2021-05-24
Aaliyah & Cocteau Twins - Rock A Kissed Out Red Floatboat
It must have been the muses whispering in my ear, "wouldn´t it be funny if you could mix Rock The Boat with A Kissed Out Red Floatboat, just because both songs have "boat" in the title!?" You better obey the muses, cause they´re always right. And who would have thought that the seductive and oh-so-sweet vocals of the late Aaliyah would go so well with the artistry of siren extraordinaire Liz Fraser?! Both songs are in keys that shouldn´t work together at all and messing about with either voice to match the keys would totally kill the vibe. I had to speed up the Cocteau Twins songs by 3 bpm...But then my jaw dropped, when it turned out that both voices flow together like the sweetest honey. Especially when I let them sing together at around 04:30. R&B from the early 00´s and late 80´s shoegaze: It shouldn´t work, but it totally does! Pure magic!
