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Dr. Jeep is the worst video & song of the sisters.

urrrrrgh. :urff: :(
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Dr. Jeep has a haunting chill in its chorus, like a solitary cry over dark woods in a winter night, wich I like. A lot. It is especially effective in the extended version of the single, when it just goes on and on. I wasn't too impressed the first time I heard it but it grew on me. The video isn't anything remarkable but it has got its cool moments, I think.
But it's all subjective and not really anything to debate, but maybe it will grow on others too when given a proper chance. :?: :|
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Works horribly live, though - I'm thinking of the Wembley Arena gigs - o.k., the sound was terrible anyway, but that was an idea that was never going to work properly live, unless you had a MUCH better bunch of musicians jamming away...
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whitesatin wrote:Dr. Jeep is the worst video & song of the sisters.

urrrrrgh. :urff: :(
Not even a "discuss"? Matter of opinion you know.

I fink it's dead atmospheric - bass could do with being a bit louder, and the riff can get on your tits after a while, but the lyrics are kewl, and the chorus keyboards'r kinda fun as well.

The video, perhaps you're right. Nothing compared to the overblown camp of ribbons or the simply stylish DB. But eldy in a white suit hangin from the ceiling? Pathe news? All works for me.
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Oh, and just for fun. The fantastically retro:

Pathe newsreels
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I'd have to say Temple of Love '92 was the worst vid, It was a jive bunny rip off done by WEA, and most of it was taken up with the Doctor Jeep vid, and as for the spinning 3D Logo :urff:

Best vid for me Dominion or 1959, but I think Planet will go for Under the Gun ( :von: topless :roll: ).

Worst song? They haven't done any, unless you count Waynes demo's that he ended up recording as The M*ss*on :urff:
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Big Si wrote:I'd have to say Temple of Love '92 was the worst vid, It was a jive bunny rip off done by WEA, and most of it was taken up with the Doctor Jeep vid, and as for the spinning 3D Logo :urff:

Best vid for me Dominion or 1959, but I think Planet will go for Under the Gun ( :von: topless :roll: ).

Worst song? They haven't done any, unless you count Waynes demo's that he ended up recording as The M*ss*on :urff:
I'm with you TOl92 bein' the worst - tacked together piece of crap.

Dominion is easily the best, but 1959? The sunglasses put me off. Far too Elton :von:
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Big Si wrote:I'd have to say Temple of Love '92 was the worst vid, It was a jive bunny rip off done by WEA, and most of it was taken up with the Doctor Jeep vid, and as for the spinning 3D Logo :urff:
Or any of the early WEA videos in truth, although at least Black Planet avoided asking them to do more of the miming along they were so good at...
Big Si wrote:Worst song? They haven't done any, unless you count Waynes demo's that he ended up recording as The M*ss*on :urff:
Worst song(s)? Vision Thing as a whole wasn't quite there for me, though I admit it had it's moments. I Was Wrong. More. Then gently downhill...
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MrChris wrote:Works horribly live, though - I'm thinking of the Wembley Arena gigs - o.k., the sound was terrible anyway, but that was an idea that was never going to work properly live, unless you had a MUCH better bunch of musicians jamming away...
ribbons was good on the album. From what ive heard of it live 'a few bootlegs :oops: ) it sounds so empty, so weak. Like theres something missing compared to the songs of the other albums
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The video for Detonation Boulevard is worse.

and Dr. Jeep is one of the best songs on Vision Thing.
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Oh my god, I think Ribbons, on the night, is the best live song imaginable. It completely moves my world. The (admittledly spruced up) live version on the When You Don't See Me CD single is my all-time-favourite-track-of-all-time-on-any-format-by-anyone-ever. I'm serious! Turn it up loud, and you'll see. It was also the thing I used to hook my first Sisters convert. If Ribbons was a religion, I'd be at least a Bishop...Yes, I'll maybe concede that Vision Thing was a mishmash of an album, perhaps the concept was stretched a little far, but don't touch my Ribbons! Please!
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Big Si wrote:I'd have to say Temple of Love '92 was the worst vid, It was a jive bunny rip off done by WEA, and most of it was taken up with the Doctor Jeep vid, and as for the spinning 3D Logo :urff:

Best vid for me Dominion or 1959, but I think Planet will go for Under the Gun ( :von: topless :roll: ).

Worst song? They haven't done any, unless you count Waynes demo's that he ended up recording as The M*ss*on :urff:
LOL ...Best Vids...for me are:

This Corrosion...he's all wet and looking HOT! This one tops my list!

Lucretia...Again that black leather gets me everytime! He's HOT and that song rates a good shag! :eek: Wellll...it does..... That's why it's my Favorite song of All Time!

More...OMG....Isn't he gorgeous!! I want to BE those women....all over him like a cheap suit. 8)

Dr Jeep...is really a good vid. I like it as it's very artistic.

Temple of Love..SUCKS!! whats with that dove? Where is Andrew???? God what a bit of CRAP!!!! Love the song....tho.

