View Full Version : Snow EP - what were they thinking?
theFLIR
Dec-29-05, 3:00 AM
let me ask you sumptin? Would you rather listen to Bing Crosby sing Frosty the snow MAN or Ms. Fraser???? Im going for the Fraser bit... I heard the Cocteau version in a Department store once, and I was happy that it was her and not elvis.... JMO....
Why do any bands make unusual or out-of-character music? Mainly because someone asked them to I suspect, or they were pissed and thought it was a good idea.
Fritter
Dec-29-05, 5:28 AM
Not wishing to get drawn into pointless speculation, maybe they saw a parallel between the Cocteaux' ocean of sound and the Phil Spector Wall of Sound? The two songs are highlights of Spector's Christmas Album.
Phil Lawton
Dec-29-05, 5:30 AM
I seem to recall that they were asked to contribute to a Christmas album.
Guthers will know.
mmmender
Dec-29-05, 11:19 PM
i think the fact that they all had kids also helped them decide to record "snow".
I don't see what's so wrong with it. But then I JUST received it for Christmas and I am so thrilled to have it.
mmmender
Dec-29-05, 11:31 PM
i think the snow ep is lovely, i adore winter wonderland!
btw, i'll state it once again that the snow ep isn't rare, that's cocteau myth #1.
Ghosty
Dec-30-05, 10:08 AM
I love the Snow ep. Maybe it helps that I wasn't familiar with those songs since Christmas isn't that big a deal over here. Whatever you think of the songs, they are executed in typical Cocteau fashion.
I'm just glad i can now participate in these EP/singles discussions!! I got the new 'boxset' for christmas, and can't explain how great its been to hear virtually all these tracks for the first time!
I won't use this space to hijack this thread and go on about the songs that i like best tho.
So i'll just say that i quite like the Snow EP, especially Frosty The Snowman. The two songs sound like the Twins ignoring the music fashion police and just doing something throwaway and fun. And yet they did it well enough that it didn't end up sounding throwaway at all, but rather something sweet and interesting.
ArnoldZiffel
Dec-30-05, 7:23 PM
"Snow" was the first thing I played when I got my copy of L2V. I thought both songs were excellent.
dynamine
Dec-30-05, 7:25 PM
get stuffed
Phil Lawton
Dec-30-05, 7:32 PM
get stuffed
The festive spirit lives on.
God bless us, one and all.
kookaburra
Dec-30-05, 7:34 PM
Indeed, jive turkey.
elysium
Dec-30-05, 10:36 PM
http://www.stars-on-7-inch.com/index_b/bee_gees/jive_talkin.JPG
Brittany
Dec-30-05, 11:12 PM
I think it's beautiful, Sime.
It's okay if you don't like it-to each his own. xoxo
cocaine
people make bad choices with that shite :baby:
eg...burton and depp in "charlie and the choc factory".....it was snowing in that too :lame:
i repeat
just say NO to snow
mmmender
Jan-2-06, 3:09 AM
i hope that isn't a jab in my direction, naker.
it wasnt...we were talking about that awfull frosty the snowman shite...you had nothing to do with it...however i believe cocaine to be a selfish drug that ruins people and the people around them... but if the cap fits...wear it.... :baby:
it wasnt but if the cap fits...wear it. :baby:
Meaning?
I was just curious if it was an "indirect" dig at Leesa?
my post was about how the frosty shite was a poor choice...i indicated coke prob had somethig to do with it...why mmender thought this was about her has nothing to do with what i said about frosty the SNOWMAN...not my problem...surely?
I remember an interview from around that time suggesting that the CT intended to record some Christmas songs every year and do a similar type release but just like a lot of CT plans...seems it never materialized. I remember waiting the next year for a similar single. I always wondered why they did those songs in the first place though too.
mmmender
Jan-2-06, 7:53 PM
naker, no it's not your problem it's mine and i'm dealing with it. i just hope you weren't poking fun of my problem, that's all i'm saying.
didnt know you had one tbh...hope you feel better soon :baby:
whatistrue
Jan-3-06, 8:51 AM
Kids...
My darling daughter, who is 6, kept requesting the Snow songs these past weeks.
For Christmas, I gave her a Cocteau compilation to play in her new Disney Princess CD player. I'm AMAZED to hear her sing along to "Sugar Hiccup" rather accurately - whatever "accurate" means in Lizspeak...
One of my parenting goals - indoctrinate my offspring to the CT sound - and many other sounds - long before their pre-teen years!
Brittany
Jan-3-06, 10:09 PM
One of my parenting goals - indoctrinate my offspring to the CT sound - and many other sounds - long before their pre-teen years!
Worked for me. My son (11) knows what few words are decipherable, sings along when he thinks no one is listening, and still falls asleep on cue to Victorialand (I started that when he was still in utero).
