Man, Pete was just a beast on those skins. Just a killer drummer who never got the recognition he deserved during his all-too-short lifetime. Those of us who knew, knew. For me he was right up there with the greatest drummers of all time… and he was just a kid when they cut those classic albums. Still a teenager on the first two. I’m a lifer where Echo is concerned. The first four albums are burned into my soul at this point, and I still go see them whenever the opportunity presents itself and don’t dislike the post-reunion albums (though they’re not even in the same universe as the first four). However, ever since Pete’s departure there has always been something big missing, and it’s a hole that will never be filled. Drummers of Pete’s caliber are extremely few and far between. Rest in power
I must say this song shows off the skill of the bass player who incorporated at least three styles all in one song (slap funk, standard rock, and aggressive guitar style). Ian's voice was booming and without the slightest hint of strain.
Give the drummer his due. This is one of the most furious pieces of drumming I've ever heard. And the guitarist as well. In fact all of them. They are all firing on all 4 cylinders, and then some.
Was just washing the pots and playing this on phone to liven it up a bit. Suddenly I heard de de de de de da da da da as my 4 year old came dancing into the kitchen singing the guitar intro. Saw these live back when I was at school in about 1983 then got the Mac haircut and everything. Like father like son!
I fucking love this song so much, I forgot it, like a buried treasure I rediscover exactly when I needed it most, thanks always for your love and support when I put the needle on the echo and bunnymen record , my mum was so sick of listening to them
Followed them around the country on the Ocean Rain tour in 84, was 19, possibly the best experience of my life. Met Mac twice backstage, he's a poppet, sound lar
This has reminded me of that episode of 'The Young Ones' where Rick (Rik Mayall RIP) is going to write to Thatcher saying that they have a bomb. But she seems to have hundreds of entries in the phone book so he decides to write to the lead singer of Echo and The Bunnymen ... Dear Mr Echo! IIRC the episode was just called 'Bomb' and featured in Series 2.
It sometimes blows my mind that E&tBM weren't much bigger.....or seen as such now. Sometimes I wonder if it's literally just due to the name... Then again, Smashing Pumpkins were huge, with that name. idk....but I'm sure glad they existed at all. Such incredible music. The Killing Moon is still, imo, one of the best songs of all time. And Lips Like Sugar might be their greatest pop moment....and deservedly so.
Funny. i just discovered this band a few hours ago, now they're in my top ten. The combine the best aspects of joy division, U2, and are the quintessential post punk band. the music is good, unshallow, without being pretentious.
U2 and Echo & the Bunnymen got started at almost exactly the same time on opposite sides of the Irish Sea. They both grew up listening to the same kind of music and worshiping the same bands, so it makes sense they would end up sounding like each other.
There was a short era in English music. 1980 to 1982. So much brilliant stuff happened then. The music, the culture, the fashion. A great time to be alive, and a great time to be young. It was like the tired 70s had finished but the naff and bloated 80s had not yet begun. 1983 to 1985 were still okay, but the rot had started to set in. By '86, it was downhill from there.
It sometimes blows my mind that E&tBM weren't much bigger.....or seen as such now. Sometimes I wonder if it's literally just due to the name... Then again, Smashing Pumpkins were huge, with that name. idk....but I'm sure glad they existed at all. Such incredible music. The Killing Moon is still, imo, one of the best songs of all time. And Lips Like Sugar might be their greatest pop moment....and deservedly so.
Amazing my daughter is 3 eyars and she loves echo and the bunnymen.. great eh??.. so i am 31 and i love echo amazing band... !! the first time i listen a song of them was cos my big bro!! best times... congrats for u
This reminds me of my days as a high school junior, listening to this song while driving to school in the morning. I know for sure that I was one of very few people who was into this kind of music at my high school.
Came here after reading about the recording in Ian Brodies book. I don't know how the Bunnymen passed me by but I suppose I had a young family at the time. Saw them on St George's Plateau on NYE 2,000. Excellent track, I think I will be listening to their back catalogue over the next few months.
reminds me of the the joy division dynamic when playing their instruments. totally involved with what they're doing, even if they're syncing it to a recorded track where they can lay back a bit, focused to the point where it seems like they're programmed but at the same time producing a sound that you simply can't programme.
