Have you ever been punished for listening to CocteauTwins' music?

[Thackeray]

If you have recieved scorning, ridicule, or persecution in any manner or degree please share.

[Quisquose]

Oh lord... how much time you got?

[Thackeray]

Name the most consequential episode.

[Quisquose]

Well, here's one - around 1989/90 I was taking a drawing class at a local community college, and the teacher (a very cool guy) encouraged everyone to take turns bringing in music to listen to. Well, when it was my turn, I brought in Blue Bell Knoll. You would have thought I was making them listen to Lawrence Welk polkas or something! They just turned up their noses and made snide comments and kept asking "what is she saying?". They just could not get past that. I was excited to share it with people, but by the time it was over with I was completely disheartened and practically in tears.

I've had similar experiences with friends and family over the years. If they're polite they just won't express any enthusiasm. At worst they'll say things like "it sounds like somebody having surgery without anesthesia". My ex-roommate referred to it as "whale music". So now I pretty much keep it to myself! (Though it's understood that if you ride in my car you gotta listen to it and keep your mean comments to yourself!)

[by the sea]

I tend to stay away from people who question my judgement. If they do, I'm like "shut up or get out".

[watchlar]

i was punished in april around coachella time :rolleyes:

[mmmender]

my friends used to tell me off for listening to cocteau twins too much but i've never been "punished" for my choice in music. my friends know better now and they just keep their mouths shut!

[Thackeray]

I was on leave time from the ARMY and had finished recording One of These Days in an 80's fashion in my folks grarage with some locals and decided to share some great music I had picked up while stationed in Germany. That was Treasure. Everyone scowled,"Ew" this and that when Les my adopted father swung open the front door yelling loudly, "Shut off that music! Everbody go home!" He looked at me and said," I can't believe you are listening to such SHIT!!!"

I thought it was among the most beautiful music I had ever heard.

[Thackeray]

:no: :whip: :666: :matrix: :jawdrop: :headbutt: :spank: :lame: :argue: :fight: :shoot: Btw...

Are there any CT Fans here who would like to be Punished????????

[by the sea]

Yes, just not by you.

[kookaburra]

I know.

[kaini]

I was on leave time from the ARMY and had finished recording One of These Days in an 80's fashion in my folks grarage with some locals and decided to share some great music I had picked up while stationed in Germany. That was Treasure. Everyone scowled,"Ew" this and that when Les my adopted father swung open the front door yelling loudly, "Shut off that music! Everbody go home!" He looked at me and said," I can't believe you are listening to such SHIT!!!"

I thought it was among the most beautiful music I had ever heard.

Then "Treasure" was the most appropriate title for this album.
It's good when you find something that is utterly and forever right for you. Nevermind the others. You can't be punished. Nobody can steal that pleasure from you.

[by the sea]

If you're looking for a man around here, you can fucking forget it.

[Thackeray]

Yes, just not by you.


not to worry sage...your mind is far to freudian/gestalt for me to absorb into reality.

[kookaburra]

If you're looking for a man around here, you can fucking forget it.

I know.

[Thackeray]

If you're looking for a man around here, you can fucking forget it.


I needn't for I am one. Wonderful ladies this forum, yes.

[starhopper]

Well, I've been subjected to the pleasure of a riding crop while BBK was playing... does that count? I was wearing a corset and black thigh high patent leather boots.

[Thackeray]

Well, I've been subjected to the pleasure of a riding crop while BBK was playing... does that count? I was wearing a corset and black thigh high patent leather boots.


Only if you have a photo to share of the temporal juxtaposition. crying

[dynamine]

I'll never know.
interesting.

[starhopper]

Only if you have a photo to share of the temporal juxtaposition. crying
sorry, no film of the event... :bum::whip:

[Chora]

When I was asked to bring music tapes for a five hours drive, I brought all Cocteau Twins tapes, Prince "Lovesexy", Kate Bush "The WHole Story" and George Michael "Listen Without Prejudice." everyone in the van (9 radical queens)were not happy with my choice of tapes except for one friend. I was made fun of throughout the ride and they were imitating Liz's voice. Arrrgh!

It was so beautiful to listen to "Cico Buff" and see the sun go down.

Those were my activism days......ACT UP fight back!

[kookaburra]

Thackeray, have you been listening to Cocteau Twins again? Bad boy! Now you get down on your knees and beg my forgiveness or you will die in a rosary!

http://www.thebettiepage.com/images/bettie_page_whip.jpg

[kookaburra]

Leesa, if you play Melonella one...more...time I'm gonna turn your ass pink orange red.

http://www.bettiepage.com/images/photos/bondage/bondage19.jpg

[kookaburra]

Any more of you Cocteau Twins freaks up for a good calfskin smack?

http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/womn/pinup/monroe_3/page_3/page_3_full/bettie_page_whip.jpg

[kookaburra]

Sage?

http://www.thebettiepage.com/potd/potd.jpg

[kookaburra]

I'm sorry! I didn't mean to open my re-masters boxed set!

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[kookaburra]

I'll get to you in a moment, Dynagirl.

http://www.bettypage.us/betty1/bettycruel.jpg

[Jeek]

Yup. "Why do you listen to that shit. She can't fuckin' sing. Fuckin' 4AD crap!"

"She sounds like she's in pain, like a sick animal."

[Thackeray]

sorry, no film of the event... :bum::whip:


If I'm ever in the area maybe we could re-enact for a photo shoot amoung other things...

oh yeah, you owe me a movie!

[fredofla]

Leesa, if you play Melonella one...more...time I'm gonna turn your ass pink orange red.

http://www.bettiepage.com/images/photos/bondage/bondage19.jpg



crying crying crying


http://www.20six.de/pub/voodooqueen1/Barbwire_02.jpg

[andylama]

Never been punished for lovin' CT music.

My dad once called it "cute", and a college friend called it "Gothic nightmare music", but punishment, no.

I will accept no punishment for my tastes.

[mmmender]

Leesa, if you play Melonella one...more...time I'm gonna turn your ass pink orange red.

http://www.bettiepage.com/images/photos/bondage/bondage19.jpg
spank me, it's one of my faves, i have no choice, HIT ME!

[fredofla]

everytime i play CT i can feel a sinister dagger or two from my beloved.

yeah.....there's a BIG FREAKIN RIFT.

should i leave him?

[mmmender]

definitely fred. that's grounds for a divorce if you ask me!

[fredofla]

definitely fred. that's grounds for a divorce if you ask me!


oh dear, you may be right.....

[starhopper]

everytime i play CT i can feel a sinister dagger or two from my beloved.

yeah.....there's a BIG FREAKIN RIFT.

should i leave him?
That's the first question I ask, "Do you like the Cocteau Twins?" Followed quickly by, "Do you own a riding crop?"

[starhopper]

If I'm ever in the area maybe we could re-enact for a photo shoot amoung other things...

oh yeah, you owe me a movie!
I do owe you a movie, but I thought it was going out to the movies, not making one of our own. :666:

[andylama]

That's the first question I ask, "Do you like the Cocteau Twins?" Followed quickly by, "Do you own a riding crop?"
Are you available? :smitten:

Kidding, though cute you are.

