Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dewdrops' Drops (Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test) 1984 via 'Indie Classics At The BBC'. Please help support the channel, it is greatly appreciated: buymeacoffee.c... #OGWT #OldGreyWhistleTest #80smusic
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@burningskiesofelysium77784 жыл бұрын
me: damn i love cocteau twins cocteau twins: AhmAAAAHHn grrrAaaahhHvr
@Orellanamafer113 жыл бұрын
facts
@zackzallie87353 жыл бұрын
she's speaking the language of gods.
@pecanpiee3 жыл бұрын
when Liz sang "AhmAAAAHHn grrrAaaahhHvr" i really felt that
@leae37502 жыл бұрын
Edgy af pfp
@burningskiesofelysium77782 жыл бұрын
@@leae3750 thank u
@justinbrown93163 жыл бұрын
god it is just absolutely insane how calmly and effortlessly she delivers one of the greatest vocal performances ever
@gordonmathers44133 жыл бұрын
she also co-wrote and sang teardrop with massive attack - a true talent
@brandonbentley5453 Жыл бұрын
Shes not human
@damagejacked Жыл бұрын
Yep.
@joeltunnah Жыл бұрын
No exaggeration.
@ACTUALLYRICH6 ай бұрын
Her vocal control is unbelievable. With that little Celtic flair
@portapotty694 жыл бұрын
You kids today are lucky to have this at your fingertips for free. In my day, we had to walk 15 miles in the snow, barefoot, blindfolded just to buy one or two tapes. Then we'd listen to those tapes 300 times, even if they sucked.
@User0resU-14 жыл бұрын
300! You were lucky! Mine chewed em up after 30!
@jeffferoce26334 жыл бұрын
@@User0resU-1 Oh we used dreammmm of 30 replays. In my day, we were lucky if we got 3 replays before our dad would smash the tape-player over our heads and cry, "halelujah". - paraphrasing the The Yorkshire Men
@johngreenhorn88534 жыл бұрын
Liar,it was 20 miles.
@discosecret63634 жыл бұрын
Joe Additionally, I first heard the Cocteau Twins when I was 17 and it took me until the age of 49 to see this footage!
@forumknight4 жыл бұрын
Or press record when it was played on John Peel
@jimmyjohnson7027 Жыл бұрын
Massively underrated band. Liz Fraser's voice is hypnotic.
@codedlAnguage Жыл бұрын
Respect your elders. 💝
@BigBoaby-sg1yoСағат бұрын
@jimmy.. nah ! They were never underrated .
@videocave79252 жыл бұрын
I can’t really understand a bloody word she’s saying, but this probably my favourite vocal performance I’ve ever seen. Incredible.
@Dreadtower Жыл бұрын
She is known for developing a ‘wordless’ musical language. Here it is half and half. Later in her career she abandoned ordinary language entirely.
@rexx9496 Жыл бұрын
That's the charm, you only hear the melody and texture of the voice devoid from lyrical meaning. Conceptually I think this is an awesome technique.
@dsrtsnw7 ай бұрын
its gibberish! :)
@nektekket8527 ай бұрын
@jokuko all is yellow to the jaundiced eye...
@danbur176 ай бұрын
@@dsrtsnwit’s the best gibberish I’ve ever heard
@SunSky.8 жыл бұрын
I don't think this band have done a bad song...ever
@gabrielfinlay43967 жыл бұрын
I can confirm - they never did. Pure, utter, absolute, undiluted magic.
@basehead6176 жыл бұрын
A few things on Four Calendar Cafe aren't great, but yeah mostly.
@user-gf3wn1ne9n6 жыл бұрын
Every band has bad songs; they are no exception.
@kennethtoddhoback24246 жыл бұрын
SunSky you are very correct!
@charliez0775 жыл бұрын
@@basehead617 I don't even think any song on FCC sucks tbh - on repeat I found out even a track like My Truth has something to it :) maybe some b sides like Frosty the Snowman
@infamousNfamous6 жыл бұрын
I love how she does the squeak in her voice during the verse even in live performances
@chrisdavie81634 жыл бұрын
She did a lot more squeaking in 1994, I can tell you!
@jonathanleblanc21404 жыл бұрын
That vocal overtopping is my favorite part of her performances, c.f. Pink Orange Red (The Tube version), Love’s Easy Tears, Hitherto (live version) etc.
