It Was Twenty-One Years Ago Today....

Does exactly what it says on the tin. Some of the nonsense contained herein may be very loosely related to The Sisters of Mercy, but I wouldn't bet your PayPal account on it. In keeping with the internet's general theme nothing written here should be taken as Gospel: over three quarters of it is utter gibberish, and most of the forum's denizens haven't spoken to another human being face-to-face for decades. Don't worry your pretty little heads about it. Above all else, remember this: You don't have to stay forever. I will understand.
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TheBoyNextDoor
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21 years! :eek:

Only 15 years for me in september.. :innocent:

Happy Valentines Day !
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About 15 years for me too. But then again I'm still young and I don't intend to give up. :P
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First heard of them 25 years ago.
First strutted my stuff to them in a club 24 years ago.
First bought a sisters record 24 years ago. (after hearing it in the club)
First saw them live 23 years ago.
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21 years ago next month I first saw the Sisters.

That does make me feel old.
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1985 for me, I think it was about Easter time, I remember buying First and Last and Always as well as The Reptile House from Vinyl Villains during the School Holidays, I heard them a week or two before at a mates house in Loanhead, his big Brother was the School Goff :lol:
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markfiend wrote:God I feel old. :cry:

A lot of us have been listening to The Sisters for longer than some of the lovely people on here have been alive. :eek:
Try not to look at it like that. Some of us were just tardy in our exits from the womb, having not yet discovered speed ;D
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i blame it on the parents.
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Motz wrote:
markfiend wrote:God I feel old. :cry:

A lot of us have been listening to The Sisters for longer than some of the lovely people on here have been alive. :eek:
Try not to look at it like that. Some of us were just tardy in our exits from the womb, having not yet discovered speed ;D
When the aforementioned sister was pregnant with her second sprog, she had one of those things where you put the headphones of the CD player on the bump so the fetus can listen to music - supposed to develop cultural leanings or something. I switched the Classics for Kiddies CD with Floodland - result, the kid shows up 18 days late... :innocent: :lol:
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scared, no doubt
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Motz wrote:Try not to look at it like that. Some of us were just tardy in our exits from the womb, having not yet discovered speed ;D
:lol: :notworthy: :lol: :notworthy: :lol:

Indeed!

I discovered them just shortly before my 15th birthday... a girl in my class at school saw that I had Siouxsie and the Banshees-related gubbins decorating my folder, and said "oooooh, do you like the Sisters of Mercy?"

I'd heard of them but I wasn't familiar, so she made me a tape (called "Masters Of Gothic Rock" - with Sisters, Mish, NMA, and um... Therion - symphonic speed metal I think you'll find!), with Temple of Love '92, More, Vision Thing, This Corrosion, Dominion, and When You Don't See Me which is a f**king corker of a song I don't care what anyone says!

It was her dad that listened to all this music, which was how she got into it, and for a year or two we were groovy mates. Then suddenly she started getting into Limp Sh1tkit and bloody S Club 7, developed an obsession with losing her virginity, and boasting that she drank 9 Bacardi Breezers in one night (one usually follows the other, does it not?) :roll: .

Suffice to say, the friendship terminated. However, my love of the Sisters is as strong as ever. :notworthy: :kiss: :von:
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It'll be 21 years for me in April/May.I first sat watching them , open mouthed,on the OGWT. I've never quite got over that.
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boudicca wrote: losing your virginity, and boasting that you drank 9 Bacardi Breezers in one night (one usually follows the other, does it not?) :roll:
Does it? Cool, maybe I should give it a try. Better late than never! ;D

WYDSM - UBG. How can anyone think otherwise? Does anyone think otherwise? :eek:
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Oh gaaaaawd. Trilby's, which turned into Rothschilds (so it was probably already Rothschilds), which then inturn turned into (hee hee) SugarCubes (as it still is) OR some studenty bloke's house in Newark. So that narrows it down to between 1980/82.

If it was in 80 - it would have had to be very late 80 i.e. from Sept onwards -as I really can't recall them whilst at school but they were certainly in my 'hip to name-check' list whilst at college.

I KNOW I'd heard them before I worked in Surfleet which was Sept 82

I'm crap at momentous occassions in my life.....I still have no idea how long I've been with Gazebo (somwhere between 15/17 years perhaps 18) So please don't worry at my seemingly non-plussedness towards The Sisters :D :D :D
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Pat wrote:It'll be 21 years for me in April/May.I first sat watching them , open mouthed,on the OGWT. I've never quite got over that.
are we brothers? :lol:
Planet Dave wrote:WYDSM - UBG. How can anyone think otherwise? Does anyone think otherwise? :eek:
no arguments here Herr Planet :D
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Um it's only about 9 years for me I'm afraid
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Planet Dave wrote:WYDSM - UBG. How can anyone think otherwise? Does anyone think otherwise? :eek:
This is what Keef thinks... :innocent:

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BURN HIM! :twisted:
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boudicca wrote:
Planet Dave wrote:WYDSM - UBG. How can anyone think otherwise? Does anyone think otherwise? :eek:
This is what Keef thinks... :innocent:

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BURN HIM! :twisted:
:notworthy: Spot on Claire. Spot on :lol:

wo were half way the-err, WO -ho were livin' on a pray-er :twisted:
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Insanity Beach, one of the bands from around 'ere, do a storming cover of Living on a Prayer. The song's sh!t, but they don't half play it nicely :notworthy:

And face it, any band with a song called "I don't want to be a Spice Girl" is to be respected ;D
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aha, the old memories....
I got to know them about 15 years ago. We were camping somewhere and one evening I was sitting there with my brother and a slightly older nephew. He was playing some of his most sacred tapes. One of those was Enter The Sisters and had a song on it that really impressed us big time: Temple of Love! Funny thing actually that I got to know The Sisters with a boot ... Seen 'm live one year later and here I am now :D still going strong!
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somewhere between 21 and 23 years ago.... :roll: 21 years ago I bought the FLAA album and then my best friend and I walked around Zurich with a tape recorder twice a week in the evenings plus on saturday before we went to "our" club, listening to a FLAA tape or the tape with all the old TSOM singles an acquaintance had done for me.... :roll: Ah, those where the days.... And then I got my mohawk..... 8)

And here I am today, 21 to 23 years later, lost the mohawk somewhere but am no wiser..... :lol:
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When You Don't See Me = classest Sisters tune ever. Best goth rock song, put the remix single on the turntable, turn the treble up and get ready to headbang. ;D ;D ;D
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Dark wrote:When You Don't See Me = classest Sisters tune ever. Best goth rock song, put the remix single on the turntable, turn the treble up and get ready to headbang. ;D ;D ;D
The B side is even better. :lol:
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September 1985 (great timing, as ever). I was 15. They've helped me through some bad times over the years. Blah blah blah.
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Dark wrote:When You Don't See Me = classest Sisters tune ever. Best goth rock song, put the remix single on the turntable, turn the treble up and get ready to headbang. ;D ;D ;D
:notworthy: But don't forget the air guitar, or the air drums for that matter (though I've yet to work out how to air drum along with the Doktor :lol: ).

Keef - it's Heart mate, which is of course a Very Good Thing. Especially when they look like Kelly Clarkson. :P
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21 years ago I was with my funny valentine. The Sisters were a distant memory then.
And you know that she's half crazy but that's why you want to be there.
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