This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo (Official Video)

[@PhillipFreeman-yl9yq]

Very special people with big hearts listen to This Mortal Coil. Love all of you.

[@DadDudeBruh]

This is still one of the favorite pieces of vinyl that I own

[@2visiondigital]

Sensitive as fuc_ to.🎉

[@ulysses-hx3dm]

UT Austin 1980's every musician and slacker had this album.

[@CBardamu]

Sigh.🍷

[@jjpallas68]

Back to you

[@georgescott2019]

Was at a club in Philly in 1984. Having a drink at the front bar,mostly empty and this video came on the big screen. I was mesmerized. It's been 40 years and this song still moves me.

[@sharksport01]

.....Faded feathers in her hair

[@djsickmick]

Thank you for sharing your memory and YIKES! This is indeed 40 years old. I remember when this was new too! This turned me on to Cindytalk and the revelation that Gordon Sharp sang backups with Cocteau Twins. Such a haunting cover.

[@rdmrdm8054]

Im 54 and this song still pains me the same way it did when it released in 1984.

[@scottranger8909]

Dude me too!! Reminds me of someone I let go and regret now. It always hit home but for some reason it's hitting hard now im 55

[@eemajinemirror9249]

That's sweet, man 😊

[@lemsolaris67]

I’m 54 and it is the same for me, as it was when released in 1984

[@celiaayneto9232]

Same here ;)

[@johnpeters9175]

I'm 54 too. Feel just the same.

[@onlywhenblue]

I genuinely don't think I would have made it to this point in my life had it not been for this project and Cindytalk's music in particular. I have so much respect for her.

[@rylandel]

The break when the cello comes in with the facsimili of the melody joins in has made me cry for 30+ yesrs.

[@petemavus2948]

Cello? Anybody here? I think I'm home... " I figure a house with the smoke and a fence, the people round here would be pleased" {T.T.} " Take my word on this... I would believe in you...just in you " Soooo 'see said the blind man' as he read himself like Braille. I knew you left the light on for me, I could feel God's warmth in your smile 😊

[@nc5809]

I agree about that part. It makes me have chills even now.

[@ashleykarchevsky4144]

100%

[@slantdsugco]

lol I love you

[@AntonioGomez-qg5xv]

sounds like heaven falling on a winter evening.

[@stephenvelez9710]

i can safely say that this gorgeous piece of music--so beautiful, so sad, so reverent--is among my ten favorite songs of all time. this song means so much to me.

[@OloffMusic]

Have you heard the original? I think it's even better

[@stephenvelez9710]

@@OloffMusic I love chilton's version, but it doesn't quite get to me like this one...

[@drssexy2142]

i did a poo

[@aviwhiteman]

Agreed.

[@Abegoldhatch]

I was 16 and I was really sensitive about my life and future. I remember I was walking at the streets in the middle of the night while I was listening to this song repeatedly. It was too good that I could cry. Whenever I listen to this song I remember those days and I feel so good about it. It really can make me cry. How can someone sing a song so beautiful. This song is so good that I can’t describe it… . Thanks Mortal Coil for this masterpiece ❤️

[@irenep5160]

I'm 18 and I can relate I have lived really special and intense moments listening to this and other of their songs. Don't remember when I first discovered them, but they have this special sound in their music....

[@Abegoldhatch]

@@irenep5160 enjoy your best days of life, I mean everyday is great when you’re a teenager… . I wish you the best & hope you have wonderful life… .

[@sneakyninja1587]

I recently lost my mother and listening to this just reminds me of all the best times I spent with her

[@spaccone92]

A hug for you!

[@petemavus2948]

I lost my Mom probably about the same time...Covid... It's all a blurry...a friend I played it for back in the day died of AIDS ... and here I am ... Still... " On this floating shapeless ocean... doing all best to smile...to your singing eyes and fingers..." as we swim the great divide of virtual communications... Be well all ✌️

[@marcosh35]

@@petemavus2948 It's actually "shipless" oceans, not shapeless, in Song to the Siren. But appreciate the feeling behind your comment! Fare thee well!

[@petemavus2948]

@@marcosh35 Actually we both missed the word *my as well. 😂 Maybe because I never felt 'shipless' and I always saw the ocean as more shapeless, I always sang it that way, took 'creative license' as some might say. Like two ships passing in the night 🌉 I'll just wish you smooth sailing and say thanks mate !

