There is no other female vocalist who can come anywhere close to Liz's vocal dexterity. She's one of a kind and I never tire of her or Cocteau Twins. I've been listening to them for over 30 years.

She was 20 years old here. What a complete genius of a human being 😵‍💫

Phenomenal bassline...

Liz Fraser is hugely under rated!! Genius vocalist!

Man we took so much for granted back then. Like that this was just the way it was, and music would always be this good.

Wow I just happened to be looking for live performances of Elizabeth Fraser today. This was the first one I bumped into. After I finished watching it I noticed that it's a performance from 29th January 1983. Today it's 29th January 2023 .. No algoritms were involved. A pure coincidence I bumped into this performance that is exactly 40 years old today. *__*

Watching Elizabeth stimming during her performances is so oddly satisfying/ soothing 💕

What sets apart the Garlands LP from any other CT's work is Heggie's thunderous, brooding bass lines. They dominate the song structure and they set the tone. Shallow then Halo, Garlands, Blind Dumb Deaf and this one are all perfect representatives of bass driven melodic structure. In Shallow then Halo, in particular, in the first minute of the song the only melody heard comes from the bass and Liz's voice.

One of the best Cocteau Twins songs ever, just amazing.

Late seventies, beginning eighties had the Cure, Joy Division, New Order and Cocteau twins... It was a brilliant time for music...

My favorite Cocteau song. I play it daily. Her keening style of singing is awesome

One of the greatest live performances I’ve ever seen dude holy shit. The energy is so intense yet trippy and calming

Man, I can't stop watching and listening to this. This performance is amazing, want to hear that bassline intro again and again and again. Liz is so into the vibe of the song. Shivers down my spine. And now I'm going to watch it once again. And again.

Never in my life have I seen a singer open up their vocal chords the way Elizabeth Fraser does.

Liz absolutely owns it, and Will heggies phenomenal bass line so critical to early CT sound. Absolutely luv it! Simon Raymonde brilliant, but cant imagine 'Garlands" without Will, He got the ball rolling.

Believe it or not, I just discovered CT through Spotify - and am completely hooked. I was 15 when this was shot, but remained oblivious the rest of my life 'till now... Liz is so adorable here. Fragile yet confident.

Omg i love this song and its fuckin atmosphere. But most important thing i thought she couldnt do these vibratos in live but she could. She is really an angel.

This is astonishingly good, always loved this song but this performance is incredible

Splendid stuff. I had hair like that once. I had hair once.

The bass is heavenly!

Love it when a singer is POSSESSED by a song. She was so crippled by stage fright. Watching them was always such a tense experience. She hates this. But the song comes through that. It took a toll on her but... wow! Hope she's happy now.

19 November 2020, This Universe, The Milky Way, The Solar System, Planet Earth, Europe, Italy, Sicily, Palermo. Always and forever thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the entire World hundreds of unique bands and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. So thank you to the Cocteau Twins - my favourite band since the 1980s - and also to the Discharge, Lush, Wire, Colin Newman, Dead Can Dance, Nick Drake, Killing Joke, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Broadcast, The Smiths, Human League, Curve, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Skunk Anansie, Genesis, Steve Hackett, Boards Of Canada, Adam & The Ants, Public Image Limited, Prefab Sprout, Lloyd Cole & The Commotion, The The, Joe Jackson, Napalm Death, Cranes, Led Zeppelin, Yazoo, Iron Maiden, Police, Blur, Fall, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Soft Cell, Jamiroquai, Seal, Slowdive, Clash, Madness, The Beatles, Cure, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Goldfrapp, Dubstar, Echobelly, Charlatans, Ride, Heaven 17, Judas Priest, Marillion, The Buggles, Throbbing Gristle, This Mortal Coil, Pet Shop Boys, Cardiacs, Damned, Dire Straits, Teardrop Explodes, Carcass, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Eurythmics, Thrilled Skinny, Dead Or Alive, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds, XTC, The Streets, Pretenders, The Queen, Lily Allen, Tears For Fears, Supertramp, The Kooks, Duran Duran, Groove Armada, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Saxon, Massive Attack, Electric Light Orchestra, The Who, Inspiral Carpets, The Wedding Presents, Kate Bush, The Rolling Stones, Housemartins, Visage, Culture Club, Expelled, The Jam, P.J. Harvey, Gary Numan, Howard Jones, Suede, Everything But The Girl, Roxy Music, Thrilled Skinny, Freur, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 10cc, Ladytron, Japan, Morcheeba, Helen Love, Spiritualized, Loop, Th' Faith Healers, Mark Ronson, Pretenders, Bauhaus, Kate Nash, Lotus Eaters, Black Sabbath, Oasis, The Sundays, All Saints, Portishead, Verve, Exploited, David Bowie, Talk Talk, Bauhaus, Elastica, Hey Elastica!, David Gray, Joe Jackson, Nick Kershaw, Spandau Ballet, Supergrass, The Korgis, Badly Drawn Boy, Tricky, Pale Saints, The Creatures, Bronski Beat, Fine Young Cannibals, Madness, Extreme Noise Terror, Stranglers, Stereolab, Keane, Motorhead... What would our lives have been without British bands?

