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Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dewdrops Drops Reaction
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2024
- In this video we're listening out Cocteau Twins once more. We were intrigued with this group on our first listen, so we're eager to hear what else they've got going on. Enjoy!
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I just bathe in the beautiful sound of Cocteau Twins lyrics without worrying much about what they mean. It works for me.
This is my all-time favorite band. Everything they ever did was great, and they're the only band that I can say that about. I use to know them in the 90's. A lot of people thought they were summoning the voice and music of God. They were just ordinary people making extraordinary music. They didn't live in the clouds or descend from heaven. They were just really nice average-acting people. If I had a request of them it would be their song titled Persephone. Just to clear up, there was only one vocalist, Elizabeth Fraser, and contrary to what a lot of people used to think, she was singing words in mostly English, sometimes using words she would find in old English, she just took artistic license with the pronunciation of a lot of her singing of them.
They were 'The voice of God'...
There are times when I listen to the Cocteau Twins where their songs bring me to tears. Liz's voice and Robin's sweeping guitarscapes trigger such an emotional response ...
Elizabeth Fraser could truly sing the phone book and make it a cult classic.
All the vocals are Elizabeth Fraser. And with that cleared up, it's time to scroll down and laugh at the people who sincerely believe they know what the lyrics are...
Yes they only ever had 1 vocalist and that was Elizabeth Fraser. She contributed vox from Garlands (debut album) up to Milk and kisses (final studio album)
as if!
When I saw The Cocteau Twins live they had a reel to reel machine on stage as they had no drummer. This meant their set was locked in but Liz was incredibly gifted with a golden voice. Treasure is my favorite album of theirs.
Treasure is my favourite too. I believe Robert Smith played it on a loop on the day of his marriage.......I wish I had thought of that.
@@charlesappleby8049 He & Mary ..
Robin Guthrie (founder/guitarist) arranged the drumbeat etc, HE was the Cocteau Twins drum machine.
Nice reaction, thanks... you could do a whole side project on Elizabeth Fraser's guest vocals... someone's already mentioned "Song To The Siren" by This Mortal Coil (fantastic), but I'd also recommend "Primitive Painters" by Felt, and there's also her work with Massive Attack (especially "Teardrop")
I have the vinyl sleeve of this signed by bassist Simon Raymonde. He actually messaged me the other night saying he was leaving a certain platform, and gave me his new address/details! lovely bloke.
The song 🎵 is a masterpiece in my opinion.
C 18-02-'23
Simon doesn't get nearly enough credit for their sound. His chorus infused tone is the glue that holds it all together
Loved this single. Bought it as a 12 year old kid back in the day.
"Heaven or Las Vegas" album is their magnum opus from 1990 when they are in full bloom with the title track "Heaven or Las Vegas" being a joyous sunny dream pop masterpiece to the last track "Frou Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires" a deeply spiritual and moving outro which is extremely personal to Liz if you can find the video with lyrics you'll understand why upon reflection. The vocals in that track are glorious, complicated and intertwine so well. You should just listen to that whole album on your own if you want to really understand why they are so influential. Liz's vocals are much more expressive and developed and is why some say she is the voice of God.
I wore out that cassette.
Prefer Treasure and Head Over Heels although I appreciate Heaven or Las Vegas is a favourite of many. Musette and Drums is my favourite CT track.
The parts of the song that are relatively decipherable suggest nothing more and nothing less than a bucolic sunrise tableau - ruby suns, ruddy cups, rows of pearly dewdrops, rooster, lark in [metaphorical] paleasse, tulips...I just wish I knew what she was gabbling in the chorus prior to the repetitive "pearly pearly pearly"...
Some strange and dubious theories about this song have been floated (especially on a certain blog) - let's just say that I do NOT believe that it's about a cosmological disaster.
All that said - this song has major nostalgic appeal for Brits of a certain age because it was the Cocteau Twins first major commercial success.
Also, the video has gained some fame because it was filmed in and around a disused psychiatric hospital in Virginia Waters - one which was active in the days when they used to execute patients for being too "hysterical". (There's an article about the video shoot and the morbid details behind it, in the Melody Maker archives, and reprinted recently in one of the History Of Rock bookazines).
I saw them live twice in Michigan, and once at the Roxy (NYC). She sounds amazing with seemingly minimal setup for her vocals. Watch the live vids.
Check out This Mortal Coil also on the 4AD label.
The band was a collaboration of musicians from a whole bunch of other bands like The Cocteau Twins, Colourbox, Dead Can Dance, Modern English, and The Wolfgang Press.
"Song To The Siren" is a fantastic cover and has Elizabeth Frazer on vocals and "Sixteen Days/ Gathering Dust" from the same 12" are fantastic.
We definitely know This Mortal Coil Song To The Siren
@mister stubbs "Looks Like We're Shy One Horse/Shoot Out" is a keeper as well. I just relistened to it.
