Did you ever go to see The Cult?
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Blagsta
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I quite like Sisters of Mercy. I wouldn't listen to them out of choice, but I like the one that goes 'ing now ing now, we got the most of motion baby', indie club classic that one
I think you mean "This Corrosion" which goes "sing this corrosion to me"
Blagsta
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I thought Spear of Destiny were a dub band?
That's Burning Spear.
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
Right. Now we're all being confessional and shit who's going to admit to seeing the following:
The Sisters Of Mercy - for about 10 minutes at Reading after they reformed with that tit out of Sigue Sigue Sputnik in them. I would've loved to see the (ahem) 'classic' lineup, at the time, mind.
Theatre Of Hate / Spear Of Destiny TOH supporting The Clash.
The Mission Yes, Reading. Quite enjoyed it.
Fields Of The Nephilim No.
Balaam And The Angel?! Fuck no!
oooh name and shame
first The Cult - no, never. everyone else I knew was always going to see them as in the OP but they never drew me in, always had 'em marked as shit. Time has been clearly on my side with this one
Sisters - saw the 'classic' line up on the First and Last and Always Tour, it was ace at the time, saw a later version at Reading briefly perhaps the show you saw? - embarrasing
Spear of Destiny - loads, I liked the brass section and the lack of goth bollocks but they were crap weren't they? damn!
Mission/Nephilim - never had time for either but caught about 10 mins each
at the start of Reading sets, dreadful business. the Mission were on after The Butthole Surfers - imagine just how poor a show they looked.
Balaam - loads of times too, they were a local band, the gigs were very psychedelic and celebratory early on, a good night out. the records weren't so good, by the time they got an album out I'd give up on them
Yeah, I realised that just after I posted
Easy to confuse though - Spear of Destiny doesn't really sound like a goth band...
starfish
No dialogue. Just plot.
Saw them supporting Big Country in 85 i think. Can remember the lead singer always flicking his hair & saying "Hope you like it" before every song.
Voley
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oooh name and shame
first The Cult - no, never. everyone else I knew was always going to see them as in the OP but they never drew me in, always had 'em marked as shit. Time has been clearly on my side with this one
Sisters - saw the 'classic' line up on the First and Last and Always Tour, it was ace at the time, saw a later version at Reading briefly perhaps the show you saw? - embarrasing
Spear of Destiny - loads, I liked the brass section and the lack of goth bollocks but they were crap weren't they? damn!
Mission/Nephilim - never had time for either but caught about 10 mins each
at the start of Reading sets, dreadful business. the Mission were on after The Butthole Surfers - imagine just how poor a show they looked.
Balaam - loads of times too, they were a local band, the gigs were very psychedelic and celebratory early on, a good night out. the records weren't so good, by the time they got an album out I'd give up on them
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Clint Iguana
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Yeah, I realised that just after I posted
Easy to confuse though - Spear of Destiny doesn't really sound like a goth band...
That is becasue in no way shape or form could they ever be classed as goth
Clint Iguana
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oooh name and shame
first The Cult - no, never. everyone else I knew was always going to see them as in the OP but they never drew me in, always had 'em marked as shit. Time has been clearly on my side with this one
Are you saying becasue a band went off the boil and truned shite, that you were justified in never ever seeing them?
That is like saying becasue the Clash became an embarrasment towards the end, you were right to never see them when they were good.
Voley
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Are you saying becasue a band went off the boil and truned shite, that you were justified in never ever seeing them?
That is like saying becasue the Clash became an embarrasment towards the end, you were right to never see them when they were good.
No, he's saying they were always shit. Which sort of makes your last point a bit superfluous.
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
That is not what he said....
oooh name and shame
first The Cult - no, never. everyone else I knew was always going to see them as in the OP but they never drew me in, always had 'em marked as shit. Time has been clearly on my side with this one
Which to me implies that in time they turned to shit. The statement does not make sense otherwise. If they were shit all along, time would have nothing to do with it.
But only ouchmonkey knows what he meant.
Voley
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How about the bit I've highlighted here?
first The Cult - no, never. everyone else I knew was always going to see them as in the OP but they never drew me in, always had 'em marked as shit. Time has been clearly on my side with this one
Clint Iguana
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Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
well, given there have only been two interpretations so far, i think its a bit early to decide if mine is unique
yours is indeed unique.
