Who else knew Depeche Mode were about 12!!!

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I remember Depeche Mode songs really well from school discos & Top of the Pops etc in the 80s.

But I didn't really follow them, I was a bit young I think, I was more into Duran Duran, Adam & the Ants, Wham and Bananarama.

So I never paid them much attention. I just remember them as grown up men in suits.

This video popped up on Facebook today and OMFG they're babies, aren't they!! They look like they're about 12! I feel very old very proud of them all of a sudden

Did anyone else not realise this, or am I the only one?

YABU - everyone knows Depeche Mode were teenagers in the early 80s

YANBU - OMG you're right, I had no idea how adorable they were!! (Fuck we're old now!)

Argh! This makes me feel so old!!! They are babies!

Oh, bless their cotton socks!!! They're so young! (Jeez, I'm fucking old!!)

What?!?!?

Love this song 😍

No I didn't know this either (I was born in the 80s though so that's my excuse 😅).
One of my favourite songs ever is Somebody. Just stunning. I love the lyrics.

I grew up in their town and they practiced at my school youth club. They really were just like "boys next door" and Dave Gahan was always friendly and smiley if you saw him around town even after they got really famous. I met them a few times in the early years. I'm a huge fan even now and go to all the concerts.

😂😂. YANBU

Oh God! They're basically the One Direction of synthpop!

Depeche Mode were the first band I ever went to see. They were great!

It’s supposed to be a sign of your age when the police look like children, not bands……

Teardrop Explodes

Love this song, totally agree! I’m old too 😩

Oh look at them now! Wow!

That’s not even their earliest times as that’s Alan “Wild”er (thanks Smash Hits!) on keyboards rather than Vince Clarke.

Love them!

I had such a crush on Dave Gahan back in the day!

I saw this somewhere the other day and thought exactly the same! They look about 16.

Oh wow! They looked ancient in their suits to me at the time. Ancient like 30! 😂

Did anyone else think, “I play synth, we all play synth…” while watching the video? 😂

OMG, I was teenage then, but for some reason, I didn't 'get' that a lot of these bands were pretty much contemporary to me, I always felt 'younger', I guess they looked more sophisticated and adult style cool..oh god, how did I miss that??

I'd forgotten about them!!! Wow!!!!

Wow, I feel old.

The lead singer had the voice of a 30 year old despite only being a kid. I always thought they were old men when I young (born mid 70's).

Still playing it live in 2024! I saw them a couple of nights after this in Manchester was epic,. Sadly only Dave and Martin left from the original band but they have still got it and are still writing original material year after year. Love them and have been a fan since the 80's

Talking of deep voices, Tony Hadley was 20 when Spandau Ballet made their first appearance on TOTP. 20!!!

Conversely, I’m always aware hiw old some pop stars are now.

Paul Young, for example is now 68, so he must be late twenties when he had hits as a solo artist in early eighties when I was a young teen.

I remember them on TOTP