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Helen The Melon wrote: "And this is rather amusing: "An Open Letter To Doktor Avalanche, The Drum Machine Of The Band The Sisters of Mercy":-https://zacharylipez.substack.com/p/a...
I don't..."
*sigh*
Lez wrote: "Slippery slope Helen, slippery slope."??
Have I completely missed something??
I'm v confused? Enlighten me please? What have I done? I'll remove any posts/wafflings etc?
I think she's referring to your use of 'lol' Helen, before you know it you'll be typing idk and smh without even realising it. :-)
TheFoe wrote: "I think she's referring to your use of 'lol' Helen, before you know it you'll be typing idk and smh without even realising it. :-)"Yes I was!
Oh flipping heck! I think being stuck at home talking to the houseplants, radio & spiders is making me paranoid. I thought I'd somehow inadvertently caused offence with one of my postings.Sorry.
I promise I won't say/type the "ell, oh, ell" word again.
Btw. I had to look up what smh means. 😁
To be honest Helen so did I, just remember seeing it on Yahoo posts.
TheFoe wrote: "To be honest Helen so did I, just remember seeing it on Yahoo posts."So did I.
Here are some new tunes:-Cordyceps by Death's Head - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Paranoia by Dynammo - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qh6-KkI...
In God You Trust by Pilgrims of Yearning - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Shadow Dance by L'Avenir - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-3qKKJj...
Hmmmmm. I'm not coming across quite so much new stuff at the mo & the quality is decidedly questionable! These are the best I've found recently & they are rather average. Sorry. Must try harder :-(
The Dynammo track was ok, just getting good and then stopped. Thought the L' Avenir song 'Shadow Dance' was pretty decent too.Know what you mean about quality Helen, don't often get recommended Darkwave music, which is why I rarely post any links, but when I did recently it was for House Of Heaven 'Sleep'. Not exactly inspired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HISBf...
TheFoe wrote: "Know what you mean about quality Helen, don't often get recommended D..."Think I've put some Houses of Heaven stuff on this thread before, the name & music both seem v familiar.
Cold Transmission Music have just released a 33 track long compilation on Bandcamp. Mainly coldwave/darkwave, post-punk. I managed to listen to about half of it this morning & it's ok so far (pleasant enough but nothing outstanding yet!):-
https://coldtransmissionmusic.bandcam...
Their other "Zeitgeist" comps are worth a listen too - https://coldtransmissionmusic.bandcam...
Think we all need a good laugh at the moment so here's another hilariously bad song/vid from Sonsombre. What a prat, eh? 😁One Thousand Graves - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-w6BJfA...
And a real mixture of new music:-Hollow Eyes (Locked Down Mix) by Mark E Moon - https://markemoon1.bandcamp.com/track...
Hole-Frog by Cirque d'Ess - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nERYQzY...
Ritualwave apparently. Nope, I've never heard of it either.
Yay! The fabulously quirky Greek sailor, Tango Mangalore, is back with a new song:
Shamisen 三味線 (He who loves out of guilt has long forgotten the face of his lover) - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvztPq...
And finally a cover version. Not v dark but....what the hell. It's a mixture of Real Life's "Send Me an Angel" and a little bit of Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night".
Send me an Angel / Sunglasses at Night by The Foreign Resort - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7fNl2...
Anyone still interested in playlists of stuff collated from this thread? Here they are anyway!Sisters of Mercy Bootlegs, Session versions & New (live) Songs - https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=P...
Older music - https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=P...
This second one is stuff that's pre-2017 that doesn't appear on any of the other playlists.
Both will continue to be added to as this thread progresses (if it does) & if I remember to keep updating them!
Let me know if the links work please. Thanks.
Shall I list all the links in the OP so that they're all in one place?
Don't worry Helen, these are entertaining!Both playlists coming up as: This play list is private :(
Sera69 wrote: "Don't worry Helen, these are entertaining!Both playlists coming up as: This play list is private :("
Entertaining? Hope that's in a good way & not in a bad way! 😁
Try again now, Sera. Hoping they should be "public" now?
Do you want them all listed in the first post on this thread, so that they're all in one place?
Helen The Melon wrote: "Entertaining? Hope that's in a good way & not in a bad way! 😁Try again now, ..."
That's not a bad idea to add them to the first page. Playlists working now.
Some more new alt releases, bit better choice this time, I think?IN RUINS by Bestial Mouths - https://bestialmouths.bandcamp.com/tr...
Modern World by Twice a Man - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BdeFkXL...
Eternity by Altar of Eden - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hzGG_rL...
One Day by Mercylane - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HGk3wpa...
Mercylane is actually the new solo project of the drummer from The God Machine. Sounds great.
No Voy A Sonreir by Tumbas - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nbpfg2t...
Sulk by Pit Pony - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R0R1wS6...
And...another week, another Sisters of Mercy cover. 😁Marian by Death In Rome - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oO8ZWOU...
