Sisters of Mercy - Old Grey Whistle Test - Marian

[sticklemiss]

Ah reminds me of Friday nights in 1985 getting ready to go down to the local goth club. Would always play this on the video recorder whilst getting ready. Reminds me of Insett Spiky hairspray and black hair dye!

[Yougotobelieve]

As good as gets.

[custardo1]

Was quite scarred when I first saw the original broadcast but l8r married an eldritch lookalike we had fun in Leeds when the Goth scene was there. Some great times down the phony a nightclub inside a shopping center!

[wrabit79]

YOU HAVE TO GIVE CREDICT TO BRITISH TV FOR HAVING THE BALLS TO HAVE SHOWS LIKE THESE...IN THE USA IF IS NOT LIKED BY IOWA HOUSEWIVES IT WON'T BE PLAY ON TV....

[Spydababe]

The Damned were not Gothic nor were Siouxsie and the Banshees! They were in fact Punk cos I was about and Gothic music was a little later!

[firewx]

Back in the day, nobody called it "goth", and Emo was a comedian with a weird haircut..

[CerebralCrisis]

This is a particularly unintelligent comment, but Andrew Eldritch is unbelievably beautiful.

[CathalinaCFC]

@CerebralCrisis Despite that fact, I have to agree with you xP

[mtsn]

Shame that Mission couldn't keep the magic of this sound considering that it was almost the same band.

[SuperVoodooguru]

particularly good work by Dr Avalanche

[mtsn]

@SuperVoodooguru he's better than many drummers today...

[TheLexyboy]

@SuperVoodooguru i read once that Eldritch said "it took 5 minutes to write the songs and 3 weeks to programme the fucking drum machine"!!

[dmdt1313]

Ha! I knew I heard an Ebow!!!

[mozart579]

Its bands like this that should be reforming. Not rubbish like Kajagoogoo and other dross.

[BirsaGomorraBeach]

@mozart579 They never split.

[TheBotheration]

@mozart579 they never split up

[kendokunti]

one of their best ! for sure

[lostandwounded]

first and last and always...unique milestone...for me, it the best sisters era ever. the whole attitude, sound and look is still unbelieveabel intense. THIS IS GOTHIC-ROCK at its finest!

[FiftyfourhundredWatt]

@lostandwounded Ditto.

[Criddington]

This my favourite Sisters vid :D

I really want one of those hats that Andrew is wearing, does anyone know what type it is?

Look at him in this - he's the f**king master!

[felixcock]

Just go into the shop and ask for a Trilby.

[BlackSkyThunder]

Sisters are not goths, they do and they create what they think at the moment... The Mission betrayed Andrew

[DarkLord61636]

Whereas I do like several songs by The Mission [namely Severina and Amelia], I must agree with you there. Their problem was that they tried too hard to sound dark...

[punkoid76]

Wayne Hussey was a mistake and Craig Adams followed the wrong path after First and Last and Always.

[krillin876]

so badass

[Azrielmykel]

Sisterz at its finest. Thnx for the post..........

[sanfrandreamin]

Is it just my warped imagination or is this song some kind of Gilligan's Island masturbation fantasy

[voodoorox100]

clasic line up . . . cool

[caligari2008]

Great stuff, i wish i could get this on dvd. they look so cool & sound great.

[Elektrapunk]

Okay Kiddies I'll settle this for the lot of you. In the early 80's in the UK a music genre was created called Gothic. The acts like the Sisters, the Damned, Siouxsie, Death Cult, Specimen, Christian Death etc. etc. were all part of this scene although the Damned and Siouxie came out of the punk scene. The emo scene that the kiddiewinkles love today is totally unrelated and isnt fit to walk in the shadow of Goth. I was there an original you have no right to reply if you werent :-)

[DarkLord61636]

Although I was born in '92,

I completely agree with you.

I HATE people who compare Emo with Goth,

it's like comparing the attractivity of Rosie O'Donnell with Elton John...just no

[slydawgg]

well said mate,im 40 now and going to see the sisters in leeds in april,cant wait....kids of today just dont get it do they

[DarkLord61636]

I'm only 17, but I agree. You are a very lucky man to get to see them live, I can only wish I will have the opportunity

[I live in California =[ ]

[rf360m]

I saw them in NYC about 2 years ago at Webster Hall. They were great. The audience ranged from about 15-50!

[tdoesntmatter]

@Elektrapunk

Although I cherish my Sisters, Rozz, and the lot records, I find that my Siouxsie, Joy Division, Cure and Bauhaus records have much less dust on them. I'm of the same age as you and was a black wearing, makeup wearing, fucked up hair doing new waver. I still won't ever bother with the goth tag. so silly. But, I do agree with the emo thing. It's a boring rip off of punk and the darker stuff. I still have "dark" fun nights at home with friends!

[FiftyfourhundredWatt]

@tdoesntmatter Careful about having thos "dark" fun nights at home when your all alone, they can tend to get a bit let's say strange. lol

[tdoesntmatter]

@FiftyfourhundredWatt The stranger, the better!

[echarlesgoodall]

@Elektrapunk How arrogant! Invite people in if you want to but your approach does nothing to promote your "cause". I was there too but I don't wear a badge or bear any grudges. Grow up.

[joiceyification]

@Elektrapunk

yawn

[purplepearlpodify]

@Elektrapunk Well said that man/woman (GOTH!). I'm right with you on that one :)

[simionTheOne]

@Elektrapunk emo cunt music is for pussies, original 80's goth-postpunk-rock-ish music isn't , nuff said

[spar459]

all this talk of its goth its emo its this its that i just have never got my head around,at the end of the day its just good or bad music whatever type,isnt it?i recall jimi hendrix stating this as rock music was becoming categorised,its all rock music.love this version of song.

[daviesmod]

long live goth

[jayray104]

remember watching this when i was just a young goth.......fucking superb...jesus loves the sisters

[megasum]

does anyone know exactly what year this was on tv? thanks!

[AmbientNights]

Spring of 1985 remember it well.

[Kipling666]

You can compare Goth and emo all day long, they are not the same. This is Goth as it was in the good old days before it became more `rock`

[bobsaver]

Does anyone have their version of Emma on video? Ive seen it on MySpace, but would love to add it to my favourites on YouTube

[neallayton18]

its on the dvd of the albert hall concert, 1985 i think.

[eezlewax]

I didnt even know this footage existed, cheers for sharing:D

[vizayan1]

marx, hussey, adams, eldritch made the sisters.

[Elektrapunk]

They did well without Eldritch too - Mission? Yeah right!

[SpirAn1971]

Great, but it would be good if you could put the name "Marian" in title/tags/description. There's another version of this somewhere.

[ningunners]

AWESOME!!!