oooh, spooky...

[Quisquose]

In the spirit of Halloween, which of the Twins' songs strikes you as the "eeriest"? To put it another way, which song do you think sounds most like it belongs to the soundtrack of some really creepy movie? Admittedly the nominees were all chosen rather subjectively by me, but if you have other ideas, post 'em!

[mmmender]

oooh there's a non cocteau (cover) track in there! ;)

btw, all of the tracks i find spooky aren't listed.....in our angelhood and 5 10 50fold

[petroldarling]

i actually don't find most of the cocteau tracks that 'spooky'. some of them i percieve as kind of lonely-sounding, but not really spooky, hahaha i'm odd.

[Quisquose]

Originally posted by mmmender
oooh there's a non cocteau (cover) track in there! ;)

Yeah, I waffled over rather to include strange fruit on the list or not, since it's such an oddity (not to mention the fact that the subject matter is nothing to be taken lightly), but to me it has the most chilling sound.

My second runner up would probably be "the spanglemaker."



btw, all of the tracks i find spooky aren't listed.....in our angelhood and 5 10 50fold

That's really fascinating! I knew people would probably have radically different views on this. I can see 5/10/50fold ( I thought about including it) , but to me Angelhood sounds energetic, driving, and sensual. BTW, I like the really frantic-sounding version on BBC sessions, where Liz does that extra "wo-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh" thing in the background. :D

[mmmender]

angelhood is indeed energetic, but i think it's the whole angry frantic-ness of it that i find eerie.

overall, i think you picked some great options for the polll though.

[E-Lo]

Garlands (the album) is kinda spooky, with all those gothy minor chords -- or as my friend calls them "devil chords"

[dprid]

Originally posted by mmmender
... and 5 10 50fold

That was the very first one I thought of :)

[Pale Clouded]

I think, The Tinderbox (of a heart) is spooky. That's why I like it so much. Also Sunburst and Snowblind.

[ScottL]

Alas Dies Laughing for me. I don't find any realy spooky, but I guess that one is closest.

BTW, it's really tritones not minor chords that have that dark sound on Garlands...the opening chord of Pink Orange Red and Know Who You Are are good examples of minor chords(E minor in both cases actually).

[cerebunny]

Brrrrr....of these I would say Strange Fruit, but the spookiest of all is the song Garlands

Garlands evergreen
Forget-me-not wreaths
Chaplets see me drugged
I could die in the rosary
Die in the rosary
Die in the rosary
Die in the rosary

Creepoid!

[Pale Clouded]

Originally posted by Pale Clouded
Also Sunburst and Snowblind.

OMG! I meant - When Mama Was Moth.

I can't believe I did that.

[iceblink555]

Very timely poll, Quisquose!

Of those listed, I chose Strange Fruit, but Otterley is the one that always leaps to mind for me when I think eerie/spooky CT.

--Alan

[Tinspur]

I don't know of any CT track that could be labeled as "spooky," I commonly refer to the whole of CT's vitae as "moody" or "ethereal."

Strange Fruit is a commonly covered song. Everyone from Sting to Tori Amos (shudder) has done a cover of this famous song about lynching in the south. Hell, I've even done a (bad)cover of Strange Fruit (in the shower, the acoustics were just somethin awful and....) If you'd like to learn more........ (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/feb2002/frut-f08.shtml)

[moffetcat]

I would have voited for Otterley. It reminds me of a dream a friend of mine described to me. She had the dream while listening to Treasure. She was trapped in a stone face - like the cover of Xymox's Medusa - orbiting the earth.

[mmmender]

donimo is pretty spooky too!

[E-Lo]

Originally posted by moffetcat
She was trapped in a stone face - like the cover of Xymox's Medusa - orbiting the earth.