Thanks for doing this one. Actually I really appreciate that the song summoned images of little kids dancing around outside in pajamas! That’s exactly was CT music is supposed to do-paint a picture in your mind and elicit emotions just based the sound alone.
Classic period Cocteau Twins.
They were a bit more Punk at first, the first album is like a rawer version of this sound, so you might get some mileage out of that,... Something like the song, In Our Angelhood. Later they did some gorgeous Ambient type stuff with Harold Budd.
As for the words, she could always repeat them, they are a kind of personal language to her... Some Twins songs do actually have words you can follow, but are so swamped in the mix it's difficult.
She was always something of a recluse, she didn't want to be involved in the writing of the music and would only come to the studio to lay down vocals. After the Twins were finished she did very spotty appearances on other peoples work.
There was no solo career as such.
Ruby stars are ruddy
It's a pearly dewdrops drop
Wakes to light the fire
For the pearly dewdrops
Ruby suns and ruddy cups
Rose the pearly dewdrops drop
'Tis the lucky lucky penny penny
Binds the pearly to their souls
Taciturn's a color
Taffy turns anemones
Rooster eye on my star
To rip asunder what he saw
Outro- "Ruby star Dorade, star Dorade" (Dorade AKA Dorado is a constellation in the southern sky).
Did you guess? 🤣
@@thesoundlikechameleons2082 No, I isolated the vocals with an AI program. Filled in the rest with lip reading.
@@thesecretsuninstitute1190 interesting
Ruby suns are ruddy
@10:10 Her voice was an "instrument", for the most part. Although they did do a very haunting version of "Strange Fruit" for John Peel.
That would be interesting.
That might be an interesting choice, Siouxsie And The Banshees did a version too iirc.
@@Sandy-dd4le We have a really good comparison idea since it's Black History month. Maybe we do Strange Fruit.
Elizabeth Frasier is the only female singer in the band. Their lyrics are more based on word sounds, not word meanings. There are no real "lyrics" to a Cocteau Twins song. Go into their music like you're listening to someone sing in a foreign language. Treasure Hiding from their Milk and Kisses album is definitely worth a listen. They truly are a genre all their own.
They did "Alice" for the film The Lovely Bones.It is haunting.
My fav now...
They actually named themselves after an early Simple Minds song
The Cocteau Twins occupy an odd place in what I choose to remember. I listened to their EPs in Iraq on my Awai cassette player. "Blue Bell Knoll," and reading Thomas navigating unknown land. It's crazy, isn't it? Yet, being in combat is worse. Very weird.
Crazy how the mind processes things.
Thanks again for featuring. It's not so much that they don't have lyrics in English, it just that without a copy of them in front of you you'd often not know what they were singing about - the massive compensation being Liz Fraser's wonderful voice.
Bands like the Cocteau Twins are the natural progression for someone like me who is so over Classic Rock and Hard Rock, prog rock and even punk rock
It's all Elizabeth. Her vocals.
You have to hear" Alice ' by the Cocteau twins,it was part of the lovely bones movie soundtrack,the video to it is amazing
Go check out some Cocteau Twins live stuff, no two versions the same, so maybe not so much written down as you imagine.
Liz top 10 female singer of all time without doubt.
Lisa Gerrad??? I wish both Liz and Lisa did a concert together
No one has explained the difference between the 7" and 12".
Not much.
The 7" is basically an edit of the 12" which is really just the full song. The 7" cuts off that first 22 second quite opening and starts right into the main song instrumentation. Then it fades out at about the 4 minute mark of this song and looses the ending coda and cold stop.
This song introduced me to the Cocteau Twins back in '84. It was played by my college radio station KLSU while working on an architecture project late one night. After hearing them, I had to find their stuff. At the time, all their albums and EPs (this is from an EP) were imports from England to us in the U.S. Luckily, there were several record stores around LSU that actually carried them.
5 inches. hahahahahaah💚
It matters not how you found Elizabeth Fraser or The Cocteau Twins.
You did.
The question is: Did you hear it?
I highly recommend you listen to 'Fifty-fifty Clown' or 'Iceblink Luck' from the album Heaven or Las Vegas. A totally different vibe. I haven't seen them live since 1985 but it was a wonderful experience. Thanks for reacting to one of my favourite bands.
Not bad at all!
My recommendation today is Blackmore's Night, The clock ticks on.
This leads me onto comparison songs, Rainbow eyes, between Rainbow and Blackmore's Night
Nice suggestion.
As good as Liz is at singing, Robin Guthrie is that good at studio production. (One of my favorite drummers too) Masters of sound.
The voice of God.
great band
Could you do reaction to brit pop band Rialto - Monday Morning 5.19 song, it's very underrated band
Liz sings in the bath.
I’ve heard some say the lyrics are slightly pornographic in this song. 😂