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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.
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There are certain songs that I (so far, which in my case doesn't mean much)
haven't heard the Sisters play much. Don't know whether they just like playing other songs better, but I noticed
-the Reptile House stuff(except Burn)
-Heartland
-Afterhours
-Blood Money
-Poison Door
-Black Planet
-Amphetamine Logic
-FLood I
-Something Fast
-More
-I Was Wrong
-Under the Gun

are rather sparingly played. And I've never heard Phantom, Bury Me Deep, Some Kind of Stranger, the Gift stuff(except Giving Ground), Torch,
1959. Driven Like the Snow, or Never Land being played.
Can someone point me a few gigs where any of these songs was played?
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'I was wrong' Tilburg 2005

And a bloody stonker it was too.

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I didn't check, so I may have got some years a little wrong.

-the Reptile House stuff(except Burn)
Lights : only a few times back in 1983
Kiss the carpet : 1983, 1996-98
Valentine : 1983, 1990

-Heartland
1982-1984, once or twice in 1985, 1990

-Afterhours
Only ever used as intro music

-Blood Money
1997

-Poison Door
Never, but Ghost Dance did play it (Gary Marx song)

-Black Planet
Never

-Amphetamine Logic
1985, 1990-circa 2000

-FLood I
Regularly since 1999

-Something Fast
Regularly since 1990

-More
1992, 1993 (?), 1997 (?)

-I Was Wrong
Regularly since... 2003 ?

-Under the Gun
1993, 1997

- Phantom, Bury Me Deep, the Gift stuff(except Giving Ground), Torch, 1959. Driven Like the Snow
Never

- Some Kind of Stranger
A few times in 84-85, coupled with Comfortably numb, 1992-1998

- Never Land
(Almost ?) every gig since 2003
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Nine While Nine....twice.
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I'd like to hear Heartland in good quaility but Kiss the Blade wasn't as good as I had hoped- can you name a gig where Heartland was played with excellent quaility?
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Non-important corrections to what Badlander said just coz these came to mind immediately:
Valentine in 2003 also
Logic twice in 2001
More wasn't played in 1997
Kiss the Carpet in 2001
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The INTRO only to 1959 was played in Birmingham in the 90s. Which leaves not many: Phantom, Bury Me Deep, Torch, Driven Like the Snow. I wouldn't have said the Gift stuff counted anyway. If you want to be a completist, you could add Home of the Hitmen, Sandstorm, Untitled, You Could be the One...

Let's just say, there are more good songs which have been played live but not recorded than the other way around!
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is that so? I can only come up with Good Things- if covers don't count, that is...
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Plenty of good quality Heartlands out there - the Trojan Horse bootleg for starters. It was a staple of the live set up until the end of 84 (almost - if not - every single show since it's introduction in 83-ish).
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Tidal wrote:is that so? I can only come up with Good Things- if covers don't count, that is...
:?: Really?

Summer, Romeo Down, Come Together, We Are The Same Suzanne, Slept, Crash And Burn, War On Drugs, Will I Dream?, Top Nite Out, Still

All the "new" songs that have been written since Under The Gun (the last song to be released... all the way back in 1993)

(I'm sure I've missed one.)
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Thank you Mr Fiend!
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:lol: My pleasure ;)
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I mean, of those songs we're pretty sure they will be released one way or another- some day... some day... some day

But Good Things might never see the light :(
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There is that excellent quality version from the Peel Sessions someone posted up ages ago.

That's the nearest we'll get to an actually studio version.
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Tidal, I have most of them songs live so I can put together a little .zip file if you want? :)
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clicky

Amphetamine Logic (x3)
Blood Money (x2)
Comfortably Numb/Some Kind Of Stranger (x2)
Flood I (x2)
Heartland (x4)
I Was Wrong (x1)
More (x2)
Never Land (x2)
Poison Door (Radio Session)
Some Kind Of Stranger (x1)
Something Fast (x1)
Under The Gun (x2)

All live apart from PD, from 1984-2003
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Thanks Rob!! I can't wait to hear them :D
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Ow, that version of Some Kind of Stranger is priceless!
And of course, Blood Money '97... :D :D :D
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