Cocteau Twins: proof lyrics don't matter when the voice is an instrument in its own right.

@hadeseye2297

4 жыл бұрын

Dead Can Dance. Lisa Gerrard sings in her own language.

@tdsims1963

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Yep.

@tdsims1963

4 жыл бұрын

@@hadeseye2297 I've listened to a lot of Dead Can Dance. Which albums are you referring to?

@hadeseye2297

4 жыл бұрын

@@tdsims1963 Anyone. There was even nice interview with Lisa where she stands "Under the bridge" and sings trying to sound like moving cars. She said that her voice is instrument. But if you ask me about my favourite it's definitely Aion.

@ksully27

4 жыл бұрын

Also Hiatus Kaiyote, D'Angelo, Death Grips

"Lyrics are just a trick to get people to listen to music for longer than they normally would." - David Byrne

@takatrip7560

3 жыл бұрын

why their band maybe was called, talking heads....

@gmar7836

3 жыл бұрын

REM

@j.c7719

3 жыл бұрын

They are also a way of expressing yourself though too and making statements, poetry kind of thing, they do serve a purpose.

@Dunbie_

3 жыл бұрын

Interestingly both artists are Scottish

@gmar7836

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dunbie_ i’ll take anything Scottish

Used to work in a bike shop and the guy who owned it would nail this album on repeat daily. This is an absolutely fantastic song.

@deolimar1977

8 ай бұрын

Good memories

@Alex-mt6fe

4 ай бұрын

Cant beat bilke shop memories.

@WJF1

Ай бұрын

I used to own a bike shop back in the 90s and Cocteau Twins were a staple

Nobody can match her. They created their own world

@redskies4530

Жыл бұрын

Hi I recommend an indie rock song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

@Jacob-vz9nk

10 ай бұрын

The cranberries….

@BionicRusty

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely. They are their own genre and one I have been a devotee of for decades. I have all their music on original vinyl and each one is a prized possession.

@devincampbell5007

5 ай бұрын

Enya Dolores O’Riordan (The Cranberries) Leigh Nash (Sixpence None the Richer)

@maiqtheliar_

4 ай бұрын

@@Jacob-vz9nk there's no reason to compare these bands. Cocteau Twins is the literal definition of dream pop.

I remember summer of 2004, I worked at an absolutely miserable job, I waited all day for my lunch break so I could go to the roof of the parking garage so I could listen to this album, and this song at least 3 or 4 times. It was the best part of my day.

@ronfontenot6993

8 жыл бұрын

been there!!! I like to listen to the same song about ten times though!!

@jacqrolston755

7 жыл бұрын

There are no words xxx

@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344

7 жыл бұрын

I am glad.

@gregorylevasseur6188

7 жыл бұрын

Great album

@juliosken

7 жыл бұрын

I relate to that

every Cocteau Twins song is so bittersweet. it's kind of like those little happy moments in a small, sad life. gotta love them for it.

@efebrahim

5 жыл бұрын

yup, its eerie stuff. this song right here makes u feel like either they captured life. or sometimes like ur life is suddenly a movie. real magic.

@saintherip8624

4 жыл бұрын

It feels like a cone of convenience-store sundae after a 9 to 5 job that doesn't pay well and has a very mean employer and you need to be home by 6 to assist a dying loved one.

@josephbeierschmitt

4 жыл бұрын

that’s an interesting way to put it, I actually kinda agree. the Cocteau Twins also have a very nostalgic sound.

@Nick-pt6sl

3 жыл бұрын

@@saintherip8624 I agree w/ the original post but THAT sounds very personal

@BrianOogln007

3 жыл бұрын

ive been listening to this album non-stop, I need help!! lol

This song is a 10/10 classic that will never get old.

I hear, "Singin' on a famous street, I want to love a beau that won't love me. Am I just in heaven or Las Vegas? 'Cos you're the more brighter than the sun is to me" Only Elizabeth Fraser really knows. Fantastic work of art, exhilaratingly performed.

Be careful, it's a trap. I had no plans for my day. But then I heard this song. Now I have to listen to everything they have done. And I have heard it all before. What a great way to spend my day.

@vancewright45

4 жыл бұрын

Tall Dave LMAO

@sofiruedalala

4 жыл бұрын

THAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING TO ME RIGHT NOW!! IT ALWAYS DOES! HAHA

@tapsanelikettu2985

4 жыл бұрын

I was going to shower..

@duewhit310

4 жыл бұрын

If i listen to 45minutes or more of Cocteau Twins its unsettling to even consider listening to anyone else's music FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. And thats how i feel about that.

