I remember witnessing this live, and the ending was truly out of this world. When it's that good to start with, then you end up being annihilated by a swarm of great guitar work........It was like being moved to another physical dimension, I kid you not.
@pur69 I too saw this live. I agree the ending just smacked you in the face and it seemed like the intensity would never stop.Total goosebump moment. Shattering
I remember witnessing this live. Just blown away with that ending. When it's that good to start with and you end up being annhialated at the end.........
Maybe next time I'm in Ireland I'll take you up on it - :) - "sin bravely", or is it "fools rush in"? I'll buy the drinks, anyway, hope you prefer whisky -
Did you ever meet John Martyn? Talk about wearing the heart on the sleeve - !
Fan-tastic.... love the outro piece on the recording but this is even better.... Liz is amazing, how does she sing this stuff... God I wish I'd been there!
stumps03..yeah..!!..Dead Can Dance..!!..I also saw them..around the same year as the CT..!!..I saw them, I believe it was at UCLA right..!!..but the best was My Bloody Valentine @ The Roxy..!!
@Ringside92 i was at those shows. i even got to meet bernard and lisa after the ucla shows, and robin and simon after the wiltern shows. alas, liz was too shy....
90' or 91' Los Angeles, CA. The Wiltern Theatre, Heaven or Las Vegas Tour....first song of the night...lights dim to a low purple glow...fog creeps over the stage...the figures of Liz, Robin, and Simon appear on stage...you hear the beginning of Blue Bell Knoll start to play...and the crowd goes wild!
I saw them quite a few times in the late 80s and early 90s and Elizabeth is the finest vocalist I've ever heard, closely followed by her one-time 4AD colleague Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can dance
saw them live too. I remember when this songs picks up 2:14 , some surfer dude threw up his arms like he was getting closer to god. It was cool to see and funny at the same time.
I know I'm lucky! I saw them live in the 90's and actually had the chance to chat with Liz, Simon and Robin! Still feel some creeps when I hear her voice...
This is the first video I've seen of the first tour I went to. They were so good, the following tour disappointed me. The show was perfect, and people threw flowers and yelled "I love you Liz" I was blown away. The arts are in real decline, at least in this once strong art-rock class.
Seen them firstly in 1982 (Scottish and lucky). Nobody shouted "I love you Liz" or threw flowers but still went to see them another nine times. Cannot say anything about "arts"?
I saw this at Town and Country Club in Kentish Town when it came out. I think it was the first song. Robin Guthrie just stood there drinking a pint all the way through the song until the moment at the end when he comes in. Super cool.
i remember this was one of the first videos they posted on their website back in '95, recorded at the DV8 in Seattle for the M&K tour. Not all of their songs work as well live as they do on the albums, but BBK is NOT one of them; a truly powerful song live, I LOVE Robin's guitar on the 2nd half of this video, it just wails and pierces your soul in a shrieking etheral crescendo, absolutely makes me my skin tingle.
Stunning lyrics... This song lyrics... Each is not my love, moan I for what I make up hundreds so I know how to make love There, you can have my youth, I know I have loved Started to see him, till when I married him To yearn admits youre outside to me Grow up I have seen these all my life, perhaps a lot more And I have been so naive All move and try he knew not And your spangle, how it hurts, and I have feelings To yearn admits youre outside to me Grow up (x2)
Get out of here!!! Anyone who knows & loves CT will know that this is complete bullshit! IT'S JUST YOUR INTERPRRETATION! Please preface any attempt at deciphering Liz's words with that preface!
Unless you have access to her lyric book, that is!
As a life-long CT fan, I have always been amazed at how they were able to translate their complex recordings to a live setting! Maybe changing little things, sometimes big things, here & there! And Liz - what can you say? She may have been up, she may have been down, but it was always an experience! They were never a diappointment!
Although I am a fan of Cocteau Twins I have often been disappointed with how their songs translate live..this is an exception, it sounds good. Amazing ending and Liz sounds fab.
