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I noticed that the sisters concerts don't last very long. It's usually up to 80 min + / -.
Looking into some bootlegs, it looks it was always like that.

Any idea why?
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cos :von: is a lasy bastard
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:lol:

the good dr uses cheap batteries ;)
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Cos Uncle Eldo likes to p*ss us off. 80' of music don't fit onto one CD, so you have to use another just for 2 or 3 tracks. Bastard. And he won't play for 100'-120' because he doesn't want us to be satisfied. Double bastard. ;D
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Cheap batteries, Von being a lazy bastard and f****** around with people who make bootlegs so they have to waste an extra cd for additonal 2 songs.

So, it's that simple... :lol:
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jesus, what you want? they should play all entire 3 albums to fit it in one 2h gig? :lol: sisters of mercy trilogy :lol: :lol: and few covers on encores :lol:
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Because not every gig takes place in Moscow. 8)
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general opinion is that on the last tour the booking fees were quite high, so promotors wouldn't book them... as a work around, eldritch offered promotors two pricing options: a full set, or a shorter set that was cheaper.

hence some silver bullet shows were significantly longer than others.
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anyway, how much techno you can stand (without drugs)? :lol:
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quiff boy said:...hence some silver bullet shows were significantly longer than others.
Can you say which? (not counting the Moscow show)
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ah, guys, why are you so unpolite?
doesn't :von: ld gaffer make you happy?

PS The Cure gigs last over 3 hours
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no matter how long the sisters are on stage....
it will never be long enough. (
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i am more likely to release an album before the sisters
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ormfdmrush wrote:ah, guys, why are you so unpolite?[/size]
just realist :lol:
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Even in 84/85 it was the same. Some concerts would barely make the one hour mark. Nothing dramatically new about it, and it's not specifically the Sisters either - a lot of other "not goth but with a goth following although we daren't even acknowledge that" bands did similar.
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its the punk ethos about getting on stage, doing what needs to be done, and then getting off before people start throwing things ;)

(which itself was probably a backlash against 3hr long prog rock gigs :lol: ;))
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Back in the day The Beatles would only play for about 30 minutes. :innocent:
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ormfdmrush wrote:PS The Cure gigs last over 3 hours
Yeah, but most of that's "f***ing pop music" to quote fat bob. :D :lol:
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limur wrote:
ormfdmrush wrote:PS The Cure gigs last over 3 hours
Yeah, but most of that's "f***ing pop music" to quote fat bob. :D :lol:
'idiot-pop' 8)
btw listened to their lastest March gig in US
really good one
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Quiff Boy wrote:its the punk ethos about getting on stage, doing what needs to be done, and then getting off before people start throwing things ;)
It's a miracle that the really early concerts even made it past the 2 minute mark, never mind half an hour, isn't it?
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I wouldn't want to see them for much longer. And certainly not 3 hours of The Cure. Screw the 45-minute version, I'd get bored of A Forest after 7.
And if he plays for 80 minutes, use a good old C90. ;)
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Anyone remember the good old JAMC first few gigs/riots?

Music was around 15 mins tops (but rioting 45mins) :wink:
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The other day I saw on TV some cult conceptual artist from Japan who went on stage for a 10-15 seconds screaming performance. I personally thought it was utter cack, but the guy apparently has some devoted fans. :roll: :lol:
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Badlander wrote:The other day I saw on TV some cult conceptual artist from Japan who went on stage for a 10-15 seconds screaming performance. I personally thought it was utter cack, but the guy apparently has some devoted fans. :roll: :lol:
sounds like Masonna, does a great cover called "THE PASSION OF RUBBERS"
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Dr. Moody wrote:
Badlander wrote:The other day I saw on TV some cult conceptual artist from Japan who went on stage for a 10-15 seconds screaming performance. I personally thought it was utter cack, but the guy apparently has some devoted fans. :roll: :lol:
sounds like Masonna, does a great cover called "THE PASSION OF RUBBERS"
Bauhaus cover? :lol:
any link? :innocent:
yeah, seems to be Masonna
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Quiff Boy wrote:its the punk ethos about getting on stage, doing what needs to be done, and then getting off before people start throwing things ;)
that reminds me the words of my brother back in the early 90s. Some Girls had just came out, I was listening to this cassette (can't remember if it was Polish bootleg cassette or the original which I got a bit later) as I used to do every day and my brother was visiting me. and his words were something like that: "well, actually it's nice that those punk bands have such a short songs."
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