Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas (Official Video)

[@SNESdrunk]

I remember summer of 2004, I worked at an absolutely miserable job, I waited all day for my lunch break so I could go to the roof of the parking garage so I could listen to this album, and this song at least 3 or 4 times. It was the best part of my day.

[@ronfontenot6993]

been there!!! I like to listen to the same song about ten times though!!

[@jacqrolston755]

There are no words xxx

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

I am glad.

[@gregorylevasseur6188]

Great album

[@juliosken]

I relate to that

[@halifaxverbeck7098]

every Cocteau Twins song is so bittersweet. it's kind of like those little happy moments in a small, sad life. gotta love them for it.

[@efebrahim]

yup, its eerie stuff. this song right here makes u feel like either they captured life. or sometimes like ur life is suddenly a movie. real magic.

[@saintherip8624]

It feels like a cone of convenience-store sundae after a 9 to 5 job that doesn't pay well and has a very mean employer and you need to be home by 6 to assist a dying loved one.

[@josephbeierschmitt]

that’s an interesting way to put it, I actually kinda agree. the Cocteau Twins also have a very nostalgic sound.

[@Nick-pt6sl]

@@saintherip8624 I agree w/ the original post but THAT sounds very personal

[@BrianOogln007]

ive been listening to this album non-stop, I need help!! lol

[@Guy_de_Loimbard]

Cocteau Twins: proof lyrics don't matter when the voice is an instrument in its own right.

[@hadeseye2297]

Dead Can Dance. Lisa Gerrard sings in her own language.

[@tdsims1963]

Yep. Yep.

[@tdsims1963]

@@hadeseye2297 I've listened to a lot of Dead Can Dance. Which albums are you referring to?

[@hadeseye2297]

@@tdsims1963 Anyone. There was even nice interview with Lisa where she stands "Under the bridge" and sings trying to sound like moving cars. She said that her voice is instrument. But if you ask me about my favourite it's definitely Aion.

[@ksully27]

Also Hiatus Kaiyote, D'Angelo, Death Grips

[@C0ZMICWIZARD]

Used to work in a bike shop and the guy who owned it would nail this album on repeat daily. This is an absolutely fantastic song.

[@deolimar1977]

Good memories

[@Alex-mt6fe]

Cant beat bilke shop memories.

[@ErikS101]

I used to own a bike shop back in the 90s and Cocteau Twins were a staple

[@clvrswine]

Nail this album? What does that mean?

[@slackjaw4270]

Bike shop owner here. Where was this mystical place you speak of? I went to dinner over at a fellow bike shop owners house and he had victorialand cd playing. 😊

[@EpsilonDelta12]

"Lyrics are just a trick to get people to listen to music for longer than they normally would." - David Byrne

[@takatrip7560]

why their band maybe was called, talking heads....

[@gmar7836]

REM

[@j.c985]

They are also a way of expressing yourself though too and making statements, poetry kind of thing, they do serve a purpose.

[@Dunbie_]

Interestingly both artists are Scottish

[@gmar7836]

@@Dunbie_ i’ll take anything Scottish

[@cloudboyyy91]

Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Fraser. Your music has been a profound source of joy and inspiration for so many of us.

[@talldave1000]

Be careful, it's a trap. I had no plans for my day. But then I heard this song. Now I have to listen to everything they have done. And I have heard it all before. What a great way to spend my day.

[@vancewright45]

Tall Dave LMAO

[@sofiruedalala]

THAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING TO ME RIGHT NOW!! IT ALWAYS DOES! HAHA

[@tapsanelikettu2985]

I was going to shower..

[@duewhit310]

If i listen to 45minutes or more of Cocteau Twins its unsettling to even consider listening to anyone else's music FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. And thats how i feel about that.

[@talldave1000]

@@duewhit310 - Exactly! Anything else, kills the mood.

[@movedtonewchannel1]

This song is a 10/10 classic that will never get old.

[@clvrswine]

Says the adult with a creepy anime children's avatar.

[@ETe-m5s]

​@@clvrswine😂

[@kadenpile-riley2170]

This is a top 10 song of all time for me. Truly an ethereal song

[@coryphillips7945]

Number 1 for me. I used to listen to heavy metal exclusively, then I heard this song when I was 15 and my taste in music changed literally overnight

[@Lanedude08]

I want to feel like how this song sounds.