As mentioned before seen them Glasgow 1982 for the first time and 10 times more. Hate to admit it, but I agree with you. The second gig in Edinburgh Assembly rooms was the best by far (unusual version of Sugar Hiccup( never my favourite) was incredible)but it usually was a lottery:- voice wise. Yes pur69, they never disappointed but they could have been more consistent.
but isnt that the case with quite a few bands with their live performances? im one of the younger generation who havent seen the Cocteau Twins before. ive seen lots of bands multiple times and their live performances are not always amazing. ive seen some bands play awful gigs, ive seen that same band do average gigs and also some mind-blowingly amazing gigs. i think its just the nature of live music. the performers cant always be 'in the right mood' over a 20 date tour.
This is one of the best live vocals that liz has sung. No one can compare to that voice, no one. She will and always be the best female vocalist of all time.
I was one of the audience members at DV8 in Seattle. We were completely quiet during the performance because the sound was so amazing in the theater and wanted to capture the essence of the show. There were only several hundred people in attendance and Liz was dead on that night. Later, we found out that she was about to cancel the performance due to her being sick at the time.
I'll second that!!! I remember the first time I saw them do this extended version live and thought I was going to die from sheer joy!! The tears were gushing down my face - I could cry now, even! Shame the audience are a bit lame in this video, though.
a million thanks to the poster of this video. it was on here a while ago but then disappeared all of a sudden.
its my favourite Cocteau Twins song, and live its even more amazing than it is on record. i remember hearing it for the first time, it gave me butterflies in my stomach and made me weak at the knees. no exageration! this is simply brilliant.
Just amazing, Wonderful!!!
victorHcarrizo 2 weeks ago
真的希望他们能再出来巡演一次，看不到真的太可惜
Serruru0521 4 weeks ago
Bliss...
MajorKlanga 3 months ago in playlist Liked
I like this version better than any other. I am there ... live ... in the moment.
trippletear 3 months ago
amazing!
dave5323 5 months ago
I can not believe how still all the crowd is...
You are witness to something sooo amazing, move a little bit maybe? :D
similarfrequency 7 months ago
they are from elsewhere
Steerpike07 8 months ago
I remember witnessing this live, and the ending was truly out of this world. When it's that good to start with, then you end up being annihilated by a swarm of great guitar work........It was like being moved to another physical dimension, I kid you not.
pur69 10 months ago
@pur69 I too saw this live. I agree the ending just smacked you in the face and it seemed like the intensity would never stop.Total goosebump moment. Shattering
nonodog1 7 months ago
I remember witnessing this live. Just blown away with that ending. When it's that good to start with and you end up being annhialated at the end.........
pur69 10 months ago
Cocteau Twins: Please reunite . . .please . . .
trilingual 10 months ago
@trilingual
Don't hold your breath...
beowulven 7 months ago
Gotta love the extended ending. Milking that incredible climax for all that it's worth!!!!
XMD5a8000 11 months ago
Incredible sonic bliss. While Liz Frazer is her usual self. What about Robin Guthrie's superb guitar work?
stormblack 11 months ago
This was the blast-the-windows-out closing song from the encore of the Four-Calendar Café tour set. Wow.
vanstreeter 1 year ago
Fabulous, thank you, 23 years later, I still haven't recovered yet
lefa 1 year ago
Absolutely stunning vocals, ethereal music... near perfection.
miguelsamara 1 year ago
Liz's vocals sound like Enya's, if Enya had gotten laid and dropped acid -
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@SupernalOne .....hahaha.a heeheeeheeeee. You obviously havent heard Enya after being laid on acid. Sounds NOTHIN like Liz.
DamianNixon 1 year ago
@DamianNixon
Obviously I haven't, but I'm by God willing to try it! :D
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@SupernalOne I'll introduce ye Doug. You'll be sorry.
