Yes you too Robert Smith, that hurts to say cause your the man!! But she's better than you as well. Damn man you know i love you too. Love you Bob. Paul
I've been listen to this track for three days straight... jeez this is soo sick. Yes the greatest band and voice of all time. Sorry Beatles, Sorry Pink Floyd, Sorry Van Halen. Sorry Sting haha Love all you guys but she's the best.
Robin Guthrie (the founding member) heard a "Simple Minds" song, their debut album "Life in a Day", which had a song called "No Cure." In the lyrics there is the phrase - Cocteau Twins - refering to a gay relationship - but that's not the point. The name sort of stuck in Guthrie's mind - and it had no real specific reason. Now I'm probably gonna get tons of people whining about it's inaccuracy. Don't bother - I've been a fan since 1983, I know better than most people.
Thanks for posting. In an ideal world the BBC would routinely repeat such classics on their digital channels instead of endless re-runs of Formula 1 or snooker. Hey ho, what do I know. Instead they chose to repeat TOTP from 1976- bizarre.Great to see it here anyway.
This is a great example of more is less. Get rid of the 2 extra guitarists, the drummer, the percussionist and I might listen. They were out-on-their-own, mesmerising as a trio and this is embarrassing, easy-listening.
DONT READ THIS CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF UR LIFE TOMMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF UR LIFE HOWEVER IF U DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST 3 VIDEOS U WILL DIE WITHIN TWO DAYS UV STARTED READING THIS SO DONT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY PUT THIS ON AT LEAST FIVE VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR LOVER NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LEDDERS THIS IS SO SCARY THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS
No, i just saw them at the festival hall and suggested a video idea to her but we never made it.
i last heard she was living in brighton but was quite ill. that was 4 years ago i know nothing now except she grew up in grangemouth on the other side of the river forth from me, i could see their lights and as an infant would wave goodnight to the children in grangemouth every night, she being one of them. she found that quite funny when i told her.
i saw that festival hall shows he mentioned. the sound was beyond beautiful and i even got to meet the siren herself. adorable. i proposed to do a video of her naked riding on a dolphins back. she just laughed and said 'i cant swim' i said 'dont worry the dolphin can !' come back liz we all love you.
i saw that festival hall shows he mentioned. the sound was beyond beautiful and i even got to meet the siren herself. adorable. come back liz we all love you.
There is simply on-one who sounds like this band. Lush came close, but lacked the mystery and gravitas. Saw the Cocteau Twins live twice and found them absolutely mesmerising. Nothing to look at as such, just 7 statues on a stage, and yet completely captivating. Decades into the use of electricity in music, and still there is nothing that compares to Elizabeth.
Chciałbym być choć raz w swoim marnym życiu na Twoim koncercie.....Elizabeth jesteś porywająca razem z Robinem i resztą grupy..... I LOVE YOU VOICE ,DRUMS,GUITAR,EWERYTHING .....sorry my grama writing
@SirBounder you are right to some extent, but mind you she did have some issues in the past that led to a loss of some vocal range. I'll put the question to you (or anyone else): does she rock any less?
i know I can't comment on all their songs so i won't try. i love this though... shes amazing and i get emotional around this band. i hope they never leave us. i need them in my life. I really like Que's comment very very much. It's beautiful. :)
Oh My Goddess!!! This Vid is so awesome. Really I am gushing here, but they were just so awesome, and I envy the lucky (smart) ones who saw them, especially in the 90's. It looks like they were supported by a whole band here, PROPER!! Liz is the Goddess' sister!
every time that the life hit me, i play CT then I release myself of any pain,and this way for 20 years, they are like a clarion calling...... in a war that u are loosing.
people who listen ct are joined for a silver thread...
I don't know anyone who don't like Cocteau's music, even in november 1997, my grandmother said to me when she was walking near of my bedroom: 'whatta beatiful music you use to hear, son...' I was surprised... LOL. But yeah, that was the truth.