@scottanderson97114 жыл бұрын
when i heard that squeak live for the first time, i nearly lost my mind
@lisafolmar53214 жыл бұрын
And the purrr
@spinglasshydra4 жыл бұрын
Contrary to what people say is a, "squeak" in Liz's voice is actually a vocal method called, "breaking" which is very difficult to do and control. Most oftentimes you'll hear it in old American Country music. However, only Liz does it so well in many of her songs, that it became her hallmark of perfection.
@boomchicaboomboom3 жыл бұрын
Christmas Day 2020: the day I learned of the Cocteu Twins.
@saman95923 жыл бұрын
A good Christmas then
@alancroke25433 жыл бұрын
WOW!
@tmlafrance3 жыл бұрын
better late than never. welcome to the fandom
@daveparry66423 жыл бұрын
Wow do you have some wonderful songs in store for you. I discovered them when i was 15, back in 1985. Been a fan ever since, never stopped listening to them and never will. Enjoy the journey you have ahead.
@capgage13 жыл бұрын
@@daveparry6642 Really I think, it's too good. I also discovered them around the same time, 1986 at 17. It was so good, now nothing compares. And the times it reminds me of. Never will be again. Got to get over this!
@ggghhjd3 жыл бұрын
i met her once, in 85 or 86 on a London underground tube train. I had seen them the night before outside London and i just happened to be in London heading to Liverpool street. I looked up and there she was sitting opposite me on the tube. She looked just like she does in this vid. I was in a state of shock. I got off at her stop just to speak to her for a moment. She was so other-worldly and beautiful to me and it was as much as i could do to approach her. I told her i was at the gig the previous night and she pulled a face, because that gig was a nightmare for the band and they even spoke about it years later in the music press. She was crying on stage because she couldn't hear herself singing, the sound was so bad. I told her 'Don't worry about it, it was a shit venue.' Nobody played in that place. They certainly never went there again.
@lardosian3 жыл бұрын
Great story!!
@lj71693 жыл бұрын
Back when famous music acts could get on the tube 😂 Also, nothing worse than a bad sound guy doing your levels at a gig. I feel for her now even if this happened 30 years ago!
@ggghhjd3 жыл бұрын
@@lj7169 That gig was Chelmsford, a small shitty hall that rarely did gigs. I think Half-man half-biscuit were the only other band i remember playing there, and that was shit too
@andy29503 жыл бұрын
If that was the Chelmsford Chancellor Hall gig, I was at that gig. We saw Liz, pre-show, leave the venue, with couple of guys and walk down the road, into a Boots chemist. She can back, a few minutes later, hold a little bag. I looked straight into her eyes, but was unable to speak, it was a religious experience. We exchanged shy smiles - magical. Later, in the venue, I was told by Simon, too move away from the lighting/mixing desk . I saw his hand written set list, the song Loves Easy Tears, was written down, as Loves ZZ Tears. 💘 In total I was blessed to see the Cocteau Twins play live 7 times.
@ggghhjd3 жыл бұрын
@@andy2950 yes that was the gig. You must have seen her crying on stage and the band actually stopped playing and i think they left the stage for a while. I know they talked about that show in interviews later almost as something that bothered them a lot. I was at the front to her right and i felt for her because it was like she had nowhere to hide and the problem with the sound wasn't being dealt with. My work friends hung around and met the band after the show but i had already gone home. According to them, the band got pissed to forget the gig, or the men did, as I think they mostly talked to Robin and Simon. It was the next day i met her on the underground. The look on her face when i told her i had been at the show the night before was almost unbearable, as if i was the last person she wanted to meet to remind her of what had happened. So clearly it did bother her probably more than the others. I also saw the band at sadler's wells in London in 84 before that other gig, which was a much better show.
@DanHunterSportsWriter4 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, but there's The Cocteau Twins, and there's everything else. They are THAT unique.
@bartholomewmiller3 жыл бұрын
You're spitting facts Big Dan
@thedudeabides48293 жыл бұрын
You can definitely hear New Order (specifically Peter Hook) and The Cure as influences for the boys on instruments but I’m convinced, Liz Fraser, is celestial. Liz is what sets them apart from every other band I’ve ever heard and makes them so unique. Before someone tries to say I’m wrong about the influences The Cure goes back to 1978 and obviously Peter Hook’s bass playing in Joy Division was similar to his bass playing in New Order.
@DanHunterSportsWriter3 жыл бұрын
@@thedudeabides4829 I think you are spot on. Liz Frazer's ethereal nonsense warbling is as essential to their sound as Jonsi is to Sigur Ros.