@talldave1000

4 жыл бұрын

@@duewhit310 - Exactly! Anything else, kills the mood.

The vibe of this song makes me feel like im a highschool girl entering prom. I am a 30 year old man.

@chrisvanwalsum9056

5 жыл бұрын

nothing has been more accurate

@chrisv3338

5 жыл бұрын

Hit the nail on the fucking head with that one.

@jasminejabir4610

5 жыл бұрын

😂🙌🙌

@nwsportstilidie

5 жыл бұрын

Hey turning 30 was the best thing that ever happened to me. I first heard this song a couple weeks after I turned 30, in the Las Vegas airport. Tired as fuck from Vegas. I turn 31 next month. Life is crazy. Never too old.

@Fapswitch

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! I never thought of this song that way but it has an element of contemplation during a moment of fleeting beauty and joy. One of my all-time favorite songs.

Her voice is just out of this world…their music is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard.

What a damned amazing song. Then I realize I am crying at nonsense words. A beautiful trick.

@marvelharris9540

2 жыл бұрын

Its the native tongue of Ireland... far from nonsense

@CmdrWinters

2 жыл бұрын

@@marvelharris9540 do you have a source for that? Their own Wikipedia article says that she sings in glossolalia. Not to mention the fact that they’re Scottish

@dwaynekeenum1916

2 жыл бұрын

@@marvelharris9540 dumb

@charleslarson5983

Жыл бұрын

@@marvelharris9540 it is absolutely NOT the native tongue of ireand

@mortlieb8239

Жыл бұрын

@@marvelharris9540 it's English and she sings with a thick Scottish accent. The lyrics can be found online.

I want to feel like how this song sounds.

@manorbier

4 жыл бұрын

Oh man 😔🖤

@theone456

4 жыл бұрын

If only

@jalexseva4190

4 жыл бұрын

Stay Beautiful 💔😞

@kamikazechivalry1264

4 жыл бұрын

Do drugs.

@chesecak9535

4 жыл бұрын

have you ever done mdma

My parents would play this when we would drive at night, so now this eternally reminds me of childhood nighttime drives, half awake half asleep while this played on the sound system. Good good times. Edit: Wow thank you all so much for so many likes and comments, I didn't expect this to be so well received lol.

@AshenRinglets

3 жыл бұрын

That is so cool. My kids love the Cocteau Twins

@josephreilly6328

3 жыл бұрын

Half in shadow half in light, not warm not cold perfect bliss

@lebaumel

3 жыл бұрын

This exactly what this songs reminds me, of a late night drive where my dad put some music in the radio, and i was half-sleep and barely putting attention to the song, but either way the song set the journey back home, maybe after a long day in the house of someone i don't even remember that well

@capgage1

3 жыл бұрын

Snowcardinal, you are very fortunate to have experienced this music in this way. You will never forget it.

@simoncallister6071

3 жыл бұрын

Your parents are legends

It's so impressive how they come up with such such unique and sophisticated vocal melodies on top of simple chord progressions.

@jack-uv6mt

8 ай бұрын

its not a simple chord progression theyre actually fairly difficult chords

@jack-uv6mt

8 ай бұрын

not tryna be an asshole. i cant play this song comfortably sdo in my experience its difficult. although i guess its difficult and simple because its not a huge number of chords

@z23xc5

8 ай бұрын

​@@jack-uv6mtAs with all the Cocteau twins songs, there are nuances in this song that are fairly tricky. But I'm talking about the chord foundation in which the melody is based on - D G C

@z23xc5

8 ай бұрын

​@@jack-uv6mtTo add. For example, the melody in the verse is sophisticated but the guitar chords are just alternating between D an G. It then changes to a C chord when the chorus comes in.

@jack-uv6mt

8 ай бұрын

i guess my point was the voicings are odd and you have to stretch you fingers along four frets@@z23xc5

My god, her eyes are insanely mesmerizing. Voice is right there also.

@redskies4530

Жыл бұрын

Hi I recommend an indie rock song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

New Order, The Cure, Cocteau Twins, Psychedelic Furs. The '80s ruled

@lucyhightree1520

3 жыл бұрын

WHAT? HELL YES!!!!!

@lucyhightree1520

3 жыл бұрын

Only those who lived through it will ever understand how glorious it truly was!

@josephmorris7447

3 жыл бұрын

can we include Depeche Mode?

@dimashadiwardani

3 жыл бұрын

jesus and mary chain

@jupiter6647

3 жыл бұрын

exactly, art. emotion..