[@manorbier]

Oh man 😔🖤

[@theone456]

If only

[@jalexseva4190]

Stay Beautiful 💔😞

[@kamikazechivalry1264]

Do drugs.

[@chesecak9535]

have you ever done mdma

[@Rampant_Colt]

New Order, The Cure, Cocteau Twins, Psychedelic Furs. The '80s ruled

[@lucyhightree1520]

WHAT? HELL YES!!!!!

[@lucyhightree1520]

Only those who lived through it will ever understand how glorious it truly was!

[@josephmorris7447]

can we include Depeche Mode?

[@dimashadiwardani]

jesus and mary chain

[@jupiter6647]

exactly, art. emotion..

[@ThePineColonel]

Nobody can match her. They created their own world

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend an indie rock song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@Jacob-vz9nk]

The cranberries….

[@BionicRusty]

Absolutely. They are their own genre and one I have been a devotee of for decades. I have all their music on original vinyl and each one is a prized possession.

[@devincampbell5007]

Enya Dolores O’Riordan (The Cranberries) Leigh Nash (Sixpence None the Richer)

[@maiqtheliar_]

@@Jacob-vz9nk there's no reason to compare these bands. Cocteau Twins is the literal definition of dream pop.

[@frateroiram]

The vibe of this song makes me feel like im a highschool girl entering prom. I am a 30 year old man.

[@chrisvanwalsum9056]

nothing has been more accurate

[@chrisv3338]

Hit the nail on the fucking head with that one.

[@jasminejabir4610]

😂🙌🙌

[@nwsportstilidie]

Hey turning 30 was the best thing that ever happened to me. I first heard this song a couple weeks after I turned 30, in the Las Vegas airport. Tired as fuck from Vegas. I turn 31 next month. Life is crazy. Never too old.

[@Fapswitch]

Yes! I never thought of this song that way but it has an element of contemplation during a moment of fleeting beauty and joy. One of my all-time favorite songs.

[@z23xc5]

It's so impressive how they come up with such such unique and sophisticated vocal melodies on top of simple chord progressions.

[@jack-uv6mt]

its not a simple chord progression theyre actually fairly difficult chords

[@jack-uv6mt]

not tryna be an asshole. i cant play this song comfortably sdo in my experience its difficult. although i guess its difficult and simple because its not a huge number of chords

[@z23xc5]

​@@jack-uv6mtAs with all the Cocteau twins songs, there are nuances in this song that are fairly tricky. But I'm talking about the chord foundation in which the melody is based on - D G C

[@z23xc5]

​@@jack-uv6mtTo add. For example, the melody in the verse is sophisticated but the guitar chords are just alternating between D an G. It then changes to a C chord when the chorus comes in.

[@jack-uv6mt]

i guess my point was the voicings are odd and you have to stretch you fingers along four frets@@z23xc5

[@OldFlapper]

Her eyes, her voice, her mannerisms. I'm in absolute awe. Sensory overload.

[@grahamzebedee5525]

She was my secret crush back then, you'r so right about those beautiful eyes and voice...

[@michaellang7908]

Why did I just hear this in 2024 for the first time!!??? This come out when I was in hight school… what a great song and sound

[@JeffSchall]

Check out their early compilation album from 1986, The Pink Opaque. So, so good.

[@h.w.8160]

One of the most lush songs ever written. A big, glowing, bright orange hug of a track.

[@charliez077]

"orange hug of a track" is absolutely on point ;)))

[@seriskifotavrus6442]

This is an extremely one of the best clip&lyric&music of CT forever!!!;-)))Greetings from Russia to all fans of CT in the whole world!!!That's music CT is incredible&outstanding!!!

[@Lerch-zc3ww]

Well said.....

[@micahnewman]

Pulsating with multicolored lights. The video captures it well.

[@bearsnevergiveup]

very poetic

[@jcasper2011]

Liz is so beautiful and that voice makes this 61 year old man cry. Cocteau Twins are the best.

[@helter696skelter]

Мазер Сайбирия кэн край ту.

[@andjarosic]

brate srbine! :D

[@pjay9518]

same here but only 60 ;]

[@kyotocoversjimanderson782]

Same here.... but 62!