DamianNixon 1 year ago
@DamianNixon
Maybe next time I'm in Ireland I'll take you up on it - :) - "sin bravely", or is it "fools rush in"? I'll buy the drinks, anyway, hope you prefer whisky -
Did you ever meet John Martyn? Talk about wearing the heart on the sleeve - !
cheers, mate!
SupernalOne 1 year ago
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Still the best music I ever heard.
adsentevideo 1 year ago
Still one of the best music I ever heard.
adsentevideo 1 year ago
incredible singer. Liz / Jeff Buckley / Morrissey,- in a league of thier own.
drstevie 1 year ago
what an underrated huitarist robin guthrie is
noradosmith 1 year ago
music for the soul.
seventeenboi 1 year ago
Great video of a tremendous band.
clevohardcore 1 year ago
i wished i had seen them back in the day...at least i got to see Dead Can Dance!
sparklingdark 1 year ago 2
top 5 songs by anyone of all time? Certainly one of the most original
ryko26 1 year ago
Fan-tastic.... love the outro piece on the recording but this is even better.... Liz is amazing, how does she sing this stuff... God I wish I'd been there!
celticsoulboy 1 year ago
@celticsoulboy Oh my God!! Liz is practically Flawless on this song.
lokust9ine 1 year ago 2
I remember when they've played this song opening their show in Rio 91. Saudade.
RobsonPresleyPes 2 years ago
I love this song and I've never seen the stuff on view here - thank you so much for making it available, may the seraphim sing you to your sleep.
ThePhud 2 years ago
great live performance
JIOREO 2 years ago
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JIOREO 2 years ago
stumps03..yeah..!!..Dead Can Dance..!!..I also saw them..around the same year as the CT..!!..I saw them, I believe it was at UCLA right..!!..but the best was My Bloody Valentine @ The Roxy..!!
Ringside92 2 years ago
@Ringside92 i was at those shows. i even got to meet bernard and lisa after the ucla shows, and robin and simon after the wiltern shows. alas, liz was too shy....
BahmanG 2 years ago
saw them at the palace or pladium in hollywood forget wich on in92 incredible live.
paltalkkelster 2 years ago
*melt.. beauuuutiful performance.
nydag 2 years ago
God Dammit I wish I had been there! This song is better live.
XxsilentninjaxX 2 years ago
Love this! hope the band can do a tour to south-america sometime
weather4hotmail 2 years ago
That was excellent!
sightsound7 2 years ago
90' or 91' Los Angeles, CA. The Wiltern Theatre, Heaven or Las Vegas Tour....first song of the night...lights dim to a low purple glow...fog creeps over the stage...the figures of Liz, Robin, and Simon appear on stage...you hear the beginning of Blue Bell Knoll start to play...and the crowd goes wild!
Best concert I ever saw!
Ringside92 2 years ago 2
I saw them quite a few times in the late 80s and early 90s and Elizabeth is the finest vocalist I've ever heard, closely followed by her one-time 4AD colleague Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can dance
stumps03 2 years ago 2
saw them live too. I remember when this songs picks up 2:14 , some surfer dude threw up his arms like he was getting closer to god. It was cool to see and funny at the same time.
Wheelhelm 2 years ago
I know I'm lucky! I saw them live in the 90's and actually had the chance to chat with Liz, Simon and Robin! Still feel some creeps when I hear her voice...
pacvsantos 2 years ago
Can't imagine getting to see them live. Never had the chance.
SWTinFLA 2 years ago
Not knowing the lyrics forced me to see their songs in the entirety of its sound...and for the true worth of the music.
invitalizer 2 years ago
Words seem too inadequate to describe this performance... It's unbelievable what Liz can do with her voice!!! Thanks for posting!
Qumak13 2 years ago
Wonderful sensations from the 80's... the time has gone, but memories never die!!
alexandrereis 2 years ago
actually this is from the Milk & Kisses tour (90's)
rokitjoe 2 years ago
Incredible! I miss this band so much..
