The Warlocks
I had to laugh at this, because it's so true. I would have liked to have been able to see them though, it's like they sang in the dark. Their lights were set just so you couldn't see them, all you could see was a silhouette of them.GMC wrote:For the Record:
Do Not Open For The Sisters of Mercy.
Here is why: Even if you are decent, you will be completely blown off the stage because no one -no one- has two songs that rip a show open like FALAA and Ribbons. You will be forgotten in the first five minutes.
Karen wrote:LOL! I take it you have seen 2 maybe 3 live shows then? That is so funny. If only it was true. It was not so true in Detroit on 3/13/06. The Warlocks blew the Sisters into total oblivion. The Warlocks sound and execution was nothing short of massive AND moving. The Sisters by-the-numbers performance was at best: boring, predictable, stale. That, from a Sisters fan since '86. sorry folks, I wish I could report better, but what purpose is served in lying? Some moments during the Sisters peformance were down right embarrassing and they completely lost any momentum they had created. Better luck next time Andrew (and what's up with "Von"? What a card.) Next time, choose an opening band that sucks and won't make you actually have to live up to your legend. Von.GMC wrote:For the Record:
Do Not Open For The Sisters of Mercy.
Here is why: Even if you are decent, you will be completely blown off the stage because no one -no one- has two songs that rip a show open like FALAA and Ribbons. You will be forgotten in the first five minutes.
i think i feel it comin on . . .
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Ok kids, one at a time now...spaceman wrote: LOL! I take it you have seen 2 maybe 3 live shows then? That is so funny. If only it was true. It was not so true in Detroit on 3/13/06. The Warlocks blew the Sisters into total oblivion. The Warlocks sound and execution was nothing short of massive AND moving. The Sisters by-the-numbers performance was at best: boring, predictable, stale. That, from a Sisters fan since '86. sorry folks, I wish I could report better, but what purpose is served in lying? Some moments during the Sisters peformance were down right embarrassing and they completely lost any momentum they had created. Better luck next time Andrew (and what's up with "Von"? What a card.) Next time, choose an opening band that sucks and won't make you actually have to live up to your legend. Von.
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I wasn't at the Detroit gig. So I can't comment on Andrew's performance. That said.
The Warlocks could not blow a band of Bryan Adams, Boy George, and Patricia Morrison, doing James Taylor covers on acoustic instruments with a metronome for a drum machine, off the stage.
I was charitable before, now that they're off the tour...
Songs are made up of, you know, notes. Many songs have three chords. The Warlocks refuse to have anything BUT the three chords, strummed exactly on the beat and exactly eight times per bar, in every song. There is no melody, no momentum, and no act.
It's like they took the basslines from Floodland, threw them on the guitar as chords, cut the speed in half, and made one chord minor completely at random regardless of the key so it would sound vaguely "atonal". And called it a song.
They couldn't produce momentum with a freight train and they couldn't find a hook with a compass and a flashlight.
So, even an uninspired, notso hotso Sisters set (to say nothing of the more than halfway decent show they put on in DC) would have made the most ardent Warlocks fan (assuming there is one - and I'm assuming from your post that there is - one - ) roll over.
Unless they were trying to make a point despite all these facts. Which they might, out of loyalty.
That is all.
The Warlocks could not blow a band of Bryan Adams, Boy George, and Patricia Morrison, doing James Taylor covers on acoustic instruments with a metronome for a drum machine, off the stage.
I was charitable before, now that they're off the tour...
Songs are made up of, you know, notes. Many songs have three chords. The Warlocks refuse to have anything BUT the three chords, strummed exactly on the beat and exactly eight times per bar, in every song. There is no melody, no momentum, and no act.
It's like they took the basslines from Floodland, threw them on the guitar as chords, cut the speed in half, and made one chord minor completely at random regardless of the key so it would sound vaguely "atonal". And called it a song.
They couldn't produce momentum with a freight train and they couldn't find a hook with a compass and a flashlight.
So, even an uninspired, notso hotso Sisters set (to say nothing of the more than halfway decent show they put on in DC) would have made the most ardent Warlocks fan (assuming there is one - and I'm assuming from your post that there is - one - ) roll over.
Unless they were trying to make a point despite all these facts. Which they might, out of loyalty.
That is all.
Last edited by GMC on 22 Mar 2006, 18:19, edited 1 time in total.