Talking like Yoda I am.

Stop now I must.

[andylama]

everytime i play CT i can feel a sinister dagger or two from my beloved.

yeah.....there's a BIG FREAKIN RIFT.

should i leave him?
Uh oh. Not good.

I mean, it would be one thing if my partner was indifferent to CT, but "sinister daggers"? That's a problem.

[mmmender]

starhopper, don't you mean "do you own a riding crop and a ball gag?"

[andylama]

Uh uh. Ball gags are a turn off. Not even Bettie Page can make one of those look like sex. I just keep remembering that ass-rape scene from Pulp Fiction. Sure-fire cure for an erection, that.

[andylama]

I do owe you a movie, but I thought it was going out to the movies, not making one of our own.
:jawdrop:

[kookaburra]

No, I haven't forgotten about you, Melanie. I was simply saving the best for last.

http://bettiepage.us/betty2/bet33.jpeg

WHAPAPAP!

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[mmmender]

Uh uh. Ball gags are a turn off. Not even Bettie Page can make one of those look like sex. I just keep remembering that ass-rape scene from Pulp Fiction. Sure-fire cure for an erection, that.
ball gags can be fun, just get the pulp fiction outta yer head and go with it. it doesn't have to be medevial.

[fredofla]

Uh oh. Not good.

I mean, it would be one thing if my partner was indifferent to CT, but "sinister daggers"? That's a problem.


i probably should have said mockingly sinister daggers.

[andylama]

ball gags can be fun, just get the pulp fiction outta yer head and go with it. it doesn't have to be medevial.
Oh, I'm sure. You see, I'm just no goddamn fun in the sack.

[andylama]

i probably should have said mockingly sinister daggers.
That's a relief, dear. That sounds more like play. I can hang with that.

[mmmender]

Oh, I'm sure. You see, I'm just no goddamn fun in the sack.
let your partner get on these forums one day so that we can get a second opinion!

[andylama]

let your partner get on these forums one day so that we can get a second opinion!
Nah, she'd have no interest. She likes CT fine, but computers are rather foreign and awkward to her. Besides, she'd have no idea what the hell we were all jabbering about. "honey, I thought this was supposed to be about Cocteau Twins..."

I was being tongue-in-cheek sarcastic tho. I am a very attentive and playful lover. It's just that I'm not the least bit into all the stuff that all my more cosmopolitan hipster friends are sexually snobbish about: leather, restraints, knives, speculums, fursuits, all that bullshit--it does NOTHING for me. Ergo, I'm a boring lay.

[mmmender]

i'm into all that shit, does that make me some kinda fetish freak?

[andylama]

i'm into all that shit, does that make me some kinda fetish freak?
No. It just makes you one of my more cosmopolitan hipster friends. ;)

I'm a fetish freak, just different fetishes, y'know?

[starhopper]

starhopper, don't you mean "do you own a riding crop and a ball gag?"
well, I kinda like rope and a blindfold... never got into the ball gag much...but I'm a good student.

[starhopper]

i'm into all that shit, does that make me some kinda fetish freak?
sound normal to me

[starhopper]

Are you available? :smitten:

Kidding, though cute you are.

Talking like Yoda I am.

Stop now I must.
I usually bat for the other team, but hey, I am a daisy for a riding crop.

[mmmender]

i'm so glad i'm normal.

now is this where i'm supposed to move the thread to the waxxx forum?

[fredofla]

jeesh.....naked sex can be so dang messy!

how 'bouts we keeps our clothes on next time, mmmkay?


http://www.gerritsenmemories.com/images/photos/people/skindivers.jpg


ah....baby.....now that is HOT!

[mmmender]

looks kinda slippery for me fred.

[starhopper]

jeesh.....naked sex can be so dang messy!

how 'bouts we keeps our clothes on next time, mmmkay?


http://www.gerritsenmemories.com/images/photos/people/skindivers.jpg


ah....baby.....now that is HOT!
2 outta the 3 are grabbin...not bad!

[andylama]

I usually bat for the other team, but hey, I am a daisy for a riding crop.
s'OK, what happens on the forums, stays on the forums :666:

[starhopper]

s'OK, what happens on the forums, stays on the forums :666:
I thought that was vegas...
forum/vegas/forum/vegas/forum... okay, forum!

[fredofla]

looks kinda slippery for me fred.


c'mon, mmmendy.......get a GRIP!

sink those big teeth into it, babe.

rubber can be ultra sexy.


http://www.northcoastmarines.com/pics/lycra.JPG

[mmmender]

believe me fred darling, i know all about rubber.

i actually have a pair of black rubber stockings - they're a bitch to put on though.

[fredofla]

s'OK, what happens on the forums, stays on the forums :666:



gawd damn.....i sure as hell hope so.


http://www.newyork-bodyworks.com/shop/pics/nylon-lycra-hotshort.jpg

[mmmender]

nice package!

[spiderlocks]

I have told my friends of recent, that my music is me.....Cocteau is mt bigest pull, as others inch. I have NO problem with my twin in-take.

[starhopper]

I know which way is West!

[spiderlocks]

mmmender, it is nice eh'

[fredofla]

i actually have a pair of black rubber stockings - they're a bitch to put on though.


things that hurt, teach?
no pain, no gain?
yada yada yada.....

what's life without a splash of sexy fashion?

http://diannesolomons.com/tour/leather-lace-lycra.jpg

[mmmender]

ok fred, that woman just turns me right the fuck off.

[fredofla]

ok fred, that woman just turns me right the fuck off.


uh oh. sorry.

there's always another perspective.....


http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/street/zh84/other/featured-29/luize-mini-red-mini-lycra-dress-bath-abr01.jpg

[mmmender]

i think i have a dress just like that except mine is long (to the ankles) and it's red....but it's still latex. i bought it online for a small fortune from a fetish shop. i posted pix of me wearing it sometime but i think i deleted the pix after a while because i got all embarassed!

[Thackeray]

I do owe you a movie, but I thought it was going out to the movies, not making one of our own. :666:


Well, say there's nothing good showing...sounds like a fine option t' me. I've got some chaps and a gaffers belt.

[mmmender]

thack, do you own a pair of those suspenders that are used to hold up men's socks?

those make me ill.

[starhopper]

I've got some chaps and a gaffers belt.
For the life of me, I can't picture what the hell a gaffers belt is

[mmmender]

For the life of me, I can't picture what the hell a gaffers belt is
it's best not to ask questions, darling.

http://dev.studeo.com/asc/magazine/apr99/newproduct/img5.jpg

[Thackeray]

No, Mmmender. And I don't have a puke fetish either!

Starhopper, a gaffers belt is what pole-men use to climb telephone poles or arborists use to climb palm-trees.

[mmmender]

No, Mmmender. And I don't have a puke fetish either!

