Heartland

It's really glorious to see the effort they're putting into these performances. Where will it all end??

My favourite album of all time. Love every second of it.

Very nice! I Was Wrong is sounding very nice. Not a song I ever thought really worked live, but that was great. Lots of tweaks to the sound that all seem to be working.

Have they changed the ending to Genevieve too? Maybe it was changed a while back, but anyway, it sounds great here

I only just noticed Von sings Suzanne without any backing vocals. And does a pretty good job!

I mean, no. I don’t know where to start.

I listen to it much less than Floodland and FALAA, because there are so many songs there that I kind of admire without really liking. Ribbons is obviously wonderful (yes, especially in that live version, which is like the sound of ragnarok). I quite like I Was Wrong and Something Fast, and I seem to...

You're right, AE was obviously very pleased with that one...

It's just a really weak song, whoever does it. One of the weak points in the Sisters canon

{ducks}

That’s actually very good!

Eyes of Caligula sounds just magnificent on that one

We don't need an AI Eldritch, we already have the Merry Thoughts! Plonkers on youtube already get them mixed up

Mind you, if you listen to their song Low Violet, the similarity to Von is IMHO pretty remarkable...

Interesting perspective Stiltfoxx, you get the honour of being a gig that will go down in folklore anyway. Welcome to the forum!

On the Beach sounds cracking. The new songs are really bedding in nicely

1985 would have been very early to have been talking about climate change. "Run around in the radiation...run around in the acid rain" So maybe nuclear war, but no climate change reference there I don't think.

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My view of AE is that of a Hobbesian Capitalist... very pragmatic and every man for himself. I see very little of the compassionate left in his lyrics.

If that was true, then presumably Eyes of Caligula would be a celebration of Thatcher. It very definitely isn’t.

It’s been obvious since the early days that The Sisters are a) political, and b) left-wing. The Reptile House EP made that pretty clear, for example.

Floodland and VT suggests AE likes breaking up the sound / tempo with acoustic numbers

That looks fantastic. It makes me very happy / sad. What a day that would be, to walk into a record shop and buy that (I got into the Sisters immediately after Vision Thing was released - I've NEVER had the experience of getting my hands on a proper new album from them )

Yes to both!

I found it ironic that the journos who gave GnR 3 star reviews because they had a great songbook, great musicians, but poor vocals, then gave Elton John 5 stars, despite all the same things being true...

MadameButterfly, David Bowie is definitely said to have had sex with girls under 16, and was even arrested for rape, though not convicted. Sorry if that is disappointing!

Yep, you're right. Falsetto or female I don't know, but it's there.

Nice review, thanks!

Wow, Terri sounded pretty good. And she is looking very well too. Nice of her to reunite with AE, even if she did make him look and sound like he was 80 by comparison...!