My favourite Sisters covers

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For anyone that missed it in the other thread, I thought I'd post this here as well :D
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Fastest release ever, very very proud of this one and i think i managed to stay pretty close to the roots of the song.
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That’s really nicely done. I still can’t place who your vocal reminds me of though…
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sultan2075 wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 20:13 That’s really nicely done. I still can’t place who your vocal reminds me of though…
Thank youu! I really appreciate you listening.
Still?? Haha. Is it maybe a young and soprano Von? The guy from japan? Maybe Tom Waits? Haha. I'm joking obvs, i just sound like me to my ears. Very curious though!
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LyanvisAberrant wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 20:45
sultan2075 wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 20:13 That’s really nicely done. I still can’t place who your vocal reminds me of though…
Oh oh oh is it Ian Curtis? Elliot smith?
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A very live Mark Sinnis Nine While Nine. I like the violin.
Seems a long way from a northern rail platform.

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LyanvisAberrant wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 19:27 Fastest release ever, very very proud of this one and i think i managed to stay pretty close to the roots of the song.
Nice one!
ruffers wrote: ↑22 Dec 2023, 03:16 A very live Mark Sinnis Nine While Nine. I like the violin.
Very cool, I agree that the violin is an inspired addition to his studio arrangement.
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This is one of the best Sisters Of Mercy covers I've ever heard because the singer (a) is not trying to sound like Andrew Eldritch; (b) is singing it like she means it.

The badge is pretty cool too

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H. Blackrose wrote: ↑16 Jan 2024, 03:00 This is one of the best Sisters Of Mercy covers I've ever heard because the singer (a) is not trying to sound like Andrew Eldritch; (b) is singing it like she means it.

The badge is pretty cool too

I alerted you lot to heartworms long before they covered sisters, i thoroughly recommend checking out their EP. It's much better than their dominion.
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Heartworms is a she, not a they, she's very insistent about that :D

But yeah, her originals sound like Gary Numan meets Fatima Mansions on estrogen, me likey
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Tobias has done it again.



This is really good, he's only gone and turned one of my least-liked of the "new" songs into something brilliant. :notworthy:
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Agreed. Increasing the speed does really make an enormous difference ... well done, Tobias! ... :notworthy: :notworthy: ...
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... and it represents somewhat better the underlying speed of time and silence of coming, playing and aftermath...
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Is a noble effort but to my ear unfortunately confirms the prevailing view about a sow's ear.
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We did something once again, I'd say this is far from a fan-favourite, but imho it's a underrated gem:

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Husek wrote: ↑24 Apr 2024, 14:02 We did something once again, I'd say this is far from a fan-favourite, but imho it's a underrated gem:

I dig it. It was always one of my favorite of the oldest new songs. It would have been phenomenal if it had gotten a proper studio recording.
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Has this one ever been discussed here. I once downloaded a (since deleted) earlier version that i found even better (for comparison: https://we.tl/t-Zqvn75P2Zt ):

maybe this guy should also take the challenge and record a full unreleased set?
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Gimme 16 different flavours of Hell."

fink i took a wrong turn back there somewhere....will be leaving this thread right now. :urff:
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Stumbled across the other day, and while it's old, it's new to me. I think this is absolutely fantastic.

Quite different from the original, but just epic.

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Todashi wrote: ↑03 Jul 2024, 12:33 Stumbled across the other day, and while it's old, it's new to me. I think this is absolutely fantastic.

Quite different from the original, but just epic.
It's a good one yeah. Featured it in the OP as my top pick for Black Planet in fact :)
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Speaking of covering tracks that aren't fan favourite, I raise you floorshow, as played in the 2009 tour:

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Great list, thank you @alanm !
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:innocent: hope you enjoy!!!!
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LyanvisAberrant wrote: ↑15 Nov 2024, 10:17
:innocent: hope you enjoy!!!!
I love it, the added chemistry of the backing vocals is SO GOOD
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LyanvisAberrant wrote: ↑15 Nov 2024, 10:17
:innocent: hope you enjoy!!!!
Tobias feeding us sisters fans since 2020 we don't deserve him :notworthy:
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