This Mortal Coil's version of this with Elizabeth Frazer's hauntingly beautiful & mesmerising voice is stunning, the voice of an era.
@mannycalavera6011
3 жыл бұрын
All the work of This mortal Coil was extraordinary. Love the Blood Album, the original music and the Syd Barret and other covers.
@mtrimm1
3 жыл бұрын
I was going to say just that. First version I ever heard.
@lifespanofafry1534
3 жыл бұрын
Yes yes yes! Nothing compares to Liz.
@sionhughes9090
3 жыл бұрын
It’s a cover that possibly transcends the original
@MegaFreddie46
3 жыл бұрын
The female-like voice you hear in the background is his own. I think he was the best singer we've ever had (obviously, I exclude opera music, because it is a specific field, deserving a separate discussion). I recommend you listen "Happy Sad" (my favourite record of his), "Lorca" and "Starsailor" itself in their entirety. He was a genius, in experimenting song-wise and vocally. "Song to the Siren" was written by Larry Beckett, who had an important role as a songwriting collaborator, friend and colleague.
@jamiegagnon6390
3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! That voice! I don't believe I have ever heard him before. Once again you've given me someone to investigate. Thank you muchly!
@mariosandri4010
3 жыл бұрын
Oh yes! Tim Buckley is a great choice. He was one of the best singers of his generation. Song to the Siren is very evocative, stripped down to bare bones and soul. Buzzin' Fly, in my opinion, is another fantastic song.
@foxandscout
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite song by Tim is Buzzin’ Fly.
@aliceandrade4364
2 жыл бұрын
@@foxandscout Did you ever see Tim live? He was glorious, especially when he sang Buzzin' Fly which is my favorite as well. He'd throw his head back and just sing and . . . oh my. Stunningly beautiful voice. Unfortunately a lot of his music doesn't hold up today but I still listen to it from time to time. When Jeff was first talked about, I went to see him before Grace was released. I mean I loved Tim, so I had to love Jeff. Jeff didn't have quite the vocal control that Tim had, and a lot of people walked out of that show, with someone likening Jeff's voice to a tortured cat. Saw him a couple more times and he sounded much better. Jeff will be the one remembered though for his version of Hallelujah, as he should be. Ahh, the Buckleys, such gifted men who died far far far too soon.
@foxandscout
2 жыл бұрын
@@aliceandrade4364 I think Tim’s music Does hold up. I had a teenage crush on him. I saw him twice, once at Max’s (Kansas City) and then at the Shaefer concerts in Central Park. He opened for Blood Sweat and Tears. There was a memorial in my hood for him;that was the first time little Jeffrey Scott performed. The audience was astonished and a little freaked out. I got to meet him and his mom backstage (I was going to dinner with one of the performers). After that I saw him many times. Coffeehouses and small performance venues. He had started a mailing list for his fans to announce when/where he was going to play. I must have 2 dozen of them sitting in a box. He would write things occasionally, like a merry Christmas letter. We certainly weren’t friends, but we shared a few beers and conversations after a few shows. I mean, after one show ( he played about a week at Fez) where only a few dozen people showed, we were almost the only ones sitting at the bar. At one of his shows at Sin-é I got to sit on one of the few chairs in this minuscule club. As the show progressed and it got crowded with folks standing, someone was pressed against me: turned out to be Marianne Faithfull, who I love. I got to talk with her after the show. I was thrilled. He played one more time at St Anne’s in Brooklyn Heights again and there were these great t-shirts he designed. I only got one, being poor, and mailed it to my best friend -who I met in 1980 because of a Tim Buckley album (a sweet story)-who was in hospital. He never made it out. He died that weekend and his brother said he was keeping the shirt. I once saw it on eBay for $100! I went to the memorial his mother put together. I barely remember who was there. Im sure if I Google the event it will trigger my memory. Apologies for oversharing... it’s been so long since I thought of all that. The brilliant Hal Willner produced the Tim Buckley memorial. RIP dear Hal.
