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Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 05:04
by bismarck
Just stumbled across this topic while waiting for someone to post something interesting in the 2008 Tour section. I've not read all the posts so I'm not partaking in the ongoing convo, just adding my list of Sisters songs that I think are subpar. In no particular order (other than the order they come to me in, which probably says something), I think studio versions of the following are weak:
Black Planet
No Time To Cry (the worst, probably)
Walk Away
Dominion
This Corrosion
1959
Doctor Jeep
When You Don't See Me
If it makes a difference, the first single I bought was B+S, and the B-side, Train, became my favorite song (by anyone) and pretty much remains so. I also loved YCBTO when it was released, and adore Possession, which some people seem to dislike. More also remains a log-time favorite.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 11:39
by markfiend
Doctor Jeep took a long time to grow on me, I must admit.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 15:58
by Gimme_The_Ring
bismarck wrote:No Time To Cry (the worst, probably)
NTTC is brilliant, definitely one of my favourites from the album.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 15:59
by Quiff Boy
Gimme_The_Ring wrote:bismarck wrote:No Time To Cry (the worst, probably)
NTTC is brilliant, definitely one of my favourites from the album.
i wouldn't go that far (9w9 innit
) but its one of the grooviest on side 1, certainly
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 16:01
by Gimme_The_Ring
Not a fan of Nine While Nine really.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 16:03
by Quiff Boy
Gimme_The_Ring wrote:Not a fan of Nine While Nine really.
have you no soul?
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 16:28
by Gimme_The_Ring
i just find it a bit bland and plodding.
I'm more of a Some Kind Of Stranger, Marian and No Time To Cry kinda guy.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 16:30
by Quiff Boy
Gimme_The_Ring wrote:...plodding... ...Marian...
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 16:34
by Gimme_The_Ring
Marian doesn't plod along, it's a fantastic song.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 16:34
by markfiend
Quiff Boy wrote:Gimme_The_Ring wrote:...plodding... ...Marian...
not in its current incarnation!
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 16:44
by Quiff Boy
markfiend wrote:Quiff Boy wrote:Gimme_The_Ring wrote:...plodding... ...Marian...
not in its current incarnation!
takes more than upping the bpm to a near epileptic rate to stop it being a plodder though... there's just no dynamics to it.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 17:13
by James Blast
I also have no soul but think this latest incarnation of Marian has had all the dynamics (which I think were plentiful) ripped out of it. Maybe the current line up needs to do Nine While Nine for me to regain my soul?
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 18:50
by mh
Marian plodding? Plodding!
It's STATELY, you spanners!
Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 19:04
by Husek
After all this time, the list of songs i dislike it's smaller
Torch
Blood money/burry me deep (i guess i don't hear enought to like yet)
Posted: 15 Nov 2008, 10:06
by markfiend
Thinking about this, and I reckon I have too much an emotional attachment to The Sisters oeuvre as a whole to declare any of it "bad", never mind "worst".
Posted: 03 Feb 2011, 18:18
by BillyBadBreaks
markfiend wrote:Thinking about this, and I reckon I have too much an emotional attachment to The Sisters oeuvre as a whole to declare any of it "bad", never mind "worst".
I am with you there. My fave line-ups maybe 83/84/85 but I can appreciate everything
does (except SSV
)
Posted: 03 Feb 2011, 18:55
by James Blast
Torch is a bit half ersed 'tho
Posted: 03 Feb 2011, 21:48
by Garbageman
Least fave YCBTO!!!!
Posted: 04 Feb 2011, 12:11
by Being645
Will I Dream ... the music has something intriguing simple ...
but so far, IMHO,
never managed to actually sing the lyrics he's written ...
perhaps, it's a song written past it's time ...
...
Posted: 04 Feb 2011, 12:49
by Ozpat
Being645 wrote:Will I Dream
Again, I agree with you.
Posted: 04 Feb 2011, 17:30
by Machine Regime
"Worst" Sisters records?? Look up "Impeccable Discography" in the dictionary and it will have the Sisters logo in the definition space. There's not a track I can think of that doesn't simultaneously capture both the Ineffable Majesty and Utter Crud of being a mind in matter. Ozymandias aside, that is.
Posted: 04 Feb 2011, 17:45
by centurionofprix
Not a big fan of the studio versions of the FALAA album. By Sisters standards that is. Many of those songs are good live though, especially the reworked versions.
Posted: 04 Feb 2011, 18:49
by BillyBadBreaks
centurionofprix wrote:Not a big fan of the studio versions of the FALAA album. By Sisters standards that is. Many of those songs are good live though, especially the reworked versions.
Hmmmm, FALAA is my fave album
Posted: 04 Feb 2011, 21:18
by n'Emolicia
I love that album.
Aside from being an awesome album,
it has nostalgic value to me.
Posted: 04 Feb 2011, 22:14
by mh
I'd rank it as my favourite as well. I just love the way it's got these layers and layers of really dense sound, and every listen turns up something new that you've never heard before on it. Never get tired of it.