What tickles me the most is when he gets excited hearing CT in public (recently the CT versions of Frosty/Winter Wonderland were playing almost everywhere we shopped).
otherness
Jan-3-06, 10:19 PM
I'm sorry, but I have to interject. Cocteau Twins could record a version of "Winter Wonderland" and it would be incredible. Oh, wait...they did that, didn't they? Well. they could record a version of.................
Well. they could record a version of.................
"Silent Night" b/w "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" would get my vote.
andylama
Jan-5-06, 12:46 AM
I draw the line at "Der Fuehrer's Face". Some things are even beyond Guthrie's magic touch.
whatistrue
Jan-5-06, 9:08 AM
Andylama, what is the story behind that avatar?!
Andylama, what is the story behind that avatar?!
It's Vicky Pollard - a character from the BBC comedy show Little Britain. An example of chav scum at its finest :(
Baddy2shoos
Jan-5-06, 9:16 AM
The term chav is sooo last year ;)
The term chav is sooo last year ;)
Apologies for being 5 days out of date. I am old you know!
Phil Lawton
Jan-5-06, 10:38 AM
The term chav is sooo last year ;)
Can we revert to the term "twatty pond-life" now, Beth? I always thought that had a poetic ring to it....
"I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er war and strife
When all at once I saw a host
Of twatty pond-life"
or
"Stands the clock at ten to three
Is there a Pop-tart still for tea?
Smashed bus-stops, old u'ns mugged after dark
By the twatty pond-life in the park?"
andylama
Jan-5-06, 9:18 PM
Andylama, what is the story behind that avatar?!
Dprid summed it up concisely. We don't get Little Britain here in Arizona, but a friend of mine recently loaned me the DVDs of the first season. It's mostly "discomfort humor", but has some moments of cringe-free hilarity.
I find the Vicky Pollard character to be massively hilarious, as (s)he talks a mile-a-minute and makes no sense whatsoever. A great caricature. She is what what we Americans would call "trailer trash", a pejorative that didn't fall out of fashion like "chav" evidently did.
If you are interested, you can see some (tiny) video clips here:
Little Britain clips (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/littlebritain/clips/)
Brittany
Jan-5-06, 10:09 PM
Yeah...but, no...but, yeah...but, no...
Brittany
Jan-5-06, 10:10 PM
I am the only gay in the village.
Brittany
Jan-5-06, 10:11 PM
Apologies for being 5 days out of date. I am old you know!
Nah sweetie, chavscum is still very much in our every day vocabulary. You're still in the loop. ;-)
andylama
Jan-5-06, 10:38 PM
I am the only gay in the village.
"Shutup, Myfanwy!"
Daffyd is great. So is Myfanwy.
andylama
Jan-5-06, 10:41 PM
Also love this guy:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/andylama/raymcc.jpg
"I'd like to answer that question using the medium of dance..."
Brittany
Jan-5-06, 11:37 PM
Myfanwy: So, how did the audition go?
Daffyd: It was a complete waste of time, the director said he couldn't see me as Hamlet. I'm sorry Myfanwy, but the Llandewi Breffi Amateur Dramatics Society is completely homophobist.
Myfanwy: Oh well, what audition speech did you do?
Daffyd: It's Raining Men by the Weather Girls.
Brittany
Jan-5-06, 11:39 PM
Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around my eyes, look into my eyes, you're under.
Brittany
Jan-5-06, 11:41 PM
I got the lurgy. Yeah I know because there was this whole fing 'cause I was down the arcade and Kelly flobbed on Destiny and a bit of it landed in my hair because Kelly hates Destiny because Destiny told Warren that Kelly pads her bra. It's true - Nathan reckons he put his hand down there and pulled out a bag of Jelly Tots.
andylama
Jan-6-06, 12:24 AM
Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around my eyes, look into my eyes, you're under.
OMG OMG OMG!
"...you're back in the room."
Can we revert to the term "twatty pond-life" now, Beth? I always thought that had a poetic ring to it....
"I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er war and strife
When all at once I saw a host
Of twatty pond-life"
or
"Stands the clock at ten to three
Is there a Pop-tart still for tea?
Smashed bus-stops, old u'ns mugged after dark
By the twatty pond-life in the park?"
That decides it - next time the job of Poet Laureat comes up consider yourself nominated :)
Phil Lawton
Jan-6-06, 6:46 AM
That decides it - next time the job of Poet Laureat comes up consider yourself nominated :)
I'll fight the election on the falling stanzas in our educational system.
misschief37
Feb-16-06, 2:41 PM
their version of frosty the snowman sends tingles of delight down my spine every time i play it!
ArnoldZiffel
Feb-16-06, 2:59 PM
get stuffed
I still love "Snow". And I am stuffed. I just had pizza.
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