lovely

Never thought there would be another Coil fan on TF.

Thanks!

make that 4. TMC is one of the best "bands" of the '80's

My fave is Fyt (new window)

I kept waiting for it to break into a techo-style beat. Was pleasantly surprised. Nice song.

I love the Coil (and the Cocteau Twins). Liz Frazer is one of the most gifted singers ever.

I love this cover, always have and always will. I especially thought it was the perfect choice for the famous scene in Lost Highway in which the song was used. In saying this, I feel it's pathetic on how many people that know and love this song don't know it's a Tim Buckley cover.

I bet that if you were to ask a random handful of This Mortal Coil fans if they knew it was originally done by Tim Buckley, they'd react with "who?".


Robert Plant did a phenonenal cover of it as well, but it seems nobody knows the farking thing exists

Bladel: Never thought there would be another Coil fan on TF.

Thanks!


Hey -- I'm a huge CT and TMC fan. It's easy to love quality.


/Iceblink Luck can still propel me through anything.
/check out the group the Cranes too

HagarTheHorrible: I kept waiting for it to break into a techo-style beat.


That was done too. Link (new window)

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The Messiah

Just some Cocteau Twins favorites for those who never heard them (others likely have their own favorites and there are many to choose from).

Iceblink Luck (new window)
Carolyn's Fingers (new window)
Heaven or Las Vegas (new window)
Aikea Guinea (new window)
Bluebeard (new window)
Pearly Dewdrops Drops (new window)

Sweet,

a 4AD thread.

Some of the only truly great sounds from the 80s came from 4AD bands. Everything else had that dreadful "80s sound"
Too harsh and digital.
Dead Can Dance,This Mortal Coil,Cocteau Twins,Modern English,Bauhaus,Pixies...etc...all had a nicer and more organic sound to them. They were all certainly very modern and cleanly recorded but there seemed a kinda old school analog warmth to the music.

Stood out like a sore thumb next to all the other 80s MTV type bands.

Awesome. So glad to see some other This Mortal Coil fans here. Really most anything that came out of 4AD back then was awesome.

/I think I prefer This Mortal Coils cover of Big Stars Kangaroo though.

Bladel: Never thought there would be another Coil fan on TF.

Thanks!

What about fans of Coil as in Sleazy and Jhno? :p

Buckley doing it solo on The Monkees with a 12-string acoustic beats this by about a zillion miles.

jerkobson: Awesome. So glad to see some other This Mortal Coil fans here. Really most anything that came out of 4AD back then was awesome.

/I think I prefer This Mortal Coils cover of Big Stars Kangaroo though.

In the covers-connection here, I come down this way:

Kangaroo - prefer This Mortal Coil
Holocaust - prefer Big Star

Bonus 2-degree round:
Femme Fatale - ever so slightly prefer Big Star over VU orig

/still loves VU
//I can haz blasphemey

This Mortal Coil was the best cover band of all time.

Glitchwerks: Bladel: Never thought there would be another Coil fan on TF.

Thanks!

What about fans of Coil as in Sleazy and Jhno? :p

Can we be fans of both?

craigdamage: Some of the only truly great sounds from the 80s came from 4AD bands. Everything else had that dreadful "80s sound"

Hey, can't I be a fan of Throwing Muses, Cocteau Twins, *and* Men at Work?

I cant wait until JFroo covers this

This is my favorite of Liz Frazer songs that are sung in english...:-D

Lurves me some TMC. 4AD is one of my favorite labels of all time.

Wow I remember that song from college. Usually it was on during nookie time.

When I saw the link, I thought This Mortal Coil would be some crappy grindcore band or something like that(Cut me some slack, they broke up when I was 2). When I read the thread and saw the Cocteau Twins mentioned, though, I had to watch it. What a nice surprise. I have never really gotten into the Cocteau Twins, but maybe I just haven't listened enough. Love most shoegaze, though.

/4AD always has and always will be awesome.

I've been groovin' on this song (as well as "Lorelei") since I was a destitute high school kid, but I just recently got more into the Cocteau Twins. Man. I can't believe what I was missing.

/I love reading her lyrics as written out
//For good for better Fred is dead will flee ill feef, aloof from waft a coffee effort

uPTheme: I have never really gotten into the Cocteau Twins, but maybe I just haven't listened enough.

