On Thursday, her husband, Edward Grinnan, wrote on Facebook: “She left this realm on her own terms. No regrets. She is at peace . . . I played her [B-52’s song] ‘Roam’ during her transition. Now she will roam forever. Rest in peace, my love.”
Julee, who released four albums beginning with 1989’s Floating into the Night, is best known for her collaborations with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In 2010, Pitchfork Media ranked Julee’s “Falling” at No. 146 on its “Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s.” NME listed the song at No. 38 in their ranking of “100 Best Songs of the 1990s” in 2012. Music & Media magazine stated that “anyone who is familiar with the Twin Peaks series is sure to have shivers listening to the theme tune. An ambient and dreamy song; although atmospheric, it is at the same time very down-to-earth, and threatening in its cold-blooded beauty.”
Nick Robinson from Music Week commented, “Every now and again a truly beautiful single comes along transfixing everyone that hears it.” He added, "The sparse haunting instrumentation combines with Cruise's dreamy vocals to produce a stunning piece of music.”
According to composer Angelo Badalamenti the characteristic sound of the song was made playing a tuned down electric guitar. “In the ruckus of beers flying through the air at The Roadhouse, we have Julee singing a beautiful, slow-tempo song, and it’s so outrageous,” said Badalamenti in 2016. “You would never have that kind of song in a place like that. . . . The songs with Julee serve a two-fold purpose: They contrast the visuals and they set the tone for the show.”
A music video was produced (below) featuring Julee performing the song through soft curtains and dramatic red lighting. It fades to various scenes from the Twin Peaks television series.
Related Off-site Links:
Julee Cruise, Singer and Frequent David Lynch Collaborator, Dies Aged 65 – Ben Beaumont-Thomas (The Guardian, June 10, 2022).
Julee Cruise’s Angelic Voice Guided Us Through David Lynch’s American Hell – Dorian Lynskey (The Guardian, June 10, 2022).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Finding Laura
• It Is Happening Again
• The Fizzer Finale of Lost Brings to Mind the Unraveling of Twin Peaks
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