After playing the Tim Bickley original of The Song To The Siren the other day really in response to my love of the 'This Mortal Coil' version I had contact from my dear ‘cousin’ Geoff who asked me if I had heard this version . . . . . I had but it gave me cause to send him the breathtaking TMC version sung by
such fun!
These are for Geoff Swapp . . . . . . .
THIS MORTAL COIL
Robin Guthrie on guitar and the astonishing vocals of Elisabeth Fraser (from Cocteau Twins) first released on a single then included on This Mortal Coil's debut album, It'll End In Tears:
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Also . . . . not to forget our beloved Sinead O’Connor (we miss her . . . .)
Sinead O'Connor - Song To The Siren
(I will give Robert Plant’s perfectly acceptable go at it but the unforgivable and execrable version must be the dreadful Bryan Ferry cover . . . . . . truly awful as he plainly cannot really sing so you need to some sizeable ego to think you can pull it off.
He CAN’T!)