♫ Singin' on a feeboo streeeee, I want to love-a-gomba-gom-gom-beee ♪

@999Cinderwolf

5 жыл бұрын

Haaa haaa!! I heard it "I want to lo-ve a gum bumblebee"

@999Cinderwolf

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe because I'm mexican and I dont speak english... So properly

@Deckardpr

5 жыл бұрын

Gomba gom gom beee heaven.

@DougPoker

4 жыл бұрын

It’s like she pulled the words right from my heart 😂

@misanthropickat6167

4 жыл бұрын

I love Gumby too

This song is so incredibly familiar yet I’m sure I have never listened to this before. What a voice!

@aegisreflector1239

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I know what you mean

@fornieve9471

Жыл бұрын

Yea

@MisterAAB1

Жыл бұрын

I love when that happens. There are just some artists that somehow make you feel something and it's not always about dancing. It's like a memory of something that hasn't happened yet or a feeling you've felt before.

@imixmuan9081

Жыл бұрын

Love love is a verb, love is a doing word....teardrop on the fire of a confession. Sound familiar? Same voice....

@charliedesrochers8386

Жыл бұрын

The music in the background sounds a bit like « pictures of you » from The Cure

The vibe of this song makes me feel like what I am, a 57 year old man reflecting on life and on the life of others dear to me being grateful that I lived and breathed in the '80s.

@firay3435

7 ай бұрын

This is so unique to me,the fact this song resonates with so many different people ,I find this song ethereal,as if it’s a part of my soul,I am 16 and I’m girl

@marystaramour5535

Ай бұрын

Me too !!! What a bliss 🥰❤️‍🔥💎

To the stranger who played Cocteau Twins at a random bar in Siem Reap last February 2019 - just wanna let you know I haven’t forgotten you.

@TonyJuanPailos

3 жыл бұрын

It was me: Tony.

@fvergation2581

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I can confirm it was: Tony

@Wesker346

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was Tony

@lol-ki8yd

3 жыл бұрын

i have to let you know, it was: Tony.

@slightdifferences9780

3 жыл бұрын

I heard it was actually, contrary to popular belief: Tony

One of the most lush songs ever written. A big, glowing, bright orange hug of a track.

@charliez077

6 жыл бұрын

"orange hug of a track" is absolutely on point ;)))

@seriskifotavrus6442

5 жыл бұрын

This is an extremely one of the best clip&lyric&music of CT forever!!!;-)))Greetings from Russia to all fans of CT in the whole world!!!That's music CT is incredible&outstanding!!!

@Lerch-zc3ww

5 жыл бұрын

Well said.....

@micahnewman

5 жыл бұрын

Pulsating with multicolored lights. The video captures it well.

@bearsnevergiveup

4 жыл бұрын

very poetic

Liz is my favorite vocalist of all time. Truly the voice of angels.

@yome6132

Жыл бұрын

there are demons living in my soul they tell me to order you to submit to the bug lord of the genesian realm taker he will guide you to salvation of cleansed mind and a world of one thousand wishes to be grantable upon enlightenment

@bellona6356

11 ай бұрын

​@@yome6132😂

I love how everyone gets a different memory or core feeling from this song

@MassiveFish-hp4pm

Жыл бұрын

Hey you might like a band called the Doublejumps if you like Cocteau Twins

@Betchbquie

Жыл бұрын

@@MassiveFish-hp4pm did I ask

Liz is so beautiful and that voice makes this 61 year old man cry. Cocteau Twins are the best.

@helter696skelter

7 жыл бұрын

Мазер Сайбирия кэн край ту.

@andjarosic

7 жыл бұрын

brate srbine! :D

@pjay9518

7 жыл бұрын

same here but only 60 ;]

@kyotocoversjimanderson782

7 жыл бұрын

Same here.... but 62!

