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I generally agree with you; however, I would submit that the Supersuckers, Lambchop and whoever did that version of Will I Dream? that Chairman BOX posted ("Not the Sisters," according to my mp3) are the exceptions to this rule. And the guy who did "Still" in the other thread did a good job. I can only assume that if Turbonegro or Motorhead, for example, submitted a Sisters tune to their tender mercies it would also rock prodigiously. I still maintain that the songs are good enough that anyone with a modicum of talent can do a good job; the problem is that the bands populating TSOM-tribute CD's are all very, very bad (well, Foetus is great, but that version of FALAA sounds like he put no effort into it), very, very stupid, and neither funny nor clever. In other words, their own material sucks, and what they do to other people's songs is just as bad. The Sisters should be covered by Good Bands, not darkling twits.James Blast wrote:I really like Paradise Lost, but I can't dig their version
I have a long standing problem with Sisters covers : Nature Should Not Be Tampered With and all that
sorry folks
Indeed. I'm inclined to ignore the fact that he's even heard of the Sisterssultan2075 wrote:(well, Foetus is great, but that version of FALAA sounds like he put no effort into it)
Really, anything would have been better. He's a genius composer and arranger, and this was so far below his usual standard that by comparison he might as well have gotten up one morning and arranged it while his coffee was brewing. He just didn't put any work into it at all.Motz wrote:Indeed. I'm inclined to ignore the fact that he's even heard of the Sisterssultan2075 wrote:(well, Foetus is great, but that version of FALAA sounds like he put no effort into it)
Hell, if he'd even spat the lyrics disgustedly it would have increased the credibility of the cover ten fold. The arrangement itself, while not awesome, was fine. Even the relatively calm style on Mon Agony Douce would have fit better than whatever it was he was doing on FALAA.
Funny you should mention that, I still listen to that version of Will I Dream?I generally agree with you; however, I would submit that the Supersuckers, Lambchop and whoever did that version of Will I Dream? that Chairman BOX posted ("Not the Sisters," according to my mp3) are the exceptions to this rule.
mancunin wrote:and I hadn't realised this topic was 6 years old ......
Would agree that the Nephilim were great live but they were essentially a very silly band, unless a person believes in that mystical nonsense. In comparison, Vision Thing, whatever you say about the music had some damn fine lyrical content. PossiblyDeWinter wrote:Fields of the Nephilim, assuming we're talking similar genre.
But I would add only by each bands last album. The Neffs improved whilst Eldo's output declined in quality. The Sisters were still superior by Floodland, but by the time we had Elyzium and Vision Thing, The Sisters were producing cockrock in an attempt to break The States, whilst The Neffs were actually producing something original and putting on some truly awesome live shows.
's best.The problem is with FOTN is that they've made their silliness quite plausible...and Vision Thing was essentially just a small blip on a downward spiral of productivity/art...(i still prefer the sisters though)abridged wrote:Would agree that the Nephilim were great live but they were essentially a very silly band, unless a person believes in that mystical nonsense. In comparison, Vision Thing, whatever you say about the music had some damn fine lyrical content. PossiblyDeWinter wrote:Fields of the Nephilim, assuming we're talking similar genre.
But I would add only by each bands last album. The Neffs improved whilst Eldo's output declined in quality. The Sisters were still superior by Floodland, but by the time we had Elyzium and Vision Thing, The Sisters were producing cockrock in an attempt to break The States, whilst The Neffs were actually producing something original and putting on some truly awesome live shows.
... ...... Motörhead ...xfloorshowx wrote:Sisters are SISTERS but of course there are other bands up there... Ramones, Einstürzende Neubauten, Skinny Puppy, The God Machine...
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