Cocteau virginity

[iceblink555]

-When did you lose it?

-How old were you?

-With which song/album?

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)?

-Where were you?

-Who were you with?

-How did it make you feel?

-How did it change your life?

[Phil Lawton]

Icy

I think you'll find that this has been covered at least twice quite recently, mate.

[iceblink555]

My answers:

-1989 (Jan., I think)

-19 yrs. old

-Blue Bell Knoll single

-Was on a Top 40 radio station, during their late-night show where they play all the "weird" stuff they would *never* play during the day.

-Was in the back seat of my cousin's car, cruising around Houston on a Sat. night.

-Was with my cousin and some of her friends.

-Felt like I was hearing a voice from another world. Yet it was a voice that sounded so eerily familiar, as though I'd been waiting all my life to hear it. I felt an acute sense of urgency--I *had* to find out who that voice belonged to!

-I would never hear vocals, esp. female vocals, the same way again. The CT provided the soundtrack for the next several years of my life, with the vocals taking on various meanings according to what I was going through at the time. And of course I became obsessed with collecting all their recordings, first on cassette, then CD, then vinyl, then CD-R bootlegs, MP3's.... --Alan

[iceblink555]

Originally posted by Phil Lawton
Icy

I think you'll find that this has been covered at least twice quite recently, mate.

Oops! Guess I shoulda checked first :-/ --Alan

[mmmender]

-When did you lose it? 1983

-How old were you? 14

-With which song/album? garlands

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)? i bought a tape

-Where were you? walking down queen st. in toronto, had it in my walkman

-Who were you with? i was alone

-How did it make you feel? i had to stop and sit down on the curb, i was stunned and amazed.

-How did it change your life? well i think that bit is obvious!

[watchlar]

am i missing some hidden irony in the poll section? is there a private joke going on?

LOL

[Phil Lawton]

am i missing some hidden irony in the poll section? is there a private joke going on?

Yes, Watchy and there's a prize for guessing wha it is, the prize being two weeks in Debaser's underpants.

Second prize is three weeks in Debaser's underpants.

[watchlar]

Originally posted by Phil Lawton


Yes, Watchy and there's a prize for guessing wha it is, the prize being two weeks in Debaser's underpants.

Second prize is three weeks in Debaser's underpants. roflmao roflmao roflmao


HUUUUUUUHHHHHH what are you insinuating...LOL...i don't like him...i don't even like boys...icky blech...*spits*


i had a joke to follow *spits* but it's just way tooooo dirty

[Phil Lawton]

The mind boggles.

[watchlar]

Originally posted by by the sea
watchlar, without spit is way better.
just take it slow. :eek: :eek: :eek: YOU DID NOT!!!!!

[Phil Lawton]

where are those kooky moderators?

Probably somewhere weeping uncontrollably.

[zed]

....1984/5........in a parking lot of a grocery store. with my current girlfriend.........i remember it to have been mulitcolored mulitfoilded? i think that's right. it was on the radio.

at the time i was really preocupied......but i filed it away untill i could look into them further........later.....it was carolynes fingers...(i can never remember how they spell it. with a "y" or and "i".)........ and it too was on the radio.

i was transformed.

elevated.

i think i soiled me knickers.

at least emotionally.

there.
zed:cool:

[kookaburra]

Originally posted by Phil Lawton


Yes, Watchy and there's a prize for guessing wha it is, the prize being two weeks in Debaser's underpants.

Second prize is three weeks in Debaser's underpants.

How does one ensure winning second prize?

[etc etc]

When did you lose it? 1988---a sunny warm day

-How old were you? 23

-With which song/album? Carolyn's Fingers

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)? College radio station wnhu 88.7

-Where were you? Driving in my silver nissan station wagon (good for a big bass amp---acoustic cabinet with 4 yes 4 fifteens)

-Who were you with? All alone

-How did it make you feel? Vibrant, elated, tingly, goosepimply

-How did it change your life? Well, I'm here aren't I?

[mmmender]

Originally posted by kookaburra
How does one ensure winning second prize?

i'll sell you a pair - cheap!