@StopMoColorado

7 жыл бұрын

43 (for a couple more months 😁). Funny how they have that effect, for some reason I still don't really understand, this music has the exact same effect on me. Haven't listened to them for almost twenty years, a lot of hard things came crashing down and I became so hard, but my precious wife stuck by my side (the most beautiful soul I've ever encountered, on this side of the Mortal Coil, that is...but that's a long story: I'll say this, though, I don't "believe" in Heaven, I absolutely know it exists, nothing and no one can ever take that away now...went from having my spine crashed in a car accident and being paralyzed in one leg and unable to really use the other one broke my neck in 3 places, was told I'd NEVER walk again, and would soon lose bowel and bladder control...one day, after a particularly deep look into my own soul, I just began weeping so hard that I collapsed, I thought my heart had literally burst inside of me...I can't entirely explain what happened next, but out of a darkness I knew to be eternal and infinite, a fragrant, oily fire came pouring down on my soul, and I was met...I don't feel comfortable giving all the details, but I can say that the most BEAUTIFUL Woman I've ever encountered - beyond imagination, there are truly no words - looked into my eyes with the deepest love and kindest, deepest pity, and picked me up, continuing to gaze into my eyes. More radiant the Sun, Her face, and purer than Pure...I saw and heard so much more, but can't really share it, too personal, and really beyond words, but all the thrashed, beaten, cut, empty, and torn parts of my soul were filled with absolute light and love so solid and powerful that every hurt I ever had was erased, and I never wanted to leave Her arms...when I eventually "came back" to my body, not only could I walk again, but I went out to my backyard and did a backflip on my trampoline, something I hadn't done in over 25 years: you should have seen the look on my wife and childrens' faces!) In any event, I'll never be the same again, and listening to music like this reminds me of that haunting, lovely beauty, and draws tears out of my eyes once again (did I mention I couldn't stop crying - from the joy of having my body restored, but also the sadness of having to leave that Light and all the loving Souls there who love with One Heart, One Mind, and One Spirit?) This music is like medicine for weary souls...just wonderful.

Whatever she is saying I agree with 100% sheer beauty !

@lucyhightree1520

3 жыл бұрын

Lost language of Ireland, Gailic

this was playing on the speakers at the las vegas airport last time i landed there and it was one of the best music moments i've ever had. thanks airport music curator and thanks cocteau twins

Arguably the greatest song ever written by a trio...or a duo.

Elizabeth Fraser is captivating. The way she arranged the vocals/melodies. She sings the lyrics in a style of versification. It amazes me.

those swirling guitars get me and that voice! A+

I totally adore this song. Partially because I think they had no idea what they were singing, which makes it that much more real 🎶

I need to find more people that like songs like this

@kevinclick9026

Жыл бұрын

Hi! U found 1

@daniellakaran5760

Жыл бұрын

I love this song so much since last year!

@TheSIUnit

Жыл бұрын

Count me in

@annainna767

Жыл бұрын

Try Grimes.

@coastalzipcode6290

Жыл бұрын

Here!

I can’t believe I’ve only just discovered this song today. I’m 40 years old, I should have heard this by now. On my 6th listen. Incredible music

@noradosmith

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy the rest of their stuff! They've been my favourite band for twelve years now

@awwgez

3 жыл бұрын

Don't feel bad, my first listen was 2015 at the age of 29 and I was blind sided by it. Couldn't believe I missed it and just how incredible and beautiful it was. Its just on a whole other level.

@fervcorsica3358

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to Bluebeard

@Dexxxtroyer

3 жыл бұрын

im 44 when I first heard this. Today actually. But I knew Cocteau Twins. I love discovering timeless gems.

@Nabeelco

3 жыл бұрын

Makes you feel like you missed out on your youth and could go back doesn't it?

First time I heard this song,my 17 yr old daughter played it while we were driving,it brought tears to my eyes, jus sound so Heavenly, My daughter asked, why are you crying mom? I couldn't hold back my tears. Beautiful song..

For those asking about her lip movements not matching the sounds-as a professional musician I think I can answer this. Her angelic voice is treated with heavy effects: reverb being most obvious, maybe some delay and possibly a harmonizing effect. It’s partly why she sounds so otherworldly. And what can happen in the studio is, if the singer can hear these affects in their headphones, they sing to and enunciate according to how the sound comes back to them. So, lets take the phrase Las Vegas-Liz clearly isn’t enunciating the GAS part in the word, as the delay and reverb is still flowing from the previous phrase. So she’s leaving space for the effects to breathe. Make sense? It sounds like she’s singing something like “It must be heaven or Las Vegooooowowow’ and letting the last syllable and note be carried away in a wash of effects. It’s a very, very beautiful and compelling way to sing. She is a Celtic goddess.

@glengamble526

Жыл бұрын

@@fruitypeebils yes, someone in the comments in fact DID mention it. Why in earth would I have posted this, if not?

@glengamble526

Жыл бұрын

@@privace8111 thank you.

@pipkingdom

Жыл бұрын

And then they could always just splice in another vocal track entirely and scrub the live one.

@aaronmcdonaldful

Жыл бұрын

@@fruitypeebils people have become so conditioned to be combative on the internet that it's become their norm to be guns blazing yet completely unprovoked. The last place i'd expect that type of goading is a cocteau twins comment section. What exactly do you think the purpose of a comment section is? A place for you to shame those for posting a comment that was relevant to the content? So are we only expected to post a comment if someone asks for it? Did anyone ask for your input before you chose to go down the condescending route? There's a lot of angst out there and i get it, but perhaps redirect it towards those who screwed you and not some rando on youtube offering an interesting take.

