Heartland

...that i heard The Sisters Of Mercy for the first time.

I was at a valentine's day disco for our school orchestra and my mate stuart played a tape of Temple Of Love.
i loved it. by the end of the week i'd bought it. and here i am twenty years on getting as excited as a teenager at the thought of seeing them play again.

So happy valentine's day to the sisters -the longest and least-difficult love of my life.


i was going to call this thread "valentine" but i know what reaction that would have received....indeed.

Good call Lee.

21 years though... FFS! I feel like such a phoney now, having only been into them for 8 years. I bow to your superior fandom.

boudicca wrote:Good call Lee.

21 years though... FFS! I feel like such a phoney now, having only been into them for 8 years. I bow to your superior fandom.

Pfft. Lightweight.

Though some here would say the same about me - being a Floodland era boy.

Now I just feel old - thanks, people
22 years ago...sister had a boyfriend...who had FALAA...who broke up with her...who threw out all the vinyl that he had given her...whence it was swiped by her annoying little brother...who started wearing black...who painted "amphetamine logic" on his bedroom wall because he thought it was a good idea...whose parents then sat him down and had a Long Hard Chat about drugs.

It'll be 21 years for me in about 7 months.

EvilBastard wrote:a Long Hard Chat about drugs.

Lee still needs one of those...

i've been known to give a long hard earchewing whilst on drugs...

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
i've been known to give a long hard earchewing whilst on drugs...

. o O {earchewing? you become a puppy while on drugs? what kind of drugs are you taking here? is this CIA stash? dude - SHARE!!}

Nice topic!

21 years on the first of May. Someone at school had this tape of this band. The person asked me to listen to it. He said that almost every person he asked disliked it but he had a feeling that I just might like it.

The first song was Emma, the second one Marian. Could not get it out of my head and bought FALAA the day after.

Almost 21 years later, after lots of ups and lots of downs in personal life, the Sisters are still there..... and are starting a tour with over 50 gigs!

Happy valentine.....

Happy Valentines, to the one that I wish I could be with today.

And have a happy day, all other people who have falled victim to the Heartland Dating Agency.

*blushes* Happy Valentines to you too =)

And "indeed" (;)), hope everyone else has a great day

Now excuse me while I skulk off into the corner ashamed at having only liked the Sisters for about 4 years...

Indeed nice thread Lee

It wasn't twenty one years ago for me but nineteen years ago that I heard The Sisters of Mercy for the first time. The very early teenage years where indeed I started wearing black and had to sneak out the house to GO OUT. My best friend who is originally from the UK introduced me although I can't remember for the life of me on what day it was....

All I know is that she is still my best friend and I still love The Sisters of Mercy, will until the day I die.

Now I'll go put on VALENTINE

must have been about 21 years here, too.. how fantastic!

happy valentine's to you all, darlings.

19 years ago for me too - the release of Dominion. Strange how one song by a man with a dodgy beard can quickly grow into a lifetime obsession!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Our school disco's were never that cool.
About 21 years for me too.

It's 19 years this year for me. But I've no idea what the date was. Although having researched, it must have been some time between June 1987 and September 1987. Because The Mi$$ion's First Chapter was out but none of the Floodland-era singles were.

I do remember it was a biology lesson in which Dunc gave me the copy of FALAA that his brother had copied for me if that's any help

I'd guess it was just before the summer holidays then.

Yep, 21 years. My brothers tape of FALAA on the stereo as he ferried me round Tameside in his first car. Never looked back.

What's all this Valentine's nonsense everyone's on about?

have a word with mrs dave..

Whoa

Makes me feel quite stupid as I don't even have the slightest clue when I heard them first, and even less of when I really 'got into them'

i know WHERE it was.. Jaret's house, in either the easter or summer hols, so i must have been about 16/17. any later than that and the other people present wouldn't have been there, and the year after, i'd moved to just round the corner

emilystrange wrote:have a word with mrs dave..

a word followed by another clip round the ear, no doubt.

Ooh, yes, where I might know. Probably as I was bathing in the morning somewhere before school. Temple of Love being a song which gets airplay every now and then around here...

God I feel old.

A lot of us have been listening to The Sisters for longer than some of the lovely people on here have been alive.

i think we should leave that one where it is, or we'll all be blubbing

bought Temple of Love sometime in 84. I recoil from typing down how long thats ago.