[@StopMoColorado]

43 (for a couple more months 😁). Funny how they have that effect, for some reason I still don't really understand, this music has the exact same effect on me. Haven't listened to them for almost twenty years, a lot of hard things came crashing down and I became so hard, but my precious wife stuck by my side (the most beautiful soul I've ever encountered, on this side of the Mortal Coil, that is...but that's a long story: I'll say this, though, I don't "believe" in Heaven, I absolutely know it exists, nothing and no one can ever take that away now...went from having my spine crashed in a car accident and being paralyzed in one leg and unable to really use the other one broke my neck in 3 places, was told I'd NEVER walk again, and would soon lose bowel and bladder control...one day, after a particularly deep look into my own soul, I just began weeping so hard that I collapsed, I thought my heart had literally burst inside of me...I can't entirely explain what happened next, but out of a darkness I knew to be eternal and infinite, a fragrant, oily fire came pouring down on my soul, and I was met...I don't feel comfortable giving all the details, but I can say that the most BEAUTIFUL Woman I've ever encountered - beyond imagination, there are truly no words - looked into my eyes with the deepest love and kindest, deepest pity, and picked me up, continuing to gaze into my eyes. More radiant the Sun, Her face, and purer than Pure...I saw and heard so much more, but can't really share it, too personal, and really beyond words, but all the thrashed, beaten, cut, empty, and torn parts of my soul were filled with absolute light and love so solid and powerful that every hurt I ever had was erased, and I never wanted to leave Her arms...when I eventually "came back" to my body, not only could I walk again, but I went out to my backyard and did a backflip on my trampoline, something I hadn't done in over 25 years: you should have seen the look on my wife and childrens' faces!) In any event, I'll never be the same again, and listening to music like this reminds me of that haunting, lovely beauty, and draws tears out of my eyes once again (did I mention I couldn't stop crying - from the joy of having my body restored, but also the sadness of having to leave that Light and all the loving Souls there who love with One Heart, One Mind, and One Spirit?) This music is like medicine for weary souls...just wonderful.

[@snowcardinal2632]

My parents would play this when we would drive at night, so now this eternally reminds me of childhood nighttime drives, half awake half asleep while this played on the sound system. Good good times. Edit: Wow thank you all so much for so many likes and comments, I didn't expect this to be so well received lol.

[@AshenRinglets]

That is so cool. My kids love the Cocteau Twins

[@josephreilly6328]

Half in shadow half in light, not warm not cold perfect bliss

[@lebaumel]

This exactly what this songs reminds me, of a late night drive where my dad put some music in the radio, and i was half-sleep and barely putting attention to the song, but either way the song set the journey back home, maybe after a long day in the house of someone i don't even remember that well

[@capgage1]

Snowcardinal, you are very fortunate to have experienced this music in this way. You will never forget it.

[@simoncallister6071]

Your parents are legends

[@slawdogshenanigans]

My god, her eyes are insanely mesmerizing. Voice is right there also.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend an indie rock song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@chuckaudio3191]

Liz is my favorite vocalist of all time. Truly the voice of angels.

[@yome6132]

there are demons living in my soul they tell me to order you to submit to the bug lord of the genesian realm taker he will guide you to salvation of cleansed mind and a world of one thousand wishes to be grantable upon enlightenment

[@bellona6356]

​@@yome6132😂

[@nirv]

♫ Singin' on a feeboo streeeee, I want to love-a-gomba-gom-gom-beee ♪

[@999Cinderwolf]

Haaa haaa!! I heard it "I want to lo-ve a gum bumblebee"

[@999Cinderwolf]

Maybe because I'm mexican and I dont speak english... So properly

[@Deckardpr]

Gomba gom gom beee heaven.

[@DougPoker]

It’s like she pulled the words right from my heart 😂

[@misanthropickat6167]

I love Gumby too

[@ashleymonday298]

What a damned amazing song. Then I realize I am crying at nonsense words. A beautiful trick.

[@marvelharris9540]

Its the native tongue of Ireland... far from nonsense

[@CmdrWinters]

@@marvelharris9540 do you have a source for that? Their own Wikipedia article says that she sings in glossolalia. Not to mention the fact that they’re Scottish

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@marvelharris9540 dumb

[@charleslarson5983]

@@marvelharris9540 it is absolutely NOT the native tongue of ireand

[@mortlieb8239]

@@marvelharris9540 it's English and she sings with a thick Scottish accent. The lyrics can be found online.

