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BillyBadBreaks wrote:YCBTO is a musical enema

For you, is that good or bad?

As for UTG, I do not mind it, but if comes across as a demo version to me, especially the start.

Welcome aboard

Petseri wrote:

BillyBadBreaks wrote:YCBTO is a musical enema

For you, is that good or bad?

Not really sure!

Oh, alright then.

I don't hate UTG but it's hardly a fabourite either. It just never seems to go anywhere, although it sounds like it could with a rewrite an better production. Can't immediately remember any live versions to compare.

I like YCBTO. One of Eldritch's funniest lyrics.

Petseri wrote:

White Like Jesus wrote:I'll have to get back to you on YCBTO. Judging by what I've read in the 'worst sisters songs' thread, that one isn't too well-liked either!

Also: Andrew Eldritch hates America!

Welcome to HL. You post non sequiturs; you may fit in nicely.

P.S. Go with your gut feeling on YCBTO.

I also post sequiturs; variety is the spice of life.

I went with my gut for UTG, don't see why I wouldn't do the same for any other song! What does your gut tell you about those songs?

sultan2075 wrote:

White Like Jesus wrote:I'll have to get back to you on YCBTO. Judging by what I've read in the 'worst sisters songs' thread, that one isn't too well-liked either!

Also: Andrew Eldritch hates America!

YCBTO is a tender and subtle love song, probably one of the most beautiful things Andrew has ever written. I don't know why these barbarians can't see that. Their hearts must be two sizes too small.

As for Under the Gun, it's a fine tune! I quite like it--I also like the half-cover/half-original aspect of it. That being said I do think it's a shame that it is more than likely to go down in history as the last studio recording of TSOM, but that's at least in part because I would love to hear shiny, polished studio versions of Summer and Crash & Burn.

Alas, I doubt we ever will.

The fact that YCBTO elicits such a response means there must be *something* to it. Good or bad, it's probably not boring. The worst crime a song can commit is to make the listener feel indifferent to it.

The half original/half cover aspect is interesting to me - from what I read, it was Nunn's music that she didn't use because it was 'strange and dark' and she 'couldn't get anyone excited about it'. Though strange and dark seems to be AE's territory, so I'm not surprised he snatched it up. It seems like he's always working with different people for each album. I wonder if that's because he works better with other people than he would solo.

dtsom wrote:welcome!!!

i do like under the gun. and i like the help of TERRY NUNN

what i don´t like is the arragement of the live version that they did in 1993 and 1997

Agreed, and if the live version you're referring to is the one I saw on Youtube, agreed!

Terri Nunn also gives me a boner.

BillyBadBreaks wrote:I quite like UTG, but then again I like Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under

PS Aye up lad!

Hey, I like tons of death metal too. Though 6FU, I have to say, is really stock and generic death metal. Cannibal Corpse, at least the early stuff, is a little more chaotic and interesting. And I love the hilarious lyrics!

sultan2075 wrote:

White Like Jesus wrote:I'll have to get back to you on YCBTO. Judging by what I've read in the 'worst sisters songs' thread, that one isn't too well-liked either!

Also: Andrew Eldritch hates America!

YCBTO is a tender and subtle love song, probably one of the most beautiful things Andrew has ever written. I don't know why these barbarians can't see that. Their hearts must be two sizes too small.

OMG! I think I've just fallen in love with you sultan2075 even if you live in the USA. Please professor never stop teaching!

@ White Like Jesus ~ interesting username, why white? do you have proof that jesus even existed? and that you are as white as him?

Walk on in...

MadameButterfly wrote:@ White Like Jesus ~ interesting username, why white? do you have proof that jesus even existed? and that you are as white as him?

Walk on in...

I'm definitely pasty. I don't know how white Jesus was, as I wasn't alive in that time period, and all I have to go by are history books, the bible, and what people tell me. The alias is a lyric from a 'song' a few buddies and I wrote about 5-6 years ago. We get drunk and make novelty music, and 'white like jesus' was something I said because it sounded funny to me and semi-offensive to others at the time.

