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The Sisters of Mercy — Lucretia My Reflection
Album: Floodland
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Released: 1987
Length: 4:37
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I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down, I hear empire down

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Love lost, fire at will
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill
I hear a dive, bombers, and
Empire down, empire down

I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
Get it down, get undressed
Get pretty, but you and me
We got the kingdom, we got the key

We got the empire, now as then
We don't doubt, we don't take direction
Lucretia, my reflection
Dance the ghost with me

We look hard, we look through
We look hard to see for real
Such things I hear, they don't make sense
I don't see much evidence
I don't feel, I don't feel, I don't feel

A long train held up by page on page
A hard reign held up by rage
Once a railroad
Now it's done

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down

We got the empire, now as then
We don't doubt, we don't take reflection
Lucretia, my direction
Dance the ghost with me
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A one of a kind voice. Very cool.
Posted 3 days ago by NHemp    [ Reply ]
Posted 10 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
Happy memories of my rebellious years.
Posted 10 months ago by ukrainian    [ Reply ]
Love this track 
Posted 1 year ago by ukrainian    [ Reply ]
I saw them before the madness hit and ummm it was very sad. All the music came from a laptop and the "guitarist" thought he was God's gift. Let's say that a laptop is not Dr Avalanche.
Posted 2 years ago by janac13    [ Reply ]
Crank this up and be grateful.
Posted 3 years ago by milleymeister    [ Reply ]
Memories of the San Francsico goth club scene in the mid-1990s, when it had achieved a sort of golden age.
Posted 3 years ago by Harlock    [ Reply ]
best comment on YouTube and for the young ones: this is the music batman is listening in his batmobile
Posted 3 years ago by gurke    [ Reply ]
Still outstanding after all these years and not just because of the memories. Crank it up! 
Posted 3 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
A great blast from the past,love it✌️
Posted 3 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:
So generic. What makes this special?
 
How the Fck is this generic? I don't think you know what that word means.
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
immortal!
Posted 4 years ago by danny_t    [ Reply ]
Nooooooo! All these years I thought it was "vampire damned" not "empire down." I hate published lyrics. So unnecessary.  
Posted 4 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
YeeeHAY! Blew a couple sets of speakers in my old Chevette jammin' to this!

Posted 4 years ago by rev_cletus    [ Reply ]
New to me, I likie. Wasn't listening to this genre at that time in my life.
Posted 4 years ago by DonJ802    [ Reply ]
So, I've played South Park - The stick of truth, and a song similar to this one plays while you interact with the Goth kids. That led me to discover this amazing tune, so I'm grateful to Trey Parker and Matt Stone for broadening my musical horizons! <3

P.S. This radio is the best! 
Posted 4 years ago by Epomophorus    [ Reply ]
Now, how about some Mission UK?
Posted 5 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by kuly-s    [ Reply ]
got a slight hint of Type O Negative  to it.. 😎
Posted 5 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
he's got the David Bowie baritone . . . . nice
Posted 5 years ago by DChas    [ Reply ]
 Monoman wrote:
Wow in all my years of listening to RP I can't recall ever hearing any Sisters of Mercy.  I wouldn't mind getting some more mixed in from time to time.

Thanks bill.

My thought exactly, I wasn't sure if I'm listening  to RP or my Spotify :-)


 

Posted 5 years ago by Fanfund    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:
So generic. What makes this special?
 
Guess you had to be there in the 80s.  Buckets of sweat on the dance floor whenever this came on.  Industrial music was the anti-disco bomb.
Posted 5 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Still one of my fave dark wave dance floor songs. Burned a lot of boot leather to this. Is it dated? oh yeah. Andrew Eldritch a pretentious twat on stage? definitely. But it kicks fucking ass cranked to 11 as goth beauties swoop and swirl through the night.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
tres
Posted 5 years ago by MrMelons    [ Reply ]
So generic. What makes this special?
Posted 5 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
 robco1 wrote:

Oh, its not wrong, its naughty though!{#Whipit}
 
Add me to the list as well! <3
Posted 5 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
He's become such a parody of himself but there are some tunes which just rock. This and Some Kind of Stranger still get me after all these years.

Still a 9 for me.
Posted 5 years ago by be4con    [ Reply ]
I love the lyrics to this song.  Inspired.
Posted 6 years ago by reindeer    [ Reply ]
Pretty good, says this observer {#Music}
Posted 7 years ago by tfioreze    [ Reply ]
Love the Darknes of the Sisters
Posted 7 years ago by Zickezacke    [ Reply ]
 pinto wrote:

Doesn't matter who it is - for some reason it must be against the law to actually smile for an album cover or publicity photo.

 
Smiling isn't sexy.  Unless you're Marilyn, of course.

ps  is this likely?

https://teamrock.com/feature/2016-06-21/andrew-eldritch-sisters-of-mercy-will-make-another-album-if-trump-is-elected
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
The opening bass line made me think this was Frank Black/Pixies...
Posted 7 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
i wonder how many folks who've never seen the lyrics think he's saying something about a vampire...
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Makes me so nostalgic for my goth ways and days. Doesn't hold up really well I guess but still moves me so I've got it rated an 8.
Posted 7 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
AWESOME ALWAYS

 Image result for the sisters of mercy gif
Posted 7 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
Praying to never hear this again....
Posted 7 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
Haunting.  I like it.
Posted 7 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
On par with anythhg Yoko has put out....

