what would depeche mode do?

Through marriage, I own about 40 Depeche Mode CDs (probably more, but I don't keep up with Mr. R's ipod downloads), and through this collection, I received my education on re-mixes. I remember falling in love with Music for the Masses when Mr. R and I started dating. It was one of the CDs he left in his changer, so I heard it often, and I went and bought myself a copy so I could listen to it even more. Then one day, I'm in his car, and we're listening to music, and it sounds like Music for the Masses, only it's not. But, it's definately DM. But, I know Strangelove doesn't do that dip in the middle, and while I admit it's not my favorite song, I've listened to it enough to know that this ain't it. But it kinda is. So there is my problem. I'm trying to impress this hot, younger, alternative guy in his alternative car with his alternative music, but now I need to ask a really lame-ass question about a band I'm supposed to know something about. So, what I did was this: "Where's the case for this disc?" Success was mine because not only did he have the case, he told me all about how this was an import and generally difficult to track down (and always twice as expensive but Mr. R doesn't care about cost where DM remixes are involved). And so it began.
But, here's the bigger question: Why would a band take a perfectly good song and rework it, again and again and again? Or, maybe it happens the other way. Maybe when they originally "lay it down" (oh, yeah), they record it as it evolves and then drop all the versions at the feet of their producers and say, "pick one." Or, maybe they get bored with their stuff after playing it so many times (Black Celebration? 6000 times if they've played it once) that they go a bit crazy and rework it until it becomes a caricature of its former self.
Well I could go on in this vein all day, but the important things, to me, are that the version of the song I hear is not the only one available. The possibilities to change it are nearly infinite. What's more, the one I'm hearing might not even be the best version, and it's really cool to think that even after creating a mainstream hit, a band could still believe they could build a better version. Also, remixes are the antithesis of ruts. For example, if Depeche Mode was obsessed about gaining weight, they wouldn't write just one song or - worse - a whole damn albumn about it. Out of respect for their craft and, perhaps, even their listeners, they would f*ck with it six ways from Sunday, produce about 4 distinct versions, and actually create some anticipation and excitement for their audience.
So, unless I can find a way to turn my current obsession into a remix, I'm not playing it again. That's what Depeche Mode would do.