Wow, now that is an image! Or some crazy shiznit! :1pimp:

Just listened to Otterly and have to agree its very spooky. In fact, Treasure overall is quite witchy-poo sounding, isnt it? It is almost like CT at their most goth-Fleetwood Mac

[mmmender]

Originally posted by E-Lo
Wow, now that is an image! Or some crazy shiznit! :1pimp:

Just listened to Otterly and have to agree its very spooky. In fact, Treasure overall is quite witchy-poo sounding, isnt it? It is almost like CT at their most goth-Fleetwood Mac

roflmao

next year perhaps i should goth-up my house and put huge speakers outside to scare the kids with cocteau twins?!

[ResetTwo]

I knew nothing about Strange Fruit until I got the BBC Sessions. The song didn't do much for me but when I read the lyrics... it's probably the first time I cared more about the lyrics than the song.

[iceblink555]

Originally posted by Reset
I knew nothing about Strange Fruit until I got the BBC Sessions. The song didn't do much for me but when I read the lyrics... it's probably the first time I cared more about the lyrics than the song.

Yeah, pretty chilling stuff.

I'd never heard it before BBC Sessions either. Immediately went out and got the Billie Holiday original. I think CT really did the song justice.

--Alan

[Rad]

That's so weird about Strange Fruit being a BH song. I didn't even know it for sure, but I thought "I bet that's a Billy Holiday song!"
Don't know how I was right besides I knew CT liked her.

[noboybands]

Alice!!

[willy]

I'll tell you what puts the shits up me. 'Ooze Out And Away Onehow'. I think of an autumnal park with leaves blowing around and children's swings swaying by themselves but no children; just their ghostly voices as if they once played here but they died many, many years ago and only their ghostly voices may be heard.

Then of course those fucking drum machines and guitars come in and knock you off your scatter cushion.

[chaco75]

I dont find any cocteau song spooky, but the title 'when mama was moth' sort of creeps me out...which is always a good thing

[steven]

I think Seekers sounds like Wuthering Heights

[Pixie]

Originally posted by mmmender
roflmao

next year perhaps i should goth-up my house and put huge speakers outside to scare the kids with cocteau twins?!


I actually downloaded some halloween music from one of the users here in the dials and had it playing outside of my house on halloween night and some of the kids were scared as shit to walk up my walkway to get candy from me!

Bloodbitch startled some of my granola friends.

[steven]

For really cool spooky music, with some childhood lullibies mixed in for odd measure, I highly recommend the English electronica band Pram, especially their "North Pole Radio Station" album.

S,

[sanvean]

i choose "when mama was moth" (very spooky, i think).

"but i'm not" and "strange fruit" are really scary, too.

[Quisquose]

I have reanimated this mouldering, dead thread, in honor of Halloween...

:ghost: :eek: :666:

[postlibyan]

"Strange Fruit" is the only one of those songs that is even vaguley spooky, and i think that's just the lyrics....

PJK

[E-Lo]

For my single track choice, I picked "When Mama Was Moth". I think it is the closest CT ever got to a DCDish sound

[dynamine]

nice one,E.(esp. paris,baines '83)
*ques "when mama was moth"*

[noboybands]

i still think 'alice' is eerie and icy cold and scary as owt dead can dance came out with

'when mama was moth' comes second though, reminds me of driving down dark country lanes on a foggy winter night... brrrrr

[Tinderbox]

I would have voited for Otterley. It reminds me of a dream a friend of mine described to me. She had the dream while listening to Treasure. She was trapped in a stone face - like the cover of Xymox's Medusa - orbiting the earth.


I would of voted Otterley as well. It has that spooky, ghostly feel to it. It always run a chill down my spine.

[4Cc[]]

Alice!!

Yeap. ;-)

[andylama]

I fall into the "When Mama was Moth" camp. Especially the vocals right at the end of the song. VERY spooky to me. I love the song though.

[stumbo]

I don't get a spooky feeling from any CT stuff, but I ALWAYS get a shiverry chill of an unexplainable nature :D

[Quisquose]

:bump:

it's that time of year again...