{#Frustrated} 
Posted 8 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
this has a 'march into the madness' vibe.  enjoyable 
Posted 8 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:
they look so serious on the album cover

 
Doesn't matter who it is - for some reason it must be against the law to actually smile for an album cover or publicity photo.
Posted 8 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Nice segue from Camel Walk!!! {#Cheesygrin}
{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 8 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Oh, the days when I was the gothest goth who ever gothed! Love it!
Posted 8 years ago by mamahoneymeow    [ Reply ]
Ahh the dooming sounds of my youth, still loving it. The nearly 10min extended version is even better.
Posted 8 years ago by Broken_Ear    [ Reply ]
They're playing my song....
Posted 8 years ago by LucretiaUK    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:
The bass line in this always hooks me.

 
like you said...love it
Posted 8 years ago by rascal    [ Reply ]
they look so serious on the album cover
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
thank you, just what I needed!! 
 
Posted 8 years ago by pixiep    [ Reply ]
                                    Last to know newway kid is kinda short of heroic
                                        When he discovers himself as another gothic.
                                         Now watch out,  he'll neutralize them both
                                              Just by scratching  some surface..
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Oh, to be young again... <3
Posted 8 years ago by Nomikos    [ Reply ]
Just bumped this one up to an eight. The nostalgia rules, but it hurts so good.
Posted 9 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
whoa Bill has gone someplace dark.......

....i kinda like it. 
Posted 9 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
Gotta love this, keep the perspective ... a time ... a place.  "Dated" okay, so is Bach, so is Clapton, so are the Beatles, so what?  For that time and place, SOM were/are definitive.
Posted 10 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
 ick wrote:

...just like saying "hella" anything
 
maybe, but sounds dated nevertheless
Posted 12 years ago by JHZ    [ Reply ]
i am SO playing this at the Halloween party
Posted 12 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 ick wrote:

...just like saying "hella" anything
 
hella yeah
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
 neuticle wrote:
used to love this band..now it sounds kitschy and hella dated
 
...just like saying "hella" anything
Posted 12 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Sounds like German rock...
Sucko Barfo for me...
Posted 12 years ago by vanmas    [ Reply ]
used to love this band..now it sounds kitschy and hella dated
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
YES YES YES YES.  More Sisters on RP please! {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 12 years ago by Sarcasm-hime    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a missing track from one of Bowie's lesser albums.
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Is the Michael Jackson in the background on the cover. 
Posted 12 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
This is one of their best and a classic SOM!!!  Thanks Bill!
Posted 12 years ago by Dana_Montroy    [ Reply ]
Bought this on an EP I think when it came out as a teenager....We couldn't tell at first by listening whether to play it at 33rpm or 45rpm! 
Posted 12 years ago by jozooka    [ Reply ]
Yes Yes Yes!
Posted 12 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]

SISTER RULE!!!


Posted 13 years ago by motorichi    [ Reply ]
{#Skull} Sweet!!!  Bring on the spooky — tis the season! ('Course really, every day is Halloween...)  {#Skull}

Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
Nice. Could we also hear some American Goth?

Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Gimme more!
Posted 13 years ago by HeyAbbott    [ Reply ]
Sisters... music of my youth... still excellent and god-like.
Posted 13 years ago by eltom    [ Reply ]
Single greatest SoM song ever.  THANK YOU!

{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 13 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
RP goes Gothic!  I love it!!
Posted 13 years ago by meauclaire    [ Reply ]
Solid 9 just for the time machine factor alone. For a second there, I actually missed 1989!
Posted 13 years ago by drinkycrow    [ Reply ]
The Sisters (and not twisted) rule...9!

Posted 14 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
"10"

A simple song - yes- but all the emotions one needs!

To be with a girl! The right one...!

Think back....!!!

Wooow - I am freakin' out!

How much this rocks - and sex'  ...!!!

Amazing!!!


Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]

We got the kingdom, we got the key
We got the empire, now as then,
We don't doubt, we don't take direction,
Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me


Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
badass vocals but the generic 80s backbeat swing renders it campy .............in a good way!
 
...i'm picturing the back-alley punk bullies from howard the duck...
Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
This tune never fails to remind me of Kenny's stoner episode of South Park.
Posted 14 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
badass vocals but the generic 80s backbeat swing renders it campy .............in a good way!
Posted 14 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Love that segue from BRMC. {#Guitarist}
Posted 14 years ago by nevar23    [ Reply ]
The bass line in this always hooks me.
Posted 14 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
Plant & Krauss into Black Rebel Motorcycle Club into the Sisters....damn, I have been away from RP too long.  I forgot just how cool this place is!{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 14 years ago by robbeek    [ Reply ]
My immediate though is that the sisters are rescuing me from Vast.
Posted 14 years ago by denbear    [ Reply ]
 jools wrote:

Fred - I would just love to see a pic of you as a Goth!
 