@aliceandrade4364
2 жыл бұрын
@@foxandscout For me the first album doesn't hold up well. Goodbye and Hello and Blue Afternoon are my favorites. Some of his recordings feel very dated now, at least to me. Sure didn't then though as I was just consumed with his vocal and physical beauty. You and I would have to battle over who had the bigger crush on him. Janie would always be at the shows then. In those days I never read a newspaper but for some reason one day I did, and there was his obituary. I was heartbroken. I've heard that memorial for Tim where Jeff performed. Hard to step into the shoes of a father you barely knew. I think I loved Tim so much that when I heard about Jeff, I was ready to embrace him as my child. Weird, I know, but I kind of felt protective of him. No oversharing -- just sharing out mutual love of father and son.
@foxandscout
2 жыл бұрын
@@aliceandrade4364 Yes the first album is weak: he wrote it when he was in high school. I never listened to it much. Yes the two albums you mentioned are wonderful, simply wonderful, but I also love Sefronia, and Greetings From LA. There are some live versions of songs from both that are really great. I didn’t know the Tim memorial was taped. It wasn’t professionally, I know that. So: bootleg? All the performers? A few did not belong there and pissed me off. But I’d like to hear those I was predisposed to dislike. One in particular . . . I just deleted what I wrote about who and why. (I prefer not to insult publicly.) The person I went to dinner with afterward was a friend, an old folkie (Eric A.) but by this time my musical tastes had broadened (I went to hear live music very often and still do) from folk to folk rock to classic rock and reggae and jazz, to punk, post-punk, new wave. Going to see Tim was deep nostalgia. Who expected Jeff to emerge? In the box of his mailed show announcements is the program to the Tim memorial. I have to go find it and remind myself all who performed. I remember many but not all. Where did you hear the concert? I’d love to re-experience it. Because this thread is about Tim- this Reaction is to a Tim song- I felt okay about talking about Jeff. I think if the thread was about Jeff, I wouldn’t have. It might come across as bragging, or people would ask questions . . . His audience on is pretty big in comparison with his dad. There’s plenty info: videos, articles, interviews ... early on, Jeff underlined how little he knew his dad but over time he shared more of his feelings. I said something to him after one of his Fez shows in words that touched him and he wanted to use 🤭. Seems you saw Tim multiple times-I’m a bit envious! At Max’s (are/were you on the left coast?), I was so close to the stage which was only a few feet high. A tiny intimate space. I was 17. In Central Park (it was an outdoor skating ring-sorry if you know all this) although I was in the first row, it was a good distance from a tall stage. I used binoculars and remember someone in the band looking at me with what appeared to be amusement but I remember feeling mocked! Ah silly sensitive teenager!
@hastobe303
3 жыл бұрын
This is a good one. Love Tim Buckley. His catalogue has so much variety and not all of his music is like this. He started out folky (this song is originally from that era), then it got some jazz vibes as well, then he went all avant-garde and trippy and then he dropped all that and got into R&B and funk. Then he died. Major bummer.
@dashcat3960
3 жыл бұрын
"Once I Was" is a beautiful song from his Goodbye and Hello album
@foxandscout
2 жыл бұрын
And used at the end of the film Coming Home.
@Marco_Venieri
2 жыл бұрын
without doubt the best singer of all rock music. his vocal range, his poetry, his avant-garde compositions, his genius, his madness, his sadness are unreachable even by the great singers
@mickcapewell6369
3 жыл бұрын
The original 1967 version, as performed on The Monkees show, was more ‘folky’ and had the “puzzled as an oyster” lyric, which Buckley later changed. Tim started out as a Dylan-ish folk-rocker but progressed into uncharted realms of Avant garde folk-jazz, which killed his career commercially, though his albums are consistently fascinating, and i much prefer him over Jeff. Next try Buzzin’ Fly 👍
@lasthope3237
2 жыл бұрын
Why do you Tim lovers always feel the love to compare him to his son ?