2020 stuff:-Life's Like a War by The Coventry - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OaYbgw1...
A Little Bit Sweeter by VH x RR - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gAMIQtV...
A bit Depeche Modey?
Paradise by Sarin - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HVSsjBV...
She Looks A Lot Like Martin Gore from 1984 by Alien Skin - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XcyEcrn...
Just liked the title of that one really ;-)
Woke up this morning with Body Electric instantly buzzing around my head, no idea why. "This place is death with walls"
What a lovely cheery start to the day :-(
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XWMPdBa...
And moving on to more newness:-Carving Flesh by BARA HARI - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk5DSzI...
Acab by Tears for the Dying - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Post Mortem by Sobaka - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=csDtzCi...
Cólera by VVV x Luz Futuro - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yjw9eMr...
Song starts properly at approx 1:10 mark.
Tears by NATURE - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ND8VzW...
Sisters by Hexate - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmGXHat...
Apologies for mentioning them again but TSOM's 1984 John Peel session is now available in full on Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Peel-Se...The final song, Emma, has eventually been released - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ld7E5Ur...
I still don't understand why these various sessions (Jensen & 2 x Peel) have been released track by track, just release one complete damn session in one go please. Grrrr. (Yes, I know they have been available as bootlegs & on YouTube, but still, grrrr.)
And to make up for mentioning them again so soon, here are a few other random old gothy "female name" songs: -
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wok-Lyz...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5imgSBS...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4KeII31...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ0ZxRh...
Always liked thier version of Emma, seems such a strange choice but is a perfect SOM song.
Sera69 wrote: "Always liked thier version of Emma, seems such a strange choice but is a perfect SOM song."Yeh, I like Emma too. Don't particularly like their version of Jolene*, but then I can't stand the original.
This live cover of their's always makes me laugh - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zu1XfUc...
*Inane chat warning...My best friend at Uni was called Jolene & she hated the song too. When we were out shopping & the song came on the shop muzak playlist we always had to immediately abandon our goods & leg it out the store. She couldn't bear to hear it & was v embarrassed in case anyone we knew saw her whilst the song was playing. It got played more often than you'd think, unfortunately.
Inane chat no. 2 warning...one of my good friends in Sixth Form was called Penny Lane. She was mortified when one boyfriend used to drive around, or park up, blasting out "Penny Lane" on his car stereo with the windows down. Yes, he was a bit dodgy; a "kev".
End of inane chat.
Helen The Melon wrote: "Sera69 wrote: "Always liked thier version of Emma, seems such a strange choice but is a perfect SOM song."Yeh, I like Emma too. Don't particularly like their version of Jolene*, but then I can't ..."
Penny Lane? What a kind of evil parents did she have!!!
Sera69 wrote: "Penny Lane? What a kind of evil parents did she have!!!"😁 Not evil at all. They were a very nice "normal" middle class couple called Mr. & Mrs. Lane. They just happened to call their daughter Penny but not because of the song. I don't think they realised until it was too late.
Perhaps they didn't intend it to be shortened?
Lez wrote: "Perhaps they didn't intend it to be shortened?"No, she wasn't a Penelope, just plain old Penny.
More inane chat warning... I knew a couple who named their 3 daughter's Crystal, Chantal & Leah, in that order. Go on, say them quickly all together: CrystalChantalLeah. They didn't realise what they'd done.
I also knew someone called Jillian Leake, middle name May. True. Hee hee.
Sorry, I'll get back to some music soon.
Some music as promised: The second Beauty In Chaos album is available now. (Alt rock/goth/post-punk project/collective created & coordinated by former Human Drama and Gene Loves Jezebel guitarist Michael Ciravolo.) - https://www.beautyinchaosmusic.com/mu...YouTube album sampler - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eic7GL3...
Lez wrote: "I was at school with a Teresa Greene."Hah so did I, except her name was spelt Theresa Green. Also in my class was a Robert Groom and Helen Bride.
Actually it wasn't Green, her surname was Bolt, I think I was thinking of Rachel Green from Friends, ha ha. Stupid strong cider!
TheFoe wrote: "Hah so did I, except her name was spelt Theresa Green. Also in my class was a Robert Groom and Helen Bride.Actually it wasn't Green, her surname was Bolt, I think I was thinking of Rachel Green from Friends, ha ha. Stupid strong cider!"
Step away from the cider, Mr. Foe!
There is a Ronald MacDonald in the village. And the Moody's used to live directly opposite the Jolly's just down the road from my house. Sorry, I can't use cider as an excuse for my off topic wafflings. Stupid not very strong cup of tea!
Ok, here's a roundup of the new stuff I've come across this week (a mixture as always):-High Beams by Civic Center - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6_lwFI6...
Forever Suffer by DARK - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FWrU9nF...
IN FIRE AND IN BLOOD by ∆AIMON - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tT0IUg0...
