There are a bunch of Ministry songs listed on the tour pages that I don’t recognize from any Ministry albums:
First True Love Affair ('81/'82, original by Jimmy Ross)
Never Asked For Nothing ('82)
Love Change ('82)
What Is The Reason? ('82/'83)
America ('82)
So-So Life ('83)
Do You Really Like It ('84)
I’ll Do Anything For You ('84)
Ricky’s Hand ('84/'86, original by Fad Gadget)
Eyes of Christ ('86)
Hatred ('87)
Are these songs all covers? Who did the originals? There are enough titles there for a second volume of Cover Up!
I was just listening to “Love Change” yesterday - it and the extended “Work for Love” are my favorite WS-style tracks esp. with Al’s extra cheesy opening lines “It getting hot in here…”
I was just listening to “Love Change” yesterday - it and the extended “Work for Love” are my favorite WS-style tracks esp. with Al’s extra cheesy opening lines “It getting hot in here…”
“Let’s make it hotter.”
Hah. Love the hell outta “Love Change.” It’s got some of the most utterly atrocious synth work ever… so bad it’s good. Kinda like the first couple minutes of Foetus’ “OKFM.”
Don’t forget—though I don’t know if this was ever actually played (Bisquit? Bob Robert?) live–Roxy Music’s Same Old Scene.
No, there are enough songs performed live but never in the studio to make a “Early Trax Live” disc.
As far as covers of new wave/post punk material that could’ve been on Cover Up, I’m just aware of SOS, FTLA Ricky’s Hand, and The Light Pours Out of Me.
Hah. Love the hell outta “Love Change.” It’s got some of the most utterly atrocious synth work ever… so bad it’s good.
Have to go along with you on that one. And I’m partially accountable, unless you believe Al’s claim that he wrote everything, in which case I guess it’s all his fault. I doubt that song was ever played live more than a half-dozen times, but it so happens that one of those times it was recorded.
I bit my tongue, closed my eyes and held my nose everytime I had to play either Love Change, She’s Got a Cause or So-So Life.
That’s really interesting. I never would have expected Ministry to write so many original songs for live performances that never had studio versions, since the typical concert experience today is a band playing nothing but their studio releases. I wonder what the reaction would have been if the C.U. LaTour setlist included new Bush Trilogy-style songs that had never been on the albums. [:P]
Well, half of that list was played live before they even recorded their first studio album. They probably had 15-20 songs (at least, I’m sure wempathy could confirm) in their arsenal at the time. I’ve seen a few bands ‘road test’ new songs, and then never end up recording them, for whatever reason. Regarding the later songs, “Eyes Of Christ” was re-worked into “Apathy” for 1000 Homo DJs, and at the moment I don’t remember the story behind “Hatred” (eventual Lead Into Gold song?). Ministry also had “I See Red” and “Thrill Kill Kult” as non-album live songs.
I doubt that song was ever played live more than a half-dozen times, but it so happens that one of those times it was recorded.
Actually twice. The Detroit Clutch’s Cargo show and the one from the East Side Club from the summer of 82 both have it. Ahhh what a gem. I know I’m such a nerd sometimes, but I love al that stuff. I can’t believe you hated She’s Got A Cause
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Hah. Love the hell outta “Love Change.” It’s got some of the most utterly atrocious synth work ever… so bad it’s good.
Have to go along with you on that one. And I’m partially accountable, unless you believe Al’s claim that he wrote everything, in which case I guess it’s all his fault. I doubt that song was ever played live more than a half-dozen times, but it so happens that one of those times it was recorded.
I bit my tongue, closed my eyes and held my nose everytime I had to play either Love Change, She’s Got a Cause or So-So Life.
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You didn’t like “So-So Life”? Wow. I personally love it. Should have been on “With Sympathy” right where “Should Have Known Better” is.
The version of that song that was up for download here is phenomenal, aside from this one part at about the 3:10 mark where I think Al sings “Fucking me to read my mind.” That alone is hilarious, but it SOUNDS like Al muffles his voice at the end of the sentence, almost as if in shame/embarassment, which makes it all the more comedic.
Well, half of that list was played live before they even recorded their first studio album. They probably had 15-20 songs (at least, I’m sure wempathy could confirm) in their arsenal at the time.
http://prongs.org/ministry/12-31-81-Chicago
Their arsenal at the start of the '82 tour was only 8-9 songs, including “some covers.” That’s what gave me the impression that Ministry may have began as they ended, as a cover band.
The weird thing about all of these unreleased songs is that the early Ministry releases distinctly look like they were trying to stretch a very limited repertoire of songs as far as possible. Was there really demand for dub mixes as B-sides of “Cold Life” and “Work For Love”? Why release “Primental” and “I Wanted to Tell Her” when they are almost the same music?
