Try to look with us, my voice your candle ??? ???? glad to see you're clumsy watcher? why your light gave me ....you told me all along ??? Try to look with us, my voice your candle ... grieve (your own way???) ?? ??
My friend was going through a rough patch, his wife had left him, he had really low circulation in his index finger on his right hand. It was such a cold finger. It was such an awful time. I comforted him, but there was only so much I could say... I took him to the scottish mountains with some other friends. We listened to this song while the autumn leaves blew. He woke up the next day. He was whole. His name. Kevin.
my fav band of all time...in a class all by themselves...melodic,beautiful,ethereal,haunting,dreamy,nothing but good...takes me to a place where i never want to leave...been listening to them for over 20 years and they always move me...
Trust me and look up the, "Lazy Calm (Baron Von Luxxury Rainy Day Re-Edit)" I doubt many of you have heard it so....... Your Welcome ;) my god damn fav.
25 years and still I'm mesmerized by the sounds of Fraser and Guthrie. This is truly an achievement in music that will always hold a dear place for me. I cannot contain my emotions when Lazy Calm truly sets in. The true power of music the beauty of it lies deep within the structure of a song. I am still uncovering it with every listen. A pulse still beats and at the heart of it Victorialand awaits. Smell it breathe it taste it let it consume every fiber of your being. Thank you for this....
i lived in scotland for 2 years, happiest years of my life, wish i never left, but i had to because i was like 9 years old and i had to follow my parents.
Some lovely images that work very well with the music, well done lostulaume77! A few shots looked a bit like back home here in Scotland! This track and album evoke some strong memories for me also! My first proper taste of this truly wonderful band was when the album arrived by post when I was quite ill in bed and when I put it on I forgot how sick I was as it took me into a different world altogether. Moved my soul like no other music had before or has since. Magnificent!
This was the song that gave me that first push into ambient, and of course Eno came along shortly thereafter. Kind of like someone who enjoys weed being introduced to The Beatle's "Magical Mystery Tour."
I am thankful for this song for so many reasons that I can't even begin to count them.
@xxxholographic I was moved so much by the textures and sweetness of this piece. Every goose-bump that follows, is a testament to spirit and love. I was so blessed with the chance to see them in Roseland Ballroom, in 1994.
I 'm sure it was the right choice ... :) Cocteau Twins ... these guys are like from different dimension :) I love them ... Elisabeth Fraser's voice ... and the guitar ... awesome
Thanks so much for posting this. Beautiful images to accompany wonderful music. "Victorialand" is the official soundtrack of Heaven, at least as far as I'm concerned. But I agree that there are only a few of us who really connect with it. Most people won't find much in there for them. Still, I'm glad there are others out there who love this music as much as I do. Thanks again.
My ears never tire of their beautiful melodies, they send me into another sense of existence.
I stumbled upon this band in 2000 when, on a whim, I bought their milk & kisses cd. From that moment on I was determined to hear everything they created.
You will not be disappointed. I can honestly say that there is something for everyone (except maybe metalheads HAHAHA, but they usually don't like anything that doesn't having screaming and lound distorted guitars) to be found in the Cocteau Twins music. Also, check out Four Calendar Cafe, Heaven or Las Vegas, and Blue Bell Knoll. Actually, get everything they put out.
Maybe something like that. I have always enjoyed spacy music and that's why I like them. I found their music very appropriate during moments in my life. I guess some people are not going to like them (that's why added the metalhead thing, but most only like distortion and screaming), but I don't like alot of music that people like. Look at what is popular music today. I don't like most of it, but that's just me. I would rather listen to the Cocteau Twins over 99% of stuff on pop radio
Fatcatbuzz....i am a "metalhead" my fav bands are Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Abigail Williams, Gorgoroth etc yet i love Cocteau Twins as well The Sundays, My Vitriol, Solar Powered People, The Cranberries, Vangelis, Space/Ambient Music and other shoegaze/dream pop bands. So, untrue "metalheads" can still love this genre of music. :)
I like heavy metal myself. However, I think if you popped this stuff on the majority of metalheads would not dig this stuff. Watch, put in this album for a bunch of metalheads and see their reaction. Most people that listen to heavy metal don't listen to much else (I didn't say all). I myself enjoy all types of music, but like stuff like this the best. I personally think stuff like this take more imagination to compose than screaming loud guitar.
Get my head on straight? ha. I think you are the one that is delusional. Most metalhead that I've met have a one tract mind like you. Also, you are opinionated when you've never met me. Cover my sentence? Don't make me laugh. I've been playing guitar for 18 years while you were still shitting you pants, was in band playing gigs when you were still picking your nose and making 4 track recording when you were learning how to type a sentance on Youtube. I know what I'm talking about.
