Cocteau Twins- Ivo & Lorelei (REACTION//DISCUSSION)
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The most criminally underrated band of all time.
Agreed!!❤️❤️❤️they carried me from high school in mid 80’s until today! Still in love with them and they are still relevant ❤️
The 'most criminally underrated band blah blah blah'
Is one of the most criminally overused comments, on these types of YT vids, of all time!
Depends where you're from I suppose. They were far from underrated in the UK and Europe, and most of the rest of the English speaking world.
So, maybe underrated in the US but the US does not constitute the entire world. Just because a band is not popular in the US does not mean they are not popular, full stop.
Anyway, have a good one mate.
And amazing LIVE, saw the Heaven or Las Vegas tour with GALAXIE 500, wowowowowwow!
@@jonstrummer6930 please be fair to the US. we have plenty of Cocteau Twins fans here.
No they're not underrated
My sister is seven years older than me. She always was listening our local college radio (Ipanema FM, Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil Rip...😔). So, the 80s was a time when the radio ALWAYS turned on when you were performing everyday activities. That said, I ask you for just to try imagine the SHOCK a dreamy pre teen boy (me) had when he was helping mom at cleaning the garden in a Sunday morning and "Lorelei" began to sound through my sisters window. Yes, that was my Cocteau twins discovery. The second was in THE SAME WEEK: "Persephone". The station radio began to play all Treasure tracks. Treasure was the first official CT album to be released in Brazil. I still the proud owner of my vinyl copy, bought a few weeks after this pivotal happening. Can you believe it? This marked me forever
Liked because I cannot hear Ipanema and not think of Astrud's vocals and that amazing song. I suspect it probably gets old when it's the song about where you are from (sorta like Red River Valley for me).
You love to hear it :D
@@JustJP Coolest version of RRV I ever heard was done by Tuvan throatsingers.
That is so romantic and 🥰
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I will never EVER forget listening to this in the 80s for the first time. It was an abduction!
I think the doom metal comparison is very appropiatte for this early Twins era
Well, you asked for it - it's pronounced Cock-toe Twins (honest) and they are truly one of a kind. I knew Robin Guthrie (guitarist) as a kid when he was just getting into music but I never realised he had this much talent/vision. This is, to my mind, their best album but the best release was the Lullabies EP which included 'It's All But an Ark Lark' - sublime (Warning - opinion may not be shared by everybody!)
Ty; I couldn't remember the pronunciation :)
@@JustJP Based on a song from another group. I always assumed based on the famous French philosopher Jean Cocteau.
@@David-iv6je Jean Cocteau never was a philosopher but an artist: poet, painter, writer and film-maker. His version of "Beauty and the Beast" is nothing but a masterpiece in the history of cinema, pure Beauty really!
@@cuckoofan Thanks, got my wires crossed. Strangely I was thinking of Camus. I went through a period of reading a lot of that stuff. But that was many decades ago!
Take a lateral leap from The Cocteau Twins to another Cocteau: the record label Cocteau was briefly the home of releases by the astronomically talented - and hugely underrated - guitarist Billl Nelson. Have a listen to his album Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam, and especially the single taken from it, Do You Dream In Colour? Still find it inexplicable that it wasn't a massive hit. Also worthy of your time is Revolt Into Style by Bill Nelson's Red Noise - the word 'stunning' was invented for this track!
One of my favourite reactions by anyone ever. I could see by the way you reacted to the soaring majesty of Lorelei that you really felt it. I absolutely love Cocteau twins, I've listened to them almost daily for over 30 years. They're special.
Ty Allan! Appreciate that! :D
Reminds me so much of my reaction upon hearing for the first time in '84 in Paris. "Ivo" remains my second favorite song after Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here". I can guarantee that I wouldn't have anywhere near the same reaction on first hearing anything from 1944, 40 years old to my 21 year old self of 1984!
I absolutely love the Cocteau Twins from the early stuff to the later stuff. All great in my opinion!
The best bands change their sound up album to album. A marathon of listening to the Cocteau Twins is always a great journey.
@@ealing456 They did such an amazing job owning every sound they switched up to!
Treasure is my favourite Cocteau Twins album: ten jewels on one crown. Elisabeth Fraser sings a cocktail of existing and self made lyrics because of the sound of the words. It's all about the way the words sound while she sings them. The colour, vibration and resonance of the words are more important than their actual meaning. They contribute to the atmosphere of the song.
