A Slight Case Of Overbombing

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Anybody know why said compilation has such name? Just occured to me after all these years I have no idea why :roll:
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It was the title of a 3000 Revs song as far as I can remember. 3000 Revs was Adam's band before he joined the Sisters,
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CellThree speaks the truth, although I thought it was an unreleased 3000 Revs Album, I'm usually wrong BTW :(
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Ah, rightio... anyway idea why he chose it though?
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nodubmanshouts wrote:Ah, rightio... anyway idea why he chose it though?
The songs on the album are the more bombasitc ones, or so he said in a Swedish interview around the time of it's release.
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James Blast wrote:CellThree speaks the truth, although I thought it was an unreleased 3000 Revs Album,
that's right! :!:
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I am astonished that Sisters fans would have no idea why the album was named as such. The reasons would appear to be two-fold:

Firstly, yes, the songs have the over-blown and grandiose pomposity that appealed to Von's sense of humour.

Secondly, Germany rose like a phoenix from the ashes of WWII. The rebuilding that occurred after Britain's endless bombing of German cities created a modernized country that has allowed it to become, ironically, a powerhouse of prosperity compared to industrial-age England.

Considering that Von left England to live in Germany and has often criticized aspects of English life, no doubt he saw an opportunity to rub England's nose in it.
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Black Biscuit wrote:Secondly, Germany rose like a phoenix from the ashes of WWII. The rebuilding that occurred after Britain's endless bombing of German cities created a modernized country that has allowed it to become, ironically, a powerhouse of prosperity compared to industrial-age England.

Considering that Von left England to live in Germany and has often criticized aspects of English life, no doubt he saw an oppoprtunity to run England's nose in it.
I don't often give much thought to the meanings of song or album titles, but when this question was asked the first thing that came to mind was that it may refer to the Allied carpet-bombing of German cities during the war.
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I always thought that the title was reference to East West putting out yet another compilation of old stuff. Overbombing the market as it were.
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hallucienate wrote:
nodubmanshouts wrote:Ah, rightio... anyway idea why he chose it though?
The songs on the album are the more bombasitc ones, or so he said in a Swedish interview around the time of it's release.
He said that? I thought the tracks were chosen because, aside from Vision Thing and Mother Russia, they all were singles.
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Dark wrote:He said that? I thought the tracks were chosen because, aside from Vision Thing and Mother Russia, they all were singles.
and quite bombastic ones at that :wink:
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well that explains why 1959 wasnt on there then :lol:
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I'd go with Rivers, East West had nailed the public with the second compilation in a very short period with only 1 new track (UTG)
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Yeah, I'd go with Rivers too... but anybody know for sure?

Personally, I don't think the title has anything to do with WW2, but if somebody knows for sure...
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think 3000 Revs folks :roll:
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Yes it was a working title for 3000 Revs but i still feel Eldritch felt it decribed EW release policy to get some money for the back catalogue with bugger all new product and a very cheap release in terms of having to only pay for one track!
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the-happening wrote:Yes it was a working title for 3000 Revs but i still feel Eldritch felt it decribed EW release policy to get some money for the back catalogue with bugger all new product and a very cheap release in terms of having to only pay for one track!
I agree with this, like most things related to the Sisters there is always more than one meaning. :notworthy: :notworthy:
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It's explained somewhere in one the UTR issues. But I can't be arsed to find the link.
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Uh, all of the above. End of topic. :lol:
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I seem to remember that the "slight case of over-bombing" was a euphemism for the way Cambodia was "bombed back into the stone age" during the Vietnam war?
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ryan wrote:well that explains why 1959 wasnt on there then :lol:
If they'd added 1959 and Black Planet, then it'd be an audio version of Shot Rev 2.0.

And UTG was the only new song, but TOL92 was still an unreleased track at the time, even if it was just a remix.
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black planet wasnt on shot rev 2.0?
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Dark wrote:
ryan wrote:well that explains why 1959 wasnt on there then :lol:
If they'd added 1959 and Black Planet, then it'd be an audio version of Shot Rev 2.0.

And UTG was the only new song, but TOL92 was still an unreleased track at the time, even if it was just a remix.
TOL92 was released as a single in, erm, 1992, to promote SGWBM
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And it was a rerecording, not just a remix.
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Okay, I apologise, I was trying to sound smart. -.-

I'm on a sick day, what did you expect? :p
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