Un des morceaux les plus somptueux de Cocteau Twins. Merveilleuse alliance qui conduit à ce chef-d'œuvre impérissable. Toi non plus tu n'es pas là par hasard.

Brilliant. Never seen Liz move so much. I saw them at Sadlers Wells and she was like a statue.

2000 Years from now Liz's writings, recordings, etc will be discovered. The historians will conclude that she was revered and worshipped WorldWide as a living goddess. They will actually be 100000000000% correct.

Explosive, thunderous, scarring. And brilliant. The best band ever.

a 19 year old Liz. wow. my heart is aching.

Great song. My favorite Cocteau Twins song.

It's as rare as rocking horse shit to get anything "new" from Cocteau Twins Archives...thanks to those for making this available, both audio and video on this are top notch.

Her trills gives me the chills!

Garlands is a truly innovative record. They pushed the envelop indeed. This footage is new to me. Nice to see Robin and Liz live. THX for uploading!

Shes so adorable and that thing shes doing with her hands...

This is the greatest vid on KZfaq. I play this constantly and this live version is better than the single/album recording.

Their music 🎶 is so ahead of its time. Nobody else sounds like them.

This woman’s voice has been the lovely ghost with the voice of an angel haunting me for thirty six years and how I adore you Liz!

Her voice is truly one of a kind!

This is one of the Cocteau Twins strongest numbers they ever came up with. It'll be in my CT top three for ever. Plus the video quality couldn't be any better. Thanks for this upload.

WOW. This clip is amazing. I have never seen Liz so animated , actually moving her body. She is normally quite melancholic. How is it all the these European TV channels have all the gems.... She looks beautiful.

Garlands is the best Cocteau Twins album, and this rendition of Wax And Wane is amazing. Elizabeth is beautiful here.

oh god Liz looks so young!! Wow this is amazing. I would die to see them live around 1983/1984

They had a particular something that nobody else has ever had, it's about the atmosphere they were able to create, Garlands is an absolute masterpiece of humanity.

Unharnessed art in its finest form. There will never be music like this again. Just amazing! In my top 5 bands of all time..

one of the best bands of all time that does not get the credit they deserve.

thanks. this is a great video and performance, really captures a specific point in time. and BTW, she is adorable in this video.

Garlands is truly an essential album for the "goth" scene and sound. Kids today know nothing about

This is incredible! Liz is my top inspiration for vocals. She brought such originality and extreme talent, so badass! I'm so grateful to have discovered CT at the time that I did. Absolutely life-changing for me.

great dancing by liz

Graduated highschool in 83'.Hardcore metal head.First heard this song at a party. From that point in my life this one song sent me on the musical journey to appreciating all musical genres. Please don't lock yourself into one type of music,you will sorely regret it the rest of your life.

Superb editing mate, the extra 40 secs makes an already priceless performance even better.

if there was just one new band, just one new artist capable of a performance like this around today, maybe, just maybe....

We don’t have exquisite music like this anymore.

Intro . . . goosebumps. As if watching a really important moment in history, like mozart premiering a symphony.

weird, I was there, it was a double gig with Siouxie, I remember Eliabeth's handpicking particularly

Will heggie will never be forgot in this story

I only just discovered this video and it gave me the same chills down my spine as when I first heard it. 1980. I had read the album reviews, so off to the university bookshop and record store, headphones secured, and then this otherworldly magic begins to play...