Go fuck yourself. I was trying to have an conversation with you, but you are too small and narrow minded. I've known more people in music than you'll ever know and am still doing music. What have you done? I bet you still live in your parents house. Emply worded? Like you have intellect with your choice off words. And I could care less what you think. I've done more with it than you will with your art. Sorry you've failed at your stick figure drawings, but maybe you'll get hit by a truck.
Missed the obvious again, have we? And very mature comment you tried to give on my profile as well. "Fuck you, Asshole" surely is well chosen words from someone mature. :)
I was trying to make an airhead understand the laws of reality;
I'm a "metalhead", I know alot of "metalheads" - we all listen to calm music too.
Sorry you live in a bubble :(
And my "stickfigures" have already payed well over 1000 euro for One lil' scribble. :>
It's funny that you called me a twat because that is the organ where a 1000 Nazi sailors fucked you whore of a mom before you father clubbed her and drug her back to his cave and created a shit stain on the world like you.
Just because some one is a fan of one specific genre of music doesn't mean that they don't listen to other stuff to. 'twould be very odd for some one just to listen to one thing.
I don't think fatcatbuzz really knows what they're talking about. Every metalhead I know listens to other genres. I know some who really love classical music =/
Funny because I always think of them as desert music and would listen to them late at night taking long bike rides around Las Vegas and in the desert.
@divinedgar An amazing comment for an amazing experience. The risk is not only leaving a piece of us, but all of us... with this music in a place like scotland... why come back??????????
It's pretty weird, but it's a nice feeling at the same time, when u realize that at least 143 people knows this beautiful piece of music art. Everytime when i listen to Ct and especially this song, I feel like i'm the only person in the world who appreciate this forgotten band. That's why I think it's a kind of privilage to me to know this track and CT overall. i hope u know what I mean
If I ever was close to nirvana it was with Victorialand and Treasure. I'd put the tape that I recorded from the radio on and would immediately spring into another world. Now having their CDs in my collection I still come back to it with the same effect. Timeless classic. It's great to see that new generations are as blown by this music as I was in my teen years!
For me it was Victorialand and The Moon and the Melodies; first on vinyl, then CD. It's great to see so many others moved by this music. It's sublime! And it always reminds me of a particular summer evening in 1987 ...
A friend introduced me to them in 1986 and they had such a huge impact on me, I'd never heard anything like them. Almost as if my whole life had changed - dramatic, I know, but whaddya expect from a 20 year old? I remember driving at night listening to Victorialand and Treasure and thinking I'd never hear something more beautiful than these two albums. A truly transcendant band.
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. Makes you feel like you're floating in space half asleep and without a care in the world.
I would buy their CD's...if I could only find them. I used to have lots of their albums on cassette, but they were stolen from me. Listening to them makes the world all right...if only for a short time. It's nice to see that there are others who appreciate this band, as I rarely met people who even knew of them.
Simply outstanding beautiful takes me right back love the cocteau's may there music last for ever. Elizabeth Fraser has the most wonderful most beautiful voice sends me to other places
There is a time to be born and a time to die. A time to be happy and a time to be sad. A time to plant and a time to uproot. A time for reflection .... This has to be one of the saddest CT melodies (particularly the first part). For me, the years melt away and I go back to my early 20s. Even today it makes me want to go to the beach, watch the waves roll in and roll out, curl up and cry ...Thank you CT for this masterpiece.
when I first saw the Cocteaus live in the early 80s at London Kentish Town they opened with this, Richard Thomas from Dif Juz joined them on stage to play the saxaphone and Elizabeth was mesmerising. It was some sort of 4AD gig and they were the final band. Happy Days!
I feel so sorry for the people who don't have the ability to appreciate this kind of master pieces of art. Because believe it or not, there are many unfotunate ones. Poor things.
who are you girl? and where are your shoes? i want to meet you. this song was always some dreamy doestevevsky for me, met kiz and the usher hall though and bought her a red stripe! before they went on - i am guessing this is 1994 fucking fabulous thanks for the video very nice x
Aaaand you get 5 stars for playing *any* twins on the radio! We had a show in Crackingham, Alabamistan for the longest but the dork who ran it didn't like 'em... To his cred he played Lycia, Love Is Colder Than Death, Dead Can Dance, etc. Like many my first exposure was the Carolyn' s Fingers vid on 120 Minutes- was floored by the strange, wondrous beauty!
Haha. Me too. This was my goodnight record back in the days when i had no computer,no cable tv and not even a phone because CT happend a long way before the almighty computer era
Wow I though I was the only one that used this album and Moon and the Melodies to sleep to. Because of this it is the most listen to albums in my collection. About every night since 1986-1997 and at least once a week or more since then.
