Subj : Guest Vocalist
To   : All
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Tue Jun 07 2005 10:04 am

  Re: Guest Vocalist
  By: Angus Mcleod to All on Sat Jun 04 2005 21:24:58

 > Performed by a guest vocalist on the original album, this track:
 > 
 > 	Shame,
 > 	such a shame!
 > 	I think I kind of lost myself again.
 > 	Day,
 > 	yesterday.
 > 	Really should be leaving, but I stay.
 > 
 > Played a minor part in a major motion-picture a few years ago.  The album
 > was popular long before that though...

Here is another track, performed by the same guest artist on the same 
album:

	Love, love is a verb.
	Love is a doing word.
	Feathers on my
	breath.
	Gentle impulsion,
	shakes me, makes me lighter.
	Feathers on my
	breath.

	Teardrop on the fire.
	Feathers on my
	breath.

	Night, night of matter.
	Black flowers blossom.
	Feathers on my
	breath.
	Black flowers blossom.
	Feathers on my
	breath.

	Teardrop on the fire,
	Feathers on my...

	Water is my eye.
	Most faithful my love.
	Feathers on my
	breath.
	Teardrop on the fire
	of a confession.
	Feathers on my
	breath.
	Most faithful my love.
	Feathers on my
	breath.

	Teardrop on the fire.
	Feathers on my
	breath.

	You're stumbling a little.
	You're stumbling a little.

This track actually propelled the album up the charts where it became a 
cult hit among critics, clubs, and the college crowds, but it essentially
brought about the desctruction of the band.  The author of the song wanted 
the vocal to be done by *Madonna* of all people, instead of the eerie- 
voiced singer that eventually performed the track.  He was overruled by 
the rest of the band, but remained angry at the decision.  The roaring 
success of the track as a single only made him angrier, and he eventually 
left the band.  Several reshuffles followed, but they never quite regained 
their former glory.

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