[@dlperk5035]

The vibe of this song makes me feel like what I am, a 57 year old man reflecting on life and on the life of others dear to me being grateful that I lived and breathed in the '80s.

[@firay3435]

This is so unique to me,the fact this song resonates with so many different people ,I find this song ethereal,as if it’s a part of my soul,I am 16 and I’m girl

[@marystaramour5535]

Me too !!! What a bliss 🥰❤️‍🔥💎

[@anthonypersons7212]

Well said, well said. I get it. I am 53. We were so lucky!!👊👍

[@CastleHassall]

i hope you all have a very good very happy future

[@sergiocabezuela9713]

Elizabeth Fraser is captivating. The way she arranged the vocals/melodies. She sings the lyrics in a style of versification. It amazes me.

[@onxstrings]

To the stranger who played Cocteau Twins at a random bar in Siem Reap last February 2019 - just wanna let you know I haven’t forgotten you.

[@TonyJuanPailos]

It was me: Tony.

[@fvergation2581]

Yes I can confirm it was: Tony

[@Wesker346]

Yeah, that was Tony

[@lol-ki8yd]

i have to let you know, it was: Tony.

[@slightdifferences9780]

I heard it was actually, contrary to popular belief: Tony

[@CattarinaGuanais]

This song is so incredibly familiar yet I’m sure I have never listened to this before. What a voice!

[@aegisreflector1239]

Yes I know what you mean

[@fornieve9471]

Yea

[@MisterAAB1]

I love when that happens. There are just some artists that somehow make you feel something and it's not always about dancing. It's like a memory of something that hasn't happened yet or a feeling you've felt before.

[@imixmuan9081]

Love love is a verb, love is a doing word....teardrop on the fire of a confession. Sound familiar? Same voice....

[@charliedesrochers8386]

The music in the background sounds a bit like « pictures of you » from The Cure

[@mrfish4lyfe]

this was playing on the speakers at the las vegas airport last time i landed there and it was one of the best music moments i've ever had. thanks airport music curator and thanks cocteau twins

[@heatherl1544]

I had the same experience!!

[@mrfish4lyfe]

@@heatherl1544 reminds me of how brian eno music for airports used to play at airports. Nothing beats curated airport music.

[@heatherl1544]

@@mrfish4lyfe amen... I work here at the airport 🛫 in Las Vegas and most of the music has Vegas in it... but that song was other worldly and I was smitten... 🥲 Never even knew it existed until last month... crazy right?

[@jmike111]

Elizabeth Fraser has the voice of a goddess.

[@PeteB764]

And face.

[@Betchbquie]

I love how everyone gets a different memory or core feeling from this song

[@MassiveFish-hp4pm]

Hey you might like a band called the Doublejumps if you like Cocteau Twins

[@Betchbquie]

@@MassiveFish-hp4pm did I ask

[@hangten1904]

Song's wild, you can actually hear the words when you read the lyrics while listening to it.

[@-Vague_Hysteria-]

Dad used to listen to this every night before bed, he passed recently, I have his ashes so I plan to continue to play it for him every night

[@einwd]

i think so

[@majabugarski386]

❤😊

[@starlightzero0]

Ashes don't listen to songs, dear. Pray for your dad not to play a song.

[@-Vague_Hysteria-]

@@starlightzero0 how obtuse.

[@einwd]

@@starlightzero0 oh yeah you don’t need to listen when you can simply simultaneously write and listen or just listenwtite the whole song instantaneously

[@davidellis5141]

Whatever she is saying I agree with 100% sheer beauty !

[@lucyhightree1520]

Lost language of Ireland, Gailic

[@elsaportillo6479]

First time I heard this song,my 17 yr old daughter played it while we were driving,it brought tears to my eyes, jus sound so Heavenly, My daughter asked, why are you crying mom? I couldn't hold back my tears. Beautiful song..

[@MattWhitehead80]

I can’t believe I’ve only just discovered this song today. I’m 40 years old, I should have heard this by now. On my 6th listen. Incredible music

[@Nhnhnfk]

Hope you enjoy the rest of their stuff! They've been my favourite band for twelve years now

[@awwgez]

Don't feel bad, my first listen was 2015 at the age of 29 and I was blind sided by it. Couldn't believe I missed it and just how incredible and beautiful it was. Its just on a whole other level.

