Cocteau Twins-Ella Megalast Burls Forever (live)

[DizzyPuke]

CHILLS! IT MELTED MY BONES!

[alela62]

love simon's piano and bass playing-dude doesn't ever get the credit but listen again folks..robin's guitar is signature for sure and liz, words cannot express. these three wrote some of the most emotionally stunning pop music of the last 30 years.

[Criddington]

Robin should have patented this guitar style - he's made so much music from it that it's reached a juncture where no others can follow, the greatest :)

[cyborgnuel]

Det här är så nära man kommer ängeln Gabriels mjuka lena lår från jorden

[stardood50]

Enya? yes they are both females. Other then that your talking apples and oranges really.

[reieto]

"men don't tell much - from the heart."

[robadorable]

liz frazer is and always will be completely UNIQUE,,i love her stellar connection withtheSPIRIT

[nutmegjumps]

freaking amazing

[thisisacid]

god this is heartbreaking and utterly beautiful. no one can touch the cocteau twins.

[simoom37]

sorry but to me, nothing to do with enya!!!! the big difference is that in the CT you have an emotion, in ENya you only have...? anyhting at all?!!! just new age. nothing similar, or just in appearance, on the surface - still...!!

[mirandu1]

amazing!

[lamblc]

It's word play.

[lamblc]

Which came first, the Cocteau or the enya?

[adamaglaia]

is that really a question?

[nautilusyoupayme]

The Cocteau Twins always thrill. I never grow tired of listening to them & will burl forever!

[fogcat1]

:D Lovem! she sounds so sad in this one! :(

[AddieBoxing]

This band is incredible. I literally love every song they've released.

[Ringside92]

This performance is so great that...it makes this song mean so much more to me than it did before!!

thnx!

[joellyshooshoo]

it's me again lol. i think this is one of my favourite songs ever ^_^

[scifitim]

I agree........one of their best, but then they're all stunning!!!!!

[twins8956]

wow liz you are amazing ,the cocteau twins best bend ever ,never sold out ,just about the music ,and they kept bringing out amazing albums ,and the best b sides i have ever heard what a band they were we will never see the likes of them again .

[joellyshooshoo]

gorgeous array of vocals <3

[reieto]

"men don't tell much...from the heart"

[joellyshooshoo]

she's so amazin

[willem01]

someone doesnt have a life...

: /

[joellyshooshoo]

astute insult, well done x

[willem01]

what's asstute??

[joellyshooshoo]

precise and painful ='[

[willem01]

oops...

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[joellyshooshoo]

heh. do you like cocteau twins willem?

[willem01]

yeah, and that chick to...

: /

[joellyshooshoo]

glad you're one of the cocteau fan gang <3

[waxmanite]

get a dictionary and a GED

[waxmanite]

you?

[decodynamo]

I've voyaged far and wide, musically and psychically, but for me, the Cocteaus are the 'home of my heart.' So beautifully crafted, and so emotionally effective. Respectful and dignified in the way they've created their own genre which allows us our own interpretation.

The shimmering, durable beauty of this music is informed by yet triumphs over the deep turbulence under which it was made, so it also stands as an encourging artistic testament. Thank you so much, Robin, Liz, and Simon!!!

[pur69]

The most eloquent eulogy I've ever seen about the Cocteau Twins!

[decodynamo]

Thanks, cheers, and best wishes

[Kallisteezie]

whenever i comment on a cocteau twins vid i feel so lame and pretentious. its almost as if i just got of the bus with a bunch of mega hipsters and started spewing off about nuance and the most obscure things imaginable for the sake of being obscure. me commenting on my awareness of this fact only furthers my point. then i realize that it doesn't matter on tiny bit. no why? cause CT rocks! and how could anyone help but to feel compelled to share the fact with as many people as possible

[meowzer999]

me I love Robbo's spangly guitar solo and his shimmering filigrees haunting the ending...oh and the bass-pedals are a very cool touch too

[CompulsiveGambler]

<3<3

[mtedora]

LIZ FRASER: the Jimi Hendrix of Voice and Lyric-shapes.

[shum65]

What a brilliant discription mate!!!!!

well put!!!!.

[JIOREO]

Will all due respect.., the Jimi Hendrix of voice?  That might be Linda Sharrock. (Sonny Sharrock: Black Woman-1969) Liz Fraser is closer Piaff /Kate Bush/ Annie Ross/Tim & Jeff Buckley. Nice company to be in.

