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Love For Laurel and her red, red hair......
  • Vote Up0Vote Down The_CarpathianThe_Carpathian
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    The lower register vocal.....the sparse mystery.....the fading spotlight on her red, red hair......

    Yes, it's a thread for our starlet with a short life-line: Laurel.

    It's really standing out for me as the most cinematic of the TOU family. It starts so, so simply then the swell of those strings....oh, those strings!
    A million fires before your harvest comes. To burn out.
    Wear the mask of a heathen. For the moon's lonely eyes.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down VesperVesper
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    The most cinematic with Simone, yeah. I love Laurel too ! However, what the hell is Alison saying at 2:25 ???
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    Uh oh, Carpy's lovelorn for Laurel.

    Dangerous ground, Carpy.
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down CervusCervus
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    Her lower register has always been glorious but this takes it to a new level.
    '' Sometimes I think I've felt everything I'm ever going to feel and from here on out I'm not going to feel anything new, just lesser versions of what I've already felt ''
  • Vote Up0Vote Down The_CarpathianThe_Carpathian
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    iuventus said:

    Uh oh, Carpy's lovelorn for Laurel.

    Dangerous ground, Carpy.



    She needs protecting, obviously. She's making all the wrong choices for all the wrong reasons and little does she know of the consequences to come........
    Post edited by The_Carpathian at 2013-09-10 07:52:47
    A million fires before your harvest comes. To burn out.
    Wear the mask of a heathen. For the moon's lonely eyes.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down CervusCervus
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    Sometimes these things cannot be changed though....even for all the right reasons...we just have to watch/listen helplessly.....
    '' Sometimes I think I've felt everything I'm ever going to feel and from here on out I'm not going to feel anything new, just lesser versions of what I've already felt ''
  • Vote Up0Vote Down The_CarpathianThe_Carpathian
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    Cervus said:

    Her lower register has always been glorious but this takes it to a new level.



    Absolutely. It's not just another tone of voice, but in this context a whole other voice entirely. Fits the mood of her story perfectly - the world weary realisation that plans aren't going her way.
    A million fires before your harvest comes. To burn out.
    Wear the mask of a heathen. For the moon's lonely eyes.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Halloween_JackHalloween_Jack
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    Definitely one of my favourites. Alison's vocal is so arresting! :) As Will said recently.. they're still discovering new things it can do.

    I read-up a bit on the inspiration: "In a lonely place". I don't know if Alison was connecting more with the book, but the film version sounds worth checking out. Here's the actress (Gloria Grahame) that plays Laurel:

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  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    Cervus said:

    Her lower register has always been glorious but this takes it to a new level.



    We tend to speak of 'depth' when women sing in those registers, but here Alison explores a breadth less traveled.
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    @H_J Always read the book first!
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    Except for 'Carrie,' which book is rubbish.
    Post edited by iuventus at 2013-09-10 08:08:45
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Jozzy81Jozzy81
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    i like a lady with red red hair..... :D
    Just Keep Things Simple.....
    Love Goldfrapp.....
  • Vote Up0Vote Down VesperVesper
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    Vesper said:

    The most cinematic with Simone, yeah. I love Laurel too ! However, what the hell is Alison saying at 2:25 ???



    Bump.

    By the way I love this contrast on the lyrics : Looking for light, a golden light / Lying for lies, a golden lie. Genius !
    Post edited by Vesper at 2013-09-10 16:56:57
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Halloween_JackHalloween_Jack
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    ^ Just before "fear is a fog"?

    Isn't it just "Laurel you came here,  Laurel came here"

    The Alison mumble-slur doesn't help! :)

    Post edited by Halloween_Jack at 2013-09-10 18:20:44
    Avondale guesthouse
  • Vote Up0Vote Down JoeyJoey
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    I can never rely on her damn printed lyrics!

    :P
    Post edited by Joey at 2013-09-10 18:30:05
    I had a king in a tenement castle, lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown. He's taken the curtains down. He's swept with the broom of contempt, and the rooms have an empty ring. He's cleaned with the tears of an actor who fears for the laughter's sting...
  • Vote Up0Vote Down error60091error60091
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    Fell in love with laurel early on after the mif vid on youtube... alison herself shrouded in darkness as she cooed along side the strings, really breathtaking.. found myself replaying that vid more than the others.. actually im falling in love with the album all at once and this hasnt happened, not even with fm..
    Post edited by error60091 at 2013-09-11 01:54:39
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