[kj]Peter is Actually Still Quite Right

[Alexander Smith]

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!)"
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> 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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