Depeche Mode - More Than A Party Lyrics






Lots of surprises in store
This isn't a party
It's a whole lot more

We've had enough of this blind man's bluff
You've kept us in the dark for long enough

This is more than a party
More than a party
More than a party

Keep telling us we're to have fun
Then take all the ice cream so we've got none

The failed magician waves his wand
And in an instant the laughter's gone

Loads of surprises in store
This isn't a party
It's a whole lot more





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  1. R.... M....

    Political statement of its time in 1983,and still very relevant today. They should re introduce this great track into their live set again. It's been left on the shelf for far too long amongst other great past tracks the band tend to ignore from their early work but they're missing the point that their early work was the blueprint for their later success via a loyal following

  2. B.... C....

    I remember driving at night from work with this song in the cd player. What a trip!!!

  3. P.... �....

    Dhis is more than a party

  4. H.... A....

    This is slam song of depeche mode no doubt!!

  5. D.... M....

    El tren de la juventud se aleja y llega la transición a la segunda etapa vital

  6. N.... P....

    MORE THAN A PARTY .... 📢🎹📢🎹📢🎹 NiVek-K

  7. d.... ....

    Lots of surprises in store

  8. E.... B....

    4:22 when you cum.

  9. J.... P....

    INDUSTRIAL, and anything else, good album, is, not masterpiece,!!!

    J.... P....

    I even hear the worker tools !!

  10. M.... C....

    Uno de los mejores sonidos de bajo que he escuchado en mi vida, es el de esta canción.

  11. M.... D....

    Crash Bandicoot?

  12. M.... L....

    Easily one of the best DM tracks. Whished they would play it on stage

  13. M.... ....

    great song

  14. E.... R....

    you're an idiot. thank God you'll be gone soon, too...

  15. T.... S....

    I dare to believe More than a Party deals with the consciousness of death, at least the '' death of something '', the death of an intensity, of a frenzy, it is a question of getting a maximum of proofs, elements, sensations because the countdown works at top speed and we don't get a second chance... a magic trick which cannot, does NOT have to fail !! It's useless to deceive ourselves (= the blindman's bluff = we all move with masks, blindfolded, hidden, frightened) we are on borrowed time !! (the failed magican = time / the laughter is gone = heartening moments intented to disappear no matter the exit of things)

    T.... S....

    Thomas Edouard that was well said you know more?

    T.... S....

    i think its about cocaine .. people associate it with partying.. could be a surprise as most people dont usually do it + it feels surprising/exciting.  Itsfun until about 20 minutes then its not(in an instant the laughters gone), unless u have more.  "keep telling us we're 2 have fun, then take all the ice cream so we've got none."  the dealer who entices people but controls the supply- ice-cream-white-snow- a treat.  Failed majician would also be the dealer/purveyor.. people think its going 2 be fun but its not always.    the mood suits this interpretation, i think.  even the ending, it keeps speeding up til It goes off the rails.

    T.... S....

    even the train at the end - "riding the rails" / "went off the rails"

    T.... S....

    it's one of their most "enigmatic" songs....

  16. E.... A....

    Excellent :)

  17. s.... ....

    What does the title of the album refer to?

    s.... ....

    A cycle of construction and then destruction. Guess what time it is.

    s.... ....

    I always thought it was about Vince leaving the band, the frame was broken but now they're building the band up again.

    s.... ....

    +skintrade lol @ you

    s.... ....

    hmm that's actually not a bad observation.

  18. B.... B....

    Such a good Political album... more than a party, everything counts, told you so.

    one of their best albums.

    B.... B....

    agree...not a single skip-candidate on it

    B.... B....

    :) hadn't thought about that.. most albums since Alan wilder left, have had skip candidates on them.

    B.... B....

    I disagree. A lot of the post Wilder albums could be played all the way through. The only albums that had skip-candidate songs were SOTU and PTA. Even then, those had 1 song each :)

    B.... B....

    And it's interesting you say that about this album. So many people bitched about Spirit being too political and unlike DM. Clearly they don't understand this album and DM's history all that well lol

    B.... B....

    only tracks i skip are 'just can't get enough' and 'personal jesus'.

