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Originally Posted by Silver Sonya If, in fact, the majestry and innovation of the Cocteau Twins' guitar sounds on, say, "Heaven Or Las Vegas" (one of their many masterpieces) were achieved with inexpensive means, then that really is a testament to what can be achieved with imagination and vision, not expensive gear.
There's nothing wrong with that. It's Low End in the most inspiring way, I say.
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Too true Chad.
Without wishing to offend any of our learned colleagues, I often find that a "mine's bigger than yours" -type pomposity rules the Gearslutz airwaves. My own view is that gear is a means to an end, not an end unto itself. Still, to each their own I say.
Thanks to everyone for chiming in. I did a search for the Cocteau's before posting, and given the small number of results returned I had assumed that either: 1. The Cocteau's were either obscure and/or considered uninteresting, or 2. I'm much,
much older than I thought.
Wiggy: yes, Liz's voice is stunning. I really can't stand the classical/operatic singing style, but I'm guessing that Liz must have been classically trained... perhaps not.
One thing that amazes me about the Cocteau's is that, especially on the mid- to late-period stuff where Liz was not really singing much that was intelligible or interpretable, they were still considered as "one of my favourite bands" by many people. Bang goes the theory that songs sung in the native tongue are the only ones that can connect with people.