@Watcher41113 жыл бұрын
@@thedudeabides4829 sorry but the cure isnt in same league as cocteau twins. The cure after masterpiece that was Pornography, started to record lesser pop. Smith should disband after Pornography and name New band something else. Cocteau twins never released crappy record, maybe Four calendar Cafe was a Little worse but they never record Such a bad music like the cure after Pornography.
@dinospumoni56112 жыл бұрын
I adore cocteau twins but if you think they're the most unique artist of all-time you're unaware of ungodly HEAPTONS of music
@hermitthefrog89514 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song and 35 years later I still can't understand a single word! The best things in life stay the same.
@oehlda2000 Жыл бұрын
That makes the music better. Less thinking. :)
@rockape629Күн бұрын
If you manage to find a song of theirs where you can understand the words please let everybody know.
@TheFibtastic12 сағат бұрын
Something about Ruby Suns and a penny penny penny bicycle and auahahahahaauuagoraiaiaaa.
@henrikibsen62586 жыл бұрын
She has to be the greatest singer of that time.
@TheSpikehere Жыл бұрын
Not quite. That accolade goes to Billie Holiday. Which might be why Cocteau Twins did a version of "Strange Fruit" for Peel.
@h4r4 Жыл бұрын
@@TheSpikehere so Billie was still singing in the 80s? Read man
@evb623 жыл бұрын
I saw them live in the mid 80s, a Brazilian living in Japan at the time. It was a virtually empty theatre in Tokyo, so it was like listening to them in my living room. This is how I remember them. Including the tape recorder at the side.
@aaronvigil99107 ай бұрын
Wow that's so cool!!!! Thanks for sharing :)
@tigerlight4304 жыл бұрын
Taught Liam Gallagher everything he knows about how to stand in front of a microphone
@spartan8764 жыл бұрын
Damn you’re right!
@cheziJi4 жыл бұрын
lol
@soysaucehairdye78694 жыл бұрын
Funniest comment of the year
@GregoryPaulDavis4 жыл бұрын
.....yes..bloody funny.. true...
@jakobglocke77643 жыл бұрын
@@GregoryPaulDavisnot funny learn english ya wank
@miguelrodriguez4498 Жыл бұрын
There’s just something about this song that’s both incredibly beautiful & haunting at the same time.
@softlightsymphonyband7 жыл бұрын
Mesmerizing. That bass line...
@mufandduff3 жыл бұрын
was even better when Will Heggie was the bass player
@gmar78363 жыл бұрын
Yes
@randylee716 Жыл бұрын
Like simom Gallup bass
@memphiskash5 ай бұрын
@@mufandduff one of the biggest reasons why Garlands slaps so hard is cuz of Heggie that man wrote so many bass hooks
@johnmacleod44817 жыл бұрын
This had to be amongst the finest of all Cocteau twin's songs ever.
@DrunkenPostie4 жыл бұрын
Iceblink Luck.
@93455Driver4 жыл бұрын
Spangle Maker
@TommyRibs4 жыл бұрын
Heaven or Las Vegas is my favorite.
@lukechandra62334 жыл бұрын
Lay your hands on me, Doctor Doctor, King for a day, Hold me now. So many to choose from
@theone4564 жыл бұрын
Pur
@Lerequindemort4 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that she’s called “Liz Fraser”. Just the ordinariness of that name. It makes her sound like a staff nurse from a Glasgow acute receiving ward. Don’t know why but I just like that.
@TheGadge674 жыл бұрын
Having attended my fair share of parties at the "Sou Gen" and "Gartnavel" during the 80's and in a transcendental state, I can confirm that this is quite true
@waz31284 жыл бұрын
I also find her look is quite ordinary, which makes it all the more mesmerising when you hear that voice
@gavinreid53874 жыл бұрын
Liz Fraser was also the name of a comedy actress who appeared in Carry On films.
@nodiggity94723 жыл бұрын
Her real name is Tourmaline Froo-froo Zappathrusta.
@lindawinchcole99623 жыл бұрын
Diddnae change her look or name, went to school with Lizzy all those years ago in Grangemouth
@tumadre78525 жыл бұрын
I don’t really understand what she’s saying but this shit is beautiful
@keithremedy4 жыл бұрын
Tu Madre she sang in a made up language for a few albums it’s reminds me of Pakistani
@marcosusmelj86314 жыл бұрын
I think that Liz's voice is difficult to understand even by a native English speaker, her splendid way of singing is not immediately intuitive. But not for this, I would not always listen to it
@pavement4224 жыл бұрын
Keith Remedy Thought she sang in Esperanto?