I seem to be in a minority, but I kind of like Garlands. It's not really their most indicative of CT's sound though as it's closer to goth. Head Over Heels is probably much closer to the traditional shoegaze sound. I like bits and pieces of their other stuff, but I think quite a bit of their stuff is fairly unsatisfying fluff.

Ahhh...this takes me back...

This was on the first mix tape I was given by a girl. She was a student and deejay at Wash U in St Louis back in 1990. Did her show just for me and recorded the whole thing.

/Thanks, Beth. :)

Oh lovely. I like. Elisabeth Frazer is amazing.

Ah, nice. Still sounds good after all these years.

How about This Mortal Coil (new window)

Count me in as a 4ad fan, and the COcteau twins and TMC especially. They were a pretty logical jump from The Cure, and then from those I jumped to Ride, Lush, MBV and The Verve.

If there's one thing I took away from the Michael Bay's Texas Chainsaw Massacre was him using Song of The Siren in the trailer. I instantly looked it up and fell in love with TMC.

Thank you for a good thing, Michael Bay.

i know it's a comp of ep's - but i love Lush's Gala.

Nice, a 4AD thread. I used to listen to this song every day and I love TMC. Saw the Cotdeath Twins several times too. I think they were supposed to be at the Coachella before last but bailed on doing it. Last time I saw Liz she was with Massive Attack singing Teardrop. So freaking good.

How perfectly fitting that this would appear on fark for me today. I remember finally finding 16 days on 12" and being ecstatic. Still love it to this day.

Strength of Strings

carmody: Buckley doing it solo on The Monkees with a 12-string acoustic beats this by about a zillion miles.


Personally, I like them both. In fact, I reckon there aren't a heck of a lot of things that Elizabeth Fraser sings that I find myself having any trouble listening to at all. I'd probably have to go with Treasure as my favorite Cocteau Twins release.

Anyway, here's the Tim Buckley version mentioned. He co-wrote the song; the version he eventually recorded is kind of eerie compared to him doing it solo. Amazing talent.

Walkenstein: I love this cover, always have and always will. I especially thought it was the perfect choice for the famous scene in Lost Highway in which the song was used. In saying this, I feel it's pathetic on how many people that know and love this song don't know it's a Tim Buckley cover.

I bet that if you were to ask a random handful of This Mortal Coil fans if they knew it was originally done by Tim Buckley, they'd react with "who?".

Robert Plant did a phenonenal cover of it as well, but it seems nobody knows the farking thing exists


Real fans own this: http://quimby.gnus.org/html/title/or.html#originalversions (new window)

Khoja: Strength of Strings

Ya, one of my favs too, off of my fav TMC album

I was hoping for THIS Mortal Coil

DO NOT WANT Poster Girl:
Carolyn's Fingers

Never thought of myself as a huge fan, but I have always really liked this song.

Hold on, I gotta run to KFC and grab me a sadness bowl first.

AgentOrangeDrink: Hold on, I gotta run to KFC and grab me a sadness bowl first.

...will it be filled with a failure pile?

And when is that damned lunch gun going into mass production?

Walkenstein:
Robert Plant did a phenonenal cover of it as well, but it seems nobody knows the farking thing exists

Phenomenal? Plant's cover is awful. I can barely listen to it. I can appreciate that he included it on Dreamland, but it's not something you'd want to revisit often.

As for TMC, awesome. Watts-Russell tried to strike gold twice when he created The Hope Blister, but they made for a weak comparison to TMC. Still worth having, though.

ToeKnee666: Real fans own this: http://quimby.gnus.org/html/title/or.html#originalversions (new window)

REAL real fans have also hunted down the tracks that AREN'T on that cd and made a 30 song playlist on their ipods.

FirstNationalBastard: AgentOrangeDrink: Hold on, I gotta run to KFC and grab me a sadness bowl first.

...will it be filled with a failure pile?

And when is that damned lunch gun going into mass production?

In due time. Meanwhile, up here in Canada they're already working on Failure Pile 2: The Pilening (pops)

I like it.

But to be honest, I like Sheila Chandra's version better.

If only she doesn't do the vibrato (which I normally like, but this was overkill) like Tim Buckley (who was on the Monkees here I think).

/***CHILLS***

I just want to close this thread on a high note in case someone checks it later. Thank you Liz Frasier. You did an amazing job here on this cover. Truly a sad and chilling rendition. I have always loved it.