The Cocteaus , those titles . . . Part 1

[Maria Jose]

Been checking my NME / MM archives for fun on the subject of Cocteau meaning .
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YES , IT 'S THE BIANNUAL THINK UP AN AMUSING COCTEAU TWINS TITLE
COMPETITION RESULTS
Yes , here we are again- it 's time to exercise your whimsy-glands and help Robin and Liz out out as they think up some more song titles!
But first , a little "moan".We have to say that last year's entries , most of which appear on their new album "Heaven or Las Vegas" were somehow below par."Pitch the Baby" and "Fifty-Fifty Clown" were hardly the sort that cottony,snugly things are made of,while "Road , River and Rail" practically verged on the sensible ! Had it not been for the inspired "Frou Frou Foxes
in Midsummer Fires" the whole affair might have been a complete washout.
But no matter-here are some of the best of this year ' s entries .

John Curtis of Hudderfield,for instance,weighed in with " The Wittle - Wattled
Turquoise Mau - Mau",which certainly impressed our international panel of critics,with the exception of the stern Bulgarian judge.
One Angela Redsbury,of Greenham,pitched in with "Knickerbocker Hobo-Jobo" and "Fireflies and Gumbie Floss" which certainly found favour with a good many of our panellists-as did Kevin Hewitt of Bristol with his epic "Hurdy Gurdy Wimbly-Wambly Dewy-Eyed Guttlechuck ".
The winner ,however,by unanimous decision came from one F. Raud from Dorset. Beat this,Cocteau title-lovers. He suggested
"Itsy-Witsy Teensy-Weensy Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini ".This magnificent effort
even drew a personal tribute from Liz Cocteau herself:
"That ' s the best song title I never thought of.We ' ll use it in our next album.It ' s uncanny though,I'm sure I' ve heard it before.Perhaps in another,hurdy-gurdy parallel universe . . ."

[Maria Jose]

LET ' S TALK BOLLOCKS ! . . . with Liz Fraser
Hi.You know , every week pop fans stop me on the street,the noo.
And they ask me , Liz , they say. They say , Liz , the noo .
How come you talk so much bollocks ?
And how can we learn to do it , too?
And I say , There ' s nothing to it . The noo . Just follow these three simple steps.
STEP ONE
Think of a word.Go on . Any word.Make sure it 's something cissy,like "posy"
or "nosey".For argument ' s sake,the noo,we'll use "pinky".
STEP TWO
Add a word that begins with a different letter but rhymes with the first word.
Don ' t forget-there're 26 to choose from ,so don ' t be afraid to experiment,
the noo.For this one,we'll use "m". "Pinky . . . minky " . Got the idea ?
STEP THREE
Add a household item.Have a look around.Under the stairs,under the sink,maybe under the bed . . . Anyway , Robin ' s just been poking around and he ' s come up with a can of Mr Sheen , the noo.So , we'll use that.
Ready ? All you have to do is to string them together.And don't forget to use plenty of reverb if you ' re going for that " cathedral of sound " sound .
All set ? Here it goes :
" Pi - hinkeeeee...
mi-hi-hi-hinkeeeee...
misterrrrr.....sheeeeen."
Ahem.

[Maria Jose]

Letters from the readers , Melody Maker , Oct 6 1990

SEX,DRUGS AND ECCENTRIC SONG TITLES
WHAT' s the big mystery about the Cocteau Twins ?
You hacks seem to get yourselves into a terrible state trying to find the meaning of life in their music.But it ' s always been obvious to me.
Their songs are about sex . At least , if they ' re not actually written about sex , they turn out as the aural equivalent of sex.Sometimes this actually manifests itself in the form of the music.Some of their songs have an orgasmic rush of soundat the end ( " Spanglemaker" , " Donimo" , " Frou Frou Foxes ").
"Treasure ",in particular , is one great 40-minute copulation , with "Donimo" the orgasmic peak at the end .
The new LP is a little different , as it appears to be about childbirth.This means it ' s a little less accesible than usual.But it still gives me the horn .
Wendell Gee

[Maria Jose]

AT HOME WITH THE COCTEAU TWINS
(SCENE: A fluffy cocoon,perched atop a verdant knoll,somewhere outside Twickenham.Deep inside its heavily-insulated,sound-proofed woollen walls sit the Cocteaus,drinking Ovaltine and watching a continuous loop of their own videos to a soundtrack of their own music.The phone rings . )
ROBIN: F...ing Nora ! Who forgot to leave the phone off the hook?
LIZ: Not me,you pig bastard c . . .! I remember leaving it off after I phoned for the last lot of pizzas.
SIMON:I can ' t even remember where the phone IS !
ROBIN: It ' s underneath that huge pile of Cocteau Twins press-cuttings.
January '86 to February '87,I think.
( The phone continues to ring.No one gets up to answer it . Outside the cocoon seasons change,government falls,the stock market fluctuates,Man
lands on Saturn,flares go "out" again.)
ROBIN:Answer the f..er then,you shite-ass-tossers!
LIZ:You do it ,fatso-you haven ' t moved out of that armchair since Easter.
ROBIN:I ' m busy re-reading this Cocteau Twins review that didn ' t give us ten out of ten.I still can ' t understand why.The ignorant f...ing dick-bollock-wank-breath!
SIMON:What year is this?
LIZ:Where ' s the baby?
ROBIN: Recording our next album.
LIZ:Shit , I ' d better get cracking on some track-tittles ,then.Now,let me see... " Furniture-dialysis Frond Gethsemene"...
ROBIN:Are you gonna answer that cocksucking phone or not?Pass me that roast ox.
(No one budges an inch.Years pass,new religions are founded,The Telescopes split up,the earth dies screaming.)
LIZ:How do you spell Byzanthium?
ROBIN:I ' m hungry.Let ' s phone out for some Chinese.
SIMON:We'd better answer it first.Hello?Yes , this is the Cocteau Twins speaking . . . (puts hand over receiver)It ' s our press officer-wonders if we' ll
do an interview with Good Housekeeping.
ROBIN:We ' ll do it.
(A new civilization is formed from the handful of survivors of an environmental apocalypse,and a new world is created where there is no money,no industry,and no sexual inhibition.)
LIZ:Why don' t we open a window?
ROBIN: There ARE no windows.Egg -fried rice or plain ?

[Maria Jose]

Hope you enjoyed these press-cuttings!
Haven 't added or changed a thing .
;)

[zed]

BRAVO!!!!roflmao
clapping clapping... are you sure you're not related to me mate Phil??????

Zed:D

[Maria Jose]

Now , that ' s a compliment !roflmao

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roflmao


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