@SebGeddy
3 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful and mesmerizing song from an amazing artist.
@colef6855
3 жыл бұрын
I think you would like his song "Once I Was". As others have mentioned, it's Tim himself on those female-sounding harmony vocals, he had an unbelievable range of styles.
@dantean
3 жыл бұрын
Three underappreciated GIANTS of the folk-revival/folk rock era were Tim Buckley, Fred Neil, and Tim Hardin, two of whom died very young, one (Neil) who disdained fame--and only lived to 65 after receding from the spotlight before fame caught up with him. A shame, as none of them released albums that were anything short of great-to-brilliant. There's a video of Buckley performing Neil's "The Dolphins" on The Old Grey Whistle Test from 1974 that's spectacular and features King Crimson's Ian Wallace swinging the drum set. I think you'd dig it.
@Ertursenty
3 жыл бұрын
Well that was unexpected :D I have only listened to 2 of his albums - Goodbye and Hello and Happy Sad and both are absolutely great. Can't recommend them enough :)
@foxandscout
3 жыл бұрын
Try Greetings From LA
@dreambrother80
3 жыл бұрын
Great analysis & review. I am a millenial like you, and for most of my adult life Tim Buckley was my favorite solo artist from the rock genre. His progression from album to album musically and VOCALLY was unprecedented and really worth exploring. The album this song comes from (Starsailor) is an extremely well executed experimental "rock" album, with some of the greatest vocals ever laid down by a male rock singer on record imo. I think you will dig his overall body of work since youre a fan of progressive rock, and that man from album to album evolved like a musical chameleon.
@JustJP
3 жыл бұрын
Ty Dream!
@nomisnestral6956
3 жыл бұрын
I cannot physically listen to this song any longer because it shatters me in a myriad shards of pain, but I will obviously always adore it.
@rosenfield10
3 жыл бұрын
This Mortal Coil's version, featuring EF of The Cocteau Twins, floors me every time. Do that one.
@samhain1894
3 жыл бұрын
Love it.
@stuberry1875
3 жыл бұрын
Another vote for the This Mortal Coil version. I've heard it so many times, and I always want to cry.
@ChristianWichmann
3 жыл бұрын
Someone already mentioned the cover version by This Mortal Coil, which you should definitely check out as well. It has been used by David Lynch in his 1997 masterpiece “Lost Highway” in a very special scene. (Well, that whole movie is very special scenes ...) He originally wanted to use the song in “Blue Velvet” (1986) but couldn't get the rights cleared, so he asked his film composer Angelo Badalamenti to write a piece which sounds somewhat similar in mood.
@Jovolution
2 жыл бұрын
One of the top five singers.
@foxandscout
3 жыл бұрын
I had a teenage crush on Tim Buckley. I saw him several times in concert -Max’s Kansas City and Shaeffer concerts in Central Park. There was a memorial produced by the great Hal Willner (who died of Covid later year, RIP) in my neighborhood in Brooklyn and lo and behold there was the debut of his son Jeff. He sang his dad’s song and floored us all. Actually it was spooky. I was going to dinner with one of the performers and so I was backstage, and hot to meet Jeff and his mother. From then on we had a hello, how are you? “friendship,” even shared a couple of beers at Fez. After the Tim memorial/tribute (I still have the program), Jeff played many many times in NYC in small clubs. I saw him at least a dozen times, the last was either at Siné’s or CBGB’s. His gig for a bunch of days at Siné’s (tiniest club in the world) was recorded, and by then he was getting a lot of attention by successful people who wanted to produce and work with him. One of those was Marianne Faithfull who stood next to me (I was sitting in one of the dozen yes dozen chairs). I love her! Jeff Buckley is very well known now, but mostly this came posthumously. His version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” -which he performed often-contributed to this. And by the way, you should listen to Leonard Cohen. His career spanned decades and I can recommend songs from each. I saw him (in Brooklyn) during his last tour, not long before he died. He was 80 or so and put on a 3-hr show. It was amazing. I mourn all three amazing song poets.