@aaronmcdonaldful

Жыл бұрын

Glad you're big enough to recognise that. I kept this comment short n sweet just the way you like it.

I was at brewery this weekend called Humble Sea in Santa Cruz, CA. This song came on and I was instantly captivated. I had heard of Cocteau Twins my whole life but never heard their music. The music, the breeze, the sun, the beer with my wife on a day off to do nothing but chill and talk. Can't stop listening it to.

@MassiveFish-hp4pm

Жыл бұрын

Hey you might like a band called the Doublejumps if you like Cocteau Twins

This song is ethereal magic...

This might be one of the most underrated songs of the 90s. So ahead of it's time and even today sounds incredible.

This band got me through some pretty hard times, and it’s not hard to see why

It's 2022, and I've listened to the Cocteau Twins since 1997 when I first found them. I've always just listened and enjoyed the music and Liz's voice. Tonight, KZread suggested this video, and it's the first one I've ever watched after listening for 25 years. Watching Liz now is like hearing her for the first time in '97. I could watch this forever. Liz, if you ever come across this, thank you so much for what you've done. (Robin and Simon, you, too.)

Man I tell you. I could listen to an endless loop of shoegaze and dream pop forever and never get bored.

There is a place deep in my heart for this music. It's beyond music. This is a message. It sounds so heavenly. It is so right

@saturatedneowax

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds so las vegasly

@seriskifotavrus6442

5 жыл бұрын

Elisabeth Fraser is my icon of an female vocal! She's voice is incredible!Greetings from Russia!!!

One of the greatest songs of all time 💯

These women have voices like an angel. The first time I heard them I was young and free, at the very beginning of a lifetime journey....Years have passed since that moment and their music is still with me in heart and mind.....

@emmapicara9527

Жыл бұрын

Just one woman. Elizabeth Fraser, the Scottish nightingale.

@e-rokekenedi7834

Жыл бұрын

Ha! One lady, really.

@rodrigoundaa

Жыл бұрын

the shoegazers origins

@djhillfinger

Жыл бұрын

@@e-rokekenedi7834 Yeah, heard of Massive attack tear drop?

@lefkytheshin

Жыл бұрын

@@djhillfinger yeah. What's your point? There's one here.

this song is a dream

Maybe, most possibly the most beautiful pop tune ever expressed from the human race. O M G

@softlightsymphonyband

5 жыл бұрын

Light Bright I think that would be Carolynn’s Fingers actually

Anyone just tears up every time bc of how heavenly and ethereal this sounds

@Samuelisakson

6 ай бұрын

Well they practically invented ethereal sound

Ok I am losing my mind I thought she was singing in another language. I just googled lyrics and it is in fact, english words being sung. I'm officially obsessed with this song.

@sampedro9316

Жыл бұрын

Yup, keep in mind also there has never been official lyrics, so the one's you find online are interpretations by fans.

@jlouis4407

Жыл бұрын

They’re phrased very odd during the whole album

@brettlomayma1401

Жыл бұрын

before the internet became a big thing, ive always wondered what she was singing about and almost thought really, that there was two vocalists. but found out it was just the one. Some of the words are in a different language and just muttering or something relatable to english. but yes, ive struggled for a long time to know what she was singing about until their website came into being. which in fact people had pieced together bits and pieces of what she was singing. But even then as Ms. Frazer has put it even she had made up words. but they are still beautiful to hear, even if she is not singling anything tangible at times. They continue to be one of my favorite bands.

@jhart7304

Жыл бұрын

you can not imagine what was like to see them live in the 80-early 90s

@jlouis4407

Ай бұрын

She is talking about gambling and las vegas, believe it or not

This song was released in 1990, how did I just discover it in Dec 2016? I've lived a sheltered life. Now my eyes are open. My god this is beautiful...

@administrativeuser9715

5 жыл бұрын

Because you are not hip enough. Everybody who was anybody was totally into this band back in 1986

@lancecollins9278

5 жыл бұрын

Found it in 1992, essentially the contemporary era. Thank God.

@vampeiyre

5 жыл бұрын

"You have taken your first step into a larger world."

@talldave1000

5 жыл бұрын

that made me smile

@foosmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Never bothered to check out their music (i've known about them for ages though) until yesterday when it just popped into my YT recommended videos. Instantly hooked.