I thought it was clear but as it wasn't - just about everyone I knew at the time liked The Cult.
Except me. "coming to see The Cult ouchmonkey?" - "no. they is shit"
then - no-one agrees with me
now - they all see I was right
and on the subject of The Cult my vindication is more complete than in other areas covered in the post. SoD for example. where time has shown me to be mistaken. I'd still argue they weren't as crap as the Cult tho'
and no-one has even mentioned New Model Army yet
I saw them in Poole about 1986 ish. I was probably very pissed and dont remember much about it.
I found an old album the other day, Electric . I quiet liked it .
i was at that one
Voley
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and no-one has even mentioned New Model Army yet
Saw them twice.
Once in Penzance and once at The Elephant Fayre. Was music really that dire then that we had to go and see stuff like that? Yes. Yes, it really was.Killing Joke, anyone? Now there was a band that were proper up themselves. One or two decent songs, mind. Nirvana had obviously heard them. 'Come As You Are' bears more than a passing resemblance to 'Eighties'.
I can't argue with your husband's unfaltering logic.
Right. Now we're all being confessional and shit who's going to admit to seeing the following:
The Sisters Of Mercy - for about 10 minutes at Reading after they reformed with that tit out of Sigue Sigue Sputnik in them. I would've loved to see the (ahem) 'classic' lineup, at the time, mind.
Theatre Of Hate / Spear Of Destiny TOH supporting The Clash.
The Mission Yes, Reading. Quite enjoyed it.
Fields Of The Nephilim No.
Balaam And The Angel?! Fuck no!
I saw the neph 2 times i think, I was there cos there were fanciable boys to be found at gigs like this
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chico enrico
No hair shows you care.
piss.
they were a great live band. even when they were cringeworthy.
saw them as Southern Death Cult twice (supporting Theatre of hate, and again, at the centro with Ritual if I remember rightly)
saw the Cult on the Dreamtime Tour (i think) and they were PHENOMENAL. Or maybe it was when they were called death Cult. Was around the time they were on the Tube anyway.
and again on the 'electric' tour.
more recently, in 2001-2002 i think at Brixton Academy and some festival my crap old band played at.
Not exactly a band i listen to but dont see how anyone can knock them putting on a great show.
plus around 1985 all hot girls were into them
they were a great live band. even when they were cringeworthy.
saw them as Southern Death Cult twice (supporting Theatre of hate, and again, at the centro with Ritual if I remember rightly)
saw the Cult on the Dreamtime Tour (i think) and they were PHENOMENAL. Or maybe it was when they were called death Cult. Was around the time they were on the Tube anyway.
and again on the 'electric' tour.
more recently, in 2001-2002 i think at Brixton Academy and some festival my crap old band played at.
Not exactly a band i listen to but dont see how anyone can knock them putting on a great show.
plus around 1985 all hot girls were into them
chico enrico
No hair shows you care.
I saw them in Poole about 1986 ish. I was probably very pissed and dont remember much about it.
I found an old album the other day, Electric . I quiet liked it .
Wild Flower on Electric is IMO thee best 'rock' song EVER.
In fact i'm off to listen to it now
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
yours is indeed unique.
I thought it was clear but as it wasn't - just about everyone I knew at the time liked The Cult.
Except me. "coming to see The Cult ouchmonkey?" - "no. they is shit"
then - no-one agrees with me
now - they all see I was right
and on the subject of The Cult my vindication is more complete than in other areas covered in the post. SoD for example. where time has shown me to be mistaken. I'd still argue they weren't as crap as the Cult tho'
and no-one has even mentioned New Model Army yet
And are your mates now kicking themselves for enjoying watching the band all those years ago now that they have gone out of fashion? do they think, "god damn it, we should have listened to ouchmonkey, he is so bloody hip"?
Music is supposed to be entertainment, if you enjoy watching them live does anything else really matter?
I saw New Model Army live many many times, here and in Europe, travelling thousands of miles in the process. I enjoyed every minute of it (well, apart from dealing with the arrogance of the 'militia' ... no, i never wore clogs). I would not go to see them if they were playing for free in my garden now and listening to the old stuff it sounds quite dated, but as far as i am concerned they were the business back in the 80s and i am not going to change my mind because it is not cool to admit it.
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