be.. But I'm also for making an effort to put people at ease when I'm talking to them, and not crush them under my unshakable assurance.. ;)
HijaDelMar6 I understand what you're saying, but honestly, I don't think Alan owed this guy a thing.
Firstly, he was making fun of him from the start; the teddy bear, the condescending attitude, trying desperately to be funny when he was clearly not. If you watch other interviews of Alan, you'll see that he's almost shy when his turn to speak comes. Yet, if he is indulged, he'll talk for hours and hours, and you can definitely see him beaming when he speaks his mind.
Lastly, and that is what *really* annoyed me with this interview, is that the guy is bloody _clueless_. Absolutely clueless. He confused the titles of the song (and _Sacred_ which is like one of the best songs in the album), he said that they were famous in Britain but not everywhere else, when it was exactly the opposite, and he expected Alan to actually agree with the crap he was saying. That's as useless as an interviewer I have ever seen in my life. And he also commented on Dave's son when Dave wasn't even around, which was a low blow for me.
I, personally, want to shake Alan's hand for actually finishing the interview, with a rightfully fed up attitude notwithstanding. I'd have punched him midway through.
Possibly the worst interviewer I’ve ever seen. Clearly was not prepared and his questions were ridiculous
Get down, get down!
0:49 In Britain.... IN GREAT BRITAIN :D
Typical music journalist for that era, focused on conventional instruments and name drops Springsteen and Meloncamp.
Mr Alan Wilder please come back to depeche mode
Georgia Satellites?!?! WTF? That group was popular for about 6 months. Maybe that 6 months coincided with this interview...lol 😄
Yeah you tell him what’s up!
Steve Anthony shame on you, terribly unprepared for this interview.
After hearing DM' s new album and how SHIT it is , we need Alan back
The album 'Spirit' from Depeche Mode is absolutely great.
@@birgitweigelt6998 Why? Really?
@@TheSason666memento mori
@birgitweigelt6998 Sorry, no, it is not. A couple of catchy songs doesnt make a good album.
He ain't feeling this interview at all 😂
7:20 that kills me
I would leave at the first question. this interviewer is such a waste of time but Alan is polite and understanding, right ? Love the way Alan says 'it could have be but it wasn't" he is so annoyed and we feel a touch of contempt.
Such a waste of time for Alan, this interview...
Georgia Satellites? WTF?
Niter Ebb couldn’t get there visas
Well I saw them open the next tour violator
That’s how I was Introduced to NITZER EBB
THANKS DM
Poor Alan had to listen to that knuckle head .
Where did they find that host ?
OMG
What’s that song again? White lines!
Interviewer was cokedddd
I used to love Steve Anthony, he was quirky, but clearly Alan did not hit it off with him!!!
Strange about nitzer ebb and their visa's. Does our governmemt think they are Nazis or something?
A few of their members had issues in 2020 with their visa's also.
Of course saw them in 1990 on that DM tour
I love his voice, his smile and the way he raises his left eyebrow :D Seriously, why isn't there anyone like him nowadays, we've got only shitty music and stupid celebraties v.v
There is good music out there, just not mainstream. Other than that, I agree
Me too
@@mezzovii could you share any names of today's music to appreciate?
@@mayyam3989 Jack Stauber
@@mayyam3989 the newer depeche mode albums, muse, mgmt, tame impala, NIN, Coldplay, and much more.
Papasote
Someone should so a compilation of Alan rolling his eyes.😂
There is one! And a GIF that someone made. I'll post a link when I find it. :)
@@RobertPlantsPlantations omg yes!!!
@@RobertPlantsPlantations I need it
He's such a PRETTY BOY
The prettiest of them all 💘💥
Not a pretty boy, but a gorgeous boy !!
Not a boy, but a man. A damn handsome one too.
“P. R. E. double T. Y” 😉
those eyes
What a douce way to start an interview:
You’re not popular
You play more than keyboards?
Compares you to Georgia Satellites
Your synthpop genre is dying
And the whole time people are screaming for Alan
Alan Wilder is hot hot hot!
The interviewer was an idiot. In fact I think he was coked up. Alan certainly had little use for him. I don't blame Alan for having an attitude.
Alan doesn't have an "attitude" - he is annoyed by this moron "interviewing" him. Anybody would be.
"Get down, get down!" Oh, Jesus, poor Alan :D
He's so precious. I wanna steal him.
Can someone invent a time machine already?
Ghazghkull Thraka. yes please!!!!😂😂
Yes!!!
but he still exists!
I commend Alan for remaining calm and gracious. 30 seconds in and I wanted to slap that host in the face. *deep breath*
Hahahaha "It could be, but it wasn't".
Hahahahahahaha I loved that comment
7:30 Alan was so done with the interview but too much of a gentleman to walk out. lol
The journo starts the int the worst way possible. He obviously didn´t care to do any research. Many musicians would take a piss of him. Alan is a perfect gentleman. I grew up in Prague, behind the iron curtain and even I knew DM weren´t taken seriously in the UK. But they became huge in Germany and Switzerland. Then France, Italy, Austria, Sweden. And they were massive is Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland. Then I found out they were huge in Latin America, too. Why? I like New Order. How many times toured New Order Prague? Never! While Depeche Mode have played in Prague about 9 times. There was something mystical about them. The music. The image. They were neither pop, nor alternative. They did things their way and were somehow able to connect with fans all around the world. And they went to play live to countries where other big bands don´t bother to go.
jakubpetricek When this guy said they weren't so popular in other places outside UK I was like, what??? They were huge even here in Latin America.