Discovered the Twins through this song in a cold autumnal afternoon several years ago. Never thought they would change my whole existence!

@talldave1000

5 жыл бұрын

If you hear it, you've changed.....

@mjl0611

3 жыл бұрын

That’s deep

Dad used to listen to this every night before bed, he passed recently, I have his ashes so I plan to continue to play it for him every night

@imverydeadd

2 ай бұрын

i think so

@majabugarski386

2 ай бұрын

❤😊

@VK-sk000zc

Ай бұрын

Ashes don't listen to songs, dear. Pray for your dad not to play a song.

@-Vague_Hysteria-

Ай бұрын

@@VK-sk000zc how obtuse.

@imverydeadd

Ай бұрын

@@VK-sk000zc oh yeah you don’t need to listen when you can simply simultaneously write and listen or just listenwtite the whole song instantaneously

One of the most evocative songs I've ever heard. May you be blessed enough to have discovered this during a memorable time in your life, it takes you instantly back.

This song will always make me cry. Truth was, at this time Elizabeth Fraser was pregnant and so happy for that! The sound of brilliant busting out glorious will ever haunt my heart.

A friend of mine gave me a K-7 record of Treasure back in 90...I listened the whole night like I just have found a secret precious stone! Couldnt wait to show my sister, who refused to listen to it ...but after she did, she got so hooked on Cocteau she couldn't listen to anything else for years...bought all their albums.. almost 30 years later, its still incredible to realize how Divine Cocteau is... conclusion: this music must come from Heaven and Liz Fraser must be an Angel!

I've once seen someone describe this song as "Dancing Queen in space" and I can't get over it. That's so spot on!

@captaineasychord1

4 ай бұрын

I always described it as ABBA on acid!

CT is a genre of music. I love them.

By the time this song was in fashion, my mom was waiting for me to be born. She have always been such a musical person; I like to think that maybe I used to listen this song inside my mother's womb and since then I'd like it so much. It realeses the deepest dreamy side of me. Cocteau Twins is my biggets musical find from 2020.

I first met Cocteau Twins, in various cities in the United States, at after show parties (backstage), during the tour for HOLV. As people they came off as just ordinary people, who made the most extraordinary music. Robin was the one who introduced me to Elizabeth. It was the 2nd time backstage that I met Simon. A lot of great memories from that tour. I asked Robin if they could play my home town, Cleveland, the next time they toured. We met, again, during the FCC tour, and not only did they add Cleveland, but Ohio was the only state that had 3 shows. They gave me tickets and backstage access to quite a few of those shows. Again, a lot of great memories. I love their music, and I loved them as people.

@irsanpratama614

5 жыл бұрын

lucky you...

@rustyhues

5 жыл бұрын

Loved them for almost 30 years now. This album still inspires me the same way it did when I was in high school....Iceblink Luck...Fifty-Fifty Clown...Cherry-Coloured Funk :) Just perfection...

@harveymorgan1749

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the in depth on your post rock groupie memories.

@vampeiyre

5 жыл бұрын

Smashing! So happy for you, I'm sure those are great memories to treasure.

@karebuskusa6301

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah? And how was the cocaine?

This full album is incredible. I like every song. That’s rare.

I find myself humming this music all day long, quite unconsiously. Love it so much!

@dariiofernando

3 жыл бұрын

muy bien!

@dbo514

3 жыл бұрын

same here, stuck on this song the last few days

@dariiofernando

3 жыл бұрын

@@dbo514 try with the old cocteau twins

@robbkinnin1988

3 жыл бұрын

Easily hummed….it comes and goes in my mind for many years now.

When that third chorus comes in after the guitar solo it's just beautiful. The very slight change in the harmonised vocal just augments the effect. Those subtle harmonic changes are all over their stuff, adding power to the songs even towards their end. The only other band who did that subtle stuff were the beatles.

The Cocteau Twins can save me from my misery

@RVCA91

9 жыл бұрын

You already know

@montgomerydenzer8805

9 жыл бұрын

Nelson DaSilva ME TOO or a 45caliber or m choice BLACK MAMBA

@supercooled

9 жыл бұрын

Montgomery Denzer What is it with this song that conjures up sadness and a keenness to end it? The melody and strangely inapplicable lyrics just makes me think this would not be a bad way to go out of this world and into the next.

@montgomerydenzer8805

9 жыл бұрын

Nelson DaSilva While this is great I still think Brian Eno is better "exit music"

@Eggmanrocks

9 жыл бұрын

Montgomery Denzer like DAM BROOOOOOOOOOO

The slide guitar bridge alone makes this song incredible. Elizabeth's singing, of course, is perfection.

