have the sisters turned s**t

6FeetOver · 21 May 2007, 00:10

I try, man.

James Blast · 21 May 2007, 00:10

it all went Pete when Tony James left

paint it black · 21 May 2007, 00:19

Maisey wrote:OCD = Obsessive compulsive order

Pedant = A pedantic person. Women are still people (last time I checked) and therefore can still be pedants

should be ''disorder' love

anyway, yes, they seem to be little more than a pub band now

6FeetOver · 21 May 2007, 00:22

Oooooo - the OCO - Obsessive Compulsive Order - sweet! I'll have my own minions! LOL!

21 May 2007, 10:47

paint it black wrote:anyway, yes, they seem to be little more than a pub band now

Sad but true.

The history of The Sisters seems to consist largely of might-have-beens and wasted opportunities.

robertzombie · 21 May 2007, 11:13

Badlander · 21 May 2007, 11:38

paint it black wrote: anyway, yes, they seem to be little more than a pub band now

No shame in that, or is it ?

czuczu · 21 May 2007, 11:55

They haven't turned s**t but he's definitely stagnated and it's all gotten very lazy since 93...

Still a nice day out every now & then, without the need to ruin whole summers

(Pub band <= Mish)

stefan moermans · 21 May 2007, 12:13

Not sure if I even want to be involved in this thread

It's been almost a year since I joined this forum and I learned a lot about the girls. Up to then I was only interested in the up till FALAA area and some songs of floodland.

While listening to the weeds I got from you nice people

I learned to appreciate a lot more that what I used to like. Defineltey a lot of the covers.

The girls are what they are and you just have to take them of leave it. No in between I'm afraid. I like them but then I look at them not as a new wave/goth band but more like a rock circus.

Norman Hunter · 21 May 2007, 12:15

czuczu wrote:(Pub band <= Mish)

Possibly. But they're ace live and their set differs from tour-to-tour

splintered thing · 21 May 2007, 12:24

The Sisters of Mercy are not sh*t.
...and I think it is rather sad to see this written on a Sisters forum.

[quote="SINsister"]Oooooo - the OCO - Obsessive Compulsive Order - sweet! I'll have my own minions! quote]

I'm in!! (for shame!

)

Ozpat · 21 May 2007, 12:48

stefanmoermans wrote:Not sure if I even want to be involved in this thread It's been almost a year since I joined this forum and I learned a lot about the girls. Up to then I was only interested in the up till FALAA area and some songs of floodland.

While listening to the weeds I got from you nice people I learned to appreciate a lot more that what I used to like. Defineltey a lot of the covers.

The girls are what they are and you just have to take them of leave it. No in between I'm afraid. I like them but then I look at them not as a new wave/goth band but more like a rock circus.

Nice post Stef!

21 May 2007, 12:49

I don't think they could ever be shÃ®t really.

BUT

(And it's a big but

) Some of the decisions that Eldritch has made over the years have been a little disappointing, some have seemed downright perverse.

Ozpat · 21 May 2007, 12:51

markfiend wrote: Some of the decisions that Eldritch has made over the years have been a little disappointing

You are certainly right about that!

splintered thing · 21 May 2007, 12:52

Hmmm yep, that is true. Bummer isn't it?
We still have the music though!

stefan moermans · 21 May 2007, 16:35

Ozpat wrote:
markfiend wrote: Some of the decisions that Eldritch has made over the years have been a little disappointing
You are certainly right about that!

well, why don't we ask him on 7-7-7 in Zottegem

It must be meaning something even to

If you hold him oz, I'll tikkle him. Bet you he'll laugh.

Tidal · 21 May 2007, 16:38

I think Floodland was their best, but I agree that the sisters are getting different these days. I just can't see the Sisters as a plain rock band- I think FALAA is what the Sisters were and will always be, but it seems Andrew doesn't agree with me. Such a pity that they broke up, and true- Andrew's voice is getting f*cked up, I liked it best during FALAA...

I think they should not make another rock album. This new thing theyre working on with C&B and all that stuff may be good music, but it's sooo not the Sisters...

I'd wish they would make another FALAA- like album- with their skills having grown over the years and Eldo definately being a good songwriter, I believe they could make a "back-to-the-basics" album, simple drums and guitars, not too much synths, and most of all, cleverly designed music, not cheap loud rock to fool the listener into thinking it's good music.

Tidal · 21 May 2007, 16:42

well, why don't we ask him on 7-7-7 in Zottegem It wasn't me... It wasn't me... It must be meaning something even to Our fearless leader!

Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

If you hold him oz, I'll tikkle him. Bet you he'll laugh. It wasn't me... It wasn't me...

Indeed! Heartland takes over the failing Sisters and fixes it!

sisterstekland · 21 May 2007, 16:49

ok but if you look the other 80's bands, they also changed their music, so why they could not do it

the sisters of mercy are only

Tidal · 21 May 2007, 17:07

sisterstekland wrote:ok but if you look the other 80's bands, they also changed their music, so why could they not do it

I just think it's a pity. But I also think Eldritch doesn't care about making good music (he knows how to, he showed that already

) but wants to express himself and explore his musical bounderies.

Elfeyth · 21 May 2007, 17:11

biggy wrote: First and last and always couldn't match alice, floorshow, anaconda, temple of love, heartland, body electric etc

I agree, sort of. I have always liked the simplicity of the above tracks which remind me of wading about near a smoke machine in a big black space.

Though I think there are some total highlights on other albums (Nine While Nine, Lucretia etc. etc.) and of course fab lyrics.

mh · 21 May 2007, 17:17

Wouldn't call them shit, but certainly different. Interestingly enough, to me a lot of the "new" stuff sounds like a return to the FALAA style, but maybe not as overtly commercial.

There's a definite case to be made for arguing that the lack of releases means that we haven't really had a coherent evolution in style to be able to trace.

GC · 21 May 2007, 18:15

I would 'nt say their s**t now, but let's be honest, would this forum exist if Floodland was their first CD.
I like the music of The Sisters now but would I if this was their only output. Pre 1987 is what made them The Sisters we all love and obsess over.

(and if anyone says anything contrary their lying or brownnosing AE - so there)

6FeetOver · 21 May 2007, 18:55

Gollum's Cock wrote:I would 'nt say their s**t now, but let's be honest, would this forum exist if Floodland was their first CD.
I like the music of The Sisters now but would I if this was their only output. Pre 1987 is what made them The Sisters we all love and obsess over.

(and if anyone says anything contrary their lying or brownnosing AE - so there)

Sorry, but I beg to differ there, sir. Floodland was the first TSoM material I heard, and only because KROQ in L.A. (where I lived for part of 1988) had "This Corrosion" in heavy rotation. I'd never heard anything of theirs before; actually, it was the first time I'd even heard of *them*! I discovered the pre-'87 stuff much later. No brown-nosing or lying here, I'm afraid - I don't do that kind of crap, anyway. So pfffffffffffffffft to you.

keith's dad · 21 May 2007, 19:01

i saw them 1st on the black oct tour, they had power and style but now they are just a 3rd rate rock band, the reason i started this thread was because to me they were one of the best bands ever and i feel sad at what they have become , now i don't want to unset any body but what i saw on the last tour just didn't do it for me. If i wanted to see that sort of gig i could have seen towers of london for 4 quid, i wanted to see some of the old black magic but it never happened