Results of RetroClash #60

 

Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man [ 5 ] [38.46%]

This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren [ 8 ] [61.54%]

 

Dusty has been sent packing! The sheer beauty of the Tim Buckley cover triumphs over one of the best British female vocalists. This really was a battle of the voices.

Next up is another of the best indie records of the 80s which combined the vocal beauty of the Cocteaus with the indie pop sensibility of The Smiths. Here is The Sundays with Can't be Sure.

 

Can I have some nominations for records from the 50s, 60s and 70s as I think I have been too 80s heavy. So nominate away.

 

You have until whenever I get round to announcing the results to vote!

 

Previous Wins

 

9 wins

Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

 

8 Wins

Take On Me (A-Ha)

 

5 wins

Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)

Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks)

Blue Monday (New Order)

 

4 Wins

Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)

 

3 Wins

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)

Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones)

I Feel Love (Donna Summer)

Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)

 

2 Wins

Won't Get Fooled Again (The Who)

Light My Fire (The Doors)

 

 

1 Win

With Or Without You (U2)

Living On A Prayer (Bon Jovi)

Like A Prayer (Madonna)

Paperback Writer (The Beatles)

Another Brick in the Wall (Pink Floyd)

Life on Mars? (David Bowie)

Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin)

Going Underground (The Jam)

This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren

 

The Champion - This Mortal Coil

 

 

 

The Challenger - This Mortal Coil

 

Edited March 30, 200817 yr by grebo69

Seeing The Sundays video above doesn't work

Here's one that does

 

 

Definately The Sundays

Got this one - and the album

 

I once had a dinner date with Harriet Wheeler. She was gorgeous.

I won the date in a radio competition.

 

As for This Mortal Coil - didn't they eventually evolve into the Cocteau Twins.

Edited April 14, 200817 yr by Euro Music

I once had a date with Harriet Wheeler.

 

Tell us more........... :naughty:

Seeing The Sundays video above doesn't work

Here's one that does

Definately The Sundays

Got this one

 

I once had a dinner date with Harriet Wheeler. She was gorgeous.

I won the date in a competition.

 

As for This Mortal Coil - they eventually evolved into the Cocteau Twins. The were also on the late Anthony Wilson's Factory label.

Thanks for the vid Euromusic. It was working this morning!

I am intrigued about the Harriet Wheeler date but your info on The Cocteaus/This Mortal Coil is very suspect!

 

Both were on 4AD and the members of The Cocteaus were asked by the label boss, Ivo, to contribute to This Mortal Coil.

Edited March 29, 200817 yr by grebo69

Can't Be Sure

As for This Mortal Coil - they eventually evolved into the Cocteau Twins. The were also on the late Anthony Wilson's Factory label.

 

nah.. they didn't - This Mortal Coil was a separate project that included quite a few 4AD acts over the years - Elizabeth Fraser being one of them. They carried on until the early 90s.

 

As for this soundclash -This Mortal Coil absolutely... The Sundays were feeble, boring whimsy.

Need some more votes!

Please! Someone vote to break the deadlock!

The Sundays WIN. Excellent, excellent tune!

Thanks Apocalyctor - consider this closed!