The birthplace of the Shoegaze/Dream Pop sound right there! Love it!! If you would like to delve, I’d recommend Ride, Lush, Slowdive and Pale Saint plus SOOO many more!
I was always amazed that such beautiful, dreamlike, ethereal music was created by a band which came from Grangemouth on the east coast of Scotland. A town which is dominated by a huge oil refinery and petro-chemical plant.
Wildflowers grow from the trash...
Cock Toe....yes she sang with massive attack. I think Treasure is maybe their best album, but the real treat was hearing them live. So intense and emotional.
Garland!
I'm voting for Victorialand, in its full length, but you ' ll probably fall into a dream and be left without reaction. So, it would be a non-reaction reaction video and that would be very very funny!
😂😂😂
Listen to "Alice" by the Cocteau Twins IMO one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded.
The "drumming" you've mentioned was programed by Guthrie, not a real drummer. Early Cocteau is heavily influenced by Siouxsie and the banshees, even though by the time they recorded treasure they had already found their musical personality.
the voice of God
Not the dystopian, hypocritical Christian one...
I looove that you hear the influence this band has had on many doom in metal artists. I was just looking for Cocteau Twins reactions so I found you but I'm definitely gonna subscribe. Great video dude.
Thanks so much AC!
One of my top tier bands since I was in college. Sadly, they broke up before I could see them live.
God, I love this album. My favorite (and first) from the Cocteau Twins. So glad you listened to these songs. I love the way Ivo starts of softly then just swells into that big sound. It's like you said, it's like spending time in a dreamscape.
I'm a big fan of the classic ethereal Cocteau Twins sound, but you should also check out their debut album. It's more in the post-punk/goth vein but I really like it. "Wax And Wane" is something else.
I prefer their first two albums (Garlands and Head Over Heels) with a darker atmosphere compared to Treasure which seems to me a not really successful transition album. The vaporous Victorialand is much more homogeneous and unified to my ears.
It might have been as late as Four-Calendar Cafe that lyrics really featured prominently and were intelligible. BUT, that was never the point when listening to this group. Their song Half-gifts on the Twinlights EP uses lyrics effectively, and is very pretty. I do like early Twins' songs Hazel and Wax and Wane, but my favorite is The Pepper Tree.
Definitely dreamy and bewitching. I love Cocteau Twins! I haven't listened to too much Chelsea Wolfe but I hear good things. Another artist who channels Elizabeth Fraser is Kennedy from Them Are Us Too/SRSQ - give her a listen some time! :)
There are so many great 4AD bands and the Cocteau Twins are up there.
Cocteau Twins best band ever to me. Listen Albuns Heaven or Las Vegas and Blue Bell Knoll. Axé!
Been a fan of these right from the beginning prob the best band to come out of the 80s, atmospheric, original and what a haunting voice in fact I had quite a crush on Liz for s few years and was bowled over when I meet her once in a record megastore in Oxford Street she lovely, warm and charming, still listen to a lot of the CT today especially when driving the music is a real accompaniment, saw them live a few times Liz is an incredibly shy lady both on and off stage but has a real presence,
Seeing her live about 9 years ago as a solo artist at the Meltdown Festival in London she was joined by non other than Steve Hackett and his nylon guitar it was awesome
thank you Justin ; -> good
Band Mediavolo ( from Brest in Finistère - Brittany ) follows their influence since 2000
on Dave C youtube channel => Mediavolo - A Song Of Two Humans and also Mediavolo - Cavalry Drum
Loved your reactions.
Firstly the name is pronounced
Cock toe Twins.
The album Treasure was Simon Raymonde's first album with the band. Though he joined them in between Head Over Heels ( their second album) & Victorialand.
Simon Raymonde is the son of Ivor Raymonde a world reknowned arranger, writer , producer & orchestrator who had worked with Scott Walker, Dusty Springfield & David Bowie, to name just a few.
Simon's contributions often get overlooked. He is a gifted multi instrumentalist in his own right.
These days he owns & runs Bella Union records & it the co founder of the label. And also his current band Lost Horizons.
Robin Guthrie is a master of ambient guitar having released numerous solo records & collaborations with the late great multi instrumentalist Harold Budd.
Cocteau Twins first worked with Harold on The Moon & The Melodies album.
Treasure is a firm fan favourite. Whilst Cocteaus are my alltime favourite band. Head Over Heels is my favourite album by them. But they are all brilliant.
Please react to Musette & Drums from Head Over Heels.
P.s. I totally got what you meant about the Chelsea Wolfe connection.