@Quepedoporquenoentra My mom thinks the same! she always says to me: Oh... that sweet fairy voice and those magic sounds are really perfect, whats that band?. My father listens to Jazz and he thinks Cocteau Twins is one of the best bands in the world, specially for the musicians. My cousin is doctor and he thinks that listenning to "heaven or las vegas" or "four calendar café" in the work time, its the best cure for the pain. I dunno too anyone who cant love this band! cheers mate ^^
@Quepedoporquenoentra nice touch my fellow cocteaus lover, they to me are are the greatest contemporary band that ever produced music, they are beautifully crafted melodic ethereal harmonious tunesmiths, free of ego yet emotive and enigmatic, i laugh and cry to their music it becomes very peronal. as you wisely say Great Fucking Band ;)
@Quepedoporquenoentra ...hi bud im 50 now and im still in love with the cocteau twins ..my mum is 73 and she still ask me to put some on..lol brilliant music...i was lucky in the very early 80s to see this band ....
One of those bands of the highest order, that smash through the ridiculous elitist "indie" tag - render it useless. Just quality, accomplished music that deserves to be in every CD rack in the world.
@thetattytruth Me too!!! I know it's been over a year since you left this message. But, this is such a gem of a video. And, LIz is beyond words. I envy the people who saw them in this form--fully realized, with a whole band of musicians to support them.
Non è possibile che una voce umana possa così elevarsi fino a raggiungere le vette più alte dell'universo.sento che essa penetra nelle profondità della mente con la leggerezza di una farfalla,ma resta incisa in essa indelebilmente.
I wish they performed like that on Len*. That really packed a whallop that would have KO'd the average American. The big band worked, it's a wall of sound thing, and Liz comes through it like a fog cutter. Magnificant clip.
I love this track. But disturbingly she looks very much like Shaun Ryder on the close ups! You must look carefully to appreciate this fact. Great tune; good memories.
Ok a little maybe, not much in it though, Shaun Ryder is a very ugly looking man sorry to say. Liz Fraser is far from ugly and you can not really compare this sorry. I really fancied Liz when she sang on Pearly dewdrop drop's on the grey whistle test.
I know group from 1984!!!!! I am not English, I know her voice and sound of gitares which I will recognised everywhere. You don't know wha you have!!!!
This is my favorite song of theirs by far ... the base and lead are brilliant! It translates live quite nicely but I still favor the album version for the pureness of the base and lead, plus the movements are more transcendent. Whoever mastered that track is a sonic alchemist!
That's Antony Hegarty on guitar from Antony & the Johnsons! I saw him on the Culture Show the other evening and he was talking about the Cocteau's and it brought back memories of them so thought I'd check them out - they were obviously amazing.
quite possibly the most uplifting melodic feel good ecstatic sensory sensation of a song ever written
evokes brain memories I am not are mine...emotion-stacked...but its not about anything but movement and travelling through space or something... help!!! ITS GREAT
Por equivocaciòn comprè el Four Calendar Cafe en el mismìsimo 1994; nunca había escuchado a los Cocteau... lleguè a la casa, puse el disco y desde ese momento se convirtiò en la mejor banda del mundo para mì.
I have always loved the Cocteaus from Garlands to Bluebeard, but especially Victorialand, saw them on a few occasions and best when they toured with the Heaven or Las Vegas album as an 18 year old in Glasgow Barras 1990(?), less so when they joined with Seefeel for more ambient stuff but still fine.
However I saw this recordin on TV at the time and although I knew Liz's vocal for years I thought the she might have taken things a bit far here, kind of a characterture of the her singing style.
She was never good live. Except maybe in the beginnings. I don't understand why she kept improvising all sorst of vowels and rhythms instead of following the much more controlled singing of the albums. She's definitely an artist for the studio. Not comfortable in public.
I used to think the same, but I guess she does that, precisely because she don't want to be like the other bands, instead she offers some kind of alternative version of the song and to show her concept, so you cannot hear the same material you've already bought, if you did. I've always said that this kind of music is NOT made for concerts or live performances, imagine to sing the same over and over again, I would get bored of my own work if I did that, and so, it'll lost all meaning and concept.
Yeah, she does this on purpose dude. She is actually very talented live. But this is her way of saying FU to all those bands that sing the song the same way live as it is on the album. Most are with you (including me) and dont like how she does her improv, but this is actually what makes her as talented as she is. All intentional and planned. She is still a siren and set the standard.
I spoke to Robin Guthrie via MySpace, and he told me that there is no way that The Cocteau's would re-unite. I know, we are all sad...His exact words were, "Why would I?" They are and will be missed...