[@NikoHL]

Bought this in 1984. Loved everything that came out of 4AD. Went to loads of the Cocteau's Gigs...this was my time.

[@christopheradderley45]

"It'll End in Tears", "Filigree and Shadow" and "Blood". Musically, it would be impossible for me to create a sentence that contained more beauty. Pure class, pure genius, pure brilliance 💜

[@2visiondigital]

Ditto, glad I am not the only one.

[@MichaelDonovan-ti3zn]

I couldn't agree more. Especially Filigree and Shadow, which is my favorite recording of all time.

[@heartquaked]

The person who showed me this song passed away a few years ago. It would be his birthday tomorrow. Thanks JMS.

[@Rrod810]

Sorry to hear that. What a great recommendation

[@mygicshow]

One of the best singing performances ever, Alex Chilton, Mississippi

[@umraansyed]

Found this randomly today on the Bauhaus Spotify station and I am floored. One of the best songs I’ve heard since velvet underground’s heroin.

[@truthremedy_healing]

This will be beautiful forever. I whish I could show it my late friend, who I know would have loved this very much.

[@jeremybaker5452]

That beginning guitar riif has been haunting my mind for months

[@milouddouh3169]

This Mortal Coil was a 4AD "supergroup" of sorts that recorded three albums and a few other tracks between 1983 and 1991. Here, Gordon Sharp on vocals, from the band Cindytalk. Brilliant tune

[@theunrealtimemm]

though now known as Cinder Sharp.

[@oliviasienna-p9711]

At 25, i only came across this song last year, so mad I didn't find it before. I keep coming back. The lyricism is untouchable. Absolutely amazing.

[@marcap9757]

Me too, better late than never I guess

[@Σκοπολαμίνη]

This song made me cry at first hearing, hauntingly beautiful...

[@SammyDChamplain]

The original by Big Star is great (and they were GREAT) - but what This Mortal Coil did with this is amazing. Probably one of my top 10 songs ever.

[@kateybereny]

achingly beautiful. I feel like an angsty teen all over again.

[@dudead2729]

I am that angsty teen lol

[@petemavus2948]

Don't let anyone fool you, they are all those awkward years, we just learn to hide them with accomplishments and rationalizations ( much like this one ) ;)

[@Johnnyboy3666]

Captured in a moment of my memory. So beautiful a song, so beautiful an album, so beautiful an idea, TMC produce nothing but brilliant tunes. Well done Ivo and team.

[@utelange6974]

In between a few seconds I am back in 1984 - wonderful

[@renoesmaeilian9489]

Ahhh, the 80s. The best!

[@philipnaggs]

Pure magic. Fantastic album. Possibly the best collaborative album ever.

[@ronny-2112]

Love this cover song since 30 years ago when I first heard and saw it... I still have a connection with the classic 80's early 90's 4AD catalogue. Memories that don't wanna be forgotten.

[@zzzaaayyynnn]

Sharp is wrenchingly lovely here, evocative of an otherworldly siren.

[@atraxmorbid4282]

he is the best.

[@cawag98]

This is one of the best covers and one of the best songs.

[@eboethrasher]

Gordon is an amazing person. The times I spent with him were so rad. And Simon, well, no words for Simon Raymonde could describe.

[@MadderMel]

Very sweet person ! Met him at Supernormal festival about 8 years ago , he was very happy to sign my copy of Hold Everything Dear for me !

[@atraxmorbid4282]

Gordon a wonderful person, the best singer ever

[@johnmcdonnellakacarljunglebhoy]

I wonder how many people listening to and enjoying this realise that the singer Gordon Sharp, originally from the small town of Linlithgow in Scotland, later became Cindy Sharp? To me it brings an additional poignancy to the song - an undercurrent of additional emotion in what remains a memorably powerful vocal performance. IMO Better than the original from Alex Chilton’s Big Star and the later cover by Jeff Buckley. Still awesome after all these years.

[@ChibiVampirey]

I play this song and album every Fall season. I love seeing the autumn leaves and weather listening.

[@aaronely4121]

WOW 🥰 this is so emotional for me.

[@gandorwheeze2527]

Great vocals from Gordon Sharp, formerly of The Freeze, a band I saw live a couple of times in the early 1980’s……..they were very good also. Those were the days!

