THE FONTANA SINGLES & EPs

[ezzydynamine]

as someone else suggested.....


what is your favourite single/ep from the Four-Calendar Cafe and Milk & Kisses periods.....



i'll start it with Violaine CD2




but not forgetting "Snow" is up the top too.... I think it's one of everyones favourites... yeah

[zed]

erinn.........i'd love to vote but i seem to have a cronic non abilty to........but if i could, it would be "otherness."

such a frosty take on some very un-frosty numbers.
Zed. :cool:

[watchlar]

had to pick evangeline..it's all about MUD & DARK....


Echo....

[E-Lo]

I have to say yellow Tishbite for primitive heart
This is my absolute favorite thing they did after FCC!

[steven]

I chose the pink Violane single for 'smile' and 'tranquil eye' two songs I wish were on m&k.

[kookaburra]

Originally posted by watchlar
had to pick evangeline..it's all about MUD & DARK....

I must agree with you about M&D, but I still can't seem to choose a favorite cd among the choices.

[ScottL]

Originally posted by steven
I chose the pink Violane single for 'smile' and 'tranquil eye' two songs I wish were on m&k.

Hehe..I almost did too for the same reason, but Bluebeard won out mainly cuz I like that tune more than Violaine by a long shot. And the Bluebeard single has the accoustic version too. On both singles I like the 2 extras alot...maybe Icepulse the least of those 4...but all great...

[Brett]

The best of a bad bunch?

I'm really not sure. Possibly the one with Alice.

I abstain. :(

[Maria Jose]

Originally posted by watchlar
had to pick evangeline..it's all about MUD & DARK....


Echo....
Yes , I also chose Evangeline and this song' s a winner .
I ' ll stand here and now on the firing line :
I could never care for Twinlights " too much " for Twinlights.

( Gets shot . . .ouch ! Hey , that hurt , you know ;) )

[Phil Lawton]

MJ

I think "Twinlights" sucks (THAT'S where that dictionary went to...I must have swallowed it), too.

[Maria Jose]

I still remember the disappointment !
Beautiful vinyl single jacket , though !

[Phil Lawton]

Beautiful vinyl single jacket , though !

To the point of Zed having it tattooed onto a piece of his anatomy, allegedly.

[Maria Jose]

Originally posted by Phil Lawton


To the point of Zed having it tattooed onto a piece of his anatomy, allegedly.


I've always loved learning new things about my chatmates !
:cool:

[Phil Lawton]

You wouldn't say that if you knew where the tattoo was.

[Maria Jose]

My thirst for Zed knowledge has been satiated,then .

[watchlar]

quite interestingly...a fairly even distribution...

[iceblink555]

I went with Twinlights, probably because I remember how those acoustic versions really grabbed me when I first got it. It's worn off a bit now, but it's tough to vote for another CD just for one song, like Green Violaine for Circling Girl. --Alan

[watchlar]

Originally posted by Phil Lawton
MJ

I think "Twinlights" sucks (THAT'S where that dictionary went to...I must have swallowed it), too. :eek: :eek: :eek: yeah but you hate FCC as well

[gary]

Would be great if Bluebeard (acoustic) was included in it

[zed]

..........oh to hell with it!:eek:

i changed my mind,........anything with circling girl on it.

today i'm unquenchable,.....that song does it!

Z :cool:

[mmmender]

erinn, you're missing two fontana singles from your poll options:

summerhead & serpentskirt

[watchlar]

those don't count do they? they have no extra tracks...and weren't wide releases...hmmm?

[mmmender]

they count to me!!! especially because summerhead woulda been my pick!!

[watchlar]

ok;)

[ScottL]

Originally posted by mmmender
erinn, you're missing two fontana singles from your poll options:

summerhead & serpentskirt

as the case is here, your 2 would bring the total to 11..
That prompted one of my questions in ths suggestion post I just made..
Poll Options? (http://www.herb-bauer.com/~leesa/cocteautwins/vBulletin/full/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1617)

[Phil Lawton]

"Serpentskirt" was a single? I've never seen it listed anywhere.

[fraserfaye]

this one?

[iceblink555]

aaaargh! you're torturin' me, fraserfaye! I almost got a copy of that Serpentskirt CD single on Ebay a coupla years ago, but somebody outbid me. --Alan

[ezzydynamine]

I thought about adding those leesa.... but they are classed as Promo releases in most peoples view (inc. mine)

Althought Summerhead release is one of the most nicest things on this plannet. Can't really describe it any better

[Phil Lawton]

Ah...the "Serpentskirt" with Faye Wong.

Yep, I've got that...I thought we were talking pure CT releases here...had me worried for a while.

[watchlar]

Originally posted by iceblink555
aaaargh! you're torturin' me, fraserfaye! I almost got a copy of that Serpentskirt CD single on Ebay a coupla years ago, but somebody outbid me. --Alan


it was probably leesa....roflmao roflmao roflmao

[iceblink555]

Originally posted by watchlar

it was probably leesa....roflmao roflmao roflmao

Could be. I'm sure I may have lost more than one CT auction to her! But I noticed that I do have a coupla things on her "want list" ;-) --Alan

[Brien]

This was a really hard one.
Mud and Dark & Circling Girl are in my top 10 all time favorites.
However, I voted for Violaine Pink CD, because Smile & Tranquil Eye are just so other worldly beautiful and the cover looks alien.

[Brien]

Originally posted by mmmender
they count to me!!! especially because summerhead woulda been my pick!!

I LOVE Summerhead.
I can't take it...

[ScottL]

If all the extras comprised in these discs were sold on one disc I'd be a happy camper...

[Paul TD]

.....and lo it came to pass more than 2 years later that we have another post on this ancient thread.

What can it all mean?

Voting has continued through the dark days of no posting. Most notably, it seems that all the late releases are held in equal regard throughout CT fandom. How can this be, when we all know Serpentskirt & Circling Girl to be 2 of the greatest recordings of all time, yet all hide our faces in shame when strangers speak in hushed & embarrassed tones of the unmentionable 2-track Sn*w single ?

:baby:

[fornasetti]

I just cast a vote because either I hadn't seen the poll before or I hadn't bothered to express a preference (less likely).

[Fritter]

I've abstained because Bluebeard is the only one I've heard, and it's, well, good but not up there with BBK or HOLV stuff. Been wracking my brains/diary to find out why/where I went astray music-wise in the mid-90s, "TripHop" probably. Hope I can still call myself a fan :) awaiting re-issues so I can catch up.

[etc etc]

Oh my, Fritter, many good things await you....I wish I could go back and hear many of these songs for the first time..you are lucky indeed...and I hope that the compilation due to come out has Circling Girl in its Volume release with the 'close encounters of the third kind' guitar intro....and Flock of Soul/Primitive Heart as well as the pink Violane are joys to behold...

[Paul TD]

I've abstained because Bluebeard is the only one I've heard.Oh do come on - you've not heard Frosty The Snowman? You just haven't lived. ;-)

[shimmerfoil]

I hope that the compilation due to come out has Circling Girl in its Volume release with the 'close encounters of the third kind' guitar intro.

One of my favourite CT songs ever. I love it, I love it, I love it!!!

[Fritter]

Oh do come on - you've not heard Frosty The Snowman? You just haven't lived. ;-)


Aiieee! I'd managed to suppress it as a False Memory, and then you had to mention it!!! A shame, because Phil Spector's Christmas Album is still a favourite, and I love Christmas carols. Sometimes, maybe, Humor (sic) does not belong in music.

[Paul TD]

Sorry, sorry, I should have kept it to myself.

How many times have I heard THAT before?

[poplife]

ALICE is one of my favorite CT song !