Anyone think the song Ribbons is vastly overrated?

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Pista wrote:I managed to chop the awesome "incoming" scream with all those howling guitar sounds out of the live one & fade it a bit the end. That's my email alert & the studio one my sms alert
now that's scarry!
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Production wise it is one of the best. The layers in the recording are phenominal
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Ribbons is absolutely brilliant, on my top ten sisters songs ever :von:
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For me it changed VT from being an OK album to a Sisters album....
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Yes, definitely one of the best.
Only wish the live version was longer (because it's so good, I never want it to stop...).
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Studio version is great. Live it's a feral howl shining in the darkness. I adore it.
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(Just for the record: Loads of thanks to markfiend for the tone and to Bartek for helping me make it work. :notworthy: :kiss: )
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:D
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sentenza wrote:Me too.Definitly.but i prefer the live version.

I'm with the good Sentenza on this one!
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Hom_Corleone wrote:Studio version is great. Live it's a feral howl shining in the darkness. I adore it.
Me too. Conclusive proof that the Girls were back.
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I love it. Multi-layered musical orgy of sound, especially the whispered/groaned bits at the end listened to on hi def headphones... mmmm.

(and for the record, for the sub-thread... I have the first 2 bars of Black Planet as my sms alert and the start of Dominion as my ring tone)
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It isn't possible to 'overrate' a Sisters track - though I do find Vision Thing a much maligned album round these here parts, hot diggity. Much as I love Wayne and Gary's work, I'm just basically a metal guitar whore. And Ribbons is the best of the best of the best - SIR!!
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Quiff Boy wrote:ok, two things:

1) i don't understand the initial question/proposition so am unable to answer. is the poster saying he likes it or doesn't like it? shouldn't it be "No. Me neither."? strange grammar...

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2) quite.
GRAMMAR POLICE!

The joke was assuming no one would agree with the topic title, so the "Yeah" was in agreement with the assumed response of "no", Mr. Nitpick. :)
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not nitpicking, not grammar police, just confused.

i find if you want people to answer your question correctly it's always best if they can understand it ;)
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Why is it overrated? I don't see a major gushing about this title. Many people might like it but does it automatically mean that it's overrated?
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Quiff Boy wrote:not nitpicking, not grammar police, just confused.

i find if you want people to answer your question correctly it's always best if they can understand it ;)
Judging by the responses in this thread, there didn't seem to be a lot of confusion. 8)
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:
Hom_Corleone wrote:Studio version is great. Live it's a feral howl shining in the darkness. I adore it.
Me too. Conclusive proof that the Girls were back.
Absolutely what they said! :notworthy:
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Was watching some cricket on Sky this afternoon and one of the batsmen came on to it.

If only I cared enough to 1) know which game 2)which batsman
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together with Doctor Jeep and Crash and Burn best 3 songs released since Floodland.

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It's alright, not the best song on the album but it is a good intro track before they start the rest of the set.
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Debaser wrote:Was watching some cricket on Sky this afternoon and one of the batsmen came on to it
Didn't that make the record jump?
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Anyone who knows about Samsung Galaxy S3-mini I8190 ?
How do i set it as SMS or email alert sound? i see no option for this :(
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I found solution, problem solved ;D
Wow wonderful my mobi screams now on Incoming SMS :lol:
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markfiend thank you for sharing the notification sound :notworthy: :notworthy:
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