Ministry "With Sympathy" C/D

Surely you mean Idiocy.

Why is this surprising to you?

RULES!

WTF

"she's got a cause"!!!

6. What He Say

i've seen many countries
argue about human lives
but one thing that stays the same is
the clubs are always full at night

pick out any far-out place
like kenya or swaziland
doesn't matter what the place
they'll still be dancing to the band

(mumble mumble jumble)
(garble warble farble)
(mumble mumble jumble)
(garble warble farble)
(mumble mumble jumble) what he say?
(garble warble farble)
(mumble mumble jumble) what he say?
(garble warble farble) let's dance!

say you've found a homeland? (move to it, move to it)
say you've found a clubland? (get to it, get to it)
now you've got a song? (groove to it, groove to it)
got to find a partner (just get to it, get to it)

(mumble mumble jumble)
(garble warble farble)
(mumble mumble jumble)
(garble warble farble)
(mumble mumble jumble) what he say?
(garble warble farble)
(mumble mumble jumble) what he say?
(garble warble farble) let's dance!

let's dance!

i've seen many a race of people
argue many things before
but there is one language that
gets you understood for sure

not a language of the mouth
it's only for the feet
grab a russian by the hands
and he will feel the need
that's right!

(mumble mumble jumble)
(garble warble farble)
(mumble mumble jumble)
(garble warble farble)
(mumble mumble jumble) what he say?
(garble warble farble)
(mumble mumble jumble) what he say?
(garble warble farble) let's dance!

let's dance!

this redeems yer many stylistic transgressions, mr. miccio! :-)

several other thoughts: (a) amg's entry -- saying that this CD would surely be one of the favorites of ally sheedy in the breakfast club is 100 OTM%; (b) "cocaine [or is it heroin?] is one helluva drug;" (c) there are some rather interesting parallels b/w the ministry and depeche mode (both start out making lightweight yet likeable synth-pop, and get MUCH darker and nastier as they go on ["heroin is one helluva drug"]; (d) with sympathy is pretty similar to the tom tom club!

An audio recording of this show exists.

!!!!!!!!

and it looks like they did a fad gadget cover ("ricky's hand")!!

Words cannot express how much this statement creeps me the fuck out. How young are you?

this?

http://members.aol.com/NaylzIX/alain-3a.gif

or this?

http://koti.mbnet.fi/mode2001/on%20the%20shower.jpg

http://ministrymusic.org/mags/other/trouser-press-march-1983.jpg

give me this over any ministry post 1992.

damn, can't find the work for love review from smash hits. it must've hit that great paper recycler a long time ago. damn.

Alan, you mean. ;-)

Anyway, back to the flamin', funkin' Ministry.

A cougar is more like a kitten than it is like a velociraptor but that doesn't mean it would make an appropriate pet for a four-year-old.

GOTHFIGHT!

Alan, you mean.

Och! You're right. Wait, who is Martin Wilder?

i only really know the hits and their To Live and Die in L.A. soundtrack which i really dislike.

i think i missed an oxford comma here, or something. i like the hits but dislike the soundtrack.

from that interview above, looks like Al is really making it all up as he goes - i do not believe a single word of his recollection of the period

After only having heard Psalm and Dark Side Of The Spoon, I've been dipping in and out of the rest of Ministry's catalogue recently. Listening to the much-maligned Filth Pig right now and.... uh, what's wrong with this? It's kinda great? And not really as huge a departure from the Psalm 69 sound really. I'm pretty into it I must say

I hope he renames it With Shrimpathy or something. That would be the most Ministry thing to do.

Haha

or With Syphilis.

I haven’t tried to listen to Filth Pig in about 20 years but I also hated Psalm 69 so I don’t expect to find much to enjoy

filth pig is fine. probably the last one you need to hear? always liked the dylan cover.

The difference is that Psalm 69 was great and filth pig is shite. The fact that it might still be better than what came after, shows how low they sunk after the amazing run of Twitch to Psalm 69.

when filth pig came out i was living with a girlfriend who had an ex-roommate who didn't have a phone so people would call for her at our apartment. one of those people was Al. my girlfriend's friend was a very very big, uh, music fan. when she was younger she had followed Nelson around the country and then later...Collective Soul. we had fun listening to Al's unintelligible phone messages.

#this90smoment

This morning's listening confirms Dark Side Of The Spoon is a lot worse than Filth Pig

I've never understood what everyone's problem is with Filth Pig either. OK I do if you didn't like Psalm 69.

I've only listened to 3 post-Filth Pig albums and while none of them are great or even good, they all have a couple of songs I like on them.

Yeah, sounds great to me. Maybe it just wasn't right for the time?

I cannot work out whether this contemporaneous review is delighted or damning https://metalinjection.net/editorials/25-years-ago-today-ministry-released-filth-pig

never cared for anything much after "the mind is a terrible thing..." though Jesus Built My Hotrod was fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGjcMPbQN0o

Can't decide whether this is awesome or pathetic. The convoluted interviews he's giving to justify the 180 on those songs are pretty exasperating.

the 20th century was pretty stupid, if they're playing it now I want to hear it!

Al needs the money, and the kidz today want to hear that stuff apparently. Also he’s old, can’t keep up the intensity of In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up

Oh yeah - nothing wrong with giving the people what they're willing to pay for. Just spare us the myth of the martyr artist

i would like this more if they didn't dress the way they do

that set and those clothes at a day show crack me up, it's awesome

i don't care about any of Al's BS. I would just love to see that setlist performed live before i leave this planet.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ministry/2024/brookside-park-pasadena-ca-43abefe7.html

https://consequence.net/2025/02/ministry-the-squirrely-years-album-2025-tour/

The tour will see Al Jourgensen and company performing songs from early albums "With Sympathy" and "Twitch."

Ministry’s 2025 Tour Dates:

04/29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren *
04/30 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel *
05/02 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
05/03 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues *
05/04 – Dallas, TX @ Factory *
05/06 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern *
05/08 – Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
05/09 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera *
05/10 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral *
05/12 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage *
05/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall +
05/14 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner +
05/16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount +
05/17 – Montreal, QC @ MTelus +
05/18 – Toronto, ON @ History +
05/20 – Minneapolis, MN @ Palace +
05/21 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre +
05/23 – Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall +
05/24 – Calgary, AB @ Palace Theatre +
05/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore +
05/28 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo +
05/29 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Live Casino +
05/31 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom +
06/01 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Union +
06/03 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield +
06/04 – Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium +
06/05 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues +

* = w/ Nitzer Ebb and Die Krupps
+ = w/ My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps

Been listening to the new record - those covers don't sound that different from the originals but I felt like I was listening to the Bloodhound Gang at times. Oh well

I bought it and it's kind of fun, especially side 2, but i don't think it's something i'll revisit very often. I have slight buyers remorse.

I will never purchase this album because of the artwork

it actually comes wrapped in a completely different sleeve so you never need see the artwork.

it actually comes wrapped in a completely different sleeve so you never need see the artwork.

He's learning from Cannibal Corpse, I see.

It is really fun and it is really terrible at the same time. It's the Beach Boys' Love You of industrial music. I'm enjoying it

I don't know what that cover us about but it's kind if typical for them by now, no?

I appreciate that the Twitch stuff is relatively straightforward. Like Al thought about putting a bunch of guitar over it and then was like “nah, this is great as it is”