Tune of the Week: People Are Good

Depeche Mode’s 2023 album “Memento Mori” serves as the band’s pandemic album as well as tribute to their fallen member Andy Fletcher. The title of the album loosely translates as “remember that you must die” and sets the dark tone appropriately. Back in 1986 they said that “death is everywhere” and nearly twenty years later, that proves to be the case literally. “People are Good” is ironically titled, with the lyrics dealing with losing the fight to cynicism in dealing with the rest of humanity. The provocative video does a good job of subverting expectations. “Keep fooling yourself…”