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| + | [[File:Floorshow EP Original White Edition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Floorshow EP'' - Cover (front)]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Alice_7_Inch_Cover_Front.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Alice'' - 7" single cover (front)]] | ||
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| + | '''''Floorshow''''' is one of the earliest songs by [[The Sisters of Mercy]] and was performed live already on [[Sat, 05-Sep-1981|September 5th, 1981 at Futurama III Festival, Stafford]].<br/> | ||
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| + | The song is also featured on the [[Gary Marx Demo Tape|early demo tapes]] that The Sisters used to spread to promote the band and to acquire further gigs and it also appeared on the according [[Floorshow EP]]. Years later, in 1992, '''''Floorshow''''' was, of course, also featured on the early singles compilation album [[Some Girls Wander By Mistake]].<br/> | ||
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| + | '''''Floorshow''''' was first released officially in November 1982 on the b-side of the [[Alice (single)|Alice]] single and later also on side a of the [[Alice EP]]. A few days before the original release it had been played by [[John Peel]] on UK Radio One in his show of October 12th, 1982. (He surely had received an according DJ-promo ...) As the [http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Sisters_Of_Mercy John Peel Wiki] recently revealed, the song was then broadcast again during the John Peel Show on BFBS on [http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/30_January_1983_(BFBS) January 30th, 1983]. See also [https://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=25937 this thread @The Heartland Forums] and [[John Peel Shows 1980-85]].<br/> | ||
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| + | Early on, '''''Floorshow''''' was always a part of The Sisters of Mercy's live set but has not been played for many years now. However, a vast amount of audience recordings do exist and are in circulation [https://www.myheartland.co.uk/ among the fanbase], plus - of course - the ineluctable bootlegs, the most famous one of which is surely the above mentioned [[Floorshow EP]]. <br/> | ||
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| + | Lyrics below taken from The Sisters of Mercy official lyrics book [[Postcards From Above The Chemist]]<br/> | ||
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| + | [[File:Sgwbm.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Some Girls Wander By Mistake'' - Album Cover (front)]] | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
The bodies on the naked on the low damp ground<br/> | The bodies on the naked on the low damp ground<br/> | ||
In the violet hour to the violent sound<br/> | In the violet hour to the violent sound<br/> | ||
And the darkness the blinding the eyes that shine <br/> | And the darkness the blinding the eyes that shine <br/> | ||
| − | And the voices | + | And the voices singing the line on line<br/> |
This is the floorshow the clapping hands<br/> | This is the floorshow the clapping hands<br/> | ||
Animal flow from the animal glands<br/> | Animal flow from the animal glands<br/> | ||
In the violet hour to the violent sound<br/> | In the violet hour to the violent sound<br/> | ||
| − | Going round and around and around and around and | + | Going round and around and around and around and ...<br/> |
| − | + | <br/> | |
I feel the bite I feel the beat I see the dancing feet<br/> | I feel the bite I feel the beat I see the dancing feet<br/> | ||
I feel the light I feel the heat I see the new elite<br/> | I feel the light I feel the heat I see the new elite<br/> | ||
I see the final floorshow I see the western dream<br/> | I see the final floorshow I see the western dream<br/> | ||
| − | I see the faces glow and I see the bodies steam | + | I see the faces glow and I see the bodies steam<br/> |
| − | + | <br/> | |
See them shimmy see them go<br/> | See them shimmy see them go<br/> | ||
See their painted faces glow<br/> | See their painted faces glow<br/> | ||
Slow slow quick quick slow<br/> | Slow slow quick quick slow<br/> | ||
| − | See those pagans go go go go go | + | See those pagans go go go go go<br/> |
| − | + | <br/> | |
This is the floorshow the last ideal<br/> | This is the floorshow the last ideal<br/> | ||
It's populist got mass appeal<br/> | It's populist got mass appeal<br/> | ||
The old religion redefined<br/> | The old religion redefined<br/> | ||
| − | For the facile futile totally blind | + | For the facile futile totally blind<br/> |
| − | + | <br/> | |
Mundane by day inane at night<br/> | Mundane by day inane at night<br/> | ||
Pagan playing in the flashing light<br/> | Pagan playing in the flashing light<br/> | ||
In the violet hour to the violent sound<br/> | In the violet hour to the violent sound<br/> | ||
| − | Going round and around and around and around and | + | Going round and around and around and around and ...<br/> |
| − | + | The bodies on the naked on the low damp ground<br/> | |