@RGRG3232
3 жыл бұрын
His live version of "Phantasmagoria in Two" from his album Dream Letter (Live in London 1968) is pretty great too. As a matter of fact the whole album is probably him in top form as well as his backing band.
@johnramsell8078
3 жыл бұрын
Dream Letter ‘68 is one of my favorite live albums
@jamesdignanmusic2765
3 жыл бұрын
His album "Greetings from LA" is a great album, with rich, raunchy sounds - "Move with me" and "Get on top" are standouts. In that context, and if you'll pardon the comparison, this song is like the afterglow after good sex, when you're relaxed, warm, and happy/sad (pun intended), and want to draw your partner into a big hug. If you like Tim Buckley, I'd also suggest Fred Neil - another great, much-overlooked songwriter with an amazing voice (try his "Dolphins", a song which has been covered many times, but there's nothing like the original!)
@foxandscout
3 жыл бұрын
And covered well by Tim. There aren’t many live videos of Tim Buckley on KZitem but there is one of him singing Dolphins.
@eddiesongss
3 жыл бұрын
He’s got a decent variety to his catalogue, and plenty of songs that aren’t nearly as sparse as this song. His best album imo is Happy Sad. From that album I’d highly recommend either Buzzin Fly or Love From Room 109 at the Islander
@MegaFreddie46
3 жыл бұрын
I agree: "Happy Sad" is way beyond compare
@bobholtzmann
3 жыл бұрын
On the final show of the Monkees TV series, Mickey Dolenz introduces Tim Buckley, who sings "Song to the Siren" on the stage set, this time in a quieter more smoother voice: kzitem.info/news/bejne/14OKq6h6e3p4jGk
@newodkin
3 жыл бұрын
That version is MUCH better in my opinion. I wish that had been the version reacted to here.
@bobholtzmann
3 жыл бұрын
@@newodkin It's also the earlier version - Tim played it on the Monkees 2 years before his album was released. I like the haunting siren vocals on the album version though.
@freckled100
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the Odyssey - the Sirens were calling him, but his ship would've wrecked. He tied himself to the mast so he couldn't jump overboard.
@johnramsell8078
3 жыл бұрын
The amazing Tim Buckley! Thank you Justin for hitting this forgotten but supremely talented artist. Tim does all the vocals on the Starsailor album. He had a five octave vocal range, and Starsailor is unlike any album I’ve ever heard by anyone. Tim used his voice like another instrument. This song started out as a folk song, the original version was Tim guesting on The Monkees TV show of all things, and is beautiful as well. I would start with stuff from Goodbye & Hello, and Happy Sad. Great , rich albums. “Once I Was” was fairly popular and was used in the Vietnam movie “Coming Home.”
@seansheppard8635
3 жыл бұрын
Tim Buckley performed this on the very last episode of The Monkees.
@SebGeddy
3 жыл бұрын
During his short career, Tim Buckley covered a wide range of styles : the folk pop side (1st LP (1966), Goodbye and Hello (1967)), the pure folk side (Happy Sad and the double LP Live in London (1968) which I highly recommend), the experimental blues-folk side (Blue Afternoon (1969), Lorca and Starsailor (1970), the soul pop side (Greetings from L.A. (1972), Sefronia (1973) and Look at the Fool (1974)). His last two albums are a disappointment even if Sefronia has good moments on it (Particularly his covers of Dolphins and Martha)...
@goldenboy140
3 жыл бұрын
The title track on this album, Starsailor, is some straight experimental cosmic horror type shit. Listen to it.