@dmartinjohnson4 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@keithremedy4 жыл бұрын
MusicalElitist1 did I fucking say it was Pakistani
@bravesirrobin1793 Жыл бұрын
My father turned me on to the cocteau twins when I got out of the army in the early 90's, he was online talking to people in Europe about music they were listening to and this band was one of them, I have been listening to them ever since, thanks Dad.
@steveroberts21804 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful voices ever
@3798penisholder6 жыл бұрын
We are so lucky to live in a time that lets us listen to a band like this
@ozeri3 жыл бұрын
TRUE.
@bobdobalina8388 ай бұрын
No, you are not lucky. My generation was lucky that we could see them live and there were a hundred other bands almost as good. Now popular music is completely dead killed by technology and social media
@TheCalciumboi3 жыл бұрын
Hearing this as the last song of Halston was an emotional out of body experience for me. I love this song, to hear it in a show that already had touched my heart.
@MulletRecords3 жыл бұрын
• I'm with you there ... goosebump moment
@keith-leecastle67004 жыл бұрын
Still one of my favourite bands after 36 years....
@MelliaBoomBot4 жыл бұрын
I bought this on 12inch when I was 18..Ive still got it 32 years later...beautiful!
@Emily-zp1jf7 жыл бұрын
So dreamy and haunting.
@Izzap7 жыл бұрын
Damnnn, I want music like this again!!!!
@mskcrc6 жыл бұрын
You're aware that dream pop is huge and there are tons of new artists doing similar stuff, even if it's not as good Liz.
@deniseshaharkrivosh6 жыл бұрын
That's my problem, none of the newer performers in the genre have made me cry the way Liz has
@abangemirzaihanabangzulkip95025 жыл бұрын
Listen to any bands under the Ethereal Wave genre, there are number of modern bands which influence by CT, this include Drab Majesty, Autumn's Grey Solace, Faith Disease etc. there lots of CT influence band that are still active today.🤘🏼🤘🏼
@keithremedy4 жыл бұрын
emir 97 none of them are as good though with the exception of a few
@mskcrc4 жыл бұрын
@WilshirecityBlues Beach House is about as good as we get today
@TheHifiEnvelope7 жыл бұрын
Unreal how good this band was. So grateful I was able to see them twice.
@martinpercival635 жыл бұрын
I was a lucky person.....16 times in 1984 alone....
@marionchatelin28095 жыл бұрын
@@martinpercival63 "lucky" isn't enough to describe how lucky you are.... I wish I could see them. This band is unique
@nope54454 жыл бұрын
They rarely played America... saw them once '92 I think it was
@imaginationunreal4 жыл бұрын
Saw them around 92/93 in Atlanta -- Mesmerizing.
@Telssa14 жыл бұрын
@@marionchatelin2809 I'm not a concert goer, but I made the effort for them, and saw them twice, thank heaven, in February and May of 1994. Could they reproduce that sound live? Yes they could; so put on a record, close your eyes, and you just might be there.
@tedfreeman27094 жыл бұрын
There is no precedent for this band and especially the transcendent alien siren song of Elizabeth. I would melt for that voice in perpetuity. Cocteau rule.
@leeder-7 жыл бұрын
elizabeth is a literal angel
@todessehnsucht3 жыл бұрын
YES
@nektekket8523 жыл бұрын
Given that "angel" means " messenger " absolutely.
@mattwarrensocal3 жыл бұрын
@@nektekket852 Debbie downer
@AGITPROP654 жыл бұрын
This is the house band up in heaven. No words in the lexicon to describe how unique, priceless and important The Cocteaus were.
@christabcook4 жыл бұрын
Why does my heart ache when I listen to songs from my past?? It literally hurts like I just got dumped by my true love..When I was 11yrs old, the 1st two cassettes I bought were Cocteau Twins & The Cure. Fortunately it was the start of my favorite music to this day. Music is very emotional for me, I had a hard time not stopping the video.🖤🦇🕸🕷
@fabiovargasadv4 жыл бұрын
Christa Pryor i feel the same! Love From Brasil
@soundpilatesandyoga85313 жыл бұрын
Feel the same.
