Song to the Siren's irresistible tang

Its writer refused to record it. Pat Boone almost killed it. Then it was resurrected as a B-side to an indie prestige project. Martin Aston on how Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren became a modern classicIt's a Jim'll Fix It fantasy for any musical obsessive: to have your all-time favourite song, by your all-time favourite singer, covered by your second all-time favourite singer. Except in Ivo Watts-Russell's case, he was able to fix it himself.By 1983, the founder of the 4AD label had carved a ...

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