According to a guitar gear site: "his setup circa 1990 was: paul reed smith guitar> boss exciter> boss chorus> yamaha d1500 delay> harmonizer> boss phaser> boss hi-band flanger> boss flanger> boss vibrato> volume pedal> cry baby wah> another delay> pair of rivera combos"
I'm a bit of o guitar geek, and i have to say I dont recognise Robin's guitar here. However, it's not a Paul Reed Smith as in the reply from gazboid. Dont know if that helps.....
I'm going to guess it's a custom instrument. The headstock is like a late 60's Yamaha SG-5A and the body is like a reverse Jaguar as Jaguars and Jazzmasters were generally favored/played. Totally cool gold-leaf finish on the body!
definitivamente es una de mis bandas favoritas, pero las pocas canciones que he visto en vivo como esta no me gustan para nada. La musica es genial y la voz de ella excelente, pero ya como que todo junto y en vivo.....prefiero escuchar el disco, aun que claro que si pagaria por ir a verlos en vivo...osea!!! es cocteau twins!
genius band! Mitsuo Tate's guitar stands out in this performace. My favorite band for many years now. I still think it will take some time for the masses to appreciate this band. Thank you Cocteau Twins!
I'd never seen this footage before, and I'm dumbfounded by Liz Fraser's ability to bend words and sounds to her will. She is living proof of the Divine. Such grand things are not meant to last forever. They exist of a time and place within my heart that I can't bear to continue yet never want to forget.
Thanks so much for posting this - what a great band they were, I still remember being blown away the first time I heard Treasure and Victorialand back in '96 and they had me from there. Nothing like them before or since.
Yes you too Robert Smith, that hurts to say cause your the man!! But she's better than you as well. Damn man you know i love you too. Love you Bob. Paul
deephousedummy 2 weeks ago
I've been listen to this track for three days straight... jeez this is soo sick. Yes the greatest band and voice of all time. Sorry Beatles, Sorry Pink Floyd, Sorry Van Halen. Sorry Sting haha Love all you guys but she's the best.
deephousedummy 2 weeks ago
Siempre eh querido saber como se llama el oriental de la jaguar? Alguien sabe?
edertronics 1 month ago
the voice of a goddess, and the best track on that album
cryptsub 1 month ago
Este tema tiene un comienzo genial!!!! mas gótico es imposible..... y la Voz de Liz es simplemente de otro planeta!!! excelente tema!!!
chokita221180 2 months ago
@chokita221180 yo diría que la intro tiene onda new wave mas bien
AleMayaOM 2 weeks ago
que efectos cure y como suena esa fender jaguar con chorus gracias por subirlo
gonzaejuarez 4 months ago
HEAR THIS ALMOST 20 YEARS AFTER ITS RELEASE DOESN'T MAKES DIFFERENCE TO ME. PURE CREATIVITY AND INSPIRATION!!!
morrisseythesmiths 6 months ago 2
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MrATHEIST70 6 months ago
never understood how people go mad over biork when a genius like liz fraser is not as well known.
bradshawvincent 6 months ago 11
If Liz Fraser is singing then you know it's going to be amazing.
AJT041979 7 months ago 2
man utds brian mclair once declared he was in heaven whilst at a twins concert and a football player in heaven says a lot about the music........
farfocusimage 7 months ago
Long time fan here, "summerhead" and "pink orange red" are probably among my top favorites.
beartunes 8 months ago
love this version, absolutely superior to the recorded version, lizzys vocal is so much better, much more passion and the music is much punchier
fourmations 8 months ago
does anyone know why they are called twins? is she a twin to one of the boys? also, is she only female in band? cuz i could swear im hearing 2 thanx
TheParamountPrincess 8 months ago
@TheParamountPrincess - no twins, just the name, and she was the only woman, they must have cheated with some pre recorded backing vocals.
purplevolcano 7 months ago
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spinglasshydra 6 months ago
@TheParamountPrincess
Robin Guthrie (the founding member) heard a "Simple Minds" song, their debut album "Life in a Day", which had a song called "No Cure." In the lyrics there is the phrase - Cocteau Twins - refering to a gay relationship - but that's not the point. The name sort of stuck in Guthrie's mind - and it had no real specific reason. Now I'm probably gonna get tons of people whining about it's inaccuracy. Don't bother - I've been a fan since 1983, I know better than most people.