@ecce_neru
3 жыл бұрын
Another vote for This Mortal Coil version sung by Elizabeth Fraser with Cocteau Twins band mate Robin Guthrie on guitars
@willyvlyminck138
Жыл бұрын
So far ahead of his time, genius album
@HippoYnYGlaw
3 жыл бұрын
"Morning Theft" by Jeff Buckley makes me cry everytime.. It's a distant cousin of this song.It recalls a relationship between Jeff and Liz Fraser. ( Cue synchronicity regarding This Mortal Coil.) U know what to play before long then, possibly leapfrogging the rest of "Grace" if you're pressed for time. What am I saying? How dare I suggest that you neglect " Grace", one the best 5 LPs of the 90s. Tim has yet to persuade me to listen to other songs beyond this song. I tend to agree with others when they point out the rather overly accentuated vocal style. I could be missin out major league mind u. Diolch!
@richardhumberstonept622
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe shocking but a lot of those “female” back up voices is actually Tim Buckley himself. Tim actually had more range than Jeff, though it was not often he would use it in his songs. Some rare recordings you can find it. His music evolved and had many different genres
@pauldover1403
3 жыл бұрын
He played this song on "The Monkees" show. The first recording was by Pat Boone. Remember to play some Melnitsa.
@96merluzzo
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed you can see this song as an interlude between the craziness of the album
@bobholtzmann
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard Tim Buckley's "I Must Have Been Blind" before, accompanied by a light jazz combo - it's good moody reflective music.
@barriewilkinson1455
3 жыл бұрын
Please do this song covered by The Cocteau Twins - it is haunting and utterly beautiful
@aesotope1592
3 жыл бұрын
Prefer this to the This Mortal Coil version.
@jamespaivapaiva4460
3 жыл бұрын
Terrific album,gone too soon like his son. You dont have to wonder where Jeff got his voice!!!Someone has great taste!!! Peace.
@rienvandijk2288
3 жыл бұрын
A great song about real love
@markstedman9099
3 жыл бұрын
I had until now only heard the version with Elizabeth Fraser,so this was interesting to hear,unfortunately I'm not familiar with Mr Buckley and his music but if this is anything to go by then I think he's quite unique ,especially his vocal expression.Another good one Justin,thanks
@stumblinharris2219
7 күн бұрын
When he hits that low note on the word 'child'. Shudder. There's a wide variety of styles throughout his albums. The self-titled debut and the last two aren't brilliant, although they each have their moments. The run of albums from Goodbye & Hello to Greetings from LA are all utterly essential and very eclectic. A great reaction - I like your disbelief at his vocal range. The title track, Starsailor, is just made up of his multi-tracked vocals. It's as beautiful as it is unsettling
@stumblinharris2219
7 күн бұрын
And now I see you've reacted to the whole album already. Duh. Will check out those posts now.
@robertcraane7910
3 жыл бұрын
One of the greats and Jeffs dad! Sometimes talent is inherited....
@gaiaeternal5131
3 жыл бұрын
Afternoon, JP. Dave from Blighty. Love your channel; in these troubled times, it's been like a musical Shangri-La. I've listened to this song a few times now, and Tim's rendition is really really growing on me. I have This Mortal Coil's version, and I saw Elizabeth Frazer sing it live with The Cocteau Twins. Very haunting and atmospheric, as she usually is (you probably know her as a guest vocalist with Massive Attack) but Tim interprets the lyrics so much better. P.S. You singing 'Come Sail Away' takes me back; I was a big fan of Styx's The Grand Illusion.
@tago69mago
2 жыл бұрын
Well he did write it!
@AqueousMantra
3 жыл бұрын
"Take 7", Monkees show, and John Frusciante's versions are all great
@billida
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song. You definitely should listen to Cocteau Twins version with Liz Fraser vocals. It’s stunning. There are live versions too on YT.
@mattstagger
3 жыл бұрын
You should check out Elizabeth Fraser's version on This Mortal Coil. She's the singer of the Cocteau Twins.
@ricobonifacio1095
3 жыл бұрын
Tim did unique notes in baritone and his son Jeff did unique notes in tenor. Both unique and good artists.