Easier said than done you said But it's more difficult to say With eyes bigger than our bellies We want to but we can't look away What were you thinking of When you dreamt that up? What were you thinking of When you dreamt that up?
Lately I seem to be discovering old stuff, more than any new good stuff is being made. That sux. Just a few years ago you didn't have to search this hard for good music.
One of the best Echo songs out. Anyone know who sang the song "Gimme Love". It's way old and around the same time. Video had a bunny in it and thought it was them for the longest time. PM me if you know. Thanks,
Superb and then some yes of course. But U2 trash? Come on, go home turn the lights out, lay in bed by yourself at night and listen to the first two albums by U2 in sequence. And then the next day, Under a Blood Red Sky. You WILL,--I assure you--change ur mind
Ian McCulloch HATED Bono and U2. He referred to Bono as a bricklayer. My own thoughts on the matter were I was in agreement with him. All that pompous overblown music and singing from mountain tops and shouting. Utter shite. Give me this one song by the Bunnymen over U2's entire music catalogue any day.
what were you thinking of when you dreamt that up? Almost 40 years since I played this to death on my old record player in my bedroom. Still sounds great.
I agree with PAULLONDEN. That bit owns! And to the dude asking about Stephen Morris, I'm pretty sure the other guy was talking about the drummer from Joy Division/New Order and not the painter lol.
So I was making my healthy breakfast this morning, fruit and cereal and stuff, and I started singing, 'I'm on the chopping block' as I chopped up an apple, and could I remember who sang it? Could I eck as like. I was guessing Teardrop Explodes etc. but after some intense gurgling found this, couldn't believe I didn't recognise it as I'm a bit of a fan, actually saw them years ago at Rock City in Nottingham.
Echo and the Bunnymen wrote some amazing songs, but this was just about perfect. I remember just playing this and the B side of the 12" over and over. What was the second track on the B side called, with the glockenspeils or whatever...
Went out and bought myself a "Bunnycoat" from "Paddy's Market" in Glasgow after seeing McCulloch. Cool band. Great times. Kids don't dress up anymore, maybe the goths and emo's but that's about it.
what a fucking top band these guys were i remember talking to ian mac in a pub called pierots in manchester years ago and getting his autograph hes a tall fucker as well.
I really wish I'd grown up in this era! What happened to all the good music? If you like Echo & the Bunnymen definitely check out "Lost in this world" by The Urban Foxes.
the sound is from the record, notice all the strings and other sounds. This is a live video so... to make it better the sound is of better quality from a studio recording.. hope that helps
great..i have the record (Porcupine) with this song on it; plus some other great songs... good to see theres a video of it....looks like a Brerakfast Club B-roll...lol
Perhaps, but there were many good bands back then. It was hard to be a front runner with all that compitition. I loved them then and still play them now
This is one of the best songs of all time.
Teesside says yes
The whole album is solid from start to finish. Porcupine was their apex.
One of the most underrated bands. They deserved way more recognition. Been listening to them for 20 years.
Been listening to them for 40 odd years, love them ❤❤
@@pip06powellYep! 43 years for me. Met Mac and Pete in 1984. Core memory.
Rated *VERY* highly by most people I know.
If you lived through the 80s this was your favourite band
Underrated? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
In memory of Pete de Freitas great drummer tragically died in 1989 aged 27 Pete gone but not forgotten YNWA 👃➕.
The best
Wasn't he from Staffordshire
Loved this song at school, 40 years on and nothings changed.
after all these years this still stands out as a brilliant song. Genius.
Man, Pete was just a beast on those skins. Just a killer drummer who never got the recognition he deserved during his all-too-short lifetime. Those of us who knew, knew. For me he was right up there with the greatest drummers of all time… and he was just a kid when they cut those classic albums. Still a teenager on the first two.
I’m a lifer where Echo is concerned. The first four albums are burned into my soul at this point, and I still go see them whenever the opportunity presents itself and don’t dislike the post-reunion albums (though they’re not even in the same universe as the first four). However, ever since Pete’s departure there has always been something big missing, and it’s a hole that will never be filled. Drummers of Pete’s caliber are extremely few and far between.
Rest in power
I must say this song shows off the skill of the bass player who incorporated at least three styles all in one song (slap funk, standard rock, and aggressive guitar style). Ian's voice was booming and without the slightest hint of strain.
