Since the other thread had quite a few replies, I figured I’d start a new one so these weren’t lost in the replies.
Here’s an early scribbling together of Thieves. This is obviously before it was fully flushed out at all.
And here’s the song, somewhat fully ordered, complete with a phoenetic spelling of “syphillitic”.
There are several sheets like this - a photocopy of Thieves lyris with additional notes made. Some of these changes stayed, some didn’t.
And here’s another. This one has the tracks numbered.
Those of you who’ve read Chris’ book (buy it now if you haven’t: http://tinyurl.com/2asw9c ) might remember the story about Faith Collapsing. Basically, the guys sat around trying to think of something that has as many syllables as the chanting in the song. They made lists of possible names until Faith Collapsing won out.
Well, here’s one of the lists:
Here’s another. I’m guessing this is the master version, as it’s pretty long and has not only the winner, but a couple other possible contenders that are starred.
front:
and back:
Not being musically inclined, I can only guess this lists some of the chord structure in Breathe.
This is some great stuff, and kinda reinforces my belief that Mind, while not one of my favorite Ministry albums, has to be one of, if not the, best, simply because it truly shows what a group of people can accomplish when they get together, forget the drama, make music, and have fun doing it!
Also… “Great Hibachi?” NICE.