[lake]

Originally posted by iceblink555
-When did you lose it?

-How old were you?

I was 13 (1984)

-With which song/album?

Pearly dewdrops drops

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)?

My friend had accidentaly taped it, it was the 1st track after the top 40 on radio 1

-Where were you?

In my friends room

-Who were you with?

Alone in my mind, but my friend was there too.

-How did it make you feel?

Like i lost all that was going on around me.

Did it change your life?

All my major life events include the Cocteaus music.
My chids conception( i would think!!).
Childbirth.
And i fell in love dancing to Ivo.

[debaser]

Originally posted by mmmender


i'll sell you a pair - cheap!

cheap?! awww...c'mon now.


The only thing i can say about the poll was i first heard them back in about '86. I was at a house party and someone had some music videos on tape. Being really high i can't remember what songs they were, but I do remember Liz's eyes seemed larger than normal...i was mesmerized...almost scared.

[E-Lo]

Cocteau virginity

-When did you lose it?
1987

-How old were you?
14

-With which song/album?
Pink Opaque on cassette

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)?
Tower Records in Westwood, CA

-Where were you?
On an old, stinky RTD (old LA bus system) bus riding home

-Who were you with?
My best friend, after a ~2-hour trek from East Los Angeles. We got CT because a mutual friend (who we thought was so cool for smoking cigarettes) recommended them and Bauhaus!

-How did it make you feel?
Lifted

-How did it change your life?
Permanently for the better :)

[iceblink555]

Originally posted by watchlar
am i missing some hidden irony in the poll section? is there a private joke going on?
LOL

If so, then the joke's on me, cuz I don't know about it javascript:smilie(':confused:')
confused --Alan

[PhillipT]

-When did you lose it?
Fall of '86 or Spring of '87....sadly I don't honestly remember

-How old were you?
~15

-With which song/album?
Wax and Wane on a cassette copy of The Pink Opaque

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)?
My girlfriend at the time played it and then lent it to me.

-Where were you?
At my girlfriends house, skipping school.

-Who were you with?
My girlfriend at the time

-How did it make you feel?
Blown away. Completely related to the sound....

-How did it change your life?
....honestly I'm not sure...I just knew I had to hear everything by this band as soon as I could...

[loomer]

**When did you lose it?
Valentines Day, 1990.

**How old were you?
17

**With which song/album?
The Cure: Disintegration

**Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)?
My own collection.

**Where were you?
Parent's house. Guest room in the basement. (Parents were out of town)

**Who were you with?
The first ever. Satan.

**How did it make you feel?
Weird.

**How did it change your life?
I became a total porn star. Hey, wanna come over later and "watch movies?"

[hiddendoor]

-When did you lose it? 1984

-How old were you? 14

-With which song/album? Ivo/Treasure

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)? LP

-Where were you? Bedroom

-Who were you with? Alone

-How did it make you feel? At peace (and cause I was 14 probably horny, most things did)

-How did it change your life? For the better

[Jeek]

-When did you lose it? Winter 1986

-How old were you? 15

-With which song/album? Victorialand/Little Spacey

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)? CBC Stereo's Brave New Waves

-Where were you? In my bedroom, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

-Who were you with? Myself

-How did it make you feel? Enraptured

-How did it change your life? Gave me another band to obsess about

[keefy]

Originally posted by iceblink555
-When did you lose it?
1988


-How old were you?
20

-With which song/album?
BBK (the album)

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)?
cassette belonging to a special friend

-Where were you?
in my room

-Who were you with?
Michael


-How did it make you feel?
Very satisfied indeed.

-How did it change your life?
Made me realise that you must have the music on a loop while you're having sex.

[loomer]

Good Lord, I'm a moron. My previous post was referring to my losing my sexual virginity. Heh, I'm such a pervert.


Anyhow, my Cocteau Virginity...

When did you lose it? ...1990

How old were you? ...17

With which song/album? ...Heaven or Las Vegas/Heaven or Las Vegas

Where did it come from? ...radio

Where were you? ...in my car

Who were you with? ...just me

How did it make you feel? ...dazed and gazed

How did it change your life? ...improved, beautified

[ScottL]

Hmmm...musta missed this first time thru..

