Although my title is from a Depeche Mode album, the content of this article is a bit different.

I was watching some videos on YouTube today, because I wanted to find some good songs for my mother to buy from i-tunes for the i-phone. One of them was Bjork’s Army of me. Now, I could see the video but I could not hear anything and I noticed this message below the video: NOTICE This video contains an audio track that has not been authorized by all copyright holders. The audio has been disabled.

I have to clarify that I have quite many cds and two collectible dvds with her best video clips, because I really like her. But I rarely use them to watch videos or listen to music on my pc. So, I use YouTube, to watch a video and then do whatever it was I was doing in the first place. So what is really the purpose of this “restriction”? You might tell me okay, you have those cds and stuff, but not everyone else does.

But how am I supposed to convince my mother, who lives in another country, and therefore I cannot give her my cds, that Bjork is really worth her money? I mean sharing music makes artists become known, does it not?

Eight years ago I hated Depeche Mode. But I went to one of their concerts, because I am a concert-maniac, and since then I just can’t get enough. Plus I appreciated their amazing musical history and their songs won top places at my all times favorites songs list.

When Dave Gahan announced at 2007, that he was leaving Depeche Mode for a solo carrier, it was a black celebration, lovely idea, but this meant we would not see Depeche Mode on tour again. Thankfully, it was a question of time.

And just some days ago they announced at a press conference which was held in Berlin, that not only do they prepare a new album, they also plan a world tour, the Tour of the Universe.