THANK U for not talking whilst the songs were playing .
Peace, HappiGoth 🖤
I had front row seats for the Heaven or Las Vegas tour in Seattle. Treasure is exquisite! My favorite track is actually Otterley, but there aren't any weak ones on this gem.
I bet it was mesmerizing!
my fav Cocteau Twins,
If this album only had half the production quality they had at Blue Bell Knoll or Heaven or Las Vegas ... it still remains my favorite, along with the EPS from that time (The Spangle Maker, Lorelei, Aikea-Guinea)
Anneke and The Gathering were undoubtedly highly influenced by Darkwave and dream pop (Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Slowdive)
great reaction, as always!
Lorelei, the best Xmas song that never was!
So glad you're reacting to Cocteau Twins Justin! A major band with the most fascinating female vocalist in pop (and I admire people like Kate Bush or Björk). Don't bother to decipher their lyrics as not understanding what she's saying is part of the magic. Internet temptations to interpret them were dismissed by Elizabeth Fraser herself who said they were often more interesting than what she actually wrote. From "Heaven or Las Vegas", you can actually begin to understand bits of what she's singing. "Treasure" is often cited as their best album by the fans which, for me, is a mistake as Robin Guthrie himself said it was one of their weakest but it's probably the best introduction to their work. "Victorialand" is pure beauty, "Heaven or Las Vegas"(my favourite!), "Blue Bell Knoll" or "Four Calendar Cafe" much more interesting but some of their EPs ("Echoes in a shallow bay", "Love's Easy Tears" or "Twinlights" which is wonderfull!) are just as good. Actually, except "Garlands", their debut-album with different line-up (Simon Raymonde wasn' part of the group yet), all they did was great and special. Nothing else sounds like what they produced allthough many tried. Probably one of the most underestimated groups ever. Please Justin, keep on reacting to their work, you won't be disapointed I'm sure, but probably surprised as they were not just atmospheric or ethereal. You should also react to This Mortal Coil's album "It'll end in tears" (a collective work with Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance and other groups) which is perfect in october/november period. I'm sure you'll love it!
Please listen to Blue Bell Knoll from the Cocteau Twins if you get the chance, it's a great album.
start from the first album!
This is a really good album, I nearly played it yesterday but got sidetracked by CocoRosie which is next to the Twins on the shelf.
Alphabetical Markie.
@@-davidolivares My CD's are (mostly) but my vinyl is less organised, I need to sort them out when I stop being lazy.
@@markspooner1224
You and everyone else. Someday…
Try "Sugar Hiccup" by them! A forgotten band?
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good band. you might like the album Blue Bell Knoll too.
Now, you’re getting into shoelace. You have to listen to Slowdive.
Shoegaze
The right comparison to Cocteau Twins would be Grimes not Chelsea Wolfe.
I don't think I've ever listened to any Grimes...hmm
When pronounced, the emphasis should be on coc(k), not on toe (teau)
While I truly appreciate your furthering people's knowledge of Cocteau Twins, it is absolutely unforgivable and disrespectful to not even know how to pronounce the band's name. Especially given the fact that you have done videos on them before. With the amount of content, articles, interviews, and documentaries about the band over the last 20 plus years, a simple 5 second search could confirm how to pronounce their name. In the future, please further the credibility of your channel by taking the time to learn how to pronounce the names of artists that you feature. It's the least you can do to give the artist the respect they deserve.
COCK-Toe. Like French film director Jean Cocteau.
I really wish you would have looked up how to pronounce the name of the band and the songs before you bothered to talk about them. I cringed every time you mispronounced something.
The first time I heard this album way back when I thought it was the most beautiful music I'd ever heard, love them!
Her version of Song to the Sirens, with This Mortal Coil is stunning. Bluebell Knoll is a great album and I especially like the song, For Phoebe Still a Baby. (Less fluttery vocals). Robin Guthrie has some great solo work too. I believe this band was more influential than they are given credit for, especially in the Industrial Dance genre. Listen to early Skinny Puppy....the music, not the vocals. Einstürzende Neubauten too. Well gee, I was going to mention The Edge from U2.......and Robin's guitar quality......ENO! funny.
@@Katehowe3010 Not a fan of his voice.
This mortal coil with song to the sirens hits me extremely in the feels.
Like it is calling to every cell and nerve in my body.
Thank you for reacting to the Cocteau Twins, my absolute favourite band ever. So much fantactic material - check out the many EPs they did as well as the LPs.
