About the fu**in smoke

Badlander · Post #77 Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject:

6'1", as in that Liz Phair songy ? Nice.
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SINsister · Post #78 Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject:

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SINsister · Post #80 Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:01 pm Post subject:

Bwahahaha! Why yes, yes we are. Our fearless leader!

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9while9 · Post #81 Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:04 pm Post subject:

SINsister · Post #82 Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:15 pm Post subject:

They started it.
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Syberberg · Post #83 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:58 am Post subject:

Sisters. Smoke. Synonimous. Three words that go well together.

We use smoke, just not as much and only one smoke machine. Usually located by the keyboardist (when we've got one) or Jonathan-K The Shiney Thing.

IMO, the lights wouldn't work without the smoke. The smoke wouldn't be enhanced by the lights. Neither would work without The Sisters.

The only other band I've seen that uses high levels of smoke effectively are FOTN.

Francis · Post #84 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:26 am Post subject:

Planet Dave · Post #85 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:57 am Post subject:

cultchild · Post #86 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:06 am Post subject:

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Francis · Post #88 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:56 am Post subject:

ailime · Post #89 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:26 am Post subject:

i would have payed more than my ticket price just for the smoke and lights show i think - Very Happy

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Francis · Post #90 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:44 am Post subject:

GMC · Road Kill Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 81

Well, not spelling though, that's "paid".

Anyway.

Who's FOTN?

Synonymous.

The 'locks had more smoke than the Sisters in DC. My friend joked that we hadn't actually "seen" the Warlocks, just heard them. I pointed to the little guitarist guy on the left (who was outside the smokescreen) and said "Well, we've seen A Warlock..."
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SINsister · Post #92 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:53 am Post subject:

Dude, English isn't her first language, so you might want to cut her some slack (and this comes from a self-proclaimed spelling/grammar nazi, too).

"FOTN" = Fields of the Neph(f)ilim.

I got to meet 2 Warlocks, and actually saw all of them on stage at one point. So nyah! Razz

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Francis · Post #93 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:59 am Post subject: Re: Hehe

GMC · Road Kill Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 81

Sorry.

Her English was good enough I thought it was a first language, so I didn't cut her the slack suggested. We could sometimes see the bassist too. Took us a while to even see two drum sets, let alone drummers. Does anyone know if the Warlocks were using the Sisters light tech? He did a decent job hitting the cymbals with the spots and so on, though they didn't really DO the lights thing the way the Sisters do.
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Martin · Post #95 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:43 am Post subject:

ailime · Post #96 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:45 am Post subject:

hehe - forgiven -

english is my third language actually Wink

in the montreal gig ; i can totally agree that during the warlocks part it was "smoke machine abuse" - otherwise ; for having myself used a small smoke machine while being staff to the high school fashion shows - i can say it's load of fun when i ordered to "let it smoke!!" and it has this sort of sweet smell to it - enjoyable - no ? Laughing

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SINsister · Post #98 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:10 am Post subject:

eastmidswhizzkid · Post #99 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:27 am Post subject:

i can't believe i just read 4 pages of this ....

slightly disturbed to discover that there are -to be added to the missed-the-point pro-drummer brigade- six HLers who (at the time of writing) voted against the smoke. Rolling Eyes

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GMC · Road Kill Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 81

While I view the bassist question as open (I think the Sisters currently would benefit at least a bit from live bass, but that the Doktor's bass could also be improved by a bit more attention to samples, at which point it would probably be a wash), the drummer question is not.

The Sisters of Mercy with a live drummer would be like the Rolling Stones with a taped Keef. Or Miles Davis using a drum machine. It completely misses the point of the act. There are things that live drummers do well; sounding loose and rollicking, like Charlie Watt. Sounding pounding and majestic, like Keith Moon. However.

For sounding like a relentless dead-on juggernaut, nothing beats the good Doktor.

And that last is what a Sisters live show is supposed to be. A jackhammer designed to get inside your head and (hopefully) lay eggs there.
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