[@fervcorsica3358]

Listen to Bluebeard

[@Dexxxtroyer]

im 44 when I first heard this. Today actually. But I knew Cocteau Twins. I love discovering timeless gems.

[@Nabeelco]

Makes you feel like you missed out on your youth and could go back doesn't it?

[@vectorhold6489]

I was at brewery this weekend called Humble Sea in Santa Cruz, CA. This song came on and I was instantly captivated. I had heard of Cocteau Twins my whole life but never heard their music. The music, the breeze, the sun, the beer with my wife on a day off to do nothing but chill and talk. Can't stop listening it to.

[@MassiveFish-hp4pm]

Hey you might like a band called the Doublejumps if you like Cocteau Twins

[@carlhorowitz5916]

The slide guitar bridge alone makes this song incredible. Elizabeth's singing, of course, is perfection.

[@mauriceslevines6100]

Arguably the greatest song ever written by a trio...or a duo.

[@joeimpinna3914]

Man I tell you. I could listen to an endless loop of shoegaze and dream pop forever and never get bored.

[@leekitchen1195]

I remember buying this in 1990 on cassette tape and I was deeply in love with my first girlfriend at the time and made a lovely soundtrack to how I felt at the time. I’m 57 now and still listening to it.

[@only1oxy]

do you have any t shirts from back then by chance?

[@roblynch8713]

This song is ethereal magic...

[@manfred747]

I've no idea what she's on about but what a glorious noise.

[@gabemcknight8933]

😅 lol

[@cathymckatherain7703]

I need to find more people that like songs like this

[@kevinclick9026]

Hi! U found 1

[@daniellakaran5760]

I love this song so much since last year!

[@TheSIUnit]

Count me in

[@annainna767]

Try Grimes.

[@coastalzipcode6290]

Here!

[@JelloUberalles]

Cold beer in hand, sat out in the garden - Heaven or Las Vegas is the perfect album for "Golden Hour" at the end of a warm summer day . . .

[@JippysProfoundings]

There is a place deep in my heart for this music. It's beyond music. This is a message. It sounds so heavenly. It is so right

[@saturatedneowax]

Sounds so las vegasly

[@seriskifotavrus6442]

Elisabeth Fraser is my icon of an female vocal! She's voice is incredible!Greetings from Russia!!!

[@Vetaa]

one of the most beautiful songs ever

[@ignaciofernandezlaurel1002]

this song is a dream

[@peep3879]

Everytime I play this song my breathing quickens, my heart races and then I find myself crying by the unexplainable emotions this track makes me feel. It is truly otherworldly; This album and especially this track.

[@JulianDale94]

This band got me through some pretty hard times, and it’s not hard to see why

[@alextthomas]

Ok I am losing my mind I thought she was singing in another language. I just googled lyrics and it is in fact, english words being sung. I'm officially obsessed with this song.

[@sampedro9316]

Yup, keep in mind also there has never been official lyrics, so the one's you find online are interpretations by fans.

[@jlouis4407]

They’re phrased very odd during the whole album

[@brettlomayma1401]

before the internet became a big thing, ive always wondered what she was singing about and almost thought really, that there was two vocalists. but found out it was just the one. Some of the words are in a different language and just muttering or something relatable to english. but yes, ive struggled for a long time to know what she was singing about until their website came into being. which in fact people had pieced together bits and pieces of what she was singing. But even then as Ms. Frazer has put it even she had made up words. but they are still beautiful to hear, even if she is not singling anything tangible at times. They continue to be one of my favorite bands.

[@jhart7304]

you can not imagine what was like to see them live in the 80-early 90s

[@jlouis4407]

She is talking about gambling and las vegas, believe it or not

[@gregoznowich5196]

I hope someday the Cocteau Twins will get more credit for evolving music than they already have. The notion of using language as an instrument has never been more commercially proven. They sold millions of songs where no one knew exactly what they were listening to, and still loving every minute of it. There is opera, and other musical forms where listeners aren't quite sure what language they're listening to, but CT struck a special cord. They influenced generations immediately, in the now, based on pure impact and emotion.

[@fabiocamochelle7600]

There is a feeling that the soul remembers this voice from previous incarnations..... an eternal diamond!