spinglasshydra 6 months ago 2
does anyone know why they are called twins? is she a twin to one of the boys? thanx
TheParamountPrincess 8 months ago
Thanks for posting. In an ideal world the BBC would routinely repeat such classics on their digital channels instead of endless re-runs of Formula 1 or snooker. Hey ho, what do I know. Instead they chose to repeat TOTP from 1976- bizarre.Great to see it here anyway.
quitethoughtful 8 months ago
This is a great example of more is less. Get rid of the 2 extra guitarists, the drummer, the percussionist and I might listen. They were out-on-their-own, mesmerising as a trio and this is embarrassing, easy-listening.
bufon63 8 months ago
SHE is so utterly beautiful.
CONSIDERABLYMORE1 9 months ago 2
Some of the happiest times in my life had the Cocteau Twins swirling around in the background - they're unique!
UFOIST 9 months ago 2
Music is music. Beauty is beauty. This is music. This is beautiful.
CONSIDERABLYMORE1 9 months ago 2
so so so good
greyingout 10 months ago
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kingmarte 10 months ago
mind blowing :m
sagaeddatyrullr 10 months ago
If there were sirens, then they would sing this way! Simply amazing!
omk39 11 months ago 2
louder
God4Dunoon 11 months ago
what i would do to see them live.... SNIFF....
mikaeli7 11 months ago
So much love 4 Elizabeth ... my ALL TIME FAVORITE singer ... ure MAGICIAN!!!
KishoAudioVisual 11 months ago
Safe... at last... seeing my thoughts in order. Safe, fallen doubt... may I burn bridges no more.
Or something like that.
pupdon 1 year ago
i heard she could talk to dolphins
ablazex07 1 year ago
@ablazex07 The dolphins asked to speak to liz
jimdreferee 10 months ago
great band..but the presenter's voice was really irritatin...can anybody also point me who her husband is....
nirvan1111111 1 year ago
@nirvan1111111 they were never married, but she and robin guthrie (the pudgy guitarist with the beard) had a daughter together, lucy belle.
skinnymexicanbuddha 11 months ago
great band..but the presenter's voice was really irritatin...
nirvan1111111 1 year ago
No, i just saw them at the festival hall and suggested a video idea to her but we never made it.
i last heard she was living in brighton but was quite ill. that was 4 years ago i know nothing now except she grew up in grangemouth on the other side of the river forth from me, i could see their lights and as an infant would wave goodnight to the children in grangemouth every night, she being one of them. she found that quite funny when i told her.
its hard to live without liz.!
please come back !
customofthesea 1 year ago
and her improvisations are better than 99% of other people's compositions!
just pure magic!
26526252 1 year ago 2
1) Young Jools Holland! :OO
2) Cocteau Twins - no playback guaranteed! <3
3) Ecstatic!
ilonavee 1 year ago
missing Ms Fraser pretty hard right about now...
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:
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LokiFreign 1 year ago
lindo demais
ivillek 1 year ago
i saw that festival hall shows he mentioned. the sound was beyond beautiful and i even got to meet the siren herself. adorable. i proposed to do a video of her naked riding on a dolphins back. she just laughed and said 'i cant swim' i said 'dont worry the dolphin can !' come back liz we all love you.
customofthesea 1 year ago
i saw that festival hall shows he mentioned. the sound was beyond beautiful and i even got to meet the siren herself. adorable. come back liz we all love you.
customofthesea 1 year ago
@customofthesea did you find any video from the festival youd mentioned ?? thanks
luistun 1 year ago
There is simply on-one who sounds like this band. Lush came close, but lacked the mystery and gravitas. Saw the Cocteau Twins live twice and found them absolutely mesmerising. Nothing to look at as such, just 7 statues on a stage, and yet completely captivating. Decades into the use of electricity in music, and still there is nothing that compares to Elizabeth.
