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This Mortal Coil
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(1983 – present)
This Mortal Coil is a project of Ivo Watts-Russell, president of the British 4AD record label, begun in 1983. This Mortal Coil (TMC) is an example of a supergroup, and performers include members from bands on 4AD’s roster, such as Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Colourbox, The Wolfgang Press, Dif Juz, X Mal Deutschland and Modern English. The records consist mostly of dark and moody interpretative cover versions of a wide variety of artists ranging from Big Star and Talking Heads to The Apartments and Tim Buckley. The group recorded three albums; It’ll End in Tears, Filigree & Shadow and Blood.
The group takes its name from Shakespeare. In particular Hamlet’s soliloquy To be, or not to be, where it refers to dying; “coil” is used in its archaic sense of “disturbance, trouble”:
“What dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause.”
Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, line 67.
The group takes its name from Shakespeare. In particular Hamlet’s soliloquy To be, or not to be, where it refers to dying; “coil” is used in its archaic sense of “disturbance, trouble”:
“What dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause.”
Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, line 67.
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Anastaxia_Xylf wrote:
perfect music for dreaming and painting
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MichaelHans wrote:
Love this Mortal Coil (the Gothic/Dream Pop Super group)
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wachenroder wrote:
deviantpsyche: Soul Whirling Somewhere
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christybabe wrote:
Touched by the voice of past
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Trystane wrote:
One of my favorite bands recently. *hypnotized*
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Otherness wrote:
Their music still moves me as much as the first time I heard it.
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coleio wrote:
Beautiful stuff.
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carinaclysmic wrote:
they NEVER play TMC on my station. That blows!
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tzimanior wrote:
Acid, Bitter and Sad...
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Psaro wrote:
I once saw you...
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salvador-rudy wrote:
spng to the siren <3
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Indyalanjones1 wrote:
im a troll
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StDionysus wrote:
Lovely pic, but Liz wasn't the only person in the group.
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juviess wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/This+Mortal+Coil/+images/35718639
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DemonCashew wrote:
I really need to stop going to band pages at odd hours because something like that is bound to happen. Except for this time.
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Antikrun wrote:
That's not that interesting trolling
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Korbhiine wrote:
That's what I call proper trolling
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caffeinewolf wrote:
haha, DemonCashew listens to more Carcass than TMC actually.. I had a feeling the statement was too ridiculous to be true feelings.
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Antikrun wrote:
Nonono, I like Carcass and this group both, kid DemonCashew. Stop comparing different genres for different audiences and different mood!
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DemonCashew wrote:
hey, fuck you. not cool. this is music that matters and touches the soul. it's so wonderfully beautiful on the ears where as carcass is dumb "music"(noise) for kids with below average iqs
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