THE place for your Sisters-related comments, questions and snippets of Sisters information. For those who do not know, The Sisters of Mercy are a rock'n'roll band. And a pop band. And an industrial groove machine. Or so they say. They make records. Lots of records, apparently. But not in your galaxy. They play concerts. Lots of concerts, actually. But you still cannot see them. So what's it all about, Alfie? This is one of the few tightly-moderated forums on Heartland, so please keep on-topic. All off-topic posts will either be moved or deleted. Chairman Bux is the editor and the editor's decision is final. Danke.
DerekR wrote:Whats with all the calls for 5.1 or 7.1 remixes? I've got a lovely 7.1 Denon surround sound receiver but music should be heard in stereo and stereo only god dammit! Subwoofers and rear speakers have no place in music.
Rant over.
(not to mention I would have to go out to look for a decent replacement for my ancient Onkyo as that one doesn't do surround )
DerekR wrote:Whats with all the calls for 5.1 or 7.1 remixes? I've got a lovely 7.1 Denon surround sound receiver but music should be heard in stereo and stereo only god dammit! Subwoofers and rear speakers have no place in music.
Rant over.
(not to mention I would have to go out to look for a decent replacement for my ancient Onkyo as that one doesn't do surround )
My Yamaha DSP-A5 and a pair of Goodmans Mezzo SL speakers purchased back in 1975 make everything I play (except for Voivod's unmastered RRROOOAAARRR!) kick ass.
Some dodgy Sisters boots sound crap too, believe it or not.
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
I manage to get the house shaking with my Onkyo TX-904 and Solid speakers (early nineties, I think) Never had any problems with VT, except it was the soundtrack to a major car crash once
"It was great that Kurt Cobain shot himself when he did..cos without that ,we'd have no Foo Fighters today" :Ramone, Little Lebowski Urban Achiever. November 2008
Ramone wrote:I think Johnny Rotten put it best....
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated ? "
Yes, but I will buy these 3 albums again. 1) For a decent version of On The Wire 2)SKOS early 3)Neverland 4) To put my money where my mouth is 5) In the hope that decent sales of these albums encourage record company interest in new material 6) In the hope that decent sales of these albums encourge TSOM to want to release something new 7)In the hope Wake gets a DVD release. In the hope the DVD that "may or may not get released one day" gets released.
At least I'll have something to show for £24 that doesn't give you short term memory loss
Pat wrote:Yes, but I will buy these 3 albums again. 1) For a decent version of On The Wire 2)SKOS early 3)Neverland 4) To put my money where my mouth is 5) In the hope that decent sales of these albums encourage record company interest in new material 6) In the hope that decent sales of these albums encourge TSOM to want to release something new 7)In the hope Wake gets a DVD release. In the hope the DVD that "may or may not get released one day" gets released.
At least I'll have something to show for £24 that doesn't give you short term memory loss
Revr'nd
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
Hope was personified in Greek mythology as Elpis. When Pandora opened Pandora's Box, she let out all the evils except one: Hope. Apparently the Greeks considered Hope to be as dangerous as all the world's evils. But without hope to accompany all their troubles, humanity was filled with despair. It was a great relief when Pandora revisited her box and let out hope as well. It may be worthy to note that in the story, Hope is represented as weakly leaving the box but is in effect far more potent than any of the major evils.
And with out Hope, you have nothing. Which is exactlly what TSOM have given their fans for nigh on thirteen years. And now, with total disregard for people's bank accounts and blind devotion, three albums all featuring 'expanded' versions.
And for what? The prelude to a era of ' new' material. Or to squeeze some life out of an already well flogged horse?
To many, it will indeed seem like a breath of fresh air , to those who want to build their already well duplicated collection. To most though, it is the final insult and slap in the face for those who have stood by this 'artist' for over twenty years.
I for one will be keeping my hard-earned well away from Amazon.com for the forseeable future.
Mr Eldtritch, you have sold your soul, integrity, pride and the faith of many for £8.99. For shame.
"It was great that Kurt Cobain shot himself when he did..cos without that ,we'd have no Foo Fighters today" :Ramone, Little Lebowski Urban Achiever. November 2008
A lovely little soliliquy, but Eldritch has no control over the recordings, period. Warner owns them, lock, stock and barrel, a fact which seems to have been conveniently missed by many in this thread.