45pjones 1 year ago
I love her live improvising.
piglomiglit 1 year ago
VERY good performance even though Liz was going through a nervous breakdown at this point :D
FreeRadicalArtist 1 year ago
Chciałbym być choć raz w swoim marnym życiu na Twoim koncercie.....Elizabeth jesteś porywająca razem z Robinem i resztą grupy..... I LOVE YOU VOICE ,DRUMS,GUITAR,EWERYTHING .....sorry my grama writing
Golubiewski 1 year ago
Fantastic. I review Cocteau Twins' whole discography, see my channel.
needledropdamagedone 1 year ago
wow "the voice of God!"
marlene1374 1 year ago
In the days when you were hopelessly poor, I just like you more.
mantra3000 1 year ago
Its Beautiful and complex on multiple levels and multiple dimensions,Stupid people don't usually go for this music .
toddshere 1 year ago
simply amazing
arguably the best band of all time
kfarrowatl 1 year ago
I used to go out with a girl called Carolyn (she had fingers). When I asked, she always said - LATER.
andreaneilcmc 1 year ago
im a very lucky man who have seen the cocteaus live many times and they were never anything less than superb every time
jasefrazz07 1 year ago
one of my life's greatest moments was seeing them live in boston. i spent the entire concert in overwhelming tears.
curtiscrush 1 year ago
@SirBounder you are right to some extent, but mind you she did have some issues in the past that led to a loss of some vocal range. I'll put the question to you (or anyone else): does she rock any less?
jlleblanc 1 year ago
EXCELENTE !!
4MedievalCeltic 1 year ago
i know I can't comment on all their songs so i won't try. i love this though... shes amazing and i get emotional around this band. i hope they never leave us. i need them in my life. I really like Que's comment very very much. It's beautiful. :)
VNVgirl 1 year ago
i still remember the only live concert of them i ve ever seen in 1990 in cologne
ralfstefan 1 year ago
yeah, your grandmother was right-BEAUTIFUL MUSIC!
LarisaShelest 1 year ago
le son et pourri mais quel voix !
fa9950 1 year ago
What a weak voice she has live- quite pathetic!
SirBounder 1 year ago
wonder what you sound like singing? ive just dropped a turd and that is your vocal range mon grand poo
MrHunkydory69 1 year ago
Oh My Goddess!!! This Vid is so awesome. Really I am gushing here, but they were just so awesome, and I envy the lucky (smart) ones who saw them, especially in the 90's. It looks like they were supported by a whole band here, PROPER!! Liz is the Goddess' sister!
lokust9ine 1 year ago
great!
IvanAgram 1 year ago
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sagaeddatyrullr 1 year ago
Oh so pretty~ also on "Doom Generation" sdtk!
I <3 Cocteau Twins....:)))))
mstryss 1 year ago
Great performance, I used to have this on a video!
davidnogoodboyo 1 year ago
every time that the life hit me, i play CT then I release myself of any pain,and this way for 20 years, they are like a clarion calling...... in a war that u are loosing.
people who listen ct are joined for a silver thread...
from argentina
ffedego 1 year ago
FANTASTIC, I LOVE COTEAU TWINS
ardillarax 1 year ago
Oh so beautiful...!!!
opalpoems 1 year ago
robin guthrie..legend!!!
NMillar917 1 year ago
I agree with another user of another video xD liz could comunnicate with dolphins :)
weather4hotmail 1 year ago
This is AMAZING.
How Liz improvises is unbelievable
musclexboy 1 year ago
not to be shallow, but liz is really hot here ; )
jcfbell3001 1 year ago
@jcfbell3001 Shallow bastard!
MisAnnThorpe 1 year ago
@MisAnnThorpe
yes...she is rather fetching, tho
jcfbell3001 1 year ago
mp3iiiiify is the best site to get this mp3. google mp3iiiiify.
JeremiahAndrew 1 year ago
"safe, at last."
reieto 1 year ago
Team doubled for this performance ? Nice.
Aristosek 1 year ago
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Cocteau Twins - timbale players. What is going on???????
andreaneilcmc 1 year ago
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HarryHunston 1 year ago
I don't know anyone who don't like Cocteau's music, even in november 1997, my grandmother said to me when she was walking near of my bedroom: 'whatta beatiful music you use to hear, son...' I was surprised... LOL. But yeah, that was the truth.
Great fucking band.
Quepedoporquenoentra 1 year ago 66
What a great story!
Great Grandma!