[@filip6994]

I’m not sure why you decided to deadname her like that…

[@theunrealtimemm]

@@filip6994 It's possible the person didn't know. But if they did, it is unfortunate they did it, yes.

[@lifemelon]

4AD was the soundtrack of my life during the 80s and early 90s

[@SpiceisRice]

One of the greatest songs ever recorded

[@fulstop8871]

and at least two of the others are on this same album...

Gordon Sharp looked like an angel. So beautiful

[@twiztid571]

goosebumps yo, thats when you know music touched you

[@richardikin]

Radio stations that specialise in music from the 80s don't play this kind of thing. It just means that people who weren't around then can't really appreciate REAL 80s music.

[@RaoulGodinez]

I remember being introduced to this music in the 80's..... most started to make sense until I was in my 30's-40's..... This Mortal Coil ranks amongst my all time favorite music.....

[@gangadharmethuku582]

p0

[@burninglonewolfpoetry1450]

You're an Aquarius

[@QBWizard]

RIP TEG. Those nights on Crescent street will remain with me forever.

[@arnabsiddiki2930]

The bass is breathtaking!

[@sarahmadeleine5445]

i’m a small kid, i’ve still got my life to live. But this song brings me back to this nostalgic time i wasn’t even alive to witness. Breathtaking.

[@MarkZammitronic]

You're experiencing anemoia. It's powerful and emotive and beautiful

[@fogman900]

thank you for this, stinky soup shrek 😔

[@scottranger8909]

This song means alot to me im nor sure about others. 1985 this was playing at a party and I saw this person from a far and this song it home for how I felt from them. But sadly I never got to profess my love to them because a month later they died in a car accident. I kind of forgot this song till Spotify played on my random picks I felt that person was contacting me

[@eden7736]

🖤

[@mattb.7079]

i really don't know how to react when people write emotional comment but dude's called stinky soup shrek (well at least funny pseudo n PP)

[@eiffe]

Lovely ode to one of the finest marsupials!♥

[@GaryPq]

RIP Alex. Can't believe you've been gone 10 years.

[@besutea]

I've just read "In one ear" by Simon Raymonde and learned that this incredible bass riff was his idea. Thank you Simon for this gem.

[@SuperSnakedude]

Stunning song,OMG...PERFECT!!! Recommend putting very loud, that bass, that voice and the keyboard in the background are mesmerizing.

[@Abegoldhatch]

This version is much much more beautiful and emotional than the original version. It’s also Mortal Coil’s best song. The vocal and the cello have made it extraordinary. I can’t describe how much I love this song. It’s one of the best songs I’ve ever heard.

[@cjknotty]

Played this album so much!! Still have it too!

[@simoom37]

4AD got me into the orginals. Oh my god, how could I have lived without this bunch of people... Gordon SHarp.. Liz Fraser.. Lisa Gerrard.. Ivo Watt Russel... Peter Ulrich.. Martin McCarrick.. and on & on.. endless network getting me deep into the ground looking for roots...All the 4AD people who contributed to TMC & more 4AD people.. Thank you for opening me the doors to the world of music & more..

[@squidsweat]

I can't with this song AND video at the same time....

[@andreferreira6035]

This Mortal Coil is the most genious thing ever happens in music....

[@JetSetJams]

absolutley stunning

[@lukerogers151]

Pretty much a perfect piece of music.

[@Bongwater66]

The Romantic Music Movement was one of the most important events of humanity at all! It brought us away from soul sicknes, stupidity and errant sin....🦇

[@hemiacplurge3572]

Big Star sold so few records, but god DAMN did the right people get them.

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

British music strikes again. These TMC CDs are utterly exquisite.

[@WillieWagglestick]

Goosebumps when I listen to this.

[@creepycraig73]

Cinder was so young. Lovely as always.

[@cpunctn]

This and Song to the Siren are among the few examples of covers that I've heard which are deservedly better known than the originals. They are masterpieces.

[@blankgen8003]

The change of the lyrics in Song to the Siren improved it as well.

[@Soundofsilver2007]

That’s certainly merely an opinion.

[@mjbachman3027]

Big Star original is searing in its hurt and pathos. I don't get the depths of emotion from the cover by This Mortal Coil of Kangaroo.