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
Ramone wrote:Hope was personified in Greek mythology as Elpis. When Pandora opened Pandora's Box, she let out all the evils except one: Hope. Apparently the Greeks considered Hope to be as dangerous as all the world's evils. But without hope to accompany all their troubles, humanity was filled with despair. It was a great relief when Pandora revisited her box and let out hope as well. It may be worthy to note that in the story, Hope is represented as weakly leaving the box but is in effect far more potent than any of the major evils.
And with out Hope, you have nothing. Which is exactlly what TSOM have given their fans for nigh on thirteen years. And now, with total disregard for people's bank accounts and blind devotion, three albums all featuring 'expanded' versions.
And for what? The prelude to a era of ' new' material. Or to squeeze some life out of an already well flogged horse?
To many, it will indeed seem like a breath of fresh air , to those who want to build their already well duplicated collection. To most though, it is the final insult and slap in the face for those who have stood by this 'artist' for over twenty years.
I for one will be keeping my hard-earned well away from Amazon.com for the forseeable future.
Mr Eldtritch, you have sold your soul, integrity, pride and the faith of many for £8.99. For shame.
Quit bitching. You sound like a teenage girl with cramps. If you don't like it, don't spend money on the records. You can spend it on capes, black eyeliner and pointy shoes or something.
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
Maybe so, but at the end of the day..the man's still a washed up con artist..now you can tell me to feck right orf
"It was great that Kurt Cobain shot himself when he did..cos without that ,we'd have no Foo Fighters today" :Ramone, Little Lebowski Urban Achiever. November 2008
"The unknown story of this album is that ever since it has been availble on CD, and inferior 'copy' master was utilised. Remastered from the multitracks for the first time, it now sounds better than ever before and is augmented by six tracks, all non-album 'B' sides plus "Some Kind Of Stranger (Early)" a previously unissued track from the album sessions."
"Again, newly remastered and bolstered with extended mixes and a couple of additional live tracks, housed in a foldout digipack sleeve with new linernotes."
Ramone wrote:Maybe so, but at the end of the day..the man's still a washed up con artist..now you can tell me to feck right orf
Nope, you're entitled to your opinion,which does make a lot of sense to me.I can only hope you're wrong.
Stick about Ramone I like yer style.
Cup of tea anyone?
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
Ramone wrote:Hope was personified in Greek mythology as Elpis. When Pandora opened Pandora's Box, she let out all the evils except one: Hope. Apparently the Greeks considered Hope to be as dangerous as all the world's evils. But without hope to accompany all their troubles, humanity was filled with despair. It was a great relief when Pandora revisited her box and let out hope as well. It may be worthy to note that in the story, Hope is represented as weakly leaving the box but is in effect far more potent than any of the major evils.
And with out Hope, you have nothing. Which is exactlly what TSOM have given their fans for nigh on thirteen years. And now, with total disregard for people's bank accounts and blind devotion, three albums all featuring 'expanded' versions.
And for what? The prelude to a era of ' new' material. Or to squeeze some life out of an already well flogged horse?
To many, it will indeed seem like a breath of fresh air , to those who want to build their already well duplicated collection. To most though, it is the final insult and slap in the face for those who have stood by this 'artist' for over twenty years.
I for one will be keeping my hard-earned well away from Amazon.com for the forseeable future.
Mr Eldtritch, you have sold your soul, integrity, pride and the faith of many for £8.99. For shame.
Quit bitching. You sound like a teenage girl with cramps. If you don't like it, don't spend money on the records. You can spend it on capes, black eyeliner and pointy shoes or something.
I like the new re releases. I would also like really new releases..
Besides, I need a new copy of VT, the old one met wif a tragic accident.
"An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why." - William Faulkner
I went to HMV-Oxford St. y'day and they said they have no record of these cds on their database... it's a shame because the description from CDU sounds great, but if the largest music store in the World doesn't have these on it's system then... ... i'll believe it when i see it
robertzombie wrote:if the largest music store in the World doesn't have these on it's system then...
I guess no thorncult releases exist then. Oh well.
Information about different things travels to different people at different speeds. It's not even a month before release, having them in the system now would just be a whole lot of f**king uselessness.
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In the hope the DVD that "may or may not get released one day" gets released.
... i'll believe it when i see it
