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Originally Posted by Frownland
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Title: “Song to the siren”
Artiste: Tim Buckley
Nationality: American
Year: 1970
Genre: Folk
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Source: Album
Starsailor
Written by: Larry Beckett and Tim Buckley
Chart position(s) (Singles only): n/a
Storyline: Basic love song? Not familiar with it at all but that's what it seems to be.
Main instrument: Guitar (only instrument, I think)
Other version(s) by: Most famously, Pat Boone in 1969, before Buckley's original was released, then, among others, This Mortal Coil (1983), The Chemical Brothers (1992), Sally Oldfield (1996), Robert Plant (2002) as well as many others including George Michael, Sinead O'Connor and Bryan Ferry.
Comments: Buckley's voice overpowers the reverb guitar which kind of ends up being in the background, but it works reasonably well. Very emotional, but almost too harsh for me: very in-your-face when I would prefer it was softer and gentler. Might even have worked better as an
acapella, given the strength of his voice. Not really my style, have to say.
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