[@danricheson1362]

@EiymaaniPilarOmondi

[@AndyBonesSynthPro]

I totally adore this song. Partially because I think they had no idea what they were singing, which makes it that much more real 🎶

[@glengamble526]

For those asking about her lip movements not matching the sounds-as a professional musician I think I can answer this. Her angelic voice is treated with heavy effects: reverb being most obvious, maybe some delay and possibly a harmonizing effect. It’s partly why she sounds so otherworldly. And what can happen in the studio is, if the singer can hear these affects in their headphones, they sing to and enunciate according to how the sound comes back to them. So, lets take the phrase Las Vegas-Liz clearly isn’t enunciating the GAS part in the word, as the delay and reverb is still flowing from the previous phrase. So she’s leaving space for the effects to breathe. Make sense? It sounds like she’s singing something like “It must be heaven or Las Vegooooowowow’ and letting the last syllable and note be carried away in a wash of effects. It’s a very, very beautiful and compelling way to sing. She is a Celtic goddess.

[@glengamble526]

@@fruitypeebils yes, someone in the comments in fact DID mention it. Why in earth would I have posted this, if not?

[@glengamble526]

@@privace8111 thank you.

[@pipkingdom]

And then they could always just splice in another vocal track entirely and scrub the live one.

[@aaronmcdonaldful]

@@fruitypeebils people have become so conditioned to be combative on the internet that it's become their norm to be guns blazing yet completely unprovoked. The last place i'd expect that type of goading is a cocteau twins comment section. What exactly do you think the purpose of a comment section is? A place for you to shame those for posting a comment that was relevant to the content? So are we only expected to post a comment if someone asks for it? Did anyone ask for your input before you chose to go down the condescending route? There's a lot of angst out there and i get it, but perhaps redirect it towards those who screwed you and not some rando on youtube offering an interesting take.

[@aaronmcdonaldful]

Glad you're big enough to recognise that. I kept this comment short n sweet just the way you like it.

[@tinabyers1619]

These women have voices like an angel. The first time I heard them I was young and free, at the very beginning of a lifetime journey....Years have passed since that moment and their music is still with me in heart and mind.....

[@emmapicara9527]

Just one woman. Elizabeth Fraser, the Scottish nightingale.

[@e-rokekenedi7834]

Ha! One lady, really.

[@rodrigoundaa]

the shoegazers origins

[@djhillfinger]

@@e-rokekenedi7834 Yeah, heard of Massive attack tear drop?

[@lefkytheshin]

@@djhillfinger yeah. What's your point? There's one here.

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

This tune is used as the background theme to all of Teddy Sheringham's goals in his last season at Millwall. The nostalgia hits you hard whether you're a fan or no.

[@nelsondasilva3935]

The Cocteau Twins can save me from my misery

[@RVCA91]

You already know

[@montgomerydenzer8805]

Nelson DaSilva ME TOO or a 45caliber or m choice BLACK MAMBA

[@supercooled]

Montgomery Denzer What is it with this song that conjures up sadness and a keenness to end it? The melody and strangely inapplicable lyrics just makes me think this would not be a bad way to go out of this world and into the next.

[@montgomerydenzer8805]

Nelson DaSilva While this is great I still think Brian Eno is better "exit music"

[@Eggmanrocks]

Montgomery Denzer like DAM BROOOOOOOOOOO

[@lightbright1113]

Maybe, most possibly the most beautiful pop tune ever expressed from the human race. O M G

[@softlightsymphonyband]

Light Bright I think that would be Carolynn’s Fingers actually

[@wrappedupinfumes]

I've once seen someone describe this song as "Dancing Queen in space" and I can't get over it. That's so spot on!

[@captaineasychord1]

I always described it as ABBA on acid!

[@lbat5276]

How on earth did I not know about the Cocteau Twins until now. Why isn't everyone talking about them constantly?

[@Oddisy]

you live under a rock they got the tiktok effect a few years ago

[@neonnox3289]

Anyone just tears up every time bc of how heavenly and ethereal this sounds

[@Samuelisakson]

Well they practically invented ethereal sound

[@IngridElberse]

They made my bitter life liveable. Thank you Elisabeth.❤🎸

[@moskillz76]

This might be one of the most underrated songs of the 90s. So ahead of it's time and even today sounds incredible.

[@clvrswine]

You haven't a clue and you are very ignorant. There is nothing "underrated" here.