@ErickMcNerney
3 жыл бұрын
How did I miss this? Awesome! I think I may have suggested it a while ago - not that you too my suggestion per say ;)
@nj1639
3 жыл бұрын
I first heard Tim on a mail order LP put out by Zappa of his Bizarre artists including Alice Cooper, The GTO's, Lord Buckley, Wild Man Fischer, Captain Beefheart iirc, to name a few. Tim was the least bizarre of the bunch. Give a listen to "I must Have Been Blind".
@kennethkalls4031
3 жыл бұрын
Tim Buckley was a unique artist who has maintained a cult following 50 years later. He never went mainstream. I think that maybe, just maybe, he might have had a bit of loathing for mainstream American life. I didn't witness it personally, but apparently after scoring a gig on The Tonight Show, he ended up insulting Johnny Carson. He progressed through multiple musical genres during his short life, pissing off whatever coterie of fans he might have gathered each time he did so. He died young from a heroin/methadone overdose, which always helps with the attainment of cult status. I'm familiar with him only because "underground radio" here in Metro Detroit in the late '60's frequently played his hippie opus, "Goodbye and Hello", in which he lyrically pledged his allegiance to hippiedom and decried the soulless inhumanity of the older generation in America. That song became somewhat of an anthem for all of the "New Children" who would eventually travel to Yasgur's farm for an intimate music festival.
@mickcapewell6369
3 жыл бұрын
Larry Beckett wrote many of lyrics to Buckley’s early songs, and Tim later dis-owned that one in particular.
@kennethkalls4031
3 жыл бұрын
@@mickcapewell6369 I've always wondered if The Who have publicly disowned "Hope I die before I get old". Not that I would expect Keith Moon to disown it.
@mickcapewell6369
3 жыл бұрын
@@kennethkalls4031 well I’m sure Pete Townsend has had plenty to say about that song over the years. Tim split with Larry Beckett because he didn’t identify with Larry’s literary, poetic style, and he wanted to sing his own lyrics which were concerned with personal matters rather than political. Like Dylan, Tim rejected the notion of being a ‘spokesman for a generation’, your ‘New Children’. His follow up lp to Goodbye and Hello was Happy/Sad, with all lyrics being his own. It was much looser and jazzy, and the beginning of his journey to Starsailor.
@earlcladwager
3 жыл бұрын
Check out “Sweet Surrender”, “Strange Feeling”... Great channel btw!!
@JustJP
3 жыл бұрын
Ty Gerard!
@foxandscout
2 жыл бұрын
This!
@Rowenband
3 жыл бұрын
And as you seemed to have liked this, I also advice you Shawn Phillips (I already mentioned him). He has songs really close from that (Woman), but I would start with the album Do You Wonder.
@ricobonifacio1095
3 жыл бұрын
Btw Jeff Buckley So real, Grace, last goodbye, lover you should have come over etc. Man, you could literally do the whole Grace album one at a time and be super impressed
@jeannewynne9725
3 жыл бұрын
He wrote and sang "Morning Glory," gorgeously covered by Steve Katz with Blood, Sweat and Tears.
@foxandscout
2 жыл бұрын
The second (and last) time I saw Tim Buckley perform, he opened for Blood Sweat and Tears (Shaefer concert in Central Park in NYC). First time was in a small club called Max’s Kansas City. Downstairs was bar and star hang-out; upstairs was small performance space.
@jeannewynne9725
2 жыл бұрын
@@foxandscout You lucky thing. I never saw him live. BTW, those Central Park concerts were great. When we couldn't scrape together the $2.50 for the cheap seats, we'd sit outside and still hear everything. Good times!
@foxandscout
2 жыл бұрын
@@jeannewynne9725 Yes! I saw many Shaefer concerts and heard many more. But when I looked at the listing of all the shows during those years, it’s unbelievable how many great artists and bands played there. I wish I was at so many of those shows. But grateful for the ones I did get to see. The memorial for Tim Buckley produced by wonderful Hal Willner (RIP) took place in my hood. It was so good and it was there that I (and everyone) saw and was overwhelmed by little Jeffrey Scott, his son. I was backstage afterward (waiting to go to dinner with one of the performers) and got to meet him and his mom. Afterward I went to see Jeff play more than a dozen times in small clubs and performance spaces in NYC. Who could have expected that father and son would have in common -along with their unique talents- early death. I miss them both very much.