Starhopper, a gaffers belt is what pole-men use to climb telephone poles or arborists use to climb palm-trees.
i didn't mention puke, did i?

shit, i must be REALLY high.

[Thackeray]

i didn't mention puke, did i?

shit, i must be REALLY high.


No you didn't, Leesa, but I'm wondering why you ask me if I own anything that would make you sick??? Seeing my avatar mugs should suffice.

[starhopper]

pole-men use to climb telephone poles or arborists use to climb palm-trees.
pole climbing, eh?
now it's all cleared up!

[starhopper]

it's best not to ask questions, darling.
How else am I to learn???
Maybe a little show and tell?

[Thackeray]

pole climbing, eh?
now it's all cleared up!


Once I've got you strapped in like a real tree hugger should there's no getting away hop all you like.

[mmmender]

No you didn't, Leesa, but I'm wondering why you ask me if I own anything that would make you sick??? Seeing my avatar mugs should suffice.
i just had to make sure, sweetheart.

worry not, i still love you!!

[Thackeray]

i just had to make sure, sweetheart.

worry not, i still love you!!


I love you too my forums Mommy! BTW I got this oedipus thing I'd like to work out.

[mmmender]

I love you too my forums Mommy! BTW I got this oedipus thing I'd like to work out.
i'll see you in my office as soon as simonp leaves.....and bring a mop, he had an accident on my lap.

[Thackeray]

Do I put the mop strings on my head and poke you with a long woody stick???

[mmmender]

Do I put the mop strings on my head and poke you with a long woody stick???
you're a quick learner, thack.

[Thackeray]

you're a quick learner, thack.


:baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby:

Mmm'kay this rythm thangy jang threatens shwang pull mop out my opel-wang from the whole of daddy-goo-goo's wham bang!!!!!!

[mmmender]

:baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby:

Mmm'kay this rythm thangy jang threatens shwang pull mop out my opel-wang from the whole of daddy-goo-goo's wham bang!!!!!!
can you repeat that in english for me?

[Thackeray]

It was a personal moment...you need to move a little south is all...let me take this here's mop from my head and swab you up a bit Mamma.

[mmmender]

It was a personal moment...you need to move a little south is all...let me take this here's mop from my head and swab you up a bit Mamma.
i don't need any swabbing just now thanks!

;)

[Thackeray]

i don't need any swabbing just now thanks!

;)


alrighty then, NEXT!

[Tinspur]

Ball gags are a turn off........It's just that I'm not the least bit into all the stuff that all my more cosmopolitan hipster friends are sexually snobbish about: leather, restraints, knives, speculums, fursuits, all that bullshit--it does NOTHING for me. Ergo, I'm a boring lay.

I'm not into toys, BDSM etc either, tried them, they just seemed so....impersonal. Imo, all you need for successful lovin is attentiveness, creativity (sans the toys) and the art of touch and sensation. Admittedly, I am a (hopeless?) romantic, keen on whispering poetry into my lover's ear, taking long baths intertwined, and romantic rendevous on the beach. Intimacy is the best aphrodisiac. Edit: People who are into bdsm and toys aren't necessarily freaks....hey, whatever flips your switch.

If you have recieved scorning, ridicule, or persecution (for listening to CT) in any manner or degree please share.

Some of my friends and famiily have chastized me, but usually I just get the artificial "nice" or "interesting" responses alot; my reaction is "they just don't get it." Some people just aren't into etheral pop, which I have no prob with, we all have differing musical tastes, that's the enriching aspect of a lush and expansive musical culture. As mentioned often in the forums here, the sticking point is Liz's singing vis-a-vis her pronouncement of her lyrics. I'll abstain from a lengthy discussion on the importance of song lyrics in our society: suffice it to say that alot of people look for messages in song lyrics, for solace, for personal inculcation, etc, while CT's music, musically and lyrically, is amorphous. I've never had an interest in Liz's lyrics, it's the tonal inflections of her voice that give the music it's power, it's range. There is, I think, a condition here in the US (and to a lesser extent the western world) where people no longer wish to use their imaginations, where they hate to interpret things. TV is an excellent indicator of this.

[fornasetti]

My whole marriage was made really difficult because of my love of Cocteau Twins especially but also Dead Can Dance, Sundays, etc. For years it was like sneaking a guilty pleasure. I used to look forward to just being alone.

Lesson : don't marry a silly little insecure woman who thinks you're in love with a singer you've never met.

Final irony : she now loves CTs and Lisa Gerrard.

[Thackeray]

There is, I think, a condition here in the US (and to a lesser extent the western world) where people no longer wish to use their imaginations, where they hate to interpret things. TV is an excellent indicator of this.

About the imagination and the boob agreed, however, these are indicators/symptoms/swayed media coverage etc. that secularism is committing it's agenda.

[louis1st]

Played Blue bell knoll to a mate once, she just sat there with her hands over her ears shouting "turn it off!, it's like birds in my head"...best description i'd heard of the Twins in a long time!

[Adam]

Have you ever been punished for listening to CocteauTwins' music?

Yes I have!!!
In highschool me and my three classmates used to drink vodka in my flat, and everytime I put Cocteau Twins record after Ozzy, Megadeth, Maiden and Metallica stuff, they said: "It's time to leave". :bum:

[Quisquose]

Played Blue bell knoll to a mate once, she just sat there with her hands over her ears shouting "turn it off!, it's like birds in my head"...best description i'd heard of the Twins in a long time!

Isn't that weird? I was always mystified by the reactions of people who found CTs actually unpleasant to listen to. And not the more abrasive songs either, but stuff like Blue Bell Knoll. I just don't get it. When I'm feeling charitable, I chalk it up to "differences in taste". But I really have to wonder about people who just cannot hear any beauty in that music. bee-zarre. :confused:

[Baddy2shoos]

Anyone who doesn't like at least one CT track is bonkers in my opinion.

[andylama]

Have you ever been punished for listening to CocteauTwins' music?

Yes I have!!!
In highschool me and my three classmates used to drink vodka in my flat, and everytime I put Cocteau Twins record after Ozzy, Megadeth, Maiden and Metallica stuff, they said: "It's time to leave". :bum:
If a roomful of heavy metal fans leaves my space, that's not punishment. :)

[shimmerfoil]

I have never been punished as such, but I once played 'Orange Appled' at school and it very quickly got turned off and on came Britney Spears (once again)!! That in itself is punishment :)

[mike_mhg]

I have never been punished as such, but I once played 'Orange Appled' at school and it very quickly got turned off and on came Britney Spears (once again)!! That in itself is punishment :)

I get the same kind of thing from The Lovely Mo "can we have something a bit more musical" Just to be awkward I switch to BBC Radio 2

[starhopper]

I'm not into toys, BDSM etc either, tried them, they just seemed so....impersonal. Imo, all you need for successful lovin is attentiveness, creativity (sans the toys) and the art of touch and sensation. Admittedly, I am a (hopeless?) romantic, keen on whispering poetry into my lover's ear, taking long baths intertwined, and romantic rendevous on the beach. Intimacy is the best aphrodisiac. Edit: People who are into bdsm and toys aren't necessarily freaks....hey, whatever flips your switch.