[spiderlocks]

Blood bitch creeped me out the first time I heard it...but in a good way

[Colin]

I am surprised no one (before me) chose Musette and Drums. I have always thought the layers of guitar feedback in the closing minute of the track must be very close to the sounds in one's brain at the moment of a complete and total breakdown (stem snapping, lobes melting, that sort of melt down. . . .). That's spooky to me.

[ScottL]

Yeah, I was alone choosing Alas Dies Laughing, I think it'd make good 'spooky' music, though I think the Strange Fruit cover is pretty chilling in its own way.

[Ghosty]

I always thought of The Thinner The Air as rather spooky. Not that it scares me but the music gives me this mental picture of a dark, freezing polar night, and when Liz' voice comes in, it's so eerie and thin, it sounds like a ghost wandering the icy plains searching for...a lost loved one...or something like that. Sounds a bit corny when you write it down.

Otterley on the other hand is rather sexy...I'd like Liz whispering those French sounds in my ear ANYTIME...

[mike_mhg]

I've always found Pepper Tree to be a bit other-worldy.

[Chora]

roflmao

next year perhaps i should goth-up my house and put huge speakers outside to scare the kids with cocteau twins?!

I have done it when I was living with my parents in Philly, kids found it weird, some of them didn't even bother to ring our door bell.

[Chora]

When Mama was Moth, I find that song a bit creepy. I always thought this song is perfect for a Horror flick soundtrack, even the title alone makes me wonder.

[louis1st]

Shallow Then Halo is pretty spooky

[lucynow]

Pepper-Tree

:ghost:

[mgedoux]

how are you

[lucynow]

Bonjour mgedoux

Comment allez vous

Hope you enjoy it here!

:welcome:

[spiderlocks]

Just listend to " Need-Fire" I found that to be a bit spooky also

[kookaburra]

Ya'll are a buncha fraidy cats.

[silvershake]

I don't know of any CT track that could be labeled as "spooky," I commonly refer to the whole of CT's vitae as "moody" or "ethereal."

Strange Fruit is a commonly covered song. Everyone from Sting to Tori Amos (shudder) has done a cover of this famous song about lynching in the south. Hell, I've even done a (bad)cover of Strange Fruit (in the shower, the acoustics were just somethin awful and....) If you'd like to learn more........ (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/feb2002/frut-f08.shtml)
Must disagree as Tori's version was from the heart and not a direct copy {ala Bauhaus's Ziggy Stardust type of thing}
I was told by my closest friends that my fav music would never be "mainstream" but Teardrops and Professional Widow both reached number one even though they weren't strictly on the pulse of the music they produced prove they COULD be mainstream if they really wanted to be but they did their thing for the love of their music and to please themselve's first !!
Just my opionion that could be well off the mark !! :help:

[noboybands]

:bump:

it's that time of year again...

indeed it is and i was thinking about halloween parties (not that we're having one or going to one) and what music i'd put on a cd for it - my first thought was 'alice', my second 'dawn of the iconoclast' by dcd, 'tubular bells' by mike oldfield, some gregorian chant (ever heard any that wasn't inherently scary?)... and then i run out of ideas... apart from 'barbie girl'

[Quisquose]

:bump:

Mua ha ha ha....

I wonder what our most recent members think -- do any CT songs give you the creeps?

[aeonaside]

I actually haven't heard "Speak No Evil"...
what is that on?
Me go research.

When Mama Was Moth by far

[Quisquose]

It's on certain copies of Garlands that include 4 Peel session songs. I don't think they're rare, per se, but they take a little extra looking to find.

[aeonaside]

It's on certain copies of Garlands that include 4 Peel session songs. I don't think they're rare, per se, but they take a little extra looking to find.
ah yes... is that the only thing it's on?

[Quisquose]

Yep, I believe so.

[Fritter]

Grail Overfloweth gives me the screaming abdabs. I love it.

[aeonaside]

Grail Overfloweth gives me the screaming abdabs. I love it.
OH MY GOTH

[seagirrl]

Grail Overfloweth gives me the screaming abdabs. I love it.

Ha! It's one of my favourites.

