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Simple, but a bit extensive question. Who wrote the lyrics, who wrote the music to all Sisters songs?
From the FALAA booklet I know that words:
Andrew Eldritch: all, except Gary Marx: Poison Door
music:
That Guitarist: Black Planet, Walk Away, A Rock and a Hard Place, Marian, Blood Money
Gary Marx: First and Last and Always, Nine While Nine, Amphetamine Logic, Some Kind of Stranger, Poison Door
Andrew Eldritch: Long Train, Bury Me Deep, On The Wire
Craig Adams+Gary Marx+That Guitarist: No Time to Cry
Craig Adams+Andrew Eldritch+ That Guitarist: Possession
but unfortunately the Floodland issue doesn't contain the credits in the booklet and of the rest I simply have no idea.
EDIT: I forgot to say but I still don't understand how things went Gift-Floodland.. Did just gather Vega, Ray and Fox and say "kkthxbai" and kicked them out to make Floodland? Why didn't they stay now that they had a band?
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Mr. Tidal. one simple question: who was the member of the Sisters of Mercy during recording "Floodland" ?
a: Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Morrison .
and now try to figure out who from that couple wrote music and lyrics for all "Floodland" songs ?
yes ! Mr. Taylor
All songs written by Eldritch except "Detonation Boulevard", "When You Don't See Me", "Doctor Jeep" wirtten by Eldritch/Bruhn and "More" written by Eldritch/Steinman.
From SGWBM:
All songs written by Eldritch except, "Floorshow" Eldritch/Marx/Adams, "Phantom" Marx/Adams, "Heartland" and "Anaconda" Eldritch/Marx, "Watch" and "Home Of The Hit-Men" Marx.
Hope that clears everything up for you Tidal.
I don't necessarily agree with everything I think.
Okay thanks! That clears up a lot, but still leaves...
TOL '92
Under the Gun
You Could Be the One
Ozymandias
Sandstorm
Untitled
Rain From Heaven
Finland Red Egypt White
Giving Ground
Colours
Jihad
Afterhours
Train
Body and Soul
Subline: In the credits of the only new song "Under the Gun" you name two unknown persons. Who are `Hughes' and `Seeman'?
Andrew: `Hughes' is a man and `Seeman' a woman. They both are songwriters and wrote ten years ago a song called `Two Worlds Apart'. With out my contribution `Under The Gun' is `Two Worlds Apart'. I've practically taken over the song from them.
Depprocksfarfar wrote:Under the gun is written by Hughes/Seeman/Eldritch
You could be the one is written by Eldritch/Bruhn
The rest by Eldtritch
Does that mean
TOL '92
Ozymandias
Sandstorm
Untitled
Rain From Heaven
Finland Red Egypt White
Giving Ground
Colours
Jihad
Afterhours
Train
Body and Soul
Are all by Eldritch, both music and words?
(BTW: found Two Worlds Apart)
SONG -------------------ARTIST ----------WRITERS
TWO WORLDS APART BILLIE HUGHES SEEMAN - HUGHES
PRODUCER -------LABEL --------------------TERRITORY
HUGHES SEEMAN PONY CANYON WARNER JAPAN SE ASIA
TOL '92
Ozymandias
Sandstorm
Untitled
Rain From Heaven
Finland Red Egypt White
Giving Ground
Colours
Jihad
Afterhours
Train
Body and Soul
Are all by Eldritch, both music and words?
Yes. Except for Finland Red, Egypt White. The author is unknown as its lyrics are from the operations manual for the AK-47.
BTW, out of curiosity, what makes you think that TOL '92 is any different, musically and lyrically, to the original? It's a re-recording of the same song. (The same goes for Train/Long Train(1984) and Alice '93).
I don't necessarily agree with everything I think.
Thanks! Then this finishes the official list. Thank you all!
@Syber: I just went past all songs that weren't mentioned yet and put them in but forgot that TOL is same as TOL '83. I guess Alice '93 struck me as more of a "remake" than TOL.
One last complication is that Craig has in the past claimed that he's due a credit for ToL (no reference available for that at the mo), and may even be due credit for some of the Reptile House material (http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/cl ... html#misc3).
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
Tidal wrote:Thanks! Then this finishes the official list. Thank you all!
@Syber: I just went past all songs that weren't mentioned yet and put them in but forgot that TOL is same as TOL '83. I guess Alice '93 struck me as more of a "remake" than TOL.
I guess you're enthusiasm got the better of you, huh? Anyway, glad to have been of assistance.
I feel the same way about Alice '93. I'm still trying to make my mind up about which version I prefer.
@mh Apparently Craig was seriously peeved about the credits on SGWBM missing him out.
I don't necessarily agree with everything I think.
not at home right now so unable to check but from memory i was sure that the 12" label to No Time To Cry credited Blood Money and Bury Me Deep solely to Eldritch.
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:not at home right now so unable to check but from memory i was sure that the 12" label to No Time To Cry credited Blood Money and Bury Me Deep solely to Eldritch.
Just had a look at my copy: Blood Money - Eldritch/Hussey and Bury Me Deep - Eldritch.
I don't necessarily agree with everything I think.
just gather Vega, Ray and Fox and say "kkthxbai" and kicked them out to make Floodland? Why didn't they stay now that they had a band?
thanks.