MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut 1 — opening of Teardrop)

Climbing the charts on January 27, 1998,
was the English trip-hop band Massive Attack
with their song “Teardrop.”

(Music Cut 2 — verse settles in)

The vocal you hear wasn’t written or rehearsed.

It was improvised in the studio by
Elizabeth Fraser
from Cocteau Twins.

(Music Cut 3 — brief vocal lead-in)

That day, Fraser had just learned that her close friend
and former partner, Jeff Buckley, had died.

She later said the words came from a feeling
that he was still there.

(Final song clip)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Teardrop on the fire —
fearless on my breath.” — Massive Attack

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