Ha ha, this takes me back !! Had CT's Greatest Hits on my MiniDisc player for the Gym some years back !! So I'd be doing strenuous workouts to tracks like this lol !!
this is a perfect video for this heavenly music. it does not take a specific rout and tell your mind a story, instead it shows how the world is filled with beauty and lets your mind go where it wants to and that is a huge part of the magic of Cocteau Twins. they do not impose lyrics on you but rather they provide incredible sounds that tap into the ethereal and sublime, bring it to the surface for all to enjoy. Fantastic!
When my parents told me they liked this song, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It's still one of my all-time favorite CT tunes. Absolutely unbelievable.:)
Ahh lads I haven't heard this song since buying the album in 1987 (Victorialand). I was only 17 at hte time. I used to listen to it at night before going to sleep as well. Loved the CT as a teenager and have sarted to listen to them again over 20 yrs on.
thanks for making a playlist for this album. i used to have this on casette years ago. i had a tape player that had auto-repeat and, i would play it at night while i went to sleep. amazing cocteau recordings!
this is so crazy if you've heard this song from long ago you rememeber that time for sure the instant you hear it.. how a song can trigger something in your head in such a way you time warp... cocteau twins could do know wrong from here on,...
I think i may have wept a bit the first time i heard this song, and don't think i've ever "wept" in my life, much less had need to use the term. I just feel this song, from beginning to end. Liz, if you're out there, that's power.
I remember first hearing their music in 1990 when Heaven and Las Vegas came out and felt i'd had what some call a religious experience. I love music in all it's many guises, but had never been moved so wholly on every level like their aural masterpeices move me. I wanted it all to myself, but am pleased to know that their are those out there who appreciate and recognize pure, unadulterated beauty.Nuff said.
Absolutely lost, I do not have the intelligence to appreciate this fully. Amazing, unique, perfect. I defy anyone to challenge this tune. It is PERFECT. Universally ageless and beautiful.
deephousedummy 2 weeks ago
Great Song, added by this brilliant video, thanks
tony501 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Cocteau Twins
My friend was going through a rough patch, his wife had left him, he had really low circulation in his index finger on his right hand. It was such a cold finger. It was such an awful time. I comforted him, but there was only so much I could say... I took him to the scottish mountains with some other friends. We listened to this song while the autumn leaves blew. He woke up the next day. He was whole. His name. Kevin.
redmondson123 3 months ago 2
Stunning photographs - stunning and beautiful - the range is extraordinary. Of course, the music is beautiful, and everything fits perfectly.
0807rick 4 months ago
What true gifts this purity of sound and vocal are.
Ozone04p 4 months ago
This is my favourite song by the Twins. I want to wake up on water to this.
idiotsdream 6 months ago
you have some sweet shoes
Staralfurz 6 months ago
my fav band of all time...in a class all by themselves...melodic,beautiful,ethereal,haunting,dreamy,nothing but good...takes me to a place where i never want to leave...been listening to them for over 20 years and they always move me...
nnicholss 7 months ago
This band makes me want to be a better person.
molepiercings 7 months ago 2
So goshdamn gorgeous..!!
watchlar76 7 months ago
Beautiful. I have this and rainymood playing before I sleep.
LazyJLazy 8 months ago
Trust me and look up the, "Lazy Calm (Baron Von Luxxury Rainy Day Re-Edit)" I doubt many of you have heard it so....... Your Welcome ;) my god damn fav.
120 bpm <3
johnny40z 9 months ago
any body else at the firestation borden 82-3ish???
chillyarse 1 year ago
25 years and still I'm mesmerized by the sounds of Fraser and Guthrie. This is truly an achievement in music that will always hold a dear place for me. I cannot contain my emotions when Lazy Calm truly sets in. The true power of music the beauty of it lies deep within the structure of a song. I am still uncovering it with every listen. A pulse still beats and at the heart of it Victorialand awaits. Smell it breathe it taste it let it consume every fiber of your being. Thank you for this....
synch08 1 year ago 2
first time I saw them live they opened with this. Happy days!
stumps03 1 year ago
i lived in scotland for 2 years, happiest years of my life, wish i never left, but i had to because i was like 9 years old and i had to follow my parents.
shophmart 1 year ago 5
amazing!
isaacincabo 1 year ago
Some lovely images that work very well with the music, well done lostulaume77! A few shots looked a bit like back home here in Scotland! This track and album evoke some strong memories for me also! My first proper taste of this truly wonderful band was when the album arrived by post when I was quite ill in bed and when I put it on I forgot how sick I was as it took me into a different world altogether. Moved my soul like no other music had before or has since. Magnificent!
AIFL 1 year ago
...beautiful.
rxrx1776 1 year ago 2
This is beyond music.
JarrefanErPenombra 1 year ago 4
This feeling is almost similar to love. Not many things can do that (some other CT songs...)
I can feel the "feeling" in my guts. In fact, CT changed my life in a way: I knew that I have to get away and do this fuckin life.
DolgorsurenDagvadorj 1 year ago 4
last time I was smoking weed and listened to this, and it is not as good when I was listening to this song sober..strange....
wita1976 1 year ago
@wita1976 Well, there's no enhancing perfection... :D
sibeliandrift 1 year ago
This song never fails to take me somewhere else, I am not sure where, but its one of my favorite places to go.
- Love the images too!
maha77 1 year ago
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maha77 1 year ago
This is music on a WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL than just about anything else written these days.
dylan19674 1 year ago
This was the song that gave me that first push into ambient, and of course Eno came along shortly thereafter. Kind of like someone who enjoys weed being introduced to The Beatle's "Magical Mystery Tour."
I am thankful for this song for so many reasons that I can't even begin to count them.
Absolutely beautiful.
xxxholographic 1 year ago
@xxxholographic I was moved so much by the textures and sweetness of this piece. Every goose-bump that follows, is a testament to spirit and love. I was so blessed with the chance to see them in Roseland Ballroom, in 1994.
MrEblevin 1 year ago
reminds me something very sweet .........
MegaSacrament 1 year ago
Great pics, compliment one of the most beautiful songs ever
shropshireladNE 1 year ago
The introductory music is beautiful on its own, but when Liz's voice arrives......well, music just cannot get any better.
241357 1 year ago 16
@241357 No, it can't. You're totally right. Don't think I've ever loved a song more than this one.
stephenp1968 1 year ago
@241357 I agree! When her voice comes into the song that is my absolute favorite moment!
lostulalume77 1 year ago 5
@lostulalume77 Yeah!! Sends shivers down my spine - bought this album new on vinyl years ago - beautiful.....
chevronist 7 months ago
Cherry coloured funk and Blue Bell Knoll are as good if not better... @241357
moxymeeh 1 year ago
My favorite piece of music ever. It's gorgeous.
stephenp1968 1 year ago
What a trip!!!
ferpastorino 1 year ago
greetings for your pictures! this song come from one of my favourite longplayngs
mikeli72 1 year ago
@sophiajane: I agree wholeheartedly! I love all types of music...some extremely intense, and others very calm and beautiful!
From Alice Cooper, Adrian Belew, CT, Coltrane Debussey, to Stravinsky, Tomita and Zappa!
Just because you like loud and intense music, doesn't mean you can't appreciate the softer stuff!
Bongofury361 1 year ago
very neat photos to go with this great music, love it
coastwalker 2 years ago
One of their finest offerings. So ethereal and sublime.
PositiveLastAction 2 years ago 3
Needless to say how amazing CT song is...and these pics...GOD I miss Northern California so much...SF, Napa Valley, Carmel, Monterey....well done!!!
karziflora 2 years ago 2
Wish I could have been with you on the trip to California. Beautiful photos and even more beautiful music.
thisismusic38 2 years ago 2
This was the first song I ever heard them play live, richard thomas of dif juz came on to play the sax, early 80s. What a voice, happy days indeed.
stumps03 2 years ago 3
I went from steppenwolf to napalm death, sepultura, and obituary to galaxie 500, the reverend horton heat, and then the cocteau twins
VIC4SALE 2 years ago 2
I 'm sure it was the right choice ... :) Cocteau Twins ... these guys are like from different dimension :) I love them ... Elisabeth Fraser's voice ... and the guitar ... awesome
Zemepan999 2 years ago
@VIC4SALE
That's quite a journey. I'm impressed. Cheers!
mrsjinx 2 years ago
@mrsjinx
thanks.
Saludos!
VIC4SALE 2 years ago
Love is the answer. The question is existence.
devildual 2 years ago 4
Thanks so much for posting this. Beautiful images to accompany wonderful music. "Victorialand" is the official soundtrack of Heaven, at least as far as I'm concerned. But I agree that there are only a few of us who really connect with it. Most people won't find much in there for them. Still, I'm glad there are others out there who love this music as much as I do. Thanks again.
mjwest1958 2 years ago 2
this melody is simply beautiful !!! So relaxing, elegant and sublime.
cosmopolitangirl77 2 years ago
YAY OAKLAND! hahaha close to home :)
adelinesweetheart 2 years ago
This song is RIDICULOUSLY good.. it might be the best song I've ever heard.
bernardsumnerfan 2 years ago 2
It's definitely the most beautiful song I've ever heard. I don't know where they came up with this tune, but I feel privileged to hear it.
stephenp1968 2 years ago
My ears never tire of their beautiful melodies, they send me into another sense of existence.
I stumbled upon this band in 2000 when, on a whim, I bought their milk & kisses cd. From that moment on I was determined to hear everything they created.
Nice video & I love the cat!(6:05)
eccentricblonde 2 years ago 5
Wow - im ordering this CD after hearing this.
MOSTechnology 2 years ago
You will not be disappointed. I can honestly say that there is something for everyone (except maybe metalheads HAHAHA, but they usually don't like anything that doesn't having screaming and lound distorted guitars) to be found in the Cocteau Twins music. Also, check out Four Calendar Cafe, Heaven or Las Vegas, and Blue Bell Knoll. Actually, get everything they put out.
fatcatbuzz 2 years ago
i wouldnt be so sure.. I tried to force almost all my friends into listening to them, and get a lot of negative responses.
I think you have to be a dreamer...
rut8888 2 years ago
Maybe something like that. I have always enjoyed spacy music and that's why I like them. I found their music very appropriate during moments in my life. I guess some people are not going to like them (that's why added the metalhead thing, but most only like distortion and screaming), but I don't like alot of music that people like. Look at what is popular music today. I don't like most of it, but that's just me. I would rather listen to the Cocteau Twins over 99% of stuff on pop radio
fatcatbuzz 2 years ago
No No, dont force anyone to listen to Cocteau, it wont work, if they havnt found peace yet theres little hope
shropshireladNE 2 years ago
Fatcatbuzz....i am a "metalhead" my fav bands are Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Abigail Williams, Gorgoroth etc yet i love Cocteau Twins as well The Sundays, My Vitriol, Solar Powered People, The Cranberries, Vangelis, Space/Ambient Music and other shoegaze/dream pop bands. So, untrue "metalheads" can still love this genre of music. :)
TheVoid 2 years ago 2
I like heavy metal myself. However, I think if you popped this stuff on the majority of metalheads would not dig this stuff. Watch, put in this album for a bunch of metalheads and see their reaction. Most people that listen to heavy metal don't listen to much else (I didn't say all). I myself enjoy all types of music, but like stuff like this the best. I personally think stuff like this take more imagination to compose than screaming loud guitar.
fatcatbuzz 2 years ago
@fatcatbuzz
Lol-what?
That pretty much covers your sentence.
I've been a metalhead since forever..
And i've known quite a buckload of "metal heads" throughout my years...
I think every single one of them has had AT LEAST one of the calm type of songs in their collection of favorites.
So I believe you've got to get your head straight.
It takes equal much imagination to create anything, no matter how big or small it is - how it sounds or what shape it is.
I suppose you don't create much?
Manicca 2 years ago
Get my head on straight? ha. I think you are the one that is delusional. Most metalhead that I've met have a one tract mind like you. Also, you are opinionated when you've never met me. Cover my sentence? Don't make me laugh. I've been playing guitar for 18 years while you were still shitting you pants, was in band playing gigs when you were still picking your nose and making 4 track recording when you were learning how to type a sentance on Youtube. I know what I'm talking about.
fatcatbuzz 2 years ago
Seems you've not met any metalheads whatsoever then considering your statement, But immature twats tends to act your way.
Ignorant as anything is what you are.
I speak out of experience, and it's quite clear you're empty worded, but feel free to reply with something lowly again :>
I'm sorry you've failed with playing for so long...
I hope it goes better when you've opened your mind to reality abit more!
Manicca 2 years ago
Go fuck yourself. I was trying to have an conversation with you, but you are too small and narrow minded. I've known more people in music than you'll ever know and am still doing music. What have you done? I bet you still live in your parents house. Emply worded? Like you have intellect with your choice off words. And I could care less what you think. I've done more with it than you will with your art. Sorry you've failed at your stick figure drawings, but maybe you'll get hit by a truck.
fatcatbuzz 2 years ago
Missed the obvious again, have we? And very mature comment you tried to give on my profile as well. "Fuck you, Asshole" surely is well chosen words from someone mature. :)
I was trying to make an airhead understand the laws of reality;
I'm a "metalhead", I know alot of "metalheads" - we all listen to calm music too.
Sorry you live in a bubble :(
And my "stickfigures" have already payed well over 1000 euro for One lil' scribble. :>
Of course you don't care!
It's clearly seen here :)
Manicca 2 years ago
It's funny that you called me a twat because that is the organ where a 1000 Nazi sailors fucked you whore of a mom before you father clubbed her and drug her back to his cave and created a shit stain on the world like you.
fatcatbuzz 2 years ago
Just because some one is a fan of one specific genre of music doesn't mean that they don't listen to other stuff to. 'twould be very odd for some one just to listen to one thing.
I don't think fatcatbuzz really knows what they're talking about. Every metalhead I know listens to other genres. I know some who really love classical music =/
sophiajane 2 years ago 3
THE most beautiful song ever written.
stephenp1968 2 years ago
i traveled to Scotland because i had to see where and what inspired this supernal music.
i listened to this as i drove through Glencoe.
part of me never came back home.
divinedgar 2 years ago 44
Funny because I always think of them as desert music and would listen to them late at night taking long bike rides around Las Vegas and in the desert.
fatcatbuzz 2 years ago
@divinedgar An amazing comment for an amazing experience. The risk is not only leaving a piece of us, but all of us... with this music in a place like scotland... why come back??????????
OneEyedJack1982 5 months ago
You can always use the general rule of thumb for great music, you can never play it too loud or too many times.
wilkiandrew 2 years ago
this song makes me cry and makes me happy cause an angel can sing a beutiful music like this and i can hear it
vocessua 2 years ago
i just threw up, thanks
jdoggy011 2 years ago
Reminds me of an autumn tuesday morning in the mid 1980's sometime. evocative melancholy indeed, stunning music, wonderful band.
MrBrunswickgreen 2 years ago 2
It's pretty weird, but it's a nice feeling at the same time, when u realize that at least 143 people knows this beautiful piece of music art. Everytime when i listen to Ct and especially this song, I feel like i'm the only person in the world who appreciate this forgotten band. That's why I think it's a kind of privilage to me to know this track and CT overall. i hope u know what I mean
zakmakkraken 2 years ago 4
I know what you mean :)
SplendidoSplendente 2 years ago
I feel exactly the same
Jabberwock156 2 years ago
If I ever was close to nirvana it was with Victorialand and Treasure. I'd put the tape that I recorded from the radio on and would immediately spring into another world. Now having their CDs in my collection I still come back to it with the same effect. Timeless classic. It's great to see that new generations are as blown by this music as I was in my teen years!
Qumak13 2 years ago 2
I agree, along with some Dead Can Dance albums, Cocteau Twins is truly the music for spiritual enlightenment...specially Treasure and Victorialand
Jabberwock156 2 years ago
For me it was Victorialand and The Moon and the Melodies; first on vinyl, then CD. It's great to see so many others moved by this music. It's sublime! And it always reminds me of a particular summer evening in 1987 ...
markll9 2 years ago 2
what an angelic voice you just drift off into time fantastic band
rokmole 2 years ago
What a beauty, I just float off... God I LOVE this band, only found them yesterday.
wixy20071 2 years ago
18 years ago I heard this divine voice
Krusas2 2 years ago
Then you'll really enjoy heaven & Las Vegas.......
TheScott127 2 years ago
ENCHANTING!!!
karziflora 2 years ago
this is one of my all time favorites of theirs, I used to put this on, lay back and disappear
maha77 2 years ago 4
A friend introduced me to them in 1986 and they had such a huge impact on me, I'd never heard anything like them. Almost as if my whole life had changed - dramatic, I know, but whaddya expect from a 20 year old? I remember driving at night listening to Victorialand and Treasure and thinking I'd never hear something more beautiful than these two albums. A truly transcendant band.
mifune141 2 years ago 4
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. Makes you feel like you're floating in space half asleep and without a care in the world.
zodawg0079 2 years ago 27
I would buy their CD's...if I could only find them. I used to have lots of their albums on cassette, but they were stolen from me. Listening to them makes the world all right...if only for a short time. It's nice to see that there are others who appreciate this band, as I rarely met people who even knew of them.
Bongofury361 2 years ago 6
you can buy them all on AMAZON
maha77 2 years ago
@Bongofury361
Itunes or HMV
OR download youtube convertor and download them straight from here thats what I do :)
lelabee11 1 year ago
this song was released in 1986...but still so goooooooooooooood....
antiyourself 2 years ago
Dreamy stuff.
isolatedoddball 2 years ago
i absolutely love this, beautiful, stunning, second time i have heard this, gonna get the cd!!!!
Deeloveshoes 2 years ago
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iancurtis51880 2 years ago
god music
no words no time no limits
just being
in bliss
god music
lovekisslaugh 2 years ago 7
cocteau twins they do more than music.
poltergeist1902 2 years ago 5
it really reminds me of beautiful bladerunner music
TheVoid 2 years ago
tastefully done ... beautiful work ... thanks for sharing
LUCIDity2009 2 years ago
Simply outstanding beautiful takes me right back love the cocteau's may there music last for ever. Elizabeth Fraser has the most wonderful most beautiful voice sends me to other places
TB35 2 years ago
I'm the youngest CT fan in Utube with 23?
DolgorsurenDagvadorj 2 years ago
20 here :)
TheVoid 2 years ago
Good choice in music mate!
dowling1981 2 years ago
19!
jakethesnake10000 2 years ago
There is a time to be born and a time to die. A time to be happy and a time to be sad. A time to plant and a time to uproot. A time for reflection .... This has to be one of the saddest CT melodies (particularly the first part). For me, the years melt away and I go back to my early 20s. Even today it makes me want to go to the beach, watch the waves roll in and roll out, curl up and cry ...Thank you CT for this masterpiece.
richardbraziluk 2 years ago 4
This is the happiest for me...
DolgorsurenDagvadorj 2 years ago 2
deliciousness to my ears!!!
joellyshooshoo 2 years ago
aaah i remember now when i had the vinyl of this album i used to play it all the time it gave a sens of peace and wisdom all around me.
maamaadou 2 years ago
when I first saw the Cocteaus live in the early 80s at London Kentish Town they opened with this, Richard Thomas from Dif Juz joined them on stage to play the saxaphone and Elizabeth was mesmerising. It was some sort of 4AD gig and they were the final band. Happy Days!
stumps03 2 years ago
beautiful pictures to go with the sublime music, thank you!
blackpixie987 2 years ago 2
I feel so sorry for the people who don't have the ability to appreciate this kind of master pieces of art. Because believe it or not, there are many unfotunate ones. Poor things.
misteriobuffo 2 years ago 7
who are you girl? and where are your shoes? i want to meet you. this song was always some dreamy doestevevsky for me, met kiz and the usher hall though and bought her a red stripe! before they went on - i am guessing this is 1994 fucking fabulous thanks for the video very nice x
johnmwaugh 2 years ago 2
I had a radio show back in the 80's and one time I played Lazy Calm on the wrong speed for the 1st couple minutes and it still sounded great!!!
gumgumley 2 years ago 2
Aaaand you get 5 stars for playing *any* twins on the radio! We had a show in Crackingham, Alabamistan for the longest but the dork who ran it didn't like 'em... To his cred he played Lycia, Love Is Colder Than Death, Dead Can Dance, etc. Like many my first exposure was the Carolyn' s Fingers vid on 120 Minutes- was floored by the strange, wondrous beauty!
Krauthamster 2 years ago 2
Lycia is to Cocteau Twins what Jonas Brothers are to The Beatles.
beowulven 2 years ago
CT takes me back to a time when a calmness prevailed; unlike today. Nice to have something to go back to although time marches ever onward.
hansonszoo 2 years ago 6
beautiful pictures, lostulalume77. magnificent. love the song too!
chirtyl 2 years ago 5
Thank You so much! I think this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
lostulalume77 2 years ago 2
I agree. This, and I Wear Your Ring are my favorite CT tunes. And, Otterley following close behind.
iancurtis51880 2 years ago
like an ascent to heaven! but... not as conclusive =o
joellyshooshoo 2 years ago 5
Genius.
LunaSeaSane 2 years ago 3
yeah I used to put this on late at night to chill and drift off, such a beautiful space . . .
xxBIRDY 2 years ago 2
Very flowing and angelic. Great music and scenery for the weary heart.
2mad4peace 3 years ago 4
Haha. Me too. This was my goodnight record back in the days when i had no computer,no cable tv and not even a phone because CT happend a long way before the almighty computer era
Funkywallot 3 years ago 3
I never waste this album for going to sleep. It's just too good to to sleep on it.
MunkhbatDavajaargal 3 years ago 3
Great taste in music.
pomotexan 3 years ago
Wow I though I was the only one that used this album and Moon and the Melodies to sleep to. Because of this it is the most listen to albums in my collection. About every night since 1986-1997 and at least once a week or more since then.
DonnaKae 3 years ago
Ha ha, this takes me back !! Had CT's Greatest Hits on my MiniDisc player for the Gym some years back !! So I'd be doing strenuous workouts to tracks like this lol !!
WalshNo5 3 years ago
I wasn't sleepy when this song first started-now, I can hardly keep my eyes open.
iancurtis51880 3 years ago 2
this is a perfect video for this heavenly music. it does not take a specific rout and tell your mind a story, instead it shows how the world is filled with beauty and lets your mind go where it wants to and that is a huge part of the magic of Cocteau Twins. they do not impose lyrics on you but rather they provide incredible sounds that tap into the ethereal and sublime, bring it to the surface for all to enjoy. Fantastic!
milkandkisses78 3 years ago 15
one of my favourite albums
i dont know another album that makes me go all melty and gooey like this one
its a precipice is what it is
tsarenvy 3 years ago
There are a lot of beautiful songs out there, but really, I have to say-I do believe this tops list for me. Surely heaven must sound like this.
iancurtis51880 3 years ago 6
All these years later and I still sleep to Victorialand and The Moon And The Melodies on a regular basis.
FaceInTheRain 3 years ago 3
When my parents told me they liked this song, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It's still one of my all-time favorite CT tunes. Absolutely unbelievable.:)
iancurtis51880 3 years ago 3
Ahh lads I haven't heard this song since buying the album in 1987 (Victorialand). I was only 17 at hte time. I used to listen to it at night before going to sleep as well. Loved the CT as a teenager and have sarted to listen to them again over 20 yrs on.
kingofhome23 3 years ago 2
My favorite...!!
efraser 3 years ago
thanks for making a playlist for this album. i used to have this on casette years ago. i had a tape player that had auto-repeat and, i would play it at night while i went to sleep. amazing cocteau recordings!
sinebass808 3 years ago
Thia is a great tune, really relaxing.
iancurtis51880 3 years ago
this has to be one of the most divinely inspired works of art ever created by humans. lovely vid to match thanks for this.
lovekisslaugh 3 years ago 7
i dont think i was sleepy when i first heard these songs i was with an ex girlfriend in bed. oh happy times.
stevewhittington 3 years ago
Nice song and nice photos!
gallowswood 3 years ago
best band ever
mieleke 3 years ago 4
what was the album called for this song it has brought memorys back from along time ago.
stevewhittington 3 years ago
I am 99.9% certain the albums name is victorialand and I think you can buy it on I tune actually.
Cheers
libvalance 3 years ago
It comes from the album Victorialand (1987). It's nearly an instrmental album. The best to dream before (or during) sleeping.
telemat 3 years ago 4
nirvana
deepsinK 3 years ago 2
who am i to do disagree.
dhatudharma 3 years ago
This is one of the best Cocteau Twins songs...it evokes such emotions
slewis13 3 years ago
Gorgeous,cocteau twins are a one off,but i think there`s always good music being made.You just have look beneath the surface.
7lartceps 3 years ago
Beautiful! Not heard this before. Is this song pre ambient, pre Enya/Clanad? Thank you!
door2yourheart 3 years ago
the Cocteau Twins started in 1983.
milkandkisses78 3 years ago
Beautiful. Thank you.
xxxholographic 3 years ago
beautiful pictures
thanks to Gary for sharing this great vid
5*
lilly
doremi5002 3 years ago
this is so crazy if you've heard this song from long ago you rememeber that time for sure the instant you hear it.. how a song can trigger something in your head in such a way you time warp... cocteau twins could do know wrong from here on,...
ultracrunchy 3 years ago
Wonderful photos..
caterinasaracino 3 years ago
What a beautiful song...
ricardomartinchoi 3 years ago
great shots... beautiful track...
ccccera 3 years ago
What dreams are made of .. such beauty
EdwardFelix13 3 years ago
Dreamy...beautiful, ethereal track...lovely - one of their best...
DezzaLondon 3 years ago 5
I'm back for more this is so yummy. Lovely video.
milkandkisses78 3 years ago 7
Brilliant-the most (atmospheric dreamy) album I have ever heard.Still as fresh to listen to today as it was some 30yrs ago.
willpickering 3 years ago 4
I love the Cocteau Twins
RyanMcGinnis 3 years ago 4
feel so fragile
superb pictures
past or present ?
mistralazur 3 years ago
Awesome images! I wish *I* could make a video this lovely--and the music is just gorgeous!
marsie06111961 3 years ago
on page four at the moment says this album is victoria land
parkroyalists 3 years ago
I think i may have wept a bit the first time i heard this song, and don't think i've ever "wept" in my life, much less had need to use the term. I just feel this song, from beginning to end. Liz, if you're out there, that's power.
mnomadw 3 years ago 4
I'm wondering how Mozart would have reacted when he could hear this!
doooodziek 3 years ago 2
so beautiful....
Geogaddi08 3 years ago 4
I remember first hearing their music in 1990 when Heaven and Las Vegas came out and felt i'd had what some call a religious experience. I love music in all it's many guises, but had never been moved so wholly on every level like their aural masterpeices move me. I wanted it all to myself, but am pleased to know that their are those out there who appreciate and recognize pure, unadulterated beauty.Nuff said.
vorbitor1 3 years ago 3
Absolutely lost, I do not have the intelligence to appreciate this fully. Amazing, unique, perfect. I defy anyone to challenge this tune. It is PERFECT. Universally ageless and beautiful.
Moooooter 4 years ago 4
Wow. Who needs drugs whan there's music like this. the cure for all ills.
santoshasong 4 years ago 8
and this slide show is gorgeous. Quite fitting.
santoshasong 4 years ago 3
Heavenly music. Thanks for the lovely slide shw.
milkandkisses78 3 years ago 5