@bubthezombie19852 жыл бұрын
Probably because they remind you of youth. There is something very special about coming of age; the learning, the heartbreak, the discovering who you are, what music you like. You were still young and full of potential. And as we age, we discover less new and great things, start seeing how the world truly is, your potential gets stifled by adulthood and the responsibilities that come with it. In hindsight, nothing is ever as good as youth, just the feeling of still having your whole life and whole world ahead of you. Music just takes us back to that place. A place we can't get back to. That's my opinion anyways. It is how I feel. Hope all is well.
@cdog95592 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia is a powerful drug especialy these days
@bravesirrobin1793 Жыл бұрын
Every time I listen to music from the 70's and 80's I feel like that, sometimes I tear up it's so heartbreaking, I miss those decades so much.
@Akashsrivastav084 жыл бұрын
This is the only song I've heard whose recorded and the live versions sound almost identical to the point that you can't differentiate between the two at a glance. Other songs just sound so different in the on-stage versions. Also, her voice is absolutely incredible!
@juanlopera9294 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. This is one of the few instances where she sounds almost the same!
@emma-cb6wh3 жыл бұрын
imo the live version is even better
@alasdairmcgregor4334 Жыл бұрын
Never enough credit is given to Robin Guthrie's distinctive guitar style. It was very much of it time but remains as fresh as ever and provided the perfect counterbalance for Liz's voice.
@DjWarp792 жыл бұрын
I'm from Philippines where people are not that open minded to other genre of music specially during the 90's. Some of my friends heard me listening to Cocteau twins and they said its like music for lunatics. i Guess being lunatic is a good way because i can feel the soul of this music.
@KoLjAxАй бұрын
Talaga ba?
@downallyourstreets4 жыл бұрын
Love the way that bass player scrapes that bass line around, on par with anything Peter Hook ever played
@Ukedc2593 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs of those times. My childhood hopes, fears, pretentious ideas and self doubts all wrapped up in 3 mellifluous minutes. A sonic wall of beautifully rendered pubescent angst.
@MrJampot643 жыл бұрын
This is the song that introduced me to this amazing band. When I first heard it I was in a state of bliss. A pathway to heaven you might say.
@markblackwell94864 жыл бұрын
So glad we had music like this to listen to back in the day.
@andybaul-lewis18728 жыл бұрын
True 80's classic. Caught them live on this tour, only bettered by Heaven or....
@FoggyCottageDweller8 жыл бұрын
+Andy Baul-Lewis I'm so jealous!
@erwinwoodedge48854 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy to see that they are more popular now than they ever were in their heyday.
@dariomilechneto3373 жыл бұрын
Halston (Netflix) brings me here!
@luizahm17 күн бұрын
❤
@earlsfield5 жыл бұрын
I have heard millions of bands in my time, but this is one of those you recognize after first measure, profile of the sound, amazing vocals, particular ambiance whether its from early days or 1997, that's CT for you. Jewel of a music concept I will always cherish.
@najibula867 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Liz, Robin & Simon. Your art is my salvation.
@flamencoprof7 жыл бұрын
At 33yo at the time, this band was the first time I bought something nobody I knew had even heard of, just because I liked it. My peers were still Rocking, younger friends were more Punk & New Wave. Still have 3 LPs, and no, they are not scratchy! I never worried about the indecipherable "lyrics", I just loved the rich sonic landscapes. Just searched & found this great vid when I realised it had never even occurred to me that they might have done live appearances. I had always imagined such stuff was purely done in the studio.
@bravo20385 жыл бұрын
flamencoprof aint she beautiful,a gift from god for all of us to enjoy
@jimmyromano2494 жыл бұрын
Brooding and abstract... you can tell that Johnny Marr incorporated this sound into the next year's Meat is Murder, particularly "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore."
@rock_and-or_roll3 жыл бұрын
I hear a lot of 90's shoegaze in The Headmaster Ritual.
@hughiedavies60696 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter when or where I see her sing ....I fall in love every single time
@MisterElement3 жыл бұрын
This brings me to tears and I HAVE to share it with my adult children so that they can understand what I was listening to when I made them beautiful beings with their Momma's!!
