[kj]Peter is Actually Still Quite Mistaken

[Alexander Smith]

In deference to Higgo & an other Gatherers who may be bothered by this, 
Peter, if you wish to continue explaining how wrong you are to me, 
e-mail me directly at:  vassifer at earthlink.net

Otherwise, let's consider the matter closed.


Alex in NYC





On Sunday, May 1, 2005, at 06:43 PM, higgo wrote:

> Shut the fuck up!!!!!! I tried to get my name off this list after two 
> days after all this bullshit, but noone seems to remove me. My 
> delete-finger is sore by now. I fukkin love killing joke, but this 
> list is just boring and I now dream nightmares about you all!
> /Peter
>
> peter.west410 wrote:
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> "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)
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> ----- 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
>
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> 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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