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'stabbing jedward' would've been a better name.
Helen The Melon wrote: "There's a Sisters fan who owns a coffee shop in Poole..."There's an alt.indie song title if ever i heard one.
"There's a Sisters fan who owns a coffee shop in Poole...".....and his espresso is filtered thru' a human skull,
with fetid teardrops of the demented and the cursed,
no-one bought it, thought he, **** this, i'll open a shop in hull!
gothtastic! no?
Helen The Melon wrote: "TheFoe wrote: "Just heard Superchunk's version of Sisters 'Alice', recorded for Halloween. Its certainly a horror that for sure! :-(https://youtu.be/0WII8stQR9I"
It certainly is. I heard it last..."
Hah, cool shirt!
Tech XXIII wrote: ""There's a Sisters fan who owns a coffee shop in Poole...".....and his espresso is filtered thru' a human skull,
with fetid teardrops of the demented and the cursed,
no-one bought it, thought he,..."
I like it. :-)
Cure cover versions...reminded me that I don't think I posted this before. The Mish recently posted a vid from 1990 of them performing "In Between Days" with a special guest vocalist - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4DkkUfU...
And a review of The Wake's new album - https://www.idieyoudie.com/2020/11/03...A decent "comeback" album & def worth a listen if you like your goth rock.
https://thewakeus.bandcamp.com/album/...
Marry Me - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m33rkOI...
New things:-The Other Woman (Phantom Version) - SIN OMA - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4aWT6hr...
With The Fading Lights - Merry's Funeral - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=s...
Who's Out There? - West Wickhams - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Love U More - ACTORS - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Ooo, I quite like that, synthy, hello '80s. ;-)
Inquisitions - Fearing - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0l5nEh5...
Curve release another couple or tracks from the vault. Not saying 'barrel scraping' just yet, but still. Any more Curve is good Curve and this is their most known track.Fait Accompli:
https://curve.bandcamp.com/album/curv...
Hmmph. What's going on here? - https://zadars.bandcamp.com/track/ali...Yes, it's bloody awful, but look at the lyrics. Hmmph.
Hannah in her party dressed to kill
She needs you like she needs her pills
You tell her everything's ok
She cries as she runs away
Pass the crystal, spread the lies
No secrets, no surprise
Tell her she can have it all
Tell her where the rain will fall
See her shiver, see her go
See her painted face glow
She cries, what is she seeing?
I am the Alien Being
Helen The Melon's job, seek out anyone who touches 'Alice' and destroy them like the Hulk. Helen SMASH, you won't like her when she's angry!! ;-)
TheFoe wrote: "Helen The Melon's job, seek out anyone who touches 'Alice' and destroy them like the Hulk. Helen SMASH, you won't like her when she's angry!! ;-)"Not the service we want but it's the service we need!
Protector Of Alice! :-)Actually, I don't mind this cover version too much, it's ok - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2b5RO5p...
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If you have time, watch this video of John Ashton talking about working with The Sisters & producing "Alice" - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuQm27k...
And, earliest known demo available, I think - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_VqJlC...
Alice is at approx 6 mins 26s.
Short review of Alice/Floorshow from the time it was released:-
"One of this week’s surprises. Supremely intense and disturbingly demonic, this double-A-sided package is nonetheless ‘rockier’ than you might expect. 'Floorshow’ is the definite standout, an unsettling traditional sub-HM rhythm supplemented by bizarre 'slow-slow-quick-quick-slow’ dancestep instructions and various contorted cries of disruption and despair.
'Alice’ is rather more obviously JD-derived, but it remains broodily compelling, with vocals reminiscent of Peter Hammill gargling with the remains of a shattered car windscreen."
Hee hee.
Pointless, not v interesting anecdote time...My boyfriend circa '93 & '94 was also a huge music fan, lots of different stuff (eg. L Cohen, R Stones, M S Preachers, Jesus & M Chain, classical stuff too) but not really much mainstream pop. One day I spotted that he had gone and bought this single, see link below, & I laughed & laughed. He huffed and said it was a really great top quality pop song & that if it had been by the Sisters I would love it too & would have bought it. He did not share my love of the Sisters but didn't dislike them either: he even bought me a black on black "Some Girls Wander By Mistake" t-shirt (with black on black "utterly bastard groovy" on the reverse).
Something they should cover live when they're able to tour again, eh?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tP_WRk-...
"a really great top quality pop song"he was right, y'know!
all the rest of their stuff was utter twadge, but that was one to fling at our pop kids!