@jmashe99495 жыл бұрын
Every song, new to me in 2019, a revelation. Best, most pleasing and innovative band to emerge since the 60s: Beatles, Stones and Byrds... And then along comes Liz...all i can add is a humble 'thank you '. The post 'cultural revolution' era. can and has been redeemed by this music. Sorry that overall America has lost sight of its soul; its ability to feel;. mesmerized by our compulsive, consumptive.corporate defined 'self'. .. we missed the best band of a generation. Cheers from Minnesota, Jon
@BeatPoet67 Жыл бұрын
This killed me way back then and still kills me now. What a beautiful unworldly talent Liz was - but the music is hypnotically beautiful here too. And this is live. Jesus.
@scottherrmann13583 жыл бұрын
The hiccup in her voice at :48 still amazes me to this day. It never was about actual lyrics to me in their music. It's the places the music took me. Music that touches the depths of your soul.
@ambraneri2 жыл бұрын
When she sings the line “Taciturn and pillow”,the way she delivers the pillow lyric sounds like the mating call of some exotic bird. In all seriousness,her voice is so otherworldly it sounds like it comes from a different reality,and she delivers it so effortlessly it seems almost surreal.A proper Liz Fraser solo career would have been immense.
@darrellgrant47753 жыл бұрын
Every time this comes up in my recommended, it is an obligated view.
@jonasty.7066 Жыл бұрын
Uff that vocal performance hits me so hard. It’s that perfect and well performed
@josueamericanistarv7 жыл бұрын
Cuantos corazones, inspirados para amar, voces inspiradas a cantar, espíritus inspirados a elevarse. Gracias a la música de Cocteau Twins. Y gracias a quienes comparten la pasión por ella.
@jonnorris756411 ай бұрын
As has been said already but the most underrated British female artist of all time.
@Daka12s4 жыл бұрын
We'll be sold When Roddy comes We'll be sold when Roddy Comes for pearly dewdrop's drops Weeks in our company Cups of pearly dewdrops' drops We'll be sold when Roddy comes Comes for pearly dewdrop's drops Tis the lucky lucky penny penny penny Buys the pearly to their souls And as he jump the puddle To try to turn to loving this. Where still I am on my stuff So when he turned around he saw We'll be sold when Roddy comes Comes for pearly dewdrop's drops Tis the lucky lucky penny penny penny Buys the pearly to their souls Comes for pearly dewdrop's drops (We'll be sold to Roddy, sold to Roddy) Tis the lucky lucky penny penny penny Buys the pearly to their souls
@CDornable3 жыл бұрын
well there goes my version
@christophedelmas48443 жыл бұрын
En effet, it sound very different..... mais qu’est-ce que j’aime !!! I like it ... I love it ... I adore it ... Thanxxx to COCTEAU TWINS 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@crazytrain71143 жыл бұрын
More a vocalist than a singer in any particular language, pure beauty.
@davidfielding77464 жыл бұрын
Genius. They never did a bad track. This mortal coil. Sound of the siren. Wow. What a band. 4AD were great at putting out unusual music. Love this band. Dave Fielding and Ooshka.xx
@miffy.moo915 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stunning. Her voice is like no other and I am obsessed. Thanks for sharing.
@Jeremiah13tears4 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite band growing up and I give them so much love and credit for getting through those years. No one can ever ever trump Liz Fraser,
@harrymay25286 жыл бұрын
I still get goosebumps listening to this - how many years later from when I saw this on the BBC? Cocteau Twns at the peak of their powers (1984-1986). There will never be an era like the 1980s.
@TommyRibs4 жыл бұрын
Criminally underrated, undiscovered and unknown by too many. Their sound and style were unique.
@robgrossi23684 ай бұрын
She sounds like heaven in this performance!
@knotnik7 жыл бұрын
Amazingly haunting music. Loved them forever.
@russianvoodoo Жыл бұрын
One of the bands that changed my music perception forever fundamentally. Love them to the core.
@briankgagermeier4 жыл бұрын
I don’t know how I got here, but I feel like I’m back in the 80’s... and I think I like it! 😎😁
@anniep87117 ай бұрын
My dad introduced me to this when i was 12....31 years ago...took me to a live show at 15 in manchester...still love the music now as does he at 63.
@elizabethbarclay92523 жыл бұрын
Her vocals are friggin flawless...
@gaae20002 жыл бұрын
I knew the name in the 80s and 90s but never got their music - until now when I am 50yo! I have pretty much uploaded all their LPs on iTunes.
@pasteboard52692 жыл бұрын
The Cocteau twins are amazing and Liz is a musical Goddess with a voice of an extremely powerful angel, none like her!
@Maxianaconda2 жыл бұрын
This is honestly better than the studio version.