[@Chef_Alpo]

​@pee-weeherman160 that's absolutely implied and completely unecessary to point out. But then, if you're making an argument for everything being subjective then any piece of music is as valid and lovely as a child spitting a nursery rhyme melody through a kazoo.

[@thewaytruthlife1230]

Tim Buckley's performance of his song "Song to the Siren" on The Monkees T.V. programme was and IS the best. No doubt. Opinions are like arseholes...... Strange days for sure. PEACE.

[@MIMNED]

Gordon Sharp is one of the best voices of the Planet Earth. This song confirms this.

[@joshfourteen8474]

Can't mime though can he.

[@petemavus2948]

@@joshfourteen8474 LOL you dork !!!

[@monikaszymanowska5142]

I was 25 when Filigree and Shadow was out. It remains my fav album ever, despite my love for hard rock:-)

[@stationsixtyseven67]

This is from 'It'll end in tears' but Filligree and Blood are also outstanding album's.

[@monikaszymanowska5142]

@@stationsixtyseven67 Right, it's the way I put it, as if I confused one album for another, thanks for noting.

[@stationsixtyseven67]

@@monikaszymanowska5142 I hope I didn't come across too pedantic. That wasn't my intention.

[@monikaszymanowska5142]

@@stationsixtyseven67 Nah, lol. I just wanted to brag I was not an idiot (what I'm not so sure of right now btw).

[@stationsixtyseven67]

@@monikaszymanowska5142 Hehe! Well, great music anyways! :)

[@luismarques1938]

Iconic song masterpiece by a collective mastergroup leadead by Ivo wats russel this mortal coil, what a voice Gordon sharp has

[@luxbledstone]

Cindy has such a beautiful voice

[@dannork1240]

I love Big Star. But this version is definitely the BEST version of this song!❤️❤️❤️

[@glerp10000000000]

A friend gave me this album when I was utterly heartbroken at the break up of my first real love relationship. I wallowed in the melancholy of the music for months, until I got over it. After that, I could listen to it purely because it was wonderful music. I bought the next two TMC albums myself. When I picked up Blood in the music store, I couldn't believe it. The girl that broke my heart looked just like the girl on the cover. Spooky....

[@orangevideo]

IVO and 4AD forever in my dreams

[@flohrification]

I have loved the album since it came out - first time I saw this video though. I'm all in the 80's again and loving it :)

[@orth82]

Ditto, Henrik! :)

[@sharjjahnaziz4122]

+Henrik Flohr But did he finally COME OUT ?

[@NikoHL]

Same for me bro...I lived that time...80's from '80-'85 was a golden time for me...

[@itouchroses]

one of my all time favorite songs...definitely gets me in my feels and takes me to a place I haven't been to in about 30+ years (54 now)

[@karenschultz2896]

I went to IHOP once with Gordon Sharpe and it was amazing.

[@TheVinceFly]

did you have on blue jeans

[@leevinson]

That is awesome. What did you guys order?

[@taliesinechoes4513]

I did lighting for a Cindytalk show, in Cleveland. They wanted me to come on to their next show to do lighting again...well, the band did. Gordon complained a bit about being blinded by the light. He was trying to read some of the lyrics. I lit it kinda like Bauhaus was lit in their performance in the video packages, Shadow Of Light/Archives.

[@JAGNFL]

@@taliesinechoes4513 so......what did you guys order?

[@almichaels2165]

@@JAGNFL I don't know what you mean. I'm not the guy who went to Ihop with him. I'm the guy who did lighting for him once.

[@latticeusk]

two legends brought me here

[@jeususrocks797]

lattice usk Sean and sage ?

[@bobsbigboy_]

@@jeususrocks797 Jeff Buckley and yung Lean

[@kingspunkbubble]

I first saw you You had on blue jeans Your eyes couldn't hide anything I saw you breathing And I saw you staring out in space I next saw you, it was at a party Thought you was uncool, oh so flirty I came against Didn't say excuse You knew what I was doing We looked very fine 'cause we were leaving Like Saint Joan, doing a cool, cool jerk Oh I want you, Oh I want you Like a kangaroo

[@mhurleymh]

In my top five albums of all time

[@freatythedreary5491]

So sad, so melancholy, so beautiful

[@issy5999]

my favourite song. got a tattoo recently based on cindy at 2:30. she has the most beautiful voice. so much emotion. the tattoo is her holding flowers with the body being based on a woman wearing a long gown inspired by an art nouveau/ mucha painting :)

[@ivanantunovic8335]

There are just some voices you neither compete with nor define, no matter how hard you try. Imagine a true (arch)angel's voice and this is the closest you get to what it sounds like.