@cycleoffire2220
3 жыл бұрын
Hello, Justin! Been appreciating your company for a while now and want to ask: Do you listen english-speaking-only music on this channel or you do not mind dive into another culture's musical high-ups from time to time? I know listen foreign music often would be not healthy for the channel, but dilute "main dish" - cult classic with small portions of obscurities may be interesting practice. As a russian-speaker I will be pleased to navigate you into the main bands of the soviet rock - a very unique phenomenon in the world of modern music. *info dump Soviet 80s were era of musical experementation and invention just like 60s in the US and Britaian. Since all rock in USSR was prohibited for a long time it was completly uncommertial and this crafted strange generation of genre "prophets", who would listen their western colleagues (either Beatles, Sonics or The Cure, etc ), but due to the lack of information they often romanticized it's image, mixed it with own personality and created something far from the original. Therefore punk become more raw and existential, post-punk - more melodic, reggae - melacholic and so forth. In the end we have layer of bands and albums that can be appriciated outside of cultural context - music and lyricwise. Let me know if (and when) you will be interested in listen something under this comment, I will pick up some of significant songs. If you decide not to - I am ok with that :) Anyway, thanks for the content! I think your channel is the best music reaction channel on the KZitem with your attention to the song's details and small pin-points - kudos to you for that. Have a nice day and keep delight us with more great music! From Russia with love, Cycle
@JustJP
3 жыл бұрын
Ty Cycle; absolutely recommend me bands/songs🙂 I can't make guarantees, but im always open!
@cycleoffire2220
3 жыл бұрын
@@JustJP You can't go wrong with "Kino" (Cinema), post-punk band, which frontman Victor Tsoy can be considered the main figure of the so called Russian Rock. There is enough info on the band and Tsoy in the en wiki, so to the song. For the first track I'd pick "Спокойная Ночь" (Calm Night), one of their calling cards and beautifully melancholic song. There is 2 versions of this song - from the hit album "Группа Крови" (Blood Type) and compilation recorded in French year later "Последний Герой" (The Last Hero). The first is intresting in terms of sound production, reminiscent of Unknown Pleasures and latter is for more clear and focused arrangement - pick for your own taste. lyrics lyricstranslate.com/en/%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8C-spokoynaya-noch%E2%80%99-calm-night.html-0 So - Kino - Calm Night.
@Yaktahbay
3 жыл бұрын
Not sure whether this is an alternate version or, as I suspect, a lousy remaster, but the track on my copy of Starsailor has a much warmer and sensual feel. I hope you'll explore this artist further. If you want to hear him at his most avant-garde and marvel at his vocal prowess, try the title track!
@silvio.r8443
2 жыл бұрын
Could you please listen to Tim Buckley's "I must have been blind" and "move with me" he is a complex artist.
@marcharley6465
2 жыл бұрын
JP - I'll simply repeat some of the other comments below that you MUST react to This Mortal Coil's cover of this song. Elizabeth Fraser's vocals are mesmerising.
@julieb.5860
Жыл бұрын
sweet surrender. recommended.
@xmoomoo9158
2 жыл бұрын
I first discovered this song when George Michael sang it. It’s Beautiful!! Not a fan of Tim’s voice. Love George’s so much better❤️
@mandrillion2524
3 жыл бұрын
It would be great if you did the This Mortal coil's version right after this one! :)
@bryanforis1839
3 жыл бұрын
When listen to song they had video of the music with monkey show
@magister8084
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the offtopic Justin, but where is Duke's Travels, and Duke's End. You did not forget them, did you?? :D
@neighborbruce
3 жыл бұрын
Dukes Travels/Dukes End soon?? 😁
@JustJP
3 жыл бұрын
Very
@delllittle5692
3 жыл бұрын
Wait? did you do Grand Illusion? I don't remember.
