Show Mode ISina Sing Songs Songs-Of Faith And Devotion I c J r I L- L Lk k Lp p p C o C I IG G ct Y t i Concert Review I Dave a e Hansen ARTIFICIAL thunder and light lightning ing broke through the devoted cries of the crowd at the Delta Center Thursday Nov 4 as M Mode de began their dark melodies for the masses in Salt SaIt Lake City Giant white tapestries flowed over the tre stage secluding the persona but not the image of the band Lighting L from behind b hind projected living silhouettes to a than larger-than- life display as a ritual-approached- ritual tone to song Higher Love from their most recent Songs of Faith and Devotion CD was played Performed Performed Performed Per Per- formed with a darkly enriched style including deeply hued purples and greens flooding the tapestries and crowd This song entranced con con- goers cert to a crescendo until the borders dropped and the English band was revealed next to play World In My Eyes from their last effort Violator Lead singer David Gahan took the viewers on a trip through a world of color deep sound and a afew afew afew few dance moves of his his' own that raised cheers of lust from some crowd members The stage set was quite unique and clever Gahan was left to himself himself himself him him- self for the first half hour to roam on stage level as Andrew Fletcher Martin Gore and Alan Wilder played keyboards nine to 10 feet above on massive blocks These blocks turned out to be picture screens screen projecting video excerpts and different symbols in motion depicting each of the singles per per- formed These blocks accompanied with wi th two screens in the above backdrop portrayed moving images images im im- im- im images ages such as their masked fem female creature stepping across stage on recently released song Walking In My Shoes Black light sharpened sharpened sharpened shar shar- the glowing orange and blue colored graphics on this hit single More songs with the enhancing visual pleasures included Stripped Policy Of Truth Never Let Me Down Again and behind the Wheel This array of visionary tactics was a good move for Mode There were no guitars or even drums for a good 30 to 40 minutes into the show so it may have been a little droll without the screens But with witha a pleasing crowd-pleasing stage presence this band has acquired for more mor than a decade de ade plus their incredibly deep an and ancl romanticized darkly sound they could have d done me al al- al most anything and still looked razor sharp But the guitars and drums did lid come out Songs were taken by the crowd with emphatic pleasure when participation was encouraged by Gahan with a simple motion of his hand to Reach out and touch faith in song Personal Jesus and chant This is the morning of our love during I Feel You at levels of high volume Even louder than when Garth Brooks was in town The grand piano rolled out and Gore took his turn at the microphone in his shining silver body suit to sing A Question of Lust and One Caress which received quite an uphold of ap ap- Other songs such as Halo Rush Condemnation and Enjoy the Silence also were included in in- in the line up Two encore presentations brought out other Mode classics like Fly on the Windscreen and Everything Counts in which they left leaving the crowd singing along to the melody Radio station X 96 sponsored the concert and held a special gathering afterward at Club X The Vortex for all who wanted to party a little longer This involved guest appearances appearances appearances ap ap- from Gore and Fletcher Hetcher at atthe atthe atthe the club They were found in the glowing glowing glow glow- ing psychedelically decorated room upstairs in the club relaxing relaxing relaxing relax relax- ing and talking with fans and Gore yellow hair and nd teeth glowing in the black light responded to a particular part cular question of why popular song Somebody Somebody Somebody Some body wasn't performed at the concert He said with a jokingly tired expression I get asked that all the time but especially tonight Somebody was one of the breakthrough singles with Gore on vocals that really put Mode on the map of the modern music world Everybody loves Somebody in Utah apparently People Are People Ind nd Master and Servant also territorial territorial territorial ter ter- ter- ter songs for the band were not performed either Gore and Fletcher stating they were in fn a rather obnoxious mood kicked out a particular fan with a video camera from the club cl u b and then chanted some English football songs together and kept the small crowd amused with some simple intoxicated humor This sell-out sell stop for Mode was a success for the foursome foursome foursome four four- some but if viewers hoped to hear early classic Mode they might have left a little disappointed disappointed disappointed pointed as there wasn't much planned in the line up However the band seemed tomake tomake to tomake make sure that fans received their moneys money's worth with quality sound at high volume impeccable impeccable ca cable e stage effects and a aJ sound s l rid is all a that |