739335 1 year ago 2
@Quepedoporquenoentra - my grandmother is evil. she hates the twins.
birdhaldol 1 year ago
@Quepedoporquenoentra My mom thinks the same! she always says to me: Oh... that sweet fairy voice and those magic sounds are really perfect, whats that band?. My father listens to Jazz and he thinks Cocteau Twins is one of the best bands in the world, specially for the musicians. My cousin is doctor and he thinks that listenning to "heaven or las vegas" or "four calendar café" in the work time, its the best cure for the pain. I dunno too anyone who cant love this band! cheers mate ^^
weather4hotmail 1 year ago 2
@Quepedoporquenoentra one of the best...bullet proof talent, man!!!
hellsbelle66 1 year ago
@Quepedoporquenoentra nice touch my fellow cocteaus lover, they to me are are the greatest contemporary band that ever produced music, they are beautifully crafted melodic ethereal harmonious tunesmiths, free of ego yet emotive and enigmatic, i laugh and cry to their music it becomes very peronal. as you wisely say Great Fucking Band ;)
queensgate1 1 year ago
@Quepedoporquenoentra so true, ethereal enigmatic harmonious melodic tunesmiths free of ego, yep graet fucking band ;)
queensgate1 1 year ago
@Quepedoporquenoentra ...hi bud im 50 now and im still in love with the cocteau twins ..my mum is 73 and she still ask me to put some on..lol brilliant music...i was lucky in the very early 80s to see this band ....
arnie61 1 year ago
@Quepedoporquenoentra What a beautiful to share with your grandmother. That made me tear up a bit. :)
pupdon 1 year ago
@Quepedoporquenoentra Incredible....god bless your family!
waxmanite 11 months ago
@Quepedoporquenoentra Grandma's cooler than the Fonz. She's got great taste in music. :)
LordReay 7 months ago 2
One of those bands of the highest order, that smash through the ridiculous elitist "indie" tag - render it useless. Just quality, accomplished music that deserves to be in every CD rack in the world.
transonicbuoy1 1 year ago 14
Good to see mitsuo Tate in action too!!
This is absolutely amazing. I never knew they did this!!
crosboid 1 year ago
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Trustney 2 years ago
@Trustney Im sure this reads better in whatever language you normally speak. As it is though, it's really rather incomprehensible
sunbeam11 1 year ago
Cocteau Twins - bongo players. What is going on???????
andreaneilcmc 2 years ago
I think those are timbales.
wheregojohnny 2 years ago
AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL !!
geemoore 2 years ago 3
omg!!!!
ecmatic 2 years ago
precioso
pikispuki 2 years ago
WOW ILOVE Cocteu TwiNs I LOVE all editonS of 4AD *****
CHeeRs from AMSTERDAM
INcredibLe space
gresiu7 2 years ago 3
This makes the face on the Cotdail channel get all teary.
Cotdail 2 years ago 5
Oh her voice!
lazord1991 2 years ago 4
fantastic, sent shivers down my spine :D
thetattytruth 2 years ago 20
@thetattytruth Me too!
patbirder 1 year ago
@thetattytruth Me too!!! I know it's been over a year since you left this message. But, this is such a gem of a video. And, LIz is beyond words. I envy the people who saw them in this form--fully realized, with a whole band of musicians to support them.
lokust9ine 1 year ago
Guthrie ... :-)
PS
It that Ted Chau from PIL on second electric gutar?!
Takac1979 2 years ago 4
It's Mitsuo Tate on backing guitar
SpindriftOO7 2 years ago
Maravillosa canción
memotrosco 2 years ago 2
good memories of my youth
wow they sound great and Brilliant
Guthrie is great
sadpunk83 2 years ago 4
Obscenely Beautiful & Utterly Brilliant
AwakeToTheMystery 2 years ago 4
I think I saw them at their best. Confident and overpowering on their Heaven or Las Vegas tour in Chicago. This is feeble in comparison.
FrankinHolland 2 years ago
Guthrie needed all the help he could get.. he was waaayy on drugz....
bakshay 2 years ago
fantastic performance but the lead vocal is mixed too far away
a pitty
KOALAsounds 2 years ago 2
Simply amazing...DAMN!!
bluebirdsin 2 years ago
check out robin.. he's rockin out man.. ha..
