The Sisters of Mercy Forum
saying that at some point?), surely it couldn't be...too much of a personal issue? Would Chris or Ben really be offended? After all they've been playing them live going on a decade plus now. 
All thirty or forty of us? A few diehard fans aren't enough to justify the costs. Even the numbers attending the concerts probably wouldn't be enough to make a profit.Being645 wrote:we all would buy it
Most people under forty have never heard of them. Most people over forty remember them as that weird goth band who had a couple of unlikely hits. The market no longer exists for a record label release - especially not a major one with the huge budget Von unrealistically thinks the band can still command.Being645 wrote:The Sisters of Mercy are a widely reknown band ... and most people still have them in good memory
Not in the UK. Music and lyrics are protected separately, with lyrics being classed as a literary work.eastmidswhizzkid wrote:If you cowrite a song with someone, both of you own the song as "joint-owners" of what the copyright law calls a "joint work". This is irrespective of whether one of you writes the music and the other the lyrics, or you both write music and lyrics. Both of you have an "undivided" ownership in the song (i.e., you each own 50% of the whole song). There is not a separate copyright in the music and lyrics. There is one copyright in both.
It's valid if the music and lyrics will be owned separately. In addition, as professional songwriters, Adam and Von will probably have an agreement in place regarding exploitation and ownership, which may well preclude either of them unilaterally licensing a song that's genuinely joint-owned (because they co-wrote either the music or the lyrics).eastmidswhizzkid wrote: As a joint-owner you are legally entitled to exploit the song by yourself without needing the permission of any other joint owner . in fact you are entitled to grant nonexclusive licenses to others without needing the permission of the other joint-owner(s). as mechanical licenses (permission to record songs) are non-exclusive, if alvin and the chipmunks wanted to record "summer" and eldritch ok'd it there wouldnt be a damn thing adam could do to stop them. (try not to dwell too long on that thought -it's soul-shudderingly WRONG lol).
so the "adam wont let us record" argument is non-existent.
I doubt it would sound the same as previous music style wise, for all Von can be criticised for he does seem to be good at doing very different musical styles yet getting them to still have a connection. I think it is superb that FALAA, Floodland and Vision Thing are in the general scheme of rock and roll extremely different, far better than people or bands that release the same F***ing record over and over. So who knows if miracle of all miracles they actually released something, garage surf music or full on photo metal (see Blue Cheer over Iron Maiden).sultan2075 wrote:I generally like and/or love the unreleased songs. I'd love to hear them recorded in the same production style as Alice 93 (which always brings to mind what might have been, but wasn't).
And count me as one of the Come Together folks - I think it's one of my favorites. The first time I heard it (on the old Come Together in Mercyland bootleg, purchased from a suitable shady record store in Texas) I got chills.
Sadly, I don't think any of these songs will see the light of day as official releases. Abandon Hope, All Ye... and so on and so forth.
Oh yes, I'm sure they would be different - really just saying I liked the direction suggested by the UtG b-side. As for putting out the same album over and over, Motörhead and the Ramones would like a word with youAlex66 wrote:I doubt it would sound the same as previous music style wise, for all Von can be criticised for he does seem to be good at doing very different musical styles yet getting them to still have a connection. I think it is superb that FALAA, Floodland and Vision Thing are in the general scheme of rock and roll extremely different, far better than people or bands that release the same F***ing record over and over. So who knows if miracle of all miracles they actually released something, garage surf music or full on photo metal (see Blue Cheer over Iron Maiden).sultan2075 wrote:I generally like and/or love the unreleased songs. I'd love to hear them recorded in the same production style as Alice 93 (which always brings to mind what might have been, but wasn't).
And count me as one of the Come Together folks - I think it's one of my favorites. The first time I heard it (on the old Come Together in Mercyland bootleg, purchased from a suitable shady record store in Texas) I got chills.
Sadly, I don't think any of these songs will see the light of day as official releases. Abandon Hope, All Ye... and so on and so forth.
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