Try reacting to the album Victorialand, their most dreamy LP. The title of the first track - Lazy Calm - epitomises the feel.
Cocteau Twins are also one of Robert Smith’s favorite bands.
Those were the days. Smoking weed, getting drunk, and trying to figure out what the hell Liz was singing about.
@jimschender4497 those are still the days for me at 54 - minus the booze 🔥
No..., just going with the vibe. There was never a need to understand what Elisabeth was singing...
First time I've seen a reaction to CT, my absolute favourite band after Depeche Mode. Have all the vinyl. I can just lay on the floor with my headphones on and leave the world behind. Epic. Thank you.
Happy to :)
I don't want to anger JP, but there is another reactor who has done the entire catalog and a bunch of other alt stuff like Joy Division and New Order, and is currently going through The Cure's catalog. Alex Haitz. He is similar to JP in that he listens to songs and doesn't usually watch music videos, but when he does albums he does it abridged as well. He is very understated, as a heads up, haha.
I really enjoyed your reaction! There has never been another band quite like Cocteau Twins. This album and HOLV are their two most renowned albums but there are many gems in their catalog. Some of their best tracks are actually from EPs and not even on proper albums. Once you get into this band it’s an amazing journey discovering all the treasure.
Ty Franko!
Played this album to death.
I can see the joy they bring you.
I literally warped the record from playing it all day and also while I slept for a week straight in the 90s.
"Lorelei" is the first CT song I ever heard, immediately capturing me into its pull of beautiful dream that can never be. It was on a mixtape from a friend. Thank you, friend.
Haven't heard this in years. I remember John Peel, who was one of the U.K.'s top radio DJ's, was totally blown away by them, and played side 1 of their album one night, and side 2 the next uninterrupted when it was released. I use to listen to him religiously back in the 80's. He appeared to have free rein on what he played. Still have the vinyl album upstairs. It's pronounced "evo" BTW.
This is how I was introduced to the Cocteau Twins, via Peelie. I recorded the Sessions from his show and couldn’t stop listening to them. I still have the CT Peel Sessions on CD… it’s a keeper
Liz is one of a kind. An incredible vocalist. You should review Blue Bell Knoll or Carolyn’s fingers ^^ and yes she is the singer on massive Teardrops
She actually contributed to 3 or 4 tracks on "Mezzanine" but her best collaboration was with scottish band The Bathers on "Sunpowder", a wonderful album now quite hard to find unfortunately.
@@cuckoofan yep ! I have this album ^^
There’s a video on UA-cam of a live performance of Angel on ruskin and Liz vocals are amazing.
Check a live version of teardrops in Paris couple of years ago. Wonderful.
@@billida There's even a whole concert which is great! Check it out billida:
ua-cam.com/video/gtLEyrfuDDY/v-deo.html
@@billida Thanks for the advice billida, I didn't know this TV performance of "Angel on ruskin". It's great!
Here's the link for those who could be interested:
ua-cam.com/video/JFXCO8X-CmM/v-deo.html
I know the "Teardrop" version in Paris already, but nice to mention it.
@@cuckoofan I’m a total fan of Liz
I saw Cocteau Twins multiple times on stage it was such a blast
It turns out actually that most of, if not all of the band's lyrics circulating the internet, are laughably incorrect. They amount to the fandom's hilariously futile attempts at deciphering Elizabeth Fraser's mostly unintelligible lyrics, which she has always chosen to keep secret, because according to her, they are just too personal.
I mean, a few of those "lyrics" do seem nonsensical enough to arouse suspicion, but then there are those where it's so blatantly obvious they're incorrect, that it actually may cause hurt and anger attempting to make sense of them in your head - the most egregious appearing mostly in those of songs spanning their album output of the 1980s.
If the Cocteau Twins lyrics intrigue you then check out their song 'Melonella' on 'Echoes in a Shallow Bay' ep. The lyrics are the scientific names of British butterflies. I had a theory that a great singer could sound great singing a restaurant menu and Liz Fraser proves my theory on this track.
Oh dear, it's Cock-toe :) An interesting introduction to a band i've known of, but not listened to. Had them down as indie shoe starer types, a la Jesus Mary chain, not sure why. And there is a fair bit of jangly guitar, but with great bass, and far richer sound than I expected. Partic Ivo, loved this, and though i enjoyed Lorelei it didn't have the same impact. Overall, a great sound, the music swirling around the airy, ethereal vocals, very atmospheric. I look forward to hearing more.
