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.
Aaaghh... YCBTO, again! I can understand why someone would like this song - the lyrics are highly amusing after all. But sonically it is low-grade by any standard. I'm fairly sure it was intended as a fairly obvious joke, nothing more.
Since I started this thread, I've decided that my least loved song is Possession, followed closely by Torch.
I think the first single should be viewed in the context of 'mitigating circumstances'. I would also now include 1969 if it was indeed a true Sisters song rather than a cover.
Hmm. I agree abut 'Torch', which I think is kind of a dull song, but I love '1969' lots and lots due to the restless, perky anger this track has (OkaaYY!!).
Dr Jeep, I really want to love it but that horrible keyboard layer is just treacle slapped on top... Sounds like they didn't quite know what to do with it when they were recording so covered up the main riff & bass with all kinds of insubstantial fluff instead of adding the required aggression. The Speed Kings cut, while being a very average recording is way better, as is the '06 take. Bury Me Deep also fails to make the grade for me, musically OK but what's up with that singing?
Elfeyth wrote:Hmm. I agree abut 'Torch', which I think is kind of a dull song, but I love '1969' lots and lots due to the restless, perky anger this track has (OkaaYY!!).
@ Archie your choice is not true and I know that, you know that, we all know that.
"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
Dark wrote:
I did claim that Sandstorm/Untitled/Ozymandias are some of the best tracks, but not necessarily THE best.
They are "tracks" rather than "songs", indeed. Actually, I've only ever heard these once, on the Dominion CD single, and I recall being bored senseless (not a feeling I usually associate with the Sisters). Having said that, I'm now rather curious to revisit my opinion, but I can't locate them anywhere at the mo.
Dark wrote:
I did claim that Sandstorm/Untitled/Ozymandias are some of the best tracks, but not necessarily THE best.
They are "tracks" rather than "songs", indeed. Actually, I've only ever heard these once, on the Dominion CD single, and I recall being bored senseless (not a feeling I usually associate with the Sisters). Having said that, I'm now rather curious to revisit my opinion, but I can't locate them anywhere at the mo.
If you must get them, do so for completeness sake. I mean, I own them, and I'm glad I do, but they arn't sisters tracks really.
@Dark
I got the feeling you're an uber James Ray fan...more so than the girlies?
I'm just curious, not questioning "your right to be on a sisters forum". After all, I use heartland as an outlet for RS discussions as well
I got the feeling you're an uber James Ray fan...more so than the girlies?
I'm just curious, not questioning "your right to be on a sisters forum". After all, I use heartland as an outlet for RS discussions as well
I do listen to James Ray tracks more than I do Sisters ones.. not least because Mr Ray once said I could do whatever I liked to his songs. So I took that as license to sample them to build some new songs (most of which then continued to be built without the samples). He doesn't know this yet.
I don't really come here for the Sisters once I realised how the band and some of its fanbase really are. I come because I like the vast majority of people here.
I don't really come here for the Sisters once I realised how the band and some of its fanbase really are. I come because I like the vast majority of people here.
BURN THE HERETIC
Only kidding I think thats a fair enough attitude to have.
What was your pre-conception of the sisters that made you get into them?
And then, what was it that you found out about them that put you off?
I have no issue with Posession. I can't have an issue with that bass riff.
I adore the album version of Ribbons, but it never seems to cut it live, at least for me. Though I like Adam's solo on the M'era Luna 2001 bootleg...
I always wondered- what's up with the acoustic guitar on live versions of Ribbons? It's a background layer on the album track. That riff deserves as much crunch and chunk as can be thrown behind it, at least in my humble metalhead opinion.
Black Planet, I just can't get on with it.
Never Land (long version), a wee bit too long, much prefer the normal version. (Sorry Herr Blast.)
Dr Jeep, Sisters lite, just has a complete lack of testicles.
Ribbons, could take it or leave it, but now it always reminds me of that bloody 'I want it now' song or whatever it's called by Muse.
bury me deep
1969
NTtC
walk away
detonation blvd.
WYDSM
still
will i dream? (to simple)
and about the general. i heard an opinion 'bout siss music that all their tracks are the same, to be more precise, that any siss songs has his own copy (a music) in other album. i makes my wonder and i get into point that in some way it's true, but only when we take flodland and vision thing as an items of investigation. some kind of music code, patern anderw used in VT the same as in Floodland, in the other hand it's natural that you tryin' to use a good formula when it works, but ...
It must have been a typo. What I meant to write was BLOOD MONEY, that is my least favourite track.