Closet Goth, Jules. I never did the whole black coat, black hair, eyeliner bit, though I was pretty moody and miserable in those days which probably explains the attraction of Goth. That and a failed (luckily) Catholic upbringing. Maybe I'll dress up as a Goth some time to scare my nieces and nephews ;)

So, RP, how's about a bit of the Neph as well as SoM?

Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Dance the ghost with me...
Posted 14 years ago by Dillinquent    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

I'll second that, as a closet Goth who was a major fan of SoM in their Goth days, before they went downhill to mainstream HM. Strange bunch of guys too, and Andrew Eldritch was a great name for the lead singer and songwriter. Floodland would be one of my 'desert island' CDs which I couldn't do without. A rare 10 from the Nottingham jury.
 
Fred - I would just love to see a pic of you as a Goth!
Posted 14 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
 whitebuffalo wrote:
This song makes me long for bustiers, black boots and eyeliner. Is this wrong?
 
Oh, its not wrong, its naughty though!{#Whipit}
Posted 14 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
Hey, is it April 1st already.  This is pretty funny.
Posted 14 years ago by Nala    [ Reply ]
 sdn wrote:

Seconded!

 
I'll Third that emotion!

Posted 14 years ago by whitebuffalo    [ Reply ]
This song makes me long for bustiers, black boots and eyeliner. Is this wrong?
Posted 14 years ago by whitebuffalo    [ Reply ]
More Sisters of Mercy please!
Posted 14 years ago by smokingpikachu    [ Reply ]
Sweet. Takes me back to my goth girl days. Have an overwhelming urge to go paint my nails black.
Posted 14 years ago by Exene    [ Reply ]
 Austin2Florida wrote:
"Hey now Hey now now..."             Wish you would play This Corrosion.
 
Seconded!

Posted 14 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
 Monoman wrote:
Wow in all my years of listening to RP I can't recall ever hearing any Sisters of Mercy.  I wouldn't mind getting some more mixed in from time to time.

thanks bill.
 
I'll second that, as a closet Goth who was a major fan of SoM in their Goth days, before they went downhill to mainstream HM. Strange bunch of guys too, and Andrew Eldritch was a great name for the lead singer and songwriter. Floodland would be one of my 'desert island' CDs which I couldn't do without. A rare 10 from the Nottingham jury.

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Who ARE you, and what have you done with our DJ?

Anyway, keep up the goth good work.
Posted 15 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
Way Goth!
Posted 15 years ago by xc_para_puravida    [ Reply ]
 dctrpunda wrote:
not so much
 

Oh so much! (But, maybe you had to be there at the time....and I was!!)
Posted 15 years ago by Akaiila    [ Reply ]
Wow in all my years of listening to RP I can't recall ever hearing any Sisters of Mercy.  I wouldn't mind getting some more mixed in from time to time.

thanks bill.


Posted 15 years ago by Monoman    [ Reply ]
not so much
Posted 15 years ago by dctrpunda    [ Reply ]
{#Lol} cool.

Posted 15 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2} Love it!

Posted 15 years ago by nevar23    [ Reply ]
"Hey now Hey now now..."             Wish you would play This Corrosion.
Posted 15 years ago by Austin2Florida    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
What next, Rob Zombie?? LOL
 

I wouldn't mind hearing some heavier sounds on RP from time to time.
Posted 15 years ago by annie_fannie    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:
They sound as horrid as Midnight Oil.
 

...funny, i bought blue sky mining and gift at the same time back in the spring of 1990, and it took a while to acclimate my ear to listening to both of them...
Posted 15 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Sisters of Mercy, Thanks Bill!! {#Cool}
Posted 15 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
 defines the description "throbbing bass"!
Posted 15 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
They sound as horrid as Midnight Oil.
Posted 15 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
WooHoo !!!!!!!!!

{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Bleh...
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Wow - this takes me back to college....
Posted 15 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
What next, Rob Zombie?? LOL
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
I didn't know this band back then.  They do remind me of that whole "Cure, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Eurythmics, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode" era....

Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
I've always been a pushover for that kind of beat.
Posted 15 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Wow - brings back memories of seeing Sisters of Mercy and the Mission UK (not necessarily together) at the old Ritz in NYC during college.
Posted 15 years ago by doriso    [ Reply ]
 michaeleconomy wrote:
sounds like H.I.M. but not as good
 
WHAT? LMAO!
Posted 16 years ago by Verpeiler    [ Reply ]
Mondo uber double-plus great job! 
More Sisters please!
Posted 16 years ago by xyphen    [ Reply ]
Wow! This takes me back to my teenage-club-going-haze! {#Drunk}

Posted 16 years ago by jstrait    [ Reply ]
cheer up goth!
Posted 16 years ago by oilydwarf    [ Reply ]

You didn't have to be a teenager when this came out to appreciate it! 

{#Guitarist}

Posted 16 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Straight to high-school bliss! The song's probably a 6-7, gets a 9 for the memories, and RP once again gets a 10 for making me grin like a loon on a Sunday afternoon. Thanks Bill!
Posted 16 years ago by Akaiila    [ Reply ]