Great Guitar Solos – Cocteau Twins
1 Comment Published December 22nd, 2009 in Great Guitar Solos, Heroes, MusicRobin Guthrie is one of the most underrated guitarists ever. Ever. The Cocteau Twins influence on modern music has always been grossly overlooked.
Here’s one of my favorite Robin Guthrie solos. It’s from the 1993 Cocteau Twins album, “Four Calendar Cafe.” It’s the grand finale of a flawless record. The guitar solo starts at 2:44 on this video. It’s exquisite. It’s all about minimalism, he picks just the right notes and then ends it with nice bend on the tremelo.
As for the interpretaion of the lyrics I don’t like it. Part of what is so great about the Cocteau Twins was that you could make up your own meaning of Liz Fraser’s lyrics.
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You are correct. They are highly underrated. I think even to alt-music fans their music is often seen as non-accessible. I think they sort of got lumped into goth at some point and never got out of it. A truly vast catalogue indeed.