-When did you lose it? 95 or so

-How old were you? 22 or so

-With which song/album? Victorialand

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)? borrowed CD

-Where were you? friend's house in KC, Mo.

-Who were you with? the friend that gave me the CD

-How did it make you feel? pleasant

-How did it change your life? slowly but surely

[sanvean]

-When did you lose it? 2001

-How old were you? 24

-With which song/album? blue bell knoll (song)

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)? mp3

-Where were you? working at a ciber-cafe

-Who were you with? just customers

-How did it make you feel? great. i loved that song.

-How did it change your life? well, it actually change my day only.

[ped]

I think I was first exposed when I picked up a CT CD at a Half-Price Books store about 8-10 years ago and bought it (Heaven or Las Vegas). The first song off the CD that really grabbed me was 'Cherry-Colored Funk' and I knew I was on to something not of the standard fare. Another excellent group I found the same way was Shamen (their Boss Drum CD).

[paulr]

Well Im convinced that I (with maybe 400-500 0thers) saw the Twins at a music fest in Grangemouth or Falkirk one summers day (summer in Scotland = light drizzle) maybe 79 or 80 - does anyone know if they ever did such a thing ??

If not then it has to be the ill-fated 'Whatever you want' (I think - hosted by him (Keith Allen ??) out of the Comic Strip, as this shy wee lassie introduced herself then went on to do a nervous but powerful appearance. After that it was John Peel until the 1st vinyl was released.

I used to be in a kind of music version of a Book Group and the Twins got panned by the others in it and I dont think anyone else in the group ever got into the twins - but their loss !!

While I have liked many bands throughout my life, I have and still do worship the beauty that is the Cocteaus - and it never ages, always seems to be fresh and in touch - I just wish there was some way that they could release more stuff.

[REPLICESS]

1983

Aged 15

John Peel (Radio 1) radio show, it was around 10.30pm & the track was "Grail Overfloweth"

Was in bed (my sisters were in the room asleep - it was a school night) wearing headphones.

Instant goosbumps & palpatations.

Couldn't sleep after!

"Garlands" released shortly after & bought it immediately.
Wrote to Liz the same day, sent it to 4ad - got a reply from her the following week.

Enriched my life, my record collection & fuelled my passion for music.

[Tinspur]

I think I mentioned this in a prevoius thread, but....


It was the Spring of 1996, I was 21, with a spring in my step, having just read about the Cocteau Twins in The Trouser Press Guide (Ira Robbins, get bent :moon: ) and was intrigued. After hearing similar positive feedback from a friend of mine, I went to the Camelot Music store around the corner and found the Bluebeard single/EP; enchanted by it's unusual cover, I decided to buy it and took it home to give it a listen. Ice-Pulse struck a nerve instantly and from there, I slowly began to develop a taste in their music, culminating in critical cocteau mass in 2002.

[Pietro]

-When did you lose it?
1994

-How old were you?
22

-With which song/album?
Blue Bell Knoll Album

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)?
A cassete given by a friend of mine (he still is one of my best friends)

-Where were you?
Before - I really don't remember
After - In paradise

-Who were you with?
Alone. CT always was a lonely pleasure to me. Please don't call me selfish ... I always wanted to love someone and have the reference of the CT sound ... don't ask me how!! I wouldn't know how to answer.

-How did it make you feel?
In love. I don't know for what/whom.

-How did it change your life?
It didn't. I'm still pursuing a new way to be happy.

[Ghosty]

-When did you lose it? 1984

-With which song? Pearly Dewdrops' Drops video.

-How old were you? 17

-Where were you? Living room of my parents house.

-Who were you with? Probably my mom.

-How did it make you feel? Sort of melancholic. I never felt like that before and I kind of liked it.

-How did it change your life? It didn't, that came later when I heard the Treasure album. That totally changed my view on what music could be and what it could do for you.