@denisfuenzalida3746
3 жыл бұрын
An incredible version of this song was recorded live by Brendan Perry (of Dead Can Dance) live on KEXP: kzitem.info/news/bejne/yGqb1GeNbodirKQ
@benoitdesmarais2948
3 жыл бұрын
I discovered this song by way of This Mortal Coil's gorgeous version, feat. Elisabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, and when i heard Tim B.'s version, i found it a little overdone - the way he changes his voice to emote almost operatically (or Broadway style), where Fraser sings it almost as a siren herself, an incantation.
@carolynguidry8267
2 жыл бұрын
This Mortal Coil’s version
@harpo495
3 жыл бұрын
Revisit Jeff Buckley please. Try the song Dream Brother
@freddiebarber4972
3 жыл бұрын
I know Buckley's version came first but I for sure prefer the Cocteau Twins version better. Justin... Ya know now that Cocteau Twins are mentioned their album Victorialand (think that's correct) is fabulous! I listened to alot of their stuff when I was living in Norway. Maybe a revisit is in order...anyway awesome stuff... 🎶
@Rowenband
3 жыл бұрын
Well if you like mythology and fairies you really should go to this French prog-folk band I talk about since a while: Malicorne, any song is good but I advice again Jean des Loups or La Chasse Gallery.
@atlanteanlost
3 жыл бұрын
This Mortal Coil version is superior
@AriadneJC
3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't make it past 2.40 of the song. What a dreary dirge.
@bigjapi1
3 жыл бұрын
Justin... Duke´s Travel and End, at 35k ? 😂
@JustJP
3 жыл бұрын
Lol! Coming very soon
@bigjapi1
3 жыл бұрын
@@JustJPJust kidding, I´m not hurry up for 80´s / 90´s Genesis songs, w some exceptions that u´ll discover later ;), but... I can´t wait for your reaction of Marillion "Misplaced Childhood" you will LOVE this album
@jayburdification
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and haunting but misses the mark for me. A bit too much melodrama. Almost to the point where it sounds insincere.
@-davidolivares
3 жыл бұрын
Hadn’t heard Tim, just Jeff. Different kind of voices, beautiful but can get overly dramatic and annoying. Small doses only. Not really my taste. My taste? David Sancious’s Transformation (Speed of Love) at least I’m consistent. Peace and siren Music
@jfergs.3302
3 жыл бұрын
Heard the name, never listened to him. And this doesn't make me want to hear more. Musically, bit of a dirge, and not a lot going on. Vocally, not fussed on his voice, or his singing style. Maybe this isn't typical, but the way he elongates even the shortest, simplest words... I found that discordant, and more than a little annoying.
@snowdog87
3 жыл бұрын
Don't care for the voice hard to listen to...
@schuylersouthwell2554
3 жыл бұрын
Great Tim Buckley song - so melancholy - - - you could spend days reacting to covers ( Robert Plant, This Mortal Coil, the 'original' on The Monkees . . Well, I guess the original, per some comments here, is Pat Boone's - I'll have to hunt that one down). BTW: This Mortal Coil's version specifically, Elizabeth Fraser's vocals bring to mind ( or actually, the other way around) Lisa Gerrard's intonation in the early section of "Now We Are Free". 4AD alumni. And in this "6 degrees" digression, Dead Can Dance's Brendan Perry has also covered this in concert w/ DCD ( can't wait DCD - 2021-10-01 San Diego)
@RubraLIber
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic wild interpretation of Tim, the best. Great song, great singer
@ErickMcNerney
3 жыл бұрын
Not a fan of this version, however. I'd look for a different recording. It doesn't even sound like Tim Buckley to me. Sounds like he's oversinging. There are a few other versions with him singing, and they're probably twice as good! No joke.
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