35sixer 2 years ago
1:58 is just stunning!
puschi11111 2 years ago
fucking brilliant
berryje1964 2 years ago
Awesome, thank you!
GoddessofGypsies 2 years ago
This is the first video I've seen of the first tour I went to. They were so good, the following tour disappointed me. The show was perfect, and people threw flowers and yelled "I love you Liz" I was blown away. The arts are in real decline, at least in this once strong art-rock class.
bearleton 2 years ago 9
@bearleton i think you are mixing up tours. This is live in Seattle from their last (Milk and Kisses) tour.
BahmanG 1 year ago
@BahmanG
The lighting looked like the show I saw in NYC at the Beekman. If Liz sounded this good on Milk & Kisses, I'm sorry I missed this tour.
bearleton 1 year ago
@bearleton
Hi,
Seen them firstly in 1982 (Scottish and lucky). Nobody shouted "I love you Liz" or threw flowers but still went to see them another nine times. Cannot say anything about "arts"?
tosh2804 8 months ago
genius
puschi11111 2 years ago
When it kicks in, it kicks ass.
menyc 2 years ago 3
FANTASTIC!!!!!
MARTINSZYMON80 3 years ago
Blimey, Liz even looks hot in this
sudhir210667 3 years ago
I think Liz gave up caring about looking hot sometime between 'Pearly' & 'Aikea'.
avalyn5 2 years ago
Spine-chilling and beautiful...love the extended guitar solo...and Liz's voice is as gorgeous as ever... wish I'd been there!
celticsoulboy 3 years ago 2
Here at their ultimate best.
Downbythewater73 3 years ago
It is as to hear a siren singing.I am bewitched
CynthiaCorv 3 years ago 3
beautiful!
turnipgreen17 3 years ago 4
Another great unique vocal from Liz. Love Her.
tropenator 3 years ago
The fact that such beautiful noise can be made live never ceases to amaze me!
halobrace 3 years ago 3
BEAUTIFUL ;)
Llyw 3 years ago
Goosebumps...
Hirsute63 3 years ago 3
Yes, goosebumps. Stunning, absolutely stunning. Stunning track, stunning band.
trynow11725 3 years ago 13
I saw this at Town and Country Club in Kentish Town when it came out. I think it was the first song. Robin Guthrie just stood there drinking a pint all the way through the song until the moment at the end when he comes in. Super cool.
ryko26 3 years ago 3
holy shit that buildup and solo part is killer; brings back memories indeed.
I saw this tour (4 Calendar Cafe) as well as the Heaven or Las Vegas tour; they did BBK on that show, too, as the opener. It was stunning both times.
bonzelite 3 years ago
i remember this was one of the first videos they posted on their website back in '95, recorded at the DV8 in Seattle for the M&K tour. Not all of their songs work as well live as they do on the albums, but BBK is NOT one of them; a truly powerful song live, I LOVE Robin's guitar on the 2nd half of this video, it just wails and pierces your soul in a shrieking etheral crescendo, absolutely makes me my skin tingle.
sc9347 3 years ago 3
miguelsamara 3 years ago
as far as i know that's a fan interpretation and not actually the lyrics. assuming there are actually any real lyrics!
bleedingpepper 3 years ago
Don't really know for sure.
I don't need lyrics. Her voice is beatyfull enough and doesn't need a meaning.
With no meaningfull lyrics, her voice is pure, just like an instrument.
Can't say for sure about the lyric question.
miguelsamara 3 years ago
Get out of here!!! Anyone who knows & loves CT will know that this is complete bullshit! IT'S JUST YOUR INTERPRRETATION! Please preface any attempt at deciphering Liz's words with that preface!
