[kj]Peter is Actually Still Quite Right

[peter.west410]

Yes I did continue reading your post Alex,And you are right ...........
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.................................Robert Plants version is indeed crap ,But
the techno versions are even worse.
       PW


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
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Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: [kj]Peter is Actually Still Quite Right


>
> Yes, but if you continued reading my post, you'd see that that
> impression....WAS WRONG! (just like you're continuing to be)
>
> Alex in NYC
>
>
> On Sunday, May 1, 2005, at 06:24 PM, peter.west410 wrote:
>
> > "So, off I went in search of "Song to
> >  the Siren" as recorded by the Cocteau Twins"
> >
> >      OK,OK OK Alex.............If you admit that you got The Cocteau
> > twins
> > mixed up with This Mortal Coil ......................Then so will I :-)
> >      Although my reasoning was technically correct.
> >      PW
> >
> > (The version I downloaded stated it was by The Cocteau Twins)
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alexander Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
> > To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
> > <gathering at misera.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [kj]Alex is Actually Still Quite Right
> >
> >
> >> At the end of the day, the song is Tim Buckley's (as, I believe, you
> >> yourself pointed out).
> >>
> >> The Cocteau Twins have -- once again -- NEVER, NEVER, NEVER released
> >> "Song to the Siren". Members of the band happened to record a version,
> >> though under the direction and cooperation of the studio conglomerate
> >> that was This Mortal Coil. That they have performed it live is
> >> incidental. U2 have performed "Love Will Tear Us Apart" live. That
> >> doesn't make it theirs.
> >>
> >> This is, of course, a completely ridiculous debate. As both Peter and
> >> I
> >> are well aware, Robin and Liz of the Cocteaus are the ones who lend
> >> This Mortal Coil's "Song to the Siren" its greatness. When I first
> >> heard this version of "Song to the Siren", it was courtesy of a mix
> >> tape my friend Charlie -- spending a year in a British college --
> >> which
> >> included no listing. When I later quizzed him about it, I believe he
> >> said "Oh, it's the Cocteau Twins." So, off I went in search of "Song
> >> to
> >> the Siren" as recorded by the Cocteau Twins.....WHICH, IN POINT OF
> >> FACT, DOES NOT EXIST. "Song to the Siren" -- with Liz and Robin of the
> >> Cocteaus -- as it turned out, was recorded and released by This Mortal
> >> Coil.
> >>
> >> I'm just giving as good as you give, Peter. Contrary to what some may
> >> glean from this thread, I don't have any serious ill will for you. You
> >> are a nice funny guy, and as far as I'm concerned, this argument is
> >> just a bit of contentious fun. But you still need to find a way to
> >> plug
> >> up that pipeline of verbal waste product that has as a faithfully
> >> regular habit of spewing into and polluting the otherwise crystalline
> >> waters of the Gatherers.
> >>
> >> Incidentally, I just downloaded Robert Plant's rendition of "Song to
> >> the Siren," and I think we can all agree that it's a shivering dollop
> >> of yak dung when compared to any of the other versions.
> >>
> >> MOUTH DIAPER!!!
> >>
> >> Alex in NYC
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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