THE place for your Sisters-related comments, questions and snippets of Sisters information. For those who do not know, The Sisters of Mercy are a rock'n'roll band. And a pop band. And an industrial groove machine. Or so they say. They make records. Lots of records, apparently. But not in your galaxy. They play concerts. Lots of concerts, actually. But you still cannot see them. So what's it all about, Alfie? This is one of the few tightly-moderated forums on Heartland, so please keep on-topic. All off-topic posts will either be moved or deleted. Chairman Bux is the editor and the editor's decision is final. Danke.
I'm sorry to say it but I personally can't see The Sisters lasting much longer than five more years.
I was chatting to my mate the other day and we asked each other, would we prefer five more years of touring and then nothing more, or one last album but no more tours?
Tours. And not cause i think album would be disappointing, i'm sure their new album would be as much a change in style as every other album has been and thus would disappoint many fans by default no matter how bloody good it would be, but because i wanna see them again live and listen to studio recordings rarely to begin with.
Though Sisters probably won't last longer than 5 years there'd be a chance for Eldritch to keep touring and writing songs...while he is getting older and what he does now probably won't be appealing for him to do when he's way over 50 but he could write quieter songs then and do something like Leonard Cohen.
That'd be quite a change.
Tours for sure. What I don't quite understand is the 'graving' of so many for the release of a new studio album? I mean, what do you expect? We have all the 'new' goodies in terms of sharing/weeding/trading. For me, they put much more soul and energy when they play the songs live than in a studio. Though it would be nice if they bring something out, just to hear the influence of Ben and Chris on the 'new' songs, but not more not less. As for me it's not a necessity, just a luxoury...
I'd prefer option D then, both. But in the face of diminishing returns from tours, and the Sissies ending up playing to smaller and smaller crowds in smaller and smaller venues, I voted B. If they're going to go out, then do it with a blaze of glory. One last career defining album that consolidates all the stylistic changes they've been through over the years. It may not sell much, but it would be a classic.
You almost got me excited there, Robert. For a moment it looked as though the poll had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with your post, which would have been quite a wonderful thing indeed.
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
weebleswobble wrote:A self help book and/or chat show
Stick him in the Big Brother house I say. Or celebrity Fame Academy, see how long he lasts.
An album is the obvious answer. Chances are they'd tour on the back of that anyway, but, you know, we've seen the gigs over and over and over, what we really really need is to hear the 'new' stuff recorded in a studio, no question.
There is increasing evidence to suggest that Chris may have been being sarcastic.
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Nothing can shake my faith in the ability of the Dear Chairman to eventually resolve this conundrum to (almost) everyone's consternation.
You had a typo. I fixed it for you.
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
If the Sissies made it down here - lovely.
If not, bring on the album....
Though I REALLY love the idea of a self-help book...
"How to manage a music career for 30 years with only three studio album releases."
or....
"Working well with others in the music industry."
or... "How to be a g*th without others knowing" teee heeeeee ??
We've seen the tour, so another five years of the same songs played again is just not scratching the itch it once did.
Also, is no-one else even mildly bothered by the ongoing karaoke-esque nature of the two-hirelings-and-aging-performer stage show? The two new guys make a great noise, but it's naff - the act stinks of "take the money and run." The current offering is only for the dedicated and without new songs and an album that core group is going to shrink.
Good though the tours may be, at this point I would like to see the meticulous perfectionism of Andrew in a studio, not another power chord played over another in a wall of dry ice.
The Green Lantern wrote:I have to agree with Arrrgh!
Good though the tours may be, at this point I would like to see the meticulous perfectionism of Andrew in a studio, not another power chord played over another in a wall of dry ice.
Ciao!
Not only that, but with an album we'd get all the songs that aren't being played live.
I don't necessarily agree with everything I think.
Okay, I've made up my mind : if I can't have both, then I want albumS.
C'mon, the man hasn't released anything in almost 15 years. I'm sure he's got far enough material for at least 2 or 3 whole LPs !
All he has to do now is stop being such a lazy bastard.
I do know that now, right after the Girls' longest tour ever, isn't the best time to call Von lazy, but still.
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Through morphic oceans I'd lay here with you
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