Interesting... but spanking and other things can be VERY personal. You need trust and faith in your partner, first thing. A little creativity with someone you love goes a very long way and is very intimate. Nothing more intimate than sharing sexual fantasies with a partner. WOOT! :D

I'm very intimate and sensual, but that doesn't mean I don't like some creative fun. I live by the rule of "how do I know if I like it if I haven't tried it." Romantic rendevous and long baths together is wonderful, but they lose some appeal after a time (when used frequently). I like the spice of life. I like to live life without reservations, full to the hilt. Why else am I living? hee hee

Just some thoughts on your thoughts is all... ;-)

[kookaburra]

I'm very intimate and sensual, but that doesn't mean I don't like some creative fun.

You asked for it, Hop.

http://www.bd-ds-sm.de/BD-DS-SM-Start/Art/Art06_02/Art06_02_1/b1.jpg

[Outofspace]

I let a heavy-metal fan listen to Treasure and it filled him with such enthusiasm that he ordered "Donimo" to be played in his wedding, while he was entering the church!

I don't know whether he punished us all severely, or lifted us up to heaven!!!

[chased]

I let a co-worker of mine listen to carolyn's fingers and she made fun of me, then told me I listen to weird music. Another person I work with with told me it was "crappy house music" after listening to cherry-coloured funk. A few other people thought they were a computer band, and I tried to convince them that they play real instruments and everything but they didn't beleive me. Only one person that I know enjoyed listening to them, that was my friend, we listened to treasure while driving to hollywood, and he told me he liked it.

[andylama]

I let a co-worker of mine listen to carolyn's fingers and she made fun of me, then told me I listen to weird music. Another person I work with with told me it was "crappy house music" after listening to cherry-coloured funk. A few other people thought they were a computer band, and I tried to convince them that they play real instruments and everything but they didn't beleive me. Only one person that I know enjoyed listening to them, that was my friend, we listened to treasure while driving to hollywood, and he told me he liked it.
CCF = house music? What a retard.

When I lived in LA, a co-worker (and by "co-worker", I mean "useless walking meatbag with insect intelligence") asked me "why the hell would you want to listen to music that isn't on the radio?" I know for a fact that he had no idea why I just stared at him without answering his oh-so-well considered question.

Oh, the humanity.

[Thackeray]

best resemblence so far I have seen, Andy, g.g.ggggrrrrrrreeeaaaaaatttTTT
avatar. The treasure album Did have a some relativities which resulted in a 3 day military psychiatric evaluation...paperwork lost...shuffelwadded my young azz to Frankfurt locked upt with REAL psychos. Not one person on that staff knew why I was there. So I made subject of every medical testing equipment they had in their arsenal. Oh, I made it out very okay doomed to play a half-wiped pool game every few years.

PUNISHMENT

[xixax777]

...about 20 years ago I scored a sealed "Lullabies" :hstand: EP, to replace a way worn cassette copy a Friend had made for me. I really had gotten back into each song, and was playing the record alot, occasionally to the annoyance of two of the people with whom I shared an apartment.

Anyway, a couple of months later, we had a hurricane (Gloria?) brush by southern New Jersey, and my college neighborhood lost electric power. My Roomies were having a small party the night of the storm, and since my record player could be run on batteries or AC, it was quickly commandeered by Ana, so she could play over and over "I Will Survive", along with a Spanish-language cover version of the same, to annoy her Ex-Lover, in attendance at our get-together. After an hour of that, including her drunk and maudlin singing over the music, my other Roomie started playing one of her favorite Grateful Dead records, to the delight of those she'd invited over.

Well, I had enough of the music, and a few of the particularly unwashed Guests, and when it was finally my turn, put on "Lullabies", which pretty much cleared out the apartment, even with the storm still raging. My bitter and unsatisfied Roomies were none too happy with me. When I awoke the next afternoon, someone had scratched my Lullabies vinyl all up, and put an Alka-Seltzer in my Sea Monkey aquarium, fizzing all the little critters to death. I later learned it was the work of the increasingly hot-headed, cruel and coke-dependent Ana. I was half-ready to report her drug use/dealing to immigration/asylum, so she might be sent back to Cuba. :angry:

Fortunately, by Christmas :snowman: that year, Ana was maintaining her distance from hard drugs, was back on track with her studies, and had a nice new Girlfriend, as well. Also, she bought a new Lullabies EP for me, and a replacement Sea Monkeys kit, too.

[andylama]

Yikes! Now, that's a chaotic scene!

[DREXER]

I have been made fun of because they thought I was listening to Indian music. It's amazing how people need to know the lyrics of a song in order to enjoy it. Like having the lyrics in the albums sleeve to help them learn lyrics. That is the prisons of language.

Does anyone like CURVE? I just talked to Tony and Dean. Evedently something realy bad happend to Tony. She doesn't want anything to do with music ever again. I feel bad for her. But don't you find it interesting that this seems to happen to all bands. The adicting, yet self destruction of fame. :ghost:

[DREXER]

When I had been listening to "Cocteau Twins"made fun of me because people thought I was listening to Indian music.

I'm like, So what if I would be listening to Indian music! (india)

It's amazing how people need to know the lyrics of a song in order for them to enjoy it. Like having the lyrics in the albums sleeve to help them learn the lyrics for a song. That is the prisons of language. I've always payed attention to beauty of the sound and never paid attention to lyrics. Like lately, and in the past, I would totally like a song's sound and fall in love with the song. Then year's later, I find out that the lyrics are damented. I hate that.

This kind of thing puts my in denial of the lyrics and continue enjoying the song.

Does anyone like "CURVE"? I just talked to Tony and Dean. Evedently something realy bad happend to Tony. She doesn't want anything to do with music ever again. I feel bad for her. But don't you find it interesting that this seems to happen to all bands. The adicting, yet self destruction of fame. :ghost:

[DREXER]

:dunno: I thought I lost the first message. Sorry about saying the same basic thing twice.

[DREXER]

I just learned something. If you are editing a message, and it's been more than ten minutes, is says that you have to contact the Administrator to send the message. All you have to do is highlight the whole message. Close. Paste in a new message box and click, "Post Reply."

[kookaburra]

That's it, Drex. I've had it up to my bangs with that crazy Indian music. Assume the position!

http://bettiepage.us/bp09s.jpg

[Pale Clouded]

http://www.sangeetmahal.com/Music/Indian/Music_of_India-b.jpg

[Pale Clouded]

http://www.tarang-classical-indian-music.com/Images/musiker_nostalgisch_gross.jpg

[kookaburra]

Music for Chains and Whips (http://webjay.org/insta.m3u?url=http://aris.ss.uci.edu/rgarfias/mp3/aakhan-ravishankar-kaplu.mp3)

http://bettiepage.us/bp06s.jpg

[DREXER]

http://www.tarang-classical-indian-music.com/Images/musiker_nostalgisch_gross.jpg

No. A few times I was listening to Cocteau Twins and they thought it was Indian, from India music.

