My favourite live band, along with Radiohead. Both are way better live than in the studio. Echo for the ad-libbing, Ian's fun banter with the audience, and working into their original songs bits of classics by The Beatles, Velvet Underground, The Doors, The Rolling Stones..
Good to see someone reacting to a song and band that is historically important rather than do the normal Mammon Worshpping Jig that dominates YoobToob.
Echo and the bunnyman name was in reference to when the band began they, Ian McCullough,Will Sergeant, vocals, guitarist, didn't have a drummer, they used tape loops, thus " Echo". Then in 1979 drummer the late Pete Defritas joined. He died in a motorcycle accident in 1989. The only original members in the band today is Ian and Will, Les Pattison left the band in the mid nineties.
Do it clean/Sober. It's great poetic music that leaves a lot to a listeners interpretations. Like fine Art. It's not cut and dry like modern music. Far deeper!!
This is a good song, but in my opinion Echo & The Bunnymen made better ones. Try listening to "The killing moon", "Rescue", "Villiers terrace" or "Seven seas", you will be surprised. In the video, Ian McCulloch's hair reveals their time was the 80's. Well done, keep exploring the past decades, they are mines of wonderful little known or forgotten songs
I always thought Echo was their drum machine before Pete de Freitas joined the band, but it turns out it was just one of several silly names a friend of theirs had suggested. According to singer, Ian McCulloch, he wanted to demostrate how unimportant a band's name is. Similarly to The Smiths I suppose, who went with the most average name they could think of, one that wouldn't stand out.
At their first gig on 15th November 1978 they were supporting the Teardrop Explodes ans had not settled on a name moments before the gig. Echo and the Bunnymen was one of the many silly names put forward by Mac McCullochs flat mate "Smelly Elly". Julian Cope the lead singer of the Teardrops introduced them as Echo much to the suprised of the band and them hating it, but after the gig the crowd not only loved the set but the name and so stuck.
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In my opinion this is one of the best rock concerts ever recorded.
I agree
I was there, the greatest gig I ever attended, they were on a different level those 2 nights in July 83
Makes a nice change from everyone else reacting to the Killing Moon.
My favourite live band, along with Radiohead. Both are way better live than in the studio. Echo for the ad-libbing, Ian's fun banter with the audience, and working into their original songs bits of classics by The Beatles, Velvet Underground, The Doors, The Rolling Stones..
Ian voice was so powerful, are you crazy? Btw the performance here is amazing, sensational, out of mind!
This may not be their best but some live versons are amazing. They had a more powerful live sound than i realized.
And they still are AMAZING live! Saw them live 5-6 times within last 10 years and every single time the are exceptional!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Good to see someone reacting to a song and band that is historically important rather than do the normal Mammon Worshpping Jig that dominates YoobToob.
Echo is the name of their drum machine, they were named by Bill Drummond of the KLF who managed them early on
The indomitable echo & The bunnymen
Echo and the bunnyman name was in reference to when the band began they, Ian McCullough,Will Sergeant, vocals, guitarist, didn't have a drummer, they used tape loops, thus " Echo". Then in 1979 drummer the late Pete Defritas joined. He died in a motorcycle accident in 1989. The only original members in the band today is Ian and Will, Les Pattison left the band in the mid nineties.
Do it clean/Sober. It's great poetic music that leaves a lot to a listeners interpretations. Like fine Art. It's not cut and dry like modern music. Far deeper!!
Great post-punk, neo-psyhadelic band 80s
This is a good song, but in my opinion Echo & The Bunnymen made better ones. Try listening to "The killing moon", "Rescue", "Villiers terrace" or "Seven seas", you will be surprised. In the video, Ian McCulloch's hair reveals their time was the 80's. Well done, keep exploring the past decades, they are mines of wonderful little known or forgotten songs
Ocean Rain is by far their best song.
I always thought Echo was their drum machine before Pete de Freitas joined the band, but it turns out it was just one of several silly names a friend of theirs had suggested. According to singer, Ian McCulloch, he wanted to demostrate how unimportant a band's name is. Similarly to The Smiths I suppose, who went with the most average name they could think of, one that wouldn't stand out.
At their first gig on 15th November 1978 they were supporting the Teardrop Explodes ans had not settled on a name moments before the gig.
Echo and the Bunnymen was one of the many silly names put forward by Mac McCullochs flat mate "Smelly Elly".
Julian Cope the lead singer of the Teardrops introduced them as Echo much to the suprised of the band and them hating it, but after the gig the crowd not only loved the set but the name and so stuck.
Echo and the Bunnymen = Donnie Darko Soundtrack.
Do it clean is about doing drugs 😅
Sex Machine is a reference to James Brown classic, then the rest is a medley of their own songs etc.
Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Nat King Cole and the Beatles in that medley
@@maryburke5423 They play cover even of The Doors.
Echo was a drum machine when they started off and bunnymen instead of playboy bunnygirls
Nope. That name was never even in the running. Read a comment above that explains exactly where the name came from