This day in 1983 This Mortal Coil released Sixteen Days / Gathering Dust a great cover of Modern English with Song to The Siren as the B-side on 12" along with Sixteen days reprise. #80smusic #4AD #thismortalcoil #lizfrazer #robinguthrie www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKR2...

Originals & Covers

Tim Buckley cut “Song to the Siren” on Starsailor, 1970

U.K.’s This Mortal Coil covered it on It’ll End in Tears, 1983. Elizabeth Fraser. Robin Guthrie on the guitar.

The cover made the original famous again

#musicsky #covers #thismortalcoil #timbuckley
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