Most people that hear Cocteau Twins can't comprehend it. That's the beauty of an obviouse, original, creative art.

[Pale Clouded]

No. A few times I was listening to Cocteau Twins and they thought it was Indian, from India music.

Most people that hear Cocteau Twins can't comprehend it. That's the beauty of an obviouse, original, creative art.

I got what you meant...and that is Indian people from India...playing Indian music....

[andylama]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/andylama/orchestra.jpg

Faye Wong's mom, second from left.

Foot binding is so elegant, don't you think?

[Pale Clouded]

Don't think so...

http://all-indiatravel.com/india-photogallery/images-india-culture/images/music4-india.jpg

[Pale Clouded]

http://www.vandemataram.com/html/md/images/music.jpg

[Pale Clouded]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00002DDJB.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[DREXER]

Where do you get this stuff?

[kookaburra]

Where do you get this stuff?

On the Internet.

[xixax777]

:offtopic:

I was in my building's foyer moments ago, to pick up the day's mail, and while lugging the piles of demand notes and the like back to my apartment, I ran into one of my Neighbors from down the hall. She was unusually brusque, to say the least. We hardly see each other, but when we have over the past 3 years, it's always been basicly neighborly. BUT, now I'm thinking back to the last time we ran into each other, mid-June or so, when she questioned what music I had been playing the previous afternoon, with a bit of a look of concern.

I had played several different things (none too loudly) and assumed it likely she was speaking of Diamanda Galas' "Wild Women with Steak Knives". But, she clarified, with some skepticism, that the music sounded "Muslim"... I don't know any specifics about my Neighbor's world view, but did know, from bumper stickers on her door last autumn, that she's an avid Bush supporter. Also, I know she moved here from the middle of the state of Pennsylvania, between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, a region sometimes characterized, as far a political tendencies go, as the "Alabama" of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, I certainly wouldn't make assumptions based just on that, especially since she's remained here in the gayest and probably most progressive part of the city of Philadelphia for so long.

Anyway, after her "Muslim" statement, I realizied she might possibly be speaking of Sheila Shandra, and went on to explain that she experiments with music forms from multiple cultures, including Islamic prayer calls. I didn't really think my neighbor could care less about that information, but she seemed OK with it... Regardless, I've been playing Sheila's "Weaving My Ancestors' Voices alot this summer, when I need to chill.

So, back to today, I can't help but thing she might afterall have some concerns about a Neighbor routinely listening to stuff like that, and may now just want to keep her distance.

Or, it could be that I keep feeding the stray kittens that play in my back patio, adjacent to hers, and she does not like cats...

[E-Lo]

Thats too funny Xixax777, I think I freak out my neighbors alot too as I love Middle Eastern music and often play it loud on the weekends, e.g., Muslimgauze, Ofra Haza, etc. I also happen to live very close to the Port of Los Angeles which is feared to be a terrorist target since its the largest on the U.S. west coast.

Neighbors probably think I am some sort of gay terrorist because the Middle Eastern stuff is interspersed with stomping house tracks and of course Cocteaus! roflmao

[Fritter]

Neighbors probably think I am some sort of gay terrorist


Haha! The poor confused sods. "Does my bomb look big in this?"

[E-Lo]

roflmao roflmao

[Fritter]

When I first started listening to CTs, friends derided it as 'hippy shit'. Which is odd, cos I didn't start listening to real hippy shit until 3 years ago. Maybe my friends were ahead of their time...

[by the sea]

I always thought it was sick how people associate Cocteau Twins with elves, fairies and unicorns. I still think it's sick.

[dprid]

Sheila Chandra is Hindu I think, but then to people like your neighbour everybody from the sub-continent is a muslim :(

[dprid]

Never been punished for listening to CT, but have had plenty of strange looks and comments. The only music that ever got me into trouble was when I was a teenager and still living with my parents. Now I look back on it they were remarkably tolerant of the music both myself and my sister played, but I got in trouble one night when listening to "I Married A Monster From Outer Space" from "Disguises In Love" by John Cooper Clarke because he starts swearing quite loudly. Good job they never heard me playing "So What" by The Anti Nowhere League :D

[dprid]

Actually I just remembered I did once get in trouble for playing CT. It was when I bought my first CD player in about 1987. It was an impulse buy whilst on a day trip to London, and so I obviously had to also pay a visit to the big Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street to buy the entire CT back-catalogue on CD. Once I got the CD player hooked up to my system I put on Garlands at fairly high volume whilst I was working in the kitchen. As the washing machine and the microwave were running I turned it up more (it had a remote so I had to try it!), and not long after was aware of a hammering on the front door. On answering I was greeted by a rather irrate neighbour (a rather fearsome barrel-chested lady) complaining about the loud music, at which point I actually realised just how loud it was and how close the speakers were to the shared wall. I obviously apologised and turned it down, and the next day had a major room reorganisation to move the speakers to the other side of the room. Perversely after this run in with the neighbours who I'd barely spoken too before we actually became a lot more friendly.

[4CC]

I was once utterly ridiculed for playing Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love at work once. Most of the people who thought it funny were similar age to me, but i was convinced (and still am of course) that i was listening to a great album. It soon became clear there were others in the company who also loved the album, so the 'risk' was vindicated. :D A few months months later i was spinning the Twins on the dept CD player. There was little reaction this time, people didn't seem to know what to make of Liz's singing...

[Baddy2shoos]

Liz' voice is perfect. It's better than Jessica Simpson anyway...

[Phil Lawton]

Liz' voice is perfect. It's better than Jessica Simpson anyway...

And Bart's.

[by the sea]

It's better than Jessica Simpson anyway...

But not as good as Ashlee's, is that what you're saying, huh, is it?

[by the sea]

ball gags can be fun, just get the pulp fiction outta yer head and go with it. it doesn't have to be medevial.

Yes it does.

Phil, did you write that letter to Liz Fraser yet?

[Baddy2shoos]

But not as good as Ashlee's, is that what you're saying, huh, is it?

No she's an arse...kelly clarkson on the other hand...

[Phil Lawton]

Phil, did you write that letter to Liz Fraser yet?

No - do you think it'll do any good now, mate? I offered her, right here on these boards, the chance to do a low-profile guest appearance on one of my songs, but all I got was the silent treatment.

I'll do it if you let me know what you want to say, as my own words wouldn't be as heartfelt as your own.

[by the sea]

Could you ask her if she's into getting ball-gagged for me?

[by the sea]

Shouldn't you be sharpening your pastels?

[andylama]

Nah, he's just getting testy.

[Phil Lawton]

Could you ask her if she's into getting ball-gagged for me?

I have photos.

[andylama]

I have photos.
I have webspace.

[Phil Lawton]

I have webspace.

I have blackouts.

[Pale Clouded]

I have gas.

