best HOLV track?

[mmmender]

which HOLV track do you think is the best?

[someotherian]

one vote for the title track as i type this. wonder who...! ;)

though i will admit my choice was fairly predictable, as 'who' will know. though i would have voted for two if i could.

[mmmender]

one vote for the the track 'road river and rail' as i type this. wonder who...! ;)

(the mother's daughter strikes again!) :D

[someotherian]

so you know my fave.. but it's a tough one cos pitch the baby is another big fave from this album. even though i think the Select 'Red Tape' version is better. anyone else (apart from you leesa) agree?

[mmmender]

as you said....you already know that i prefer the select red tape version......but i just wanted to let you know (in reference to your signature)......that men aren't actually from earth.....they're just faking it!!:D

btw, if any of you unfortunate souls haven't heard the select red tape version i've got it available for download (mp3) along with a few other little gems.......

picth the baby (select red tape version)
sixteen days - gathering dust (this mortal coil)
ivo (alternate version)

all 3 mp3's are on the same page, located here (http://www.cocteautwins.org/pitchalternate.html)
ENJOY!!!:)

[watchlar]

Originally posted by someotherian
even though i think the Select 'Red Tape' version is better. anyone else (apart from you leesa) agree?

I love both versions of pitch the baby...although the Red Tape version...that dramatic vocal drop off....wow...gets me every time...i get chills....

W

[steven]

This is an insanely difficult question. I give a vote for 'I wear your ring', although I think ALL 10 tracks on HLV are brilliant.

s.

[Phil Lawton]

I voted for "Frou-Frou" - for me, it sums the band up. The whole mood swings from deep melancholy to the heights of ecstacy and everywhere in between.

[zed]

MMM............


i nominate the title.........aww,
never mind....lol!


phil........phrou phrou phoxes! really!

thought you'd be an Iceblink Luck kinda guy..!


:) Z

[spanglemaker]

mmmender is that Gordon Sharp from McBeth I hear in the backgroud to 16 days? thank you hadn't heard that track in forver...had forgotten all about it.

[dynamine]

FOTZEPOLITIC

[REPLICESS]

I opted for 'Iceblink Luck' as well, it's my fav!

I can remember the first time I heard '16 Days' - I fell in love and got goosebumps all over. Still listen to it regularly.

[loomer]

Road, River and Rail.

[Jeek]

Originally posted by dynamine
FOTZEPOLITIC

I'm with you on this one!:D

[willy]

Originally posted by gkjsooley
I'm with you on this one!:D

Ditto. A big, bouncy, huge boobs of a song. Very sexy.

[icesore]

for sure... CCF always my fave track in HOLV. :tongue:

[hiddendoor]

A toss up between I wear your ring and Frou-frou for me. Frou-frou just wins though cause it gives me the biggest chills especially the bit where the drums and swirls kick in at about 1min49sec in

[sanvean]

i wear your ring.

all songs on the album are great, but this one is really beautiful.

[Tinspur]

Cherry-Coloured Funk!!!!!!!

Cherry-Coloured Funk is your champion, your hero!!!!!!

http://www.wwe.com/images/standard-repository/1251478

[E-Lo]

pitch the
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/images/content/careers/baby.jpg

[dannen]

Originally posted by Phil Lawton
I voted for "Frou-Frou" - for me, it sums the band up. The whole mood swings from deep melancholy to the heights of ecstacy and everywhere in between.

granted this is an old thread but since it popped up again.....
i'm totally w/ Phil.

Frou-Frou is my all time fav CT song. complete distilled CT, 180 proof.

[Pale Clouded]

Originally posted by Tinspur
Cherry-Coloured Funk!!!!!!!

Cherry-Coloured Funk is your champion, your hero!!!!!!

http://www.wwe.com/images/standard-repository/1251478

crying Why? crying

[fornasetti]

It's road river and rail by a long, long way. In fact, such a long way that you couldn't get there by any form of public transport.

[Ghosty]

FOTZEPOLITIC!!!
One of my favourite overall CT tracks. Such a sweet song with such a nasty title (fotze means "cunt" in German, I wonder if Liz was aware of this).

[lo-fi]

ROAD,RIVER AND RAIL

[Brett]

Originally posted by lo-fi
ROAD,RIVER AND RAIL

Ditto that. Very mature songwriting. Eerie atmosphere.

[Baddy2shoos]

probably between frou frou and heaven or las vegas

[thoughtstv]

Hello everyone, i am new to this forum, and i pick "I wear your ring".

[Symphony]

too difficult...way too difficult
anyway it depends on how I feel...by now Fotzepolitic is the one

[Pale Clouded]

Originally posted by thoughtstv
Hello everyone, i am new to this forum, and i pick "I wear your ring".

Hello there! :) Please stop by the Newbie (http://www.cocteautwinsforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=13) section and tell us about yourself...

[Ghosty]

Originally posted by Symphony
too difficult...way too difficult
anyway it depends on how I feel...by now Fotzepolitic is the one
Way to go Symphony, thats my favourite aswell (at the moment).

I must say that this thread has made me listen to the entire album for the first time in years in stead of just the three or so songs that I really liked, and so right now the entire album's my favourite. Even the songs that sort of got on my nerves when HOLV was released, like I Wear Your Ring, Wolf In The Breast and Fifty Fifty Clown.
this is there most balanced and 'happy' album ever released.

[Angel]

Coming a bit late on this one, but I nominate "Road, river and rail"
Just something you guys might enjoy: as I was listening to this is real one player one of those windows popped up for Rhapsody and one of the little blurbs about CT said "Robin Guthrie once told MTV's Dave Kendall that amphetamines are his inspiration for making beautiful music."