  19. J.... B....

    Political innuendos, dark mood, fairly fast... someone needs to make a metal cover out of this.

    J.... B....

    "Ice cream" is not such a good metal lyric!

    J.... B....

    Like Rammstein & Stripped? :) Could be interesting.

    J.... B....

    SweetSweetWaldo unicorn too, and it's in a Black Sabbath song :D

    J.... B....

    Not a Metal cover,no,no,No! It would need to be in keeping with the Spirit of the Track;therefore, Someone, please do a cover of this with Full-On Industrial-Rock(Close enough to Metal) or even something Goth/Post-Punk/Alternative.

    J.... B....

    The entire album "Construction Time Again" is political.

  20. O.... K....

    DM rozkręca każdą imprezę :D

    O.... K....

    Klejnot Nilu słucha DM xD

  21. S.... G....

    I agree, also Leave In Silence and Satellite are classics too. There's nothing wrong with A Broken Frame.

  22. d.... ....

    Construction Time Again is a good album. But i do prefer A Broken Frame (My Secret Garden & Sun & Rainfall, being underrated tracks) to, say, Exciter, which in my opinion is their 'worst' album. Although Dream On, is one of their best written songs to date.

    d.... ....

    I actually liked Exciter. I think it has a lot of really good songs. I do agree with you the Dream On is one of their greatest songs.

    d.... ....

    I actually liked Exciter too, But the thing is that this song's length was supposed to be 4:22 without the crossfade between "More Than a Party" and "Pipeline" in which case the People Are People compilation album has the full version of Pipeline in which case the length of Pipeline was 6:14 in the People Are People compilation album but the Construction Time Again's version goes for the length of 5:55 with not including the crossfade.

  23. d.... ....

    The bassline is totally relentless.

  24. c.... ....

    One of my favourite Depeche Mode's least talked about songs. I like the driving bassline.

  25. T.... ....

    Its not their worst album. Love Itself is an awesome song. Everything Counts is a crushing song on every level, particularly lyrically, and it has more meaning now that it did when it came out.

  26. s.... c....

    Muy bueno pero es como un poco sombrio y parece tener mnsj subliminales pienso yo

  27. t.... ....

    Strange, because I remember distinctly when this was released everyone was pretty excited over this record and its production. Even some critics had said that this band certainly had a future without Clark. Worse vintage DM record? A Broken Frame. Even the band said they were not happy with that record.

  28. a.... ....

    Flashbacks of working in corn fields now... Oh god, the terror! The pollen...

  29. b.... ....

    that beat is currently stuck in my head. quite intense. would be a great song in a video game for a boss encounter.

  30. R.... F....

    I donno, I kind of like this track. It has a heavy industrial bass thing going on. Pretty heavy funky sounds.

  31. s.... ....

    How can it be their worst when it defined their new sound? I think it took the band to greater heights.

  32. G.... H....

    tökéletes zene csak gratulálni tudok ezeknek a zseniális fiuknak!!!!!

  33. S.... ....

    ...it's my FAVOURITE Mode album!

  34. x.... ....

    @GeistFright No...it doesn't....at all... Construction Time Again has been labeled as probably the worst Depeche Mode album ever...I can hear why now. I am just listening to this song for the first time after 18 years being a Depeche Mode fan! LOL

    x.... ....

    no way broken frame & speak + spell are worse 2 me.

  35. w.... ....

    i think martin gore was just working out the kind of songs and sounds that really suited dave gahan's singing voice at this point.

  36. i.... ....

    Tengo este tema grabado en ¡¡¡cassette!!! cuanto tiempo ha pasado de esto ya..
    Saludos paganos.

  37. n.... ....

    Top. Germany´s second best but least known electric popband.

    n.... ....

    newconcnewconc They are not German but British!

  38. d.... ....

    Very good! I remember listen this music back in 1983 and remember how is sound strange and beutifull!

  39. t.... ....

    @tileart1 more than a party

  40. t.... ....

    more than party