Echo and the Bunnymen: worth seeing live?
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Echo and the Bunnymen: worth seeing live?
Can they mesmerize or electrify a crowd, or is it just play the hits and bugger off?
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Re: Echo and the Bunnymen: worth seeing live?
Here's a playlist from June. . .
I don't like seeing bands I liked as a kid, but I'd see them.
Rescue
Villiers Terrace
(With Roadhouse Blues snippet at end)
All That Jazz
Stormy Weather
The Somnabulist
Nothing Lasts Forever
All My Colours
Angels and Devils
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Lips Like Sugar
Rust
In The Margins
Bring On the Dancing Horses
Seven Seas
How Far?
The Cutter
Encore:
The Killing Moon
Never Stop
Encore 2:
Ocean Rain
I don't like seeing bands I liked as a kid, but I'd see them.
Rescue
Villiers Terrace
(With Roadhouse Blues snippet at end)
All That Jazz
Stormy Weather
The Somnabulist
Nothing Lasts Forever
All My Colours
Angels and Devils
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Lips Like Sugar
Rust
In The Margins
Bring On the Dancing Horses
Seven Seas
How Far?
The Cutter
Encore:
The Killing Moon
Never Stop
Encore 2:
Ocean Rain
Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk!
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Re: Echo and the Bunnymen: worth seeing live?
There's a fascinating article in the latest MOJO all about Mac - it gets into his home and it gets into his soul. Like a sort of low-rent version of the Johnny Depp thing I posted last week.
Here's an extract:
Here's an extract:
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Re: Echo and the Bunnymen: worth seeing live?
I didn’t know he had problems like that.
An ex had his then gfs numbers and I drunkenly phoned her trying to get hold of him but she didn’t answer.
Probably for the best
An ex had his then gfs numbers and I drunkenly phoned her trying to get hold of him but she didn’t answer.
Probably for the best
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Copehead wrote:a right wing cretin like Berger....bleating about racism
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I have some latter day bootlegs and the vocals are either really good or really bad. Like a frog.
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Goat Boy wrote:I didn’t know he had problems like that.
An ex had his then gfs numbers and I drunkenly phoned her trying to get hold of him but she didn’t answer.
Probably for the best
I imagine if you'd caught him at the right time he'd have talked your head off.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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ORORORO wrote:Goat Boy wrote:I didn’t know he had problems like that.
An ex had his then gfs numbers and I drunkenly phoned her trying to get hold of him but she didn’t answer.
Probably for the best
I imagine if you'd caught him at the right time he'd have talked your head off.
Into coke apparently so quite possibly!
Griff wrote:The notion that Jeremy Corbyn, a lifelong vocal proponent of antisemitism, would stand in front of an antisemitic mural and commend it is utterly preposterous.
Copehead wrote:a right wing cretin like Berger....bleating about racism
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Re: Echo and the Bunnymen: worth seeing live?
I saw them a few weeks back and this was the setlist:
Nothing Lasts Forever
All My Colours (Zimbo)
The Somnabulist
Lips Like Sugar
Angels and Devils
Stormy Weather
Rust
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
In the Margins
Bring On the Dancing Horses
Stars Are Stars
Rescue
The Cutter
Seven Seas
How Far?
Killing Moon
Never Stop
Ocean Rain
Nothing Lasts Forever
All My Colours (Zimbo)
The Somnabulist
Lips Like Sugar
Angels and Devils
Stormy Weather
Rust
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
In the Margins
Bring On the Dancing Horses
Stars Are Stars
Rescue
The Cutter
Seven Seas
How Far?
Killing Moon
Never Stop
Ocean Rain
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Re: Echo and the Bunnymen: worth seeing live?
I saw them a few weeks back and this was the setlist:
Nothing Lasts Forever
All My Colours (Zimbo)
The Somnabulist
Lips Like Sugar
Angels and Devils
Stormy Weather
Rust
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
In the Margins
Bring On the Dancing Horses
Stars Are Stars
Rescue
The Cutter
Seven Seas
How Far?