[robin guthrie]

Originally posted by paulr
Well Im convinced that I (with maybe 400-500 0thers) saw the Twins at a music fest in Grangemouth or Falkirk one summers day (summer in Scotland = light drizzle) maybe 79 or 80 - does anyone know if they ever did such a thing ??


nah...

[paulr]

Thanks Robin - it had been bugging me for years as to whether it was you guys or not !! - the longer it went on the more convinced I became. Why the hell there was a music fest in Grangemouth (or why I went) is another puzzler though ........ my only previous experience/knowledge of Grangemouth was the Lea Park on a Sunday night

[fornasetti]

-When did you lose it? 1983.

-With which song? In The Gold Dust Rush (Head Over Heels).

-How old were you? 19.

-Where were you? My mother's place.

-Who were you with? No-one.

-How did it make you feel? Ecstatic. Adrenaline rush. Head trip. I can't believe what I'm hearing. This is amazing. Thank you Robert Plant for the tip-off.

-How did it change your life? The CT became an obsession. I collected everything available and listened to almost nothing else for months on end.

[E-Lo]

Originally posted by fornasetti
-When did you lose it? 1983.
-With which song? In The Gold Dust Rush (Head Over Heels).

I love this song. What a cool way to be deflowered -- and when that sound was recently unreleashed!

Robert Plant tip-off? Do tell more!

[fornasetti]

LOL I didn't mean to imply any sexual contact with Mr Plant, E-Lo !

He was the first person I can recall who was talking excitedly about the CT. It was in a glossy music mag (probably 83) that I can't recall the name of. He was answering the Q : so, what are you listening to these days ? He said something along the lines of : the CT are one of the most exciting new things around.

This was about a year after he played a Bulgarian folk song in "My Top 12" with Andy Peebles on Radio 1. Crazee !

The old feller certainly knows good music. He even did a version of Song To The Siren on his last album.

[spanglemaker]

[B]-When did you lose it? 1981, very first time I heard them was through a crazy scottish uncle from Grangemouth(his name is Charles Cady if you recognize him fukka, he later moved to Preswick). He had returned from a visit there and said...there are these kids..at the local night club... something like that but unfortunately I was only 9 and was not interested. I later heard them again when I was 14 and had to catch my breath.

-How old were you? when I lost it.. 9 when I was interested 14

-With which song/album? dunno, Will Heggie was still with them when I first heard them, the second time it was Ella Megalast Burls Forever

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)? recorded live from a groupie, and second time I was with my uncle rene in his car..I think it was a cd he had just bought

-Where were you?In Monterrey California on the warf, my uncle decided to take us fishing, I had a migrane and I told him to shut it off and take me home unfortunately :(
-Who were you with? Uncle Chuck and Uncle Rene

-How did it make you feel? The first time uninterested, the second time.. I stopped, wrapped myself around the speaker it was blaring out of and just held my breath for a little bit and then was totally in love

-How did it change your life? Through all the crap life I was living, it finally gave me an exit out of it. I listened and I was free for the moment and of course I would pay closer attention to the chord changes and became madly inlove with guitar noises and started playing:guitar:

[dynamine]

:clap:
Hi Shells,
hope all is well.

[spanglemaker]

allo Ross! allo is well. I am now a Dago granola freak :)

[robin guthrie]

Originally posted by paulr
Thanks Robin - it had been bugging me for years as to whether it was you guys or not !! - the longer it went on the more convinced I became. Why the hell there was a music fest in Grangemouth (or why I went) is another puzzler though ........ my only previous experience/knowledge of Grangemouth was the Lea Park on a Sunday night

seem to remember william heggie's wedding was at the leapark......

[mmmender]

wonder what will is up to these days.

[dynamine]

Originally posted by spanglemaker
allo Ross! allo is well. I am now a Dago granola freak :)

a WHAT???
LOL,how is the whole SD gig...wanna go to the Zoo sometime??
it's so awesome at night.

girl,you're only 2 hrs. away,let's meet up again.We'll find
another "pump house". roflmao

try to come up on the 23rd. for "Violaine".Bethany Curve is
playing,and next month...The Autumns...woo-hoo!
drop a line kid.