[@crom19701]

Been a big fan of Mortal Coil forever, never had any idea about Big Star, thanks Netflix

[@victorpontbriand5863]

I finally understand what it means to have your mind blown.

[@KllTCH]

Rip Dylan 🌹

[@badaliensinfo]

As an 80s fan this album would definitely be in my top 10

[@gwynnielsen5081]

I just discovered this band because my music is on the same Spotify playlist (Radio) with theirs. Apparently we have the same fan base. Very interesting.

[@bargbarguese1205]

MAGICAL

[@Mia47th]

This will Always have a big piece of my heart.

[@blueraincoat5108]

this song gives me a bittersweet feeling, i adore it so much. i can only dream of listening to this song with someone special

[@simonpreece7816]

Oh to be young again.

[@patrickholder8403]

True, man. To be young when music and art like this was being made was so fortunate.

[@TEFFTPATTERN]

Well you were 5 years younger when you wrote this

[@samwright8500]

@@patrickholder8403 there is still plenty of amazing music and art being made to this day, u just dont know where to look

[@amberraining9546]

Oh yes...

[@mustbejoken]

I know a lot of people, but sometimes i feel like im Lost in the world. I feel strange like i was surching for someone, and that someone was like this music. Atmosferic.

[@thecocktailian2091]

Gordon Sharp is truly a unique voice. In the realm with Kate Bush and Roy Orbison. Voices that are so unique and unmistakeable. Once in a century type of voices.

[@jonasvandemoortele4527]

Don't forget Willy DeVille in your list.

[@manelramodne6022]

It's like Joy Division covers Big Star. Beautiful, atmospheric and elegant. T.M.C. was a Ivo's band in the late 80s (Ivo Watts-Russell, 4AD chief). It was a supergroup project with producer John Fryer's help and some vocalists and musicians of his label (Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, The Wolfgang Press, Cindytalk,...). Gordon Sharp (Cindytalk) sings here.

[@WillieWagglestick]

I just love this so much.

[@atraxmorbid4282]

My dear friend Gordon, the best male voice ever...

[@monodeindias]

4Ad The Best 80s, Dark Eññegance and Distinctiom.

[@zorannikolic3447]

Timeless music.

[@piotrmanula6091]

Who in 2025🍇

[@rodolfospampinato1770]

2025

[@baebald1842]

fell in love with jeff buckley's version of this when i was a teen but wow wow wow this is a transcendent version. absolutely beautiful.

[@aristideau5072]

cant believe this was released in '84 (still have the tee for this album and blood) Was in high school in '84 and was it anyone else's experience that it was the invisible kids that listened to this type of music?, which we discovered via word of mouth (country Australia was very culturally isolated).

[@thecocktailian2091]

It was the 80's, it was all word of mouth in every country. I relied on my friends and the record store to turn me onto the good shit. Sure wasn't going to be pop radio.

[@eddiewillers1]

In the UK, at that time, you had to be listening to John Peel and reading the Indie Charts of the NME.

[@Easternborders]

Thank you Patrick ,for the heads up, the song was used in the film, I believe was called these lovely bones, a sad film indeed but I would recommend every parent watches this film, the music brings home reality , I am still a fan of the Cocteau twins haunting music. God Bless all lovers of Music

[@ronanjenkins2323]

I can thank my parents for showing me this one, absolutely stunning song.

[@paralisisraymi7]

WOW! Thank You so much for uploading Kangaroo! I never knew why this or Song to the Siren weren't included in any 4AD video compilations....

[@stephenvelez9710]

I will always return to this...

[@doggiessaybark]

this hurts me in the best way

[@anikaesque5494]

One of my recent favorites.

[@nickyilliopolis8125]

Still enjoying after all these years...had Gordon and his missus around for dinner one evening back in the late 90's. he was living in Columbus, OH and I was managing a record shop he would hang out in...great guy and talent...

[@ducciomulinacci5120]

Di un'atmosfera incredibile...