Give the drummer his due. This is one of the most furious pieces of drumming I've ever heard. And the guitarist as well. In fact all of them. They are all firing on all 4 cylinders, and then some.
They don't play this live very often, is it just too much?
Les was unique, seemed to play all upstrokes.
Used to pay to have my,hair bleached white, it's natural white now lol!
@@TheHelensp Ian can't sing like this anymore. He's really damaged his voice.
I was in love with this band in high school. Bittersweet memories.
Such great lyrics! "We can't tell our left from right, but we know we love extremes"
A bit like today in some ways.
@@rjjcms1 'What were you thinking of when you dream't that up'?
"Getting to grips with the ups and downs because there's nothing in between"
Great song. Back to my 17 y old. Now 55 just adore this band!
I was 21 in May 82 and 60 now... still love the bunnymen!
I was pleased how good their record evergreen was
love this band. they wrote some of the best the 80's had to offer.... sersiously good songs - not just fluff...
One of their best - a special song in rock period!
pete sure was a kick-ass drummer - -outstanding. best band on the planet!!!
damn, these boys were next level
'Self doubt and selfism were the cheapest things I ever bought' pure class!
Kate Burgess never did take anything away from that.
the whole song is full of classic lines
Such a great line in a fantastic tune
I know Im pretty randomly asking but do anybody know a good place to stream newly released movies online?
@Mohamed Ezequiel Lately I have been using Flixzone. You can find it on google :)
Pete was the best. I can never go a few months without listening to these early Bunnymen songs with Pete smashing those drums.
Was just washing the pots and playing this on phone to liven it up a bit. Suddenly I heard de de de de de da da da da as my 4 year old came dancing into the kitchen singing the guitar intro.
Saw these live back when I was at school in about 1983 then got the Mac haircut and everything.
Like father like son!
I fucking love this song so much, I forgot it, like a buried treasure I rediscover exactly when I needed it most, thanks always for your love and support when I put the needle on the echo and bunnymen record , my mum was so sick of listening to them
Album is Porcupine - also had The Cutter as the single. Loved it.
Love the way the bass line swings
2:43 My all-time favourite break in a Bunnymen tune. My heart stops and I generally lose control of my bowels at this point... Still do today!
Middle eight
Followed them around the country on the Ocean Rain tour in 84, was 19, possibly the best experience of my life. Met Mac twice backstage, he's a poppet, sound lar
What a stomping bassline
This has reminded me of that episode of 'The Young Ones' where Rick (Rik Mayall RIP) is going to write to Thatcher saying that they have a bomb. But she seems to have hundreds of entries in the phone book so he decides to write to the lead singer of Echo and The Bunnymen ... Dear Mr Echo! IIRC the episode was just called 'Bomb' and featured in Series 2.
Yes! 🤣😂
Fly Drive 2020 yeah, loved those nutters. Never been equaled, that anarchistic punk comedy. RIP Rik!
It was Riks 'Meet me at the barricades babe, see you when the lights go low Joe' moment.
We can't tell our left from right but you know we love extremes... getting to grips with the ups and downs coz there's nothing in between..
LOVE that bass guitar - awesome....
The best!Such a classic and fantastic voice!
They sure channeled the gods for a while. Psyche, Eros and Poseidon chiefly.
Magnificent.⚡
one of the best 80's bands
bangin' tune, proper raw energy, many thanks
It sometimes blows my mind that E&tBM weren't much bigger.....or seen as such now.
Sometimes I wonder if it's literally just due to the name...
Then again, Smashing Pumpkins were huge, with that name. idk....but I'm sure glad they existed at all. Such incredible music. The Killing Moon is still, imo, one of the best songs of all time. And Lips Like Sugar might be their greatest pop moment....and deservedly so.
Still have all their stuff on Vinyl!
I fuc*ing love this music
It's wonderful
This sounded so good blasting out in the clubs.
Funny. i just discovered this band a few hours ago, now they're in my top ten. The combine the best aspects of joy division, U2, and are the quintessential post punk band. the music is good, unshallow, without being pretentious.
U2 and Echo & the Bunnymen got started at almost exactly the same time on opposite sides of the Irish Sea. They both grew up listening to the same kind of music and worshiping the same bands, so it makes sense they would end up sounding like each other.