-Ross

[Ghosty]

The intro to the 12" version of Pearly Dewdrops kills me aswell. There was a time I liked this bit better than the actual song.
BTW, is this the first recording of Liz using her high (falsetto?) voice?
:confused:

[Ghosty]

Also, the first seconds of Ivo, just Liz and guitars before the drums kick in. This list could go on for a while.

[Ghosty]

The last two posts should obviously have been on the That moment kills me thread. Where is my mind?:confused:

[dreemkill]

-When did you lose it? 2000-ish

-How old were you? 20-ish

-With which song/album? Sugar Hiccup, and I Wear Your Ring

-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)? MP3 (*gasp*) sent by a friend i knew only online, from Massachusettes.

-Where were you? Bedroom

-Who were you with? Alone

-How did it make you feel? indescribable

-How did it change your life? made me a happier person.

[Francisco]

-When did you lose it? In the 1989th austral spring.
-How old were you? 17.
-With which song/album? When Mama Was Moth and Five Ten Fifty-Fold.
-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)? A friend lent me a cassette. (I've not seen that guy since a lot of years to give him thanks).
-Where were you? In my home. I don't remember exactly if in my room or in the living.
-Who were you with? Maybe my brothers were in home, but I was alone hearing those strange new worlds in music.
-How did it make you feel? I felt only vaguely dazzled for that strange dark atmosphere. I've got no clear conscience of how I felt. Even nowadays.
-How did it change your life? I don't know exactly, but I think my life would be very different without Cocteaus music.

[Symphony]

-When did you lose it? (don't laugh plz) 2002
-How old were you? 15 going on 16
-With which song/album? Cherry-coloured funk / HOLV
-Where did it come from (borrowed CD, radio, tv, etc.)? it was a miracle... i still don't understand how it was everything, i just know that one day was there, in the middle of my shared folder
-Where were you? looking like a zombie the screen
-Who were you with? alone
-How did it make you feel? just like when u found something u lost long time ago and u finally find it
-How did it change your life? not just change my life, also change my life's soundtrack

[iceblink555]

Andrea, that's cool how CCFunk just magically appeared in your MP3 folder!

BTW, did you notice that your post happens to come right after the reply of one of our other Chilean members, Francisco?

--Alan

[Ketamine]

I can only add to this thread that i have fulfilled my ultimate fantasy lisrening to CT. I can now die a happy man. )

[Phil Lawton]

Originally posted by Ketamine
I can only add to this thread that i have fulfilled my ultimate fantasy lisrening to CT. I can now die a happy man. )

Blimey, Ket...and there was I doubting that the occasion would ever arise when you, a polar bear, Michael Aspel and thirteen gallons of "Blue Nun" would ever be in the same room.

Well done, that man.

[Symphony]

Originally posted by iceblink555
Andrea, that's cool how CCFunk just magically appeared in your MP3 folder!

BTW, did you notice that your post happens to come right after the reply of one of our other Chilean members, Francisco?

--Alan

YA! I noticed!
btw, I almost erased that MP3, but I didn't :D

[multymfoiled]

-When did you lose it? 1988
-How old were you? 16.
-With which song/album? Sugar Hiccup
-Where did it come from? Heard it on the radio -- WFNX, 101.7 in Boston
-Where were you? In my bed room
-Who were you with? no one.
-How did it make you feel? Mesmerized. I remember stopping reading and just staring at the stereo.
-How did it change your life? I'm here, aren't I?

[iceblink555]

Originally posted by Symphony

btw, I almost erased that MP3, but I didn't :D

Kind of a weird sign of the times when your first "record" by your favorite band is just a bunch of ones and zeros on a computer hard drive, huh?!

--Alan

[Ghosty]

Well, it used to be just a long, spiral scratch in vinyl.
But at least you got to have the sleeve.

[Symphony]

Originally posted by iceblink555
Kind of a weird sign of the times when your first "record" by your favorite band is just a bunch of ones and zeros on a computer hard drive, huh?!

--Alan

It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine ;))