Heartland

Back in time wrote:

Machine Regime wrote:
They know we all know Sisters circa 2006-2011 have been writing bollock-all together, and the current line-up is basically a bit of a standing joke not just with us 'hardcore sisnerds', but with the general gig/festival-going public, who are evidently still up for the retread thing to a point, but I imagine also actually have a lot on.

Sorry, but I have to disagree. The sound that Ben and Chris make today is just as good as any that was made before. I also believe that they are much more involved than just playing as a hired hands.

Machine Regime wrote:I totally agree that as performers they Chris and Ben are class - but on what do you base your belief about the depth of their involvement - involvement in what?

sultan2075 wrote:I'm inclined to the view that if (pretty big if!) there were to be another record, Chris would probably be the motivating force behind it.

markfiend wrote:

sultan2075 wrote:I'm inclined to the view that if (pretty big if!) there were to be another record, Chris would probably be the motivating force behind it.

Likewise.

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Perhaps the audience were Sisters fans who were just waiting for the title track of Mourning Sun as a substitute for Some Kind Of Stranger in the same way as I used to enjoy the into to Elastica's Stutter as a hommage to Adrenochrome.
Does anyone know of other songs which have been "heavily influenced" (choosing words carefully for legal reasons) by a track by the Girls ?

vicus wrote:just back on topic:

Tiamat - Skeleton Skeletron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqyjQ6-avK8

vicus wrote:just back on topic:

Tiamat - Skeleton Skeletron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqyjQ6-avK8

Prescott wrote:The Merry Thoughts. Whose lyrics, I'm afraid, are far from one dimensional. Also, it is true that their back catalog is out of print, yet Psychocult is very very available on iTunes.

tMt are easily the next best thing.

For something more current, I would have to say

miserylab

Some Wanker with Bad Taste wrote: Clad in pretence we face the face of future
And undercover frightened like a child
My order was revenge, now i'm worn out and torn
But you are my tower of power

Would you be my pale empress
My haven in the gale
Would you be my shelter strong
So, would you be my empress
So strong and yet so pale
Would you sing our, sing our
Sing our empire song

I sought some refuge, sought it in your shadow
But shadows are much taller than you are
And our country is a land of tumbling walls
I thought you were, i never saw you are

Would you be my pale empress
My haven in the gale
Would you be my shelter strong
So, would you be my empress
So strong and yet so pale
Would you sing our, sing our
Sing our empire song

sultan2075 wrote:

Prescott wrote:The Merry Thoughts. Whose lyrics, I'm afraid, are far from one dimensional. Also, it is true that their back catalog is out of print, yet Psychocult is very very available on iTunes.

tMt are easily the next best thing.

For something more current, I would have to say

miserylab

"...far from one-dimensional"? Dude, how is this anything other than crap?

Some Wanker with Bad Taste wrote: Clad in pretence we face the face of future
And undercover frightened like a child
My order was revenge, now i'm worn out and torn
But you are my tower of power

Would you be my pale empress
My haven in the gale
Would you be my shelter strong
So, would you be my empress
So strong and yet so pale
Would you sing our, sing our
Sing our empire song

I sought some refuge, sought it in your shadow
But shadows are much taller than you are
And our country is a land of tumbling walls
I thought you were, i never saw you are

Would you be my pale empress
My haven in the gale
Would you be my shelter strong
So, would you be my empress
So strong and yet so pale
Would you sing our, sing our
Sing our empire song

That's just laughably bad. You Could Be The One it ain't.

sultan2075 wrote:It's not a case of straight-forward songs. It's a case of good ones.

They're really not very good; they're stylistic apes without the insight, wit, subtlety or originality of their betters.

edit: really, what is the difference between them and a hundred other bands on Cleopatra records in the 90's? Even Rosetta Stone--who were pretty derivative--were better than these guys, because they at least did more (or less?) than shameless imitation.

James Blast wrote:

moses wrote:I don't think that in the main people are naming reasonable 'subs' just other bands they really like, I mean The Smiths? FFS!

Oh I don't know James......A vocalist living off past glories, playing poor versions of his old bands hits from the 80s, to an adoring crowd of hardcore followers......yea, no comparison.

Prescott wrote:

sultan2075 wrote:It's not a case of straight-forward songs. It's a case of good ones.

They're really not very good; they're stylistic apes without the insight, wit, subtlety or originality of their betters.

edit: really, what is the difference between them and a hundred other bands on Cleopatra records in the 90's? Even Rosetta Stone--who were pretty derivative--were better than these guys, because they at least did more (or less?) than shameless imitation.

"And some might say I'm growing cold,
Or maybe I've been sold to a dream,
Some might trust you what you've told,
But anyway to me you're too, serene."

"This is the time of tension, between dying and birth,
While blood is sowing the sandy earth.
This is the time of tension, when you starve
While you eat - this is the time of the heat."

Sita wrote:I didn't even know bands like that existed. You all made me curious so I searched them on youtube. Good grief I'm not even judging the lyrics, but come on, the song starts with a First and Last and Always riff ripoff, then a pseudo Eldritch voice kicks in, and you see an insect and a zombie or something on a chain. It's hard to define quality, but I know crap when I see it.

sultan2075 wrote:

Prescott wrote:

sultan2075 wrote:It's not a case of straight-forward songs. It's a case of good ones.

They're really not very good; they're stylistic apes without the insight, wit, subtlety or originality of their betters.

edit: really, what is the difference between them and a hundred other bands on Cleopatra records in the 90's? Even Rosetta Stone--who were pretty derivative--were better than these guys, because they at least did more (or less?) than shameless imitation.

"And some might say I'm growing cold,
Or maybe I've been sold to a dream,
Some might trust you what you've told,
But anyway to me you're too, serene."

"This is the time of tension, between dying and birth,
While blood is sowing the sandy earth.
This is the time of tension, when you starve
While you eat - this is the time of the heat."

That's... pretty terrible, actually. Really.

Sita wrote:I didn't even know bands like that existed. You all made me curious so I searched them on youtube. Good grief I'm not even judging the lyrics, but come on, the song starts with a First and Last and Always riff ripoff, then a pseudo Eldritch voice kicks in, and you see an insect and a zombie or something on a chain. It's hard to define quality, but I know crap when I see it.

That just about nails it. It's derivative to the point of being horrifying; it's imitation without anything else being brought to the party. On the other hand, at least no one is trying to claim that they're actually the Sisters in disguise...