@niall4417 жыл бұрын
That sent shivers up my spine! The most Artistic band ever! Thanks for upload SOFTLADI !!
@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.6 жыл бұрын
this sounds great live, just magnificent
@johnchang77 жыл бұрын
Almost forgot about this band. The 80s will always be forever the greatest decade of music
@northcountrybhoy6 жыл бұрын
As someone who was ten in 1990 and grew up with 90s music which I love. You are right!
@sirrathersplendid48254 жыл бұрын
I have the whole world’s music at my fingertips, yet what do I listen to, almost wall-to-wall, the Cocteaus!
@krasteff4 жыл бұрын
If you "almost forgot' about this band you are not into music.
@johnchang74 жыл бұрын
@@krasteff Ok skippy if you say so. :D
@superorangeish4 жыл бұрын
Have you listened to Close to the edge... lately?.I think the 70' s was the best.
@Twinthumps Жыл бұрын
Genius, one of my favorite bands.. So underrated 🙏🏻
@andycole34425 жыл бұрын
I saw these in around 88 oh my God no one ever had they're sound and they were magicall no sound like them and her voice was wonderful! Oh how I miss bands of this originality which aliss no longer exists
@mahmoodkadir67724 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell, I absolutly adored these as a kid.Elizabeth Fraser sings like an angel, wonderful. Thanks for posting mate.
@klubni4ka2335 жыл бұрын
i get chills everytime i watch their live performances
@c3miracles7023 жыл бұрын
I'm convinced she speaks unworldly lyrics that make sense to others and not us.
@jki73714 жыл бұрын
Saw them at The Royal Festival Hall in 84. Amazing live!
@NickHarman3 жыл бұрын
I was there, as I recall the tape machine was being very awkward that night
@hangxiaohuz7484 жыл бұрын
I’d forgotten how much I have loved this band and all the wonderful times I’ve spent with their music in my head.
@TheCityman694 жыл бұрын
Superb, this will never date.
@nou10512 жыл бұрын
i recently discovered this band, i get chills everytime i listen to their songs. this is one of my picks, i love it very much
@hsnnsr70672 жыл бұрын
Who came from Halston netflix movie
@alexvaraderey2 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Absolutely amazing. It's her own song and i'm still surprised that she knows when to come in.
@icarus64249 ай бұрын
Original, authentic. Will never be copied because its impossible to copy. We will never see a band like this again.
@eunicedetoiles99014 жыл бұрын
Oh, how I love The Cocteau Twins forever and ever!
@jose_ninguem4 жыл бұрын
I really want to thank God for being alive in a moment in which I can enjoy Liz Fraser's voice.
@markeeledge6 жыл бұрын
Had this on 12" Vinyl. Classic.
@lacantara236 ай бұрын
What a performance 👏the thing about her vocals is she never focused on actual words but rather the vocals themselves …so she mixed actual words with whatever she felt …creating a mood or picture of what’s being conveyed within the framing of the song -artistry at its highest level …
@jennaleigh-raine5 жыл бұрын
💚😢miss my brother xx
@stef10746 ай бұрын
what a voice she has !
@ngolian7 жыл бұрын
"Ahead of their time" is so right. Who knew how popular the phrase "penny penny penny" would become about 25 years later ;).
@Grithron26 жыл бұрын
For the most part I'm still baffled by that repeated rapid-fire hookline ("teaser, lucky, early...spite the pearly tulip-souls"?) but I'm sure that the repeated word in the middle of the line is not "penny" - it distinctly has an "L" in it! And what was the title again...?
@robertcaffrey60976 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading and sharing. This group of people had a very special chemistry. A gift to us all.
@regfries82793 жыл бұрын
christ this is magnificent.
@SaundersBenevolus Жыл бұрын
Cocteau Twins and the Jesus and Mary Chain... brilliant Scots who shaped and defined my musical evolution in the mid 80s and set the stage for the glorious My Bloody Valentine and all the shoegazers that would follow. twas a remarkable era
@SaundersBenevolus11 ай бұрын
My two favorite bands of all time. Blessed to have seen both live.
@bleepybloopy8 жыл бұрын
beautiful!
@63Kafka2 жыл бұрын
Watching this on the TV in 1983 changed my life xx
@Metatron1414 жыл бұрын
It's like the light entering my soul.
@bravo20385 жыл бұрын
God must,ve breathed directly into her lungs,and out came that incredible voice,love you liz