[kaini]

I always thought it was sick how people associate Cocteau Twins with elves, fairies and unicorns. I still think it's sick.


Did you at least care to ask elves, fairies and unicorns what they thought about that?
Seems you don't have much consideration for them, do you?

[by the sea]

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2258/kaini7fu.jpg

[mmmender]

kaini, don't expect a resonable response. it just won't happen, trust me.

[kaini]

kaini, don't expect a resonable response. it just won't happen, trust me.

Oh thanks, I understood this a while ago.
That's why I won't ask Sage any reasonable question either.

His answer what quite explicit, though, if not diplomatic.

[Phil Lawton]

His answer what quite explicit, though, if not diplomatic.

What you must bear in mind, Kaini, is that Sage is the undisputed champion of the pictorial punchline.

Pictures and a thousand words, etcetera.

[mmmender]

aren't we the lucky one's?!

[Phil Lawton]

aren't we the lucky one's?!

C'mon, Lees...Sage is like the naughty kid we'd miss if he wasn't around.

He makes me laugh, anyhow.

[kookaburra]

I have gas.

I thought you had blockage.

[mmmender]

C'mon, Lees...Sage is like the naughty kid we'd miss if he wasn't around.

He makes me laugh, anyhow.
easy for you to say, phil cos he never picks you to be one of his victims. i'm a regular!

[by the sea]

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2561/crybaby23aj.jpg

[kookaburra]

Something get in your craw, Sage?

http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/6294/seagullface1qg.jpg

[mmmender]

yeah that's me, one big cry baby trying to get attention!

too bad you can't see the temper tantrum that i'm having on the floor right now, it sure is getting ugly.

[Thackeray]

:comfort: kiss1

[mmmender]

no pity please, just get this dog off my back!

[Thackeray]

pity? Leesa, you ARE the number 1 greatest CTfan on the planet. You built this place. Take power...OWN IT!!!!

All Hail!!! Leesa!!!! :worship:

Shut Down the Voice that daunts YOU :worship:

All Hail!!! Leesa!!! Let there be no exceptions!!!! :worship:

[fredofla]

C'mon, Lees...Sage is like the naughty kid we'd miss if he wasn't around.

He makes me laugh, anyhow.


i'm so happy to know someone else here feels this way.

thanks, Phil.

[fredofla]

easy for you to say, phil cos he never picks you to be one of his victims. i'm a regular!


.....only when you agree to wear the victim's crown; otherwise he is powerless.

[Thackeray]

I don't see Sage that way. Sage is another CTforums poster. I enjoy verbiage dance that He and PjK get into.

[by the sea]

He's so mean to her.

[Baddy2shoos]

I'm not getting involved

[by the sea]

Gee, it sounds serious.

[kookaburra]

No, Sage. Apparently. Phil won't have me.

[Pale Clouded]

i'm so happy to know someone else here feels this way.

thanks, Phil.

I think a few of us do.

[Pale Clouded]

He's so mean to her.

He didn't love me back

[mmmender]

i guess i'll just shut the fuck up then but before i do.......sage, just remember you're a guest in my house.

[kookaburra]

He's so mean to her.

Why are they doing this? Why are they doing this? They said when you got here, the whole thing started. Who are you? What are you? Where did you come from? I think you're the cause of all this. I think you're evil. EVIL!

[daniel-82]

Not so long ago,a good friend of mine called me a satanist,i was listening to Evangeline?????????So i told him where to stick his rastafarian bulls**t

[mmmender]

what does being a rastafarian have to do with satanism?

[kookaburra]

what does being a rastafarian have to do with satanism?

Or Cocteau Twins? Or cocks, for that matter?

[E-Lo]

Not so long ago,a good friend of mine called me a satanist,i was listening to Evangeline?????????So i told him where to stick his rastafarian bulls**t

Evangeline as Satanist music?! ROFLMAO

That song is so slow and gentle. It actually reminds me of cholas slow dancing with their cholo boyfriends!

[kookaburra]

It actually reminds me of cholas slow dancing with their cholo boyfriends!

At their senior prom, with multi-colored cut-out cellophane fish hanging from the gymnasium rafters.

[daniel-82]

Nothing,but being in the army i have to share a room with three other guys,come 7pm its war of the music.It ends up Cocteau Twins vs Metallica,Bob Marley and some other wierd stuff,in the end im reduced to headphones crying thats what you get when you live with a gurhka,a guy from ghana and a fat lad from the seyschelles :no:

[kookaburra]

Bigot.

[andylama]

Heh, is this some punishment I sense going on here?

[Outofspace]

I always thought it was sick how people associate Cocteau Twins with elves, fairies and unicorns. I still think it's sick.It's only a matter of aesthetics. To me it is a superficial approach to their music - if, however, somebody persuades me that he's phantacising in a world of fairies and dragons I'll take him for serious!

[starhopper]

I live with elves, fairies and unicorns AND listen to Cocteau Twins.

:music:

[4CC]

I live with elves, fairies and unicorns AND listen to Cocteau Twins.

:music:

Good for you! That sounds utopian!

[Thackeray]

:crazy: Where's PJK he's the one with handle on that reality stuff? He's outta the white ward second west already from that drex hexing post last whenever...let him decide. :crazy:

[daniel-82]

Not so long ago,a good friend of mine called me a satanist,i was listening to Evangeline?????????So i told him where to stick his rastafarian bulls**t
Worst of all i was playing it from the Tishbites dvd,how the fuck can someone associate the music and the video to satanism????wierd eh :omg:

[mmmender]

it must have something to do with the "pearly dewdrops' drops" video - part of it was shot in a church and everyone is wearing a big, long black coat. surely there's gotta be some pentagrams in that video somewhere.....i guess i just haven't studied it enough.

yeah, cocteau twins are all satanists, that's it. now my life is complete!

[E-Lo]

crying

[mmmender]

"ruby sucks and roddy....cums...pearly dewdrops' drops"

http://www.helpingmormons.org/images/Pentagram.gif

it all makes sense now, doesn't it?

[andylama]

Dammit, Lees, you broke the secret pact to never admit to the Satanic affiliation!

Now, we're gonna hafta do a reaffirmation ceremony. You fetch the goat's blood and I'll bring the black candles and Pearly Dewdrops 12"

[mmmender]

...and Pearly Dewdrops 12"

first or second pressing?

DETAILS! I NEED DETAILS!

[kookaburra]

http://www.emptyv.org/images/devil.jpg

[mmmender]

are you sure we're supposed to use goats blood? aren't we supposed to use the blood of a bitch? ;)

I VOLUNTEER!

[kookaburra]

Sorry, Leesa. I think it's supposed to be a virgin bitch.

[mmmender]

Sorry, Leesa. I think it's supposed to be a virgin bitch.
but the song specifically calls for a BLOOD BITCH and that's me all over, honey!

[kookaburra]

http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/carrie/carrie_shot1l.jpg

[mmmender]

i already told you i'd volunteer, no need to post pics of me experiencing my womanhood. I is da blood bitch.