BillyBadBreaks wrote:

Petseri wrote:

BillyBadBreaks wrote:YCBTO is a musical enema

For you, is that good or bad?

Not really sure!

So is it enema experiment time before you can form an opinion?

It's a cover, and a bit boring at times.. but some days I just can't get it out of my head.
Also welcome

White Like Jesus wrote:

BillyBadBreaks wrote:I quite like UTG, but then again I like Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under

PS Aye up lad!

Hey, I like tons of death metal too. Though 6FU, I have to say, is really stock and generic death metal. Cannibal Corpse, at least the early stuff, is a little more chaotic and interesting. And I love the hilarious lyrics!

I like SFU as Chris Barnes was very nice and interesting when I interviewed him for Hails & Horns, and their cover versions are different!
CC have the best song titles ever:
Addicted To Vaginal Skin
F#cked With A Knife
Hammer Smashed Face
etc
Real feminists they are!

Hahaha, don't forget about "She Was Asking For It".

I don't think they're anti-feminism, more pro-free speech.

White Like Jesus wrote:Hahaha, don't forget about "She Was Asking For It".

I don't think they're anti-feminism, more pro-free speech.

I think they are more pro-full of $hit!

Aw, c'mon, don't tell me you take them seriously!

White Like Jesus wrote:

MadameButterfly wrote:@ White Like Jesus ~ interesting username, why white? do you have proof that jesus even existed? and that you are as white as him?

Walk on in...

I'm definitely pasty. I don't know how white Jesus was, as I wasn't alive in that time period, and all I have to go by are history books, the bible, and what people tell me. The alias is a lyric from a 'song' a few buddies and I wrote about 5-6 years ago. We get drunk and make novelty music, and 'white like jesus' was something I said because it sounded funny to me and semi-offensive to others at the time.

Thank you, I still think that Jesus was a surfer but hey that's just me.

Enjoy HL and be careful as it becomes addictive.

White Like Jesus wrote:Aw, c'mon, don't tell me you take them seriously!

No, I really think they are full of $hit!

I heard the singer say none of what they do is meant to be funny!

They are total BS merchants

I can tell you for a fact that they watch tapes of "Barney" on their tour bus!

BillyBadBreaks wrote:

White Like Jesus wrote:Aw, c'mon, don't tell me you take them seriously!

No, I really think they are full of $hit!

I heard the singer say none of what they do is meant to be funny!

They are total BS merchants

I can tell you for a fact that they watch tapes of "Barney" on their tour bus!

That's the thing about humour, the unintentional stuff can be a lot funnier if it's trying really hard to be serious!

markprindle.com has some incredibly funny reviews of CC albums. He even took the time to read the lyrics to all the songs, and interpret them! ("Addicted To Vaginal Skin" - A shaman turns the narrator into a zombie, and the spell can only be broken by the eating of vaginal skin. But oh no! After the curse is lifted, he finds that he has become ADDICTED to it! Sample rhyme: "Even though now I'm dead within/My mouth drools as I slice your perineum")

How can that possibly be taken seriously, unless you live in the bible belt and you're over 60 years old?! If the band says none of that is supposed to be funny, I don't believe them. I'll have to have a chat with the vocalist next time they come to my town.

I also hope there aren't any rules for going off topic.

Hello all! I'm also new, I read White Like Jesus' post about Under The Gun. I'm a former radio announcer, but I was a DJ for Big Band and Easy Listening stations and The Sisters were one of those bands not compatible with our format. So I would bring the promo 12"'s home like everyone else did, either for myself or my son. Under The Gun was the song that I thought at the time had the most potential commercially but I never understood why it didn't take off. Thanks, and nice place someone has here.

Welcome to the fold, Prescott! Make yourself at home.

And thanks - we think so, too...

Welcome aboard.

We certainly have had a spike in new posters lately. I hope that they take advantage of our humble SEARCH button. (No, James, we do not need a comment.)

Fresh brain
welcome aboard !

Bartek wrote:Fresh brain
welcome aboard !

Another zombie comment?

Welcome both, by the way, as I didn't say it first time round.

Hi there Prescott!

Welcome on in.

MB