Her beautiful voice is indeed an instrument!!!!

Scottish accent + Sound engineer who's on drugs = every Cocteau Twins album

@ragnid

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds just right

@gmar7836

3 жыл бұрын

I love anything Scottish ❤️

@E3T7

3 жыл бұрын

Man those drugs can’t be that bad for you then...

@satya4234

3 жыл бұрын

For a moment I thought she was speaking french and I couldn't figure out why I couldn't understand her. Turns out it's Scottish lol.

@Itsyrm8

3 жыл бұрын

I wish i was in midnorth scottland edinbrghhh or smthn but still i m stuck on the very southern edge of europe- please tell the english to pay me a visit and bring some money too

This song is the best metaphor for every failed relationship. It is the tragic beauty of miscommunication eloquted through song and verse.

Liz Fraser , vocal goddess

Elizabeth Fraser has the voice of a goddess.

Hard to listen to. Reminds me of early college days. Being with a girl I loved. Had some problems but things just felt right. This one takes me back. Beautiful song and band.

@JasonMcFly

5 жыл бұрын

Everything you said brother, it's all that for me. Peace

@JimiSchreech

4 жыл бұрын

Wow so I’m not the only one. This song always takes me back to that crazy hot girl I was in love with.

The MOST underrated Scottish band of all time!!!!

@n.v.535

6 жыл бұрын

Boudosaved its really not underrated

@abbyohannes

6 жыл бұрын

i’d say the associates are

@robsingfield9977

6 жыл бұрын

Josef K

@serrotrehpotsirhc

6 жыл бұрын

the associates more so

@renatofabbro5263

5 жыл бұрын

Cocteau Twins and The Blue Nile

This is what I consider out of this world talent! 💕

Oh I could express how much I love this band

Liz’s eyes and voice- I just never stop being floored.

I first discovered this song when I was living in Madrid... and would play it over and over and over and walk the Grand Via looking at how beautiful everything was. It's so moving!

@LynSmithmusic

8 жыл бұрын

+Noah Hughes lovely memories. Know what you mean. Such a dream invoking track

@peterjg1952

8 жыл бұрын

+Noah Hughes I can empathise completely - I did the same thing on Koh Samui in Thailand in 1992!

@DominicRichens

8 жыл бұрын

+Noah Hughes Know what you mean. Lived in Paris summer of 1991. Used to listen to this when I was walking around.

@_noahrh

8 жыл бұрын

Dominic Richens That's so cool that we all have a similar memory!

@LynSmithmusic

8 жыл бұрын

Absolutely that is so damn cool. Wonder if they know what a powerful effect it had on the fans, at the time. Hope so ;)

This song gives me hope, it transports me to the future and tomorrow's a new day and opportunity as someone going thru' depression and anxiety, but it also takes me to back to great memories when I was a teenager and life pre-D&A. Thank God for The Cocteau Twins ❤

I've no idea what she's on about but what a glorious noise.

@gabemcknight8933

19 күн бұрын

😅 lol

This must be exactly what English sounds like to foreign people

@delightfuly21

5 жыл бұрын

I actually thought she sang in some weird french at first

@nogingerfool1

4 жыл бұрын

their Scottish so fuck ingland

@cardigan3000

4 жыл бұрын

@@galactic3536 dont tell me what to do shithead

@TheRussianRoulettte

4 жыл бұрын

@@cardigan3000 stfu foreigner

@sonyachan7426

4 жыл бұрын

@@MinhNguyen-td2jl at least I am not an american

Her eyes don't seem human. They are fascinating.

I love her voice and the music is so dreamy. I remember them from jr. high and high school back in the 80's. Now my 14 yr. old daughter is listening to them 40 years later. The Cocteau Twins have transcended time.

@danricheson1362

2 ай бұрын

And I just discovered them in 2024, nice find!

I'm a 30 year old guy who heard this song for the first time just a few months ago, but it is already very special to me. ***WAYY TOO LONG STORY TIME*** We went to Vegas for a bachelor party weekend for one of my best friends and had an amazing time (you can imagine). Me and one friend got an earlier 5:30 AM Sunday flight out of there to be cheap. We stayed up all night at the Cosmo having so much fun that we still managed to miss our flight (barely), so then we had to be in the airport until 1:30 PM for our new flight. We had just got to our new gate at 6 AM, almost no one else in our terminal. My friend lays down to take a nap on the ground next to our stuff, exhausted, and defeated. I'm just sitting nearby, unable to sleep. I'm drunk, high, and hungover all at the same time. I'm miserable but somehow very happy at the same time, mindlessly watching the sunrise outside the terminal window. At that moment, this song starts playing over the speakers (of course just because it has Las Vegas in the name), but my ears immediately perk up right when it starts with that verse groove. It was so quiet in there that I could hear the music super clearly, and I just thought the vibe was immaculate (and I was right). I held my phone up in the air to Shazam it, listened to it a few more times, eventually went to the bar for SEVERAL hours and then we flew home. Now, and for the rest of my life, this song will take me right back to those 5 minutes in the empty terminal, and then to that great weekend with my bros. ***TLDR=This song reminds me of a good weekend I had in Vegas once***

@cry-piddawg

Жыл бұрын

Shazam is fantastic!