[@inspirationalaries]

I've always been unable to decipher any lyrics of any band, it's a relief to listen to such wonderful music such as that of the Cocteau Twins and not be expected to understand their lyrics...

[@scottdepue2405]

This song was released in 1990, how did I just discover it in Dec 2016? I've lived a sheltered life. Now my eyes are open. My god this is beautiful...

[@administrativeuser9715]

Because you are not hip enough. Everybody who was anybody was totally into this band back in 1986

[@lancecollins9278]

Found it in 1992, essentially the contemporary era. Thank God.

[@vampeiyre]

"You have taken your first step into a larger world."

[@talldave1000]

that made me smile

[@foosmonkey]

Never bothered to check out their music (i've known about them for ages though) until yesterday when it just popped into my YT recommended videos. Instantly hooked.

[@abemendoza6068]

It's 2022, and I've listened to the Cocteau Twins since 1997 when I first found them. I've always just listened and enjoyed the music and Liz's voice. Tonight, KZbin suggested this video, and it's the first one I've ever watched after listening for 25 years. Watching Liz now is like hearing her for the first time in '97. I could watch this forever. Liz, if you ever come across this, thank you so much for what you've done. (Robin and Simon, you, too.)

[@harman1967]

Liz and the band turned vocals into a musical instrument, a combination of lyrical arrangements and vocal tones, genius.

[@milehin333]

the way this is the greatest song of all time

[@felipeadao5552]

Discovered the Twins through this song in a cold autumnal afternoon several years ago. Never thought they would change my whole existence!

[@talldave1000]

If you hear it, you've changed.....

[@mjl0611]

That’s deep

[@Truckngirl]

This song will always make me cry. Truth was, at this time Elizabeth Fraser was pregnant and so happy for that! The sound of brilliant busting out glorious will ever haunt my heart.

[@robynsegg]

Still beautiful after all of these years. Still brings tears to the eyes.

[@byronstevens9604]

One of the most evocative songs I've ever heard. May you be blessed enough to have discovered this during a memorable time in your life, it takes you instantly back.

[@SuzanneCluderay]

Still can't quite believe such beautiful music came out of Grangemouth, such a bleak industrial town 10 minutes from where i live

[@Waxadisc]

Liz Fraser , vocal goddess

[@thebarbecutioner6977]

I'm a 65 year old songwriter/musician. Only found out about them because of the Sundays. The Cocteau twin were a suggestion, " people the like the Sundays, also like..." I decided to listen to this random song, only because it was the first video offered of them. I'll be damned, I like the Sundays and I also like this. I guess they got this one right.

[@dariiofernando]

This is maybe the best production of the band (1990) , but you need to check the 80s albums and EPs (my favs CT), much more in the gothic-ethereal-post punk wave than this dreamy pop-shoegaze.

[@user-xg3qc8cd1j]

She channels the timeless divine, the eternal universe.. She sings as an angel would.

[@niteskylight6699]

god bless 4ad, i grew up on the streets of nyc, 4ad helped raise me. liz is a goddess, the cocteau twins were my religion. all of you who feel the same, i am so with you

[@taliesinechoes4513]

I first met Cocteau Twins, in various cities in the United States, at after show parties (backstage), during the tour for HOLV. As people they came off as just ordinary people, who made the most extraordinary music. Robin was the one who introduced me to Elizabeth. It was the 2nd time backstage that I met Simon. A lot of great memories from that tour. I asked Robin if they could play my home town, Cleveland, the next time they toured. We met, again, during the FCC tour, and not only did they add Cleveland, but Ohio was the only state that had 3 shows. They gave me tickets and backstage access to quite a few of those shows. Again, a lot of great memories. I love their music, and I loved them as people.

[@irsanpratama614]

lucky you...

[@rustyhues]

Loved them for almost 30 years now. This album still inspires me the same way it did when I was in high school....Iceblink Luck...Fifty-Fifty Clown...Cherry-Coloured Funk :) Just perfection...

[@harveymorgan1749]

Thanks for the in depth on your post rock groupie memories.

[@vampeiyre]

Smashing! So happy for you, I'm sure those are great memories to treasure.

[@karebuskusa6301]

Yeah? And how was the cocaine?

[@elgatofabio]

This is not Las Vegas. This is Heaven.

