The Sisters of Mercy Forum
Given the amount of progress during the last eleven years it all ratherChairman Bux wrote: Would it help ease the pain if I told you that things were moving along far more swiftly than they have done hitherto?
Red Sunsets wrote:to paraphrase mf licky
Erudite wrote:And given my increasingly acerbic comments of late concerning AE, hopefully swiftly enough that
I don't have to retract too much of what I've posted before rushing down the shop.
Most defenitely.Erudite wrote:I have this horrid honest streak in my nature that renders me unsuitable for a career in tabloid journalism or politics.
If only it were true that bands with good songs got signed and those without didn't. I might be able to listen to music radio a bit more often.allfear wrote:FWIW i think the bottom line is the simple fact that the sisters are incapable of writing decent songs, if they had a set of really good songs thatn record companies would be falling over themselves to signe them and give Andrew full control.
I'm starting to regret mentioning that whole sordid poster thing...Chairman Bux wrote: ¿Has he been looking at that poster again?
Black Shuck wrote:I'm starting to regret mentioning that whole sordid poster thing...Chairman Bux wrote: ¿Has he been looking at that poster again?
Infamy.Black Shuck wrote:I'm starting to regret mentioning that whole sordid poster thing...Chairman Bux wrote: ¿Has he been looking at that poster again?
as a short guy with a bad eye once said: "You do it to yourself"Black Shuck wrote:I'm starting to regret mentioning that whole sordid poster thing...Chairman Bux wrote: ¿Has he been looking at that poster again?
I spent today with Lucretia, long version, loud, headphones.Erudite wrote: Given the amount of progress during the last eleven years it all rather
depends on what you're using as a yardstick to measure this so-called swifter progress.
And given my increasingly acerbic comments of late concerning AE, hopefully swiftly enough that
I don't have to retract too much of what I've posted before rushing down the shop.
"It don't help to be one of the chosenBlack Planet wrote: I spent today with Lucretia, long version, loud, headphones.
Throbbing basslines, backed by Herr Doktor. Sultry vocals layer upon sultry harmonius layer. Killer guitar riffs laced in amongst it all. It's like the Cistine Chapel, only instead of looking at it, I'm listening to it.
And I thought of your acerbic remarks Erudite. Unfortunately, I have to agree with you. He will never set foot in a studio again. That's a hard cold realization. And given his unmitigated talent, it's one I didn't want.
The worse part is, he can tour however much he likes or does not like. Lucretia live sucks. It's a pale shadow of a once beautiful woman, lost, ravaged over time. Let's face it, live gigs will never compare to the magnificence of a studio produced Sisters masterpeice.
You Bastard Von. You **** Bastard.
I was enjoying that, the info and explanations etc., then I got to the last line of the sisters quote and had one of those splutter moments.Chairman Bux wrote:The Sisters of Mercy wrote:We make records, sometimes.
We play concerts, sometimes.
You're here anyway.
Whilst I'm sure the band appreciates your concern and your frankly rather scary levels of devotion, The Sisters owe you nothing. To assume they owe you a new record is rather arrogant on your part.
Go outside, catch a bus into town and go to your local indie record store. Have a good look around - there are plenty of other bands around. Granted none are as good as The Sisters, but you can't have everything you want in life, can you? Life cannot be that perfect. That would just be spoiling you. Also, we all know that true nirvana can only be found in the south of Spain. And very specific parts of northern Germany.
The Sisters play live and you come to watch. It is a simple, and rather perfect example of a symbiotic relationship (apart from the small fact that one half of this partnership, if it so chose, could actually exist without the other....)
If you don’t want to watch then they won’t play live anymore, which let's face it leaves more time for playing in the sun.
I refer the good gentlemen and women of Heartland to the following address:
http://www.thesistersofmercy.com/gen/faqdim/faqdim.htm
And I quote:
This is a good topic though - you've sparked some interesting debate.The Sisters of Mercy also wrote:Hmm. Why don't you put out studio albums more often?
It's often imagined that we must be very miserable, skulking around without the dignity of labour, because there's no life outside the grinding humiliation of minor rock stardom. It's said that we need to spend two-enervating-years-per-album being wantonly misunderstood and abused, and even the cats are beginning to feel depressed. Judge for yourself.
We don't put studio albums out more often...
Because we don't have to. We are not like most bands, who are slaves to their accountants, their record company, their agents or the media, all of whom like to dictate the rhythms of a band's career - for their own purposes.
Because (unlike most bands) we have other things to do, which we are just as happy to do. Not just music, either. There is more to our lives than music, and we believe our music is made better because of it. You might think it wrong of us to spend so much time playing computer games, reading books without pictures, doing chemistry experiments, thinking about politics and having sex, but we like our songs to be grounded in a life of some kind.
Because (unlike most bands) we do not believe in putting out an album with only two good songs on it.
"The argument wasn't worth a six-month contractual meltdown"
'Ribbons' is the only good song. The rest, musically, sounds hackneyed and uninspired to me. It could be anyone.Nazareth wrote:which is the good song on vision thing? vision thing, ribbons, detonation boulevard, when you dont see me, more, i was wrong - i like those songs, i like all of them actually!
karin wrote:'Ribbons' is the only good song. The rest, musically, sounds hackneyed and uninspired to me. It could be anyone.Nazareth wrote:which is the good song on vision thing? vision thing, ribbons, detonation boulevard, when you dont see me, more, i was wrong - i like those songs, i like all of them actually!
It's a good job no one takes any notice of anything I say around here. 
