Black Celebration

I'll drink to Depression. This song is about nothing else than the black and unfeeling symptoms of nothingness coinciding hand in hand with unhappines.

I love this song. I really do.

i think its about a gothic party. depeche mode got pretty goth in the mid 80s. cant you imagine a living room full of men and women dressed heel to toe in black, having conversation, and toasting to each other? it always inspired that nice little daydream with me when i hear it.

Martin once said it's about a day where nothing happens, a black day, a blank day... It has a sarcastic tone to it, esp. the line "I'll drink to that".

The "a brief period of rejoicing" is producer/label manager Daniel Miller impersonating Winston Churchill... it goes along pretty well with the song.

I'll drink to that! What's it about? Relieving your "stress" at the end of a hard day. Ah, this song's soothed many a ruffled nerve in my book.

It sounds like someone who, after having a bad day, or something bad happen, is turning to his/her significant other for support and relief at the end of the day.

If everything is black, everything is bad, and there is no hope, why not celebrate it ? "I´ll drink to that".

Lol, of course someone has to think the song is about sex...It's not..

To me, this song is about celebrating the fact that you've gotten through something bad. However, it's not an entirely happy celebration because you were hurt by the events of the "black day", so it's a Black Celebration.

I personally think its the one persons realization that despite the shitty life or day , there is someone there that can help them through it.

What about the voice sample played at the end of this track?? I think I understand a small part, saying "video washing", but it doesn't make sense. And wehre does it come from?

Anyone got an idea?