One of my all-time favorite bands. Sheer rapturous sonic beauty. This album along with Blue Bell Knoll are to me their finest.
You mentioned the Cure - Robert Smith always loved this band, and Lorelei particularly. Apparently he played it the morning of his wedding.
Now you're getting into some interesting stuff.
So cool! My favourite Cocteau Twins album. Love how she uses her voice more like another instrument than anything else. They had a few in this time period where they put out their best work. Mesmerizing, and relaxing at the same time.
I agree Heaven or Last Vegas is a great driving at night album. I think Monade's second album is another one. Monads was a side project from Lætitia Sadier from Stereolab.
Also, might add, Head Over Heels is magnificent as well, the album prior to this. Five,Ten,Fiftyfold, Sugar Hiccup and Musette and Drums the pick for me. Cocteau Twins always started and ended their albums with a stormer. Blue Bell Knoll, the first song on the Blue Bell Knoll album for some reason makes me well up at the end and I have no idea why.
More please.
Many Cocteau Twins fans cite Treasure among their best albums but it's not what I think nor the opinion of the band, which finds it unfinished.
I find the majority of the compositions a bit repetitive and not really successful and the big problem for me is the horribly reverberated drum machine.
My favorite tracks on the album are "Beatrix" and the more atmospheric "Otterley" which foreshadows the next album, the awesome and ethereal Victorialand (which does not contain any rhythmic track ... which is a plus from my point of view!).
The drum samples on this album are also a John Bonham kit that was popular at the time, you can even hear it at times.
Also, the sort of sound of a lot of 80s stuff involves drum machine, so I've always been down with it. But Treasure is indeed also not my fave album, and Robin not only got better sounding drum machines (as the world did) but he got a lot better at programming them.
These were the first two Cocteau Twins songs I heard way back in 1984. I purchased a compilation album from 4AD Records that had groups like This Mortal Coil and Gene Loves Jezebel on it. Both these songs were mesmerizing - I never heard anything like this before, so different than the mainstream music of the time. Like the Chameleons. the Cocteau Twins helped form my musical taste that continues to this day.
I love that bass riff in the middle section of Lorelei!
This an amazing song (Ivo), one of the tops of the band. Cocteau twins is a really awesome band. Weird and Beautiful at the same time
Great band - this may be the first reaction to any of their songs, so thanks for doing a review. Elizabeth Fraser's 'lyrics' are often a kind of experimental language - a futuristic scat singing.
Search Alex Haitz. You're welcome.
Think Cocktail but Toe instead of Tail.
My favourite female singer of all time. But what i wouldn't give to replace that drum machine with real drums. I think it lets Treasure down a bit.
For me, Treasure is the album where CT found their sound but I think what came after is better. It is a fan favourite though.
I really hope you do more and I recommend Blue Bell Knoll, Victorialand, Four Calendar Cafe and Milk & Kisses which I think are on par with Heaven or L.V.
I knew a girl that said this was her all time favorite band. Had all the records, box set, t-shirts. Somehow always called them the COCKATOO Twins. Their name is from this guy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau
Love the Cocteaus one of the best Scottish groups
Did Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance know about each other at this point? They were both recording in the UK at the time, and I get the sense there was a "scene" that both bands would have been attracted to or part of. The lineup similarities are obvious.
one of the best 80s albums
One of so so many
Persephone off of treasure is a great one. I'd try their album head over heels. Five ten fiftyfold, in the gold dust rush, and musette and drums are fantastic.
Interesting. I hear this and think of Jane Siberry earlier works which makes me wonder if Siberry was influenced by the CT. Whatever, I really liked what I just heard of CT. Now I need to go and watch your earlier reaction.
Jane is an amazing artist , I think Jane was her own , as was C.T. Just both great.
You have been listening to some of my favorite driving music (yes, Heaven or Las Vegas is a perfect driving album… and I’m originally from Vegas). That beautiful dark beat with her entrancing voice. And have fun with the lyrics… she stretches the words to fit the music. My best friend and I would giggle to what we heard. Have you opened up to Dead Can Dance? My favorite is the Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove. I’m loving the variety.
Try “Carolyn’s Fingers” off of Blue Bell Knoll.
Hey Doom Druid :D YAY! My favourite albums of Cocteau Twins! These harmonies, this voice, man! :D
The albums before were kinda incoherent, but here they did everything right - in my opinion ;) Very dreamy stuff.