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spaceman wrote:The show I saw The Warlocks didn't even move they were like statues standing up on stage. Andrew at least walked around the stage, but one can't expect too much from Andrew at this point because his ribs might be broken. I know how painful that can be.Karen wrote:LOL! I take it you have seen 2 maybe 3 live shows then? That is so funny. If only it was true. It was not so true in Detroit on 3/13/06. The Warlocks blew the Sisters into total oblivion. The Warlocks sound and execution was nothing short of massive AND moving. The Sisters by-the-numbers performance was at best: boring, predictable, stale. That, from a Sisters fan since '86. sorry folks, I wish I could report better, but what purpose is served in lying? Some moments during the Sisters peformance were down right embarrassing and they completely lost any momentum they had created. Better luck next time Andrew (and what's up with "Von"? What a card.) Next time, choose an opening band that sucks and won't make you actually have to live up to your legend. Von.GMC wrote:For the Record:
Do Not Open For The Sisters of Mercy.
Here is why: Even if you are decent, you will be completely blown off the stage because no one -no one- has two songs that rip a show open like FALAA and Ribbons. You will be forgotten in the first five minutes.
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What's wrong with John Fogerty ?GMC wrote:
The Warlocks could not blow a band of John Fogerty, Bryan Adams, and Patricia Morrison, doing James Taylor covers with a metronome for a drum machine, off the stage.
I'd end this moment to be with you
Through morphic oceans I'd lay here with you
Through morphic oceans I'd lay here with you
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From The Warlocks' official site.
Uh oh! No label support, now no more label! Perhaps they have something more to talk about with Eldritch now?
So they pulled the show themselves because they thought they were sucking?
No plan is the plan...
Hey everybody, we just got back home, touring with The Sisters Of Mercy was a blast but unfortunately, the shows were very problematic. We were forced (not by them or anything) to pull the tour early. Apologies to those affected. I felt like we were sliding more and more into mediocre performances. The smaller line-up just doesn’t seem to work consistently. In addition, we had no help from our label Mute/EMI as far as support, which didn’t help the problematic part. We were in the middle of negotiations for a new deal, but everything fell apart leaving us without a label. I’m going to continue to write songs, and perhaps try reworking things but at the moment thats where everything is...
--bobby-2006-03-25--
Uh oh! No label support, now no more label! Perhaps they have something more to talk about with Eldritch now?
So they pulled the show themselves because they thought they were sucking?
No plan is the plan...
Hey everybody, we just got back home, touring with The Sisters Of Mercy was a blast but unfortunately, the shows were very problematic. We were forced (not by them or anything) to pull the tour early. Apologies to those affected. I felt like we were sliding more and more into mediocre performances. The smaller line-up just doesn’t seem to work consistently. In addition, we had no help from our label Mute/EMI as far as support, which didn’t help the problematic part. We were in the middle of negotiations for a new deal, but everything fell apart leaving us without a label. I’m going to continue to write songs, and perhaps try reworking things but at the moment thats where everything is...
--bobby-2006-03-25--
"Consistency is the sign of a decaying brain"
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Nice points.GMC wrote:I wasn't at the Detroit gig. So I can't comment on Andrew's performance. That said.
Songs are made up of, you know, notes. Many songs have three chords. The Warlocks refuse to have anything BUT the three chords, strummed exactly on the beat and exactly eight times per bar, in every song. There is no melody, no momentum, and no act.
It's like they took the basslines from Floodland, threw them on the guitar as chords, cut the speed in half, and made one chord minor completely at random regardless of the key so it would sound vaguely "atonal". And called it a song.
"strummed exactly on the beat and exactly eight times per bar, in every song."
Yeah, every song sounding like the song 'Untitled' off the first Interpol album. Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun...very original. They're not horrible, in my opinion...they're just....they're kind of there. Listenable, but yeah, is this a 'style' per se? 50 years of rock...for that?
Funny part is that the band thought the 'reduced' lineup wasn't working live(!) It takes six or seven people to perform their songs live? Am I missing something?
"Consistency is the sign of a decaying brain"
...the other couple of guys in the band were supposed to be playing the melodies, and riffs, and providing the rhythmic depth to their songs. The people in the reduced lineups only knew the chords because, in the full act, that was all they were supposed to do. That must be why they sounded like that...
Flowers on the Razor Wire.