[by the sea]

I think a few of us do.

Win the crowd and you will win your freedom.

[shimmerfoil]

"ruby sucks and roddy....cums...pearly dewdrops' drops"

Before anyone says anything, I am incredible dim and gullible, but are those the actual lyrics?!? :omg:

*I can hear laughter at the back! "Is Chris really that dumb" etc....*

Well yes I am. Sorry!!!

[Fritter]

Before anyone says anything, I am incredible dim and gullible, but are those the actual lyrics?!? :omg:

*I can hear laughter at the back! "Is Chris really that dumb" etc....*

Well yes I am. Sorry!!!


Don't worry, I spend half my time here feeling like a confused puppy. But at least it's a good way of staying honest :) There are lyrics somewhere on the Cocteau Twins org site, but personally I'd rather not know if they're as bad as the ones quoted above.

[Phil Lawton]

I never take notice of CT lyric theories (I actually try to avoid threads with any mention of them...I prefer Fraser's randomness to any idea of form), but I stumbled on the "Ruby sucks" idea and fuck me if I can't get it out of my head each time I play "Pearly".

God damn you to hell, Humperdink.

[Fritter]

I never take notice of CT lyric theories (I actually try to avoid threads with any mention of them...I prefer Fraser's randomness to any idea of form), but I stumbled on the "Ruby sucks" idea and fuck me if I can't get it out of my head each time I play "Pearly".

God damn you to hell, Humperdink.


I know what you mean, there's a track on BBK (can't remember the title, see Sigur Ros thread) where it sounds like she's saying 'Messy Ninja' over and over again - it's like seeing faces in the wood panelling, once you've spotted them they never go away. Dali called the phenomenon "Paranoic Critical", which was probably one of the few sensible things he said.

[daniel-82]

it must have something to do with the "pearly dewdrops' drops" video - part of it was shot in a church and everyone is wearing a big, long black coat. surely there's gotta be some pentagrams in that video somewhere.....i guess i just haven't studied it enough.

yeah, cocteau twins are all satanists, that's it. now my life is complete!See the thing is Satanism is a registered religion,it includes rituals involving a chicken and a large red dildo,the idea is that you slaughter the chicken,drink its blood then fuck yourself stupid with the dildo.This knowledge courtesy of the discovery channel by the way.

[Phil Lawton]

See the thing is Satanism is a registered religion,it includes rituals involving a chicken and a large red dildo,the idea is that you slaughter the chicken,drink its blood then fuck yourself stupid with the dildo.This knowledge courtesy of the discovery channel by the way.

So it's a case of cluck, suck and fuck, then?

[daniel-82]

So it's a case of cluck, suck and fuck, then?Yeah i guess so

[daniel-82]

On a slightly less demonic note,i have a quetion :omg: has anyone here ever met Elizabeth Fraser????or Simon or Robin for that matter????????????

[fornasetti]

See the thing is Satanism is a registered religion,it includes rituals involving a chicken and a large red dildo,the idea is that you slaughter the chicken,drink its blood then fuck yourself stupid with the dildo.This knowledge courtesy of the discovery channel by the way.

Just an ordinary weekend for some of the folks here ... doesn't have to be satanic.

[E-Lo]

On a slightly less demonic note,i have a quetion :omg: has anyone here ever met Elizabeth Fraser????or Simon or Robin for that matter????????????

I know Leesa (Mmmender) has met all 3. I have met Simon at September Sound for a tour of the studio and Robin Guthrie at a couple recent solo shows in Los Angeles.

[starhopper]

So it's a case of cluck, suck and fuck, then?
{laughed so hard she fell outta her chair}

[4CC]

{laughed so hard she fell outta her chair}

It will happen to you many more times at these forums, Starhopper, believe me. :)

[rotring]

I met the three of them in Buenos Aires in 1991. I remember them as very nice people, very cool with us fans...

[4CC]

I met the three of them in Buenos Aires in 1991. I remember them as very nice people, very cool with us fans...

Welcome Juan to these forums! Enjoy!

[daniel-82]

Wow i wish i was as lucky as you guys,sometimes i wonder if i ever got to meet them,what would i say,i mean what do you say to someone whos music has been such an influence on your whole life?????

[fornasetti]

If I met Liz I'd say "Do you know these tinned peaches are cheaper at Tesco".

[daniel-82]

If I met Liz I'd say "Do you know these tinned peaches are cheaper at Tesco".Er yeah thats a good way to start a conversation

[fornasetti]

Er yeah thats a good way to start a conversation

You DO know that she works at Wal-Mart, right ?

Or maybe you haven't read all the past threads just yet.

You have many humourous gems to find in here, Daniel. Happy hunting ...

[daniel-82]

You DO know that she works at Wal-Mart, right ?

Or maybe you haven't read all the past threads just yet.

You have many humourous gems to find in here, Daniel. Happy hunting ...Ha ha ok i get it now,i think?????? :crazy:

[nightraven]

I guess Cocteau Twins is one of those things you discover, most of the people don't even try to discover music because it seems challenging, takes time and you need to use your brain and heart at time. Anyway, nobody ever punished me for listening CT, though I have been punished once for listening to Liz Phair ("give me your hot white cum... yeah"), she takes it to the limit sometimes.

Anyway, my whole family and most of the friends HATE Cocteau Twins.

[starhopper]

Anyway, my whole family and most of the friends HATE Cocteau Twins.
That, for me, was always the sign that I was way too cool for any of them. :D :digi:

[FITZ]

Punished, Yes, the village folk were harsh, i was beaten with my own shoes then thrown to the Kraken, all the time watching their stupid grinning faces.

[daniel-82]

You DO know that she works at Wal-Mart, right ?

Or maybe you haven't read all the past threads just yet.

You have many humourous gems to find in here, Daniel. Happy hunting ...
Where exactly did you find this info?

[louis1st]

I've seen this mentioned a lot on this forum, but i've yet to come across a walmart in the UK, does she fly off to the states everyday for work?

[Fritter]

I've seen this mentioned a lot on this forum, but i've yet to come across a walmart in the UK, does she fly off to the states everyday for work?

There's one near that giant estate outside Portsmouth, easily accessible from Waterloo.

[dprid]

It was actually an Asda store in Bristol somewhere, but then they got bought by WalMart and the urban legend moved on (mainly I think because our US cousins have never heard of Asda!)

[Phil Lawton]

Where exactly did you find this info?

It was something I started a few years ago, Daniel, inferring that she preferred shopping and all that domestic-type stuff to singing.

It's a Frankensteinian monster I no longer have any control over.

[daniel-82]

Yeah sure,Elizabeth Fraser,the goddess of voice and song,stacking shelves at ASDA oh how i laugh,could you imagine her cv ahahahahahahahahaha

[mike_mhg]

I guess Cocteau Twins is one of those things you discover, most of the people don't even try to discover music because it seems challenging, takes time and you need to use your brain and heart at time. Anyway, nobody ever punished me for listening CT, though I have been punished once for listening to Liz Phair ("give me your hot white cum... yeah"), she takes it to the limit sometimes.

