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I have secretly kept a few Sisters songs hidden from myself (well, in an unused map) to keep a few to surprise myself with when I know all others thoroughly. Now I've been wondering; is this any good, and if I should keep them hidden, how long should I wait before starting to listen to them? Thanks in advance.
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Listen to them all, imprint them on your brain and let them soundtrack your life ;D

Say YES to excess ! :von:
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You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. You don't want your last thoughts to be "oh feck, I never got to listen to those songs", do you? ;D

Go for it!
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I kept Bury Me Deep totally unlistened-to until I bought the single, and made it the last officially released track I'd ever not heard in any version.

It was worth it.
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oooh but Bury was good, it really touched me :cry:

Btw, "Say yes to excess" sounds great :P
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Tidal wrote:"Say yes to excess"
Can this be the title of the next tour?

:lol:

And (back on topic), listen to them all, endlessly... :D
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eek...one more serious reply (emma, meerkat, Izzy) and I'm doing it :twisted:
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I remember when I first heard TSOM, they sounded really strange to me and there seemed to be what I can only describe as a vast space within all of their songs. That disappeared with subsequent listens, although I wish it hadn't. :|
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Tidal wrote:oooh but Bury was good, it really touched me :cry:
Oh, I'm not saying it wasn't. It's one of the few TSOM tracks I really enjoy listening to, so I'm glad I kept it until last.
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To ration the Sisters makes even less sense than keeping a bar of chocolate in the fridge and only eating one square per day. You know you want to...
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Andrew S wrote:To ration the Sisters makes even less sense than keeping a bar of chocolate in the fridge and only eating one square per day. You know you want to...
The Sisters get white and chalky when cold? ;D

Dole out new stuff when you sufficiently appreciate the current batch, lest the individual characteristics become diluted. Or just get recordings and never listen to them; that happens often in some sections areounf here. :lol:
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Dark wrote:I kept Bury Me Deep totally unlistened-to until I bought the single, and made it the last officially released track I'd ever not heard in any version.

It was worth it.
OMG! I did exactly that for several years! I had the vinyl for about 5 years before I listened to it. I thought it made me a bit weird, now I feel better! :lol:
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limur wrote:
Tidal wrote:"Say yes to excess"
Can this be the title of the next tour?

:lol:

And (back on topic), listen to them all, endlessly... :D
Give it 4 years and we can have "Yes to Exxxcess" ;)
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Tidal wrote:eek...one more serious reply (emma, meerkat, Izzy) and I'm doing it :twisted:
Well, emma says:
The answer, as always, lies within the question.
If you ask the question, the answer is already there.
And you know that the answer in this case is YES.
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too bad YES does not specify whether you mean I should or should not listen to them, and if I should keep them hidden as I interprete your YES, it does not say for how long :urff:
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LISTEN!

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I could never find a reason for myself not to listen.

Sounds like SM.
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Tidal wrote:too bad YES does not specify whether you mean I should or should not listen to them, and if I should keep them hidden as I interprete your YES, it does not say for how long :urff:
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My aim was just to make you realise that there's one huge YES screaming out of your question.
Which songs are they, exactly?
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Exxxcess All Arias? :D
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OK, ill listen....these are the songs Ive neevr heard before and am gonna hear now:

Logic
Torch
Colours
Body and Soul
Kiss
Emma
Slowdrive
Jolene
Silver Machine
You Could Be the One
Teachers
Lights
Shout
Blood Money
First and Last and Always
Knocking on Heaven's Door
Sympathy for the Devil
Comfortably Numb
Burn it Down (heard before, but listened too little times to make it count)
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Some tracks there that ain't Sisters, but...

OH MY MOTHERF--KING GOD!

There are some all-time classics in there, and you ain't even heard them yet!

Get listening!

Now!
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So there's still a lot to discover ...
Enjoy and tell us which ones you love most 8)
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And no nasty words about YCBTO. :|
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mh wrote:Some tracks there that ain't Sisters, but...

OH MY MOTHERF--KING GOD!

There are some all-time classics in there, and you ain't even heard them yet!

Get listening!

Now!
Sympathy for the devil??? Thats dodgy peer-to-peer networks for you!

But yes - as mh said, some stunning tracks in there - LISTEN NOW, you'll be glad you did :D
(apart from YCBTO of course, but thats another story...... :wink: )
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