Delicate Obscenity by Instant Lake - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4dmwJQw...
Slowemotion (Molchat Doma remix) by Geometric Vision - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K7XvtcO...
Leave The Winter On The Ground by Astari Nite - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7_1xux6...
Looks like he needs to pee!! 😁
Delco by Uniform - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4-zUmoN...
What's with all the capital letters these days? Are they all using Tech's castoffs? All those capital letters he can't be bothered to use are being gobbled up by band names & song titles? Seems to be a trend/plague these last few years.
"Are they all using Tech's castoffs?"i sold them. i'm a capitalist.
Helen The Melon wrote: "Something to kinda get us back on topic - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeVcVn...😁"
Strong cider? Not so strong cup of tea? Definitely some strong shrooms!
Capital letters for band names/song titles, something I've also noticed but never seen the obsession, bit like people getting tattoos over the last few years, I hate them.
Oh and Tech definitely likes Capital Letters :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypAME...
The Delco track was spot on!
TheFoe wrote: "Strong cider? Not so strong cup of tea? Definitely some strong shrooms!Capital letters for band names/song titles, something I've also noticed but never seen the obsession, bit like people getting tattoos over the last few years, I hate them..."
Shroom tea? If only! It's peppermint tea this afternoon. 😁
Yeh, I don't get the capital letter thing/trend either.
I am probably just about to offend multiple people on here so apologies in advance. I'm with you on the tattoos, Foe. I don't like them either, especially on women. (Aaargh, that sounds awful but I'm definitely not old fashioned or sexist.)
Ooops. Just noticed that I got the song title & band name the wrong way round on that track you particularly liked (corrected it now). It's by Uniform - https://unifuckingform.bandcamp.com/ New album out in Sept.
New stuff: -Fallow Observation by And So We Weep - https://andsoweweep.bandcamp.com/trac...
Howling Down The Night by The Sinister Ghouleds - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aZEloXv...
Ağıt by She Past Away - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SEMrdN5...
Emptiness by The Downward Path - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eocj5Y3...
All I Ever Know by Clan of Xymox - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Yes, another new one from them. Still a bit "meh" :-( Where's the ooomph?
Yay! No silly capital letterness this time. Phew.
Missed this one earlier this year but I've always liked the original song that inspired it. It's not really a cover version, a soundalike?New Wave Girls (Waving From Next Bus Stop) by Bram Droulers - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gWvMBL4...
And the original: Care by SS-Say - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oD8dm2d...
No idea if anyone is interested in these playlists (except maybe Sera?) but here is a YouTube playlist of tracks released so far this year - https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=P...It's a collection of all the 2020 songs I've posted on this thread so far this year, the good, the bad & the ugly 😁. There are so many, I thought it would be best to do two playlists for this year. I've edited the first post of this thread too. Can someone let me know if the links works (or not)? Ta. X
Helen The Melon wrote: "No idea if anyone is interested in these playlists (except maybe Sera?) but here is a YouTube playlist of tracks released so far this year - https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=P......"Works for me. I wouldn't say i'm interested, more enjoying observing the deterioration of your musical taste! heheh :P
Ok.., yeah i'm interested.
Sera69 wrote: "Works for me. I wouldn't say i'm interested, more enjoying observing the deterioration of your musical taste! heheh :P..."Hmmph, how dare you be casting aspersions on my musical taste & sticking your tongue out at me!! ;-)
I certainly do not like everything I post on here. Not much of the stuff makes it onto my wish/listen lists either. But yeh, there is no quality control!
New Clan Of Xymox album, Spider On The Wall, out at the end of the month - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spider-Wall-...The three singles have been distinctly meh-y so I'll probably give it a miss. Oh, and the spiders are everywhere, anywhere, not just on the wall. There was a giant one in the bath this morning and another one on my chest of drawers.
The end is near Helen! Be afraid, be very afraid!
Val wrote: "The end is near Helen! Be afraid, be very afraid!"Whaaat? The spiders are going to get me?
It's ok Val, our spiders are (mostly) nice & friendly, unlike the vicious buggers you have in Oz.
Today's spider count = 1. One lonely little spider on the bathroom floor. So far...
And back to new tunes:-Too Wild by SEASURFER - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Hand In Hand by NAUT - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Lain To Rust by Bestial Mouths - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t7IyyVu...
Traveling Light by Bootblacks - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jj2NL2...
Upstairs In The Attic by Glass Apple Bonzai - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tGtiZUs...
The Blood Is The Life by The Black Capes - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Helen The Melon wrote: "Whaaat? The spiders are going to get me?It's ok Val, our spiders are (mostly) nice & friendly, unlike the vicious buggers you have in Oz.
Today's spider count = 1. One lonely little spider on the bathroom floor. So far.. ..."
See the photo I've just uploaded of a visitor to our front garden!
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I don't like typing/saying lol, but, lol 😁. There you go, first time I've ever "lolled". Eeeek.