Anyway, my whole family and most of the friends HATE Cocteau Twins.

I'm guessing from your age and favorite album you're a goth. Am I wrong??
Welcome aboard.

[nightraven]

I'm guessing from your age and favorite album you're a goth. Am I wrong??
Welcome aboard.

A GOTH!? :D

Not at all. :) When it's about music I'm all kind, but slightly more into alternative indie/folk. As far as life-style is concerned, I'm nothing unusual, definitely not eccentric. Just a guy from the neighbourhood. :P

I love "Head Over Heels" because it has such a deep integrity... it's powerful in the meaning, in the transmission, in the connection with the listener. My nickname comes from a very old RPG game I don't play anymore. I'm a serious music hothead and reviewer, that's my hobby and current job.

[Fritter]

I love "Head Over Heels" because it has such a deep integrity... it's powerful in the meaning, in the transmission, in the connection with the listener.


Right on! As a band member, I toured Poland and we had a wonderful friendly time with amazing sights and terrifically receptive audiences - although we found it ironic that the old KGB headquarters in Warsaw is now the Stock Exchange, that's the Triumph of Capitalism in a nutshell :)

[nightraven]

Right on! As a band member, I toured Poland and we had a wonderful friendly time with amazing sights and terrifically receptive audiences - although we found it ironic that the old KGB headquarters in Warsaw is now the Stock Exchange, that's the Triumph of Capitalism in a nutshell :)

Glad you like it. Sights are truly breathtaking and audiences are extremely receptive. And the old KGB hq... well, seems ironic - I know, but I don't care anymore. It's over and there are other serious problems Poland encounters now.
And actually... there are lots of things in my country you'd find ironic as well - and they are. Hopefully most of the people learned to laugh it out. Sometimes it's the only thing you can do.

[mike_mhg]

definitely not eccentric. .

On these boards that's just you and me and a couple of others then.

[lobelia]

....still in jail....but a golden one. :calla:

[nightraven]

On these boards that's just you and me and a couple of others then.

To be honest sometimes I feel like the odd one out just because of that. And It's not about the forum anyway, maybe I simply don't mind anymore...

Funny...

[elisa]

Sorry, old thread, I know, but it's an interesting topic. Cocteau Twins was one of the few bands I listened to in high school that my mom could stand. I used to stay up late on Sunday nights to watch 120 Minutes on Mtv and tape some videos I liked. As we only had 1 tv in the house, which was in the family room off the kitchen, my mom was always around doing dishes or cleaning the kitchen while I was watching it, so she'd catch some of the videos, too. She had something negative to say about every video, except Cocteau Twins. I distinctly remember her saying once (and once only), "that girl has a nice voice." High praise coming from someone who rarely said a kind word.

My two closest girl friends in college were into post-punk and darker goth music, respectively. One loved the Replacements, Bad Religion, etc, and the other was into Bauhaus & the Virgin Prunes. Neither one could stand CT, so I never mentioned them. I knew I'd be the recipient of their scorn if I did. I was also bothered by author Poppy Z. Brite's seeming dislike of CT. I was getting deeply into the goth/vampire fetish scene in my early college years and Poppy's books Lost Souls and Drawing Blood were required reading. In at least one of the books, as I can recall, Poppy's disdain for CT was written in the thoughts of one of the book's male characters. I remember feeling slighted by this seemingly iconic goth author disliking a band I held so close to my heart. I still don't think I've entirely gotten over it. Poppy Z. Brite, how could you?!

[nightraven]

I distinctly remember her saying once (and once only), "that girl has a nice voice." High praise coming from someone who rarely said a kind word.

My mother's comment: 'why the hell does she sing so loud!? volume down, please'... still I remember her saying Cocteau Twins were a kind of religion in the 80's in Poland, and she remembers "Carolyn's Fingers" and stuff... and I was like "whoa" :D and we had a little chat for a moment about music, what never happened before.

I live in a big dormitory while studying on my academy and uhmm... I used to live with two guys in one tiny room year ago, and we had totally different musical tastes... they were like Metallica and Korn all the time... so I decided to stick to whatever I have and listen to with my headphones on. One day they asked me, what am I listening to, and actually snapped my cd and played it aloud. It was Blue Bell Knoll - I guess you can imagine what happened next.

That was a tough year ineed. ;D

[Thackeray]

Why does everybody feel thay have to apologize for opening old posts? Get over it already! Relax, kick up the feet and have yourself a good time going through the archives people!

I don't want no eggshell dancing fools ruining a good past and a continually righteous future.

Sweep the floor and romp around! Make yourselves feel at home!

[moeism]

I've never been punished but noone really gets them. My room mates got annoyed at a certain point when I played them all of the time. But that is understandable.

[rufusmtvern]

I was in a band in high school (the only band in school that played in DC clubs....needless to say we were one of the most popular guys in school). I was just getting into CT and so were my fellow bandmates except for the leader of the band who thought they were "boring". The band unsurprisingly split up soon after that!

Also, the bass player's mom who really liked the latter CT that he was playing freaked out when she heard him play Garlands. She accused him of being on drugs (which he was but that's not the point) and forced him into rehab!!!

[kookaburra]

I once punished Melanie while listening to Cocteau Twins. Does that count?

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7015/bettiebad053dx4.jpg

[moeism]

nice shoes.

[kaini]

I once punished Melanie while listening to Cocteau Twins. Does that count?

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7015/bettiebad053dx4.jpg


Depends on the song you were playing!

[kookaburra]

Pale Clouded White, of course.

[kaini]

Oh, that counts then, of course. But just for her.

[Rascuache]

Nope never been punished, but I think getting a spanking from kook would be just lovely.

[kai]

Sorry, old thread, but couldn't help replying this
Though I didn't feel being punished back then... X-) I felt certainly lonely having noone around whom I could talk to about CT. In encountering someone for the first time you might get a question on what you listen to. As a result I get wiser and as a matter of courtesy I shall always answer: "well you won't know the name anyways". "Well try me" the other party will insist, then I would anser, in hesitation, "CocteauTwins, is my favorite band" "What's that?" Well I told you you wouldn't know! Many times. Even in some job interviews (and that's awful if you get this question and if your possibly-future-boss doesn't know).
If I look back now it might deserve being called a punishment.

[Thackeray]

I once punished Melanie while listening to Cocteau Twins. Does that count?

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7015/bettiebad053dx4.jpg

No, Kook, that doesn't count, did you video tape it??

[Pale Clouded]

I once punished Melanie while listening to Cocteau Twins. Does that count?



First Helena now this. You be talking' some shmack when I ain't around boi!

[Thackeray]

First Helena now this. You be talking' some shmack when I ain't around boi!

Paley,

instead of saying that I punished you over CT music but dint, can I buy Sammy an ear to chew on while we watch Tishbytes over takeout some time before I die?