Conceptuality?
Some of the Depeche Mode songs will be used in a musical, which is about to be written by Adrian Buckle, said New Musical Express. The whole thing shall be called “Playing the Angel” - the same as the band’s most recent album released in 2009. As the author noted, his musical should look very different, and totally unique if comparing it to the others. “Depeche Mode are not ABBA or Queen, the story can’t be a happy one. It is a story of two boys growing up, coming of age and discovering love. They are abused, used, taken advantage of. It’s their sad way of discovering life”, he said. Buckle also said that “Playing the Angel” will tell a story about our sad reality, the bad side of love and relationships, things that cannot be denied or erased. It may be something quite conceptual, possibly similar to the “Requiem for a Dream” and as the author also noted, - “Well, I’m not going to invite my grandmother to this musical”. Shocks are definitely expected, love, sex, pain of loosing someone, maybe drugs, and other things of this nature. Conceptuality explores the visions of reality, which can’t be denied even if people are trying to do so, absolutely nothing can’t stand on the way of such reality and those authors, musicians or movie directors who explore it in the art of creativity are bravely carrying out the right job. The premiere of “Playing the Angel” is expected in 2010 on the island of Malta.