The Mission U.K. appreciation thread!
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Guys....who is the better band....The Mission U.K. or The Stone Roses? Please let me know so I can decide whether to pick up some Stone Roses or not :)
Isamu wrote: Guys....who is the better band....The Mission U.K. or The Stone Roses? Please let me know so I can decide whether to pick up some Stone Roses or not :)
I dont know mission uk, but you must pick up stone roses. However, do not buy second coming first.
Isamu wrote: Guys....who is the better band....The Mission U.K. or The Stone Roses? Please let me know so I can decide whether to pick up some Stone Roses or not :)
no question--stone roses. not even close! buy their eponymous album and you'll be more than pleased. ypu'll be elated.
and anytime you see 'UK' or 'london' before or after a band's name, please disregard it as it's the american record label's doing (because there once was an american band of the same name so they have to add the extra bit for legal reasons). as for the mission, my ex-flatmate in london dated wayne hussey back in the '80s...when she was 15 and he was in his 30s! she was a proto-goth in those days--now she's married with 3 kids, living in south london, and listening to R&B!
AgentWood wrote: my ex-flatmate in london dated wayne hussey back in the '80s...when she was 15 and he was in his 30s! she was a proto-goth in those days--now she's married with 3 kids, living in south london, and listening to R&B!
Whoa! That's crazy dude!
1)Did you ever question why she was dating a thirty-something rock star while being 15? What was her reply?
2)Why is she now listening to R&B? Is she white? If so, is she dating a black guy?
I like them
Have 5 or 6 albums in mu colection.
Saw them live in Stockolm 1994 (I think) Not very good with datas..........
Isamu wrote:
AgentWood wrote: my ex-flatmate in london dated wayne hussey back in the '80s...when she was 15 and he was in his 30s! she was a proto-goth in those days--now she's married with 3 kids, living in south london, and listening to R&B!
Whoa! That's crazy dude!
1)Did you ever question why she was dating a thirty-something rock star while being 15? What was her reply?
2)Why is she now listening to R&B? Is she white? If so, is she dating a black guy?
answers:
she was an, erm, precocious teenager, shall we say. she ran away from home in croatia at 14 to live with her older sister in london, so she was worldlier than most 15-year-olds.
her husband is black--jamaican/british to be exact. he was my other flatmate (they were dating when i lived with them).
Isamu wrote: Guys....who is the better band....The Mission U.K. or The Stone Roses? Please let me know so I can decide whether to pick up some Stone Roses or not :)
Mate, please stop refering to them as Mission UK, it makes them sound like a foreign branch of some odd company. Nobody here is remotely aware of the existence of "The Mission, incestville".
Gotta say the Roses are better, I can vaguely remember liking one mission tune, but don't even know it's name, but I like a fair few stone roses tracks. Sort of comparing apples and oranges though. Definitely prefered the Sisters, This Corrosion is a masterwork, but I bet I'd cringe and not turn it up to New Order volume if I played it now.
Funny, in my school/social circles, the pretentious wankers who discovered and subsequently worshiped, and subsubsequently pretended they'd never heard of The Mission, were previously (and in many cases, concurrently and ongoingly) into another band.
Anyone care to guess?
Clue: NOT fat bob's lot.
PS....why all the double postage?
Must try and read the (microsoft mangled) source of the page and see wassup.
Definitely agree that the Sisters Of Mercy were better, both with and without Wayne Hussey. My brother and his wife used to follow The Mission and All About Eve everywhere, much the same as many of us have followed New Order.
The only Mission track I ever really liked was a cover - Neil Young's 'Like A Hurricane' which was a 'B' side I seem to remember.
I always had a soft spot for Bauhaus and would certainly recommend at least getting the 'best of' albums.
A good way to find some really excellent new music is via MySpace - listen for free and decide if you like it before you buy! 
Edit: I'm not, and never have been a 'Goth'. I was in a band that did a 3 second thrash called 'Goths Are Alright Really'. The lyrics to the 'song' literally were: 'Bollocks!'
Doctor? wrote:
PS....why all the double postage?
Because this thread dates from THREE YEARS ago, when double penetra-, err I mean posting was de rigeur around here...
Confession to make. Heard the radio the other week and two rather familiar songs came on "Wishing Well" and "Dream On". Neither of them were being sung by Wayne Hussey. I had to look up on tinternet to find out that they were probably the Gary Moore and Aeorsmith originals, that I had never heard, and hadn't realised The Mission hadn't written them!
old lead foot wrote: oh dear
so, the goths are back eh?, and the MISSION????? sorry but.....
Couldn't agree more!! Awful, awful shite
Cannae remember wot they do,but this foul bird i went out with in my yoof was well into em....... Am so glad i binned her! 
Fcuk the knockers (Ooh Err), The Mish provided me with some sublime moments (although only from 86-87) and here are the top five:
Tower Of Strengh Serpents Kiss Dream On Crystal Ocean Kingdom Come
old lead foot wrote: oh dear
I'll be flat-out honest.
I may be a goth, but I'm not quite a Mission fan.
Therefore, :finger:
*bauhaus, siouxsie and the banshees, the smiths, the cure, joy division, peter murphy, early-as-fuck ministry...*
[lost in benidorm...] ['sunshine'] wrote:
early-as-fuck ministry...*
Depeche Mode tribute act - Yes
Goff - No
[lost in benidorm...] ['sunshine'] wrote:
old lead foot wrote: oh dear
I'll be flat-out honest.
I may be a goth, but I'm not quite a Mission fan.
Therefore, :finger:
*bauhaus, siouxsie and the banshees, the smiths, the cure, joy division, peter murphy, early-as-fuck ministry...*
THE SMITHS!!!!,GOTH!!!!!
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get thee some sisters of mercy" temple of love " down yer cake hole chuck, now thats some propper goth stuff.
old lead foot wrote:
[lost in benidorm...] ['sunshine'] wrote: *bauhaus, siouxsie and the banshees, the smiths, the cure, joy division, peter murphy, early-as-fuck ministry...*
THE SMITHS!!!!,GOTH!!!!!
The Smiths. Goth 
Well I never wish I'd known.
As for The Sof Mercy. FAL and Always
Was w/ a Running Club way back.. the Guys were well into 'em. Trails and the mud yet remained fairly clueless. 
Didn't realize 1/2 of it. Ten minute break. Has his voice has stood the Test of Time. T of Love.