Killing Moon
Never Stop
Ocean Rain
They weren’t bad but they weren’t great. Will Seargent stood shrouded in darkness for the whole gig, Mac struggled with both the high notes and the low notes. The audience didn’t seem to mind though and sang along and waved their arms to their old favourites. The band was backed by a string section and an unnecessary grand piano.
Nothing Lasts Forever
All My Colours (Zimbo)
The Somnabulist
Lips Like Sugar
Angels and Devils
Stormy Weather
Rust
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
In the Margins
Bring On the Dancing Horses
Stars Are Stars
Rescue
The Cutter
Seven Seas
How Far?
Killing Moon
Never Stop
Ocean Rain
They weren’t bad but they weren’t great. Will Seargent stood shrouded in darkness for the whole gig, Mac struggled with both the high notes and the low notes. The audience didn’t seem to mind though and sang along and waved their arms to their old favourites. The band was backed by a string section and an unnecessary grand piano.
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So you saw them twice?
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Re: Echo and the Bunnymen: worth seeing live?
Last time I saw them was at Glastonbury over a decade ago. Walking down into the main 'arena' the riff from Lips Like Sugar was blasting out over Somerset towards to tor - it sounded fantastic.
It was fitting that E&TB were on the main stage - maybe the second band on that day (low down on the bill) while over on the Acoustic Stage Julian Cope was headlining that night. It sort of summed up their respective careers. Mac still trying to make the big time, Cope preaching to the converted... Or something.
It was fitting that E&TB were on the main stage - maybe the second band on that day (low down on the bill) while over on the Acoustic Stage Julian Cope was headlining that night. It sort of summed up their respective careers. Mac still trying to make the big time, Cope preaching to the converted... Or something.
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Re: Echo and the Bunnymen: worth seeing live?
Never seen a bad Bunnymen gig.
Saw Mac with Ian Broudie doing an accoustic set a few years ago and he was acting like bit of a twat.
The Mojo article was quite enlightening. Quite sad in a way but I'm quite looking forward to the new orchestral LP even though I'm not sure it 'needs' to be made.
Saw Mac with Ian Broudie doing an accoustic set a few years ago and he was acting like bit of a twat.
The Mojo article was quite enlightening. Quite sad in a way but I'm quite looking forward to the new orchestral LP even though I'm not sure it 'needs' to be made.
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Re: Echo and the Bunnymen: worth seeing live?
They're on Jools Holland's thing tonight
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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pcqgod wrote:Can they mesmerize or electrify a crowd, or is it just play the hits and bugger off?
Well you're seeing a band way past their best, Mac's voice is certainly shot but I guess he may still have a certain on-stage charisma..
Personally I don't think they ever recovered from the death of De Freitas, who was as important to them as Bonham was to Zep.
I was lucky enough to see them many times (..well 3) in their heyday, but if you've never seen them you may get something out of it I guess, but I'd keep your expectations fairly low.
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Worth seeing live ? Maybe if you had a time machine...And if you do, can I borrow it for a bit ? Lots of bands I'd like to see in their prime..
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Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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HEN wrote:
That sounds 'professional' I guess, though Mac's vocals are clearly not what they were. It's probably helped by the fact it's one of the simpler tracks in their catalogue. All a bit lifeless though..It doesn't make me think "it'd be great to see them again".
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The Modernist wrote:HEN wrote:
That sounds 'professional' I guess, though Mac's vocals are clearly not what they were.
Not only that, but he hasn't decided whether to go with the original vocal melody or the slightly-adapted (for his reduced range) one. So it's a wee bit unsettling!
They also played a newer track but I won't post it here. It's nothing special.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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The Prof wrote:The Mojo article was quite enlightening. Quite sad in a way
Yes it was. I'm glad I read it but I noticed Ian McNabb wrote in the next month to say they should never have published it.