Whammy Bard eatb far better than u2 tho
There was a short era in English music. 1980 to 1982. So much brilliant stuff happened then. The music, the culture, the fashion. A great time to be alive, and a great time to be young. It was like the tired 70s had finished but the naff and bloated 80s had not yet begun. 1983 to 1985 were still okay, but the rot had started to set in. By '86, it was downhill from there.
@@rodhmu - Agree
It sometimes blows my mind that E&tBM weren't much bigger.....or seen as such now.
Sometimes I wonder if it's literally just due to the name...
Then again, Smashing Pumpkins were huge, with that name. idk....but I'm sure glad they existed at all. Such incredible music. The Killing Moon is still, imo, one of the best songs of all time. And Lips Like Sugar might be their greatest pop moment....and deservedly so.
Amazing my daughter is 3 eyars and she loves echo and the bunnymen.. great eh??.. so i am 31 and i love echo amazing band... !! the first time i listen a song of them was cos my big bro!! best times... congrats for u
This reminds me of my days as a high school junior, listening to this song while driving to school in the morning. I know for sure that I was one of very few people who was into this kind of music at my high school.
An absolute classic
I had that haircut...now I dont even have hair
I always aspired to it but never quite got there.
Same
With ya, man. Am bald now...
Hahaha! I know how you feel brother
Like your style and you haven't lost your humour. Wich is a 🎁 gift in today's world 🌎
Best song they ever made.
Came here after reading about the recording in Ian Brodies book. I don't know how the Bunnymen passed me by but I suppose I had a young family at the time. Saw them on St George's Plateau on NYE 2,000. Excellent track, I think I will be listening to their back catalogue over the next few months.
Rock in the morning time always helps my mind😎
reminds me of the the joy division dynamic when playing their instruments. totally involved with what they're doing, even if they're syncing it to a recorded track where they can lay back a bit, focused to the point where it seems like they're programmed but at the same time producing a sound that you simply can't programme.
A blast from the past,They don't make music like this anymore.1 of my favourite bands
Mark Dougan love love love this track
And by heck it does blast you,like a rocket going off.
Great song!
Now THIS is a find. Thanks.
They were one of my favorite bands of thie era. S aw them three different times in Toronto. AMAZING BAND!!!!!
Still BRILLIANT.
Easier said than done you said
But it's more difficult to say
With eyes bigger than our bellies
We want to but we can't look away
What were you thinking of
When you dreamt that up?
What were you thinking of
When you dreamt that up?
I'm 16 and love the Bunnymen, does that count? Lol
ok, you're 28 now..
This song rocks, thanks for posting.
This is 1982 .and recorded on cctv .. wow
2021 e ainda amo esta banda !!!!
Bunny men will always float my music boat.Macs lyrics always kick my association with them’s ass right up it’s ringer.😃👍♦️
Lately I seem to be discovering old stuff, more than any new good stuff is being made.
That sux. Just a few years ago you didn't have to search this hard for good music.
Him and Stephen Morris where ridiculously good and creative. The similarity, physically is huge too. :P
One of the best Echo songs out. Anyone know who sang the song "Gimme Love". It's way old and around the same time. Video had a bunny in it and thought it was them for the longest time.
PM me if you know. Thanks,
'Getting to grips with the ups and downs because there's nothing in between...' - words so pertinent to today. 😐
Uber classic Bunnymen doing "The back of love" classic band classic songs 😎👍.
the voice of ian is awesome
just fookin awasome . it makes me happy to be a 40 something having grown up listening to stuff like this
40 year fan here.
Rock n Roll at its best....the genius that is Macca.
Superb band. Nevermind U2 and all that crap. Awesome
Superb and then some yes of course. But U2 trash? Come on, go home turn the lights out, lay in bed by yourself at night and listen to the first two albums by U2 in sequence. And then the next day, Under a Blood Red Sky. You WILL,--I assure you--change ur mind
Ian McCulloch HATED Bono and U2. He referred to Bono as a bricklayer. My own thoughts on the matter were I was in agreement with him. All that pompous overblown music and singing from mountain tops and shouting. Utter shite. Give me this one song by the Bunnymen over U2's entire music catalogue any day.
