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It is, said walworthroad, a "massive and beautiful song". "Stunning, simply stunning," reckoned dickyknee. "Still gives me goosebumps," agreed Zakelius. And what were they all agreed on? Why, Song to the Siren, the subject of an appreciative history by Martin Aston last week.
The only question appeared to be which version was the best: the one Tim Buckley performed on The Monkees TV show in 1967, the one he released on his Starsailor album, or the 1980s reading by This Mortal Coil. On that latter version, sometime Guardian writer jonwilde provided a historical footnote: "At the time they recorded Song to the Siren, Robin [Guthrie] and Liz [Fraser] were between homes and slept under the kitchen table in my flat in Wood Green (my job was to throw a sheet over them when it was time for bed). The night before the...
It is, said walworthroad, a "massive and beautiful song". "Stunning, simply stunning," reckoned dickyknee. "Still gives me goosebumps," agreed Zakelius. And what were they all agreed on? Why, Song to the Siren, the subject of an appreciative history by Martin Aston last week.
The only question appeared to be which version was the best: the one Tim Buckley performed on The Monkees TV show in 1967, the one he released on his Starsailor album, or the 1980s reading by This Mortal Coil. On that latter version, sometime Guardian writer jonwilde provided a historical footnote: "At the time they recorded Song to the Siren, Robin [Guthrie] and Liz [Fraser] were between homes and slept under the kitchen table in my flat in Wood Green (my job was to throw a sheet over them when it was time for bed). The night before the...
- 11/24/2011
- by Michael Hann
- The Guardian - Film News
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