Is it just me, or are the liner notes in the SGWBM sleeve one of the warmest and most beautiful things Von has ever written? It is just so unlike his usual writing - no wit, no sarcasm, no meanness (even though these may all be amicable things in their own right) - he even acknowledges Craig Adams huge impact on the bands early sound.
It is just really nice to see this side of Von, a side that can look back at the simple beginnings of what became his lifework with a sense of joy, pride, and nostalgia. "They may not sound like anybody elses, they may not even sound like records, but we loved them. For what it´s worth.".
Beautiful.
SGWBM sleeve notes.
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you don't need a space before a '
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
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After reading the op I thought I don't remember any of that, so went to have a look at the cd out to refresh the brain cells. No wonder I can't recall it, my copy has the sgwbm outer cover on the booklet but inside its the floodland guff 
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Look like I'm going to have to find the cassette or the vinyl that's hiding in the attic
.Look like I'm going to have to find the cassette or the vinyl that's hiding in the attic
Say!
In the dark? Here in the dark!
Would you, could you, in the dark?
In the dark? Here in the dark!
Would you, could you, in the dark?
From memory, his intro to Postcards From Above The Chemist is similarly lacking in sarcasm or bile. Maybe not quite as warm and fuzzy but an unusual admission of weakness when he says that he didn't know how he was supposed to write songs so he just did it the way he could and hoped for the best. or something vaguely along those lines. Maybe he's mellowed in his old age. That would explain the cupcakes too.
Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey.
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deluded
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
~ Peter Steele
Ah, so they were written by someone else! That makes a lot more sense.Being645 wrote:Of course they are, always been ... just like the person who's written them ...Sita wrote:But they ARE very nice liner notesBeing645 wrote:you are all crazy ......
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this is how desperate.... wanders by purpose to his Suede Deluxe reissues...
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
~ Peter Steele