1959....blah blah blah! I hate this one,, fast forward past it everytime

Dominion...drop the beard! He looks like s**t and the theme... :urff: :urff: :urff:

Under the Gun....gets no stars. Not enough nudity. And you know what I'm talking about! :evil:

Worst songs??? That s**t by Wayne....Von even said it himself... The Sisters are above that. Now I'm gonna duck...I do really like The m*****n..got almost all there stuff. And I love Craig's basslines!!! And Wayne does turn a nice lyric.....very sexy!
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MrChris wrote:Oh my god, I think Ribbons, on the night, is the best live song imaginable. It completely moves my world. The (admittledly spruced up) live version on the When You Don't See Me CD single is my all-time-favourite-track-of-all-time-on-any-format-by-anyone-ever. I'm serious! Turn it up loud, and you'll see. It was also the thing I used to hook my first Sisters convert. If Ribbons was a religion, I'd be at least a Bishop...Yes, I'll maybe concede that Vision Thing was a mishmash of an album, perhaps the concept was stretched a little far, but don't touch my Ribbons! Please!
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Black Shuk wrote:The video for Detonation Boulevard is worse.

and Dr. Jeep is one of the best songs on Vision Thing.
The DB vids cool! I love the grainy black and white thang. Mind you, I just popped home and rewatched Dr Jeep (I am that sad) and must say it's better than I remember - very political and probably even more relevant now than it was then.
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Big Si wrote:I'd have to say Temple of Love '92 was the worst vid, It was a jive bunny rip off done by WEA, and most of it was taken up with the Doctor Jeep vid, and as for the spinning 3D Logo :urff:

Best vid for me Dominion or 1959, but I think Planet will go for Under the Gun ( :von: topless :roll: ).

Worst song? They haven't done any, unless you count Waynes demo's that he ended up recording as The M*ss*on :urff:
LOL ...Best Vids...for me are:

This Corrosion...he's all wet and looking HOT! This one tops my list!

Lucretia...Again that black leather gets me everytime! He's HOT and that song rates a good shag! :eek: Wellll...it does..... That's why it's my Favorite song of All Time!

More...OMG....Isn't he gorgeous!! I want to BE those women....all over him like a cheap suit. 8)

Dr Jeep...is really a good vid. I like it as it's very artistic.

Temple of Love..SUCKS!! whats with that dove? Where is Andrew???? God what a bit of CRAP!!!! Love the song....tho.

1959....blah blah blah! I hate this one,, fast forward past it everytime

Dominion...drop the beard! He looks like **** and the theme... :urff: :urff: :urff:

Under the Gun....gets no stars. Not enough nudity. And you know what I'm talking about! :evil:

Worst songs??? That **** by Wayne....Von even said it himself... The Sisters are above that. Now I'm gonna duck...I do really like The m*****n..got almost all there stuff. And I love Craig's basslines!!! And Wayne does turn a nice lyric.....very sexy!
That confirms it planet m'dear. You're the most wacked out person here by a long way (in the nicest possible sense).
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i take back what i just said about ribbons

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I never even pretended to be sane Jim.... ;)

And I can't help it if I love Andrew!!

In any event...If the least I do is make ppl smile and provide some entertainment..then I have done my Job.

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Ryan - i take back what i just said about ribbons

hamburg 90 version- prettyful


hooray, another convert to the church of ribbons! And believe me, it's worth checking out the When You Don't... version. The CD also contains a nice version of Something Fast, which, if not the best Sisters song ever, is at least Mrs MrChris's favourite...
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I love the live something fast. I think it sounds better with the cymbals in the quiet bit.
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I would say I think Temple of Love '92 is the worst video, but I've never seen Dr. Jeep so I can't judge it against that (that's me then, fishing for help).

Have you ever seen Walk Away? F*ckin' horrible, in that mid-eighties kinda way. Funny, and probably not intentionally so. But telling in regards to the state of the band.

As for the song itself, I hated it immediately--in fact, the only Vision Thing song I really liked on first listen was "I Was Wrong"--but it grew on me. I quite like it now.
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Yeh, both Walk Away and NTTC are utter rubbish. Not merely enough that they be bad, it's quite obvious that there's not even an effort being made for them to be good. Of the earlier vids, Body & Soul is kinda cool, and the Whistle Test FALAA is quite a mesmerising performance. Black Planet wins though.

My faves overall are Lucretia (cool factory, very Terminator-esque) and - yes - Dr. Jeep. The rest of them don't really do it for me though. Funny how people can have different opinions, eh?
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yep.
unfortunately,VT is my least favorite sisters album.i might tried thousand times to listen to like it,.......... :urff:
I hate to apply the word like'worst' to any sisters song,but recently downroaded that video....It makes the song probably more ridiculous!!
sometimes i see alots of foolish videos that ruins the images of songs..maybe thats why i never was a fan of all the mtv- kinds of music channels.
Von looks like a wacky stupid to me.sorry. :(
But he looked always gorgeous in other clips.(like my fave Lucretia. :wink: )
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mh wrote:Yeh, both Walk Away and NTTC are utter rubbish. Not merely enough that they be bad, it's quite obvious that there's not even an effort being made for them to be good. Of the earlier vids, Body & Soul is kinda cool, and the Whistle Test FALAA is quite a mesmerising performance. Black Planet wins though.

My faves overall are Lucretia (cool factory, very Terminator-esque) and - yes - Dr. Jeep. The rest of them don't really do it for me though. Funny how people can have different opinions, eh?
Early vids remind me of the Wendyhouse - bunch of drunk goths prancing around trying to be trees.
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Jim wrote:
Early vids remind me of the Wendyhouse - bunch of drunk goths prancing around trying to be trees.
;D :lol: ;D :lol: ;D :lol: ;D :lol: ;D :lol: :twisted: :twisted:
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That avatar is just plain mean, Jim. No call for it. :evil:
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Jim wrote: Early vids remind me of the Wendyhouse - bunch of drunk goths prancing around trying to be trees.
Try from Dusk til Dawn by the m*****n for some really really bad vids!!! God Wayne in lipstick will make you want to puke.
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