Hilary Duff Appropriates Depeche Mode On New Single "Reach Out"
And guess which Depeche tune she uses? Granted and given, pop tarts 'n' P. Diddy get our attention for a second when they raid and repurpose nearly entire '80s ditties toward their own, nefarious ends ... but not in a good way. Where does it all stop? Not with Hilary Duff. These days find Hil treating her live audiences to "Reach Out," built upon the transubstantiation of "Personal Jesus" into a forgettably "sexy" pop number, adorned with militaristic background dancers and not much in the melody. Clearly she's hoping for a Rihanna-meets-"Tainted Love" styled transformation, but it doesn't play like that. Get yr cringe on...
Not Duff's first bout of '80s mining, either. Where to next?
Posted at 5:22 PM
Tags: Depeche Mode | Hilary Duff
There's only one 'l' in 'Hilary Duff'.
http://www.hilaryduff.com/
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She was cuter when she was chubby.
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I suppose it's okay considering her tweener fanbase has no clue what a Depeche Mode is. Is it an Indian lightswitch? A desert with a scoop of ice cream? Who knows?
DwD
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I think I just died a little inside.
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I think I just died a little inside.
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as long as someone's writing martin l. gore a check, i'm fine with it.
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It's not even an original idea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnxQDrdIV2Q
Been done already, very recently... and be someone much hotter.
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There can't be too many jobs that are more shameful than being in Hilary Duff's backup band.
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LEAVE HILARY ALONE!!!
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Just give up the singing crap and strip for Playboy already, Hil.
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I think she actually REappropriated Depeche Mode... I mean, if you're gonna get all "po-mo speak" on our asses, young Stereogum... see synonymns: Hillary Duff, "covers," "plays a song by," "will never be," Depeche Mode. Maybe her bass player was just really high on goof balls and forgot what band he was in.
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God I hate how Hilary's trying to find her inner ~indyness~.
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this and mark ronson's butching of the smith's "stop me" should be banned worldwide. disgustya.
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The only Duff worth mentioning anywhere is the fine beverage enjoyed by our pal in toon land Homer Simpson.
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@Boozey Hooker: Um, what?
appropriate
http://www.bartleby.com/61/42/A0384200.html
As a transitive verb: 2. To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission: "Lee appropriated my unread newspaper and never returned it."
So if Stereogum is wrong to use the word appropriate, it's only because Ms. Duff can't use "Personal Jesus" exclusively for herself.
Bartleby.com has nothing for 'reappropriate'. The meaning of that word closest to what you seem to be saying (especially since you wrote "'po-mo speak'") is from the Wikipedia entry for Reappropriation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reappropriation
Reappropriation is the cultural process by which a group reclaims—re-appropriates—terms or artifacts that were previously used in a way disparaging of that group.
What group does "Personal Jesus" disparage?
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Personal Jesus wasn't 80s...just sayin. Leave Hilary alone.
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personal jesus was released in '89, which i'm pretty sure is still considered part of the '80s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Jesus
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Can't hold a candle to Jamelia's UK hit 'Beware of the Dog'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnxQDrdIV2Q
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seriously, Jamelia is awesome. i'd much rather be discussing her than some radio disney hack.
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if she was a rapper, she'd be known as horseface killah
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not only that, but she uses the worst depeche mode song ever released.
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I blame Rick Rubin
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I blame Joel (or was it Benji?) Madden.
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i blame her parents...both of them.
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More '80s theft:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGRPCruvmaE
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Either do a straight up cover of a song, or come up with a new guitar riff. Stop stealing parts of songs.
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Hi Guys,
Found some cool new videos of Hilary Duff on a film set of her latest movie
Safety Glass movie, not sure if anyone has seen this already, credit to
Hollywood North Insider website as I found it there, you can see them below:
http://hninsider.com/node/164
and
http://hninsider.com/node/165
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I've been a DM fan for over 10 years. I like Hilary's song better than that other chick! Martin and Hilary are my two favorie singers! I love it! :)
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Wow - I already didn't like her. Now I can bump that up to hating her.
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