Unless you have access to her lyric book, that is!
pur69 3 years ago
Sure i have Liz's lyric book. She dated the butcher across the street from my cousin's ex-wife. So... u can say we're almost family... lol
Just kidding, don't really know for sure...
miguelsamara 3 years ago
Elizabeth Frazer has to have one of the most ethereal voices of all time and certainly demonstrates this in Blue Bell Knoll.
rogerstan 3 years ago
the melody of the guitar is fantastic. Robin Guthrie is a great Master...
alcatrazcc5 3 years ago
WOW
caoq 3 years ago
PERFECTION!!!.
shum65 3 years ago
As a life-long CT fan, I have always been amazed at how they were able to translate their complex recordings to a live setting! Maybe changing little things, sometimes big things, here & there! And Liz - what can you say? She may have been up, she may have been down, but it was always an experience! They were never a diappointment!
pur69 3 years ago
Although I am a fan of Cocteau Twins I have often been disappointed with how their songs translate live..this is an exception, it sounds good. Amazing ending and Liz sounds fab.
rachfatcat 3 years ago
Hi,
As mentioned before seen them Glasgow 1982 for the first time and 10 times more. Hate to admit it, but I agree with you. The second gig in Edinburgh Assembly rooms was the best by far (unusual version of Sugar Hiccup( never my favourite) was incredible)but it usually was a lottery:- voice wise. Yes pur69, they never disappointed but they could have been more consistent.
tosh2804 3 years ago
but isnt that the case with quite a few bands with their live performances? im one of the younger generation who havent seen the Cocteau Twins before. ive seen lots of bands multiple times and their live performances are not always amazing. ive seen some bands play awful gigs, ive seen that same band do average gigs and also some mind-blowingly amazing gigs. i think its just the nature of live music. the performers cant always be 'in the right mood' over a 20 date tour.
bleedingpepper 3 years ago
Stunning performance
milkandkisses78 3 years ago
Hi,
Don't get carried away I've seen them 11 times since 1982. They are the best band I'v e seen, nothing more.
tosh2804 4 years ago
I wish I was there!
minedarea 4 years ago 2
I wish I was there!
minedarea 4 years ago
This song is a work of genius. A gateway to a sacred plane.
ahantabarzin 4 years ago 4
compare this vocal performance to the cd... holy shit, no one else can do this.
zazazalu 4 years ago 2
Extasis!
Pshyque 4 years ago
Liz is an angel, and the guitar at the end gives me shivers!
xpandoaudio 4 years ago 3
Honestly, the best cocteau twins track ever!
And this performance is amazing.
HanyMust 4 years ago 3
Good song and interesting guitar solos.
ajittffcure 4 years ago 2
This is one of the best live vocals that liz has sung. No one can compare to that voice, no one. She will and always be the best female vocalist of all time.
brianmckinleyharris 4 years ago 5
Wow!
HanyMust 4 years ago 2
what year is this from? Amazing performance! Wish they'd have been this good when I saw 'em in 96..
Hirsute63 4 years ago
I was one of the audience members at DV8 in Seattle. We were completely quiet during the performance because the sound was so amazing in the theater and wanted to capture the essence of the show. There were only several hundred people in attendance and Liz was dead on that night. Later, we found out that she was about to cancel the performance due to her being sick at the time.
deanlmorgan 4 years ago
I'll second that!!! I remember the first time I saw them do this extended version live and thought I was going to die from sheer joy!! The tears were gushing down my face - I could cry now, even! Shame the audience are a bit lame in this video, though.
pur69 4 years ago
a million thanks to the poster of this video. it was on here a while ago but then disappeared all of a sudden.
its my favourite Cocteau Twins song, and live its even more amazing than it is on record. i remember hearing it for the first time, it gave me butterflies in my stomach and made me weak at the knees. no exageration! this is simply brilliant.
bleedingpepper 4 years ago
AMAZING!!!!
Robin Guthrie and Liz Frasier
BlueCooper 4 years ago
This has to rank as one of the most complex and vocally challenging songs to have ever been recorded...
How any one could sing blue bell knoll this live is beyond me!
rogerstan 4 years ago 4