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"Song to the Siren" is a song written by Tim Buckley and Larry Beckett, [2] first released by Buckley on his 1970 album Starsailor. It was also later released on Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology, the album featuring a performance of the song taken from the final episode of The Monkees.
Starsailor is the sixth studio album by Tim Buckley, released on Herb Cohen's Straight Records label in November 1970. ... (Song to the Siren)".
This personal album included the more accessible "Song to the Siren", a song which has since been covered by Robert Plant, John Frusciante, Bryan Ferry, Sinéad O'Connor and Brendan Perry. The album was a critical and commercial failure upon release, despite having gained a considerable cult status following This Mortal Coil 's cover, which ...
The majority of these compositions would later be re-recorded and released on Happy Sad, whilst two others, "Song to the Siren" and "Happy Time", would feature on Starsailor and Blue Afternoon respectively. "Ashbury Park" and "Danang" are early versions of Happy Sad's "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)".
The Best of Tim Buckley is a compilation LP by Tim Buckley.It presents Buckley as a folk artist with songs written between 1966 and 1970. The album features material from the studio albums Tim Buckley, Goodbye and Hello, Happy Sad and Blue Afternoon, in addition to "Song to the Siren" from his avant garde album Starsailor.
The EP is a compilation of "Song to the Siren", featuring just Buckley's guitar and voice, recorded for the TV show The Monkees and two live recordings taken from a 1968 Danish radio broadcast. [1] This earlier version of Starsailor track "Song to the Siren" [2] is more folk-oriented and can also be found on Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley ...
Larry Beckett (born April 4, 1947) is an American poet, playwright, songwriter, musician, translator, and literary critic.As a songwriter and music arranger, Beckett collaborated with Tim Buckley in the late 1960s and early 1970s on several songs and albums, including the critically acclaimed "Song to the Siren" which has been recorded by many artists, from This Mortal Coil to Robert Plant to ...
[13] The Empyrean contains a version of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren", from his 1970 album Starsailor. The record also features an array of collaborators and guest musicians, including Frusciante's bandmate Flea, and friends Josh Klinghoffer and the former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.