KuntreeRetardScandal 2 years ago
Not sure this works at all, been listening to the Cocteaus for 20 years, they are the best band ever of course, but Guthrie doesnt need help
shropshireladNE 2 years ago
I like Guthrie's guitar playing style. Amazing song...
ncaso 2 years ago
bellisima canción!!!
osobabtv 2 years ago
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andreaneilcmc 2 years ago
Is that Lincoln Fong ex of Moose next to Simon Raymonde.
I love her singing on this except those 'Wubba-wubba-wubba's!!.
avalyn5 2 years ago
This is awsome.
SaultheUDMOE 2 years ago
Oh Liz Frazer!!!
05ric 2 years ago 4
bubbabubbabubba
madsketcher 2 years ago
Non è possibile che una voce umana possa così elevarsi fino a raggiungere le vette più alte dell'universo.sento che essa penetra nelle profondità della mente con la leggerezza di una farfalla,ma resta incisa in essa indelebilmente.
Paola91stella 2 years ago
I wish they performed like that on Len*. That really packed a whallop that would have KO'd the average American. The big band worked, it's a wall of sound thing, and Liz comes through it like a fog cutter. Magnificant clip.
bearleton 2 years ago 2
I love this track. But disturbingly she looks very much like Shaun Ryder on the close ups! You must look carefully to appreciate this fact. Great tune; good memories.
fishperm 2 years ago
LOL! That is so true about Shaun Ryder!!
pur69 2 years ago
Ok a little maybe, not much in it though, Shaun Ryder is a very ugly looking man sorry to say. Liz Fraser is far from ugly and you can not really compare this sorry. I really fancied Liz when she sang on Pearly dewdrop drop's on the grey whistle test.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
i love you liz fraser
oclubedobolinha 2 years ago
I know group from 1984!!!!! I am not English, I know her voice and sound of gitares which I will recognised everywhere. You don't know wha you have!!!!
lillraveboy21 2 years ago
Genius, the voice of God etc. One of my favourite Cocteaus songs.
sawbird 2 years ago 2
its like audio code hacking into your brain !
pbmau 2 years ago 3
I'm crying...
alexmetista 2 years ago 2
this is one of the best songs i have ever heard.
WillHerndon 2 years ago 4
This is my favorite song of theirs by far ... the base and lead are brilliant! It translates live quite nicely but I still favor the album version for the pureness of the base and lead, plus the movements are more transcendent. Whoever mastered that track is a sonic alchemist!
macrocosm144 2 years ago 4
Sublime.... cyb3rso, you're so right....
mark71db 2 years ago
Wow the full band really suited them well. Love the two drummers too
Sunflower0122Z 2 years ago
although she will probably nover grace the pages of any fashion magazine, she seems the sexiest woman on earth to me in this vid:::)
cyb3rs0 2 years ago 2
Wonderful performance, Liz is fabulous here. Thank you for sharing!
Otherness 2 years ago
God Jools Holland is an unbearable wanker!
standardbrit 2 years ago 2
Liz is such a woman
robi2000 3 years ago
That's Antony Hegarty on guitar from Antony & the Johnsons! I saw him on the Culture Show the other evening and he was talking about the Cocteau's and it brought back memories of them so thought I'd check them out - they were obviously amazing.
lindapal 3 years ago
That is so NOT Antony. Sorry. He was a fan not a band member!
ctloopy 3 years ago
quite possibly the most uplifting melodic feel good ecstatic sensory sensation of a song ever written
evokes brain memories I am not are mine...emotion-stacked...but its not about anything but movement and travelling through space or something... help!!! ITS GREAT
Where can we get a hifi recording ????
joelchiro 3 years ago
Just Amazing, my friends the Cocteau's!!!
Best Wishes to you all!!
shum65 3 years ago
I know, I'm just taking the piss !
peroduanippa 3 years ago
Why is the download of this video sooo slow?
Arthounot 3 years ago
Por equivocaciòn comprè el Four Calendar Cafe en el mismìsimo 1994; nunca había escuchado a los Cocteau... lleguè a la casa, puse el disco y desde ese momento se convirtiò en la mejor banda del mundo para mì.
piguesco 3 years ago
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I liked the band when they had the female singer the best !
peroduanippa 3 years ago
exccuse me? They never had another singer. :|
Arthounot 3 years ago 2
I have always loved the Cocteaus from Garlands to Bluebeard, but especially Victorialand, saw them on a few occasions and best when they toured with the Heaven or Las Vegas album as an 18 year old in Glasgow Barras 1990(?), less so when they joined with Seefeel for more ambient stuff but still fine.
