Alan Wilder is responsible for the ivory tickling on this one, as was the case with most live piano on the album. This piece of music was what played as the band took to the stage on the Music for the Masses tour, as can be seen on 101. The tension would whip the audience into a frenzy, the band could have easily commanded the fans to overthrow governments and they would have obliged. The male choir parts were recorded fairly quickly by Martin. The female/falsetto choir part heard later in the song was also used during the middle eight of I Want You Now, as well as for an alien-like sound you will hear on Violator's "Blue Dress". The timpani was recorded live in the studio basement per album producer David Bascombe. A percussive part used for Nothing is in use later in the song, as are several Emulator II factory library disks (tubular bells, pipe organ, etc).

Pimpf was the word used to qualify the very young boys in the Hitlerjungen, it gives an even more terrifying dimension to the song

the best intro in concert ever . The following song was behind the wheel in concert but public was already crazy at the end of Pimpf

Hi Seph, like your Devotee Series. Thanks for the nice reactions. Pimpf is the Outro of the album (Agent Orange isn’t an official album track). And it was the Intro for their live performance on the „concert for the masses“ tour. (With the 101 concert video) The first piano samples starts and 80,000 went crazy. For me Pimpf is a good example what Depeche Mode makes so unique and important still today. Their experimental sounds and the aim not to produce music for the mainstream. For me DM is the most successful Indie-Band. Greetings from Germany Michael

They actually have the best outdo tracks on their albums, I have ever heard. This was a great intro to the concert opening!

I remember many years ago my friend and I were driving in the mountains at night and this was playing in the background and when the chorus started my friend screamed JOHNNY WHAT THE HELL ARE WE LISTENING TO 😂😂😂😂

It's amazing how Depeche Mode can address different themes through their music.

I can’t wait for you to hear Blue Dress. 👗One of my favorite DM songs ever!💙

See yourself in the concert, waiting and listening this. Is something great coming? Absolutely!!!

I think it was Martin's voice sampled and they were real instruments, pianos, drums etc. Check the beginning of the 101 concert, Pimpf as intro and then Behind the Wheel starting the concert, it's epic.

Pimpf was pounding as Mode walked on stage and got the crowd into a frenzy during the Music for the masses tour. Recommend “Pleasure, Little Treasure" which is a b-side to Never Let Me Down Again

This is a taste of Depeche Mode’s layering and textures in their music. They learned to changed their recording processes going forward to creating songs from Martins demos. The next albums are heavy, industrialized synth pop gems!

Funny thing about this one... There was a joke going around that the voices were saying COLD BEER!!!! I personally love this! Pimpf I believe refers to the German Children Growing up under HITLER to be trained in his army!

This song grabs ya!! Sometimes DM is quite avant garde. Creative stuff, daring, dark... gorgeous!! 💞

It s a bolero from Ravel but in depeche mode point of view, al last the chorus said Pimpf,,,,

Remember first time hearing this track. Film 101. Great intro for the Masses Tour:)

Best Concert Opening imo If you want to listen to another instrumental you have to give Christmas Island from Black Celebration a go otherwise Agent Orange and Stjarna are also Instrumental

My playlist just went from pimpf to the pump mix lf personal jesus, hits hard.

As you mention in your reaction, it starts with an innocent melody and as it progresses it becomes more terrifying

Love this song

The voices are actually distorted lyrics of COLD BEER, then the high voice of "More"

Incredibly Matin went into the studio knowing exactly what he wanted to do for this song, he provided all the voices and apparently completed it in record time. The rest of them were amazed at it. People always call out “Cold Beer” 😅

There’s a cover called Moonlight Sonata Alan Wilder did for the album. Though it wasn’t in the actual album I think it’s worth a listen

it´s only instrumental, its the autro from nothing and the intro from "agent orange"......this was used in the vietnam-war, thats the reason for the urgency in this track I think....

