Cocteau Twins

nostalgiakills

nostalgiakills

TrendyMüller said:
Well, there are rather intelligent people who really do believe that Elizabeth Fraser used to be an oracle in the classical sense.
They believe that something walked in and made itself heard through her.
Naturally these muses find another host eventually. By the time her voice had shifted into this higher pitch and she sounded like a tortured dolphin, that something had clearly walked out, never to return.
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Well, that link was fascinating and utterly crazy.
 
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TrendyMüller

TrendyMüller

nostalgiakills said:
I just have to double down on this. Like, I don't believe a word of it - it's batshit, batshit mental - but fucking fascinating. https://secretsun.blogspot.com/2017/06/interlude-spirits-dont-speak-proper.html
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I think that this post you quoted sums it all up quite nicely, don´t you think?!
The basic facts are hard to refute:
The late Tim Buckley writes Song To The Siren, a song about drowning in the wake of ancient "water witches".
Liz is asked to sing the obscure Song To The Siren, which she did in one take and it became a timeless classic, inspiring many (visual and musical) artists for decades.
Jeff Buckley is fascinated by the rendition of his fathers song and falls in love with Liz eventually.
Wild romance ensues which ultimately ENDS IN TEARS, when Liz hears of Buckley drowning while she´s in the studio recording TEARDROP.

The story is tragic and almost unbelievable on surface level. But the rabbit hole that is opened here with all the symbolism that is involved, makes me seriously question the fabric of what we perceive as reality.

I appreciate that he himself is mocking himself for all the batshittery that he digs up.

I´m reading this blog for over a decade and it baffles me to no end. This man is not one of those conspiracy theorists who´s in it for the money, nor is he a dried-up esoteric.
Even if you allow yourself to believe only ten percent of what Chris Knowles is presenting here, you´ll actually find yourself questioning the reality of your own existence.
 
TrendyMüller

TrendyMüller

Eric Generic said:
Mind blown. How did I not have any idea this happened?
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Well. they were not especially tabloid personalities, weren´t they?

I had sort of abanodend them after Heaven Or Las Vegas and the first time I came to know about
Liz being the survivor of incest and childhood trauma was this brilliant piece by David Stubbs/Mr. Agreeable in 2004. It hit me like a ton of bricks!
It was such a shock that the people who created these amazingly beautiful, one-of-a-kind, surreal records were indeed a miserable bunch of coke heads and potential sufferers of multi-personality-disorder.
Well, that sound and that voice had to come from somewhere.

It was about this time that I had these occasional blasts of Cocteau-fever. A time where I would listen to nothing except CT for a few weeks. So when The Secret Sun started writing about the ramifications of Liz´ and Jeff´s romance, I wasn´t even surprised.

Their unreleased duet All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun, which @nostalgiakills linked above is so, so heartbreakingly beautiful. Liz however was trying to keep it from appearing anywhere. She felt it was unfinished and saw it as an intrusion of her privacy that other people would hear it.
 
hamicle

hamicle

I had never considered that “Song the the Siren” may have played any role in their paths crossing!

Is the song “Heaven or Las Vegas” the main example in their catalogue of Liz’ accent breaking through? I hear it in the way she sings the title line.
 
hamicle

hamicle

TrendyMüller said:
Well. they were not especially tabloid personalities, weren´t they?

I had sort of abanodend them after Heaven Or Las Vegas and the first time I came to know about
Liz being the survivor of incest and childhood trauma was this brilliant piece by David Stubbs/Mr. Agreeable in 2004. It hit me like a ton of bricks!
It was such a shock that the people who created these amazingly beautiful, one-of-a-kind, surreal records were indeed a miserable bunch of coke heads and potential sufferers of multi-personality-disorder.
Well, that sound and that voice had to come from somewhere.

It was about this time that I had these occasional blasts of Cocteau-fever. A time where I would listen to nothing except CT for a few weeks. So when The Secret Sun started writing about the ramifications of Liz´ and Jeff´s romance, I wasn´t even surprised.

Their unreleased duet All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun, which @nostalgiakills linked above is so, so heartbreakingly beautiful. Liz however was trying to keep it from appearing anywhere. She felt it was unfinished and saw it as an intrusion of her privacy that other people would hear it.
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The link to the David Stubbs piece goes somewhere else when i try it.
 
nostalgiakills

nostalgiakills

Dreampopboy said:


Two brand new songs from this self isolating queen is amazing!

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I used to worship Liz. WORSHIP her. Heaven Or Las Vegas is one of the greatest albums of all time. "Teardrop" is a miracle. Her cover of "At Last I Am Free" is revelatory.

BUT.

"Moses" was stinko. And her show at Meltdown was one of the most dispiriting things I've ever seen - several totally unmemorable songs, and all the old ones sung in a voice so timid you'd swear she was apologising for them.

So, unless something has drastically changed, I'm not counting on this new release being any good at all.
 
Humanracin

Humanracin

Super excited for the new EP.
All 5 songs are new to me, I’m sure this version of Underwater will be way better than the original.
Will try to grab the vinyl on RSD but hoping there will be a CD release at some point.
 
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