@@Stig10001 jajaja Just listen to "I Will Follow" by U2, the band's first hit and perhaps the top 25 of their hits, it humiliates any song by Echo
@@alecab6719 It's a good job I read that when I was sitting down, otherwise I could have badly hurt myself if I fell over laughing.
what were you thinking of when you dreamt that up? Almost 40 years since I played this to death on my old record player in my bedroom. Still sounds great.
Ian's vocals are epic.
Echo rocked rocks and still rocking ...digitally, we'll see
Hasn't lost an atom of energy
Every member of the band is cool to watch in this video. They all look so young and thin, too.
one of my classic echo's fav
I agree with PAULLONDEN. That bit owns! And to the dude asking about Stephen Morris, I'm pretty sure the other guy was talking about the drummer from Joy Division/New Order and not the painter lol.
Top, top tune!!!
Wow! Very good!
Personally I'm glad that the bunnymen are mine and yours' secret. We are the purveyors of the best the 80's had to offer
So I was making my healthy breakfast this morning, fruit and cereal and stuff, and I started singing, 'I'm on the chopping block' as I chopped up an apple, and could I remember who sang it? Could I eck as like. I was guessing Teardrop Explodes etc. but after some intense gurgling found this, couldn't believe I didn't recognise it as I'm a bit of a fan, actually saw them years ago at Rock City in Nottingham.
Echo and the Bunnymen wrote some amazing songs, but this was just about perfect. I remember just playing this and the B side of the 12" over and over. What was the second track on the B side called, with the glockenspeils or whatever...
"The Subject" was the b-side. But you must mean the extra track on the 12" single... "Fuel"... gorgeous song.
I LOVE THIS SOUNDS
Remember them at Eric's .Saw McCulloch at Armadillo's, now a trendy pub. Great time to be in Liverpool.
never heard that phrase...nice. I'm gonna pull that out sometime today.
Pete was a rare talent.... RIP
Whis Pete I'm drunk
Scotland the only colony that voted to stay one
Rock,new-Wave,folk,,,,,,,,,,touts est concentres dans ce morceau.
great songs never forget
Went out and bought myself a "Bunnycoat" from "Paddy's Market" in Glasgow after seeing McCulloch. Cool band. Great times. Kids don't dress up anymore, maybe the goths and emo's but that's about it.
what a fucking top band these guys were i remember talking to ian mac in a pub called pierots in manchester years ago and getting his autograph hes a tall fucker as well.
Excellent drums!!! Pete de Freitas was the best
Left school in May 1982 and only remember Come on Eileen.Didnt hear this one,would have liked to.
So sorry you went deaf so young 😎
@@gruesometwosome6098 Childish comment.
Where were you living back then? Outer Mongolia?
@@gruesometwosome6098 Shut up troll
@@Shikta-poobah67 Thats where you live not me
I really wish I'd grown up in this era! What happened to all the good music?
If you like Echo & the Bunnymen definitely check out "Lost in this world" by The Urban Foxes.
You are beautiful 🌹
I'm lucky I was a teenager when this happened.
Porcupine put that on your list of "next buys"... fantastic stuff :)
Best Band in the World!!!!!!!
the sound is from the record, notice all the strings and other sounds. This is a live video so... to make it better the sound is of better quality from a studio recording.. hope that helps
What a tune
Genius!
great..i have the record (Porcupine) with this song on it; plus some other great songs...
good to see theres a video of it....looks like a Brerakfast Club B-roll...lol
I AM THE COOLEST 12 YEAR OLD!!!!! CUZ I LIKE JAMES ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN B-52's AND U2 AND NOT HANNAH MONFRICKINTANA
So, Erin, you should be 23 now. Do you feel that this comment still holds up in 2019?
@@JackDTaylor lmao, im here april 2020 and want an answer
Who is James Echo?
@@joannemason5581 Maybe he means the band James.
Where's Erin???? The internet wants to know :-) Jan 30, 2021
Perhaps, but there were many good bands back then. It was hard to be a front runner with all that compitition. I loved them then and still play them now
Every band in Liverpool used that same bass ...
Crumbs, I'd forgotten how good they were!
A kestrel's barnet belies one of their supremely driven best.
If you dont like them then why watch the vid?
Nice guys and great live