Helen The Melon wrote: "... "gargling with the remains of a shattered car windscreen" ..."Oooooooh, I like that! ;o>
Elsewhere on the internet someone has kindly pointed out that the Bauhaus logo kind of looks like an old fashioned style toilet in profile & a towel hanging from the wall.???
Can't unsee it once you've seen it :-(
No, you can't! ... thanks, Helen! ... (*giggles*) ... ;o>
Is the "towel on the wall" possibly an old-fashioned cistern and chain? Only problem is that it appears to be free-floating.
Not sure if you've posted this before Helen, I thought it was quite cool.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9A8P...
And the song in full
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR5zp...
TheFoe wrote: "Not sure if you've posted this before Helen, I thought it was quite cool."Yeh, pretty sure I did, but not the song in full. That vid was doing the rounds a few months ago, I think. It's the Batcave! I'm sure I saw a version of it last week with Temple Of Love instead of the Molchat D song.
Molchat Doma released their album the other day but the bits I listened to didn't sound v promising - https://domamolchat.bandcamp.com/albu...
Helen The Melon wrote: "TheFoe wrote: "Not sure if you've posted this before Helen, I thought it was quite cool."Yeh, pretty sure I did, but not the song in full. That vid was doing the rounds a few months ago, I think...."
Ah, bum!
TheFoe wrote: "Ah, bum!"It's ok. All contributions are welcome here, even repeat postings. 😁
you know what's awfully good?testdept.bandcamp.com/album/disturbance
stumbled upon it on blandcamp, but i'm not paying oli's £4 p+p, found a cheaper copy to buy on discogs. it's like a more mature (but no less angry) take on their original 80s output (way less techno, as they became in the 90s) - you know me, i need purposeful music, and this is good rant!
Anyway, new music roundup:-The Last Light Dies by Dismal Thoughts - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Mission by The Spiritual Bat - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T6JCaCT...
Gothic Love by DARK - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5YjmUdx...
Had to post that one for the amusing "vocals". Is he "burp talking"?
Discolied by Sturm Café - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sINmCh8...
This lot usually make me smile too with their tongue in cheek EBMness & German vocals (they're from Sweden).
Wszystko Marność by Mala Herba - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z_IoDZK...
Alone by White Mansion - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sR5KXBu...
Tech XXIII wrote: "you know what's awfully good?testdept.bandcamp.com/album/disturbance..."
Thanks. Will give it a listen sometime later this week. Btw, nothing wrong with a bit of techno.
Cringey interview with Dave Vanian & Barry Ryan on Good Morning Britain (1986?) talking about the Damned's version of "Eloise" - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y..."Is it true that you used to sleep in a coffin?" 😀 Hee hee.
Helen The Melon wrote: "Cringey interview with Dave Vanian & Barry Ryan on Good Morning Britain (1986?) talking about the Damned's version of "Eloise" - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y..."Is it t..."
Most breakfast presenters come across as condescending arseholes when they are faced with something they either don't like or don't understand. Anne and Nick are good examples of this.
Yeh, Barry & Dave come across v well, Anne & Nick do not!And another awful interview with Tony James & Martin Degville of S S Sputnik (yes tech, I know, they're shite) - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ErvpgUV...
Quote from Tony re: trying to get a band together for his SSS vision:-
"Of course I went to gigs too, to see if by chance someone else had been discovered, was out there already, that I might be able to steal.... One night a young journalist I knew told me about this little band playing at London's Embassy club.
There were only three people in the audience and afterwards I was so exhilarated by what I had seen that I had to speak to the singer - Andrew Eldritch - and ask if he would leave this unheard of group, The Sister’s of Mercy to join me and my new vision. I instinctively felt Eldritch had something really special, that he was the real thing and we talked excitedly that night. But he had his own vision to follow, however, because of that connection, we became friends and kept in touch through his rise to what would ultimately be Goth God. Andrew faithfully sent me every Sister’s of Mercy single in the post for the next six years, I knew he was something very special."
Oh yeh, Andrew as singer with SSS, what a thought! Can just see him now with a pink pineapple hairdo & in spandex tights. 😈
Love missile F1-11 in a black dress...
Come to think of it I do recall him wearing a natty, floor-length, gold lamé coat/dressing gown thingy at one point. Give me a min, see if I can find it...doo, doo, doo...https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Hmmm, they got those captions wrong didn't they? Patricia had departed by then.
And "kind of heavy metal meets David Bowie meets the circus". Eh? Wtf?
"they're shite"not neccessarily so, i thought they were an interesting group of chart commandos during the 15 minutes they were visible for. it was also obvious that they had listened to suicide's first album more than was good for them!......and that's ok!