[elisa]

Strange Fruit is my spookiest pic, followed closely by Blood Bitch, Speak No Evil, and When Mama Was Moth. I'm wondering why Dear Heart and The Hollow Men were not included. I find those very spooky as well.

[dprid]

Strange Fruit is my spookiest pic, followed closely by Blood Bitch, Speak No Evil, and When Mama Was Moth. I'm wondering why Dear Heart and The Hollow Men were not included. I find those very spooky as well.
Probably because when this poll was started we were on an older version of the forum software and you could only have a maximum of 16 options in a poll.

[Rascuache]

Strange Fruit is spooky the way liz sings it.

[moeism]

these songs are all of my favourites. I guess that goes to say I love spooky cocteauness

[aeonaside]

these songs are all of my favourites. I guess that goes to say I love spooky cocteauness

OHMYGOTH

[moeism]

oh except that track from victorialand, although it may be the most tolerable out of the album

[ossian]

Perhaps Some Other Scary Aeon

[kinty]

I just voted for 'When mama was moth' and i see am not alone. However the spookiest CT track isn't there......'Grail Overfloweth' by a country mile..and i LOVE it !!!!

[Quisquose]

Grail Overfloweth is a good one. I only really "discovered" that I liked it recently. That repetetive, droning guitar line is kind of hypnotic.

[gustav]

"But I'm Not" for me ... one of my favourites in my Goth Teenager Days.

[smutley]

hmmm, not so sure about 'spooky'... certain tracks do make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up though... I'm thinking particularly Musette and Drums + Pink Orange Red... does that qualify as spooky? anyone else get that?

[Alternative]

I think Song to the Siren should be up there even though it is not considered a CT song. Has the most atmostpheric. I think This Mortal Coil probably has the majority of "spooky" songs though.

What about Lazy Calm? And The Thinner the Air and Red Orange Pink are good ones.

[Nanite]

My Hue and Cry, Oomingmak and Otterley

[kinty]

I think Song to the Siren should be up there even though it is not considered a CT song. Has the most atmostpheric. I think This Mortal Coil probably has the majority of "spooky" songs though.

What about Lazy Calm? And The Thinner the Air and Red Orange Pink are good ones.


Lazy Calm ? Spooky ? I wouldn't describe it is spooky....stunningly beautiful maybe, verging on heavenly...i've chosen this for my funeral...sublime !

ps...it's Pink, Orange, Red....not Red, Orange, Pink but it couldn't possibly matter !

[Rondel]

the only ct song that makes the hair on my arms stand and a tingle run up my spine would have to be "Alice"

Talking about beating a Dead Horse....OMG!!!!

[rufusmtvern]

Grail Overfloweth gives me the screaming abdabs. I love it.

That's a great choice! I think Rococo is pretty ominous too...

[mmmender]

:bump:

I'm bumping this thread for Halloween!

[Ghosty]

Okay...it's not on the list but the first creepy CT song that springs to mind this time around is Shallow Then Halo. Especially the intro, with that ominous bassline and Liz' hushed vocals.

[elisa]

Creepy Cocteaus:

When Mama Was Moth
Strange Fruit
Blood Bitch
The Hollow Men
Speak No Evil
Tinderbox of a Heart
But I'm Not
Quisquose (creepy simply for it's juxtaposition of Liz's most gut-wrenching, dissonant vocals, and sweet, melodic chorus)

[DJ SMITHMIX]

The Clifford mix of "Wax & Wane" is pretty spooky also.
Happy Halloween!

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NP: Bewitched Fifth Season

[slur]

voted for Beatrix. Maybe it's the baroque feeling. Spooky but beautiful...

[Tinspur]

I voted for Itchy, but I would also add Hearsay Please, the intro especially.....

[TonyB]

Nothing spooky about any cocteau Twins but Donimo sound slike Christmas

[shoegazr]

"strange fruit" is pretty creepy sounding, but i think the lyrics have a lot to do with it.

[randomrob]

frosty the snowman