However I saw this recordin on TV at the time and although I knew Liz's vocal for years I thought the she might have taken things a bit far here, kind of a characterture of the her singing style.
selsmeister 3 years ago
She was never good live. Except maybe in the beginnings. I don't understand why she kept improvising all sorst of vowels and rhythms instead of following the much more controlled singing of the albums. She's definitely an artist for the studio. Not comfortable in public.
Neurozumim 3 years ago
I used to think the same, but I guess she does that, precisely because she don't want to be like the other bands, instead she offers some kind of alternative version of the song and to show her concept, so you cannot hear the same material you've already bought, if you did. I've always said that this kind of music is NOT made for concerts or live performances, imagine to sing the same over and over again, I would get bored of my own work if I did that, and so, it'll lost all meaning and concept.
nemmjenba 3 years ago 4
Yeah, she does this on purpose dude. She is actually very talented live. But this is her way of saying FU to all those bands that sing the song the same way live as it is on the album. Most are with you (including me) and dont like how she does her improv, but this is actually what makes her as talented as she is. All intentional and planned. She is still a siren and set the standard.
gdmiller5 3 years ago
que bien sonaban dios mio ...
axxis02 3 years ago 4
I love The Cocteau Twins and I love you all for loving them. This is a special relationship isn't it. I hope they come back someday.
curtiscrush 3 years ago 2
I spoke to Robin Guthrie via MySpace, and he told me that there is no way that The Cocteau's would re-unite. I know, we are all sad...His exact words were, "Why would I?" They are and will be missed...
hjmac1219 3 years ago 2
Thank you so much for posting this. I love this song x
vkell 3 years ago
This song is my ringtone, Love it!
marcello3870 3 years ago
It's fine that it is your rrrrrringtone, but the story of the songs go much deeper of course.
Arthounot 3 years ago
thats why its my ringtone, im in love with this song en the depth of it. So i can hear it more often than i already do.
marcel7038 3 years ago
Does anyone know the type of guitar Robin is playing here? Would greatly appreciate it!
Aurora47 3 years ago
gazboid 3 years ago
I'm a bit of o guitar geek, and i have to say I dont recognise Robin's guitar here. However, it's not a Paul Reed Smith as in the reply from gazboid. Dont know if that helps.....
voodoolightning 3 years ago
I'm going to guess it's a custom instrument. The headstock is like a late 60's Yamaha SG-5A and the body is like a reverse Jaguar as Jaguars and Jazzmasters were generally favored/played. Totally cool gold-leaf finish on the body!
JIOREO 3 years ago
Me encanta el sonido en vivo!
lo maximo los Cocteau!
AyahuaskaPop 3 years ago
Einsteins of the music world.Pure brilliance.
summerhead1963 3 years ago 4
definitivamente es una de mis bandas favoritas, pero las pocas canciones que he visto en vivo como esta no me gustan para nada. La musica es genial y la voz de ella excelente, pero ya como que todo junto y en vivo.....prefiero escuchar el disco, aun que claro que si pagaria por ir a verlos en vivo...osea!!! es cocteau twins!
donimo04 3 years ago
genius band! Mitsuo Tate's guitar stands out in this performace. My favorite band for many years now. I still think it will take some time for the masses to appreciate this band. Thank you Cocteau Twins!
bbaer123 3 years ago 3
A discovered this video yesteday and it already made me cry several times. It´s just too beautiful and perfect.
ivillek 3 years ago 2
will heggie aint been w/ the twins since garlands and moon and the melodies. its been simon raymonde since sunburst and snowblind, fool.
musetteanddrums1970 3 years ago
I'd never seen this footage before, and I'm dumbfounded by Liz Fraser's ability to bend words and sounds to her will. She is living proof of the Divine. Such grand things are not meant to last forever. They exist of a time and place within my heart that I can't bear to continue yet never want to forget.
belligero 3 years ago 6
Thanks so much for posting this - what a great band they were, I still remember being blown away the first time I heard Treasure and Victorialand back in '96 and they had me from there. Nothing like them before or since.
mifune141 3 years ago
Excellent !!!
opticalsound 3 years ago