Tech XXIII wrote: ""they're shite"not neccessarily so, i thought they were an interesting group of chart commandos during the 15 minutes they were visible for. it was also obvious that they had listened to suicide'..."
Maybe you'd like this fairly recent expanded 4 CD edition of their album "Flaunt It" for Christmas? - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flaunt-4CD-D...
😉
no.my goodness, it's on cherry red! who'da thunk'd it?
To mark the 10th anniversary of the release of his (self titled) debut album, The Soft Moon has released a new video for one of the songs from said album: -Tiny Spiders - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Ps. I've not seen an indoor spider for at least a week now. I think they're hibernating.
Helen The Melon wrote: "To mark the 10th anniversary of the release of his (self titled) debut album, The Soft Moon has released a new video for one of the songs from said album: -Tiny Spiders - https://m.youtube.com/wa..."
"Ps. I've not seen an indoor spider for at least a week now. I think they're hibernating." Either that or hiding underneath your duvet, spiders like warm places. :-)
Edit - Awesome song!
Thanks, I like that, v '90s sounding. Didn't realise Nothing had a new album out, will take a look.Been wanting to adjust the name of this thread for a while now but no idea what would be appropriate. "Alternative Music - Post-punk, Goth, Deathrock, Darkwave, Coldwave, Industrial, EBM, Shoegaze etc."?? Or is that just needlessly complicating things?
Help!
"Helen's Happy Homely Hub for a Multitude of Magnificant Musical Misfits" ... ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: ""Helen's Happy Homely Hub for a Multitude of Magnificant Musical Misfits" ... ;o>"
Which would neatly apply to music contributed and to those of us who listen to it. ;-)
And could maybe be abbreviated to ... the "Hmmm?" Thread ;o>
Helen is going to post me Spiders for Christmas now, isn't she? ... ! ;oO
she's not going to wait till then! watch out for a large watermelon delivered to your house (no doubt by a courier called igor),................just..................................................don't cut it open!!!!!!!!
Ohhh, it's okay, tech ;o>I've told Helen my real name is Craig and I live in Kilmarnock ... (*giggles*) ...
suzysunshine7 wrote: ""Helen's Happy Homely Hub for a Multitude of Magnificant Musical Misfits"That's a nice thought, Suzy but I don't want my name in the title - it's not "my" thread, it's for anyone & everyone. Maybe inspiration will strike me one day as to what an appropriate title would be. Or maybe not. 😁
TheFoe wrote: "Which would neatly apply to music contributed and to those of us who listen to it. ;-)"
How dare you! Speak for yourself, I'm no misfit!
suzysunshine7 wrote: "And could maybe be abbreviated to ... the "Hmmm?" Thread ;o>"
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Helen is going to post me Spiders for Christmas now, isn't she? ... ! ;oO"
I'm not sure my lovely Highland spiders would be happy in Greater Manchester, Suzy. A bit too tropical for them. They're all hiding at the moment anyway. Actually, you're welcome to the giant house spiders, I don't really like them. Not seen one of those for probably at least a month now.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gNuuyiH...
Anyway, back to some new songs:-How Long by Clan of Xymox - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7Lcye...
Shrapnel Words by Incirrina - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=s...
Vacio by Noromakina - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LEDJB9a...
Synthetica by Fall Shock - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...
Again and Again by Paralyzzer - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=moNuD42...
Ha ha! Hilarious "Dad" dancing.
So, Beggars Banquet Archive (aka The Arkive) have recently been uploading old TOTP performances of their artists onto their YouTube channel. I really don't remember ever seeing these three Bauhaus ones before. Probably just my bad memory.Ziggy Stardust - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AXlFjRc...
Lagartija Nick - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sdkOten...
Nice jacket, Peter. Nice miming, Peter.
She's In Parties - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FhNg-0r...
And Deine Lakaien have been uploading some stuff from their "20 Years of Electronic Avantgarde" tour with the orchestra Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt. I know no-one else has any interest in them :-( but I think this one is rather lovely:Mindmachine - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7iinwAH...
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Curepedia: An A-Z of The Cure (other topics)The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth (other topics)
The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth (other topics)
Paint My Name in Black and Gold: The Rise of the Sisters of Mercy (other topics)
Paint My Name in Black and Gold: The Rise of the Sisters of Mercy (other topics)
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Burn by Stabbing Westward - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-QwZQI...
Friday I'm In Love by Boys Don't Cry - https://emergencyhearts.bandcamp.com/...
Urgh. (In fact quite a lot of bad covers on that comp.)
Boys Don't Cry by Miley Cyrus - https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y.... 😈
Stabbing Westward have also done an awful cover of The Killing Moon - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aPDApUw...