Best Cocteau Twins Song?

[Voley]

Heaven Or Las Vegas has it's wonderful moments, but I'd lost track of what they were putting out after Blue Bell Knoll. I think, at the time, I feared it had to be downhill after such a peak.

Exactly what I thought, too. I did see them once more after this, though - around the time of Heaven And Las Vegas, I think. Brixton Academy with surprise supports from The Jesus And Mary Chain and Ian McCullough, amongst others. They were absolutely incredible.

 

[Sunspots]

Exactly what I thought, too. I did see them once more after this, though - around the time of Heaven And Las Vegas, I think. Brixton Academy with surprise supports from The Jesus And Mary Chain and Ian McCullough, amongst others. They were absolutely incredible.

Blimey: Cocteaus, JAMC, and Ian McCulloch on the same bill. Even in 1990, this was probably still a back-combed hairspray-related fire risk of potentially epic proportions...

 

[Voley]

It was a particulary spotty lineup.

 

[miniGMgoit]

Carolyn's Fingers (just for the more than usual mental singing in it)
Heaven or Las Vegas (for spine tingly awesomeness)
Wax & Wane (for coolness)

 

[danny la rouge]

Och, lots. But I like these:

Peppermint Pig
Sultitan Itan
For Phoebe Still a Baby

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I know it's not the Cocteaus, but Liz Frazier's song with Craig Armstrong, This Love, is something quite quite special.

 

[Brinxmat]

Athol-Brose[/I]

This. Very much this.

Well, no. Scratch that - Blue Bell Knoll in its entirety.

I remember spending the entire 1992/3 football season watching Match of the Day, every Saturday, with the volume off and listening to BBK at full whack.

Man, it made the football ethereal.

And it seemed to enhance the skills of Cantona no end...

 

[Paul Russell]

Well, no. Scratch that - Blue Bell Knoll in its entirety.

Yes, Blue Bell Knoll. Especially the bit where the vocal come in on Kissed Out Red Floatboat.


Gratuitious live version of Song to the Siren (OK, so that was This Mortail Coil)

 

[starfish]

Id probably go for Aikea Guinea, managed to find a decent 12" of it at a boot sale a couple of years back. Then again there is Pearly Dewdrops Drops..

 

[stavros]

For me, the Cocteaus work best in album format, where all the soundscapes complement one another, so it's difficult to pick out a favourite track.

 

[kained&able]

is cocteaus under some other name innit?(it is youtube link gives me knowlege!)

i fucking love that song.


dave

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

, even better than her one with Massive Attack (Teardrop) IMO

 

[Paul Russell]

...song to the siren

i fucking love that song.


dave

Did you see the link to the live version a few posts up (#38).

Pleasantly surprised to find I have Aikea Guineau, Tiny Dynamine, and Echoes in Shallow Bay on CD. All I need to do know is find my CD of Blue Bell Knoll...

 

[albionism]

Orange Appled

 

[Meerkat]

Blue Bell Knoll, most of the Echoes in a Shallow Bay EP, Pitch the Baby, Fotzepolic, Whales Tales, Kookaburra, Ivo. Too many greats to choose from really. In fact i've currently got the Blue Bell Knoll and Victorialand CD's playing in my car.

I saw their second last ever gig in a big top at the Phoenix Festival. Glad I finally got to see them live and just bepofre they split.

 

[gnoriac]

.

Never heard of it before, but totally hooked now.

 

[Apathy]

massive big bump

i think mine is Watchlar

loads tho innit, too many actually. What a band

 

[stavros]

I still agree with my post from 2 and a half years ago.

 

[Ich bin ein Mod]

I still agree with my post from 2 and a half years ago.

Having considered it, I have to agree as well.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

 

[marfamac]

Blimey: Cocteaus, JAMC, and Ian McCulloch on the same bill. Even in 1990, this was probably still a back-combed hairspray-related fire risk of potentially epic proportions...

This was an amazing gig. Cocteaus on blistering form, opening with Blue Bell Knoll, spine-tingling.
It did have Jim and William Reid with Ian McCulloch doing an acoustic support. Before that, it also had Edwyn Collins and Roddy Frame. How amazing is that?

 

[editor]

Roddy Frame is ace. He was ridiculously talented at 16.

 

[wayward bob]

Having considered it, I have to agree as well.

you're still wrong

 

[wayward bob]

which makes me feel all emotional but I still expect it to end before the end with a big clunk cos that's where the tape ran out.

heh i still know every scratch on heaven or las vegas

 

[Voley]

Been on a bit of a Cocteaus binge of late (after hearing her new band who are superb).

Stuck it all together here if you want a listen. Bit difficult to get it down in length so there's, erm, about two hours of it.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Bluebell Knoll for me. Does weird things to me and transports me to a specific time when it felt like possibilities and wonder were permanent and infinite. Not least because I was off my tits a lot of the time then

 

[Voley]

Bluebell Knoll for me. Does weird things to me and transports me to a specific time when it felt like possibilities and wonder were permanent and infinite. Not least because I was off my tits a lot of the time then

Yeah I have a very nostalgic/dopey thing with them too. That Tiny Dynamine EP takes me right back there.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Pearly Dewdrops Drops and Lazy Calm. And thats it so far.

 

[seeformiles]

This is it for me. Saw them in Belfast in the 80s - what an amazing voice

 

[hitmouse]

For me, the Cocteaus work best in album format, where all the soundscapes complement one another, so it's difficult to pick out a favourite track.

I agree with Stavros' post from 12 or 13 years ago, one of those bands I listen to a reasonable amount but I'd struggle to tell you that many specific song names.