If you want to check the other 'good' songs after this album, try Blue Bell knoll, Carolyn's Fingers and Suckling The Mender on "Blue Bell Knoll", and Cherry Coloured Funk and Pitch The Baby on "Heaven Or Las Vegas". You won't regret it if you like "Treasure" :)
Ty Sponi! :D
Dead Can Dance,This Mortal Coil....check them out
Love me some DCD :D
Always loved cocteau twins dreampop.
First song i've heard from them was " sugar hiccup" from their album head over heels from 1983.Loved them ever sins then.
See that u like them aswell... cool.
Another one u might like is Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's Land.
Great prog is served there.
And of course, a good reaction as always.
Good luck with figuring out the lyrics on cocteau twins. On heaven or las vegas it's easyer.
On the rest of their albums... as i said.. good luck. But it is a very likeable soundscape from them.
Please react to whole "Treasure" album, you will not regret this
I may be one of the few who likes the later CT (Four-Calender Café, Milk & Kisses) more than the earlier. I know that most CT fans think opposite. CT are one of my favorite bands, but I never got warm with songs like Ivo & Lorelei.
I think Treasure actually sounds worse than Head Over Heels, honestly. But a lot of the singles around the time sound better than it too.
I don't believe the Cocteau's have ever published lyrics for a lot of their songs. Lyrics found online are usually submitted by listeners who think they've deciphered Liz Fraser's singing.
I do know one song with some lyrics I definitely recognise as a nursery rhyme (the chorus of the last track, Donimo, off Treasure), so I suspect Liz gathers material from everywhere and then selects and distorts the words to suit her singing or the song.
God's voice!
;) Those are not the lyrics. Early on, most of Liz Fraser’s “lyrics” were sounds that seemed to her to just fit the melodies. Listen to her discuss how she did that, and also to her pronouncing some of her “song words” in this interview from 2009: ua-cam.com/video/XTx8VnZBvDc/v-deo.html Liz
Their music is so dreamy and just envelopes you. Two great songs! My fave C.T. song is Persephone!
When this first came out, along with a bong, this album was a Sunday morning ritual for me.
John Bonham plays on this record?
The 80s drum machine used on this album is the E-Mu Drumulator with the "Rock Chip" installed.
You can hear it used by plenty of other artists too (good example is Tears For Fears, "Shout").
The Rock Chip drum samples were taken from Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks".
You'd never know it. Sampling has come a long way since then.
100%, I was looking to see if someone else posted about this.
@@jimhardiman3836 You just bought them back then, and they were so lo-fi and so few bits with so little memory so that's why.
Music for the elves! Love it.
Love the intros...cracks me up. Very cool tune...digging those tubular bells/chimes. Happy Friday Eve people!!!
Hey Justinus, I can't believe I missed this the first time around. Yes, "bewitching" is the word. And yes, they have some of the best chord changes in the business. The business of creating deathless beauty, that is.
Anyways, I hope you and yours haven't caught any of that nasty Omicron business. We will overcome. (Yes, I've had a beer. Sue me.)
It's pronounced Cock toe (as in big toe). I love practically everything they put out. I also love Robin Guthrie's work with Harold Budd.
You can enter other dimensions listening to "Treasure"... it's music from the future! So is "Victorialand" which is like a holiday in heaven!
For me, the best Cock-toe album is their first, Garlands. But be warned, it’s very different to their other stuff….. very very different and very raw.
Fraser took an almost jazz scatt approach to construction of the syllables used.... its amazing .
the second song was not Lorelei. it was akia guini (sp) why didn't anyone notice? bizarre
Nice reaction! I recommend Carolyn's Fingers, and Aikea Guinea.
Oh man listen to Peppermint Pig by Cocteau Twins please!
I love this band. When you initially listen to it, it sounds formless and all the same. But through repeat listening, the melodies unfold and you become absorbed in it. IMO, that's music worth knowing ..
If you weren’t 1500 miles from me I’d be suspicious you were raiding my music collection prior to your reviews. Well done!
Sorry, I promise I'll bring your albums back soon :)
I like that you listen to the entire track before you comment. Rather than the annoying constant interrupting and injecting like so many of these reaction vids peeps do.
Thank you Skeeter :)
Way too dreamy to drive to. Sublime stuff.
Yeah, but imagine listening to this on this kind of drive 😍 ua-cam.com/video/TE2tfavIo3E/v-deo.html
@@JustJP I think you'd enjoy the Transfagarasan in Transylvania. (Best road in the world). Perfect for the Cocteau Twins.
Very dreamy music, I just love it