| − | In the violet hour to the | + | In the violet hour to the violent sound<br/> |
And the darkness the blinding the eyes that shine<br/> | And the darkness the blinding the eyes that shine<br/> | ||
| − | And the voices singing line on line | + | And the voices singing line on line<br/> |
| − | + | <br/> | |
See them shimmy see them go<br/> | See them shimmy see them go<br/> | ||
See their painted faces glow<br/> | See their painted faces glow<br/> | ||
Slow slow quick quick slow<br/> | Slow slow quick quick slow<br/> | ||
See those pagans go go go go go<br/> | See those pagans go go go go go<br/> | ||
| + | <br/> | ||
| + | <br/> | ||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | <br/> | ||
| + | Music: [[Craig Adams]], [[Andrew Eldritch]], [[Gary Marx]] / Lyrics: [[Andrew Eldritch]]<br/> | ||
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| + | <span style="color:darkblue;"> Lyrics and music are property and copyright of their respective rights holders and provided only for study purposes. </span><br/> | ||
| + | [[File:1959 and all that logo.jpg|right|320px]] | ||
| + | <br/> | ||
==Analysis== | ==Analysis== | ||
| − | {{ | + | Some basic analysis of the song has been done at [http://1959.tsom.org/prefla_notes.html#song7 1959 and all that ...]<br/> |
| − | [[Category: Songs]][[Category: Sisters | + | |
| + | See also the following threads in the Heartland Forums' Lyrics Section: | ||
| + | * [http://myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=10214 ''Floorshow. Help.''] | ||
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| + | * [http://myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=9415 ''Wasteland and floodland''] | ||
| + | <br/> | ||
| + | == Some Videos == | ||
| + | {| | ||
| + | |{{#ev:youtube|x2z61i8KnXU|300x240|left|''Floorshow'' - 1981 Demo Tape Version |frame}}     | ||
| + | |{{#ev:youtube|D6eHsAgQZz0|300x240|left|''Floorshow'' - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1985|frame}}     | ||
| + | |{{#ev:youtube|ovdd_asUAGQ|300x240|left|''Floorshow'' - Live in Leamington Spa 2010|frame}}     | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | [[Category: Songs]][[Category: Sisters songs]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:34, 10 April 2023
Floorshow is one of the earliest songs by The Sisters of Mercy and was performed live already on September 5th, 1981 at Futurama III Festival, Stafford.
The song is also featured on the early demo tapes that The Sisters used to spread to promote the band and to acquire further gigs and it also appeared on the according Floorshow EP. Years later, in 1992, Floorshow was, of course, also featured on the early singles compilation album Some Girls Wander By Mistake.
Floorshow was first released officially in November 1982 on the b-side of the Alice single and later also on side a of the Alice EP. A few days before the original release it had been played by John Peel on UK Radio One in his show of October 12th, 1982. (He surely had received an according DJ-promo ...) As the John Peel Wiki recently revealed, the song was then broadcast again during the John Peel Show on BFBS on January 30th, 1983. See also this thread @The Heartland Forums and John Peel Shows 1980-85.
Early on, Floorshow was always a part of The Sisters of Mercy's live set but has not been played for many years now. However, a vast amount of audience recordings do exist and are in circulation among the fanbase, plus - of course - the ineluctable bootlegs, the most famous one of which is surely the above mentioned Floorshow EP.
Lyrics below taken from The Sisters of Mercy official lyrics book Postcards From Above The Chemist
Lyrics
The bodies on the naked on the low damp ground
In the violet hour to the violent sound
And the darkness the blinding the eyes that shine
And the voices singing the line on line
This is the floorshow the clapping hands
Animal flow from the animal glands
In the violet hour to the violent sound
Going round and around and around and around and ...
I feel the bite I feel the beat I see the dancing feet
I feel the light I feel the heat I see the new elite
I see the final floorshow I see the western dream
I see the faces glow and I see the bodies steam
See them shimmy see them go
See their painted faces glow
Slow slow quick quick slow
See those pagans go go go go go
This is the floorshow the last ideal
It's populist got mass appeal
The old religion redefined
For the facile futile totally blind
Mundane by day inane at night
Pagan playing in the flashing light
In the violet hour to the violent sound
Going round and around and around and around and ...
The bodies on the naked on the low damp ground
In the violet hour to the violent sound
And the darkness the blinding the eyes that shine
And the voices singing line on line
See them shimmy see them go
See their painted faces glow
Slow slow quick quick slow
See those pagans go go go go go
Music: Craig Adams, Andrew Eldritch, Gary Marx / Lyrics: Andrew Eldritch
Lyrics and music are property and copyright of their respective rights holders and provided only for study purposes.
Analysis
Some basic analysis of the song has been done at 1959 and all that ...
See also the following threads in the Heartland Forums' Lyrics Section:
