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07-18-2008, 12:34 AM
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Cocteau Twins
I've recently discovered them, and I am quite ashamed to have not heard their music sooner. I had heard of them, just never actually been subjected to their music before. What do you think of them?
BTW...YES...I REALIZE THEY AREN'T GOTH! LET'S NOT RELIVE THE NIGHTMARE THAT IS THE MARILYN MANSON THREAD! I JUST WANT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THEIR SOUND, NOT THEIR GENRE!
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07-18-2008, 12:37 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Near Southampton
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I've not listened to much of them, but they seem good. I shall have to listen more widely I think.
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07-18-2008, 01:52 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: U.K
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I like a few tracks and pretty much most fo the stuff from 'Treasure'. They've got a nice sound. But their lyrics are quite bizzare.
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07-18-2008, 02:16 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Oxford , UK
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I love them,i remember my Dad listening to them all the time and telling me to listen to them when i was younger.But i only started listening when i was around 13.
i really like them, theres something about them that just gets to me
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07-18-2008, 02:41 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Osaka, Japan
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Cocteau Twins are marginally Goth, actually. :-P
I quite enjoy Treasure and Heaven or Las Vegas.
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07-18-2008, 04:04 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
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I like them quite a bit. True, their lyrics are quite bizarre, but their song titles on the album "Blue Bell Knoll" were even more bizarre!
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07-18-2008, 05:07 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I've always seen them as a goth band.
I found a couple of their records in an op shop in NSW ages ago. I didn't know who they were at the time so I didn't buy them!
Woe is me.
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07-18-2008, 04:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oslo, Norway
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They were partially my introduction to goth music, actually (I won't enter the debate - I listened, liked and went on to Siouxsie and Rasputina). I like them just as much as I like Dead Can Dance (which is quite a lot). One of the reasons being that I can actually say I enjoy listening to the vocalist's singing. This is rare, because I have a horrible tendency to automatically start picking apart and analyzing music and the performance of the musician(s) when I hear it. (Annoying!)
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07-18-2008, 06:34 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: New Zealand
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Happy Dude thrust a few of their songs upon me some time ago and I listen to a few of their songs regularly but I haven't done much looking into the band. They're on my list of 'to buy one day when I can afford to' lists.
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07-18-2008, 11:08 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Now, HOW are they Goth? I'm not arguing, just wanting to understand. I personally felt that they were on the fence, but I was told otherwise from someone who I consider to be quite knowledgeable on such things. Hmmm... So....Okay. What are the defining qualities they hold that classifies them as Goth?
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07-19-2008, 09:54 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Flushing, NY
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The vocals are unique, if anything. My favorite song by them is "Heaven or Las Vegas". I read that they were classified as Goth; from there I listened to Joy Division. The Cocteau Twins have a mostly ethereal sound.
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07-19-2008, 05:14 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: UK
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I love the Cocteau Twins, me and my girlfriend ate sweeties to Sugar Hiccup and were all like EEEEEE! HEHEHE!
Yes, it was stupid, they're a great band though, they never fail to make me smile.
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07-19-2008, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
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I think they're great. Cherry Coloured Funk is a good album.
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07-22-2008, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Cocteau Twins is a really good band
I love their music and Elizabeth Frazer's voice is so beautiful
The only one cd I got is "Stars and Topsoil" that is a kind of greatest hits compilation.
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07-22-2008, 10:34 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: south north america
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They're excellent! They're more related to the original post-punk bands (such as Joy Division) than most bands truly deemed "Gothic Rock", at least in my opinion.
Sadly though, I only have Milk and Kisses and Four Calender Cafe. What are some other good LPs by them?
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