In the recording studio with the Cocteau Twins

ROBIN: Right, I think we’ve easily got an album’s worth there.

SIMON: (Shrugs)

ROBIN: We should do some final mixes. Which one first?

ELIZABETH: Fotzepolitic, I think.

ROBIN:

SIMON:

ELIZABETH: You know, it goes “See-en soo-bon sme bachtooyoo” in the chorus.

ROBIN: Ah, right. That one. Me and Simon call it “Jangle 3”.

ELIZABETH (Annoyed): Fine. That’s one track. What else?

SIMON: I -

ROBIN: How about that floaty hippy one?

SIMON:

ELIZABETH:

ROBIN: You know, it’s all sort of dreamy. Bit slow. Jangly.

SIMON: Is it -

ELIZABETH: Is it Oomingmak?

ROBIN:

SIMON:

ELIZABETH: You know, off Victorialand?

ROBIN: Nah, not that floaty.

ELIZABETH: From The Flagstones?

ROBIN:

SIMON:

ELIZABETH: Come on, From The bloody Flagstones? It goes “Sumtymes eye seeeioo ahhn tho flaaahagstohnes”. Bloody obvious, that one.

ROBIN: No, not that one. It’s the one where the chorus bit goes “Ooh la la”.

SIMON:

ELIZABETH:

ROBIN: You know. “Ooh la la”.

ELIZABETH:

SIMON:

ELIZABETH: Oh, hang on - you mean Calfskin Smack?

ROBIN: Dunno. Do I?

ELIZABETH: It goes “Ooooooooooh lalalalala, ooooooooooooh lalalalala”

ROBIN (Beaming): Yeah that’s it.

ELIZABETH: OK, so we’ll do that second. Shall we plan a third one while we’re at it?

SIMON: Well -

ROBIN: Yeah why not.

ELIZABETH: Any suggestions?

ROBIN: What do you think, Simon? Jangly 12? Jangly-Poppy 4?

SIMON: Jang -

ROBIN: I quite like the idea of doing Jangly Atmospheric 8 myself.

ELIZABETH:

ROBIN: It’s the one where the drums come in towards the end.

ELIZABETH:

ROBIN: You sing it, Si.

SIMON: It goes -

ELIZABETH: Oh wait, is it Blue Bell Knoll?

ROBIN (Shrugging): Not sure.

ELIZABETH: The one that starts with some jangly sounds, and me going: “Issss ish nacch no-long no-lorrrr, for-borrrr, ah-laah naowt, ah-laahsu-uuung nah boloh bo”.

ROBIN: Wavey sounds in the background? Drums at the end?

ELIZABETH: Yeah.

ROBIN: That’s Blue Bell Knoll?

ELIZABETH: Yeah.

ROBIN: Cool.

SIMON: (Goes to pub)

One Comment

  1. Posted January 27, 2007 at 11:20 pm | Permalink

    Yup, I’m sure I read an interview ages ago in which one of the Cocteaus admitted to labouring under the mondegreen that their song “Road, River and Rail” was an anthem to fishing, “Rod, River and Reel”

    Matt

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