[dynamine]

and fine wine too!

care for a toast?
;)

[dprid]

Very difficult choice because for me there isn't really a stand-out track - it's a very consistent album. As I have to make a choice however I'll go for Pitch The Baby, but it could quite easily be different on another day - Cherry-Coloured Funk, Fifty-Fifty Clown & HoLV were very close.

[Baba O'Reilly]

Road River and Rail.

[Symphony]

maybe in another CD i can choose my favorite one.. but in HOLV is almost impossible :rolleyes:

[iceblink555]

Same here, Symphony.

--Alan

[Pale Clouded]

None of them!......okay, maybe the last two, but that's it........:tongue:

[Synesthesia]

Originally posted by GhostFace
FOTZEPOLITIC!!!
One of my favourite overall CT tracks. Such a sweet song with such a nasty title (fotze means "cunt" in German, I wonder if Liz was aware of this).

I was, as my German friend seems to be teaching me alll the dirty bad words in German
*loves that song*
the texture of it and the way her voice sounds *happy melting*

[floatboat]

between i wear your ring and fotzepolitic

went for i wear your ring 'cos it's just so yummy and gets me whatever mood i'm in

[Moya xx]

HOLV :smitten:

[Thackeray]

This is an insanely difficult question. I give a vote for 'I wear your ring', although I think ALL 10 tracks on HLV are brilliant.

s.


ditto here

[Barbazul]

HOLV is trascendental in every song and in every way, but I have to choose one: I wear your ring, specialy the live version... I always wondered how this kind of songs (main vocal and choir) would be sung live and I was nicely surprised the first time I listened to the live version with Liz singing parts of the choir and parts of the main vocal blended beautifuly, but hey! who can ignore the Fifty-Fifty Clown BBC version?!! nobody I think.

[Chora]

Road, River Rail. There a lot going on in that song but yet minimal. I have played that song over and over. The line "...so embarrased, I am not sure...." <sigh> that lines just makes me sad. I do think about my Mother and my three sisters when I hear it.

[kaini]

I think I might get crucified for this, but I don't like HOLV. When it was released, I was 20 ans had been listening to CT for 7 years. I had thought BBK had reached what I considered being the best accomplishment in pop. I enjoyed it a lot (especially BBK, the Itchy, Elle Megalasts). But that was it.
So when HOLV came out, I knew, right from a first look at the cover that something had changed. On the whole, the music seemed flat and devoid of soul. It was not pleasant to listen to, but it gave me the impression they had recorded this album as fast as possible in order to get rid of their 4AD record deal. Which they actually did soon after. At that moment, I thought my love affair with CT was over. And it's been. Until out of nostalgia (and hidden fidelity) I decided to listen to the new 1993 album 4CC. And there were moments (like the vocals Know who you are, summer blink, and pur) that gave me that pleasure I had lost with HOLV. To me MILK & KISSES was a strongest sign of recovery.

So, don't shoot me people, but to me, HOLV is monochromatic - it uses a very limited range of sounds. Some songs are really bad: Wolf-in the Breast and Foztpolitics , some acceptable: I wear your ring, road , rivers and rail. But the only outstanding track to me is 50 / 50 clown which invariably gives me the goose pimples.
On the opposite, I always skip Heaven or Las Vegas (the track) as I find it caricaturaly poppish, Liz' vocals are loud and without nuance and the rhythmic session is one of the worst possible in those years. Very Akward.

I might have lost friend by now. But I was just being honest. Sorry.

[kookaburra]

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[kaini]

Talking from the afterlife

So, is this what you get from being honest?
I thought we could be friends, Coffy


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[kookaburra]

Honesty is revealing one's true feelings, thoughts, etc. when doing so would be of benefit to the audience. Otherwise it is merely guff.

[kaini]

I was just suggested to give my opinion.
I sometimes feel bad for not loving this album. Hard as I tried, I never managed. Should I have kept this secret?

There are worse and more annoying things in the world than just a quidam saying he doesn't like HOLV. A mere trifle before the great scheme of things.

[kookaburra]

There are worse and more annoying things in the world than just a quidam saying he doesn't like HOLV.

Not at the moment.

[spiderlocks]

FOTZEPOLITIC!!!!!

[mike_mhg]

I think I might get crucified for this, but I don't like HOLV.
Pass the nails.

I'm partial to Frou Frou..., but I love most of 'em.

[cico]

I went for Cherry-coloured Funk, because its the track that Ive listened to, oh i dont know, over 1000 times or whatever, and i still hear new stuff in there, also the way the vocals are multi-tracked on there is so amazing and it still makes me cry if i listen to it loud on my own. Its the track that would be my desert island disc selection - the one you choose at the end as 'the' one track - its just the best thing ever, and i mean ever (for me).

[Nakedprey]

The only tracks on that album that are remotely flawed are "Cherry Coloured Fund" and "Frou Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires." Everything else is equal in its greatness. I guess "Fifty Fifty Clown" is ultimately my favorite. But it's hard to say.

[4CC]

Road, River and Rail closely followed by Frou-Frou.. and Heaven Or.. for me. But its all good!

[kookaburra]

Yeah, I change mine to RR&R.

[Pale Clouded]

Kookaburra!

Oh..sorry...wrong thread....

[kookaburra]

Bitch! Imo slap you with my big pink purse!

[Pale Clouded]

Bitch! Imo slap you with my big pink purse!

crying

Don't forget to take off your tiara first....

[kookaburra]

OK, but I'm not taking off my spangled leather poncho or my elevator shoes.

[chased]

Iceblink luck only got 5 votes... damn, that's such a brilliantly constructed song.

[rosenkranz]

frou-frou foxes was always something really special for me!

[Mackey]

Fotzepolitic is one of my all-times. :bye:

[kookaburra]

Fotzepolitic is one of my all-times.

Me, too. I just love ABBA.