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Well, according to those who voted on the Slicing Up Eyeballs Best of the 1980s poll.
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2014/0 ... f-the-80s/

Floodland 52nd, FALAA only 69th. No sign of The m*****n ...

... and The Cure are clearly overrated ... ...

Being645 wrote:... and The Cure are clearly overrated ... ...

Maybe if The Sisters had released 7 (seven) albums in the same period they would have had a heavier chart presence too.


oh. i didn't count Japanese Whispers & Concert to make 9

Pista wrote:

Being645 wrote:... and The Cure are clearly overrated ... ...

Maybe if The Sisters had released 7 (seven) albums in the same period they would have had a heavier chart presence too.


oh. i didn't count Japanese Whispers & Concert to make 9

Yes, yes, yes ... especially as it's all about chart presence ... Anyway, I don't think chart presence is all that important in real life ... ...

To me, The Cure are at one level with say Boy George, which is not a bad or unimportant thing, but hell ... The Sisters of Mercy ... ...

taste is a very personal thing, let's try comedians - those that make us laugh and those as don't

Jeremy Carr - creepy
Lee Mack - hilarious
F. Boyle - obnoxious
Kevin Bridges - quite funny
Billy Connelly - once the funniest man on the planet, now a dick that spends more time laffing at his own jokes than his audience do. Cock.

James Blast wrote:taste is a very personal thing, let's try comedians - those that make us laugh and those as don't

Jeremy Carr - creepy
Lee Mack - hilarious
F. Boyle - obnoxious
Kevin Bridges - quite funny
Billy Connelly - once the funniest man on the planet, now a dick that spends more time laffing at his own jokes than his audience do. Cock.

& Stewart Lee - on the money funny

Pista wrote:

James Blast wrote:taste is a very personal thing, let's try comedians - those that make us laugh and those as don't

Jeremy Carr - creepy
Lee Mack - hilarious
F. Boyle - obnoxious
Kevin Bridges - quite funny
Billy Connelly - once the funniest man on the planet, now a dick that spends more time laffing at his own jokes than his audience do. Cock.

& Stewart Lee - on the money funny

The only one of the above who is funny IMO.

Did you mean Jimmy Clarkson?

million voices wrote:Did you mean Jimmy Clarkson?

No - he meant Jerry Clinton.

not that's a secret- Floodland IS better than FaLaA, imo, of course.

Bartek wrote:not that's a secret- Floodland IS better than FaLaA, imo, of course.

i agree with you

Pista wrote:

Being645 wrote:... and The Cure are clearly overrated ... ...

Maybe if The Sisters had released 7 (seven) albums in the same period they would have had a heavier chart presence too.


oh. i didn't count Japanese Whispers & Concert to make 9

the number of album doesn't count when half of them are s**t... The Cure could have spare of at least 2 1/2(the top, half KMKMKM and Disintegration) over the one you mentioned, in the 80's amd a lot more between 1990 and 2008

psichonaut wrote:

Bartek wrote:not that's a secret- Floodland IS better than FaLaA, imo, of course.

i agree with you

agree with both of you

I don't.

Floodland is great for sure, and is probably a stronger overall package, but as an enjoyable listening experience FALAA edges it for me, despite some slightly ropey tunes in places. It's all about side 2.

Talking about atmosphere i prefere FALAA, but Floodland is complete under every point of view

mh wrote:I don't.

Floodland is great for sure, and is probably a stronger overall package, but as an enjoyable listening experience FALAA edges it for me, despite some slightly ropey tunes in places. It's all about side 2.

I agree. Especially regarding the side 2, although I am a No time to cry fan.

Floodland is better as a whole, though I don't know if any individual songs are equal to any of the songs on FALAA (Driven Like The Snow is brilliant, though, and stands head-and-shoulders above anything on either record).

mh wrote:I don't.

Floodland is great for sure, and is probably a stronger overall package, but as an enjoyable listening experience FALAA edges it for me, despite some slightly ropey tunes in places. It's all about side 2.

agree, it's all about side two. and almost only about side two. [Captain_Obvious_strikes_back_mode] but it's about personal taste, so everyone can have their own opinion. :wink [/Captain_Obvious_strikes_back_mode]

Stewart Lee's a khunt!

He's the second funniest comedian I've seen live.

Bartek wrote:

mh wrote:I don't.

Floodland is great for sure, and is probably a stronger overall package, but as an enjoyable listening experience FALAA edges it for me, despite some slightly ropey tunes in places. It's all about side 2.

agree, it's all about side two. and almost only about side two. [Captain_Obvious_strikes_back_mode] but it's about personal taste, so everyone can have their own opinion. :wink [/Captain_Obvious_strikes_back_mode]

A reasonable attitude on the internet? Gettouttahere!

...some of side 1 is actually quite good too...

"Floodland better than FALAA"... apart from the fact it bloody isn't!!! Geeeetars over girly choirs and synthesisers any day of the week.

Nork1 wrote:"Floodland better than FALAA"... apart from the fact it bloody isn't!!! Geeeetars over girly choirs and synthesisers any day of the week.

I think we can safely close nominations for HL post of the year for 2014 already !

FALAA was produced for a fiver and a portion of chips. Floodland was produced on a proper record company budget.

If FALAA had received the same production attention that Floodland had then it would be a different matter (especially when it comes to side 2), but as it is Floodland wins.

Floodland for me. Yes, side 2 of FALAA has 4 of the greatest Sisters tunes but as a thematic whole, as a concept, Flood is stronger. It even extends to the way the songs bleed, indeed flow, into each other, illustrating the continuing journey - with the exception of 1959 which, in every respect, stands alone in the Sisters cannon. That might be why the label were so willing to chuck cash at it. Perhaps they bought into the vision that Eldritch was selling: only 8 tracks, epic sweeping production, kitchen sink welding comeback single, high concept video's, commerical singles, no tour(!), terrible cover(!) Alternatively, it could have been a side effect of the cocaine - the 80's was apparently a snowstorm in most executives offices...
Musically and lyrically, like the much lauded Reptile House, Flood was a driven Eldritch, in control without compromise, and a handfull of fantastic songs. A jaundiced observor, a wounded lover, a defiant victor, a black (and white!) clad disco dancer under mirrored balled mushroom clouds! Yes, it's Floodland for me...