[madsketcher]

Diamanda Galas is def the Jimi Hendrix of voice - nobody does those tight-throated operatic guitar solos quite as well as she

[vasp99]

There was Nina Hagen, back before she lost her talent and her mind. I love Diamanda!

[JosephKuby]

I think she's the Scottish Enya.

[madsketcher]

Enya? I can see some comparisons, but Liz was incredibly adventurous, raw and progressive with her voice, whereas Enya is simply a light and pretty singer.

[betocracks]

@madsketcher YES MY FRIEND!

[weather4hotmail]

Enya? oh please enya is only a singer, this is one of the best bands in the world, you can compare it, i dont know with Siouxsie and The Banshees or The Cure sound quality! but not with that.

[adamaglaia]

without all that fussy engineering, enya's voice is nothing but ordinary.

[kltkyle]

Is this from the '96 Mayan show in LA? I was there, and they played most of BBK... but sadly I just can't quite remember:(

[ahantabarzin]

Fantastic version, what a voice, what a team.

[mapvoid]

The best CT songs trasnport one to a placetime you never knew before... If I had to chose - Bluebeard, the acoustic version on a mini EP. If you never heard it, get it. Sublime. Transcendent. The ending of the song just gives me chills. Thanks.

[musetteanddrums1970]

I never can decide my favorite Twins album ending of all time...

floatboat and ella from BBK

summerblink and pur from 4CC

or treasure and seekers from M&K

who cares, it's all fantastic!

[santoshasong]

Thank you for this.

[arejay72]

Almost unbearably beautiful.

[HanyMust]

Many thanks givepeas for uploading this and sharing such beauty with the rest of the world.

[deftonesbh]

Fantanstico!!!

Isso sim e musica de verdade!

Nao me canso de assistir!!!

[deepsinK]

I like this live version even better than the album version. It touches me even deeper, feels even more emotionally pulling me from within, stiring the style.

Cocteau Twins the infinite Universe indeed.

[mtedora]

yes, it is a Grande infinite Univers... complex beyond comprehension... but i can't imagine anything in it being more beautiful than this song.

[treasurehiding9]

This is absolutely by far 1 of my favorite songs by them. Liz Fraser is, by my choice, 1 of the best vocalists i have ever heard. I look forward to her solo album. Cheers to you Liz and the Cocteau's.

[brianmckinleyharris]

It is soooo amazing to hear liz actually sing well live. I was at the shows where she sounded like a strangled swan and was mortified. You have to hand it to her, when she is on, she is on! Perfect

[mtedora]

the bio material says she went through a terrible psychological and physical breakdown, and had an arduous time trying to perform through it.

[Sotocron]

they split. Did she go solo did another band take her why please elizabeth dont go

[mtedora]

she did lots of guest appearances after, all fabulous. solo lp supposedly to come, soon. that'd be sweet!

[Nightwing22]

she needs to come to america.I would pay to see her even if she just visiting.

[mtedora]

it remains to be seen {heard] "where" her voice/s are now. ya know, this is a woman who had literally several voices, and the one she "uses" lately, is deliberately VERY quiet, more of a Hope Sandoval type of voice. but... who knows what we'll hear when {if} this fabled solo lp is released.

[00SoldierofFortune00]

She just produced "Teardrop" with Massive Attack. Her voice is still top notch.

[mtedora]

the Massive Attack song, "Teardrop"? [a good example of how quiescent her voice has become] that was ages ago. she's done tracks since then. mostly all under guest pretenses, except for some solo voice recording she wrote and produced for apparently an art exhibit (i've heard like a 30 second sample of that.)

her own daughter has recently said, at the MAIN C/T Forum, that she's heard cuts from LIZ's long-awaited solo lp. it's just unreleased as of yet.

[00SoldierofFortune00]

Yea, she also worked on LOTRs as well.

[deepsinK]

No. Teardrop was 1998. Silent Spring was 2006.

[johnchiwilson]

love it, great post, great song, thanks go to you gp

[Hirsute63]

this and Orange Appled from this live show are two of their best performances. A year or two before she went out with Jeff Buckley who persuaded her to murder her live singing. I saw them in 96 and had trouble recognising some tracks!

[pur69]

96 was a return to form for Liz, compared to 93/94!!!!

[CAROPASK]

LOVE THEM ! thanks for post it... Un groupe à part que je ne me lasse pas d'écouter depuis des années...