“Surgeons they cut to heal you, Axe murderers cut to kill you. I’m filthy rich and I’m horny, but you just fucking bore me.”
Well surgeons and axe murderers are all fine and good in the cutting department, but what about those guys who work the hibachi grill at Beni Hana? They’re no slouch with a blade edge, don’t they deserve a lyrical reference too?
Axe murderers cut to kill you!
Benihana chefs cut to fill you!
My favorite movie is Rocky!
So give me some more fucking Sake!
Axe murderers cut to kill you!
Benihana chefs cut to fill you!
My favorite movie is Rocky!
So give me some more fucking Sake!
I don’t know why but i imagined a kind of ‘Slayer’ cadence to these lyrics and Tom Araya shouting, and lost my shit. These lines need to be followed by “solo: Hanneman” in the lyrics booklet.
I understand comparing “Relapse” to “Sharknado” for that “so bad it’s good/ cheese-laden-cheesy-balls-of-cheese” aspect, but I feel that isn’t exactly on the money. I LOVE “Sharknado” (the first one) but “Sharknado” was made with intent. They made it to intentionally be ridiculous, stupid, and over-the-top . . . and it was amazing.
“Relapse” wasn’t made as a joke. And musically, it is an absolute juggernaut. It has some of Mikey’s best playing ever. But the whole album is wrapped in a blanket of the WORST LYRICS EVER (and an atrocious cover design too). I do like it that, “fuck yeah, Bloodsport is on TV!” vein.
“Relapse”, I have said, is NOT an album to listen to with your brain (it will haunt your dreams with the absolute bottom-of-the-barrel stupidity). It is an album you listen to with YOUR BALLS. It is the big-dumb-testosterone cock rock metal album. On that level, it really can’t be beat.
But if you’re the type that wants something intellectually inspiring, you’re not gonna get it with “Surgeons they cut to heal you, Axe murderers cut to kill you. I’m filthy rich and I’m horny, but you just fucking bore me.”
I do agree with you somewhat but Al did admit he doesn’t care about the lyrics or what anyone thinks of the finished product. So with that in mind, it seems like he just wings it & doesn’t sweat the small stuff too much. Guess what I’m saying is he’s almost like Ed Wood, the crazy filmmaker who did only one take for every scene regardless of how it came out.
Now that takes sum balls right there cuz ur inviting the concept of totally sucking ass when you choose to be so quick for the draw versus the finesse of someone like Reznor or (gathered from Ian McCullock interview) Echo & The Bunnymen.
Remember box tops? I was just thinking of them the other day for some reason. Back in the day there would be the promos on TV where you would send in 5 box tops from your Honeycomb cereal boxes or whatever and get a glow in the dark piece of plastic or something like that. Anyway, I was thinking that’s about all a postcard or email from Al is worth. Maybe if I sent in two CD inserts from his albums or something.
I hated that.
I need instant gratification and the toy better be IN the cereal box. I got duped a couple times by seeing some great “Free Glider” or something, thinking it was in the box . . . only to find out I needed to send off a few UPC’s.
But, yeah, maybe after you get 5 years of postcards from Al (at the low-low price of $6000), you can cut the stamps off and mail them in for something really great . . . . like a Santa hat . . . or a Ministry poker chip.
Same old story…
https://www.facebook.com/Ministry/videos/vb.146334388721177/1043050812382859/?type=2&theater
new (old) songs on the NYE set list at the Concord Music Hall… stuff we haven’t played live in almost 20 years off Rape and Honey and Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste… and one that’s never been played live before…
Yeah, if they didnt play anything old for their 1st annual farewell tour, then what makes new years eve so special? Maybe Al doesnt write those promos
I’m going to call that Al actually does play different stuff. I think he’s genuinely trying to figure out how to make money and will be willing to go this route if it helps him pull in more cash. Everything I see him do lately seems consistent with the one idea that Al really really wants as much money as he can get without having to work too hard.
To be honest, that the show hasn’t been selling well might have been a wake up call.
Same old story…
https://www.facebook.com/Ministry/videos/vb.146334388721177/1043050812382859/?type=2&theater
new (old) songs on the NYE set list at the Concord Music Hall… stuff we haven’t played live in almost 20 years off Rape and Honey and Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste… and one that’s never been played live before…
Stigmata and Breathe. The one that has never been played before is probably something off one of the newer albums.
He says explicitly in the video that they WON’T be playing “Stigmata”.
My first thought was Missing/Diety. I think he said something about a merely. They make a point of saying they haven’t been played in 20 years and those made their last appearance together in 96, I believe. Diety came back in 2004, but Al’s never been a stickler for details.
He can go directly to Hell.
I’m sick of jerking off every time this guy promises to throw us a bone. It’s just embarassing. The fact that it’s HUGE Internet buzz that they will be adding a song to the playlist for the first time in a million years should tell us more about him than we are willing to admit. And yes, if he goes through with it I am definitely also jealous. If this show was in LA I would go. But I don’t need to travel cross-country to get raped.
Yeah, it’s really kind of sad to see all those people in that FB group getting so excited about the prospect of (maybe) 3 new songs in the set list.
Tells you how low expectations have become for Ministry shows.
Exactly.
Whoa! Shit, really? We might get a new classic song fragment shoved in a three-song “medley”? Let me cancel all my plans and book a flight to Chicago . . .
I bet its piece of Golden Dawn, I always felt like that needed to be part of their set.
I’ll bet a zillion trillion dollars it’s not.
People are going to pay the full price of a ticket for one song?
ridiculous!
jesus
whoever donates is a fucking idiot
and hates life
" give this techno shit a try" ?
someone give this geezer a hot shot
lights out
twitch on…
People are going to pay the full price of a ticket for one song?
ridiculous!
No, actually the show is selling so poorly that the tickets have been reduced. A friend of mine in Chicago, says they’re now listed as $42, down from $77 originally.
And remember, this is an NYE event, where normally every bar/club doubles their charges.
No, actually the show is selling so poorly that the tickets have been reduced. A friend of mine in Chicago, says they’re now listed as $42, down from $77 originally.
And remember, this is an NYE event, where normally every bar/club doubles their charges.
Nice venue too. Impressive stage and sightlines, and I seem to remember 3 or 4 large bars so there was never any waiting in line. Saw The Cult there and had a great time.