One of Depeche Mode great instrumental, on their 1987 album, music for the Masses you are reviewing in your videos. It provides mixed feelings for most of the DM fans and not in bad way, I mean the main theme and name of the song refers to all those young children in Germany during nazi occupation enrolled in their youth system in order to make the best soldier answer to the system, that s why the tune is so dark and solemn at the same time .but it was,so the opening of their music for the masses tour back in 1987/1988 that still gives the chill and vibes to most dm fans as it was captures in their famous live video / documentary by D.A. Pennebaker. Great instrumental song by Depe he Mode with great ambient feeling a really nice masterpiece done by Martin Gore and Alan Wilder at that time. I can only advise you to watch the music video done by Anton Cobijn at that time that quite illustrates well this sing. And all the members are singing (and their voices mixed and rearranged) for for what you hear in this song. Just as you mentioned it some of Depe he Mode videos are quite suited for some videos I remember when I was younger and played some video games kn my computer back in the 80's and 90's I often lowered the musical background of the game and played some depeche mode songs that fitted the mood of the game I was playing, ,mostly adventure games or RPGs like dungeon masters or ad&d stuff or some of the first alone in the dark.. real good . Even some Recoil stuff (Alan Wilder will project ) fits perfectly with these... cool video as usual. It's ni e to see your input to these classics Depeche Mode songs.

This reminds me of Prokofiev. You are the best Seph!

Cold beeer cold beeeer cold beeer cold beeeer cold beeeeer 😆

Next Album 101 !!!

So that last bit was how they closed the album, a little interlude. The instrumentation was a combo of real and samples. The piano was real, and those drums were thymphony laying around the studio. I think the choir was partly their voices and from classical records, all sampled. B-sides! Agent orange, Pleasure Little Treasure, Route 66, Stjarna, Moonlight Sonata.

Cold Beer.......

This playing at the start of the concert was so great!

Listening to the whole of 101 would put so much into context.

This song,was the first I heard from DM in 1990 and I was fallin in love for ever. Its a intro to 101 concert in Passadena 1988. Yes,its dark and thats Depeche Mode. 😍😍😍

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 loved this reaction 😍

great introduction

This probably started out as Alan just doing a scale practice to warm up. Such a talented musician.

Genius ❤

The best instrumental of DM

Out of all tracks from MFTM I dug Pimpf the latest, only last year after watching Live Spirits (it plays during the credits) and George Vaughn album review series on Music For The Masses. Really atmospheric, epic and scary track, I must say. You’re in for the treat for the next several albums, that’s for sure. Looking forward

It was an intro to the live performances, check out 101 live album :)

Memphisto and Agent Orange - my favorite instrumentals

And so to Violator. Largely held as the pinavle of early Mode. Can't wait to hear what you think of that one 😁 Great reactions, keep up the good work 👍

A great way to end an album and they started the tour with plmpf... Epic.

Some joke that DMs sing COLD BEER 🤣🤣🤣🤣

What you hear after is an hidden track « Mission Impossible » interlude with the theme of Strangelove as they did with Everything counts on Construction Time Again

"It's building up.." - Yes it is, just to drop you right off.

It always reminded me of The Omen...

I expected you to react and enjoy this Depeche Mode instrumental as I do. Influences of Wagner and Philip Glass the latter by the soundtracks of Koyaanisqatsi. Good reaction!!

Cold beer :)

Here I am checking back to make sure I didn't miss Pleasure, Little Treasure. And your assessment of Masses vs. Black Celebration!

Probably one of the more famous DM instrumentals. Couple more Masses tracks, another good one being the last track. You'll have to comment, at the end of Masses, with how you think it compares overall to Black Celebration. I can't ever decide. Curious what you think on the question.

You should listen to « Agent Orange » another B Side from Strangelove… Pimpf was the first B Side from Strangelove too ! Agent Orange is scary too if you know what was this Agent Orange used to during Vietnam war…

The outro piece from PIMPF is a reminder of STRANGELOVE. Smart move

so weird and yet so awesome 😱

Love it, IMO should have started the MFTM album, brilliant video, never get sick of it.

Another great reaction. You get a similar vibe with Christmas island. It's the b side of a question of lust Christmas island is where some nuclear weapons testing was done so adds to the ominous feel to the track...

This one is very creepy but fun to play on the piano.

The choir is only Gore's voice.

I hear , an extended OH then Dear, so Ooooh dear, Ooooh dear.

If you liked this track CHECK OUT "FREEZE" from RECOIL (Recoil is Alan Wilder´s musical project, he possibly did PIMPF justice, he was insanely dark and creative). I love this song too, such an experience!!

He de reconocer que esta canción es un tanto difícil de asimilar. Y aunque es genial, también es dura. Por cierto si escuchas Pleasure Little Treasure, lo vas a disfrutar, una cara B que incluso llevaron al concierto de 101, así que es digna de mención, te gustará.

Alan Wilder played the piano

The song after Pimpf is the first DM Interlude, called Mission Impossible

Now "Violater" ist waiting

Everyone sings, but that moan is the work of M. GORE

"Epic"

I always thought that this is Dave's voice. It sounds like Dave's voice to me. But it's just synthesizers.

Please see the Depeche Mode 1O1 Live concert.

I belive the song was inspired by the hilter youth also check out the official video

Told you! Dave and Martin said in the commentary track on the DVD of '101': Dave Gahan: "'Pimpf' was something to do with the Hitler Youth, or something like that, wasn't it?" Martin Gore: "Yes, it was an instrumental that we originally started recording for - I think - the B-side of 'Never Let Me Down Again', and we liked it so much that we ended up putting it on the 'Music For The Masses' album." When Depeche Mode was interviewed about the songs on the '101' CD for the April 1989 issue of French magazine 'Best', Alan Wilder said (translated from French): "All of our concerts on the tour started with 'Pimpf', so now whenever I hear this melody, it evokes a very precise memory: it was a signal that we were about to enter the stage, a moment when I started to have cold sweats. 'Pimpf' was originally only a B-side, but it ended up being put on 'Music For The Masses'. I think that's what the young members of the Hitler Youth were called. This music reflects the political climate that was occurring at the time of the rise of Nazism. It's because of its orchestral, quite distressing aspect."

From what i know « Pimpf » refer to young hitlerian boys… that make sense… The choir had been sung by all the 4 band members not a sample

at 5:18 a disguised strangelove starts, unrecognizable, if you don't listen to the remixes, tara tata...tara tata..strangelove la la.... ciao (non so se ho scritto bene, con translate)

Hi Seph! Here’s a comment and an idea for you. I’ve been a fan of your DM reactions for a couple of weeks now. It's kind of my daily evening routine now: I sit down with a cup of cocoa and some nice sandwiches in front of my laptop and go “Ok, time for a new DM reaction from Seph!”. I quite like that you are showing lyrics on the screen, because previously with some of their songs I totally missed some of the crucial lines - I have a new kind of appreciation for "Something to do" now that I know he's singing about putting her leather boots and her pretty dress on, haha. So thank you for doing this! An idea: There is a DM song from Violator album called “Sweetest perfection”. It would be great if you could do a single video, first reacting to the *demo* version of this song (although you probably won’t find a video with lyrics), and then immediately after reacting to *studio* version. Why do I think this particular demo/studio pair would make for a great video? 1). They are quite different (as opposed to some of other demo versions of songs), so I believe listening to the demo first will not "spoil" the studio version - if anything, it will only whet your appetite for the "full" version. 2). It would be a perfect illustration of how long is the road from song's conception to its final version and how much work goes into it. 3). Demo version is over a minute shorter than the studio one and even if you think two songs in a row would not be interesting enough in a single video, you can always speed up some parts of demo version in the editing or something (like you did in the past with some of the songs). So overall I think it would be a satisfying experience both for you and for viewers. I know that you are getting a lot of ideas here in the comments, but I hope you will find this one worthy of your channel. Anyway - whether you like this idea or not, thanks again for doing all this!

I think I remember Martin said that the entire song was composed and played by him, entering the studio several times just building layers of sounds and melodies, looping them. The choir is Martin "shouting" with an added reverb effect, if I remember. So simple, but so strong 😄

Here goes the videoclip I've told you: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g7iPpdR13aqtnn0.html Pimpf, as someone already posted, was the name of a hitlerian organisation of teenagers. The building-up of the song is very wagnerian, suited for that nazi subject. Impressive instrumental theme!

They use this as a intro live. What's what i call a buildup

Gorgeus paused final,,,,

What's next? Violator?

Lol

Stjarna, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i6ddpaij393Pj2g.html

If you want to get an idea of ​​the meaning of Pimpf, I recommend that you take a look at the following link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimpf