Subj : Re: Guest Vocalist
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Gryphon
Date : Wed Jun 08 2005 11:12 am

On 06-07-05, Angus Mcleod said...
 
AM>   Re: Guest Vocalist
AM>   By: Angus Mcleod to All on Sat Jun 04 2005 21:24:58
AM> 
AM>  > Performed by a guest vocalist on the original album, this track:
AM>  > 
AM>  > 	Shame,
AM>  > 	such a shame!
AM>  > 	I think I kind of lost myself again.
AM>  > 	Day,
AM>  > 	yesterday.
AM>  > 	Really should be leaving, but I stay.
AM>  > 
AM>  > Played a minor part in a major motion-picture a few years ago.  The alb
AM>  > was popular long before that though...
AM> 
AM> Here is another track, performed by the same guest artist on the same 
AM> album:
AM> 
AM> 	Love, love is a verb.
AM> 	Love is a doing word.
AM> 	Feathers on my
AM> 	breath.
AM> 	Gentle impulsion,
AM> 	shakes me, makes me lighter.
AM> 	Feathers on my
AM> 	breath.
AM> 
AM> 	Teardrop on the fire.
AM> 	Feathers on my
AM> 	breath.
AM> 
AM> 	Night, night of matter.
AM> 	Black flowers blossom.
AM> 	Feathers on my
AM> 	breath.
AM> 	Black flowers blossom.
AM> 	Feathers on my
AM> 	breath.
AM> 
AM> 	Teardrop on the fire,
AM> 	Feathers on my...
AM> 
AM> 	Water is my eye.
AM> 	Most faithful my love.
AM> 	Feathers on my
AM> 	breath.
AM> 	Teardrop on the fire
AM> 	of a confession.
AM> 	Feathers on my
AM> 	breath.
AM> 	Most faithful my love.
AM> 	Feathers on my
AM> 	breath.
AM> 
AM> 	Teardrop on the fire.
AM> 	Feathers on my
AM> 	breath.
AM> 
AM> 	You're stumbling a little.
AM> 	You're stumbling a little.
AM> 
AM> This track actually propelled the album up the charts where it became a 
AM> cult hit among critics, clubs, and the college crowds, but it essentially
AM> brought about the desctruction of the band.  The author of the song wanted
AM> the vocal to be done by *Madonna* of all people, instead of the eerie- 
AM> voiced singer that eventually performed the track.  He was overruled by 
AM> the rest of the band, but remained angry at the decision.  The roaring 
AM> success of the track as a single only made him angrier, and he eventually 
AM> left the band.  Several reshuffles followed, but they never quite regained
AM> their former glory.

I did a search and founf MASSIVE ATTACK.  I never heard of them.  I still
don't know the guest vocalist.

Gryphon, aka Darryl Perry
Sysop of Cyberia BBS, Kingwood, TX.
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