[@Aaron-in7lt]

Puts me in a good mood. Lovely.❤ Liz never looked more gorgeous

[@ricci777]

I know purist fans will say this one is too commercial or glossy, but this whole album is one of my top ten of all times. It soars--I have listened to it thousands of times, it still lifts me up like few others. This is a band plugged into worlds most of us just dream of.

[@Polyfusia]

I was in that boat for quite a long time and I still prefer the weird dissonant 80's stuff but this has grown on me.

[@herbertrichard614]

It wasn't too commercial in America, only going to no. 99 on Billboard. No one ever accused us of having good taste.

[@thomasfranche6770]

I love HOLV, never thought it was commercial. But I suppose compared to Victoria land, but I still prefer HOLV.

[@andreaw.9328]

I love her voice and the music is so dreamy. I remember them from jr. high and high school back in the 80's. Now my 14 yr. old daughter is listening to them 40 years later. The Cocteau Twins have transcended time.

[@danricheson1362]

And I just discovered them in 2024, nice find!

[@birdienumnum2012]

This full album is incredible. I like every song. That’s rare.

[@TheRacerG]

This song must be one of the tops on the list for most misunderstood lyrics.

[@Boudosaved]

The MOST underrated Scottish band of all time!!!!

[@n.v.535]

Boudosaved its really not underrated

[@abbyohannes]

i’d say the associates are

[@robsingfield9977]

Josef K

[@serrotrehpotsirhc]

the associates more so

[@renatofabbro5263]

Cocteau Twins and The Blue Nile

[@Prepper247penguin]

My boyfriend played this for me . We lived near Vegas. A few days later, he went to heaven ❤ 😔 😢

[@royalukas8144]

I’m completely transfixed by this song; by its dreaminess and by its artistic production.

[@danielcropp8553]

The bridge (2:00) is soooo sublime. ❤ LOVE

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Cocteau twins had a sound of their own! Love this.

[@cacoquito]

By the time this song was in fashion, my mom was waiting for me to be born. She have always been such a musical person; I like to think that maybe I used to listen this song inside my mother's womb and since then I'd like it so much. It realeses the deepest dreamy side of me. Cocteau Twins is my biggets musical find from 2020.

[@_noahrh]

I first discovered this song when I was living in Madrid... and would play it over and over and over and walk the Grand Via looking at how beautiful everything was. It's so moving!

[@LynSmithmusic]

+Noah Hughes lovely memories. Know what you mean. Such a dream invoking track

[@peterjg1952]

+Noah Hughes I can empathise completely - I did the same thing on Koh Samui in Thailand in 1992!

[@DominicRichens]

+Noah Hughes Know what you mean. Lived in Paris summer of 1991. Used to listen to this when I was walking around.

[@_noahrh]

Dominic Richens That's so cool that we all have a similar memory!

[@LynSmithmusic]

Absolutely that is so damn cool. Wonder if they know what a powerful effect it had on the fans, at the time. Hope so ;)

[@CruceEntertainment]

I bought this album in the 90’s. It was and still is one of my favorites to listen to. “You’re the match of Jericho…”

[@diggers7169]

This song is frighteningly brilliant

[@natt73]

A friend of mine gave me a K-7 record of Treasure back in 90...I listened the whole night like I just have found a secret precious stone! Couldnt wait to show my sister, who refused to listen to it ...but after she did, she got so hooked on Cocteau she couldn't listen to anything else for years...bought all their albums.. almost 30 years later, its still incredible to realize how Divine Cocteau is... conclusion: this music must come from Heaven and Liz Fraser must be an Angel!

[@jeffkosiba2098]

This song is the best metaphor for every failed relationship. It is the tragic beauty of miscommunication eloquted through song and verse.

[@lynvingen]

A friend of mine who worked at a university radio station handed me a cassette in 2005 with this track mixed in. Blew my mind. Such otherworldly sounds and harmonies! Still as captivating today as back then, and also pulls me back to those days.

[@kevinshoemaker183]

This song sounds like an eerie replication of something stunningly beautiful like it's trying to trick you. It's haunting

[@CastleHassall]

legend has it that to this day even the singer does not have a clue what she is singing about i hope life is good for you folks Best wishes to you from Rolland in Scotland

[@kaiookalanikanuha2613]

One of the greatest songs of all time 💯

[@scottmiller1245]

Remember when this gem came out - the most gorgeous, captivating voice in the history of popular music. Perfect