Extraordinary. I wish I had been there!

Cocteau twins, one of the best bands ever!

i come to watch her delicate style as if i was looking for someone like me... so pure in the way she felt the vibe of this song

At 2:57 The bass sounds incredible!

The palace in Hollywood. I was just a little girl of 17. They had a drum malfunction.. but it was just a blip. So incredibly cool set list. Wish I could live it again.

One of the best songs of my life!!! I can't stop watching and listening to this too. DEMAIS!!!!!!!

Geweldig!! Blijft mn favoriete album / Garlands nu officieel 40 jaar oud:)

Wow !!! The more I hear this Song the More I wanna hear it again and again it’s like the most simple 80s Masterpiece.

Wow, amazing! I love this concert so much. If I could choose one concert to attend in all of history it would be this one.

Thank God for the Cocteau Twins!!! And, Thank Spirit that they evolved to very beautiful, psychedelic music from their punk/pseudo-Goth origins

You can hear the ghost of Siouxsie and the Banshees here it was later that they honed their sound. She's an amazing vocalist !

Amazing band. Amazing music. Unique. Wonderful LIz Fraser. Loved her. Still do.

Wow! What a treasure (no pun intented) - this must have been around the time I was lucky enough to see them live,at Liverpool University,and it´s such a joy too see such a stripped-down performance in contrast to the highly polished videos that came later (which I also love,don´t get me wrong!)

So I kept hearing the cover by Deftones and I kept thinking to myself about how much it didn't sound like a Deftones song, so I decided to look it up and I would've never guessed it was Cocteau twins but God I love it !!

Wow this brings back memories. I can almost smell the clove cigarettes!

Their music is like timeless to me....doesn't seem to me that this music came out in the eighties!

Oh my goodness... Can't believe I found this. . I'm so happy.

Gothic, Otherworldly and Beautiful!

Pure fire🔥absolutely stunning - idk how many times I’ve watched this over and over

Her voice is a beautiful gem ❤️🎶🎼

30 years ago, unbelievable! Liz looks so nervous but sexy and cool in tartan and a leather mini skirt

sound's amazing, thanks so much for uploading this!

This is the woman I fell in love with in 1983 - this is amazing, thank you for sharing!!

Amazing song and performance as always

Love her this band is off the charts Amazing

I love them SO MUCH ! She's the BEST

Saw her live at the Barrowlands for the Heaven or Las Vegas tour, supported by Dolphin City, the night I was there was special, Liz's parents were in the rear of the audience as it was her birthday that day, she was so happy they were there and by god we felt it too. What a show!!

Interesting to see over the decade, many people have downloaded your video and uploaded onto their youtube channel!!

Yes I wondered about the repeated movement from the beginning > video editor here so… thanks for explaining and > great work !!!! 💚

This is what I love about KZfaq. Every once and a while you come across a gem like this. Thanks so much for providing. I know CT is more well known for their later output but I actually favor this early stuff and Garlands is one of my all time favorite albums. It was this and a few other LPs that caused me to become a 4AD label fanatic and buy everything out from that label on sight.

unbelievable how good they sound live!!! I've never been, but this makes me wanna be goth right now

I LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE

I was 16yrs old at this time and I had such a crush on Liz. What a performance ❤

Great! Better than the studio version. You can hear a real scottish accent that doesn't come through on the records.

It doesn't get much better than this.

Absolutely breathtaking!!! Thanx so much...

I started my musical story with punk. Then I fell in love with Bauhaus, Joy Division and forever with ...... Cocteau Twins! During this period, I met..... my wife💘

awesome i was 17. thank you.

Love Liz. Her voice is mesmerizing.

OMG, this is awesome !! Best band ever !

Imagine being there... my wig would've been all over the place

I am continually being amazed by videos and films of bands I never saw before!! You Tube is the best time machine ever!!!!

This post is GOLDEN! Excellent transfer. This is like a dream come true :-D

the guy that made this video did it great synchronizing the beat with Liz hand picking at the start of the song

This is gold! Thank you!