This was the song that sealed CT for me as a band. I had liked previous releases, but this one just hit. When it started playing on college/independent radio I couldn't get enough of it.

god bless 4ad, i grew up on the streets of nyc, 4ad helped raise me. liz is a goddess, the cocteau twins were my religion. all of you who feel the same, i am so with you

Heard this song while waiting to board a train from Frankfurt to Paris in the early 1990s. Fit the mood perfectly.

WOW! How did I live this long and totally miss this band?! They kind of have a “Cure” vibe. I feel like I seriously missed something!

I used to listen to this album in it’s entirety to try to cope with my ex dumping me. Everything was a reminder of our past. I stopped listening to music but this was the only thing that helped me through the pain and reminded me how much music can help one heal.

I've seen interviews with liz, and she uses words from all different kinds of languages. all put together they make for a beautiful melody.

@lucyhightree1520

3 жыл бұрын

No, its Gaelic, a lost Pagan Irish religion from the Druid days

@lucyhightree1520

3 жыл бұрын

Uh, language, not religion

She's got such a beautiful voice her voice is beyond me resignates in your head

Song's wild, you can actually hear the words when you read the lyrics while listening to it.

Cocteau twins had a sound of their own! Love this.

Still beautiful after all of these years. Still brings tears to the eyes.

one of the greatest indie bands ever

Cocteau Twins are so precious to me... Lost my soulmate on the 6th of December and exactly a month later, my Gran... Thank you for the music...🌹

This song sounds like an eerie replication of something stunningly beautiful like it's trying to trick you. It's haunting

I know purist fans will say this one is too commercial or glossy, but this whole album is one of my top ten of all times. It soars--I have listened to it thousands of times, it still lifts me up like few others. This is a band plugged into worlds most of us just dream of.

@Polyfusia

3 жыл бұрын

I was in that boat for quite a long time and I still prefer the weird dissonant 80's stuff but this has grown on me.

@herbertrichard614

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't too commercial in America, only going to no. 99 on Billboard. No one ever accused us of having good taste.

@thomasfranche6770

2 жыл бұрын

I love HOLV, never thought it was commercial. But I suppose compared to Victoria land, but I still prefer HOLV.

god that voice... and those eyes. record label knew they scored big with this band

The visionary, futuristic Cocteau Twins make music that only slowly becomes clearer to the mainstream ear in increments of twenty-five years. It might take another fifty to figure out what la Liz is going on about but it doesn't and has never mattered. The glorious power of that voice alone makes you follow wherever it goes.

Timeless Elizabeth could sing the alphabet and it would sound heavenly.

@lucyhightree1520

3 жыл бұрын

A lost Irish language called Gailic

Looping this last night and this morning to escape some temporary stress. Its working like a charm..

Who'll ever win? Gee, you're just so ephemeral Go back for new For new in vain, it failed Singing on the famous street I want to love me Am I just in heaven or Las Vegas It's so much more brighter than the sun is to me He's a hustler It's a role, he'll never make a suit Hang on to this So stay and spin and fail and fail Who'll ever win? Gee, you're just so ephemeral Go back for new For new in vain, it failed Singing on the famous street I want to love me Am I just in heaven or Las Vegas It's so much more brighter than the sun is to me The chill must itch in my soul That's like any old playing card It must be why I'm thinking of Las Vegas It's why it's more brighter than the sun is to me Furthermore, let's blast it off I'm dizzy so I go, another bit it off Come fantasy, for a carnival I'm empty before our wedding Singing on the famous street I want to love me Am I just in heaven or Las Vegas It's so much more brighter than the sun is to me The chill must itch in my soul That's like any old playing card It must be why I'm thinking of Las Vegas It's why it's more brighter than the sun is to me Maybe there, while you was rail I'll go in and seize your heart and be personal I suspect I'm singing to you a tune And still you find the beat and sing it to you soon

This is not Las Vegas. This is Heaven.